WQCS00077_NOV-2022-DV-0107_20220419

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 5633
Return Receipt Requested
Eric J Peterson, Town Manager
Town of Hillsborough
PO Box 429
Hillsborough, NC 27278-2131
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 18, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0107
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00077
Hillsborough Collection System
Orange County
Dear Mr. Peterson:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Hillsborough 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 incident(s) 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
202200449 3/18/2022 435 Governor Burke Rd Pipe Failure (Break) 1,250 50 Notice of Violation
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Qus91y onhlon of Water Resources
NakghReglonalOffice 1MOO Dairen Drive 1 Raleigh North Carolina 2T609
919.791AI00

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].
Cc: Regional Office - WQS File
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Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carob Department afErwlratimerttal Quaky 1 Division at Water Resources
RakghRegional Office MOO Barrett Drive 1 Raleigh North Caralna27609
91.9.791.4200