WQCS00132_NOV-2018-DV-0253_20180921

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500

September 21, 2018

Chad B Simons, Manager Town
Town of Murphy
PO Box 130
Murphy, NC 28906

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0253
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2018
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00132
Murphy Collection System
Cherokee County

Dear Permittee:

Photos and reports from USFS employees and a concerned citizen indicate violations by the Town of Murphy
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 cited in the subject report is the following (volumes were estimated by photos):
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201801208 8/5/2018 Unknown 123 Woodland Dr. Hydraulic overload 200 100 Notice of Violation
Murphy, NC of sewer line. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500

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 30
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident
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 Daniel Boss with the Water Quality Section in the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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