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Home My WebLink About20180305_WQCS00140_NOD2018DV0009 State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources 2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778 828-296-4500 March 5, 2018 Timothy Barth, Town Manager Town of Columbus PO Box 146 Columbus, NC 28722 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY Tracking Number: NOD-2018-DV-0009 Sanitary Sewer Overflow – February 2018 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00140 Columbus Collection System Polk County Dear Permittee: The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by the Town of Columbus 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 201800295 02/16/2018 30 Near Polk County High School Debris in line 400 150 Notice of Deficiency _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. DocuSign Envelope ID: E5A19957-541F-4728-B2C8-25F129685C66 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 Mikal Willmer with the Water Quality Section in the Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at mikal.willmer@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Asheville Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Ec: WQS-ARO Server Laserfiche 20180305_WQCS00140_NOD2018DV0009 DocuSign Envelope ID: E5A19957-541F-4728-B2C8-25F129685C66