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May 23, 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-0240
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2024
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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400787 4/15/2024 90 1301 Leggett Road, Debris in line 3,600 1,500 Notice of Violation
Rocky Mount, NC,
27801 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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,
Vanessa Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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