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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00057_NOI NOV2020DV0048_20200203ROY COOPER bow-rilor K41C IAEL S. REGAN 5erretrrry LINDA CULPEPPER CUM toy NORTH CAROL INA €nvirantnental Quarry CERTIFIED MAIL: 7011-1570-0001-8546-4600 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED February 03, 2020 Kelly Craver City of Thomasville PO Box 368 Thomasville, NC 27361-0368 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0048 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 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 (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 201901831 12/1/2019 20 1002 W Cooksey Drive, Other 1,000 900 Notice of Intent Northside Pump Station 201901889 12/13/2019 645 566 Rains Rd, Rains Rd Inflow and Infiltration 19,350 19,350 Notice of Intent Pump Station Xorth Caronna Deps rtment of Environmental Quality I Dioision of Water Resources WinsbanSalemR .,onsaOfi-ice 1 450 West HanesWll Road. Swte30D I WinsbonSalern, North Caroina271D5 �� 336-7 76-9300 Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 201901900 12/13/2019 110 1002 W. Cooksey Drive Inflow and Infiltration 5,500 5,400 Notice of Intent Pump Station 201901901 12/14/2019 1,260 566 Rains Road Pump Inflow and Infiltration 37,800 37,800 Notice of Intent Station 201901948 12/20/2019 10 907 Culbreath Avenue Grease 30 25 No Further Action 201901963 12/28/2019 50 1033 Randolph St Grease 150 150 Notice of Violation 201901971 12/27/2019 55 107 Council Street Debris in line, Pipe 25 25 No Further Action Failure (Break) 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. cc: Laserfiche Sincerely, DocuSigned by: . ni er, Regiona B E2z C94EA Lon l Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ NorthC'3ro;inaDepsrtmentoffnvironrnentalQua:ky I D;usnirofWater Resouroes WhstonSa;en,. F .onaJOffice 1 450 West Hanes Miil Road. Swte30D I WinsbanSakem, North Caroi:na 27105 336-776-9300