WQCS00075_NOV-2019-DV-0230 Response_20190603

CITY OF MARION
P.O. Drawer 700
Marion, North Carolina 28752
May 31, 2019
Mr. G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section, NCDEQ
Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S. Highway 70
Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Subject:
JUN - 3 2019
DWW1r. Davidsoni
RECEIVED JUN 03 2019
Notice of Violation and Notice of
Intent to Assess Civil Penalty
Tracking #: NOV-2019-DV-0230
Marion Collection System
Permit No. WQCS00075
McDowell County
I am writing in response to, your letter dated May 22, 2019and received by the City of
Marion on May 24, 2019, requesting, within 15 business days of the receipt of the letter,
an explanation of a violation that occurred within the City of Marion's wastewater
collection system. The violation (incident number 201900850) was a sanitary sewer
overflow (SSO) of approximately 3,400 gallons to surface water that occurred on April 29,
2019.
In response to the Notice of Violation, the SSO was caused by the failure (horizontal crack)
of a PVC force main pipe located at 214 Virginia Drive, along the bank of an unnamed
tributary to Lake James. The Public Works Department was notified of the SSO on April
29, 2019 at 8:37 A.M. and responded immediately. City personnel turned off the pumps
at the Clinchfreld Lift Station at 9:14 A.M., thereby stopping the SSO. The force main was
repaired by replacing a 46 inch section of PVC pipe with DIP.
As shown above, City personnel took remedial action very quickly with regard to the
referenced SSO. They repaired the broken pipe in a short amount of time, with minimal
wastewater discharge to the tributary water body. In addition, a visual inspection of the
referenced force main alignment and creek bank is performed every day because of the
close proximity of the line to the creek. The visual inspection is;performed simultaneously
with the daily check:o# Clinchfield.Lift Station,and is just, one example, of how the. City is
proactive with regard to preventing SSO's and works hard to ensure that repeat SSO's do
not occur. Therefore, the City respectfully requests that a civil penalty not be issued for
the violation, in order to allow the City to continue investing funds in proactive collection
system maintenance and SSO prevention.
OFFICE OF THE
CITY MANAGER

Your consideration of this request is greatly appreciated. If you have any further questions
or need any additional information, please contact Public Works Director Brant Sikes at
[phone] or bsikes(a�marionnc.org or me at [phone] or
[e-mail].
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Bob Boyette
City Manager
cc: Brant Sikes, Public Works Director
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