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TOWN OF RAMSEUR
724 Liberty Street, PO Box 545
Ramseur, North Carolina 27316
336-824-8530
NC Department of
Environmental Quality
Received
DEC 2 1 2020
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
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Tim Matthews Carol Aken
December 14, 2020
Mr. Lon T. Snider
Assistant Regional Supervisor '
NCDEQDWR
450 West Hanes Mill Rd.
Suite 300
Winston Salem, NC 27105
RE: Collection System Permit No.: WQCS00195
Tracking No.: MOV-2020-DVO514 I
Dear Mr. Snider,
This letter serves as a reply to your correspondence dated November 19, 2020 regarding the Sanitary
Sewer Overflows that occurred September 29, 2020 at our West Ridge Pump Station located at 1341 W.
Ridge Street and our Reed Creek Road pump station located at 127 Reed Creek Road.
As previously indicated the Deep River has continued to run high due to the rains received this summer.
We received 1.3 inches of rain during this event. The Town's wastewater treatment plant has a design
flow capacity of 0.480 MGD. Measured flow during this event into the pump stations exceeded the
pumping capacity which resulted in the overflow. All pumps in both stations are operating properly.
As stated in our previous correspondence during this rain event the Town's Sewer Department was under
the control of Suez. Our contract with Suez terminated on September 30, 2020 and the Town of Ramseur
now operates the division of not only Wastewater, but Water and Public Works. The Town is continuing
to identify and correct areas of concern, Commissioner Jim McIntosh, Water/Sewer/Public Works
Commissioner has been diligently working with his staff to manage the capabilities of the pump stations
and is looking for new and innovative ways to operate the pump stations.
The overflow was not intentional and the Town did not benefit economically from this event. The Town
is committed, more than ever, to operating and maintaining its sewer collection system and has allocated
$240,000 for sewer projects and equipment for the 2020/2021 fiscal year to make improvements in the
collection system.
The Town of Ramseur is a small community of less than 1,500 customers. The assessment of civil
penalties will be an encumbrance to our citizens and would deduct from budgeted funds for
improvements. The Town respectfully requests that you forgo the assessment of civil penalties
and afford the Town the opportunity to invest in upgrading the collection system.
If you require additional information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Vicki Caudle, Mayor
Serving the Town of Ramseur
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November 19, 2020
Vicki Caudle
Town of Ramseur
PO Box 545
Ramseur, NC 27316
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0514
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00195
Ramseur 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
Town of Ramseur. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the Town of Ramseur violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit'No. WQCS00195 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 Town of Ramseur an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the Town of Ramseur should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violatibn(s) that are
summarized below:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
202002717 9/29/2020 240 West Ridge East Side
Pump 1341 West Ridge
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Inflow and Infiltration 2,400 2,400 Notice of Intent
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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 30 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.aov.
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Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
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