WQCS00018_NOI_NOV2023DV0041_20230118

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0002 0860 8270
Return Receipt Reauested
Jon Mendenhall, City Manager
City of Eden
PO Box 70
Eden, NC 27289-0070
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 18, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2023-DV-0041
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018
Eden Collection System
Rockingham County
Dear Mr. Mendenhall:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Eden. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Eden violated Permit
Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00018 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 Eden an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Eden 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
(Gals)
Total Vol
Surface
Water
(Gals) DWR Action
202201844 12/22/2022 158 699 Lake St, Eden, NC, Inflow and
6,320
4,740 Notice of Intent
27288
Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
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 [e-mail].
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 Environmental 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 .776.9600