WQCS00057_NOV-2018-DV-0262_20181009

ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7015-0640-0005-8164-2272
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 9, 2018 RECEIVEDIDE"o®SNR
Kelly Craver, City Manager OCT 201
City of Thomasville Water�e ouctwn
P.O. Box 368 perrnitting
Thomasville, NC 27361-0368
SUBJECT: Notice of Intent to Enforce: NOV-2018-DV-0262
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —August 2018
Facility: Thomasville Collection System
Permit No. WQCS00057
Owner: City of Thomasville
County: Davidson
Dear Mr. Craver:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report(s)
submitted by the City of Thomasville for the month of August 2018. This review has shown
the City of Thomasville to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00057
collection system permit and/or North Carolina General Statute 143.215.1(a)(1). The
violations are summarized below:
Total Total Vol
Incident Duration Surface DWR
Number Start Date (Mins) Location Cause Vol Water Action
(Gals) (Gals)
201801164 08/02/2018 65 108 Ashe Court Severe 130 130 No
Natural Further
Condition Action
&Inflow&
Infiltration
201801165 08/02/2018 300 300 High Severe 2,520 2,500 Notice of
Meadows Rd Natural Intent
Condition
&Inflow&
Infiltration
201801198 08/03/2018 89 810 Old Inflow& 9,554 9,000 Notice of
Emmanuel Infiltration Intent
Church Rd
, 7117111EQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 I Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Thomasville Collection System, 10/9/2018
NOV-2018-DV-0262
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct all conditions
which may have been deemed to have contributed to causing the above-listed violations.
The Division of Water Resources (DWR or Division) bases decisions concerning
enforcement actions for SSOs on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills, and other factors. DWR may pursue
enforcement action for these and/or any additional violations of the WQCS00057
collection system permit. If violations are of a continuing nature, not related to operation
and/or maintenance issues, and you anticipate remedial construction activities, then you
may wish to consider applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC).
Pursuant to NC General Statute (NCGS) 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 NCGS 143-215.1. The incidents above constitute such
violations.
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 and all
remedial actions taken and planned to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The
response to this correspondence will be considered in our decision-making process of
whether to proceed with enforcement action.
If you have any questions regarding this notice or we may be of any assistance
whatsoever, please feel free to contact Ron Boone by phone at(336)776-9690 or by email
at ron.booneancdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
cc: DWR Central Files
DWR-PERCS Unit
DWR WSRO Files
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