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Home My WebLink AboutC_Condition_7_Endginering Reponce to King Co. Comments_Wastewater Permet.pdfFrom: Brianne Bannwarth Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 9:33 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Justin T. Johnson Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Hello Vanessa, Development Engineering in conjunction with Public Works Wastewater Utility group recommend that the LUA18-0000667 SEPA Condition 7 requiring evidence of project approval from King county Industrial Waste be required prior to Building Permit issuance be revised to require approval prior to Temporary Certificate of Occupancy of the addition or Certificate of Occupancy if a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy is not pursued. The recommendation is based on the correspondence from King County noting that the Freezer Addition will not be regulated and King County approval might not apply. Please let us know if you have any questions for us. Thank you! BRIANNE BANNWARTH, P.E. | Development Engineering Manager Community & Economic Development Department | Planning Division City of Renton | 1055 S. Grady Way | Renton WA 98057 BBannwarth@Rentonwa.gov | Phone: 425.430.7299 Please consider the environment before printing this email EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2018 THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PERMIT COUNTER WILL CLOSE AT 4:00 P.M. DAILY Permit Counter 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Financial Transactions 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From: Justin T. Johnson Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2019 4:16 PM To: Brianne Bannwarth <BBannwarth@Rentonwa.gov> Subject: FW: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Justin Johnson, P.E. Civil Engineer III | CED JTJohnson@Rentonwa.gov| Phone: (425) 430-7291 Please consider the environment before printing this email Permit Counter 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Financial Transactions 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2019 1:25 PM To: Justin T. Johnson <JTJohnson@Rentonwa.gov> Subject: FW: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Justin, Any update on this issue below? Thank you, Vanessa Dolbee CED x 7314 From: Jim Carleton [mailto:jcarleton@tahomadesigngroup.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 2:13 PM To: Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov> Cc: Krista Gilroy <krista@nwgourmetfoods.net>; Mike Gilroy <mk_gilroy@yahoo.com>; Dale Couture <pdcouture@tahomadesigngroup.com>; Scott Kaul <skaul@AHBL.com>; Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov>; Craig Burnell <Cburnell@ci.renton.wa.us> Subject: Re: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Thanks Todd, I can see you are doing your best to help us out. I do not have all of the information, I am only aware of a volume issue. We appreciate your trying to make this work in lieu of the circumstances. Sent from my iPhone James K. Carleton, AIA, Vice-President Tahoma Design Group T 253.284.9680 : F 253,284.9681 : C 253.380.1284 On Jun 4, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov> wrote: Jim, I have spoken to Vanessa on the phone regarding the requirement that we provide a letter stating that the facility is in compliance with their permit. As I have stated earlier, the facility is not in compliance with the current permit on several points which is why they have been required to re-apply to discharge wastewater (daily volume discharge violations) and we also have a current pH discharge violation that is still not resolved. I will not be able to provide that letter to the City at this time. I did note that the discharge from the freezer are not going to be regulated by King County and our approval might not apply in this case. Vanessa has passed along my comments to the approving subject matter expert and will be in contact with me in the next few weeks. Todd Gowing Compliance Investigator Industrial Waste Program King County Wastewater Treatment Division Phone: 206-477-5426 Cell: 206-255-8926 http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wastewater/IndustrialWaste.aspx From: Jim Carleton <jcarleton@tahomadesigngroup.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 11:15 PM To: Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov>; Krista Gilroy <krista@nwgourmetfoods.net>; Vanessa Dolbee (VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov) <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov> Cc: Mike Gilroy <mk_gilroy@yahoo.com>; Dale Couture <pdcouture@tahomadesigngroup.com>; Scott Kaul <skaul@AHBL.com> Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet [EXTERNAL Email Notice! ] External communication is important to us. Be cautious of phishing attempts. Do not click or open suspicious links or attachments. Hi Todd, Yes, it was a surprise to me that Jeffrey left the City recently, I just saw him at the resubmittal. I spoke with the Planning Manager, Vanessa Dolbee about this project and your efforts to work with the owner to resolve the compliance issue. I have captured her contact information at the bottom of this email and also copied her. It might be beneficial to exchange information via email since the phone has been hit and miss. She did confirm that comment that I shared with you in the previous email at the beginning of this string is required. The official comment reads: No evidence of project approval by King County. Per condition 7 of LUA18-000667 evidence of project approval from King County Industrial Waste is required. Please present this proposal to King County and receive written approval that as of today you are in compliance with your waste water permit, and that this project will not jeopardize such compliance. Provided evidence is from 2017 and does not address this project. I told Vanessa that you asked me about the new addition and if it would contribute any additional volume of discharge to the sewer, the answer is no because this is a freezer. There is a small amount of surface discharge condensate that is a part of the refrigeration equipment. Vanessa Dolbee Current Planning Manager Community & Economic Development Department Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 (425)430-7314 vdolbee@rentonwa.gov James K. Carleton, AIA | Vice-President T ahoma D esign G roup 253.284.9680 TEL | 253.284.9681 FAX | 253.380.1284 CELL 535 Dock Street, Suite 211, Tacoma, WA 98402 From: Gowing, Todd [mailto:Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 4:27 PM To: Jim Carleton; Krista Gilroy Cc: Mike Gilroy; Dale Couture; Scott Kaul Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet I have not been able to get a hold of Jeffery Taylor. It appears he no longer works at the City of Renton. I am working on contacting his supervisor. Todd Gowing Compliance Investigator Industrial Waste Program King County Wastewater Treatment Division Phone: 206-477-5426 Cell: 206-255-8926 http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wastewater/IndustrialWaste.aspx From: Jim Carleton <jcarleton@tahomadesigngroup.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:36 AM To: Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov>; Krista Gilroy <krista@nwgourmetfoods.net> Cc: Mike Gilroy <mk_gilroy@yahoo.com>; Dale Couture <pdcouture@tahomadesigngroup.com>; Scott Kaul <skaul@AHBL.com> Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet [EXTERNAL Email Notice! ] External communication is important to us. Be cautious of phishing attempts. Do not click or open suspicious links or attachments. Hello Todd, Were you able to reach out to Jeffery Taylor at the City of Renton to get clarification on how to resolve the compliance issue now that the owner has provided a report to adjust the discharge thresholds? We need your help to finalize the building permit approval process with the City of Renton as Jeffery Taylor is holding the Freezer Permit hostage until he receives written communication from you that the Freezer will not impact wastewater compliance. Since the Freezer has no plumbing, and since condensate will be surface discharged, it would be a true statement to say that the Freezer will not impact compliance. Please let us know your thoughts. Thanks, James K. Carleton, AIA | Vice-President T ahoma D esign G roup 253.284.9680 TEL | 253.284.9681 FAX | 253.380.1284 CELL 535 Dock Street, Suite 211, Tacoma, WA 98402 From: Jim Carleton Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:32 PM To: Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov; 'Krista Gilroy' Cc: 'Mike Gilroy'; Dale Couture Subject: FW: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Thanks for talking with me today Todd. Per our conversation, you will be reaching out to Jeffery at the City of Renton by phone to have a conversation about what he needs and where you are in the process to review NW Gourmet Foods status for compliance for the waste water permit. Talk with you soon, James K. Carleton, AIA | Vice-President T ahoma D esign G roup 253.284.9680 TEL | 253.284.9681 FAX | 253.380.1284 CELL 535 Dock Street, Suite 211, Tacoma, WA 98402 From: Jim Carleton Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:16 PM To: 'Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov' Subject: FW: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet James K. Carleton, AIA | Vice-President T ahoma D esign G roup 253.284.9680 TEL | 253.284.9681 FAX | 253.380.1284 CELL 535 Dock Street, Suite 211, Tacoma, WA 98402 From: Jim Carleton Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 4:09 PM To: 'Krista Gilroy' Cc: Mike Gilroy Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Hi Krista, Maybe it would be better if I reach out to Todd. But I don’t want to do that if you already have what we need. Please confirm you want me to connect these dots. I have been very specific to you for the process, we need to have Todd confirm you are in compliance in writing. I will include that written confirmation in my resubmittal to the city once we receive it. The comment is on page 4 of the attached. I have copied it below. No evidence of project approval by King County. Per condition 7 of LUA18-000667 evidence of project approval from King County Industrial Waste is required. Please present this proposal to King County and receive written approval that as of today you are in compliance with your waste water permit, and that this project will not jeopardize such compliance. Provided evidence is from 2017 and does not address this project. Jeffrey Taylor | Assistant Planner City of Renton | CED | Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way | 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057 (425) 430-7246 | JTaylor@rentonwa.gov James K. Carleton, AIA | Vice-President T ahoma D esign G roup 253.284.9680 TEL | 253.284.9681 FAX | 253.380.1284 CELL 535 Dock Street, Suite 211, Tacoma, WA 98402 From: Krista Gilroy [mailto:krista@nwgourmetfoods.net] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:28 PM To: Jim Carleton Cc: Mike Gilroy Subject: FW: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Importance: High Jim do you have a contact for that department that Todd can talk to??? Let me know please so I can forward to Todd….. Thanks, Krista Gilroy Northwest Gourmet Foods 600 SW 7th Street Renton WA 98057 Tel 425-793-5001 Fax 425-793-1005 From: Gowing, Todd [mailto:Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 2:55 PM To: Krista Gilroy; 'Peter DeWitt' Cc: mk_gilroy@yahoo.com Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Do you have a contact for the department? Todd Gowing Compliance Investigator Industrial Waste Program King County Wastewater Treatment Division Phone: 206-477-5426 Cell: 206-255-8926 http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wastewater/IndustrialWaste.aspx From: Krista Gilroy <krista@nwgourmetfoods.net> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 1:05 PM To: 'Peter DeWitt' <peterdewitt@nwgourmetfoods.net>; Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov> Cc: mk_gilroy@yahoo.com Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Importance: High [EXTERNAL Email Notice! ] External communication is important to us. Be cautious of phishing attempts. Do not click or open suspicious links or attachments. Hi Todd, Checking back on this email from Pete. Can we definitively say that Northwest Gourmet is in compliance with the process of our Wastewater Permit? Thanks, Krista Gilroy Northwest Gourmet Foods 600 SW 7th Street Renton WA 98057 Tel 425-793-5001 Fax 425-793-1005 From: Peter DeWitt [mailto:peterdewitt@nwgourmetfoods.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 1:50 PM To: 'Gowing, Todd' Cc: krista@nwgourmetfoods.net; mk_gilroy@yahoo.com Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet Hello Todd, That’s great news. As you may be aware, we are in the process of adding a freezer to our facility. The King County Building Department may not be aware that the freezer will not require access to the wastewater system. Would it be possible to inform the Building Department of this allowing Northwest Gourmet Foods to be granted their permit for the building project? Thanks, Peter From: Gowing, Todd [mailto:Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 11:59 AM To: Peter DeWitt Cc: 'krista@nwgourmetfoods.net'; 'mk_gilroy@yahoo.com' Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet It has. I am reviewing the application now. The engineering report is also with our engineering staff for review. I will contact you if we have any questions. Todd Gowing Compliance Investigator Industrial Waste Program King County Wastewater Treatment Division Phone: 206-477-5426 Cell: 206-255-8926 http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wastewater/IndustrialWaste.aspx From: Peter DeWitt <peterdewitt@nwgourmetfoods.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 10:37 AM To: Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov> Cc: krista@nwgourmetfoods.net Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet [EXTERNAL Email Notice! ] External communication is important to us. Be cautious of phishing attempts. Do not click or open suspicious links or attachments. Hello Todd, Checking in to see if the application has been delivered to you. Thanks, Peter From: Gowing, Todd [mailto:Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2019 1:51 PM To: Peter DeWitt Cc: 'krista@nwgourmetfoods.net' Subject: RE: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet We have received the application. It has not been delivered to me yet so I have not had an opportunity to review it. Todd Gowing Compliance Investigator Industrial Waste Program King County Wastewater Treatment Division Phone: 206-477-5426 Cell: 206-255-8926 http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wastewater/IndustrialWaste.aspx From: Peter DeWitt <peterdewitt@nwgourmetfoods.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 10:54 AM To: Gowing, Todd <Todd.Gowing@kingcounty.gov> Cc: 'Krista Gilroy' <krista@nwgourmetfoods.net> Subject: Northwest Gourmet Foods - Wastewater Permet [EXTERNAL Email Warning! ] This email originated from outside of King County. Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. Hello Todd, Reaching out to confirm whether or not your group received the Northwest Gourmet Foods Wastewater Discharge Permit Application, and Engineering Report. Thanks, Peter DeWitt Quality Assurance Northwest Gourmet Foods 600 SW 7th Street Renton, WA 98057 P 425.793.5001