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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural 'Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins
Governor Director
April 14, 2010
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
# 7008 1140 0002 2716 2128
Mr. Robert Hites, City Manager
City of Statesville
P. O. Box 1111
Statesville, NC 28687
Subject: Notice of Violation and
Recommendation for Enforcement
Tracking No. NOV-2010-DV-0164
Collection System Permit
Number WQCSO0030
City of Statesville
Iredell County
Dear Mr. Hites:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
A review has been conducted of the City of Statesville's self reported Sanitary Sewer
Overflows (SSOs) 5-Day Report(s) for March 2010. This review has shown Statesville to be in
violation of the requirements found in Collection System Permit WQCS0003O and/or G.S. 143-
215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred during March 2010 are summarized in Attachment A.
Remedial and corrective actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to prevent
further SSOs. As of December 1, 2007, any reportable SSO may be issued a Notice of Violation
(NOV) and some may be assessed a civil penalty. Civil penalties will be issued for SSOs based
on volume, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish
kills, and recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the
civil penalty are the violator's history of spills, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the
spill was intentional, and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
Mooresville Regional Office
Location: 610 East Center Ave., Suite 301 Mooresville, NC 28115
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Mr. Robert Hites
NOV-2010-DV-0164
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Be advised that G.S. 143-215.6A provides for a civil penalty assessment of not more than
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day when the
violation is of a continuing nature, against any person who is required but fails to apply for or to
secure a permit required by G.S. 143-215.1. Penalties may also be assessed for any damage to the
surface waters of the State that may result from the unpermitted discharge.
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Permit # Location
WOCS00030 2500 Block of Northside Drive
Attachment A
City of Statesville Collection System
March 2010
Incident # Start Date 24 Hour 5 Day Vol. Reaching
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Ms. Marcia Allocco
Acting Surface Water Protection Section Supervisor
NCDENR - Division of Water Quality
Mooresville Regional Office
610 E. Center Ave., Suite 301
Mooresville, NC 28115
Subject: Notice of Violation and Recommendation for Enforcement
Tracking No. NOV-2010-DV-0164
Collection System Permit #WQCS00030
City of Statesville, Iredell County
Dear Ms. Allocco:
APR 2 3 2010
This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation letter dated April 14th, 2010
informing us of a violation and recommended enforcement due to a sanitary sewer overflow on
March 9th, 2010.
It is standard practice for us to routinely flush and rod the system to prevent overflow
events from occurring. This particular line is one that we check even more frequently due to
the threat of grease buildup in the lines. There are a number of restaurants and other grease
producing entities located upstream of the location of sanitary sewer overflow. Our records
indicate that staff performed cleaning services on this line in July 2009, and were working on
this exact line one week before the sanitary sewer overflow and did not report any pooling or
change in flow depths that would indicate blockages. Upon receiving notification of the spill,
staff was immediately dispatched to the site and clean-up activities were commenced.
Additionally, WWTP staff was immediately contacted to inspect the grease traps upstream of
the spill to ensure compliance with our collection permit limits of 200mg/I. All remedial and
corrective actions were implemented to ensure no subsequent blockages would occur after the
initial spill.
The City of Statesville Water/Sewer Division staff has shown tireless effort to ensure
system -wide compliance of the collection system with very few incidents observed. We
maintain and operate over 245 miles of gravity sewer and 7 miles of force main sewer within
our system. In 2009, our staff cleaned approximately 530,750 linear feet of sewer line,
performed 26,588 linear feet of video inspection, and visually inspected just over 7,000
manholes. We deeply regret this spill occurred, however it is clear that this was not due to staff

negligence or failure to adequately maintain the system. The W/S Maintenance staff will
continue to maintain and operate the system with increased diligence to minimize sanitary
sewer overflows in the future.
If you have any questions or need addition information please call Larry Pressley, P.E.,
Assistant City Manager —Growth & Development at [phone], Dennis Harris at 704-878-
3823, or myself at [phone].
Sincerely,
Mark A. Stephens, PE
Assistant Public Works Director
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Water/Sewer Superintendent
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City Manager

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
CERTIFIED MAIL
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
# 70071490 0004 4510 2671
Mr. Robert Hites, City Manager
City of Statesville
P. 0. Box 1111
Statesville, NC 28687
Subject
Dear Mr. Hites:
July 15, 2009
Notice of Violation
Tracking No. NOV-2009-DV-0210
Collection System Permit
Number WQCS00030
City of Statesville
Iredell County
Dee Freeman
Secretary
A review has been conducted of the City of Statesville's self reported Sanitary Sewer
Overflows (SSOs) 5-Day Report(s) for June 2009. This review has shown Statesville to be in
violation of the requirements found in Collection System Permit WQCS00030 and/or G.S. 143-
215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred during June 2009 are summarized in Attachment A.
Remedial and corrective actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to prevent
further SSOs. As of December 1, 2007, any reportable SSO may be issued a Notice of Violation
(NOV) and some may be assessed a civil penalty. Civil penalties will be issued for SSOs based
on volume, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish
kills, and recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the
civil penalty are the violator's history of spills, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the
spill was intentional, and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
Mooresville Regional Office
Location: 610 East Center Ave., Suite 301 Mooresville, NC 28115 One
Phone: [phone] \ Fax: [phone] \ Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 NorthCarolina
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org �'j� f9/y��y.�/�,
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Attachment A
City of Statesville Collection System
June 2009
Cause: Cause:
Permit # Location Incident # Start Date 5 Day Enforcement Number Violation Debris in Cause:Inflow and
Gallons Action line Grease Infiltration
WQCS00030 Miller Avenue 200901689 06/24/09 700 NOV-2009-DV-0210 NOV No No No
Cause: Other
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Director/City Engineer 878-3551
Engineering (Diivision 878-3552
!!''�� • TrogramAssistant/Secretary 878-3562
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TudfwGrounds eZCemeteries Division 878-3428
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Water/SewerWaintenance (Division 878-3417
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Mr. Robert B. Krebs
Surface Water Protection Section Supervisor
Division of Water Quality
Mooresville Regional Office
610 East Center Ave., Suite 301
Mooresville, NC 28115
APR 4 2008
CIC DEAR MR0
DAJ -Surface Water Protection
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION/NRE -Tracking No. NOV-2008-DV-0145
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00030 — City of Statesville
Iredell :County
Dear Mr. Krebs:
In reply to your letter dated March 28, 2008 regarding the subject Notice of Violation, we
offer the following information:
Subject: Sewer Spill at Newton Alley
Spill: #200800536
Date: 2/20/08
Pipe Size: 12in
The Spill was caused by roots and debris in the line. After the clean up was completed
the line was inspected with a sewer camera and it was discovered that the roots were from
breaks in the pipe and joints. We replaced 190 Ft of the pipe and the work was completed
on 2/29/08. A follow up inspection has turned up no further problems.
Subject: Sewer Spill at Signal Hill.Dr.
Spill: #200800599
Date: 2/27/08
Pipe Size: Bin
The Spill was caused by grease and debris in the line. This is a dead end line carrying
only a small strip mall and a rest home. At the present we are monitoring the rest home
and strip mall with a portable bar screen and checking grease levels in an effort to find
out where the problem is.. Recent inspections at a contributing restaurant in the strip mall
before the spill indicated it to be in compliance with the city grease levels.

Mr. Robert B. Krebs
April 3, 2008
Page 2
We in the Statesville sewer department maintain 244 miles of gravity sewer lines and 7
miles of force main. At present we have 2 jet trucks, 1 sewer camera van and a flexible
sewer Roding machine. In 2007 we cleaned 313,877 ft of sewer lines and inspected
73,875 ft of sewer line with the camera van.
Although we very much regret the spills that occurred we are very proud of our
maintenance record and will continue to do our very best to keep Statesville's sewer
system as spill free as possible.
Please contact us at 704 878-3417 if we can provide additional information.
Sincerely,
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Eddy Mitchell
Superintendent of W/S Maintenance
Robert W. Hites, Jr.
City Manager

Michael F. Easley, Govern 1L_
William G. Ross Jr., Secret l
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
March 28, 2008
CERTIFIED MAIL 7006 2760 0001 8497 6124
RETURN RECIET REQUESTED
Mr. Robert W. Hites, City Manager
City of Statesville
P. O. Box 1111 .
Statesville, NC 28687
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION/NRE
Tracking No. NOV-2008-DV-0145
Collection System Permit
Number WQCS00030
City of Statesville
Iredell County
Dear Mr. Hites:
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
A review has been conducted of the City of Statesville's self reported Sanitary Sewer
Overflows (SSOs) 5-Day Report(s) for February 2008. This review has shown Statesville to be in
violation of the requirements found in Collection System Permit WQCS00030 and/or
G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred during February 2008 are summarized in
Attachment A.
Remedial and corrective actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to prevent
further SSOs. As of December 1, 2007, any reportable SSO maybe issued a Notice of Violation
(NOV) and some may be assessed a civil penalty. Civil penalties will be issued for SSOs based
on volume, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish
kills, and recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the
civil penalty are the violator's history of spills, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the
spill was intentional, and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
Be advised that G.S. 143-215.6A provides for a civil penalty assessment of not more than
twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per day when the
violation is of a continuing nature, against any person who is required but fails to apply for or to
secure a permit required by G.S. 143-215.L Penalties may also be assessed for any damage to the
surface waters of the State that may result from the unpermitted discharge.
NorthCarolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality Mooresville Regional Office Phone [phone] Customer Service
Internet: www.ncwaterqualitv.org 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1-877-623-6148
Mooresville NC 28115 Fax [phone]

Mr. Robert Hites
NOV-2008-DV-0145
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Attachment A
City of Statesville
February 2008
Vol.
Incident Report
Permit Num Start Date
Location
Total
reached Violation Action
Num Type
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Vol
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200800536 d 0 5 WQCS00030 2008-02-20
Newton Alley south of newton Dr
500
500 Proceed to NOV
O 5 WQCS00030 2008-02-27
200800599
Signal Hill drive 4th manhole south of Parks and Rec.
400
400 Proceed to NOV
day
Total
900
900