WQCS00055_NOV-2021-DV-0451_20211022

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 3198
Return Receipt Requested
Terrell Blackmon, City Engineer
City of Henderson
PO Box 1434
Henderson, NC 27536-1434
NORTH CAROL' NA
Environmental Quality
October 22, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0451
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00055
Henderson Collection System
Vance County
Dear Blackmon:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by'City of Henderson 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:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
202101895 9/9/2021 90 Neatherly St,
Henderson, NC
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
Severe Natural 900 900 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101896 9/9/2021 90 North Pinkston St & Severe Natural 900 900 Notice of Violation
Farrar Ave, Henderson, Condition
NC
202101903 9/9/2021 169 Sandy Creek Pump Severe Natural
Station Condition
1,800 800 Notice of Violation
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quanty 1 Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 1 3600 Barret! Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200

Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101904 9/9/2021 131 Martins Creek PS Severe Natural 1,200 1,200 Notice of Violation
Condition
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Cc: Regional Office - WQS File
Laserfiche
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Nardi Cambia Drprlment of Environmental Quality : 01va1on of Water Raaurcea
Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive Raleigh. Noah Carolina 27609
919.791.4200