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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00002_NOV-2023-DV-0173_20230421 ROY COOPER 1 Governor ELIZABETH S.BISER Secreta)r �.^F a, .M• ,.. 'SKaS.a�,ti'ti RICHARD E.ROGERS.JR. NORTH CAROLINA Director Environmental Quality Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 0904 Return Receipt Requested April 21, 2023 Whit Wheeler, Assistant Director City of Raleigh PO Box 590 Raleigh, NC 27602-0590 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION &INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2023-DV-0173 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2023 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00002 Raleigh Collection System Wake County Dear Mr. Wheeler: A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by City of Raleigh. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the City of Raleigh violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00002 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by G.S. 143-215.1. The Raleigh Regional Office is providing the City of Raleigh an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Raleigh should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mina) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202300459 3/1/2023 285 1067 Benson Rd, Roots 7,625 7,625 Notice of Violation- Garner, NC, 27529 Notice of Intent 202300493 3/9/2023 39 200 Center St,Garner, Roots 585 585 Notice of Violation NC, 27529 202300515 3/13/2023 105 6030 Stratton PI, Roots 4,200 4,200 Notice of Violation- Raleigh, NC, 27609 Notice of Intent North Caro4na DeporimcntolCmvonmenml Quality Division nl Water Resources Raleigh Re9?onal Office lROOWrrrtt Drlve i RaWgh.North Carolina 27604 ^- -r� 919.N1,4200 Mwlo Carolina Department o1 Emironmental Qttal.ty I Dirlslon o1 Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barmil DrWe Ralelgh North Carolina 27609 914,7414100 Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202300561 3/24/2023 165 7930 Knightdale Blvd, Pipe Failure(Break) 13,500 0 Notice of Violation Knightdale, NC, 27545 202300574 3/29/2023 77 300 N Smithfield Rd, Pipe Failure(Break) 2,310 2,310 Notice of Violation - Knightdale, NC, 27545 Notice of Intent 202300576 3/30/2023 91 8005 Duck Creek Dr, Grease 728 528 Notice of Violation Raleigh, NC, 27616 This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kevin Fowler with the Water Quality Section in the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at kevin.fowler@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, /OYIL Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Raleigh Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Cc: Laserfiche NorttiOro!inatkpartmcntofEmnoumcntaIQuaity I p1ds1w4VlatcrRrsourcrs Rafrigb Rr91m f Office 3800 Ba.retl Drive Rale&1h.Nortb C'ara!Ina 2iG09 NJA ■ - ■ I 1�, ,' ' I 1 - ^I.•1 -111 1I I I■ -I 11 G_• ; I IL ■ 1 ■ � � III I: ' � � I II.'I r '�,I �' I I lJ' � I � r - L IL •, C 1, ~ i I'I ,J " I I II � _I � �.� 1- _ 1 1• - I I_ � f l-I I I I F', '. I I T I I � I L � L,' � � �.' - III I .� � I I 'I �, I - -, I - • i .� r — � - - �_ t y � I I IF � 1 - �-• _ 1� 1 � I_".I'V.rJ _ I1 �u _ I _ I I l '� .� I . ` 1. 1 �.�ti I � _ I I I I � I I I I 11 I _ ► . I I I I I � ■ ■ _ P II ' ' - � II I .•II r �1 � 1 . _' I - �• a n l - - I I MEN 1 1 - - P.'ic ■ It 1 El No 0 L 0 1 1 0 ■ - � ■ ■ - ■ -MEN NO -� I ■ ■ I r -ME NO