WQCS00006_Notice of Violation_20240228

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
February 20, 2024
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0096
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
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
202400044
1/6/2024
77
2100 South Benbow
Debris in line
600
600 Notice of Violation
Rd
202400078
1/9/2024
101
4601 ALLIANCE
Severe Natural
5,000
5,000 Notice of Violation
CHURCH ROAD,
Condition
PLEASANT GARDEN,
27313
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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336.776.9500

Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Minn) Location Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals)
DWR Action
202400081 1/9/2024 140 1413 MINOR ST , Severe Natural 6,000 6,000 Notice of Violation
GREENSBORO, NC Condition
27406
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.
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,
DocuSiTl
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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