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August 11, 2021
Doug Barrick
Email: dbarrick@rutherfordton.net
Town of Rutherfordton
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2021-DV-0056
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00127
Rutherfordton Collection System
Rutherford County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by
Town of Rutherfordton. This review has shown the Town of Rutherfordton to be in violation of the requirements
found in the subject permit and/or North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1). The violations that occurred are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 202101513 7/6/2021 W. Court St. Debris in line 16 16 Notice of Deficiency
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mikal Willmer with the Water Quality Section in the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4686 or via email at mikal.willmer@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Ec: LF
Keith Ward, ORC
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