WQCS00031_NOV-2022-DV-0272_20220916

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7920 3160 0000 41.09 0263
Return Receipt Requested
Todd Taylor, Executive Director
Orange Water and Sewer Authority
400 Jones Ferry Road
Carrboro, NC 27510-2001
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 16, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0272
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00031
OWASA Collection System
Orange County
Dear Mr. Taylor:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Orange Water and Sewer Authority
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:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202201319 8/19/2022 70 990 Kings Mill Rd, Pipe Failure (Break) 350 350 Notice of Violation
Chapel Hill, NC, 27517
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.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Of&c i 3600 Barrett Drive : Raleigh, North Caro8na 27609
919.791.4200

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Cc: Regional Office - WQS File
Laser -fiche
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Nate Crollna Department of E+ntrmunrnw Quaky I EFdUon of water Resources
Raleigh Regional office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.79L4200