WQCS00132_NOV-2020-DV-0090_20200319

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ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S. REGAN
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S. DANIEL SMITH
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Chad B Simons, Manager Town
Town of Murphy
PO Box 130
Murphy, NC 28906
NORTH CAROLINA
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March 19, 2020
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0090
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00132
Murphy Collection System
Cherokee County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Murphy 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:
Incident Start
Number Date
Duration
(Mins) Location Cause
202000250 2/6/2020 Riverwalk at Cloemoore Inflow and Infiltration,
Drive Manhole Severe Natural
Condition
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
Notice of Violation
202000251 2/6/2020 Forest Service Road Inflow and Infiltration, Notice of Violation
Pump By -Pass Severe Natural
Condition
Noah Caroiins Department of Environmental QuadBy I DMsion of Water Resources
Ashevdle Regional Office 12050 U.S. 70 31igi ay I Swaaaanoa, North Carolina 23773
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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 Timothy Heim with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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