WQCS00002_NOV-2023-DV-0204_20230509

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May 08, 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-0204
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300698 4/18/2023 369 1431 Gavin St, Raleigh, Pipe Failure (Break) 3,500 500 Notice of Violation
NC, 27608 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300703 4/19/2023 5 9299 Glenwood Ave, Pump station 1,000 1,000 Notice of Violation
Raleigh, NC, 27617 equipment failure _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300717 4/21/2023 87 8401 Glenwood Ave, 129,000 7,000 Notice of Violation -
Raleigh, NC, 27612 Notice of Intent _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Total Vol
Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300594 4/3/2023 42 1505 Capital Blvd, Other 675 675 Notice of Deficiency
Raleigh, NC, 27603 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300662 4/10/2023 30 10625 Leslie Drive, Pump station 90 30 Notice of Deficiency
Raleigh, NC, 27615-1249 equipment failure _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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 [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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