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Complaint
Complaint Number
133045
DWR Program Area
WPC
Date Received
7/31/2024
How Received
Ask TDEC
Concerning
Stormwater - Construction
Concerning (Other)
Assigned on
Record Last Updated
05-AUG-2024 01:59PM
Location based on SITE_ID
Site ID
156797
Site
Cherokee Woods - Additional Coverage
Location
0 West Governor John Sevier Highway
City
Knoxville
Description
Residential Subdivision
County
Knox
EFO Name
Knoxville
Site Owner
Perry Smith Development LLC
Investigation Results
Status
NOV
Date Investigated
7/31/2024
Responsible Party
Completed on
7/31/2024
Referred To
Referred on
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Complaint Description and Writeup
Complaint Description and Writeup
Casteel Branch which flows into Stock Creek and then into Little River and the Tennessee River, is a 303 (d) stream. The TennesseeRiver is unarguably a navigable waterway and as the pollutant source I am reporting is from a point source the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) applies.
I am filing this as a 118 (A) complaint.
I have lived beside the Casteel Branch since October 31, 2000. I have witnessed this stream fed by a spring above my property fill with sediment over the last few years. I keep making complaints to Knox County, but nothing has been resolved after repeated Notices of Violations over the years.
I have sent emails with images to TDEC, Knox County, etc. demonstrating the sediment that is choking the invertebrates living in this stream. Fine particles and suspended particles in this waterway is making the water less transparent, blocking sunlight. The decreased light will impede the growth of aquatic plants which provide essential habitat for many aquatic animals, including young fish. Sediment smothers gravel beds where fish lay their eggs. Silt covers eggs, it prevents oxygen transfer.
This developer needs to use soil erosion best practices around construction site.
Deploy silt fencing or straw bales around sites where the ground is disturbed.
We need to avoid operations in excessively muddy conditions.