WQCS00002_NOV-2022-DV-0109_20220419

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 5640
Return Receipt Requested
Whit Wheeler, Assistant Public Utilities Director
City of Raleigh
PO Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602-0590
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 19, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2022-DV-0109
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00002
Raleigh Collection System
Wake County
Dear Mr. Wheeler:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Reports 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
202200334 3/7/2022 270 Intersection of W Other 6,450 3,450 Notice of Violation -
Young St. and Granit Notice of Intent
Falls Blvd.
202200374 3/12/2022 135 504 Hertford Street Pipe Failure (Break) 3,375 0 Notice of Violation
202200388 3/14/2022 43 5901 Falls of Neuse Rd Debris in line 1,765 800 Notice of Violation
North Carolina Department of Environmental Qrallty I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional office 13800 Barrett Drtve Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.79IA200

Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
202200438 3/20/2022 43 12408 Dennard Street Grease
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
989 989 Notice of Violation
202200439 3/20/2022 68 1405 West Hwy 70 Grease
2,720 0 Notice of Violation
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,
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 ofEnwar.nentelQuality I Division ofwaterResources
Raleigh Regional Office 3600 Barret Drive : Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200