WQCS00191_NOD2023DV0014_20230118

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Kim Greenwood, Town Manager
Town of Walnut Cove
PO Box 130
Walnut Cove, NC 27052-0130
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 18, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2023-DV-0014
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00191
Walnut Cove Collection System
Stokes County
Dear Mr. Greenwood:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by
Town of Walnut Cove. This review has shown the Town of Walnut Cove to be in violation of the requirements
found in the subject permit and/or North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202201804 12/13/2022 150 1211 Walnut Cove Pump station 500 150 Notice of Deficiency
School Rd, Walnut equipment failure
Cove, NC, 27052
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
North Carolina Department of Environments[ Quality i Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regionat Office 1 450 West Hanes Miff Road, Suite 300 1 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 [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 Environments[ Quality i Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regicnat Mice 1 450 West Hanes Miff Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500