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May 24, 2019
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Mr. Steven Lewis MAY 3 o zols
PERCS Unit Water Quality
Division of Water Resources
Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
Re: Request for Remission of Civil Penalties for Case No. DV-2019-0080
Dear Mr. Lewis:
The City of Asheboro Water/Sewer Maintenance Department received a call on February 24, 2019 about a
manhole overflowing behind 510 Hickory Forest Dr(Incident#201900482). The Water/Sewer Maintenance
Department's investigator responded immediately. The Investigator began checking manholes upstream and
downstream. He then called a crew to rod the sewer main. The crew arrived and rodded from the downstream
manhole to the upstream manhole but were unsuccessful in stopping the overflow because of the obstructions.
A bypass pump was set up to pump around the problem area to clean and stop the overflow. Only between 10
and 15%of the estimated overflow reached the stream.
While cleaning the line with a rodding machine large amount of panty hose, cloth rags, baby wipes, and rags
was found. The rodding continued until enough debris was removed from the line so the porcupines could be
used to finish the cleaning. The surrounding sections of the outfall were cleaned to make sure nothing was
downstream or upstream and risked stopping up again.
City personnel discovered where the panty hose and rags were coming from and visited the company. The
company was aware of the issue and is retraining/educating employees, as well as, discussing policies within
their company. Employees were being penalize for exceeding quality control numbers and were flushing their
inferior products down the toilet. The company polices have been amended to address this issue.
In spite of this SSO, the overall performance of our system is exemplary. The 2018 System Performance
reveals that of the more than 1.5 billion gallons of wastewater treated at the City of Asheboro WWTP, less
than 0.02%was spilled at the plant or in the collection system. Laboratory personnel sample after every SSO
as soon as it is safe to do so. None of the laboratory results from any SSO on these two dates revealed
significant environmental impact. All SSO's are sampled by laboratory personnel and the analysis for all of
these events indicated clean up of the site or streams was minimal.
The City of Asheboro is committed to protecting the environment and improving wastewater collection
service to customers. We are working from many angles to address issues that will improve the operation of
our collection system. The Capital Improvement Plan provides future resources for studies, repairs and
replacements to the wastewater collection and treatment systems.
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Sanitary Sewer Overflow Request for Remission
Case No. DV-2019-0080
May 24,2019
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The City of Asheboro requests that the Civil Penalty for this incident should be remitted based on negligible
environmental impacts and the effort made to identify the source causing the blockage and prevent future
events. Please take these efforts into consideration as you deliberate this matter. The City of Asheboro takes
pride in being good stewards of the environment and is taking measures to ensure water quality in our
community. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you have any questions, please contact me
at [phone] ext. 258.
Sincerely,
Michael D. Rhoney, P.E.
Water Resources Director
cc: Ms. Sherri V. Knight
NCDEQ -Division of Water Resources
450 Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
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JUSTIFICATION FOR RENIISSION RE VEST
Case Number: DV-2019-0080 County: Randolph
Assessed Party: City of Asheboro
Permit No.: WQCS00025 Amount Assessed: $398.58
Please use this form when requesting remission of this civil penalty. You must also complete the "Request For Remission,
Waiver of Right to an Administrative Hearing, and Stipulation of Facts"form to request remission of this civil penalty.
You should attach any documents that you believe support your request and are necessary for the Director to consider in
evaluating your request for remission. Please be aware that a request for remission is limited to consideration of the five
factors listed below as they may relate to the reasonableness of the amount of the civil penalty assessed. Requesting
remission is not the proper procedure for contesting whether the violation(s)occurred or the accuracy of any of the factual
statements contained in the civil penalty assessment document. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 143B-282.1(c),remission of a civil
penalty may be granted only when one or more of the following five factors apply. Please check each factor that you
believe applies to your case and provide a detailed explanation, including copies of supporting documents,as to why the
factor applies(attach additional pages as needed).
(a) one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in N.C.G.S. 14313-282.1(b)were wrongfully applied to the
detriment of the petitioner (the assessment factors are listed in the civil penalty assessment document);
V (b) the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation(i.e., explain the
steps that you took to correct the violation and prevent future occurrences);
V (c) the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident(i.e., explain why the violation was unavoidable or
something you could not prevent or prepare for);
(d) the violator had not been assessed civil penalties for any previous violations;
(e) payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining necessary remedial actions (i.e., explain
how payment of the civil penalty will prevent you from performing the activities necessary to achieve
compliance).
EXPLANATION:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH
IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT ) WAIVER OF RIGHT TO AN
OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST ) ADIVIINISTRATIVE HEARING AND
STIPULATION OF FACTS
City of Asheboro )
Asheboro Collection System )
PERMIT NO. WQCS00025 ) CASE NO. DV-2019-0080
Having been assessed civil penalties totaling$398.58 for violation(s)as set forth in the assessment document of the Division
of Water Resources dated April 26.2019,the undersigned,desiring to seek remission of the civil penalty, does hereby waive
the right to an administrative hearing in the above-stated matter and does stipulate that the facts are as alleged in the
assessment document. The undersigned further understands that all evidence presented in support of remission of this civil
penalty must be submitted to the Director of the Division of Water Resources within thirty(30)days of receipt of the notice
of assessment. No new evidence in support of a remission request will be allowed after(30) days from the receipt of the
notice of assessment.
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