WQCS00002_NOV-2022-DV-0022_20220124

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretory
S. DANIEL SMITH
NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4115 6839
Return Receipt Requested
January 24, 2022
Whit Wheeler, Assistant Public Utilities Director
City of Raleigh
PO Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602-0590
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0022
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00002
Raleigh Collection System
Wake County
Dear Mr. Wheeler:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Raleigh 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 incidents 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
202102208 12/1/2021 90 1401 Wendell Blvd Grease
2,160 1,450 Notice of Violation
202102258 12/12/2021 111 612 Carolina Ave. Debris in line 2,775 2,000 Notice of Violation
202102314 12/28/2021 60 2110 Blackwolf Run Grease
Lane
1,500 1,500 Notice of Violation
202102268 12/14/2021 37 3307 Quail Hollow Dr. Debris in line
900 100 Notice of Deficiency
202102313 12/28/2021 50 320 Friar Tuck Rd. Grease
Lane
250 250 Notice of Deficiency
North Carolina Department of EnvtrmmenI Quality 1 Division of Plater Resources
Raleigh Regional Offke 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919,791.4200

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].
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Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental 0+ality : Dlvhlon of Water Resources
Raleigh Region:4 Office , 3800 Barren Drive I Raleigh, NonhCarolina 27609
919.791.4200