WQCS00086_NOD-2023-DV-0082 Notice_20231010

October 10, 2023

Amy L Ratliff, Engineer
City of Oxford
PO Box 506
Oxford, NC 27565-1307

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2023-DV-0082
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00086
Oxford Collection System
Granville County

Dear Ms. Ratliff:

A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City
of Oxford. This review has shown the City of Oxford to be in violation of the requirements found in the subject
permit and/or North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred are summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301327 9/6/2023 20 221 LANIER STREET, Debris in line 200 60 Notice of Deficiency
OXFORD, , 27565 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.

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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,

Vanessa Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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