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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00039_NOV-2018-DV-0063 NOI_20180319 State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources 2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778 828-296-4500 CERTIFIED MAIL:7017 1070 0000 1775 9774 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED March 19, 2018 Gavin A Brown Town of Waynesville PO Box 100 Waynesville, NC 28786 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2018-DV-0063 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2018 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00039 Waynesville Collection System Haywood County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO’s) 5-Day Reports submitted by Town of Waynesville. The Division’s Asheville Regional Office concludes that the Town of Waynesville violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00039 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by G.S. 143-215.1. The Asheville Regional Office is providing the Town of Waynesville an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the Town of Waynesville should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 201800205 2/7/2018 125 Haywood Fairground Inflow and 24,000 15,000 Notice of Violation Infiltration, Severe Natural Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 201800246 2/11/2018 1,230 "main trunk line, near Inflow and 134,000 134,000 Notice of Violation Haywood Fairground" Infiltration, Severe Natural Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DocuSign Envelope ID: ED59645B-1C49-4821-A915-E1BD79B7382C State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources 2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778 828-296-4500 Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 201800247 2/11/2018 1,230 "main trunk line in Inflow and 100,000 100,000 Notice of Violation Haywood Fairground" Infiltration, Severe Natural Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 201800347 3/1/2018 517 "main trunk line in Inflow and 50,000 40,000 Notice of Violation Haywood Fairground" Infiltration, Severe Natural Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator’s history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mikal Willmer with the Water Quality Section in the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at mikal.willmer@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Asheville Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Ec: WQS-ARO Server LF 20180319_WQCS00039_NOVNOI2018DV0063 DocuSign Envelope ID: ED59645B-1C49-4821-A915-E1BD79B7382C