WQCS00042_NOV and Intent to Assess NOV-2024-DV-0351_20240910

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7019 1120 0001 5504 9937
Return Receipt Reauested
Tom Johnson
City of Lexington
28 W Center St
Lexington, NC 27292-3099
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 9, 2024
Tracking No.: NOV-2024-DV-0351
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00042
Lexington Collection System
Davidson County
Dear Mr. Johnson:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Lexington. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Lexington violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00042 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their
collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO
constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is
required by G.S. 143-215.1.
The Winston-Salem Regional Office is providing the City of Lexington an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Lexington should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202401162 7/18/2024 30 301 SPRING DRIVE, Roots 350 350 Notice of Violation
LEXINGTON, 27295
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Resources
Winston-5alem 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. 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 Gary Hudson with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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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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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Rescurces
Winston-5alem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500