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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00161_NOV-2019-DV-0045_20190123 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 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DocuSign Envelope ID: 7447AB11-C47D-46F1-BF46-1CAAA231BB00 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 Cc: ARO WQS Server, Laserfiche G:\WR\WQ\Avery\Collection Systems\Banner Elk Collection System\SSOs\12-28-2018\20190123_WQCS00161_NOV2019DV0045.rtf DocuSign Envelope ID: 7447AB11-C47D-46F1-BF46-1CAAA231BB00