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State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500
December 15, 2017
Thomas E Hartye, PE
Metropolitan Sewerage District of Buncombe County North Carolina
2028 Riverside Dr
Asheville, NC 28804-3054
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2017-DV-0312
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2017
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 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201701541 10/23/2017 100 729 Old US-70 Severe Natural 600 600 Notice of Violation
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201701543 10/23/2017 210 199 Caribou Rd Severe Natural 500 500 Notice of Violation
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201701544 10/23/2017 510 776 Biltmore Ave Severe Natural 700 700 Notice of Violation
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 201701582 10/28/2017 15 264 STATE ST Debris in line 136 136 Notice of Violation
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500
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 Linda Wiggs with the Water Quality Section in the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at linda.wiggs@ncdenr.gov.
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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