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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00003_NOV-2020-DV-0020_20200110ROY COOPER Governor K41C IAEL & R.EGAN Secretary LIN DA CU LPE PPER Dirfftor NORTH CAROL INA Environmental Quallry CERTIFIED MAIL: 7011-1570-0001-8546-4594 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED January 10, 2020 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-2020-DV-0020 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - November 2019 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003 Winston-Salem Collection System Forsyth 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 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 (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 201901756 11/10/2019 75 300 W Wall St Grease 75 75 No Further Action 201901786 11/19/2019 120 103 Autumn Oak Circle Grease 300 150 Notice of Violation Winston Salem, NC North Carofina Depart ment of f nvironmen tad Quality I Diuision of Water Resources W3nstoaZa5em R fl,onaa Office 1450 West Hanes hail Road, Sane 30D I WinstanSalern, North CAToUrks 27105 w• 336-776-WOO Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 201901788 11/19/2019 159 130 Alpine Ct Debris in line, Grease 50 25 No Further Action 201901834 11/25/2019 1,590 2901 Shorefair Drive Grease 3,975 3,975 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 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, EDocuSigned by: L uti T SMder -4'B49E225C94EA... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: Laserfiche North Caroi-ina Department of fnviran mental Quality I Oiuision of Water Resouf-res R cuk +.+ 4'linstonSaiem Regioaaa Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Sane 30d I Winsta nSalem, North Camfina 27105 `� 3W-776-9O0