WQCS00010_DV20200015_Remission_Request_20200220

Public Services Department
Water & Sewer Mains Division
Joseph P. Holden
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
ORC WWCS
February 20, 2020
Mr. Lon T. Snider
NCDENR
Winston-Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
RE: Request for Remission
Notice of Violation
Case # NOV-2020-DV-0015
Incident Number 201901592
09/25/2019
Mr. Snider,
NORTH CAROLINA'S INTERNATIONAL CITY'
NC Department of
Environmental uality
Recei
FEB 28 2020
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty, Case # NOV-2020-
DV-0015, concerning the spill at the Intersection of Whites Mill Road. and Skeet Club Road., Guilford
County, High Point, NC.
The spill at the above -mentioned address lasted for 30 minutes. The spill was caused by a NCDOT
contractor tying in a new force main when a plug blew out causing the spill. The force main was shut
down and clean up was performed by the contractor.
The City of High Point was notified of the spill the next day when Ms. Patty Eason with NCDOT called
asking for our report of the incident. I informed Ms. Eason the City was unaware of any spills as none
had been reported to us. Ms. Eason informed me that NCDOT had gathered information about the spill
from the Environmental Specialist and engineers on site. NCDOT's onsite personnel had taken pictures
and calculated the spill volume while the contractor performed the repairs and clean-up by washing the
spill debris into a storm water catch basin.
After being notified on 9/26/19, 1 went to the site to see if any evidence of the spill was still present and
where the spill had flowed to. It was determined that all discharged waste had been flushed to a
tributary leading to West Deep Fork River (Oak Hollow Reservoir). The reservoir was monitored for
adverse effects. A Press release was issued for the event. The work was completed on the force main
the same day as the spill and put back in service.
If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to call me at [phone].
City of High Point, P.O.230, 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27261 USA
Office: 336-883-3691 Fax: [phone] TDD 336.883.8517

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Sincerely,
�. 'r�aQders
Joseph P. Holden
ORC WWCS
Assistant Superintendent
cc: Terry Houk
Derrick Boone
Greg Hall
File
City of High Point, P.O. 230, 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27261 USA
Office: 336-883-3691 Fax: [phone] TDD 336.883.8517

SSO Report White's Mill Road and Skeet Club Road on 09/25/19.
The City of High Point first received notification of a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) on 09/26/19 at 11:47
AM. The ORC of the collection system was advised by the City of High Point Street Maintenance Division
that an SSO had occurred on 09/25/19 at the Intersection of Whites Mill Road and Skeet Club Road and
that NCDOT had contacted the Street Maintenance Division about needing information on the SSO that
occurred the previous day. The ORC was informed by the Street Maintenance Division that a NCDOT
contractor doing work to the sanitary sewer force main for NCDOT had a plug blow out causing the
sewer overflow. Around 12:00 pm on 09/26/19 the ORC and Back -Up ORC visited the site to review the
spill information, to see if there was debris that needed to be cleaned up at the SSO site, and to trace l
the SSO downstream to see if any of the liquid could be captured and cleaned up. Patty P. Eason, NCDOT
Division Constructiorf Engineer, was contacted aFound 3:00 pm on O9/26/19 to gather information about
the SSO such as start time, duration and spill amount. Mrs. Eason indicated their personnel onsite had
directed the contractor to flush the overflow material off the roadway. Mrs. Eason also stated that she
could provide pictures if it would help. i
The SSO was reported to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality by Ronnie Massey to
Shuying Wang at 3:30pm on 09/26/19. The five-day report was competed, and the press release was
sent out on 09/30/19.
Respectfully Submitted, t
Joseph P. Holden, Assistant Superintendent / WWCS ORC
Water and Sewer Mains Division
City of High Point