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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 02, 2019
Courtney Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27102
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION&INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking, No.: NOV-2019-DV-0170
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003
Winston-Salem Collection System
Forsyth County
bear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Winston-Salem. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Winston-Salem
violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00003 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate
their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary.Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the
SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the-State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit
is required by G.S. 143-215.1.
The Winston-Salem Regional Office is providing the City of Winston-Salem-an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Winston-Salem should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mina) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201900296 2/4/2019 90 1635 North Cleveland Debris in line 150 150 No Further Action
Avenue
201900327 2/9/2019 105 780 Yorkshire Rd Roots 10 10 No Further Action
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Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201900350 2/14/2019 90 1706 Sprague St Debris in line 150 150 No Further Action
201900356 2/15/2019 270 4220 Carver School Rd Pipe Failure(Break) 675 675 No Further Action
201900359 2/15/2019 150 1519 South MLK Jr Pipe Failure(Break) 10 10 No Further Action
Drive
201900367 2/18/2019 75 4220 Carver School Rd Other 375. ' 175 Notice of Violation
201900386 .2/21/2019 30 3230 North Liberty Grease 1,050 1,050 Notice of Violation
Street
201900388 2/21/2019 120 3435 Patterson Ave Grease 2,400 1,800 Notice of Intent
(Woods behind)
201900396 2/21/2019 1,409 140 Weatherwood Debris in line 3,525 3,025 Notice of Intent
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201900462 2/25/2019 30 Water Works Rd Debris in line 225 225 No Further Action
201900473 2/27/2019 140 4440 Ansley Drive Roots 375 375 Notice of Violation
201900475 2/27/2019 _ 1,020 617 Kinard Drive Grease 2,587 2,587 Notice of Intent
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 thisNotice, 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.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Lon T. Snider, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
DWR-PERGS Unit
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