WQCS00002_NOV-2021-DV-0209 Green Card_20210409

ROY COOPER
Govtrrrar
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Soo -wary
S. Dt1NIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7017 2680 0000 2219 4995
Return Receipt Requested
Robert Massengill, Director Public Utilities
City of Raleigh
PO Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602-0590
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Environmental Quality
April 09, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0209
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00002
Raleigh Collection System
Wake County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Raleigh. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the City of Raleigh violated Permit Condition I
(2) of Permit No. WQCS00002 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 Raleigh an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as
to why the City of Raleigh should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violations that are summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWRActiion
202101004 3/8/2021 355 5501 Wade Park Blvd Debris in line
57,510 57,510 Notice of Violation —
Notice of intent
202101052 3/17/2021 346 223 W Young St, Other 8,200 0 Notice of Violation
Rolesville
202101070 3/23/2021 31 4000 Atlantic Ave. Other 960 960 Notice of Violation
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This Notice tlVitilation;/ Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant
to�G:S. 1--43 21�5;6'A, a'civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed
against.anyspewon-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 10 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.
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,
Ida -Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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