WQCS00027_NOV-2024-DV-0191_20240503

P.O. Box 308
P�pKE R,tn 1000 Jackson Street
a �o Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District [phone]
9 Sanitary Fax: [phone]
w .rrsd.ore
April 30, 2024
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7005 3110 0001 6339 0568
RETURNED RECEIPT REQUESTED
Michael Hall, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section MAY 3 2024
Raleigh Regional Office
1628 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1628
Re: Notice of Violation & Intent to Issue Civil Penalty
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0191
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — March 2024
Collection System Permit Number: WQCS00027
Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District (RRSD)
Halifax County
Dear Mr. Hall,
Please be advised that ongoing remedial action is being taken to correct the deficiencies
in the collection system contributing to the sanitary sewer overflow in the referenced
NOV received April 22, 2024. The sanitary sewer overflow occurred during an intense
rain event while antecedent wet weather conditions had failed to diminish. Incident
202400591 referenced in this NOV was published in a press release pursuant to NCGS
143-215.1C(b)(1).
Attached are images of radar from the storm as it passed through North Carolina on
March 6, 2024. Also attached is an image of radar from another strong storm as it passed
through North Carolina less than a week prior to this SSO. 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 from Freese and Nichols, Inc. 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
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project will eliminate the upstream and downstream surcharging this pump station is
causing. On February 20, 2024, we learned this funding request was not awarded.
On April 10, 2024, RRSD purchased adjacent property to the existing Belmont Pump
Station. Our intent is to construct a new pump station on the newly acquired property. On
April 30, 2024, RRSD submitted a Belmont Pump Station Improvement Project
Application for Funding to NCDEQ Division of Water Infrastructure requesting a total
funding amount of $3,405,937. Also on April 30, 2024, RRSD issued a purchase order to
Freese and Nichols, Inc. to begin design services on the new Belmont Pump Station and
force main.
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,
Thomas C. Wrenn
Chief Executive Officer
Enclosures
cc: James E. Kerr, II, Chairman
David W. Scott, ORC
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