WQCS00032_NOV-2020-DV-0565_20201231

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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL 5. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Seth Eckard
Town of Valdese
PO Box 339
Valdese, NC 28690-0339
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 31, 2020
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0565
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - November 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00032
Valdese Collection System
Burke County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Valdese 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 Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202002934 11/12/2020 210 Cline St PS
Inflow and Infiltration,
Severe Natural
Condition
52,500 52,500 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.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Linda Wiggs with the Water Quality Section in the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Daniel Boss, Asst. Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Qarray I Divaion of Water Resod roes
Ashevdo Regonal 9TEoe 12090 U.S. 70 Hghwav i Swan nenoa. North Carob no 2377E
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