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June 8, 2023
Darlene J Butler
Town Manager
Email: manager@sprucepine-nc.gov
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0223
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00091
Spruce Pine Collection System
Mitchell County
Dear Permittee:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Spruce Pine 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300778 5/3/2023 65 13 Pittman Rd, Debris in line 1,000 500 Notice of Violation
Bakersville, NC, 28705 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mara Chamlee with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4657 or via email at mara.chamlee@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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Phillip Hise (ORC)
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