NCS000400_Email RE Jamestown MS4 Permit Public Comments_20240609 (7)

Georgoulias, Bethany
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To: Lawyer, Mike; Reed, Isaiah L
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Subject: [External] Jamestown, NC - NPDES MS4 permit NCS000400
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Dear Mr. Lawyer and Mr. Reed:
Pages 2 and 3 are completely missing from the April 4, 2024 Stormwater Management Plan for the
Town of Jamestown that the NCDEQ Public Notice references.
I also want to tell you that the link on this Public Notice does not work. You have to retype the entire
URL in order to pull up the SWMP and the Public Notice details. This Public Notice was NOT
POSTED PUBLICLY anywhere. It came up by ACCIDENT in a random search in the NCDEQ edocs
laserfiche library.
Please advise: Why was this very important Stormwater Permit Renewal - a permit that your office
has received hundreds (if not thousands) of pages of correspondence about from the concerned
citizens of Jamestown - posted in such an impossible place to find, with "links" that had to be hand-
typed, with PAGES MISSING from the SWMP?
Page 3 of the March version of the SWMP included the map of the town manager's MS4 area, and is
very important as a reference as I explain why the town manager and the town of Jamestown are
totally incapable of overseeing stormwater discharges, detections, outreach, monitoring and anything
else related to the complicated network of critical and protected water supply streams and lakes that
are contaminated with PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane at levels well above the EPA's new prescribed health
standards/levels. See https://themamestowner9.com/water-quality-mamestown-nc/1-4-dioxane-i22-
years
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AND
https://themamestowner9.com/water-quality-mamestown-nc/pfas-test-results-round-4/
Here is the missing page 3 from the earlier version of the SWMP, which was omitted from the April 4,
2024 version that the current NCDEQ Public Notice links to:
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In section 3.7, "Industrial Facility Discharges," in both versions of the town manager's SWMP, the
town manager lists only three industrial facilities which hold NPDES industrial stormwater permits:
CG050081 Teknor Apex, 3518 Dillon Road, Jamestown
Teknor Apex is a plastics/polymer/PVC manufacturer (PVC is a source of PFAS). The NC Division of
Air Quality issued an air emissions permit to Teknor Apex under SIC Code 3087 for CUSTOM
COMPOUNDER OF PURCHASED PLASTICS RESINS (permit no. 10379R01). BUT — the NC
Division of Water Resources has, for years, granted Teknor Apex/Viking Polymers a General NPDES
permit for FINISHED APPAREL, PRINTING, LEATHER & RUBBER (see the permit category HERE).
The address on Teknor Apex Stormwater permit is 109 Ragsdale Road which is incorrect and no
longer exists. The correct address is 3518 Dillon Road.
NCG050258 Highland Container (HOOD CONTAINER), 3520 Dillon Road, Jamestown
Highland Container is now called HOOD Container. It is a corrugated box manufacturer. Their
NCDEQ Stormwater permit a General Permit in the category for FINISHED Apparel, paper, leather &
rubber. HOOD Container's Air emissions permit is for "Corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing."
NCG170087 North Point Family Limited Partnership/OAKDALE COTTON MILL
710 Oakdale Road, Jamestown
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This is the Oakdale Cotton Mill dam and village (abandoned, falling down, hazardous), which closed
in 2006. The owner and registered contact person is a guy in Cape May, New Jersey named Gus
nrho died four months ago. Oakdale Cotton Mill stopped operating in 2006, yet the historical
marker and Town of Jamestown website imply that it's still in business. There is only ONE recorded
attempt to inspect this place (in 2022 — but when the inspector got there, he found the gate locked
and not a soul anywhere). It should be as disturbing to you as it is to the citizens of Jamestown that
this company still has an active discharge permit and that there are hoses and rusting above ground
tanks all over the place. If any resident of Jamestown had just one square foot of the debris, fallen
trees, trash and falling down buildings on their residential property, the town manager would harass
that resident until they fixed it. NOTHING is being done to this hazardous eyesore that's rotting into
Deep River, our drinking water supply. In all of the NC DEQ public records, there are only TWO
documents pertaining to this place that are available for download. So we submitted an FOIA request
to the NCDEQ — and all they could find to send us were the same TWO documents we'd already
found
Those were the only three industrial stormwater permit holders our town manager is aware of
in his MS4 district. Here are the rest:
Alberdingk Boley - NCG060104 (for FOOD WAREHOUSING) BROWNFIELD CONTAMINATED SITE
6008 West Gate City Blvd., Jamestown NC 27282 (but mailing address says Greensboro)
This is a German chemical company (acrylics, resins) that has its manufacturing operations in
Jamestown, on Bull Run Stream. Pretreatment Reports from Eastside WWTP show high double-digit
levels of 1 ,4-Dioxane in its wastewater (87.2ppb and 99ppb in the two samples taken in 2023). The
company emits a lengthy list of hazardous pollutants into the air via horizontal pipes near the Bull Run
stream, and a lengthy list of water contaminants. HOWEVER, the NCDEQ allows it to operate under
a lax General Stormwater Permit for FOOD WAREHOUSING. The air emissions permit is for
PLASTICS AND RESIN MANUFACTURING (09206R05). Even though it has a "Greensboro"
address, the entire Alberdingk Boley property is located in Jamestown, at 6008 West Gate City Blvd.
When Alberdingk Boley had its October 2022 16,000-gallon, 6-day spill into Bull Run Stream (WSIV-
CA*), Jamestown's town manager listed it on his storm/spill incidents report with very little detail and
never said a word to the community or any residents. Private citizens were able to find out information
about the spill into Bull Run, which runs through our neighborhoods and yards, through an FOIA
request. Our FOIA request to the NCDEQ for the details about a second spill that occurred in
November, 2023 remains unanswered. See: https://themamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-
hazardous-sites/iamestown-nc-map-contam ination/
AND https://themamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-sites/alberdingk-boley-
spills/eastside-wwtp-omitted-spill-info/AND
https://themamestowner9.com/public-records/foia-public-records-requests-ignored/
AND
https:Hthemamestowner9.com/water-quality-mamestown-nc/pfas-1-4-dioxane/14-dioxane-levels-
increase-iamestown-nc-water/
UNIVAR Chemical Company (formerly Chemcentral)
108 Oakdale Road, Jamestown NC 27282
Univar's discharge into our water supply is via its underground and above ground tank farms, which
leak into groundwater and an unnamed tributary to Deep River that flows between Univar and its next
door neighbor, HOOD Container. The groundwater leakage is so extensive that every year a 500-
page GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS is performed, listing all the leaked chemicals. The closest thing to
a local inspector this place has is a guy named Gene Mao in the GUILFORD COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. Guilford County and the NCDEQ apparently see no reason for anything more than a
hazardous waste permit. THIS is what a responsible, smart Stormwater Management Plan should
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have already put an end to. More HERE: https://themamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-
hazardous-sites/u n ivar-contaminants/
These companies all have JAMESTOWN ADDRESSES and they discharge into DEEP RIVER or
a tributary to DEEP RIVER:
APAC Asphalt, NCG160122 - (on the NC LIST OF NONACTIVE HAZARDOUS SITES, except that it
is very active) 5730 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown NC 27282
Martin Marietta Granite Quarry (Copper Branch flows out of APAC Asphalt across the street, then
across the Martin Marietta Quarry and a small pond, then into Deep River
5725 and 5745 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282
High Point Material Recovery Facility, NCG130038 - discharges into Deep River
5875 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282
GFL Construction & Demolition Landfill/Dump NCG120099 - (aka "High Point C&D Processing
Facility & Landfill")
5830 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282; discharges to Richland Creek at Deep River
Kersey Valley Landfill, NCG1200105 - (next to GFL C&D Landfill)
3940 Kivett Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282; discharges to Richland Creek at Deep River
Seaboard Chemical Corporation (abandoned Superfund site - this was a hazardous chemicals dump
used by companies up and down the East Coast). It adjoins an inactive High Point Landfill. Extremely
hazardous, still very contaminated according to ongoing and recent groundwater/surface water
reports.
5899 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282; discharges to Deep River above the Eastside WWTP
"High Point" EASTSIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, NC0024210 - (one of the worst in the
state; operates under a consent order, almost at full capacity, numerous violations)
5898 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282; discharges to Deep River
These companies are discharging into Deep River in JAMESTOWN via Richland Creek: Kersey
Valley Landfill*, GFL Construction & Demolition Landfill (aka "High Point C&D Landfill"), Thomas Built
Buses (High Point), Ultra Coatings (High Point), Cintas Corp.* (High Point), Custom Drum Services
(High Point), HandCraft Linen Services (High Point), Harriss & Covington Hosiery (High Point),
Hunter Farms (High Point), Innospec Chemicals* (High Point), Mickey Truck Bodies (High Point),
Pantheon Softgels (High Point), SafeGuard (High Point), Slane Hosiery Fairfield* (High Point), Terra
Nova Solutions* (High Point).
All of the companies with an asterisk (*) discharge 1 ,4-Dioxane into Richland Creek/Deep River
according to their annual Pretreatment Reports. Pretreatment samples taken in 2023 detected 1 ,4-
Dioxane levels of 305 ppb at Mickey Truck Bodies, 185 ppb at Innospec Active Chemicals, and 174
ppb at Kersey Valley Landfill.
Discharging/leaching into Deep River in JAMESTOWN via Reddicks Creek and Jenny Branch:
Sedgefield Golf Course (one 18-hole course) and Grandover Golf Courses (two 18-hole courses) flow
through these two streams.
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CONTAMINATED/HAZARDOUS SITES IN JAMESTOWN THAT WERE NOT LISTED ABOVE:
Riverdale Global, 301 North Scientific, Jamestown NC 27282
Former Monarch Furniture/Chromecraft Furniture; currently number 82 on the NC LIST OF INACTIVE
HAZARDOUS SITES
https://themamestowner9.com/contam inant-sources-hazardous-sites/brownfields-hazardous-
sites/hazardous-site-301-scientific-iamestown-nc/
Empty building, 109 East Main Street, Jamestown, NC 27282
This building is across the street from UNIVAR CHEMICAL COMPANY
https://themamestowner9.com/contam inant-sources-hazardous-sites/contam inated-tce-109-west-main-
0amestown/
Fortress Wood Products, new BROWNFIELD SITE, 18 acres:
Corner of West Gate City Blvd & MacKay Road in Jamestown
(mailing address is One Metal Drive, Greensboro)
https://themamestowner9.com/contam inant-sources-hazardous-sites/brownfields-hazardous-sites/one-
m eta I s-d rive-g ree n s bo ro/
Red Rock Trailer Park
Corner of Wendover Avenue and Guilford College Road in Jamestown, NC
https://themamestowner9.com/contam inant-sources-hazardous-sites/brownfields-hazardous-
sites/brownfields-application-approved-in-2021-for-contam inated-iamestown-property-at-wendover-
quilford-college/
Andrea Drive, Jamestown, near Hilltop Road
In 2009, several dozen homes in a neighborhood on the north side of Hilltop Road in
Jamestown underwent a round of well water testing for a long list of volatile organic
compounds, including 1 ,4 Dioxane. see
https://edocs.deg.nc.gov/WasteManagement/ElectronicFile.aspx?dbid=0&docid=67440&
Staples LLC Metal Fasteners, abandoned contaminated site
3516 Dillon Road, Jamestown, NC 27282 - next to Teknor Apex and HOOD Container in the middle
of town.
Groundwater sampling at Staples in June, 1993, found 23,000 ppb of Acetone and 6 ppb of
perch loroethylene. VOCs and petroleum hydrocarbons were also found in the groundwater. In
April 1993, Pyrene, chrysene and benzo-anthracene were found in soil samples. In July 1993,
560 ppm of petroleum hydrocarbons were found in soil samples. On site excavation revealed
leaking pipes and other problems. In July and August 1994, monitoring wells found high levels
of acetone, tetrachloroethane, and bis (ethylhexy) phthalate. Present condition is unknown
but nothing appears to be going on at the site. A memo to the file states there is a toxic
lagoon on the site.
https://themamestowner9.com/water-quality-Jamestown-nc/the-worse-it-pets/
Summary: These are all located within an approximately 5-square mile area in
Jamestown, North Carolina. As you can see, there is a lot more unresolved
contamination than the town manager's assessment suggests.
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This should also be considered when determining if this town manager has the knowledge,
resources and desire to respond to contaminated spills. Our experience with him thus far says
"NO."
https://thejamestowner9.com/water-quality-Jamestown-nc/pfas-1-4-dioxane/pittsboros-
organ ized-response-to-last-weeks-dioxane-discharge-in-haw-rive r-is-in-stark-contrast-to-
mamestowns-sloppy-d isinterest/
DO NOT ALLOW THIS TOWN TO HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER DECISIONS
CONCERNING OUR WATER SYSTEM AND WATER SUPPLY. IT'S TIME FOR THE EPA
TO STEP IN AND TAKE CHARGE.
Sincerely,
Kristin Hart
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