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Return Receipt Requested
February 13, 2024
Terrell Blackmon, City Engineer
City of Henderson
PO Box 1434
Henderson, NC 27536-1434
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0081
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00055
Henderson Collection System
Vance County
Dear Mr. Blackmon:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Henderson 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400175 1/9/2024 270 180 SOUTH BECKFORD Inflow and Infiltration 21,600 21,600 Notice of Violation
DRIVE, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400177 1/9/2024 270 527 NEATHERY Inflow and Infiltration 16,200 16,200 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400179 1/9/2024 270 111 SOUTH PINKSTON Inflow and Infiltration 54,000 54,000 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 202400181 1/9/2024 270 1105 ALEXANDER Inflow and Infiltration 27,000 27,000 Notice of Violation
AVENUE, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400182 1/9/2024 270 231 SOUTH Inflow and Infiltration 27,000 27,000 Notice of Violation
ELIZABETH STREET,
HENDERSON, 27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400185 1/9/2024 270 923 NORTH PINKSTON Inflow and Infiltration 21,600 10,800 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 202400187 1/9/2024 270 E. Rockspring St. Inflow and Infiltration 16,200 16,200 Notice of Violation
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400189 1/9/2024 270 942 BRIDGERS Inflow and Infiltration 16,200 16,200 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400213 1/9/2024 Unknown 482 ROCK MILL ROAD, Severe Natural 18,000 18,000 Notice of Violation
HENDERSON, 27537 Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400214 1/9/2024 Unknown 1880 JULIA AVENUE, Severe Natural 9,000 9,000 Notice of Violation
HENDERSON, 27536 Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 202400290 1/12/2024 210 923 NORTH PINKSTON Inflow and Infiltration 2,100 1,050 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400291 1/12/2024 210 738 EAST Inflow and Infiltration 4,200 4,200 Notice of Violation
ROCKSPRING STREET,
HENDERSON, 27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400293 1/12/2024 210 111 SOUTH PINKSTON Inflow and Infiltration 5,250 5,250 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400294 1/12/2024 210 942 BRIDGERS Inflow and Infiltration 8,400 8,400 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400295 1/12/2024 210 527 NEATHERY Inflow and Infiltration 12,600 12,600 Notice of Violation
STREET, HENDERSON,
27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 202400296 1/12/2024 Unknown 1880 JULIA AVENUE, Inflow and Infiltration 8,000 8,000 Notice of Violation
HENDERSON, 27536 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 202400297 1/12/2024 450 482 Rock Mill Rd. Inflow and Infiltration 11,250 11,250 Notice of Violation
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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 kevin.fowler@deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
Michael Hall, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Laserfische
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