WQCS00006_NOV and Intent to Assess_20180706

tiROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CULPEPPER
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Interim Director
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7015-0640-0005-8164-2388
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
July 06, 2018
RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
Steven Drew, Division Manager Operations JUL 2018
City of Greensboro
2602 S. Elm-Eugene St.
Greensboro, NC 27406-9787 Water Resources
Permitting Section
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION &INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2018-DV-0193
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2018
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00006
Greensboro Collection System
Guilford County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Greensboro. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Greensboro violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00006 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 Greensboro an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Greensboro should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start DurationVol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201800700 5/10/2018 112 3802 Jaycee Park Drive Roots 250 250 No Further Action
201800710 5/13/2018 141 1041 Battleground Ave Debris in line 1,800 1,800 Notice of Violation
201800714 5/14/2018 97 3200 Cypress Park Road Grease 2,500 2,500 Notice of Intent
201800736 5/17/2018 118 3845 Maribeau Woods Grease 3,500 3,500 Notice of Intent
Court
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
450 West Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300,Winston-Salem,NC 27105
336-776-9800

Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201800783 5/21/2018 102 130 Sierra Drive Debris in line 30,000 30,000 Notice of Intent
201800791 5/24/2018 25 Manhole at Downing St Grease 50 50 No Further Action
&Battleground Ave
201800793 5/24/2018 105 2311 Harley Drive Debris in line 400 400 Notice of Deficiency
This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant
to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be
assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements
of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1.
This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing,within 10 business days of its
receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other
actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be
considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface
waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors
considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of
rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.boone©ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
eAtri.-
,42Sherri V. Knight, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
CC: Winston-Salem Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
DWR PERCS Unit