WQCS00010_Notice of Violation_20240228

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Robby Stone, Director
City of High Point
PO Box 230
High Point, NC 27261-0230
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 20, 2024
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0098
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00010
High Point Collection System
Guilford County
Dear Mr. Stone:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of High Point 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
202400009
1/2/2024
10
912 LAKECREST
Grease, Roots
1,000
500
Notice of Violation
AVENUE, HIGH POINT,
27265
202400022
1/4/2024
33
1587 SKEET CLUB
Grease
330
300
Notice of Violation
ROAD, HIGH POINT,
27265
202400074
1/9/2024
55
1259 ELON PLACE,
Severe Natural
22,000
22,000
Notice of Violation
HIGH POINT, 27263
Condition
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

Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202400075 1/9/2024 95 300 WOODBROOK Severe Natural 19,000 19,000 Notice of Violation
DRIVE, HIGH POINT, Condition
27262
202400079 1/9/2024 95 517 OTTERAY Severe Natural 19,000 19,000 Notice of Violation
AVENUE, HIGH POINT, Condition
27262
202400082 1/9/2024 95 HIGH POINT, Severe Natural 19,000 19,000 Notice of Violation
Condition
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,
DocuSiiggned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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