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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00312_NOV-2019-DV-0272 NOI_20190625ROY COOPER bow-rilor K41CHAEL S. REGAN 5erretrrry LINDA CULPEPPER CUM toy NORTH CAROL INA €nvir nMental Qual" CERTIFIED MAIL: 7011 1570 0001 8546 4136 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED June 25, 2019 Zeb Holden, City Manager City of Archdale PO Box 14068 Archdale, NC 27263 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2019-DV-0272 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2019 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00312 Archdale Collection System Randolph County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by City of Archdale. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Archdale violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00312 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 Archdale an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Archdale 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 (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 201900676 4/4/2019 250 6213 Weant Rd pump Pump station 75,000 75,000 Notice of Intent station equipment failure Xorth Caronna Deps rtment of Environmental Quality I Dioision of Water Resources WinsbanSalemR .,onsaOfi-ice 1 450 West HanesWill Road. Swte30D I WinstonSaJern, WrthCarof,na27105 � �,•�� ,336-776-.OLI�5 O 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 ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.boone@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: 145B49E225C94EA... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office - WQS File North Carokka Department of Environmental Quality I DhAsion of Water Resources WinsrtonSaiem Regionsa Office 14W West lanes Will Road, Swte 3W I WinstonSaJern, North Carom$ 27105 arts 6�� 336-776-9 O