WQCS00142_NOV2022DV0369_20221214

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Shane Fox, Town Manager
Town of Blowing Rock
1036 Main St.
Blowing Rock, NC 28605
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 14th, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0369
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - November 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00142
Blowing Rock Collection System
Watauga County
Dear Mr. Fox:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Blowing Rock 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
(Mips)
Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals) DWR Action
202201685
11/11/2022
30
124 Sunset Dr,
Severe Natural
800
800 Notice of Violation
Blowing Rock, NC,
Condition
28605
202201686
11/11/2022
60
945 Main St, Blowing
Severe Natural
1,200
1,200 Notice of Violation
Rock, NC, 28605
Condition
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
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336.776.9500

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500