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MICHAEL 5. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
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Terra A Greene, City Manager
City of Lexington
28 W Center St
Lexington, NC 27292
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
NORTH CAROLINA
Enviromrtrental QualFty
November 19, 2020
Tracking Number: NOD-2020-DV-0056
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 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
202002584 9/11/2020 40 Jefferson Village Debris in line, Grease 450 300 Notice of Deficiency
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 Carotins i]epsrtrnent of Environmental Quality I Diuision of Water Resources
i'.'imstanSaiem Re&nsa Office 1450 West Hanes hail Road, Saite 30D I Winst rkZaJern, North Carofina 27105
33S-776-WDO
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.booneCd)ncdenr.gov.
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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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North Caroi-ina Department of fnviran mental Quality I Oiuision of Water Resouf-res
WiikstonSaiem Regioasa Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Sane 30D I Winsta nSalem, North Camfina 27105
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