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Environmental Quality
ERTIFIED MAIL # 7017 0190 0000 9569 8480
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 22, 2020
Rochelle D Small -Toney
City of Rocky Mount
331 S Franklin St
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0464
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00011
Rocky Mount Collection System
Edgecombe County
Dear Ms. Small -Toney:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Rocky Mount 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:
Incident Start
Number Date
Duration
(Minn) Location Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202002626 9/17/2020 110 Riverside Drive Inflow and Infiltration, 1,500 1,500 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition
202002725 9/30/2020 330 River Side Drive in Nash Inflow and Infiltration, 6,600 6,600 Notice of Violation
County Severe Natural
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 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.
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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