WQCS00011_NOV-2018-DV-0167_20180424

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 24, 2018
Charles W Penny, City Manager
City of Rocky Mount
PO Box 1180
Rocky Mount, NC 278024180
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0126
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2018
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00011
Rocky Mount Collection System
Edgecombe County
Dear Mr. Penny:
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
201800152 1/31/2018 120 Riverside Drive under Other 1,200 1,200 Notice of Violation
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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.
State of North Caiolma l Envuonmental Quality Water Resources
1628 Mail Service Centel,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628
919-791-4200

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
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Danny Smith, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQCc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1628 Mail Service Centel,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628
919-791-4200