HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00042_NOV2022DV0185_20220711o.p,m..e m s,.,.a.e.w a.m.
ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Terra A. Greene, City Manager
City of Lexington
28 W. Center St
Lexington, NC 27292-3099
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 11, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0185
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00042
Lexington Collection System
Davidson County
Dear Ms. Greene:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Lexington 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
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202200755 5/15/2022 300 Monroe Outfall Debris in line 600 300 Notice of Violation
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
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
336.776.9500
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,
DocuSiiggned by:by�
%A. l . 5A,aGr
145B49E225C94 EA...
Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
DEC) -?)NOR, CPAOL.
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
336.776.9600