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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00036_NOV-2020-DV-0059 Response_20200303THE CITY OF ]KINGS M February 25, 2020 P.O. BOX 429 . KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 ® 704-734-0333 W. Corey Basinger Water Quality Regional Operations Section 610 E. Center Avenue, Suite 301 Mooresville, North Carolina Subject: Incident # 202000187 Mr. Basinger, Our office received Notice of Violation NOV-2020-DV-0059 on February 14, 2020. In response to the Notice of Violation, on January 27, 2020 Water Resource received a call that a manhole on Cansler Street was overflowing. Upon arrival the crew tried to jet from the downstream manhole to the manhole overflowing. The jetter hose could not break up the blockage this way. They then went to the overflowing manhole and vacuumed it out, thus stopping the SSO. They worked back and forth before the blockage of bricks and grease was removed. This area was videoed and no other problems were found. This line is added to the monthly Hot Spot list and will be monitored and cleaned going forward. We would appreciate your consideration of these factors when reviewing this SSO. Should you have any questions please let me know. Ricky Duncan ",-R "�-c a Water Resources Director City of Kings Mountain 1013 N. Piedmont Avenue Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086 The Historical City i cTHE CITY OFKINGS P.O. BOX 429 ® KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 ® 704-734-0333 February 26, 2020 W. Corey Basinger Water Quality Regional Operations Section 610 E. Center Avenue, Suite 301 Mooresville, North Carolina Subject: Incident # 202000076 Mr. Basinger, Our office received Notice of Violation NOV-2020-DV-0059 on February 14, 2020. In response to the Notice of Violation, on 1/13/2020 Beason Creek Pump Station could not keep up with the rainfall, losing 27,000 Gallons of waste water into the creek. This is due to excessive Inflow and Infiltration from the gravity line and the amount of rain that day. Kings Mountain has employed Joel Wood and Associates to do a I&I study on this gravity line. Many small problems were found by smoke testing. Repairs have been made on laterals and a cross connection accordingly. We are aware there must be more issues. When rain starts we have multiple crews inspecting manholes trying to locate the major problem, but all small problems found are repaired. On February 14, 2020 a temporary bypass pump was installed to assist the pump station with excessive flow. This pump is set up to automatically start when the flow is high. The existing Gorman Rupp pump station will be replaced with a larger Smith and Loveless pump station early March 2020. Delivery date of new station is March 6, 2020 and will start that day. We would appreciate your consideration of these factors when reviewing this SSO. Should you have any questions please let me know. Ricky Duncan Water Resources Director City of Kings Mountain 1013 N. Piedmont Avenue Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086 e �-_' — �Nr ' I— ROY PER commor Cat EL S. REGAN &Xrewy DANIEL SMITH CERTIFIED MAIL: 7016 1370 0000 2592 0393 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED February 12, 2020 Ricky C Duncan PO Box 429 Kings Mtn, NC 28081 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0059 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2020 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00036 Kings Mountain Collection System Cleveland County Dear Mr. Duncan: F E 9 111 4 Per A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by City of Kings Mountain. The Division's Mooresville Regional Office concludes that the City of Kings Mountain violated Permit Condition 1 (2) of Permit No. WQCS00036 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G5. 143-215. 1 (a)(1), for which a permit is required by G.S. 143-215. 1. The Mooresville Regional Office is providing the City of Kings Mountain an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Kings Mountain should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Total Vol Total Surface Incident start Duration Vol Water Number Date (bins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202000076 11113/2020 450 Crocker Rd, Beason inflow and Infiltration 27,000 27,000 Notice of Violation Creek Pump Station Intent to Enforce 202000187 1/2712020 15 Cansler ST Debris in line, Grease 500 Soo Notice of Violation Nor 'miic 'Q690 Aftbo of water Rtsowmas V 50 '8115 ftRi2g_4P41WRae 1 610 East 1JMWf*WV4- This Notice of Violation / Notice ofIntent <o Enforce (NDV NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant to G.S. 143~215.6A, a o|Vi| penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($2S,OOO.00) may be assessed against any person whoiO|aL8S or fails to 8CL in B[c0Kj30Ce with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant toG.S. 143~215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt, lnyour response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken Loprevent the recurrence Vfsimilar situations. The response t0this correspondence will be considered inthis process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface vvan2rg, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount ofthe civil penalty are the violator's history ofnoO'Cornp|ianCe, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. Ifyou have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Meilinger or me with the Water Quality Section in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at or DocuSigned by: W, Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Mooresville Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ [c Mooresville Regional Office 'WQSFile Central Files, Water Quality Section ' ^� . - }' ^ , ��`� ^��z'�� ``� ' `' �