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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00003_NOV and Intent to Assess_20240228ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director Certified Mail # 7019 1120 0001 5505 1503 Return Receipt Reauested Courtney L Driver, Director of Utilities City of Winston-Salem PO Box 2511 Winston Salem, NC 27107-9998 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality February 20, 2024 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0095 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003 Winston-Salem Collection System Forsyth County Dear Ms. Driver: The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Winston-Salem indicates violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required. Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following: Incident Number Start Date Duration (Mins) Location Cause Total Vol (Gals) Total Vol Surface Water (Gals) DWR Action 202400014 1/2/2024 185 1242 EAST Grease 8,400 2,800 Notice of Intent TWENTY-NINTH STREET, WINSTON-SALEM, 27105 202400016 1/2/2024 180 110 THOMAS STREET, Pipe Failure (Break) 1,650 1,650 Notice of Violation WINSTON-SALEM, 27101 D --A North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 ni<r� �esoi.> °°°P^^°^�° 336.776.9500 Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202400099 1/9/2024 450 3656 REYNOLDA Inflow and Infiltration, 39,640 39,640 Notice of Violation ROAD, Severe Natural WINSTON-SALEM, Condition 27106 202400251 1/9/2024 538 1717 BUENA VISTA Inflow and Infiltration, 37,340 37,340 Notice of Violation ROAD, Severe Natural WINSTON-SALEM, Condition 27104 202400255 1/7/2024 210 1775 JANITA DRIVE, Roots 5,775 5,775 Notice of Intent WINSTON-SALEM, 27127 202400325 1/18/2024 285 1646 THOMPSON Pipe Failure (Break) 1,500 750 Notice of Violation DRIVE, WINSTON-SALEM, 27127 202400370 1/29/2024 185 4546 COOPER ROAD, Severe Natural 54,000 54,000 Notice of Intent WINSTON-SALEM, Condition 27127 202400391 1/30/2024 85 4497 OGBURN Grease 4,700 1,175 Notice of Violation AVENUE, WINSTON-SALEM, 27105 202400397 1/30/2024 0 2232 NORTH Other 600 600 Notice of Violation PATTERSON AVENUE, WINSTON-SALEM, 27105 202400400 1/31/2024 162 117 LAKEVIEW DRIVE, Roots 450 450 Notice of Violation KERNERSVILLE, 27284 This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Dffice 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 ni<r� eesoi.> 336.778.9800 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Hudson with the Water Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at gary.hudson@deq.nc.gov. Sincerely, DocuSiTG gned by: %w. l . cJn Jtr 1451349E225C94EA... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 336.776.9500