WQCS00108_NOV-2019-DV-0376_20191002

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October 02, 2019

Dan Harbaugh
Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Authority
1246 W Main St
Sylva, NC 28779

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0376
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00108
Tuckaseigee Collection System
Jackson County

Dear Permittee:

The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer
Authority 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
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
201901341 8/8/2019 150 Upper end of Falls Roots 300 275 Notice of Violation
Circle 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(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 Janet Cantwell 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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