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Should your well be considered for Chemours drinking water well testing?

Chemours has begun a drinking water well testing program in New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, and Pender counties. The testing is being performed per the revised Interim Four Counties Sampling and Drinking Water Plan (Plan). The revised Plan was submitted to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ; https://deq.nc.gov/) on April 1, 2022.

Chemours is in the process of identifying private drinking water wells that may qualify for testing. The water will be tested for the 12 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds listed in the Consent Order (CO) and may be also other PFAS compounds as well as non-PFAS water quality parameters. Call (910) 678-1100 and leave a message if you feel your well should be tested.  A team member will call you back within three business days.

For more information, please check the Fayetteville Works website at: https://www.chemours.com/en/about-chemours/global-reach/fayetteville-works.

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Demolition Services, RFP # 220512-228

Pender County is seeking Proposals for a variety of demolition services in RFP # 220512-228 on multiple County owned sites, as well as remaining infrastructure at the former Long Creek School site are included. Sites may be awarded individually or all to one vendor.  All work will be expected to be completed in June 2022.

A site visit has been scheduled for May 19th at 1pm at the former Long Creek School site, Project #1.  Attendance at the site visit is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged.  Any questions on this project are due to Trisha Newton at purchasing@pendercountync.gov and have been extended to May 20, 2022, at 9am.  Answers will be provided the same day.  Sealed bids are due no later than May 23, 2022 at 2pm in the Pender County Finance Office, located at 805 S. Walker St., Burgaw, NC  28425. Vendors are reminded to check back periodically for possible Addenda.

The County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for which, in the County’s opinion, is in the best overall interest of the County and to waive minor irregularities in the evaluation process.  County also reserves the right to further negotiate minor modifications with the successful proposer upon completion of the evaluation process prior to the execution of a final contract.

 

Scope of Work:

The Proposer (also referred to as the “Contractor”) shall provide all materials, tools, machinery, labor, and supervision necessary for the demolition work of buildings and accessory structures. Demolition work shall include excavation of any footing foundations and removal of all debris from the demolition site.  Additionally, the Contractor must properly fill and seal all damaged/exposed wells.*

 

Identified Projects:

Project 1:  Remaining Structures at the Former Long Creek School Site (Appendix A), Address: 23280 NC HWY 210, Rocky Point, NC 28457, Parcel PIN:  2295-13-4411-0000

Project # 2:  Blue House and Well (Appendix B), Address: 208 Burgaw Creek Loop Road, Burgaw, NC 28425, Parcel PIN 3320-82-9153-0000

Project # 3:  Condemned Structure (Appendix C), Location: 3340 Halfway Branch School Road, Ivanhoe, NC 28447, Parcel PIN 2350-15-2730-0000

Project # 4:  Remaining Structure and Well (Appendix D), Location: 2907 Englishtown Road, Willard, NC 28478, Parcel PIN 2373-58-7162-0000

Project # 5:  Mobile Home (Appendix E), Location:  403 Saddle Ridge Road, Currie, NC 28435, Parcel PIN 2274-57-5844-0000

Project # 6:  Rocky Point with Debris (Appendix F), Location:  600 Cheshire Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457, Parcel PIN 3224-46-2015-0000

Project # 7:  Maple Hill with Debris (Appendix G), Location:  960 Lee Road, Maple Hill, NC  28454, Parcel PIN 3392-53-8565-0000

Project # 8:  Multiple Structures (Appendix H), Location:  1310 Slocum Trail, Atkinson, NC  28421,
Parcel PIN 2266-21-6379-0000

Click here to view the full RFP # 220512-228.

Learn more about growing blueberries in this real field trip!

In conjunction with the NC Blueberry Festival, NC Cooperative Extension and NC State University are hosting tours of the Horticulture Crops Research Farm on Saturday, June 18, 2022. NCSU faculty and NC Cooperative Extension Agents will lead the tours and answer questions about blueberries on the bus ride down and the bus ride back. The buses are air-conditioned, water will be available. Sunscreen is recommended!!

 

Take a two-hour side trip and get back to Burgaw in plenty of time to enjoy the NC Blueberry Festival. Reservations on Eventbrite are required to board a bus. The ride is FREE. Education is invaluable.

 

All tours will leave the front parking lot of the Pender County Agriculture Building at 801 S Walker St, Burgaw, NC 28425

 

You will only be allowed to board a bus with an Eventbrite ticket. If anyone wishes to drive themselves and follow the bus to the research station they are welcome to do so.

 

There will be NCSU faculty at stations who will talk about blueberry plant breeding, nutritional research, and harvesting.

 

Tour #1: Departs at 8:30 AM. Returns at 10:30 AM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/horticulture-crops-farm-blueberry-festival-tour-1-tickets-337236682997

 

Tour #2: Departs at 9:30 AM. Returns at 11:30 AM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nc-blueberry-festival-horticulture-crops-research-farm-tour-2-tickets-337247415097

 

Tour #3: Departs at 10:30 AM. Returns at 12:30 PM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nc-blueberry-festival-horticulture-crops-research-farm-tour-3-tickets-337250845357

 

Tour #4: Departs at 11:30 AM. Returns at 1:30 PM

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nc-blueberry-festival-horticulture-crops-research-farm-tour-4-tickets-337251366917

For more information call 910-259-1235.

Public hearings scheduled for Chemours draft permit to address groundwater contamination

Permit is part of remediation plan to substantially reduce PFAS entering the Cape Fear River

RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold public hearings on June 21 and 23 to accept comments on the draft discharge permit for a proposed groundwater treatment system at the Chemours Fayetteville Works facility that would substantially reduce the PFAS entering the Cape Fear River via contaminated groundwater. Chemours is required to remove at least 99% of PFAS from the contaminated groundwater before discharge. Currently, contaminated groundwater flowing into the river is not intercepted or treated.

DWR will continue to accept comments on the proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permit through 5 p.m., June 24. Comments submitted during the previous comment period from March 25 to May 2, 2022 are being considered and do not need to be resubmitted.

To give interested communities opportunities to comment, two public hearings are scheduled for this draft permit, one in-person, and one held remotely.

 

IN PERSON

Date:                           Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at 6 p.m.

Location:                    Cape Fear Community College, 411 N. Front Street, Wilmington

Union Station, First Floor Auditorium

Register:                     Speaker registration opens at 5 p.m., onsite signup sheet

 

REMOTE/ONLINE

Date:                           Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 6 p.m.

Meeting Access:         WebEx link: https://ncdenrits.webex.com/ncdenrits/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6a3cebefc6af2776f229c3d4f2c74da9

Event number:            2421 589 1484

Event password:         NCDEQ

Audio conference:      US TOLL +1-415-655-0003, Access code: 2421 589 1484

Register to Speak:       Speaker registration by 12 noon, June 23, at https://forms.office.com/g/YEqDLDDDp7

Please contact Peter Johnston if you have issues registering online at 919-707-9011 or email peter.johnston@ncdenr.gov.

To submit comments by email, send to publiccomments@ncdenr.gov with CHEMOURS noted in the subject line. Public comments may also be mailed to Wastewater Permitting, Attn: Chemours Permit, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C., 27699-1617.

The draft permit and fact sheet are available to view online.

Chemours has been prohibited from discharging PFAS-contaminated process wastewater from its manufacturing operations into the Cape Fear River since 2017. However, historic operations at the facility have caused significant groundwater contamination at the site. The draft NPDES permit (NC0090042) allows only the discharge of treated water associated with groundwater remediation efforts, primarily treated groundwater, some surface water and stormwater. It would not allow the discharge of wastewater from Chemours manufacturing processes.

As outlined in the 2020 Addendum to the Consent Order, Chemours is required to address groundwater contamination by installing an underground barrier wall that will run more than a mile alongside the Cape Fear River. This wall will intercept contaminated groundwater from the facility before it reaches the river, and a series of extraction wells will pump the captured groundwater to a treatment system. The draft permit requires that the treatment system remove at least 99% of PFAS from the pumped groundwater before it enters the river. Without this treatment system intervention and accompanying discharge permit, this heavily contaminated groundwater would continue to flow to the river untreated and continue to impact downstream water supplies.

Online Auctions of Tax Foreclosures and Surplus

General Store

Located at 100 E Church St in Atkinson NC (Parcel # 2248-94-8392-0000) is a General Store that was built in 1901 sitting on 0.06 acres zoned for commercial. The building size is 2,240 square feet. Property does have a shared septic system with the building next door that will need to be resolved with the owner next door and the building has structural issues with the roof that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Winning bid is subject to seller approval. Pender County reserves the right to accept or decline any and all bids.

In addition to the winning bid, the winning bidder will pay all closing costs including the seller’s representation fee of $400.  View the auction here.

 

2013 Hunter Wheel Balancer

2013 Hunter wheel balancer no longer met the county needs and was removed from service 4/1/2022. Wheel balancer was fully operational when removed from service.  View the auction here.

 

1998 International 3800 Bus

1998 International 3800 BUS, 7.6L L6 DIESEL. Bus will start with a boost. Bus will not build up air pressure so it will have to be towed. Maintained every 7500 miles. Removed from service 4/1/2022. Decals painted over and still visible. Exterior has misc. dings and scratches. Interior has normal wear, no rips or tears. No cracked glass anywhere.  View the auction here.

 

Lot of 15 filing cabinets

Lot of 15 filing cabinets, condition of cabinets are okay.  View the auction here.

 

Auction of a Used Whirlpool open range oven stove

Freestanding electric range with four open burners. Condition unknown.  View the auction here.

 

Lot of 273 VOIP (Voice over Internet provider) desk phones

Lot of 273 VOIP desk phones in working condition. Phones in working condition. Model Cisco 7941. They come with the stands, the handheld phone and the phone cords.  View the auction here.

 

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Pender County’s Auctions will be administered by GovDeals, an online auction service specializing in surplus government property liquidation. GovDeals will collect fees as outlined on each auction that will be passed on to the buyer.  All auctions are open to the public and there is no cost to register.   The general rules can be found here.

Pender Commerce Park Water & Sewer Main Extension, Invitation to Bid # 220425-225

PUBLIC BID OPENING

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Pender Commerce Park Water & Sewer Main Extension Project will be received, by Pender County at 605 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC on June 1, 2022, until 10:00 a.m. local time, at which time the Bids received will be “publicly” opened and read aloud.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE

A virtual pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM local time on May 17, 2022.  The pre-bid conference will be conducted via a web-based meeting utilizing Microsoft Teams.  Interested parties wishing to join the web-based pre-bid conference may do so by sending an email to the following email address jfitzsimmons@mckimcreed.com  no later than May 6, 2022, at 2:00 PM local time.  Note that a physical meeting will not be held for the pre-bid conference and only the web-based meeting will be available to interested parties.

A Microsoft Teams link will be sent to all parties who provide an email address for the pre-bid conference no later than 9:00 AM local time on May 16, 2022.  Parties will utilize this link to join the web-based Microsoft Teams meeting.  Interested parties are advised that only audio may be available due to limitations with Microsoft Teams video capability.  Consequently, the pre-bid conference will be conducted via audio and interested parties may only hear the pre-bid conference as video may not be available.  Attendance at the pre-bid conference is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged.

The Project consists of the construction of:

  • Approximately 900 linear feet of 12-inch diameter C900 DR-18 PVC Water Main Distribution Piping
  • Approximately 1,100 linear feet of 4-inch diameter C900 DR-18 PVC Force Main Piping

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract.  Bids shall be as indicated in the Bid Form.  Bidders are not required to be pre-qualified to submit a bid for the Pender Commerce Park Water & Sewer Main Extension Project.  Contractor is advised and shall meet the following project schedule for execution and completion of the project:

  • Pre-Bid Conference    May 17, 2022, 10:00 AM local time
  • Public Bid Opening    June 1, 2022, 10:00 AM local time
  • Notice of Award         June 21, 2022
  • Notice to Proceed       June 22, 2022

Prospective bidders may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents by contacting the Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents at: McKim & Creed, Inc., 243 North Front Street, Wilmington, NC  28401, Jamie Mabe Fitzsimmons, 910-343-1048, jfitzsimmons@mckimcreed.com. Physical copies of the Bidding Documents will not be available for review at the Issuing Office.

Bidding Documents may also be examined on the Pender County website at the following link. Physical copies of the Bidding Documents will not be available for review at the offices of Pender County: https://pendercountync.gov/utl/

Bidding Documents will be provided no later than April 25, 2022, at Carolinas Plan Room, 2527 S. 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401; online at Carolinas AGC www.cagc.org; and online through the McGraw Hill Construction Plan Room (dodge.construction.com). Prospective Bidders should contact these entities to determine availability for obtaining or viewing the documents.  Bidding advertisement can also be found in Pender Post.

Bidding Documents are available on USB flash drive (as portable document format (PDF) files for a non-refundable charge of $100.00, including shipping via overnight express service.  Alternatively, printed Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office via mail, upon Issuing Office’s receipt of payment for the Bidding Documents.  The non-refundable cost of printed Bidding Documents is $200.00 per set, payable to “McKim & Creed, Inc.”, plus a non-refundable shipping charge.  Upon Issuing Office’s receipt of payment, printed Bidding Documents will be sent via the prospective Bidder’s delivery method of choice; the shipping charge will depend on the shipping method chosen.  The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the prospective Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents.

Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office.  Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.  Pender County reserves the right to reject all submissions.

Invitation to Bid: Scotts Hill Elevated Tank and Wells

Sealed Bids for construction of the Scotts Hill Elevated Tank and Wells including all related work as shown and specified in the contract documents will be received by Pender County at 605 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425 until 10:00 a.m., (Local Time) on May 25, 2022 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations:
– Associated General Contractors office – Raleigh and Wilmington, NC
– McGraw-Hill Construction/Dodge office – Wilmington, NC
– PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES, 605 East Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425
– CDM Smith, 5400 Glenwood Ave., Suite 400, Raleigh, NC 27612

Contract Documents are available for examination online at http://dodgeprojects.construction.com/
Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the Issuing Office, attention Joanne Bunch, CDM Smith, 5400 Glenwood Ave., Suite 400, Raleigh, NC 27612 (tele 919-325-3500) upon payment of $200 for each set non-refundable of the Contract Documents.

Neither the Owner nor the Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Contract Documents, including any Addendum, obtained from any other source.

Each Bid must be made on the blank forms provided in the bound copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS and must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and addressed to the Public Utilities Director of Pender County. The name and address and the NC Contractor’s License Number of the Bidder must be plainly written on the outside of the envelope, and the envelope marked “Bid for the Pender County Elevated Tank and Wells”. No Bid shall be considered or accepted by Pender County unless at the time of its filing the same shall be accompanied by a Bid Bond in an amount equal to not less than five percent (5%) of the Total Base Bid Amount executed by a corporate surety licensed under the laws of North
Carolina to execute such bonds; conditioned that the surety will upon demand forthwith make payment to Pender County upon said Bond if the Bidder fails to execute the Contract in accordance with the Bid Bond. If upon acceptance of his Bid, a Bidder fails to enter into a Contract with Pender County, the Bid deposit shall be forfeited to and become the property of the Pender County. No Bidder may withdraw his Bid within 60days after the date of Bid opening.

All Contractors are notified that North Carolina Statutory provisions as to licensing of Contractors will be observed in receiving, reading and awarding the Contracts. (Chapter 87 of the North Carolina Statutes)
The License Classification shall be:
Part 1: Public Utilities (Water and Sewer) – Unlimited
Unclassified – Unlimited

The Owner reserves the right to reject any Proposal for failure to comply with any requirements of this Notice or of any of the Contract Documents; however, it may waive any minor defects or informalities at its discretion. The Owner further reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals or to Award the contract, which in its judgment is in the best interest of the Owner.

Invitation to Bid on Water Treatment Chemicals: Ferric Sulfate and Sodium Hydroxide

Pender County has issued an Invitation to Bid # 220511-226 for Water Treatment Chemical Ferric Sulfate and Invitation to Bid # 220511-227 Water Treatment Chemical Sodium Hydroxide. Bidders may bid on one or both chemicals.  A multi-tiered award may be made to a maximum of three (3) Vendors; a primary, secondary and tertiary Vendor for each chemical.  Any questions are due to Trisha Newton at purchasing@pendercountync.gov by May 25th, 2022 at 5pm. Bids are due no later than June 2nd, 2022 at 2pm in the Pender County Utilities front office located at 605 E. Fremont St., Burgaw, NC  28425. Perspective bidders must read the full Invitations to Bid at pendercountync.gov and check back periodically for possible Addenda. Prices should be provided per gallon. Pender County reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

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