WQCS00139_NOD-2024-DV-0059_20240813

August 13, 2024
Tony West
Town of Old Fort
38 S Catawba Ave
Old Fort, NC 28762

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICENCY
Tracking Number: NOD-2024-DV-0059
Sanitary Sewer Overflow – July 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00139
Old Fort Collection System
McDowell County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by the Town of Old Fort 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
Incident Start Duration Total Vol to SW
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
202401126 7/4/2024 5 59 South Cemetery St, Debris in line 10 10 Notice of Deficiency
Old Fort, NC, 28762 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Melanie Kemp with the Water Quality Section i n
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 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

EC: Laserfiche, Josh Cagle (ORC)
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