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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRE_ C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover)From:Gingrich, Sophia E To:Sprinkle, Hannah H; Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) Cc:Herndon, T. Mason; Giles, Jon W; Westphal, Anneliese Subject:RE: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Date:Tuesday, April 18, 2023 8:44:54 AM Attachments:image001.png Good morning Hannah and Tom, Yesterday afternoon Anneliese visited the site and noted that their bypass pump was running again. We are having some internal discussions about this issue with our construction unit and the Wilmington Resident’s Office. Jon will reach out to you to provide an update when we have more information. Thanks, and let us know if you have any questions. Sophia Gingrich Environmental Specialist I Division 3 NCDOT – Division of Highways From: Sprinkle, Hannah H <hannah.sprinkle@ncdenr.gov> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 11:40 AM To: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov>; Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Thomas.A.Steffens@usace.army.mil> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Good morning Sophia, Thanks for the update, please let us know if there have been any changes to the turbidity issues at Drysdale and if Center Pointe is still not maintaining flow/pumping. Hannah From: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 4:13 PM To: Sprinkle, Hannah H <hannah.sprinkle@ncdenr.gov>; Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Thomas.A.Steffens@usace.army.mil> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Hannah and Tom, I just wanted to update you quick before the weekend. Brad had someone from the county go out and check on the turbidity and dewatering situation at Drysdale this morning. They noted that Center Pointe was not even pumping anything during their visit, so they were not maintaining flow at all. Center Pointe was told they needed to have two separate pumping operations so that untreated water is not being pumped directly into the live stream. I think they were also told they needed to continue bypass pumping. Brad said the county rep was not going to be able to check on the project again until Monday. I received a call from our assistant resident engineer a little before 4pm and he said the bypass pump is still not running. Center Pointe seems to have left the project for the day/weekend already. I’m not sure there is anything we can do about it at this time, but I wanted to let you know what was going on. We will check in on the project on Monday. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks, Sophia Gingrich Environmental Specialist I Division 3 NCDOT – Division of Highways From: Sprinkle, Hannah H <hannah.sprinkle@ncdenr.gov> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 1:34 PM To: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov>; Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Thomas.A.Steffens@usace.army.mil> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Sophia, I have a pretty busy week coming up so I might have to play it by ear and touch base next week. I also want to get an update from the county to see if I need to coordinate a visit with my non-dot 401 counterpart. I’ll keep you posted. Have a good weekend, Hannah From: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 1:14 PM To: Sprinkle, Hannah H <hannah.sprinkle@ncdenr.gov>; Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Thomas.A.Steffens@usace.army.mil> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Hannah, We would be happy to coordinate a site visit with you. What availability do you have next week? Jon and Anneliese will be back on Monday, so I am sure at least one of us will be available to meet you. Tom, I know it would be a longer drive for you, but let us know if you would like to join us too. Thanks, Sophia Gingrich Environmental Specialist I Division 3 NCDOT – Division of Highways From: Sprinkle, Hannah H <hannah.sprinkle@ncdenr.gov> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 1:09 PM To: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov>; Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Thomas.A.Steffens@usace.army.mil> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Sophia, Thank you for providing this report, I have also spoken with Brad who has been in contact with the county. It may be necessary to have a site visit next week depending on how things progress. Matt Marcinko with Chatham Civil has also reached out regarding the turbidity but I would like to further discuss the matter with DOT before responding. Thank you, Hannah From: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 9:19 AM To: Steffens, Thomas A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Thomas.A.Steffens@usace.army.mil>; Sprinkle, Hannah H <hannah.sprinkle@ncdenr.gov> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov> Subject: FW: C204747 - Turbity (U-5710A New Hanover) Importance: High Tom and Hannah, Our assistant resident engineer at Drysdale Dr. Ext. (U-5710A) called this morning and said Center Pointe (the contractor on the private development next to ours) is dewatering from their culvert hole into the outlet area of our pipe. The intake for their bypass pump is also at our outlet. Our pipe carries the live stream, and the water they are pumping into our outlet is very turbid. Please see the attached photos from Joey Jetton. They depict the area at the outlet of our pipe. Mason has been in touch with Brad Shaver about a previous issue with Center Pointe earlier in the week, so I already reached out to Brad and left a message. I wanted to let you both know since the turbid water is not caused by our project, but is on our project. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Sophia Gingrich Environmental Specialist I Division 3 NCDOT – Division of Highways From: Jetton, Joseph C <jcjetton@ncdot.gov> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 8:33 AM To: Gingrich, Sophia E <segingrich@ncdot.gov> Cc: Herndon, T. Mason <tmherndon@ncdot.gov>; Westphal, Anneliese <awestphal@ncdot.gov>; Giles, Jon W <jwgiles1@ncdot.gov> Subject: C204747 - Turbity Importance: High Sophia – See attached as we discussed. CenterPoint is pumping out of there excavation/culvert into out 60” pipe outlet and then bypassing from there. It’s very turbid. Thank you, Joey Jetton Assistant Resident Engineer Resident Engineer’s Office - Wilmington North Carolina Department of Transportation 910 523 8512 Mobile jcjetton@ncdot.gov Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.