NC0072702_Response to Notice_20181231

Town of Beaufort
701 Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-21410 252-728-3982 fax
www.beaufoitne.org
December 20, 2018
Mrs. Morella Sanchez -King
NC Department of Environmental Quality/DWR
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405
RE: Response to Notice of violation
Glenda Drive WTP
Tracking No. NOV-2018-LV-o824
Permit No. NCD072702
Dear Mrs. King:
EcIa" DANUEN/01WR
DEC 3 I 2018
eater Quality Regional
Operations Section
Wilmington Regi©real Office
We are writing in response to your letter dated December 5, 2018. The letter noted that the
daily maximum and monthly average concentrations for total suspended solids during the
month of October exceed the concentrations allowed by the permit for the discharge from the
Glenda Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
Please be advised that the Town has recently added a tap to the nearby sanitary sewer so that the
discharge can be redirected to the sewer and in turn, to the Town's wastewater treatment plant.
This action was taken given our concerns about the effluent relative to the suspended solids
limits. The Town now intends to place a service line between the plant and the new tap in the
coming days. Once this work is complete and the discharge is redirected to the sanitary sewer
system, Town staff will undertake an examination of treatment alternatives that have the
potential to consistently lower the suspend solids concentrations to below that allowed by the
permit. To that end, it is also our intent to continue gathering data concerning the discharge.
This data along with prior discharge data will be used as part of the evaluation of alternatives.
Please also be aware that the discharge will be redirected back to the receiving stream only if we
can identify a cost effective treatment technology, obtain the necessary permit(s) for its
implementation, and place it into service thereafter.
While we realize that your letter noted that the Division intends to issue a civil penalty, we ask
that the Division forego such penalty. We make this request given our planned actions to
eliminate future violations.
Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated. As such, please do not hesitate to contact
Mayor Everette S. (Rett) Newton
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker • Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Mrs. Morella Sanchez -King
December 20, 2018
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me by phone [phone]) or by email (g_meshaw(a�beaufortnc arg) should you have
questions or be in need of additional information.
Sincerely,
Gregory K. Meshaw, PE
Town Engineer
Mayor Everette S. (Rett) Newton
Commissioner John Hagle . Commissioner Sharon Harker . Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter. Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day