WQCS00057_NOI2021DV0154_20210325

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7018 1130 0000 1608 0084
Return Receipt Requested
Michael Brandt, City Manager
City of Thomasville
PO Box 368
Thomasville, NC 27361-0368
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 25, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0154
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00057
Thomasville Collection System
Davidson 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 Thomasville. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Thomasville violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00057 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 Thomasville an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Thomasville should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202003433 12/4/2020 180 1002 w Cooksey Drive - Inflow and
Northside Pump Station Infiltration, Pipe
Failure (Break)
3,600 3,000 Notice of Intent
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 271.05
336.776.9800

Incident
Number
Start Duration
Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202003464 12/14/2020 930 1002 West Cooksey
North Side Pump
Station
Inflow and
Infiltration, Pipe
Failure (Break),
Severe Natural
Condition
18,600 18,000 Notice of Intent
202003495 12/16/2020 600 North Side Pump
Station 1002 Cooksey
Dr
Inflow and
Infiltration, Pipe
Failure (Break)
12,000 11,500 Notice of Intent
202003543 12/24/2020 420 1002 West Cooksey Dr
Inflow and
Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
8,400 8,000 Notice of Intent
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 [e-mail].
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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
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800