WQCS00170_NOVNOI2019DV0375 Resp_20191011

Town of Bryson City
Municipal Office
P.O. Box 726
Bryson City, NC 28713
Telephone [phone]
Fax [phone]
October 9, 2019
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Subject: Response to Notice of Violation and Intent to Assess Civil Penalty
Nov-2019-DV-0375
Sanitary Sewer Overflows -August 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00170
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Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
The Town of Bryson City has taken the following actions in response to the Notice of Violation and
Intent to Assess Civil Penalty letter dated October 2, 2019 for violations on 8/1/19.
1) The Town received $95,000 for an Asset Inventory and Assessment Grant. This funding is
currently being used to conduct a comprehensive infiltration/inflow evaluation of our sanitary
sewer collection system. Flow meters have been placed in strategic locations to study the I&I;
however, we have not experienced heavy rainfall since the installation.
2) Smoke testing will be conducted by the Town and McGill Associates as part of the Asset
Inventory and Assessment Grant. This will help locate areas of I&1.
3) The Town has performed cleaning of the line around the area of this manhole located
located at 45 Everett St.
4) McGill Associates has submitted a CDBG grant application to replace 2700 linear feet of clay
sewer line next to the river where we experience excessive amounts of I&I. This engineer firm
believes the Town has a strong application for this cycle.
Please contact me if you have additional questions concerning this response.
Sin erely,
Regirhis
Town Manager, Bryson City
828-488-3335
[e-mail]
Mayor Tom Sutton Board of Aldermen Jim Gribble, Janine Crisp, Benjamin Xing, & Heidi Ramsey -Woodard
Regina Mathis, Town Manager Fred Moody Jr., Town Attorney Carla Passmore, Tax Collector Lynn Thomas, Town Clerk
Tom Shook, Public Works Supervisor
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