WQCS00049_NOV-2018-DV-0271_20181009

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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7015-0640-0005-8164-2234
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 9, 2018
Chuck Smith
City of Reidsville
230 West Morehead Street
Reidsville, NC 27320
SUBJECT: Notice of Intent to Enforce: NOV-2018-DV-0271 RECEIVED/DENRIIDWR
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —August 2018
Facility: Reidsville Collection System OCT 17 2018
Permit No. WQCS00049 Water Resources
Owner: City of Reidsville Permitting Section
County: Rockingham
Dear Mr. Smith:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report(s)
submitted by the City of Reidsville for the month of August 2018. This review has shown
the City of Reidsville to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00049
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)
201801133 08/02/2018 60 Jackson to Severe 7,500 7,500 Notice of
Davis Outfall Natural Intent
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,
impacts to public health, fish kills, and other factors. DWR may pursue enforcement action
for these and/or any additional violations of the WQCS00049 collection system permit. If
violations are of a continuing nature, not related to operation and/or maintenance issues,
NORTH CAROIJNA
Department ofEnvironmental a�
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office i 450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 I Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Reidsville Collection System, 10/9/2018
NOV-2018-DV-0271
and you anticipate remedial construction activities, then you may wish to consider
applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC).
Pursuant to NC General Statute (NCGS) 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 NCGS 143-215.1. The incidents above constitute such
violations.
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 and all
remedial actions taken and planned to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The
response to this correspondence will be considered in our decision-making process of
whether to proceed with enforcement action.
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 [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
cc: DWR Central Files
iD_WR PERCS Unit 1
DWR WSRO Files
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