WQCS00350_NOI2021DV0044_20210125

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7018 1130 0000 1608 0183
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
January 25, 2021
T Scott Barrow, City Engineer
City of King
PO Box 1132
King, NC 27021-1132
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0044
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00350
King Collection System
Stokes 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 King. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of King violated Permit Condition
I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00350 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 King an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of King 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
202002877 10/30/2020 360 Unknown Pump Station Power Outage 155,700 100,000 Notice of Intent
202002878 10/29/2020 400 Pump Station on Rolling Power Outage 346,000 200,000 Notice of Intent
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North Caromna Department of Environments: Qvairty I Diusion of Water Resources
Winston-So*m Reponol Office 1 450 West Hones Mal Road, Suite 30D I Wmston-Se*m, Norte+ Corot, no 271G5
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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 ron.boone(&ncdenr.aov.
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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
North Caro;,na Department of Environments: Qua irty I Diusion of Water Resources
Winston-So*m Re&*rwi Office 1 450 West Hones Mal Road, Suite 30D I Wmston-U)em, North Corot, no 271G5
336-776-96DO