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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00002_NOV-2021-DV-0279_20210727ROY COOPER Governor JOHN NICHOLSON Interim Secretor}' S. DANIEL SMITH Director Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 5017 Return Receipt Requested Robert Massengill, Director of Public Utilities City of Raleigh PO Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602-0590 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality June 14, 2021 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0279 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 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 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 202101344 5/20/2021 112 5536 Neuse View Drive Pump station equipment failure 1,400 202101350 5/24/2021 107 3800 Hillsborough Roots Street 1,500 202101351 5/24/2021 198 5000 Windy Hills Drive Grease Notice of Violation Notice of Violation 14,000 14,000 Notice of Violation — Notice of Intent D_EQ3 North Carolina Department of Ernirontnentai Quaffy I Division of :hater Reso;rces Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive i Raleigh. North C:aroiina 2;6O t 91,1101.4200 Incident Start - Duration Number Date----•(Mins) Location Cause Total Vol Total Surface Vol Water (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202101366 5/29/2021 143 1837 Snow Wind Drive Pipe Failure (Break), 4,230 4,230 Notice of Violation - Roots 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 mitch.hayes@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Raleigh Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Cc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File Laserfiche D_E Q� hnr:h ca ,r0:01 epscn•enw! 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PUBLIC UTIUTIES CITY of RALEIGH PO BOX 590/RALEIGH, NC 27602-/0590 NOV & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY/NOV-2021- DV 0279/WQCS00002/SSOS-MAY2021/RALEIGH COLL. SYS. REC: 7020-3160-0000-2219-5017 M 6/22/2021 Total) $ Sent 1 Street, Postmark Here 'Cry, State, 2IP+48 PS Form 3800 A. ril 2015 PSN 7530.02.000.9047 i i i USpS TRACKNG # i i u i u i ui i 9590 9402 3222 7196 7709 52 United States Postal Service See Reverse tor Instructions First -Class Mall Postage & Fees Paid USPS Permit No. G-10 • Sender: Please print your name, address, and ZIP+4e in this box• WATER QUALITY REGIONAL OPERATIONS SECTION NC Dept of EnvironmeillaKainitylGH REGIONAL OFFICE vic°o�`eni� 3800 BARRETT DRIVE \�°I tL RALEIGH, NC 27609 ,$r Raleigh Regional Office ti119111►1ti1li1.1111.,10�lri► tte01�I�`1.1I ,ce III 11). �e1�