WQCS00047_NOV-2024-DV-0194 Notice of Violation_20240409

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April 09, 2024

Rebecca Salmon, Mayor
City Of Sanford
PO Box 3729
Sanford, NC 27331

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0194
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00047
Sanford Collection System
Lee County

Dear Mayor Salmon:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City Of Sanford 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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400659 3/16/2024 120 1406 Winterlocken Debris in line 600 600 Notice of Violation
Drive, Sanford, NC,
27330 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kevin Fowler with the Water Quality Section in the
Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4261 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Michael Hall, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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