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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00025_NOV2021DV0042_20210219Sanitary Sewer Overflow —728 North Fayetteville Street Dear Mr. Lon Snider: February 19th, 2021 NC Department of Environmental Quality Received FEU 2 3 2021 Winston-Salem Regional Office On October 22nd, 2020 the City of Asheboro Water and Sewer Maintenance Department got a call about a sewer odor near 728 N. Fayetteville St. Our departments investigator responded immediately. He found that Cedar Fork Creek had a grey color and a sewer odor. He followed the creek upstream until he found that a demolition crew had been demoing a building and had broken our sewer main between manholes #2981 to MH # 2986. He called a crew in to fix the problem right away. The crew excavated down on the 8 inch sewer main and found that a large rock had crushed the sewer main. The crew replaced 8 foot of 8 inch clay pipe with 8 foot of ductile iron pipe for a permanent repair. We TV'd the sewer main from MH# 2981 to MH# 2986 to see there is no more problems in the sewer main and to insure that the repair we made is right. We also ran 2 fire hydrants for 5 hours to clean up the creek. We also spread lime around Manhole #2911 and the area that sewage came in contact with on its way to the creek. The City of Asheboro requests that the NCDENR refrain from taking any enforcement action as a result of this incident. We had no idea that the demolition crew hit our sewer main and there is no evidence that they knew. There was no environmental impact. The Water and Sewer Maintenance Department acted immediately on the problem. Thank you for your time in this matter. If you have any questions please contact me at 336-626-1234 ext. 2205. Sincerely, Shannon White Water/Sewer Maintenance Superintendent CERTIFIED MAIL: 7018 1130 0000 1608 0169 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED January 25, 2021 John N Ogburn, III City of Asheboro PO Box 1106 Asheboro, NC 27204-1106 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0042 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2020 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00025 Asheboro Collection System Randolph County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report's submitted by City of Asheboro. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Asheboro violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00025 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 G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by G.S. 143-215.1. The Winston-Salem Regional Office is providing the City of Asheboro an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Asheboro should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Incident Start Duration Number Date (Mins) Location Cause Total Vol Total Surface Vol Water (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202002769 10/11/2020 75 Lift Station #3 1129 Inflow and 3,280 3,280 Notice of Intent East Mine Street Infiltration, Severe Natural Condition 202002825 10/22/2020 70 728 North Fayetteville Pipe Failure (Break) 1,750 1,000 Notice of Violation Street Incident Start Duration Number Date (Mins) Location Cause Total Vol Total Surface Vol Water (Gals) (Gals) DWRAction 202002889 10/29/2020 85 Manhole #2911 Debris in line, Grease 2,250 2,000 Notice of Intent This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. 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. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.boone@ncdenr.00v. Sincerely, CDocuSlDnetl by: La l JMAft 145B49E225C94EA... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: Laserfiche