WQCS00108_Response to NOV-2021-DV-0356_20210901

Water & Sewer
Authority
TUCKASEIGEE I
SE NG JACYSON COUNTY
1246 West Main Street
Sylva, NC 28779
September 1, 2021
Asheville Regional Office- NCDEQ-DWR
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Attn: Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
2090 US Highway 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Ref: Tuckaseigee Water & Sewer Authority
Collection System Permit WQCS00108
Tracking #: NOV-2021-DV-0356
Incident #: 202101273
Dear Mr. Boss:
This letter is provided in response to your correspondence that was received via email on
August 30, 2021.
As reported, there was some heavy rainfall and flooding conditions that caused excessive
flow to Pump Station #2. During this flooding event, there were wipes, personal rags and
other debris that was clogging the pumps and causing a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO).
When this occurred we reported that there was a total of 700 gallons of Sanitary Sewer
Overflow (SSO) into nearby Scotts Creek. Upon discovery, TWSA took appropriate
actions to remove the debris from the pump station as well as contain the SSO. Other
TWSA employees and the TWSA pump truck was on site within 20 minutes to assist with
the cleanup and to prevent further SSO at this location.
This pump station is currently on our Capital Improvements Project list and has been
approved by DWI (project # E-SRP-W-17-0055) for funding and will be going to
construction soon. TWSA held a bid opening on July 14, 2021 and the project is to be
awarded to the low bidder Frizzell Construction Company, Inc. in the near future. This
TWSA is an Equal Opportunity Service Provider
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new pump station upgrade will eliminate this problem in the future and provide more
storage space within the wet -well allowing more time before an SSO occurs.
I am proud that our staff continues to be committed to making sure issues like this, while
extremely rare, are addressed immediately with a sense of urgency. We will continue to
make contact with your agency in a timely manner to report an issue as is appropriate
and more importantly we will work to mitigate the impacts and solve the problems that are
the source. We hope this is reflected in our efforts to address this problem as soon as it
was discovered.
Please contact us with any questions on this matter.
Respectfully yours,
Daniel Manring
Executive Director
CC: Permit File
Troy E.-Ammons
Collection System ORC (#995178)
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August 30, 2021
Daniel Manring
Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority
Email: [e-mail]
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0356
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00108
Tuckaseigee Collection System
Jackson County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer
Authority 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
202101273 5/4/2021 45 PS #2, 319 West Main Pump station 700 700 Notice of Violation
st equipment failure
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 15
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.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stephanie Williams with the Water Quality Section
in the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].
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Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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