WQCS00214_NOV and Intent to Assess_20230615

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0002 0860 6276
Return Receipt Reauested
Brantley Price
Town of West Jefferson
PO Box 490
W. Jefferson, NC 28694-0490
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 15, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0246
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00214
West Jefferson Collection System
Ashe County
Dear Mr. Price:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of West Jefferson 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
202300838 5/21/2023 45 31 Beaver Creek
Other, Pipe Failure
5,500
5,500 Notice of Intent
School Rd, West
(Break), Pump station
Jefferson, NC, 28694
equipment failure
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

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 Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at gary.hudson(a)dea.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
CDocuSigned 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