WQCS00142_Notice of Violation_20230831

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
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 31, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0329
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2023
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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) Dill Action
202301101 7/23/2023 45 243 Laurel Ln, Blowing Pump station 450 450 Notice of Violation
Rock, NC, 28605 equipment failure
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 Gary Hudson with the Water
Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSiTgned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
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