NC0045471_NOV-2022-LM-0027 Response_20220527

May 27, 2022
Mr. W. Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Subject: Notice of Violation & Intent to Assess Civil Penalty
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-LM-0027
Permit No. NC0045471
Barium Springs Horne for Children WWTp
Iredell County
Mr, Basinger,
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Thank you for allowing the Barium Springs Home for Children the opportunityto respond
issued May 10, 2022; received May 23, 2022. Below is our response to the Limit
that d Mrred dtuYng the March 2022 , 202rinora exceedance this Notice n Violation
and for the failure to meet the system's routine quarterly fmonitorin Crequirements.m daily rnaximum limit exceedmonitorance on 3/24g (s)
g
At the time of the above fecal coliform exceedance event, the Barium Springs
the use of only one of two filter beds, while the second remained out of commissio
was experiencing inconsistent flow patterns that were passing through theg Home for Children WWTP was limited to
contact time in the chlorine inconsistent
flow chamber, and caused pa passing
hcoliformn for upgrades. quickly, isn treath d i she plant
crontacted e this issue by adding t ch berinndo address and g filter ad e do itmaxi which limit.
Operators insufficient
to exceed the daily coliform xc limit.
prevent any further fecal exceedances.
A change in sample scheduling protocol resulted in a miscommunication
Phosphorous, and TICK quarterly samples being inadvertently omitted. This error has
that contributed to the Nitrate/Nitrite, Total
and the operators overseeing the facility are now within awareness of the monitoringr
and t e operators regard this missed sampling event, routine of
samples since been identified and corrected,
quarter, collected on April 14, 2022. Those samples were within compliance. requirements of routine monitoring
quarterly were taken early for the following
With due regard, the Barium Springs Horne for Children has taken
compliance events. It is always our goal to remain in compliance with regulations set for
Resources. It is our request that our cooperation and actionthese issues into account to prevent future non -
proceeding with enforcement, in these matters be taken into tach count byy the lthe Divisvision of ion when
Sincerely
g Hari
Barium Springs Home for Children
CC:
Daniel Gatewood, Envirolink, Inc.
Todd Robinson, Envirolink, Inc.
Joshua Powers, Envirolink, Inc.