WQCS00005_NOV-2021-DV-0315_20210709

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 2559
Return Receipt Requested
July 09, 2021
Donald F Greeley, Director
City of Durham
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701-3329
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0315
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - June 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00005
Durham Collection System
Durham County
Dear Mr. Greeley:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Durham
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 550 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 incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident StartDuration Vol Water
NumberDate (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101371 6/2/2021 68 1609 Hollyw000d Pipe Failure (Break 340 340 Notice of Violation
Street
202101430 6/18/2021 107 242 Ruby Ridge Rd. Debris in line 525 525 Notice of Violation
Durham, NC
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919.79t.4200

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: Regional Office - WQS File
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Waler Resources
Raleigh Regional Office . 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh. North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200