WQCS00006_NOV2021DV0138_20210223

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Michael Borchers, E P
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
NORTH CAROLINA
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February 23, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0138
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - November 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00006
Greensboro Collection System
Guilford County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Greensboro 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
202003010
11/12/2020
283
1500 West End Place
Severe Natural
24,000
24,000
Notice of Violation
Condition
202003011
11/12/2020
150
1402 Briarcliff Rd
Severe Natural
13,500
13,500
Notice of Violation
Condition
202003012
11/12/2020
142
1906 Sharonbrook
Severe Natural
27,000
27,000
Notice of Violation
Drive
Condition
202003013
11/12/2020
120
North Buffalo Pump
Power Outage
9,380,000
3,800,000
Notice of Violation
Station
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
North Carosins Depertrnentof Environments Quairty I Division of Water Resources
DRE �Q 1h'.nstonSe4m Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes YVAI Road,5uite 30D I WinstonSelem, North Cerobna 27105
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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,
DocuSigned by:
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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 Carosins Depertmentof Environments Qua ty I Division of Water Resources
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