WQCS00003_NOV-2020-DV-0345_20200810

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
£n vironmen tar Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL # 7018 1130 0000 1612 7857
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
August 10, 2020
Courtney Driver, Director Utilities of
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-0345
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2020
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
202001505
5/21/2020
1,050
4561 Cooper Road
Inflow and
210,000
210,000 Notice of Intent
Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
202001566
5/26/2020
270
4093 Green Heaven
Grease, Roots
21,600
21,600 Notice of Intent
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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,
EDocuSigned by:
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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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