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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
May 04, 2020
R Danieley Brown, CEO PE
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District
PO Box 308
Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0197
Sanitary Sewer Overflows -- January, February, March 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00027
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District Collection System
Halifax County
Dear Mr. Brown:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District
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 incidents cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total
Surface
Incident
Start
Duration
Vol
Water
Number
Date
(Mina)
location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals)
DWR Action
202000033
1/4/2020
20
Basin K
Inflow and Infiltratio_-r,
200
200
Notice of Deficiency
Severe Natural
Condition
202000090
1/14/2020
135
Stark Drive and Third
Severe Natural
675
675
Notice of Violation
Street
Condition
202000461
2/6/2020
900
Land St.
Severe Natural
13,500
13,500
Notice of Violation
Condition
202000462 2/6/2020 1020 Stark Drive and Third Severe Natural 5,100 5,100 Notice of Violation
Street Condition

Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mina) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202000463 2/7/2020 240 3ro and Rapids St. Severe Natural 900 900 Notice of Violation
Condition
202000465 2/6/2020 60 ill and Franklin St. Severe Natural 300 300 Notice of Violation
Condition
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 60
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.
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].
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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