WQCS00035_NOV-2021-DV-0002_20210108

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

January 08, 2021
Radford L Thomas, Director Public Utilities
City of Lenoir
PO Box 958
Lenoir, NC 28645-0958
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0002
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00035
Lenoir Collection System
Caldwell County
Dear Permittee:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Lenoir indicates violations of
permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include failing to
effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the land or
surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a
permit is required.
Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202003582 12/30/2020 55 2419 Norwood St. Debris in line, Pipe 374 374 Notice of Violation
Upstream of Creek Failure (Break), Roots
Crossing #244
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Timothy Heim with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,

G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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