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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7015-0640-0005-8164-2289
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED RECEIVED//DENR/D1NR
October 9, 2018 OCT a 201
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Water Resources
Frankie Maness, City Manager Permitting Section
City of Graham
P.O. Drawer 357
Graham, NC 27253-0357
SUBJECT: Notice of Intent to Enforce: NOV-2018-DV-0261
Sanitary Sewer Overflows —August 2018
Facility: Graham Collection System
Permit No. WQCS00065
Owner: City of Graham
County: Alamance
Dear Mr. Maness:
A review has been conducted of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report(s)
submitted by the City of Graham for the month of August 2018. This review has shown
the City of Graham to be in violation of the requirements found in the WQCS00065
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)
201801251 08/07/2018 75 1125 Ingold Severe 12,480 12,480 Notice of
Dr, Boyd Crk Natural Intent
Pump Station Condition
&Inflow&
Infiltration
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
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 WQCS00065 collection system permit. If
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Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300 I Winston-Salem,North Carolina 27103
336.776.9800

Graham Collection System, 10/9/2018
NOV-2018-DV-0261
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,
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Sherri V. Knight, P.E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
cc: DWR Central Files
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DWR WSRO Files
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