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Home My WebLink AboutNC0069761_Follow Up_20201215ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality December 15, 2020 Town of Beech Mountain Attn: Daniel Davis, Public Works Superintendent 510 Beech Mountain Parkway Beech Mountain, NC, 28604-8012 SUBJECT: Follow -Up Compliance Evaluation Inspection Pond Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant NPDES Permit #NC0069761 Watauga County Dear Mr. Davis: Ron Boone, of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR), Winston-Salem Regional Office (WSRO), visited Pond Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on December 3rd, 2020, to perform a follow-up inspection to the Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI) that he conducted there in August, 2020, to evaluate your progress, thus far, in correcting the violations and discrepancies that he identified there during the August inspection. Your assistance and cooperation, as well as that of Randall Horney, Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC), was greatly appreciated. Details of the re -inspection are recorded on the attached EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report. You're reminded that, in accordance with NC General Statute 143-215.6A, failure to comply with all conditions of the permit subjects the Town of Beech Mountain to civil penalties not to exceed $25,000.00 per violation, per day. If you have any questions or require further assistance, please contact Mr. Boone by phone at 336-776- 9690, or by email at ron.boone@ncdenr.:?ov. You may also contact me by phone at 336-776-9700, or by email at lon.snider@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, EL_ l DocuSiTgnetl<by: t%MQCI 145 9 25C9 EA Lon . nI 'de' Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Attachments: EPA Water Compliance Inspection Report cc: Laserfiche E Q�� Office North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources _ Winston-Salem Regional Oce 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105 NORTH CAROLINA oepa Vnenc of Environmental Quality 336.776.9800 United States Environmental Protection Agency Form Approved. EPA Washington, D.C. 20460 OMB No. 2040-0057 Water Compliance Inspection Report Approval expires 8-31-98 Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS) Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type 1 IN 1 2 IS I 3 I NCO069761 I11 121 20/12/03 I17 18 n 19 L G j 201 21111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 f6 Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 CA ---------------------- Reserved ------------------- 67 I 71 I I 72 L n, � 73 LLI74 71 I I I I I I I80 70 Iu ty LJ Section B: Facility Data Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include Entry Time/Date Permit Effective Date POTW name and NPDES permit Number) 10:30AM 20/12/03 18/07/01 Pond Creek WWTP 364 Locust Ridge Rd Exit Time/Date Permit Expiration Date Banner Elk NC 28604 11:30AM 20/12/03 22/09/30 Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s) Other Facility Data Randall Horney/ORC/828-387-4724/ Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number Contacted Robert Mitchell Heaton,PO Box 342 Roan Mountain TN 37687//704-387-4724/ No Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated) Permit 0 Operations & Maintenar 0 Facility Site Review 0 Effluent/Receiving Wate Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) (See attachment summary) Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Ron Boone DWR/WSRO WQ/336-776-9690/ DocuSigned by: e,,aFd �aan� 12/15/2020 lr�ent Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date Signature aSE-'--' -T Sti�du 12/15/2020 EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete. Page# NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type (Cont.) 31 NCO069761 I11 12I 20/12/03 117 18 ICI Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary) This is a follow up inspection to the compliance evaluation inspecton that was conducted in August, 2020. The findings of the follow up inspection are listed below: Problem: The center well of the primary was heavily coated with solids and the aeration basin had nearly 100 percent coverage with a light to medium brown foam. Current Status: The foam was greatly reduced. It's estimated that less than 10 percent of the aeration basin was covered with foam. Problem: There was a small amount of pin floc overflowing from the primary and secondary, but nothing out of the ordinary or significant. Current Status: Very little pin floc was seen overflowing the weirs. Problem: The plant was issued a Notice of Violation for the previous inspection of July 2019 for not using flow proportional composite sampling (FPCS) for influent and effluent samples. Current Status: The samplers have now been installed and the best sampling regime is still being fine tuned. Page# Permit: NCO069761 Inspection Date: 12/03/2020 Operations & Maintenance Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping? Owner - Facility: Pond Creek WWTP Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable? Comment: None Permit (If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new application? Is the facility as described in the permit? # Are there any special conditions for the permit? Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public? Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection? 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