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ROY COOPER
Governor
EUZABETH S. BISER
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
August 10, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0336
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 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 I
(2) of Permit No. WQCS00002 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection system so
that there is no S50 (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
202101551 7/8/2021 55 3316 Alleghany Drive Severe Natural 3,300 0 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101552 7/8/2021 55 2739 Rothgeb Drive Severe Natural 4,500 0 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101553 7/8/2021 55 5532 Neuse View Drive Severe Natural 2,019 0 Notice of Violation
Condition
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North Carohna Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
RakI9h Regional Office 13800 Hatton Drive . Rakigh North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200

Total Vol
Total Surface
'Dant ' Start Duration Vol Water
,.,...nu r,..........Date— (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101564 7/14/2021 29 1127 Marshall Street Pipe Failure (Break) 1,200 1,000 Notice of Violation
202101603 7/20/2021 160 2601 Adcox Place Debris in line
3,500 3,500 Notice of Violation
Notice of Intent
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 [e-mail].
Sincerely,
iyie_ 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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North Carolina Department of Enrfrovnenral Quality , Dlvhlon of Water Resources
Rakich Regional Office i 3800 Barrett Drive RaklghNorthCaroltna 27609
919.791.4200

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