WQCS00004_NOV2023DV0243_20230607

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June 7, 2023

Thomas E Hartye, PE
Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina
Email: [e-mail]

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0243
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00004
MSD Buncombe County Collection System
Buncombe County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Metropolitan Sewerage District of
Buncombe County 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202300883 5/28/2023 10 2020 Riverside Dr, Pump station 13,500 13,500 Notice of Violation
Asheville, NC, 28804 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 Lauren Armeni with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4667 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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Ken Stines (ORC)
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