WQCS00002_NOV-2021-DV-0264_20210520

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELU -GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
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Robert Massengill, Director of Public Utilities
City of Raleigh
PO Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602-0590
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 20, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0264
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00002
Raleigh Collection System
Wake County
Dear Mr. Massengill:
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 1
(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 violation(s) that are summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101179 4/13/2021 33 400 Woods of North Debris in lane 830 415 Notice of Violation
Bend
202101197 4/18/2021 346 7703 oak Marsh Drive, Pipe Failure (Break) 31,700 31,700 Notice of Violation -
Raleigh, NC Notice of Intent
202101209 4/20/2021 210 7100 Great Laura! Drive Pump station 20,000 20,000 Notice of Violation -
equipment failure Notice of Intent
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 DWlilan of Water Resources
Raklgh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive 1 Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.79142OO

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This Notice of -Violation/ Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant
to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed
against any person 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 mitch.hayes@ncdenr..gov.
Cc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
Laserfiche
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.7%4200

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