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P.O. Box 308
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Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District [phone]
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February 28, 2024
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7005 3110 0001 6339 2838
RETURNED RECEIPT REQUESTED
NC Dep(of Env7Or•11!enial Quality
Vanessa E. Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office MAR 5 2024
1628 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1628 R2! -vh
Re: Notice of Violation - Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0087
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — January 2024
Collection System Permit Number: WQCS00027
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District (RRSD)
Halifax County
Dear Ms. Manuel,
Please be advised that ongoing remedial action is being taken to correct the deficiencies
in the collection system contributing to the sanitary sewer overflows in the referenced
NOV received February 23, 2024. The sanitary sewer overflows occurred during intense
rain events while antecedent conditions had failed to diminish. Incident 2024000129
referenced in this NOV was published in a public notice and proof of the publication was
provided to you via email pursuant to NCGS 143-215. 1 C(b)(2).
Attached are images of radar from both storms as they passed through North Carolina on
January 9, 2024 and January 12, 2024. Also attached is local rain data for the prior
quarter. This chronic spill site arises from high inflows into the Belmont Pump Station
located in sub -basin `A' of the collection system. Peak wet weather flows to the Belmont
Pump Station occasionally exceed the pumping capacity in the existing pumps and when
the pump station runs frequently the downstream gravity sewer becomes surcharged and
is at risk for overflows in several shallow manholes.
On March 15, 2023, RRSD received a Belmont Pump Station Preliminary Engineering
Report which recommended increasing the pumping capacity at the pump station along
with rerouting the force main to a larger gravity line downstream with more capacity. On
September 29, 2023, RRSD submitted a Belmont Pump Station Improvement Project
Application for Funding to NCDEQ Division of Water Infrastructure requesting a
funding amount of $2,859,165. We are confident this project will eliminate the upstream
and downstream surcharging. On February 20, 2024, we learned this funding request was
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not awarded. We are diligently pursuing other funding opportunities for this project while
optimizing pump station operations.
We trust our actions are deemed adequate and prudent. Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District
greatly appreciates your time and consideration in this matter. Should you require
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
omas C. Wrenn
Chief Executive Officer
Enclosures
cc: James E. Kerr, II, Chairman
David W. Scott, ORC
File
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AFFP
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE U� 2024
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF NC } SS
COUNTY OF HALIFAX }
Christy Williamson, being duly sworn, says:
That she is Christy Williamson, Ad Director of the The
Daily Herald, a daily newspaper of general circulation,
printed and published in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County,
NC; that the publication, a copy of which is attached
hereto, was published In the said newspaper on the
January 23, 2024
That said newspaper was regularly issued and circulated
on those dates.
SIGNED:
CM9ty Williamson, Ad Director
Subscribed to and sworn to me this 23rd day of January
2024.
'Elizabe)6 Goodwin Howell,, Halifax County, NC
My commission expires: July 13, 2027.....
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ROANOKE RAPIDS SANITARI� ,,��a ?�,'�y?a
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NOTICE OF DISCHARGE OF
UNTREATED SEWAGE
nter Storm Finn
hefavy sustained rain on Tues�-�ePfofEnvrrorn;,e;,ta�Qc
day, January 9, 2024, leading
to Roanoke Rapids Sanitary UAR 52024
District having one wastewater
collection system spill. In tht 1,'i9hReg;otfal()a'iCc
instance, a total wastewater
spill of approximately 16,250
gallons spilled from the
wastewater collection system
from Manhole A54, sub -basin
'A', located at Land St and an
unopened portion of W. 4th St.
The spill began January 9,
2024 at 7:50 p.m. and ended at
1:15 a.m. the following day. Ap-
proximately 16,250 gallons of
untreated wastewater dis-
charged into the waters of the
state tributary to the Roanoke
River in the Roanoke River
Basin. Inflow into the sewer col-
lection system exceeded the
carrying capacity of the pipes.
Preparation is being made for
all known repairs necessary to
reduce the source of inflow to
return the pipe system to ser-
vice and minimize further dis-
charge.
This notice is required by North
Carolina General Statutes Art-
icle 21 Chapter 1143.215.11C.
Roanoke Rapids
Sanitary District
Permit # WQCS00027
Thomas C. Wrenn, CEO
[phone]
January 18, 2024
Jan. 23, 2024

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Normal Monthly Precipitation (Inches)
NORMALS 1981-2010
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4.77
3.64
3.57
4.03
4.99
6.93
6.25
5.38
4.95
4.27
58.04
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3.26
3.18
3.98
3.14
3.61
4.49
5.66
6.64
3.93
3.07
3.06
2.56
46.58
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3.06
2.96
3.73
3.57
3.38
3.73
4.48
3.88
4.19
3.13
3.11
2.98
42.2
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3.5
3.23
4.11
2.92
3.27
3.52
4.73
4.26
4.36
3.25
3.12
3.07
43.34
30
4.02
3.47
4.03
2.8
3.79
3.42
4.29
3.78
4.26
3.18
2.97
3.04
43.05
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3.6
2.9
3.9
3.12
3.43
4.13
4.9
4.82
4.43
3.09
3.04
2.93
44.29
30
4.52
3.66
4.22
2.94
4.4
5.36
7.62
7.31
6.79
3.21
3.26
3.78
57.07
30
3.86
3.35
4.04
3.17
3.85
4.31
5.39
6.14
5.83
3.25
3.12
3.25
49.56
30
4.08
3.08
4
2.77
3.67
5.92
6.13
6.91
5.98
3.09
2.66
3.24
51.53
30
3.14
2.93
3.58
3.31
3.73
3.62
4.36
3.26
3.88
3.11
3.41
3.24
41.57
30
3.4
3.12
3.68
3.41
3.41
4.26
5.14
5.52
4.76
3.42
3.15
3.26
46.53
30
3.93
3.34
4.08
3.38
3.74
3.77
5.17
4.79
4.06
3.47
2.98
3.03
45.74
30
3.04
2.76
4.04
3.27
3.78
3.93
4.51
4.66
4.13
2.98
3.24
3.26
43.6
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3.55
2.98
4.09
3.18
3.95
3.54
4.67
4.18
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3.6
3.06
3.12
43.91
30
2.92
2.89
3.46
3.37
4.06
3.83
4.04
3.56
3.89
2.89
3.4
2.94
41.25
30
3.23
3.23
3.23
3.61
4.24
3.68
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3.74
3.85
3.15
3.21
2.86
42.03
30
3.83
3.22
4.18
3.67
4.12
3.81
4.29
3.65
4.14
3.62
3.21
3.14
44.88
30
3.29
2.75
4.2
3.3
3.58
3.53
5.1
3.93
3.47
3.33
3.09
3.24
42.81
30
3.6
3.09
4.16
3.58
3.65
3.93
4.86
4.53
4.4
3.23
3.34
3.34
45.71
18
3.54
3.19
4.079
4.32
3.82
4.55
5.41
4.73
5.32
3.625
3.82
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4.4
2.4
2.4
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NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
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https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcn/comparative-climatic-data

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