WQCS00170_NOV2018DV0008_20180110

State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500

January 10, 2018

Chad Simons, Manager Town
Town of Bryson City
PO Box 726
Bryson City, NC 28713

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0008, NOD-2018-DV-0005
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2017
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00170
Bryson City Collection System
Swain County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Bryson City 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201701699 12/4/2017 120 Bryson Walk @ Pipe Failure (Break) 500 500 Notice of Violation
Lemon's Branch Rd

201701786 12/28/2017 120 Veterans Blvd @ Pipe Failure (Break) 750 250 Notice of Deficiency
Academy St _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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.

State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Timothy Heim with the Water Quality Section in
the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

Cc: Asheville Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section

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