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CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7017 0190 0000 9562 9385
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 26, 2019
Rochelle D Small -Toney, City Manager
City of Rocky Mount
PO Box 1180
Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1180
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0203
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — January, February, March 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00011
Rocky Mount Collection System
Edgecombe County
Dear Ms. Small -Toney:
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
201900511 3/4/2019 730 Riverside Drive and N. Severe Natural 6,000
Church St Condition
201900459 2/25/2019 4595 E. Virginia St. Severe Natural 18,000
Condition, Inflow/Infiltration
201900460 2/24/2019 1440 549 E. Raleigh St
201900435 2/23/2019 620 6501 Old Mill Rd.
6,000 Notice of Violation
18,000 BPJ, No Further
Action
Severe Natural 2,880 2,880 BPJ, No Further
Condition, Inflow Infiltrat on Action
Severe Natural 4,689 0 BPJ, No Further
Condition, Inflow/ Infiltration Action
Incident start
Number Date
201900433 2/23/2019
Duration
(Minn) Location Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
630 1033 Johnson St. Severe Natural 3,150 3,150 BPI, No Further
Condition, Inflow/Infltration Action
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 Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at mitch.hayes@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
R ck Bolich, L.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc; Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
Brad Kerr, Public Works Director, PO Box 1180, Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1180
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