WQCS00005_NOV-2023-DV-0133_20230313

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. RISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
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Donald F Greeley
City of Durham
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701-3329
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 13, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0133
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2023
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
Number Date
Duration
(Mans) Location Cause
202300228 2/6/2023 84
202300358 2/19/2023 172
1003 Orchard Oriole Debris n line
Ln, Durham, NC,
27713
500 S. Pettigrew St, Other
Durham, NC, 27703
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
420 420 Notice of Violation
762 762 Notice of Violation
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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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Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
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