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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
October 9, 2018
Steven Drew, Operations Division Manager RECEIVEDI®ENRI®WR
City of Greensboro 2018
2602 South Elm-Eugene Street OCT 1 7
Greensboro, NC 27406-9787 Water Resources
Permitting Section
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation: NOV-2018-DV-0266
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —August 2018
Facility: Greensboro Collection System
Permit No. WQCS00006
Owner: City of Greensboro
County: Guilford
Dear Mr. Drew:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report(s)
submitted by the City of Greensboro for the month of August 2018. This review has shown
the City of Greensboro to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00006
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)
201801195 08/04/2018 151 1606 East Grease 500 500 Notice of
Bessemer Ave Violation
201801196 08/03/2018 75 6671 Judge Other 1,500 0 No
Adams Rd Further
(Rock Creek Action
Lift Station)
201801235 08/07/2018 236 2306 Bracy Pipe 5,000 5,000 Notice of
Ridge Rd Failure Violation
201801336 08/16/2018 85 128 Webster Grease 100 100 No
Rd Further
Action
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct all conditions
which have been deemed to have contributed to causing the above-listed violations. The
Division of Water Resources (DWR or Division) bases decisions concerning enforcement
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Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 I Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Greensboro Collection System, 10/9/2018
NOV-2018-DV-0266
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 WQCS00006 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).
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 [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
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