NC0020443_Compliance Report_20190917

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
airtrror
Rhett B White
Town of Columbia
PO Box 361
Columbia, NC 27925-0361
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 17, 2019
SUBJECT: Compliance Inspection Report
Columbia WWTP
NPDES WW Permit No. NCO020443
Tyrrell County
Dear Mr. White:
The North Carolina Division of Water Resources conducted an site visit of the Columbia WWTP on
9/07/2019. This site visit was conducted to verify that the facility is operating in compliance with the
conditions and limitations specified in NPDES WW Permit No. NC0020443. The findings and comments
noted during this inspection are provided in the enclosed copy of the inspection report entitled
"Compliance Inspection Report".
If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me with the Water
Quality Regional Operations Section in the Washington Regional Office at 252-946-6481 or via email at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
Robbie Bullock, Environmental Specialist II
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Form Approved.
EPA Washington, D.C. 20460
OMB No. 2040-0057
Water Compliance Inspection Report
Approval expires 8-31-98
Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS)
Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type
Inspector Fac Type
1 IN 2 15 1 3 I NCO020443 111 12 19/09/07 17 18 L p
19 S 201 )
21111 1 I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
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Inspection
Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA --------------Reserved ---------------
671
70 71 u 72 �, � 73I I I�74 751 I I I I I I I80
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Section B: Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include
Entry Time/Date
Permit Effective Date
POTW name and NPDES permit Number)
03:OOPM 19/09/07
17/12/01
Columbia WWTP
Exit Time/Date
Permit Expiration Date
Green St
Columbia NC 27925
04:30PM 19/09/07
22/11/30
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)/Titles(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s)
Other Facility Data
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Tim Farrell Oliver/ORC/252-796-2781/
Name, Address of Responsible Official/Title/Phone and Fax Number
Rhett B White,PO Box 361 Columbia NC 2792503611Town Manager/252-796-2781/ Contacted
No
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Other
Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
(See attachment summary)
Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers
Robert E Bullock �/)/��%��/a(�l%�� DWR/Division of Water Quality/252-948-3924/
Date
Robert C C Pulling'& !� DWR/WARO WQ/252-946-6481/
Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers
Date
EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete.
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type (Cont.)
31 NCO020443 I11 12 19/09/07 17 18 IOI
Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
Robbie Bullock and Chris Pullinger visited the Columbia WWTP Post Hurricane Dorian to see if the
facility had any issues from Hurricane Dorian. We noticed that the facility had a major sludge spill at the
WWTP. We contacted the Tim Oliver (ORC) and had him meet us at the WWTP. Rhett White (Town
Manager) and Tim Oliver met us at the WWTP. Tim stated that the facility lost power and the generator
failed to start. This caused the Return Activated Sludge manhole to overflow for approximately 3 hours.
Tim stated that he first saw the spill around 4 pm on Friday, September 6th and he did not think that it
was a reportable spill. Tim was reminded that any spill at the WWTP is a bypass and is reportable.
The spill was estimated at 198,000 gallons and a local septic pumper was hired to clean the spill up.
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