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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00006_NOI NOV2020DV0051_20200203ROY COOPER bow-rilor K41C IAEL S. REGAN 5erretrrry LINDA CULPEPPER CUM toy NORTH CAROL INA €nvirantnental Quarry CERTIFIED MAIL: 7011-1570-0001-8546-4624 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED February 03, 2020 Steven Drew, Operations Division Manager City of Greensboro 2602 S Elm -Eugene St Greensboro, NC 27406-9787 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0051 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2019 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00006 Greensboro Collection System Guilford 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 Greensboro. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Greensboro violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00006 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 Greensboro an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Greensboro 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 201901827 12/2/2019 56 1611 Westover Ter., Grease 900 900 Notice of Intent Greensboro, NC 201901860 12/8/2019 70 N. Lindell & W. Friendly Debris in line 1,750 1,750 Notice of Intent ave Xorth Caronna Deps rtment of Environmental Quality I Dioision of Water Resources WinsbonSalemR .,onsaOfi-ice 1 450 West HanesWll Road. Swte30D I WinsbonSalern, North Caroina271D5 ,00:w North Carogns Department of Environmental Quality I d;oision of Water Resources WinsbonSaiem RegionaJ Office 14W West lanes Will Road, Swte 3W I WinstonSaJern, North Carotfka 27105 336-776-9WO Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 201901872 12/11/2019 5 6400 Burlington Rd, Other 500 500 Notice of Violation Greensboro 201901902 12/15/2019 42 3402 Selborne Drive Grease 200 200 Notice of Violation 201901942 12/18/2019 56 1011 Condor Drive Grease 220 220 Notice of Violation 202000012 12/27/2019 96 1019 Avalon Rd Roots 900 900 Notice of Violation 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 ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.boone@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: 145B49E225C94EA... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: Laserfiche North Carokka Department of Environmental Quality I DhAsion of Water Resources WinsrtonSaiem Regionsa Office 14W West lanes Will Road, Swte 3W I WinstonSaJern, North Carom$ 27105 arts 6�� 336-776-9 O