WQCS00192_NOV-2020-DV-0508 Response_20201117

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
November 17, 2020
Randy) Harrington, Town Manager
Town of Holly Springs
PO Box 8
Holly Springs, NC 27540
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: N0V=2020-DV-0508
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00192
Holly Springs Collection System
Wake County
Dear Mr. Harrington:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 24-hour Notice submitted by Town of Holly Springs indicates
violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. A 5-day report
was not submitted. Violations include failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection
system so that there is no SSO to the land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for
purposes of G:S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit Is required.
Specific incident cited In the subject report include the following:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
202002791 10/12/2020 Intersection of Flint
Point LN. and Masden
Road
Total Vol
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Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWRAction
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December 3, 2020
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Divisions of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Subject: Notice of Violation
Tracking Number: N0V-2020-DV-0508
Sanitary Sewer Overflow - October 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00192
Holly Springs Collections System
Wake County
Dear Scott Vinson,
In reference to the above NOV, the following remedial actions
have taken place to correct and prevent future occurrences of
these overflows. The Water Resources after hours on -call
attendant responded to a call about an overflowing manhole.
We located the downstream manhole and used the high
pressure jet trailer to remove what was causing the blockage.
We removed what we found to be asphalt and other debris from
the manhole invert and limed the area affected by the SSO. We
also introduced fresh de -chlorinated water from a fire hydrant
to dilute any gray water that may have entered the creek.
We determined the cause of the SSO to be asphalt that was left
in the manhole by a contractor who was overlaying the street in
a newly constructed neighborhood adjacent to the spill area.
The asphalt traveled from the new construction down to where
they tied into a manhole in an existing outfall. The asphalt
settled in this manhole invert, causing the existing outfall sewer
line to become blocked, therefore causing the SSO. We are
meeting with Development Services to establish more frequent

manhole inspection protocols before and after paving events.
The Water Resources Division is implementing more frequent
manhole inspections in areas where new construction may be
taking place.
There was mention in the NOV about not having the five day
report filled out in the required time. Deon Johnson, TOHS
Collection ORC, logged into the BIMS site 10/14/2020 to
complete the five day report. We completed all the information
on the initial page and clicked save/submit. Normally after this,
there are other pages available for us to fill out to explain the
cause of the spill and remediation efforts. Those pages for some
reason were not available. When we noticed the pages were not
available, we contacted Mitchell Hayes and Buster Towel with
DEQ to see what the issue may be. They looked on their system
and could not find any issues. We also noticed there was never
a five day report date populated in the BIMS Portal. We
returned to the BIMS site for several days but could never locate
the report. Each time we tried to select the edit button, it would
say the report was already submitted, and we never received an
opportunity to finish filing the five day report. We contacted
Mitch Hayes again to ask about this and he stated everything
looked good on his end.
Please accept the cause of the spill and remediation
explanations in this NOV response as what would have been
submitted in the five day report. Also attached are documents
showing dates when we last performed maintenance in that area
and pictures of the debris that was found in the manhole.
If you have any questions regarding this issue, please feel free
to contact me at 919-557-3150.
Re ectfully Submitted,
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Collection System ORC
Town of Holly Springs
Water Resources Division

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