WQCS00191_Notice of Violation_20231120

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Kim Greenwood, Manager Town
Town of Walnut Cove
PO Box 130
Walnut Cove, NC 27052-0130
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 20, 2023
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0407
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00191
Walnut Cove Collection System
Stokes County
Dear Ms. Gereenwood:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Walnut Cove 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
202301455 10/16/2023 45 643 SOUTH MAIN
Pipe Failure (Break),
500
500 Notice of Violation
STREET, WALNUT
Pump station
COVE, , 27052
equipment failure
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

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,
DocuSiTgned 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