WQCS00070_NOV-2019-DV-0213_20190503

May 03, 2019

Lee Smith, Utilities Director
City of Hendersonville
305 Williams St
Hendersonville, NC 28792

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0213
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00070
Hendersonville Collection System
Henderson County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Hendersonville 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 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201900860 4/29/2019 71 Behind 130 Ashwood Pipe Failure (Break) 1,600 1,600 Notice of Violation
Rd _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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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 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violation.

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 [e-mail].

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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