NCG110037_Renewal Notification Letter_20180326

Energy, Mineral &
Land Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
March 26, 2018
Mick Berry
City of Hickory
PO Box 398
Hickory, NC 286010398
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
WILLIAM E. (TOBY) VINSON, JR.
Interim Director
Subject: NPDES General Permit Renewal and Electronic Reporting Requirements
Henry Fork WWTP
NPDES Permit Certificate of Coverage (COC) Number: NCG110037
Dear NPDES Permittee:
The General Permit this facility is covered under expires on May 31, 2018. Our records indicate that
your annual fees are up to date; therefore, your coverage will be automatically renewed unless you
submit a rescission request for this permit. If you no longer need this permit, a rescission form can be
found on our website: https://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-resources/npdes-
industrial-stormwater.
The Stormwater Program will post the draft General Permit for public comment on our website above in
mid-April. The public comment period will conclude in mid-May, and the new General Permit is
scheduled to become effective on June 1, 2018. Upon issuance of the final General Permit, you will be
sent instructions about obtaining your new Certificate of Coverage (COC).
Although renewed coverage will be automatic this year, two items require your action:
(1) You must review your permit Contact information and notify us of any changes no later
than April 30, 2018.
(2) You must submit stormwater outfall information on-line no later than May 18, 2018 in
preparation for electronic data monitoring report (eDMR) requirements.
Permit Contact Information
Please review the permit contact information we have in our database. You can do this via a link in the
Manage Information for an Existing Permit section of our website above. Ensure that owner
Affiliation and Permit Contact are accurate, and that e-mail addresses are provided. Instructions for
updating contact information (including an on-line form) are available at:
https://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-resources/npdes-industrial-stormwater.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 N. Salisbury Street 11612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
919 707 9200

Submitting Outfall Information for E -Reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule in December 2015. The rule requires NPDES regulated
facilities to report certain information electronically, instead of filing written paper reports. EPA is
phasing in the requirements of the rule over a 5 -year period. The first phase required regulated entities
to submit Data Monitoring Reports (DMRs) electronically starting on December 21, 2016.
We realize that deadline has passed, and EPA is aware that NC is working on expanding the State's
eDMR System (currently available to NPDES Wastewater Permit -holders) to include Stormwater
Program DMR reporting. As soon as eDMR is available for your permit, we will notify you. In the
meantime, we must collect information about the discharge outfalls at your facility to prepare the
system to flow data to EPA as the new federal rule mandates.
To submit outfall information to DEQ: Go to the following website and enter the discharge outfall
number, type of discharge, receiving water information, representative outfall status information, and
other details no later than May 18, 2018. The website will walk you through all steps.
The website is: https://deg.nc.gov/about/stormwater-program/stormwater-outfall-collection
For more information on electronic reporting to NC DEMLR, visit
http://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-resources/stormwater/ereporting-rule or
contact Bethany Georgoulias at [phone] or via email at [e-mail], or
contact Robert Patterson at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].
Cc: Stormwater Program Permit File
Sincerely,
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Annette Lucas, P.E.
Supervisor, DEMLR Stormwater Program
Nothing Compares_
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 N. Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
919 707 92 00