WQCS00143_NOV-2019-DV-0322_20190816

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ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S. REGAN
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LINDA CULPEPPER
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Theresa Coletta, Mayor
Town of Burnsville
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Burnsville, NC 28714
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 16, 2019
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0322
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00143
Burnsville Collection System
Yancey County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Burnsville 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
201901172 7/9/2019 330 OMC (Main Pump Power Outage 27,000 0 Notice of Violation
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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(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 [e-mail].
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ForG. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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