WQCS00004_NOV2024DV00173 & 174_20240404

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April 4, 2024

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

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Numbers: NOV-2024-DV-0173 & NOV-2024-DV-0174
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2024
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 incidents 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400648 3/14/2024 60 95 Thompson St, Pipe Failure (Break) 338 338 Notice of Violation
Asheville, NC, 28803 NOV-2024-DV-0173 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202400670 3/19/2024 20 1 Eastwood Rd. Pipe Failure (Break)/ 321 321 Notice of Violation
Asheville, NC, Debris in line from a power NOV-2024-DV-0174
28803 cable bored through mainline _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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 Lauren Armeni with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4667 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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Ken Stines (ORC)
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