NC0020290_SOC_QuarterlyReport_20231012

Russell Fox
Mayor
Heather Hockaday
Town Manager/Attorney
Chad Fox
Town Clerk
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Town of Burnsville Public Works Department"
SOC Quarterly Report for July 2023-September, 2023
October 12, 2023
Mr. Landon Davidson, P. G. Regional Office Supervisor
Surface Water Protection Section
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
2090 U.S. Highway 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
SUBJECT: Environmental Management Commission Settlement Agreement
Quarterly Status Report
Town of Burnsville Collection System
NPDES PERMIT NCO020290 and WQCS00143
Dear Mr. Davidson:
Councilors:
Judy Buchanan
Denise Collier
Randy 011is
Bill Wheeler
This Quarterly Report documents the Town of Burnsville Sewer Collection System compliance activities
during July, August, and September 2023.
The Town has experienced no SSO's and the Pine Swamp treatment facility has operated within
permitted limits during the period of this quarterly report.
Project 3b-OMC Pump Station Flow Reduction
The project to install an additional pump at the OMC Pump Station to divert between 50-70,000 GPD of
flow to the EY Sewer District's treatment facility located East of Burnsville has been completed. Yancey
County has committed to obligating a portion of their 2021 State Budget Infrastructure funding for the
construction of force main to connect. The Town previously secured engineering services for the design
and bids for the force main connection to the EYWSD collection system. We are awaiting design
information from the engineering firm McGill Associates. The collection system has just recently been
completed. The County has obligated funding from their above mentioned earmark for camera
inspection, cleaning and inspection of portions of the EY Sewer District's collection system and repairs
and upgrades to the EY-WWTP as were outlined in a document sent to the County Manager dated April
20, 2022 from the ARO. The total amount allocated for these inspections and repairs will be $1.5 million.
The Department has issued a LOIF to the County and a milestone schedule for this project and the
County has selected McGill Associates engineering firm for the project.
Project 4-Baker's Creek Pump Station Rehabilitation
The project bid on September 19, 2023. The low bidder was Carolina Specialties Construction Co, Inc. Bid
information has been sent to DWI for approval and the Town Council passed a resolution of tentative
award at its October 4, 2023 regular business meeting pending DWI approval.
P.O. Box 97 + Burnsville, North Carolina 28714 • Phone [phone] + FAX [phone] + www.townofburnsville.org

Project 5-West Main Sewer Interceptor Improvements
The project bid on August 31, 2023. The low bidder was CaJenn Construction. The bid was significantly
over budget, but the Town has made a request to the DEQ CDBG-I division for some additional funding.
(see attached request letter and engineer report)
Project 7- Burnsville WWTP Improvements:
Funding for this project has now been increased to $8,850,000.00 after Yancey County agreed to
provide, from their State earmark, the additional $2.8 million in funding when the Town's application for
more grant funding from DWI was unsuccessful. The County has selected with WithersRavenel as the
Engineering Firm. We are awaiting legal review of the engineering contract from the County.
Additional Projects:
The Town in has secured grant funding through Yancey County from Dogwood Health Trust for the GIS
mapping of the sewer collection system. The sewer mapping project was completed in late November
2022. The water line mapping project is expected to be completed in early November 2023.
Additionally the same funding source will be used to complete an update of the 2016 AMP/CIP along
with an infrastructure master plan study to evaluate current conditions and capacity of all Town
infrastructure and future needs of both the Town and County. McGill and Associates has submitted a
draft of the updated AMP/CIP and Master Infrastructure study. They final draft will not be complete
until the water GIS mapping is available for inclusion. Work on the updating the SDF calculator continues
with a plan for public comment period that would allow adoption in the first quarter of 2024.
The Engineering Report for the East Main Sewer Interceptor Improvements was submitted to the
Division and approval letters were received on March 20, 2023. The engineers are moving forward with
the design and bid package for this project within the Division's timeline.
The Town Council is committed to improving and planning for future maintenance of the collection and
treatment systems. The Town looks forward to the forward progress of all these projects as we move
through the design phase and onto bidding and construction in accordance with the Division's timelines.
Please accept this information on behalf of the Town of Burnsville Sewer System. If further information
is needed, please do not hesitate to contact me at 828-682-2824 or by email at
[e-mail]
Sincerely,
Town
off Burnsville
Heather Hockaday
Town Manager
cc: Shane Dale, Public Works Director, Town of Burnsville