WQCS00065_NOV2021DV0294_20210617

ROY COOPER
Governor
JOHN NICHOLSON
Interim Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Frankie Maness, City Manager
City of Graham
PO Drawer 357
Graham, NC 27253-0357
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 17, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0294
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00065
Graham Collection System
Alamance County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Graham 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 incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101163 4/9/2021 47 Boyd Creek Lift Station Inflow and Infiltration 1,200 1,200 Notice of Violation
202101225 4/21/2021 90 Larry Ave, Graham Vandalism 7,200 7,200 Deficiency, No Further
outfall manhole Action
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 I Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9600

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
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Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 I Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9600