WQCS00002_NOV-2024-DV-0014 Notice of Intent_20240110

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January 09, 2024

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-2024-DV-0014
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301600 12/2/2023 78 3731 CHARLESTON Grease 4,680 2,680 Notice of Violation -
PARK DRIVE, RALEIGH Intent to Assess
,NC 27604 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301610 12/6/2023 43 908 CHERRY POND Grease 2,530 0 Notice of Violation
COURT, WAKE FOREST,
,NC 27587 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301625 12/11/2023 52 5832 WHITEBUD Debris in line 2,040 0 Notice of Violation
DRIVE, RALEIGH,
27609 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301640 12/13/2023 41 8417 SAWYER DRIVE, Roots 1,335 1,335 Notice of Violation
Raleigh, NC 27613 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301774 12/30/2023 110 1500 BANBURY ROAD, Roots 1,100 800 Notice of Violation
RALEIGH, NC 27607
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301624 12/11/2023 65 1901 Clark Ave., Grease 325 200 Notice of Deficiency
Raleigh, NC 27605
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301644 12/14/2023 38 700 Green Ridge Dr., Roots 190 90 Notice of Deficiency
Raleigh, NC 27609 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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,

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

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