NCS000400_Email RE Jamestown MS4 Permit Public Comments_20240609 (5)

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Mr. Reed and Mr. Lawyer:
I am writing to comment on the renewal of Jamestown's two-year-overdue Stormwater
Permit. I would like to call your attention to Table 2, page 4, in the town manager's
Stormwater Management Plan - a Summary of MS4 Receiving Waters.
The ignorance "pretended" by our town and local governments with respect to the critical
and protected watershed and water supply waterways that flow into, merge, and flow out
of Jamestown is an insult to the citizens of Jamestown, the Randleman Watershed, and
Guilford County.
Jamestown's town manager doesn't have to care about any of this because he lives in
Rockingham County and therefore none of this contamination and flooding affects him.
Which must explain why this SWMP is so lazy and incomplete.
In Table 2, he lists three segments of Deep River as WS-IV and WS-IV CA; and two
segments of Bull Run Creek as WS-IV and WS-IV CA. Not only are some of the
classifications inaccurate (the correct classifications are provided in the list below), but in
the column labeled "303d Listed Parameters of Interest," a big "N/A" is written for each
stream segment. This is DEFINITELY NOT because there are no pollution parameters of
interest. On the contrary, the pollution parameters discharged, leaching and running off
from dozens of industrial facilities, contaminated superfund sites, brownfield sites, inactive
hazardous sites, inactive landfills and active landfills most certainly ARE parameters of
interest.
I am sure that when he is asked to respond to this comment, he will say "not my problem"
- which is the common refrain we hear whenever any resident asks "who's in charge of
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this water issue?" Our town is cut up into boundaries and zones to enable this "not my
problem" mentality and it's been going on for decades.
It will kill us all if you don't put a stop to it.
As a resident of Jamestown, my understanding of the Clean Water Act and the 303(d)
Impaired Waterways program, is that the STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA is responsible
for making sure the most threatened, contaminated, at-risk waterways in our state are
monitored and assessed for inclusion on that list, so that maximum pollutant loads can be
established and monitored by the EPA to prevent us all from being poisoned to death.
The Town of Jamestown does NOT monitor, test or care about our waterways. There is
NO Public Education, Outreach, Involvement or Participation. NONE. ZERO.
The average Jamestown citizen can't even SEE Deep River, because it's so blocked,
overgrown and hidden from view. If we do manage to catch a glimpse, it's trashy, black
and smelly.
Why does the EPA pass a law like the Clean Water Act, pay millions to promote it and
gussy up the language every few years, but then do NOTHING to make sure the towns
and cities that sit in the heart of manufacturing areas aren't tested, sampled or monitored?
We can't rely on the county or state. The NC DEQ's Winston Salem Regional Office,
Division of Water Resources, does NOT test our waterways for impaired waterway
assessment. I am a member of a group of citizens that has been writing letters to the
NCDEQ for almost two years asking why this isn't being done. No one will give us an
answer.
Nor will the WSRO Division of Water Resources answer ANY of our questions, concerns,
or respond to our FOIA requests. In fact, the WSRO Division of Water Resources
completely STOPPED uploading pertinent water quality and permitting data to the edocs
laserfiche public records library well over a year ago, when they obviously discovered how
much we were depending on it to inform ourselves about what is going on here with
respect to water quality, stormwater, groundwater, vapor intrusion, wastewater and
surface waters. Why would a public environmental agency do that?
The NC DEQ's Winston Salem Regional Office has, for DECADES, issued "General"
stormwater/NPDES permits to major chemical, plastics and manufacturing facilities under
"soft" industrial classifications for ridiculous things such as "FOOD WAREHOUSING" and
"APPAREL FINISHED PRODUCTS(sewing and cutting), while the WSRO Air Quality
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division issues permits under the proper MANUFACTURING codes - why in the world
does the NCDEQ allow Jamestown to do this, particularly when it has been aware of the
contamination problem in Deep River for decades - contaminants from old copper and
gold mines, the massive Kersey Valley Landfill, GFL Landfill (which calls itself "High Point
Landfill" even though it's NOT), the abandoned Seaboard Chemical dump - and that's just
the tip of this very dirty iceberg.
Our water and soils is filled with industrial chemicals, VOCs, , polymers, 1 ,4-
Dioxane, vinyl chloride, chlorobenzene, TCE, chromium, copper, cyanide, lead, nickel,
zinc, mercury, selenium, vanadium, arsenic, barium, beryllium, acetone, thallium,
chloroform, 1 ,4-dichlorobenzene, 1 ,1-dichloroethene, 1 ,2 dichloroethene, ethylbenzene,
xylenes, trichlorobenzene, napthalene, antimony, butanone, and MORE.
And the Town Manager's list doesn't even include the complete list - also flowing through
Jamestown are LONG BRANCH (which begins in the oil tank farm at PTI airport),
REDDICKS CREEK and JENNYS CREEK (which flow through the golf course at
Sedgefield and the two eight-hole golf courses at Grandover before emptying their
fertilizers and weed killer runoff into Deep River; COPPER BRANCH, which flows through
Jamestown's old gold and copper mine districts, then across APAC Asphalt (an inactive
hazardous site that is STILL hazardous and is leaking TCE and other contaminants to a
massive underground-water system), then across the massive Martin Marietta granite
quarry, before emptying into DEEP RIVER. Last but not least, RICHLAND CREEK - which
carries industrial wastewater and stormwater from High Point's furniture and chemical
manufacturers AND Kersey Valley Landfill AND GFL Construction & Demolition Landfil
(now serving FOURTEEN counties) to DEEP RIVER.
ALL of the aforementioned waterways and landfills flow through Jamestown somewhere
within Jamestown's defined zoning map. Some of the facilities are zoned and addressed
so that they are located in High Point or Greensboro but dumping in Jamestown.
Jamestown should not be allowed to have any more say or "authority" over our water
system. Nor should Greensboro, High Point, PTRWA or Guilford County. They are all
complicit. They have destroyed our water system and if you allow it to continue, they will
FINISH the destruction of the Cape Fear River.
THE EPA NEEDS TO TAKE OVER ALL STORMWATER AND WATER QUALITY
MONITORING, PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT IN JAMESTOWN, THE
RANDLEMAN WATERSHED AND GUILFORD COUNTY IMMEDIATELY.
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As for a map, the citizens of Jamestown had to create their OWN map. The Stormwater
map the Town Manager submitted with his SWMP and permit renewal application doesn't
even have WATERWAYS!
Here is a link to a map Jamestown residents made - one that we can actually use:
https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-sites/Jamestown-nc-map-
contamination/)
A little over halfway down in that post is the town manager's Stormwater map, with
WATERWAYS COLORED IN, courtesy of Jamestown residents. You're
welcome: https://thejamesiownery.com/contaminani-sources-nazaraous-sites/famestown-
nc-map-contamination/#jp-carousel-4889
Here in Jamestown, these illicit, unmonitored discharges are not only about contaminated
drinking water, but these streams flow through our neighborhoods, parks and backyards.
When a significant storm event occurs, these streams (and their metals, 1-4 Dioxane,
PFAS, TCE, barium, chromium, mercury, acetone, vinyl chloride, sulfates and cadmium)
soak our parks, creek banks, groundwater/aquifers, yards, swingset/play areas, vegetable
gardens and tree roots. See: https:Hthejamestowner9.com/public-comments-and-citizen-
complaints/jamestown-residents-stormwater-complaints/
THIS is the complete list of streams in Jamestown and the Deep River/Randleman
Watershed that need to be added to Jamestown's MS4 waterway list in the town
manager's SWMP. EVERYTHING herecomes back to us as drinking water.
Every stream on this list is completely unmonitored, ignored, neglected and near
death, and almost all of them have different labels, classifications and conditions
than what the EPA has in its waterways database - which means the NC DEQ has
NOT been reporting accurate and updated data on our water supply streams to the
EPA for many years:
1. BULL RUN STREAM, Assessment Unit NC17-5-(1)
NC Surface Water Classification: Water Supply WS-IV* since 3/31/1999
EPA classification: Aquatic Life
Description: Bull Run enters Jamestown's Protected Class IV Randleman Watershed
from our town's northern boundary with Greensboro, and flows south to Deep River for
about 2 miles — through Jamestown neighborhoods, backyards, and the Guilford County
Technical Community College Campus.
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Upon entering Jamestown, Bull Run flows south through the middle of a new 467-acre
D.R. Horton development (farmland/forestland which is currently being razed, cut and
cleared). (See:https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-
sites/brownfields-hazardous-sites/dr-horton-jamestown-nc-contaminated/)
Parallel to, and uphill from, the D.R. Horton property, Bull Run receives stormwater runoff
and groundwater leachate from 80 acres of contaminated Superfund Brownfield properties
along West Gate City Blvd. The Brownfield properties include a former Burlington
Industries site and a former Fortress Wood Products site.
(See: https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-sites/brownfield�-
hazardous-sites/one-metals-drive-greensboro/)
Known Contaminant/Dischargers in this segment: Survey and engineering reports for
the Brownfield properties (6008 West Gate City Blvd and One Metals Drive) list numerous
contaminants in the groundwater and soil, including high levels of TCE, hexavalent
chromium, arsenic, lead, petroleum hydrocarbons (19,300 ppm), mercury, barium, copper,
acetone, thallium, chlorobenzene, vinyl chloride, xylenes, antimony, naphthalene, and
more. (See:https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-
sites/brownfields-hazardous-sites/tce-arsenic-chromium-contaminants-new-brownfield-
site/)
Alberdingk Boley is a German acrylics and resin manufacturer that has a front door
address in Greensboro, but discharges out the back of the building/property to
Jamestown, emits toxins into the air, and has had two major spills to a tributary to Bull
Run — yet its storm water permit is for Food Warehousing.
Two water samples taken from Alberdingk Boley's pretreated wastewater in 2023 detected
1 ,4-Dioxane levels of 87.2ppb and 99ppb, according to the company's annual
Pretreatment Report. (See:https://thejamestowner9.com/water-quality-jamestown-nc/pfas-
1-4-dioxane/14-dioxane-levels-increase-jamestown-nc-water/)
The N.C. Division of Air Quality monitors Alberdingk Boley under SIC Code (2821 ) for
Plastics and Resin Manufacturing (Air Permit 09206R05). The N.C. Division of Water
Resources gave Alberdingk Boley a General discharge permit under the SIC code for
"Warehousing, Food and Kindred" (Permit no. NCG060104). In addition to 1 ,4 Dioxane,
Alberdingk Boley's pretreated wastewater contains Cadmium, Chromium, COD, Copper,
Ammonia, TSS, BOD, Cyanide, Lead, Nickel, Nitrate-Nitrite, Phosphorus, Oil & Grease,
TKN, Phenolic Compounds, Zinc.
About a half mile before Bull Run empties into Deep River, Bull Run's classification
changes to WS-IV CA*, and the segment ID changes to NC17-5-(2)
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No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor
the NC Integrated Assessment data.
2. BULL RUN STREAM, Assessment Unit NC17-5-(2)
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV CA*, since 3/31/1999
EPA classification: Aquatic Life
This segment of Bull Run continues south, through residential neighborhoods and
Jamestown back yards for 1/2 mile, before emptying into Deep River.
No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this WATER SUPPLY
STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor the NC Integrated
Assessment data.
3. DEEP RIVER, Assessment Unit NC17-(3.3)
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV*, since 3/31/1999
EPA classification: this segment appears to be unknown to the EPA; it is not identified and
no data exists for it on the EPA interactive waterways map.
Description: Deep River enters Jamestown's Protected Class IV Randleman Watershed
from our northwest boundary with High Point, at High Point City Lake, then flows south in
a curvy "s" pattern for about a half mile through a heavily industrialized area. Segment
NC17-(3.3) ends at a plastics manufacturer called Teknor Apex (formerly Viking
Polymers), approximately 1000 feet south of Dillon Road in Jamestown. Deep River then
becomes Segment NC17-(3.7).
Known Contaminants/Dischargers in this segment (via groundwater and tributaries
to Deep River): Univar Chemicals (extensive documentation about leaking underground
tanks in the NCDEQ public records archives; holds a General NPDES permit; discharge is
unknown); Highland Container (Hood Industries), corrugated cardboard manufacturer,
holds the same General NPDES permit as Teknor Apex, for Finished Apparel (cutting &
sewing), Printing, Leather & Rubber, but its Air Emissions Permit (05793/R08) is for
Corrugated & Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing; Riverdale Global, former
Monarch/Chromecraft Furniture site at 301 Scientific (Cadmium, Chromium, Cyanide,
Lead, Nickel, Mercury, Selenium, Copper, Zinc); Staples metal products (Superfund),
Diversified Technologies
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See: https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-
sites/brownfields-hazardous-sites/hazardous-site-301-scientific-jamestown-nc/
AND
https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-sites/univar-contaminants/
AND:
No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor
the NC Integrated Assessment data.
4. DEEP RIVER Assessment Unit NC17-(3.7)
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV CA*, since 3/31/1999
EPA classification: Aquatic Life
The current N.C. Water Classifications table incorrectly identifies this segment as
"Town of Jamestown water supply intake." This was water intake for Jamestown many
years ago, before it was discovered that that toxins were leaching into this segment of
Deep River from the Monarch/Chromecraft Furniture Company at 301 Scientific Street.
Jamestown's water supply, according to Jamestown's LWSP reports, has come from
Randleman Lake and Reservoir (PTRWA) since 2010. It is piped to us from Randleman
Reservoir via Greensboro and High Point's pipes.
Description: Deep River continues south from Teknor Apex for about 1 .5 miles, to the
abandoned Oakdale Cotton Mill (which sits, neglected and falling down, on the banks of
Deep River). A tributary from Teknor Apex empties into Deep River within this segment.
Contamination sources/Dischargers: Teknor Apex, Oakdale Cotton Mill. Very little
discharge info exists in the public records for Teknor Apex, formerly known as Viking
Polymers. A 2014 Triad Business Journal article describes the company as a "producer of
thermoplastic compounds for a variety of materials." Other marketing and news items
describe the company as a manufacturer of PVC building materials. PVC is a source of
PFAS.
In the article, Louis Cappucci, Teknor Apex's vice president and head of the vinyl division,
said the acquisition of Viking Polymers in Jamestown adds to the company's "rigid PVC
capabilities and represents an extension of its product portfolio into weather able cap
stocks, CPVC compounds and other specialties for the fast-growing building and
construction market."
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Teknor Apex gets a break from the NC Division of Water Resources in the form of a
General NPDES permit for companies in the Finished Apparel (cutting & sewing), Printing,
Leather & Rubber category. The Division of Air Quality issued the company a permit under
SIC Code 3087 for Custom Compounding of Purchased Plastic Resins (permit
10379R01 ). A tributary flows from the company directly to Deep River. The company's
2023 Pretreatment Report shows the presence of antimony, arsenic, cyanide, lead and
zinc in its pretreated wastewater.
Oakdale Cotton Mill has been closed since 2006. It is abandoned and falling apart and
there are giant rusting above-ground fuel tanks on the property. In all of the NC DEQ
public records, there are only TWO documents pertaining to this place. The owner and
registered contact person is a guy in Cape May, New Jersey named Gus Andy, who died
six months ago. There is only one recorded attempt to inspect this place (in 2022 — but
when the NCDEQ inspector got there, he found the gate locked and not a soul anywhere).
More info and photos of the mill are here: https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-
sources-hazardous-sites/its-time-to-get-real-about-oakdale-mill/
Condition/303(d) listing: This segment is currently shown as a red (Impaired) waterbody,
but an employee with the NC Dept of Environmental Quality made notes to the file in
January 2023 stating that this designation is an error. She wrote in her notes that the
"Impaired" designation for this segment is for an unnamed tributary that was identified as
flowing to or from the southwest side of Deep River; and that this "Impaired" determination
was made based on a biological test sample taken in 2015. The employee states in the
notes that the correction would be shown on the 2024 list. This correction was not made to
the 2024 proposed list. (I can send you these documents upon request.)
The "2022" assessment for this segment of Deep River is from water tests conducted in
2015 and 2018, and many of the results are shown as "DATA INCONCLUSIVE." The
DWR employee states that this means there's "not enough data collected during this
assessment period to make a determination of the status of the instream water quality
condition." We take it to mean no one tried.
SO, the condition of Deep River at this segment is still unknown due to lack of sampling
data and therefore:
No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor
the NC Integrated Assessment data.
5. DEEP RIVER Assessment Unit NC17-(4)a
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV CA*, since 3/31/1999
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EPA classification: Aquatic Life, Recreation, Water Supply
Description: Deep River flows south from Oakdale Cotton Mill to Kivett Drive for about
two miles. Bull Run stream flows into Deep River in this segment. Copper Branch flows
into Deep River in this segment (carrying leachate and water runoff from the old
McCulloch Gold/Copper mining compound and Hazardous Site APAC Asphalt).
Known Contaminants/Dischargers:Martin Marietta Quarry (General permit, little is
known about discharge into Deep River); APAC Asphalt Superfund site, a former NC Dept
of Transportation asphalt lab (TCE, vinyl chloride, acetone is in groundwater within half-
mile radius of the site — a charter school with 900 kids now sits within the contamination
circle)
(See: https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-sites/apac-asphalt-
co n to m i n a n is-f i ow-to-d e e p-r i ve r/)
Condition/303(d) listing: This segment was assessed for biological/fish health. We know
from the NCDEQ's Fact Sheets that no water sampling has been done in Jamestown
since at least 2019. The EPA How's My Waterway information declares this segment to be
"Good" for Aquatic Life, Recreation and Water Supply. This is grossly misleading (and
potentially hazardous) to locals who can access Deep River at this location to fish, kayak,
wade and access the water
No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this DRINKING
WATER SUPPLY STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor
the NC Integrated Assessment data.
6. DEEP RIVER Assessment Unit NC17-(4)b
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV CA*, since 3/31/1999
EPA classification: Aquatic Life, Recreation, Water Supply
Description: Deep River continues south from Kivett Drive, for 6.6 miles, to Coltrane Mill
Road. Reddicks Creek (WSIV-CA*) and Jenny Branch (WSIV*) empty into Deep River
here from the east.
Discharging/leaching into Deep River:Eastside Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Phosphorus, 1-4 Dioxane (spikes), sodium hypochlorite (spill), , Seaboard Chemical
dump (1 ,4 Dioxane, Vinyl Chloride, Chlorobenzene, VOCs), High Point Landfill at
Seaboard (contaminants unknown), High Point Material Recovery (discharge unknown),
High Point Firearms Training Facility (in Google satellite imagery, targets appear to be set
up with Deep River behind them).
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See: https://thejamestowner9.com/water-quality-jamestown-nc/pfas-1-4-
dioxane/seaboard-chemical-contaminant-source-to-deep-river/ AND
https://thejamestowner9.com/contaminant-sources-hazardous-sites/seaboard-chemical-
jamestown-nc/jamestown-nc-seaboard-chemical-dump/ AND
Discharging/leaching into Deep River 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. (I can provide you with the link to
our Dropbox folder of Pretreatment Reports upon request)
Discharging/leaching into Deep River via Reddicks Creek and Jenny
Branch:Sedgefield Golf Course and both Grandover Golf Courses (two 18-hole courses)
flow through these two streams.
Condition/303(d) listing: The EPA database says there is "INSUFFICIENT INFO" to
assess the condition of this drinking water supply segment; therefore:
No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this WATER SUPPLY
STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor the NC Integrated
Assessment data.
7. Copper Branch, Assessment Unit NC17-6
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV CA*, since 3/31/1999
EPA classification: this segment appears to be unknown to the EPA; it is not identified and
no data exists for it on the EPA interactive waterways map.
Description: Copper Branch runs along the southern border of an old Superfund
hazardous site (APAC Asphalt) and receives water runoff from the site, flows beneath
Riverdale Drive, through the Martin Marietta Quarry, and into Deep River Before it reaches
APAC Asphalt from the west, Copper Branch flows through the middle of the McCulloch
Gold Mine and Mill properties. The larger operation — Deep River Copper & Gold Smelting
— is across the street, beneath the Kersey Valley and GFL C&D landfills.
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No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this WATER SUPPLY
STREAM segment in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor the NC Integrated
Assessment data.
8. Reddicks Creek, Assessment Unit NC17-8-(0.5) and NC17-8-(3); Dogwood Lake
NC17-8-1, and Jenny Branch NC17-8-2
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV* and WS-IV CA*
EPA Classification: no info/insufficient info
Description: This network of streams discharges into Deep River between Jamestown and
Randleman Lake. The upper forks of Reddicks Creek travel through three 18-hole golf
courses (Sedgefield and Grandover). Golf courses are notorious for heavy use of turf
chemicals, fertilizer, weed killer and pesticides.
No assessment documents nor water sampling data exists for this WATER SUPPLY
STREAM network in the EPA How's My Waterway database nor the NC Integrated
Assessment data.
9. Richland Creek, Assessment Unit NC17-7-(0.5) and NC17-7-(4)
NC Classification: Water Supply WS-IV* and WS-IV CA*
EPA Classification: EPA site says "Waterbody information is temporarily unavailable" for
this waterway.
Discharging/leaching into Deep River 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. (I can provide you with the link to
our Dropbox folder of Pretreatment Reports upon request)
The part of Richland Creek (NC17-7-(0.5)) that runs through south High Point's furniture,
textile, auto/bus, and chemical manufacturing districts is RED/"Impaired" for Aquatic Life
and for Swimming/Boating.

The part of Richland Creek (NC17-7-(4)) that runs up to Kersey Valley Landfill is
RED/"Impaired" for Aquatic Life and Swimming/Boating, but "GOOD" for "Drinking Water."
The part of Richland Creek that runs along the southern border of Kersey Valley Landfill
and GFL C&D Landfill up to the Eastside Wastewater Treatment Plant is now marked as
being part of Deep River NC17-(4)b, and is "Condition Unknown" for Drinking Water and
Aquatic Life, but "GOOD" for Swimming/Boating. This is a horrific joke — Deep River is
nothing but mud, trash and thick smelly brown sludge along that stretch).
Our town manager Matthew Johnson, his staff and town council have made it clear to the town
residents that they don't care, don't listen and they actually disparage residents that speak out. They
need to be held accountable. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Pam Karboski
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