WQCS00025_NOV2021DV0042_20210219

Sanitary Sewer Overflow —728 North Fayetteville Street
Dear Mr. Lon Snider:
February 19th, 2021
NC Department of
Environmental Quality
Received
FEU 2 3 2021
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
On October 22nd, 2020 the City of Asheboro Water and Sewer Maintenance Department got a
call about a sewer odor near 728 N. Fayetteville St. Our departments investigator responded
immediately. He found that Cedar Fork Creek had a grey color and a sewer odor. He followed the creek
upstream until he found that a demolition crew had been demoing a building and had broken our sewer
main between manholes #2981 to MH # 2986. He called a crew in to fix the problem right away.
The crew excavated down on the 8 inch sewer main and found that a large rock had crushed the
sewer main. The crew replaced 8 foot of 8 inch clay pipe with 8 foot of ductile iron pipe for a permanent
repair. We TV'd the sewer main from MH# 2981 to MH# 2986 to see there is no more problems in the
sewer main and to insure that the repair we made is right. We also ran 2 fire hydrants for 5 hours to
clean up the creek. We also spread lime around Manhole #2911 and the area that sewage came in
contact with on its way to the creek.
The City of Asheboro requests that the NCDENR refrain from taking any enforcement action as a
result of this incident. We had no idea that the demolition crew hit our sewer main and there is no
evidence that they knew. There was no environmental impact. The Water and Sewer Maintenance
Department acted immediately on the problem. Thank you for your time in this matter. If you have any
questions please contact me at 336-626-1234 ext. 2205.
Sincerely,
Shannon White
Water/Sewer Maintenance Superintendent

CERTIFIED MAIL: 7018 1130 0000 1608 0169
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
January 25, 2021
John N Ogburn, III
City of Asheboro
PO Box 1106
Asheboro, NC 27204-1106
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0042
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00025
Asheboro 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
City of Asheboro. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Asheboro violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00025 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 City of Asheboro an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Asheboro should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202002769 10/11/2020 75 Lift Station #3 1129 Inflow and 3,280 3,280 Notice of Intent
East Mine Street Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
202002825 10/22/2020 70 728 North Fayetteville Pipe Failure (Break) 1,750 1,000 Notice of Violation
Street

Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWRAction
202002889 10/29/2020 85 Manhole #2911 Debris in line, Grease 2,250 2,000 Notice of Intent
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 10 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.00v.
Sincerely,
CDocuSlDnetl by:
La l JMAft
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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