HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00006_NOV2022DV0301_20221024ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Michael Borchers, PE
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 24, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0301
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00006
Greensboro Collection System
Guilford County
Dear Mr. Borchers:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Greensboro 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:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202201470 9/26/2022 170 2701 Spring Garden Pipe Failure (Break) 850 850 Notice of Violation
St, Greensboro, NC,
27403
North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
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336.776.9500
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 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.
Sincerely,
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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 Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500