NC0025534_NOV2023LV0704_20231011

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ROY COOPER
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ELIZABETH S. B[SER
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RICHARD E. ROGERS,A
Director
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Qualfty
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October 11, 2023
John F Connet, City Manager
City of Hendersonville
Email: [e-mail]
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Hendersonville WWTP
City of Hendersonville
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-LV-0704
Incident No. 202301421
Permit No. NCO025534
Unauthorized Bypass
Dear Mr. Connet:
Between 12:00 AM and 6:45 AM on October 6, 2023, a 16x16x12 inch T-Line in the RAS pipeline broke, which
caused an unauthorized bypass of sludge onto the ground from the Hendersonville WWTP. Garrett Demoss (ORC)
called Daniel Boss (Asheville Regional Office, Division of Water Resources, Assistant Regional Supervisor) on the
morning of October 6, 2023 to report the incident. Rachel Rose (Asheville Regional Office, Division of Water
Resources, Environmental Specialist) met with Mr. Demoss and Alexander Lillie (Lab Supervisor) to investigate the
site on October 6, 2023. Results of the investigation determined that an unauthorized bypass of sludge was only
discharged onto the ground with none reaching surface waters occurred at the Hendersonville WWTP, and the
violation that occurred with summarized below:
Permit Condition
Violation Date
Description
Violation Type
Permit Condition Part
10/06/2023
Bypass of 20,000
Permit Condition Bypass
II.C.4.c.1:
Gallons of untreated
Bypass from the treatment
sludge from the RAS line
facility is prohibited and the
to the aeration basins
Permit Issuing Authority may
due to a pipe failure.
take enforcement action
against a Permittee for bypass.
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
in the response and include the steps that will be taken to prevent this type of illegal discharge from happening in
the future.
North Carolim Depart— of Environmental Qualky l Dlvlsicnor Water Resources
Asheville RNw-1 Off— 12090 U,5. HlghwWM I Swa.marwa, Noah Carolina 2BTS
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Rachel Rose with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].
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Garrett Demoss (ORC)
Sincerely,
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Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
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