WQCS00057_NOI2020DV0509_20201119

ROY COOPER
cod ernof
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7018 1130 0000 1612 9592
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
November 19, 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-0509
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
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
202002624 9/17/2020 35 104 Williams Street Pipe Failure (Break) 3,500 0 Notice of Violation
202002625 9/17/2020 630 Northside Pump Station Inflow and 6,300 6,000 Notice of Violation
Infiltration, Pipe
Failure (Break)
North Carotins i]epsrtrnent of Environmental Quality I Diuision of Water Resources
MrkstoaZaiem Re&nsa Office 1450 West Hanes hail Road, Sane 30D 14Winst rkZaJern, North Carofina 27105
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Incident
Number
Start
Date
Duration
(Minn)
Location
Cause
Total
Vol
(Gals)
Total Vol
Surface
Water
(Gals) DWR Action
202002689
9/25/2020
530
1002 West Cooksey
Inflow and
21,200
21,000 Notice of Intent
North Side Pump
Infiltration, Pipe
Station
Failure (Break),
Severe Natural
Condition
202002730
9/29/2020
420
1002 West Cooksey Rd
Inflow and
31,200
31,000 Notice of Intent
Infiltration, Pipe
Failure (Break),
Severe Natural
Condition
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,
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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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