HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00005_NOV-2022-DV-0231_20220817ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
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Return Receipt Requested
Donald F Greeley, Director
City of Durham
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701-3329
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 17, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0231
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00005
Durham Collection System
Durham County
Dear Mr. Greeley:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Durham 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
202201179 7/25/2022 58 1321 Newcastle Rd, Grease
Durham, NC, 27704
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
290 290 Notice of Violation
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.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality: Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office ' 3800 Barrett Drive Raleigh North Carolina 27609
9i9.79L4', 00
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.
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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 Enr4anmenlalQuility ! DMalan of Water Refaortn
Raleigh Regional Office 1 3600 Barrett Dave I Raleigh, NorthCambria 27609
919.791.4200