WQCS00010__NOI_NOV2019DV0445_Response_#2_20191218

Public Services Department NC Department or
Water & Sewer Mains Division Environmental Received Quality
Joseph P. Holden DEC 2 3 2019
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
ORC WWCS
Dec. 18, 2019
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
Mr. Lon T. Snider
NCDENR
Winston-Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
RE: Notice of Violation
NORTH CAROLINA'S INMRNATIONALCITy'
Tracking # NOV-2019-DV-0445
Incident Number 201901592 y
09/25/2019 5A
Mr. Snider, pk
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This letter is in response to the No ' e of Violation, Tracking # NOV-2019-DV-0445, concerning the spill
at the Intersection of Whites mill d. and Skeet Club Rd., Guilford County, High Point, NC.
The spill at the above -mentioned address lasted for 30. minutes. The spill was caused by a NCDOT
contractor tying in a new force main when a plug blew out causing the spill. The force main was shut
down and clean up was performed by the contractor.
We were notified of the spill the next day when Ms. Patty Eason with NCDOT called asking for our
report of the incident. I informed Ms. Eason the City was unaware of any spills. Ms. Eason informed me
that NCDOT had gathered information about the spill from.the Environmental Specialist and engineers
on site. NCDOT's onsite personnel had taken pictures and calculated the spill volume while the
contractor -performed the clean-up by washing the spill debris into a storm water catch basin.
After being notified, I went to the site to see if any evidence of the spill was still present and to see
where the spill had flowed .to. It was determined that all discharged waste had been flushed to a
tributary leading to West Deep Fork River (Oak Hollow Reservoir). The reservoir was monitored for
adverse effects. The work was completed on the force main the same day as the spill and put back in
service.
If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Joseph P. Holden
ORC WWCS
City of High Point, P.O. 230, 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27261 USA
Office: 336-883-3691 Fax: 336.822:7071 TDD 336.883.8517

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Assistant Superintendent
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Derrick Boone
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City of High Point, P.O. 230, 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27261 USA
Office: 336-883-3691 Fax: [phone] TDD 336.883.8517