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Home My WebLink AboutWQCS00018_NOI_NOV2018DV0420_Response_20200925NC Department of Environmental Quality Received OCT 15 2020 EDEN Winston-Salem „kr11 I ,x.,I III Regional Office 1� September 25, 2020 Lon Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NC DEQ Subject: Notice of Violation & Recommendation for enforcement Case # NOV-2018-DV-0194-`Iia0 Sanitary Sewer Overflow —July 2020 City of Eden - Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018 Rockingham County Dear Mr. Snider, This letter is in response to a Notice of Violation with the intent to enforce that has been issued against the City of Eden Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018. We understand that an NOV with the intent to enforce is being issued for incident numbers 202001748 and 20201783. These overflows to surface waters occurred on June 1 and June 2, 2020 respectively. The cause of the overflows were two separate equipment failures of the rental equipment. The pump head failed in the June V, then the hydraulic pump drive failed on June 2nd. On May 25, 2020 severe flooding of the Smith River brought a log jam downstream with enough elevation and force that it ran into the sanitary sewer gravity line that rests at the base of the railroad trestle, located southwest of 601 N Van Buren Rd., separating the pipe and dragging a large section into the River. This left the sewage flowing directly into the river until bypass pumping could be established. The City already owned a pump and hydraulic power unit with the capabilities to perform the job. KRIS was contracted to run the polyethylene line across the trestle with the proper connectors. However, once this was set up it was determined the City needed to have a backup pump on standby in case of failure, so the City rented a pump and hydraulic power unit from Sunbelt Rentals of the same brand and models as were already being used for the bypass pumping operation. This setup arrived on July 1, 2020. Incident number 202001748, occurred on June 1, 2020, later the same day the pump and hydraulic unit were delivered, when the head of the rented pump failed and was no longer pumping. It was at this time, it was discovered that the connections for the City owned pump was different from the one owned by Sunbelt city in spite of it being the same brand and model. Sunbelt was immediately contacted around 5:30 PM and they delivered a replacement pump from Raleigh as soon as they could around 10:45 that evening. Sunbelt said they would supply the City with the adapters for the connections as soon as they could so this would not happen again. Incident number 202001783, occurred when the hydraulic unit for the rented pump failed due to a loose relay wire. On June 2, 2020 at 11:27 the rented hydraulic power unit went for no apparent reason went down. Once again Sunbelt was contacted and they hurried with a second hydraulic power unit and the adapters they promised arriving at around 3:00 PM. The tech from Sunbelt checked the original rented hydraulic unit, found a loose relay, repaired it and it was put back in service. He also gave the City of Eden the adapters to switch equipment over as needed. Enclosed is a copy of the delivery ticket for the pump head replacement. Please take these facts into consideration when deciding what action to take. Sincerely, y Mark Bullins, O.R.C. City of Eden Collection System Collection & Distribution City of Eden CC: Paul Dishmon, Director of Municipal Services Terry Shelton, Director of Public Utilities Jon Mendenhall, City Manager SUNBELT. 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DANIEL SMITH fwrector NORTH CAROLINA 6wh»nwanMl QwaLty CERTIFIED MAIL: 7017 1450 0001 6450 0382 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED September 17, 2020 Jon Mendenhall, City Manager City of Eden PO Box 70 Eden, NC 27289 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0420 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - June 2020 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00018 Eden Collection System Rockingham County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Reports submitted by City of Eden. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Eden violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00018 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 Eden an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the City of Eden should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202001748 6/1/2020 344 Smith River Railroad Other 10,500 10,500 Notice of Intent Trestle, southwest of 601 N Van Buren Rd North Camina Dep•rtmeat of Eavimme tal Quauy I Division of Water Rescames Wesmaaawra Rogoaal Olrwe 1 450 West Hamm ME Am", Sou 300 1 Woomwaauen, North Comim 27105 338-776-SWO Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202001783 6/2/2020 259 Smith River Railroad Other 25,000 25,000 Notice of Intent Trestle, southwest of 601 N Van Buren Rd 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.boone0i ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Ct Wm 5r ".. `J 21 145Bn9E2I5C9/F _ Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: Laserfiche North Carotins ON sn"at of Eawmmantsl Qatler I Mws n of WON R*MMs s Woston8swm Rggwm101%m I u' O Wm Hsnas MS Rwd, SwM 300 I W*SWftSsMm. NoM CM&M 2710a ,9A�.+ 336-776.9800