WQCS00011_NOV-2024-DV-0017 Notice Letter_20240110

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January 09, 2024

Keith C Rogers, Jr
City of Rocky Mount
PO Box 1180
Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1180

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0017
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00011
Rocky Mount Collection System
Edgecombe County

Dear Mr. Rogers:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Rocky Mount 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301656 12/17/2023 810 1024 JOHNSON Inflow and Infiltration, 8,100 8,100 Notice of Violation
STREET, ROCKY Other, Severe Natural
MOUNT, 27801 Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301657 12/17/2023 815 RIVERSIDE DR Inflow and Infiltration, 16,200 16,200 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202301735 12/27/2023 1,050 RIVERSIDE DRIVE Inflow and Infiltration, 52,500 52,500 Notice of Violation
ROCKY MOUNT NC Severe Natural
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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