WQCS00027_NOV-2020-DV-0463_20201022

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MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
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Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL # 7017 0190 0000 9569 8473
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 22, 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-0463
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 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:
Incident Start
Number Date
Duration
(Mina) Location Cause
202002642 9/17/2020 1,140 312 Land Street Severe Natural
Condition
202002643 9/18/2020 270 West 3rd & Starke Severe Natural
Drive Condition
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
16,200 16,200 Notice of Violation
4,050 4,050 Notice of Violation
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Total
Incident Start Duration Vol
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals)
202002709 9/29/2020 330 Intersection of West Severe Natural 3,300
3rd St. & Starke Drive Condition
Total Vol
Surface
Water
(Gals) DWR Action
3,300 Notice of Violation
202002716 9/29/2020 330 403 Harris St Severe Natural 3,300 0 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 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,
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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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