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Town Ball 173 B Street - Po Box 266 Lansing, NC 28643 - 336.384.3938 - www.lansingnc.us
Board of Aldermen: Jim Blevins, Matt Cordell, Anita Greenwood, Tom Richardson, Teresa McCoy
Finance officer: Elizabeth Johnson
Mack Powers, Mayor Sandra Roten, 'Town Clerk
October 7, 2022
Ms. Tricia Lowery
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC
RE: Notice of Violation
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-LV-0652
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-LV-0653
Permit No. NC0066028
Lansing WWTP
Ashe County
Dear Ms. Lowery:
This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation, tracking number NOV-2022-LV-0652
and NOV-2022-LV-0653, received by the Town of Lansing, Permit No. NC0066028, for
the month of May and June, 2022.
Thank you for helping us identify the issues with our WWTP and providing guidance on
how best to deal with the deficiencies. With your help we are developing a plan to remedy
the situation.
We are increasing the frequency of grab samples to better identify the source of the high
BOD entering our system. Our operator, Tim Church, is calculating our WWTP BOD
capacity in order to amend our sewer ordinance with local BOD limits.
Ms. Lowery
- 2 - October 7, 2022
For the past two years, the Town of Lansing has applied for grant funding to renovate or
replace our WWTP. For two years our applications have not been funded. However, our
latest application, while not funded in the first round, will be resubmitted in October for the
second round of funding. We met with representatives of N.C. Department of
Environmental Quality, Division of Water and Infrastructure, and were advised on how
best to improve our application. We are moving forward with that application and
anticipate a better outcome in this cycle.
We appreciate your help and look forward working with you to improve the efficiency of
our WWTP and maintain the high quality water of Big Horse Creek, a tributary of the New
River.
Sincerely
Mack Powers, Mayor
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