WQCS00174_NOV2022DV0379_20221228

December 28, 2022

Don Denton
Carolina Water Service Inc of North Carolina
PO Box 240908
Charlotte, NC 28224-0908

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0379
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00174
Sugar Mountain Collection System
Avery County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Carolina Water Service Inc of North
Carolina 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202201053 7/6/2022 12 4184-4196 NC-105, Pipe Failure (Break) 7,000 0 Notice of Violation
Banner Elk, NC, 28604 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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 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.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or
via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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