NC0020931_NOV and Intent to Assess_20200430

ROY COOPER
covernof
MICHAEL 5. REGAN
secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7018 1130 0000 1612 7413
Return Receipt Reauested
Vaughn Benton, Mayor
Town of Boonville
PO Box 326
Boonville, NC 27011
NORTH CAROLINA
Envrranrtrental Quality
April 30, 2020
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-LV-0376
Permit No. NCO020931
Boonville WWTP
Yadkin County
Dear Permittee:
A review of the January 2020 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the violation(s)
indicated below:
Limit Exceedance Violation(s):
Sample
Location Parameter
Limit Reported
Date Value Value Type of Violation
001 Effluent Coliform, Fecal MF, MFC Broth, 1/11/2020 400 1,297.81 Weekly Geometric Mean Exceeded
44.5 C (31616)
A Notice of Violation/Intent to Issue Civil Penalty is being issued for the noted violation of North Carolina General
Statute (G.S.) 143-215.1 and the facility's NPDES WW Permit. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of
not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or
fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S.
143-215.1.
North Carona Depa rtntient of Environmental Quality I diuision of Water Resoufces
Winston-Salem ReflnrkaJOffice 1450 West Hanes WTn %ad,Siite30D I WinsonSaJern. North CaTof,ra 27105
w� 336-776-9O0

If you wish to provide additional information regarding the noted violation, request technical assistance, or
discuss overall compliance please respond in writing within sixty (60) business da ss after receipt of this Notice. A
review of your response will be considered along with any information provided on the submitted Monitoring
Report(s). You will then be notified of any civil penalties that may be assessed regarding the violations. If no
response is received in this Office within the 60-day period, a civil penalty assessment may be
prepared.
Remedial actions should have already been taken to correct this problem and prevent further occurrences in the
future. The Division of Water Resources may pursue enforcement action for this and any additional violations of
State law. If the violations are of a continuing nature, not related to operation and/or maintenance problems,
and you anticipate remedial construction activities, then you may wish to consider applying for a Special Order by
Consent.
Reminder: Pursuant to Permit Condition 6 in Section E, the Permittee is required to verbally notify the Regional
Office as soon as possible, not to exceed 24 hours, from first knowledge of any non-compliance at
the facility including limit violations, bypasses of, or failure of a treatment unit. A written report may
be required within 5 days if directed by Division staff. Prior notice should be given for anticipated or
potential problems due to planned maintenance activities, taking units off-line, etc.
If you have any questions concerning this matter or to apply for an SOC, please contact Gary Hudson of the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800.
Sincerely,
DocuSigned<by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: WQS Winston-Salem Regional Office - Enforcement File
NPDES Compliance/Enforcement Unit - Enforcement File
North CaroJina Depa rtment of Env; ran rnental Qua% I D;vsian of Water Resources
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WAson-6s;em Refloita:Office 145D West Hanes Mi; Road, Swt-e3M I Wins6anSa�em. North Csro..na 27105

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Crossroads of the Yadkin
March 31, 2020
Valley
Lon T Snider
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ-WSRO
Dear, Lon T Snider
RED. Department of
Environmental Quality
Received
APR 0 3 2020
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
Town of Boonville
PO Box 326
110 N. Carolina Avenue
Boonville, North Carolina 27011
On behave of the Town of Boonville, I am writing a response to the Letter we received from your office
dated March 17, 2020.
Currently the Town of Boonville uses Mission Communication for our monitoring. We have only used it
for High flow alarms along with power outages. Since we have had some miss calculations with our flow
data, I have contacted Mission to see if we could add a totalizer. Mission is going to add a totalizer so I
will receive it with my daily report. With this in place, we will have a back to double check our
calculation.
Us not having a backup ORC on record is an over sight. About 18 months ago, the Town sent Steve
Hutchens to Waste treatment operator class. When he received his operator certification, he filled out
the forms to be assigned to our backup ORC list. We assumed that is was documented with the State of
North Carolina. Since this was brought to our attention, we found out he was not listed and since, we
have resubmitted his paperwork to the State of North Carolina and faxed a copy to the Winston Salem
Regional office.
Town of Boonville received a SRF loan in 2017 for our waste treatment plant upgrades. During the
construction, Plant #2 floated out of the ground. After the floating of Plant #2, the town board fired the
engineer, Municipal Engineering, and hired WithersRavenal to finish the project. We also had an
Attorney looking into litigation. Since January 2020, the contractor has been on site working to finish the
plan set in place by WithersRavenal. The most current schedule is for the project to be completed by
the end of April 2020.
During Ron's first visit, we found out that our Effluent sampler was over sampling. Since his last visit, we
worked on getting it calibrated and found that the hose was cut the wrong length. We replaced the hose
to the right length, which got us very close (120ml = 150ml), but not 100% right. I contacted Eric with
Clearwater about our problem. When he got on site, we started looking over the sampler to find that
the liquid detector was not enabled. Once we turned that on, we ran 6 samples to find it 100% accurate.
During the beginning of Construction, Plant #1 floated also, but nowhere near as bad as Plant #2. At the
time, we put Plant #1 back into service the weirs of Plant #1 and Plant #2 were with in 100th of each
Ph:336.367.7941 Fax:[phone] boonvillenc.com
Mayor: Vaughn Benton:
Cointuissioners: William Paul Baity, Monica Craver, Richard Lasky, Justin Phillips, Tony Reece

other. I assume that over the last couple of years the tank has settled a little more, which has gotten the
weir level off. By the end of April, our plan is to have the weirs leveled up. I talked with our engineer
about the rake arms on Plant #1, and what a possible means to address the efficiency seen by our
inspector. After our discussion, the plant was designed to have the arms clear from the center to the
skimmer box that is positioned on the other edge of the clarifier. The engineer did recommend that we
replace the rubber flaps on the arms themselves. We should be able to do all that work at the same time
we are making the changes to the weirs.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [e-mail] or my cell
336.466.0887.
Thank you for your time,
Id
Works Director/ ORC