WQCS00077_NOV-2023-DV-0241_20230606

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ROY COOPER :,
Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 1215
Return Receipt Requested
June 05, 2023
Eric J Peterson, Town Manager
Town of Hillsborough
PO Box 429
Hillsborough, NC 27278-2131
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0241
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00077
Hillsborough Collection System
Orange County
Dear Mr. Peterson:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Hillsborough 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:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mlins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202300849 5/23/2023 70 3411 Scarlett Other 1,500 0 Notice of Violation
Mountain Rd.HYW-86,
Hillsborough, NC,
27278
202300796 5/3/2023 26 423 N Cameron St, Debris in Line 200 0 Notice of Deficiency
Hillsborough, NC,
27278
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
919.791A200

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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 Kevin Fowler with the Water Quality Section in the
Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
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