WQCS00065_NOV2018DV0091_20180318

ROY COOPER
Governor
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MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CL7LPEPPER
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Interim Director
March 23, 2018
Frankie Maness, City Manager
City of Graham
PO Drawer 357
Graham, NC 27253-0357
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0091
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2018 RECEIVED/DENRJDWR
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00065
Graham Collection System APR - 6 2018
Alamance County Water Resources
Permitting Section
Dear Permittee:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Graham 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
201800333 2/25/2018 1,040 Manhole behind 408 Debris in line 13,140 13,140 Notice of Violation
W. Gilbreath Street
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
450 West Hanes Mill Road,Suite 300,Winston-Salem,NC 27105
336-776-9800

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.booneCa ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Sherri V. Knight, P.E., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
DWR PERCS Unit