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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00057_NOI2021DV0154_20210325ROY 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 £D_E NORTH CAROLINA oepaNnent of Envirun mental auanb 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 ron.boone@ncdenr.gov. Cc: Laserfiche D_E NORTH oOLNA ro oeuanentnt of Environmental auanb Sincerely, DocuSigned by: Lon l . c JM0.Cf 145B49E225C94EA... 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