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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Kelly Craver
City of Thomasville
PO Box 368
Thomasville, NC 27361-0368
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September 16, 2019
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2019-DV-0359
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - June 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00057
Thomasville Collection System
Davidson 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 Thomasville. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Thomasville violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00057 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 Thomasville an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Thomasville 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 (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201901026 6/7/2019 120 810 Old Emanuel Inflow and 25,764 25,000 Notice of Intent
Church Road Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
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Total Vol
Total
Surface
Incident
Start
Duration
Vol
Water
Number
Date
(Mins)
Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals)
DWR Action
201901028
6/8/2019
120
300 High Meadow Rd
Inflow and
1,200
1,100
Notice of Intent
Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
201901034
6/8/2019
990
Liberty St & Trinity St
Debris in line, Grease,
19,800
19,800
Notice of Intent
Inflow and Infiltration
201901072
6/12/2019
1,620
566 Rains Road - Rains
Inflow and Infiltration
48,600
48,600
Notice of Intent
Road Pump Station
201901101
6/23/2019
7
566 Rains Rd - Rains Rd
Pump station
350
350
Notice of Violation
PS
equipment failure
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 [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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