WQCS00021_NOV-2023-DV-0343 Letter_20230906

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September 06, 2023

Grant W Goings
City of Wilson
PO Box 10
Wilson, NC 27893-0010

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2023-DV-0343
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00021
Wilson Collection System
Wilson County

Dear Mr. Goings:

A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO’s) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Wilson. The Division’s Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the City of Wilson violated Permit Condition I
(2) of Permit No. WQCS00021 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 Raleigh Regional Office is providing the City of Wilson an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as
to why the City of Wilson should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301140 8/6/2023 1,200 601 SUNNYSIDE LANE Debris in line, Grease 14,400 14,400 Notice of Violation -
WEST, WILSON, Intent to Assess
27893 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301229 8/29/2023 390 4508 COUNTRY CLUB Pipe Failure (Break) 2,000 2,000 Notice of Violation
DRIVE NORTH,
WILSON, , 27896 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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 Kevin Fowler with the Water Quality Section in the
Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Vanessa Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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