WQCS00006_NOV-2018-DV-0250_20180907

ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
September 7, 2018
Steven Drew, Manager Operations Division
City of Greensboro
2602 South Elm-Eugene Street
Greensboro, NC 27406-9787•
RECEIVED/DENS®SNR
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation: NOV-2018-DV-0250 SEP g 201
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —July 2018 water Resources
Facility: Greensboro Collection System Permitting Section
Permit No.WQCS00006
Owner: City of Greensboro
County: Guilford
Dear Mr. Drew:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Repprt(s)
submitted by the City of Greensboro for the month of July 2018. This review has shown
the City of Greensboro to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00006
collection system permit and/or North Carolina General Statute 143.215.1(a)(1). The
violations are summarized below:
Total Total Vol
Incident Duration Surface DWR
Number Start Date (Mins) Location Cause Vol Water Action
(Gals) (Gals)
201800998 _7/12/2018 16 M/H in front of Roots 600 600 No
3505 Further
Battleground Action
Avenue
201801108 7/31/2018 73 3802 Gilmore Roots 1,000 1,000 Notice of
Dr., Violation
Greensboro
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,
impacts to public health,fish kills, and other factors. DWR may pursue enforcement action
for these and/or any additional violations of the WQCS00006 collection system permit. If
NORTH CAROUNAMantuan al Environmental culny
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 I Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Greensboro Collection System, 9/7/2018
NOV-2018-DV-0250
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.booneAncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
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Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
Attachments:
cc: DWR Central Files
l DWR PERCS Unit s
WSRO
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