WQCS00086_NOV-2022-DV-0329_20221114

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 0621
Return Receipt Requested
Amy L Ratliff, Engineer
City of Oxford
PO Box 506
Oxford, NC 27565-1307
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 14, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0329
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00086
Oxford Collection System
Granville County
Dear Ms. Ratliff:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Oxford 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
202201490 10/1/2022 140 130 Pine Cone Dr, Pipe Failure (Break), 2,100 0 Notice of Violation
Oxford, NC, 27565 Severe Natural
Condition
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Dins€on of Water Resmirces
Raleigh Regional Off ire d800 Da•telt Orive 1 Raiei9h North Carolina 276(10
Q19.741.4200

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].
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 Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Rc Ources
Raleigh Regional Of fire :ZOO Barrett Drive i Raleigh. North Carolina 27b04
919.791.4200