WQCS00005_NOV-2022-DV-0345_20221208

ROY COOPER.
Governor
EUZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4115 5511
Return Receipt Requested
Donald F Greeley, Director of Public Utilities
City of Durham
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701-3329
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 08, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0345
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - November 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
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202201738 11/25/2022 61 1447 E NC Highway Debris in line 610 610 Notice of Violation
54, Durham, NC,
27713
202201730 11/22/2022 69 402 Case Street Debris in line 69 69 Notice of Deficiency
North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Qualty 1 Division ofWater Resources
Meth Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive i Rakgh North Carolina 27609
919.7914200

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].
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Sincerely,
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Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quaky UWbbn of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office ' 3800 Barrett Drive , Rakgh Nonh Carolina 27609
919.79L4200