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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCG210412_NCG22 Converted Reissuance Letter with COC_20110503An -OAA NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Governor Director May 3, 2011 Paul Bristol Bristol Industries Inc 3991 Bridgewater Rd Morganton, NC 28655 Dear Permittee: Dee Freeman Secretary Subject: NPDES Stormwater New Permit— Transition to General Permit NCG210000 Bristol Industries Incorporated COC Number NCG210412 Burke County In response to your renewal application for continued coverage under stormwater General Permit NCG220000, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) is forwarding herewith a new Certificate of Coverage (COC) under the recently modified stormwater General Permit NCG210000 for Timber Products. Stormwater discharges from Wood Chip Mills are now eligible for coverage under General Permit NCG210000. The modified general permit was reissued on March 25, 2011 (effective April 1, 2011). Rather than renew your coverage under General Permit NCG220000, which expired in 2008, the Division has transitioned your facility under General Permit NCG210000 and issued you a new permit (with a different COC number). The Division does not intend to renew General Permit NCG220000. This action was noticed publically from February 15 through March 18, 2011; the proposed modification to general permit NCG210000 was available on our website on February 8, 2011. This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended.) The following information is included with your permit package: • A new Certificate of Coverage • A copy of stormwater General Permit NCG210000 • A copy of a revised Technical Bulletin for this General Permit • Two copies of the Stormwater Discharge Monitoring Report (SDMR) Form • Two copies of the Qualitative Monitoring Report (QMR) Form The General Permit authorizes discharges of stormwater associated with industrial activities at your facility, and it specifies your obligations with respect to discharge controls, management, monitoring, and record keeping. Please review the new permit to familiarize yourself with all the requirements. Wetlands and Stormwater Branch 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-807-6300 \ FAX: 919-807-6494 \ Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer One NorthCarolina ,I url lly Some significant differences in this General Permit from the old NCG220000 that your facility was covered under are: ➢ Stormwater Discharge Monitoring: • Analytical monitoring is required if the facility retains exposed piles of sawdust, wood chips, bark, mulch, or other similar material on site for more than seven (7) days. • Monitoring frequency is twice a year (instead of annually). • Monitoring parameters include pH (new), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) instead of BOD, and TSS (same). • Vehicle maintenance activities trigger stormwater monitoring requirements for pH, Oil & Grease (0&G), and TSS. • Tiered response requirements apply when samples exceed benchmark concentrations. Benchmarks are not limits. • Monitoring results must be reported to DWQ within 30 days of lab report receipt (instead of annually). • Qualitative Monitoring must be performed twice a year (instead of monthly). You have entered this permit in "Year 3 — Period 2" of the sampling schedule, which ends June 30th. However, because of the delayed mail -out of permit packages, your facility is expected to comply with sampling requirements beginning no later than "Year 4 — Period 1." That means your facility must sample a representative storm event between July 1 and December 31, 2011 (or, if applicable, reporting "No Flow" from a representative storm event on the SDMR Form within 30 days of that deadline, as outlined in Part III, Section E.) ➢ Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP): • SPPP requirements reflect the current standard for most stormwater general permits and are more detailed than the NCG220000 permit. Please review all the items thoroughly to update your current SPPP to be compliant with this permit. For example, the site location map must identify any receiving waters that are impaired, and training records must include signatures of employees trained annually. • If a facility opts out of monitoring on the basis of removing accumulated material in a week or less, a log of when material is generated and removed, as well as other details about removal, must be kept with the SPPP. • Because of the transition to a new permit, the compliance schedule in Part III, Section A does not address your facility's situation. However, many items in the SPPP are similar to those under the old NCG220000. Therefore, the Division expects your operation to have its SPPP revised and implemented to comply with this permit within six months of receipt of this permit package. Your coverage under the General Permit is transferable only through the specific action of DWQ. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by DENR, nor does it relieve the permittee from responsibility for compliance with any other applicable federal, state, or local law, rule, standard, ordinance, order, judgment, or decree. If you have any questions regarding this permit package please contact Bethany Georgoulias at (919) 807-6372 with the Stormwater Permitting Unit. Sincerely, forColeen H. Sullins cc: DWQ Central Files Stormwater Permitting Unit Files Asheville Regional Office STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY GENERAL PERMIT NO. NCG210000 CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE No. NCG210412 STORMWATER DISCHARGES NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM In compliance with the provision of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, Bristol Industries Inc is hereby authorized to discharge stormwater from a facility located at: Bristol Industries Incorporated 3991 Bridgewater Rd Morganton Burke County to receiving waters designated as CATAWBA RIVER (including backwaters of Rhodhiss Lake below elevation 995), a class WS -IV waterbody in the Catawba River Basin in accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of General Permit No. NCG210000 as attached. This certificate of coverage shall become effective April 1, 2011. This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit. Signed this 1St day of April, 2011. for Coleen H. Sullins, Director Division of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission