WQCS00179_NOV-2024-DV-0011 Notice of Violation_20240110

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January 08, 2024

Christopher Doherty, Director Public Utilites
Franklin County Public Utilities
1630 U S Hwy 1
Youngsville, NC 27596-9661

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0011
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00179
Franklin County Collection System
Franklin County

Dear Mr. Doherty:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Franklin County Public Utilities
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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301618 12/10/2023 450 YOUNGSVILLE Inflow and Infiltration 14,000 10,000 Notice of Violation
REGIONAL PUMP
STATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301671 12/17/2023 600 Not Provided Inflow and Infiltration, 16,500 12,000 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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,

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

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