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July 02, 2024
Donald F Greeley
City of Durham
101 City Hall Plz
Durham, NC 27701-3329
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0287
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - June 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00005
Durham Collection System
Durham County
Dear Mr. Greeley:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Durham 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202401057 6/11/2024 272 3729 GUESS ROAD, Debris in line, Grease 1,360 1,360 Notice of Violation
DURHAM, 27705 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202401060 6/13/2024 86 116 MONTICELLO Roots 258 258 Notice of Violation
AVENUE, DURHAM,
27707 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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 919-791-4261 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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