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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00003_NOV-2022-DV-0125 NOI_20220510 (2)ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director Certified Mail # 7019 1120 0001 5505 0018 Return Receipt Reauested Courtney L Driver, Director of Utilities City of Winston-Salem PO Box 2511 Winston Salem, NC 27107-9998 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality May 10, 2022 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2022-DV-0125 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2022 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: Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202200394 3/14/2022 1,140 451 Northridge Park Dr Debris in line 53,200 53,200 Notice of Intent 202200417 3/17/2022 101 3261 Robinhood Road Debris in line 7,875 7,875 Notice of Intent 202200452 3/21/2022 220 4224 Olds Greensboro Debris in line 4,050 0 Notice of Violation Road North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Resources Winston-5alem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 336.776.9500 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 Sincerely, Docu Siiggned by: LJn l . <Jn. J" 1_.49E225C94EA... 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 I Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 3001 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 o.n�. �..iovinr 33b.776.9800