WQCS00008_Notice of Deficiency_20240103

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
David Cheek, Interim City Manager
City of Burlington
PO Box 1358
Burlington, NC 27216-1358
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 3, 2024
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2023-DV-0103
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - November 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00008
Burlington Collection System
Alamance County
Dear Mr. Cheek:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City
of Burlington. This review has shown the City of Burlington 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
202301540 11/14/2023 54 713 EAST
WILLOWBROOK
DRIVE, BURLINGTON,
27215
Grease 70 70 Notice of Deficiency
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 Gary Hudson with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
I D-ocu Siiggned 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 Environmental 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