WQCS00132_NOV and Intent to Assess_20190213

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

February 13, 2019

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

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0099
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00132
Murphy Collection System
Cherokee County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Murphy 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201900339 2/12/2019 45 Forest Service Office Pipe Failure (Break) 2,000 750 Notice of Violation
Woodland Drive _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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 10
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 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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