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January 23, 2019
Rick Owen, Manager Town
Town of Banner Elk
PO Box 2049
Banner Elk, NC 28604-2049
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0045
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2018
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00161
Banner Elk Collection System
Avery County
Dear Permittee:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Banner Elk 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201803766 12/28/2018 450 Manhole 386. Located Inflow and Infiltration, 2,500 1,000 Notice of Violation
near the intersection Severe Natural
of Highway 184 and Condition
Hickory Nut Gap Rd _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201803767 12/28/2018 240 Elk River Lift Station Inflow and Infiltration, 1,500 500 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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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 30
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 Daniel Boss with the Water Quality Section in the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500 or via email at daniel.boss@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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