NC0050342_Correspondence_19960620

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NC0050342
Muddy Creek WWTP
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Authorization to Construct (AtC)
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Document Date:
June 20, 1996
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GITY of WI\STO\-SALEM
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
P.O. BOX 2511, 1VINSTON-SALE M, NORTH CAROLINA 27102
June 20, 1996
Mr. Greg Nizich
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
512 North Salisbury Street
P.O. Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
Dear Mr. Nizich:
This letter is to confirm our telephone conversation of June 19, 1996 regarding permit limitations
for Winston-Salem's Muddy Creek WWTP.
The permitted flow capacity for this facility will not increase to 21MGD until construction on the
upgrade is completed and the engineer's certification is received by DEM as required by the
Authorization to Construct issued on May 31, 1996.
The effluent dissolved oxygen limit stipulated in the table of limitations and monitoring
requirements for the period beginning upon expansion above 15 MGD will not be in effect until
the plant's permitted flow capacity increases to 21 MGD. We are required to continue
monitoring effluent dissolved oxygen using the schedule in the table of monitoring requirements
entitled "until expansion above 15 MGD".
Please call me at 910-784-4700 if you have any questions or need additional information.
Stanley B. Webb
Plant Manager/Muddy Creek WWTP
PC: Mike Mickey; Winston-Salem Regional Office
David Saunders; Utility Plants Engineer

CITY OF WIN
STON-SALEM
PLBI,IC WORKS DEPARTMENT
RO. BOX 2511, AVINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA 27102
June 19, 1996
Ms. Coleen Sullins
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
512 North Salisbury Street
P.O. Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
Re: Muddy Creek WWTP Upgrade
NPDES No. NC0050342
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Dear Ms. Sullins:
As we discussed in our phone conversation of June 18, 1996, only three contractors submitted 7-
bids on a contract to upgrade Winston-Salem's Muddy Creek WWTP and the low bid amounted
to $2,200,000 more than the engineer's estimate of $5,449,000. The next lowest bid as
$4,184,000 more than the engineer's estimate.
We feel that the cost to begin work on the entire upgrade project is prohibitively high at this time
and all these bids will be rejected.
Winston-Salem intends to rebid the project in phases so bidding on some items can be postponed
until market conditions are more favorable.
Those portions of the upgrade which were needed to comply with the plant's residual chlorine
limit, scheduled to become effective on May 1, 1997, will be rebid immediately. A contract will
be awarded in September for this first phase of the upgrade.
Given that most of this construction will have to take place during the winter months it is likely
that substantial delays will occur due to inclement weather.
Work may also be delayed due to Davidson County requiring us to obtain a special use zoning
permit. A public hearing must be held before this permit can be issued and substantial opposition
may be encountered.

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We request that DEMgrant an administrative amendment to theplant's discharge permit
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postponing the effective date of the residual chlorine limit by four months. This additional timeAa"
should be sufficient to offset any delays in construction due to weather and provide us time to
either obtain our special use zoning petition from Davidson County.
We intend to solicit bids on the balance of the project when the demand for contractors subsides
to the point where we can have a truly competitive bidding process. Our engineer estimates that
it may be early 1997 before this occurs.
All phases of this construction will be performed under the Authorization to Construct issued by
your office on June 1, 1996. Per your instructions, we will have our engineer provide a partial
certification of completion as each phase of the project is completed and placed into service.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter and please call me at 910-784-4700 if you have any
questions or need additional information.
Stanley B. Webb
Plant Manager/Muddy Creek WWTP
PC: David Saunders; Utility Plants Engineer
Steve Mauney; Winston-Salem Regional Office
James Cramer; Hazen and Sawyer PC