WQCS00082_NOV-2022-DV-0042_20220217

ROY COOPER
Governor
EUZABETH S. BISER
Seoerory
S. DANIEL SMITH
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Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0001 6632 2119
Return Receipt Requested
Bettie J Parker, Mayor
City of Elizabeth City
PO Box 347
Elizabeth City, NC 27907-0347
NORTH CAROLINA
Envlrawwental Quality
February 17, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0042
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00082
Elizabeth City Collection System
Pasquotank County
Dear Mayor Parker:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Elizabeth City 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 inddent cited in the subject report include the following:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mlns) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202200013 1/3/2022 150 Knobbs Creek Pump Power Outage, Pump 10,000 10,000 Notice of Violation
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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
days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident
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 Sarah Toppen with the Water Quality Section in
the Washington Regional Office at 252-946-6481 or via email at [e-mail].
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Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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