WQCS00179_NOV-2024-DV-0085 Notice of Violation_20240213

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February 13, 2024

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

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0085
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400149 1/9/2024 210 391 SW Railroad Inflow and Infiltration, 3,500 0 Notice of Violation
Street, Youngsville Pump station
NC (Pump Station) equipment failure,
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,

Michael Hall, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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