WQCS00028_NOV-2024-DV-0055_20240129

January 29, 2024

Ronnie Thompson
City of Morganton
305 E Union St
Morganton, NC 28655

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0055
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00028
Morganton Collection System
Burke County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Morganton 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400244 1/9/2024 560 1000 VINE ARDEN Inflow and Infiltration, 560,000 560,000 Notice of Violation
ROAD, MORGANTON, Severe Natural
28655 Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400245 1/9/2024 90 135 BOST ROAD, Inflow and Infiltration, 900 900 Notice of Violation
MORGANTON, 28655 Severe Natural
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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 Melanie Kemp with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Daniel J. Boss, Acting Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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