WQCS00057_NOV-2018-DV-0248_20180907

ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
September 7, 2018
Kelly Craver, City Manager
City of Thomasville
P.O. Box 368
Thomasville, NC 27361-0368
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation: NOV-2018-DV-0248 RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —July 2018 SEP 12 2018
Facility: Thomasville Collection System
Permit No. WQCS00057 Water i-;-:sources
Owner: City of Thomasville Permitting Section
County: Davidson
Dear Mr. Craver:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report(s)
submitted by the City of Thomasville for the month of July 2018. This review has shown
the City of Thomasville to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00057
collection system permit and/or North Carolina General Statute 143.215.1(a)(`!}. The
violations are summarized below:
Total
Incident Duration Total Vol DWR
Number Start Date (Mins) Location Cause Vol Surface . Action
(Gals) Water
(Gals)
119 Meadow No
201801079 7/26/2018 767 Wood Drive Roots 767 767 Further
Action
Inflow&
810 Old Infiltration, Notice of
201801082 7/29/2018 42 Emanuel Severe 5,887 5,700 Violation
Church Road Natural
Condition
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct all conditions
which have been deemed to have contributed to causing the above-listed violations. The
Division of Water Resources (DWR or Division) bases decisions concerning enforcement
actions for SSOs on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration, gravity,
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Thomasville Collection System, 9/7/2018
N OV-2018-DV-0248
impacts to public health, fish kills, and other factors. DWR may pursue enforcement action
for these and/or any additional violations of the WQCS00057 collection system permit. If
violations are of a continuing nature, not related to operation and/or maintenance issues,
and you anticipate remedial construction activities, then you may wish to consider
applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC).
If you have any questions regarding this notice or we may be of any assistance
whatsoever, please feel free to contact Ron Boone by phone at(336)776-9690 or by email
at ron.boone ar—ncdenr.q_ov.
Sincerely,
Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
Attachments:
cc: DWR Central Files
i,PERCS Unit
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