WQCS00054_NOI NOV-2020-DV-0361 Response_20200814

500 North Main Street
Suite # 600
Monroe, NC 28112
T. 704-296-4210
August 14, 2020
Mr. W. Corey Basinger
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
610 East Center Ave., Suite 301
Mooresville, NC 28115
AUG 17 2020
WQ-
Subject: Notice of Violation & Intent to Issue Civil Penalty
Tracking #: NOV-2020-DV-0361
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — July 2020
Collection System Permit — WQCS00054
Union County
Dear Mr._ aL nger:
Union County has received the NOV referenced above for collection system overflow.
Explanations of the overflow is on the BIMS Overflow Reporting Forms submitted by Union
County Public Works (UCPW) to the NCDEQ. However, we have added a few additional facts
in the explanations below.
Incident # Date Location
202002224 7/24/2020 4009 Shadow Brook Road.
Response:
The SSO listed in this section was due to disposable rags, construction debris, and rock
accumulation in the pipeline. New construction of the area is the primary source of this debris.
Cleaning in this area has been increased and area developers were notified. Education material
has be handed out in this area.
UCPW also has an aggressive Capital Improvement Program throughout the next 5 years. The
projects include:
-)o­ Crooked Creek Basin Improvements - $23,900,000
➢ Suburban Estates PS and FM - $1,000,000.00
➢ Waxhaw Interceptor—$5,400,000
➢ WW PS Improvements - $3,500,000
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UCPW's current CIP projects are also ongoing with projects including:
Blythe Creek Sewer Improvements - $6,200,000
Forest Park PS Replacement & Interceptor Improvements - $3,345,000
Crooked Creek I&I Study & Remediation - $476,000
Union County Public Works continues to invest funds into SSES work, capital improvements,
maintenance, FOG, and operations to improve the wastewater collection system. If further
information or details regarding the CCWRF Improvements, as well as, the CIP projects listed
above are required, please feel free to contact Greg Morgan, Superintendent/ORC, at 704-289-
3288 or myself at 704-296-4215.
Thank you for your consideration on this issue.
Sincerely,
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Andrew Neff, PE
Water/Wastewater Division Director
cc: Hyong Yi, Public Works Administrator
Josh Brooks, Assistant Director, Water/Wastewater Operations
Greg Morgan, Utility Field Services Superintendent/ORC