Complaint Details

Complaint Number

133045

DWR Program Area

WPC

Date Received

7/31/2024

How Received

Ask TDEC

Concerning

Stormwater - Construction

Concerning (Other)

Assigned Date

Record Last Updated

05-AUG-2024 01:59PM

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

Status

NOV

Date Investigated

7/31/2024

Responsible Party

Date Completed

7/31/2024

Referred To

Date Referred

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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.

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Investigation Results

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