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State of North Carolina | Environmental Quality | Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500
CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7017 1070 0000 1775 9682
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
March 07, 2018
Town Manager
Town of Bryson City
PO Box 726
Bryson City, NC 28713
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0071
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2018
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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201800248 2/11/2018 240 MH prior to WWTP Inflow and Infiltration, 6,000 6,000 Notice of Violation
Pump station
equipment failure _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201800249 2/12/2018 300 MH prior to WWTP Other 7,500 7,500 Notice of Violation
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201800310 2/19/2018 1,050 Veterans Blvd. Roots 2,000 500 Notice of Violation
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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. 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.
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 tim.heim@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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