WQCS00006_Notice of Violation_20230831

ROY 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
August 31, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0337
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2023
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
(Mips)
Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals)
DWR Action
202301015
7/6/2023
61
1200 W Gate City
Pipe Failure (Break)
300
300
Notice of Violation
Blvd, Greensboro NC
202301094
7/23/2023
20
3604 Jerome Drive,
Grease
800
800
Notice of Violation
Greensboro, NC
202301100
7/23/2023
73
3701 Elmsley Ct,
Grease
750
1,550
Notice of Violation
Greensboro, NC,
27406
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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Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Minn) Location Cause
202301103 7/23/2023 73 3711-107 Elmsley Ct, Grease
Greensboro, NC,
27406
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals)
DWR Action
2,500 Notice of Violation
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Hudson with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Doc
iguSigned by:
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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