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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 30, 2020
Donald F Greeley, Water Management Director
City of Durham
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701-3329
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0185
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — January, February, March 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00005
Durham Collection System
Durham County
Dear Mr. Greeley:
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A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Reports submitted by
City of Durham. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the City of Durham violated Permit Condition
I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00005 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 Raleigh Regional Office is providing the City of Durham an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as
to why the City of Durham should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202000044 1/8/2020 150 1201 Vintage H:II Pkwy. Pipe failure 7500 7500 Notice of violation —
Notice of Intent
202000114 1/16/2020 220 4023 Wake Forest Rd. Grease & Debris 168,075 168,075 Notice of Violation -
Notice of Intent
202000158 1/26/2020 113 2321 Stroller Ave. Roots 970 970 Notice of Violation
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Incident
Start
Number
Date
202000246
2/4/2020
202000305 2/6/2020
202000309 2/6/2020
202000313 2/6/2020
202000635 2/11/2020
202000699 2/15/2020
202000704 2/17/2020
Duration
(Mina) Location Cause
45 904 Lambeth Cir Other
491 Rockwood Park Severe Natural
Condition
481 3201 Coachman Way Severe Natural
Condition
678 1912 Essex road
Severe Natural
Condition
15 3014 Sparger Rd Lift
Power Outage, Pump
Station
station equipment
failure
115 707 W Murray Avenue
Debris in line, Grease
147 1101 Hamlin Road
Pipe Failure (Break)
202000714 2/19/2020 30 309 W. Morgan Street Debris in line
202000771 2/21/2020 251 2917 Salvone court Vandalism
202000772 2/21/2020
202000841 3/2/2020
76 24 Phauff Court Vandalism
90 5210 Peppercorn St. Debris
202000991 3/12/2020 70 Hillandale Golf -Course Grease
202001115 3/29/2020 80 1600 Hillandale Rd. Grease
Total
Vol
(Gals)
225
168,075
24,050
67,800
3,000
18,370
17U,400
4,000
12,500
11,400
Total Vol
Surface
Water
(Gals) DWR Action
225 Notice of Deficiency
168,075 Notice of Violation
24,050 Notice of Violation
67,800 Notice of Violation
-1 Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
18,370 Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
176,400
Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
4,000
Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
12,500
Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
11,400
Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
3,250 3,250 Notice of Violation —
Notice of Intent
4,900 4,900 Notice of Violation -
Notice of Intent
4,800 4,800 Notice of Violation -
Notice of Intent
This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOVINOI) 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 60 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.
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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 mitch. [e-mail],
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
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