WQCSD0059_NOV-2024-DV-0063_20240131

January 31, 2024

Stephen Orr, City Manager
City of Saluda
PO Nox 248
Saluda, NC 28773-0248

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0063
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCSD0059
City of Saluda Collection System
Polk County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Saluda 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400386 12/26/2023 335 305 LAUREL DRIVE, Inflow and Infiltration, 1,800 1,800 Notice of Violation
SALUDA, 28773 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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