WQCS00055_NOV and Intent to Assess_2020-DV-0368_20200818

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CERTIFIED MAIL: 7016 3560 0000 4428 7519
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
August 18, 2020
Terrell Blackmon, City Engineer
City of Henderson
PO Box 1434
Henderson, NC 27536
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0368
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00055
Henderson Collection System
Vance County
Dear Mr. Blackmon:
A review has been conducted of the 24-hour self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) on July 30, 2020. An
electronic 5-Day Report was not submitted to this office. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the
City of Henderson violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00055 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 Raleigh Regional Office is providing the City of Henderson an opportunity to provide evidence and justification
as to why the City of Henderson 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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202002254 7/30/2020 Sandy Creek Pump Other 5,500 5,000 Notice of Violation -
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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 Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
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Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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