WQCS00003_NOI_NOV2021DV0296_20210623

ROY COOPER
Governor
JOHN NICHOLSON
Interim Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7018 1130 0000 1612 6552
Return Receipt Requested
Courtney L Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27107-9998
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 23, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0296
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003
Winston-Salem Collection System
Forsyth 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 Winston-Salem. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Winston-Salem
violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00003 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 Winston-Salem an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Winston-Salem 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
202101156 4/7/2021 70 Intersection of
Robinhood and
Whitaker Rds
Debris in line
351 351 Notice of Violation
202101175 4/12/2021 50 624 First Street Debris in line
1,010 1,010 Notice of Violation
202101176 4/13/2021 40 211 Harmon Lane Debris in line 750 750 Notice of Violation
D_EQ )
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 I Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800

Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101184 4/14/2021 360 1101 Montgomery Pipe Failure (Break), 8,100 8,100 Notice of Intent
Street Severe Natural
Condition
202101185 4/14/2021 103 4182 Greenmead Road Debris in line, Roots 262 262 Notice of Violation
202101231 4/22/2021 51 800 Camel Avenue Debris in line 595 595 Notice of Violation
202101259 4/29/2021 120 4972 Wilkes Drive Grease 300 300 Notice of Violation
202101276 4/30/2021 90 790 Motor Rd
Pipe Failure (Break) 450 450 Notice of Violation
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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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmenta[ Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 I inston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336 .776.9600