HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00042_NFA Letter_20200507ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Newell Clark, Mayor
City of Lexington
28 W Center St
Lexington, NC 27292-3099
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 07, 2020
SUBJECT: Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00042
Lexington Collection System
Davidson County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City
of Lexington. This review has shown the City of Lexington to be in violation of the requirements found in the
subject permit and/or North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred are summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202000112 1/16/2020 105 206 Conrad St Grease 300 250 No Further Action
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
North Carofins Deps rtment of Environmental Quality I dioision of Water Resources
WinstonSaiem Rs.,onsl Office 14W West Hanes Will Road. Swte 3W I WinstonSaJern, North Carolifka 27105
w� 336-776-9300
If you should 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,
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