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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0078344_Draft Permit_20170920Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ROY COOPER Coierwr MICHAEL S. REG AN 5e-ewy S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Dreewr September 20, 2017 Mr. Robert Harris Environmental Manager Smithfield Farmland Corporation P.O. Box 99 Tar Heel, North Carolina 28392 Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Renewal Permit NCO078344 Tar Heel Plant Bladen County Class 4 Facility SIC Code 2011, 2048 Dear Mr. Harris: Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft NPDES permit renewal for your facility. Please review this draft carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the requirements and conditions it contains. There are several changes from the existing permit, including the following: Is Upstream and effluent hardness quarterly monitoring has been added to the permit as required by the implementation of the new dissolved metal standards [See A. (1) and A. (2)] • Some of the wording has changed in Special Condition A. (3) Chronic Toxicity Permit Limit, please review each paragraph carefully. • Quarterly monitoring for total aluminum, chlorides, total copper, fluoride, total nickel, and total zinc has been removed from the permit based on no reasonable potential to exceed water quality standards [See A. (1)]. • Annual monitoring for total mercury has been added to the permit in accordance with the implementation of 2012 Statewide Mercury TMDL [See A. (1)]. • Limit for groundwater usage was adjusted to 1.69 MGD in Special Condition A. (4)(c). • Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program reports. The requirement to continue reporting discharge monitoring State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality 1 Water Resources 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 919 807 6300 Page 12 data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application has been added to your final NPDES permit. [See Special Condition A. (7)] • Regulatory citations have been added to the permit. The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can be found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft permit. http: //ncdenr. s3 . amazonaws. corn,'s3 fs- public/W ater%20Quality/Surface%20Water%20Protection/NPDES/MIS C/NPDES %20St andard%20Conditions-Boilerplate-DWR-S WP-NPDES-20150410.pdf Concurrent with this notification the Division is publishing a notice in a newspaper having circulation in the general Bladen County area, soliciting public comments on this draft permit. Please provide any written comments you may have to the following: NCDEQ/DWR, NPDES Permitting Branch, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 no later than 30 days after receipt of this draft permit. Following the 30 -day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments and take appropriate action prior to issuing a final permit. If you have questions concerning this draft permit, please call me at (919) 807-6389 or by email at Bing.Bai@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Bing Bai, Engineer NPDES Complex Permitting Unit Hardcopy: NPDES Files Ecopy: US EPA Region 4 DWR/Ecosystems Branch/Mark Vander Borgh DWR/Aquatic Toxicology Branch/Susan Meadows DWR/Fayetteville Regional Office / Water Quality DWR/Operator Certification Program/Maureen Kinney Per=t NCO078344 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM In compliance with the provisions 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, Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Division is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Plant 15855 Highway 87 West Tar Heel, North Carolina Bladen County to receiving waters designated as Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof. This permit shall become effective xxxx, 2017. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2021. Signed this day xxxx, 2017. Draft S. Jay Zimmerman, P G., Director Division of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NCO078344 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herem. Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Division is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate a 3 0 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of the following components: • 3 internally fed rotating screens • Lift station • 3 dissolved air flotation (DAF) units • 1 Grease tank • 2 anaerobic lagoons • 3 anoxic basins • 4 aeration basins • 4 final clarifiers • 4 tertiary filters • Reaeration • UV disinfection • Redundant chlormation/dechlormation system • Emergency storage lagoon/stormwater retention pond • Sand filters • Effluent pump • Solid storage tank • Filter belt press with a wet polymer system • Sanitary WWTP package plant The facility is located at the Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel Plant on 15855 Highway 87 West in Tar Heel, Bladen County. 2. Operate the treatment plant in accordance with the Authorization to Operate issued by the Division on October 4, 2009 for a maximum slaughter rate of 390,000 hogs every two weeks; 3. Discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at the location specified on the attached map into the Cape Fear River currently classified as C waters in subbasin 03-06-16 [HUC: 03030005] of the Cape Fear River Basin. Page 2 of 10 Permtt NCO078344 Part I A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 0213.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.] Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the permittee is authorized to discharge treated wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below: Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements Parameter Code Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location Flow 50050 3.0 MGD /Continuous Recording Influent or Effluent BOD, 5 -day, 20°C QD310 250 Olbs/day 500 0 lbs/day` ' Daily Composite Effluent (April 1 — October 31) (30 0 mg/L) BOD, 5 -day, 20°C QD310 500.0 lbs/day 1000 0,lbs/day Daily Composite Effluent (November 1 — March 31) (j5 .0 mg/L) Total Suspended Solids QD530 998 7 lbs/day /1997 5/lbs/day Daily Composite Effluent NH3 as N30 QD610 0 lbs/day 60.0 lbs/day Daily Composite Effluent (April 1 — October 31) (2.0 mg/L) (7.5,mg/L) NH3 as N QD610 60.0 lbs/day 120 0 lbs/days Daily Composite Effluent (November 1 — March 31) (4 0 mg/L) (8.0 mg/L) Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Daily average not less`than 5.0 mg/L Daily Grab Effluent pH 00400 Between 6 0 and 9 0 Standard Units Daily Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform 616 200/100ml 400/100ml Daily` Grab Effluent (geometric mean) Temperature (°C) 00010 Daily Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine 2 50060 28 gg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Settleable Solids 00545 5:6 mL/L 16 mL/L Weekly Grab Effluent Oil and Grease 00556 319.61bs/day 639 2 lbs/day Weekly Grab Effluent Total Nitrogen 3 C0600 134 mg/L 194 mg/L Weekly Calculated Effluent Organic Nitrogen 00605 Monthly Composite Effluent Total Phosphorus C0665 Monthly Composite Effluent Total Mercury 4 COMER Annually Grab Effluent Chronic Toxicity s TGP3B Quarterly Composite Effluent Hardness- Total as [CaCO3 00900 Quarterly Composite Effluent or (Ca + Mg)] (mg/L) Footnotes 1 The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR application system [see A (8)] 2 The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 gg/L to be in compliance with the permit However, the permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina certified laboratory. 3 TN = TKN + NO3-N + NO2-N where TN is Total Nitrogen, TKN is Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and NO3-N + NO2-N are Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrogen, respectively 4 The facility shall employ method 1631E 5 Chronic Toxicity (Cerzodaphnia) P/F at 0 58% with testing in January, April, July, and October [see A (3)]. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 3 of 10 Permit NCO078344 A. (2) INSTREAM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.] Parameters Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Locations Dissolved Oxygen mg/L Fecal Coliform /100mL 3/Week (June -September) Grab Upstream & Temperature °C Weekly (October -May) Downstream Conductivity µmhos/cm Hardness- Total as [CaCO3 or Quarterly Grab Upstream (Ca + Mg)] mg/L Total Nitrogen mg/L Organic Nitrogen mg/L Weekly (June — September) z Grab Upstream & p Total Phosphorus mg/L Downstream Chlorophyll -a µg/L Notes 1 Upstream = at least 50 feet upstream of the discharge Downstream = at least 500 feet from the discharge 2 Weekly stream sampling required during the months of June, July, August, and September Instream sampling requirements are provisionally waived as a result of Permittee's participation in the Middle Cape Fear River Basin Association per the Memorandum of Agreement between the Division and the Association. Instream sampling requirements will be reinstated should Permittee cease its participation in the Association. Per NCAC 2B .0505(c) (4), stream sampling is not required when flow conditions or weather conditions pose a substantial risk of injury or death to persons collecting samples. A. (3) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QUARTERLY) [15A NCAC 0213.0200] The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 0.58%. The permit holder shall perform at a minimi:m, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised December 2010, or subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase I1 Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised- December 20 10) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed during the months of January, April, July, and October. These months signify the first month of each three-month toxicity testing quarter assigned to the facility. Effluent sampling for this testing must be obtained during representative effluent discharge and shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter results in a failure or ChV below the permit limit, then multiple -concentration testing shall be performed at a minimum, in each of the two following months as described in "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -December 2010) or subsequent versions. All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR -1) for the months in which tests were performed, using the parameter code TGP3B for the Page 4 of 10 Permit NCO078344 pass/fail results and THP3B for the Chronic Value. Additionally, DWR Form AT -3 (original) is to be sent to the following address: Attention. North Carolina Division of Water Resources Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch 1621 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1621 Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Water Sciences Section no later than 30 days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made Test data shall be complete, accurate, include all supporting chemical/physical measurements and all concentration/response data, and be certified by laboratory supervisor and ORC or approved designate signature. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream. Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Water Sciences Section at the address cited above. Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, monitoring will be required during the following month Assessment of toxicity compliance is based on the toxicity testing quarter, which is the three month tune interval that begins on the first day of the month in which toxicity testing is required by this permit and continues until the final day of the third month. Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water Resources indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring. A. (4) MAXIMUM PRODUCTION LEVELS AND RELATED CONDITIONS [G.S. 143-215.1(b)] (a) Bi -Weekly Maximum Production Production at the Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel facility shall not exceed a bi-weekly maximum production level of 390,000 hogs slaughtered per two-week period. This production level is based on the Authorization to Operate issued by the Division of Water Resources and the facility's engineering certification (b) Annual Maximum Production 1) In addition to not exceeding the bi-weekly maximum production level in A (4) (a), production at Smithfield Farmland Corporation — Tar Heel facility shall not exceed an annual maximum production level of 9,500,000 hogs per year 2) If the Director finds that the permittee, in a substantial way, has violated any classification, standard, limitation, or management practice established pursuant to G S. 143-214.1, 143-214.2, or 143-215, or has violated or failed to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of this permit, the annual production level shall revert to 8,488,000 hogs per year, beginning with the next year of the permit term if the finding is Page 5 of 10 Permit NCO078344 made between June 1 through November 30 or immediately if the finding is made between December 1 through May 31. In either case, the reversion shall last until the expiration date of this permit. (c) Groundwater Usage Groundwater usage shall not exceed an annual average of 1.69 MGD, beginning with calendar year 2018. Smithfield Farmland Corporation must utilize Bladen Bluffs water treatment facility as primary water source. In addition, the permittee shall continue to monitor the volume of the Tar Heel facility's groundwater withdrawals seven days per week, 365 days per year, and report the results to the Division on a monthly basis. Permittee shall prepare and submit annual report summarizing bi-weekly production data, annual production data and daily groundwater usage data to the Division at the following address: (1) NCDEQ/Water Quality NPDES Permitting 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 (2) NCDEQ/Water Quality Fayetteville Regional Office 225 Green Street, Suite 714 Fayetteville, NC 28301 (d) Stipulated Penalties The permittee will pay a stipulated penalty (i.e., without contest) of $200 per hog slaughtered if the facility exceeds the bi-weekly maximum production level establ=shed in A (4) (a) or exceeds the annual maximum production levels established in section A (4) (b) Any exceedance will trigger the stipulated penalty, and, if the slaughtering of a hog results in the exceedance of more than one level or cap, then each cap or level exceedance triggers a separate stipulated penalty. (e) Environmental Management Systems (EMS) The permittee shall continue to implement the existing certified ISO 14000 Environmental Management System for this facility. In addition, the permittee shall continue to: • Implement a model Environmental Management System Program which will enable a farm not owned by the permittee to adapt the model system with reasonable ease for use on the farm in a manner appropriate to the nature, scale and environmental impacts of the farm, • Encourage and assist swine farms doin=g business with the permittee, through contract or independent usage operations, to participate in the model EMS program, and • Make the program available to farms not owned by permittee or doing business with the permittee through the Division. (f) Hog Farm Purchasing Restriction The permittee shall not purchase hogs from any farm constructed after December 1, 2002 unless such hog farm employs technologies that are innovative [identified pursuant to S.L 1998, c 188, s.2, paragraph (b) 8(a) -(e) and paragraph (c)] or that are implementing technologies under the Smithfield Agreement (entered on July 25, 2000, between the company and the Attorney General of North Carolina) which will • Eliminate the discharge of animal waste to surface waters and groundwater through direct discharge, seepage, or runoff, • Substantially eliminate atmospheric emissions of ammonia, • Substantially eliminate the emission of odor that is detectable beyond the boundaries of the parcel or tract of land on which the swine farm is located, • Substantially eliminate the release of disease -transmitting vectors and airborne pathogens, and • Substantially eliminate nutrient and ieavy metal contamination of soil and groundwater Page 6 of 10 Permit NCO078344 A. (5) NONCOMPLIANT HOG FARM OPERATION RESTRICTION [G.S. 143-215.1(b)] The permittee shall not process at the permitted facility, for a period of 12 months, any hog finished on a farm owned or operated by the permittee or its parent, subsidiary or affiliate [as defined by 143-215.1 (b)] that has been the subject of the following types of enforcement actions for discharging animal waste to surface waters or wetlands, or applying animal waste to land in excess of the approved application rate. a) a final assessment of a civil penalty pursuant to G S. 143-215 6A; b) the imposition by a federal district court of a civil penalty under the federal Clean Water Act or the administrative assessment by the U S. EPA of a penalty, but only when the order assessing the penalty becomes final; or c) a criminal conviction of one of the involved corporate entities or of a responsible corporate official by a court of competent jurisdiction For purposes of this special condition, a civil penalty has been finally assessed where either- a) the assessment is not contested, or b) the assessment is contested and upon review the assessment is upheld in whole or in part. The permittee shall continue to utilize the record keeping system as implemented and shall continue to report to the Division on a monthly basis A. (6) SUPPLEMENTAL MONITORING PROVISION [G.S. 143-215.1(b)] The permittee shall monitor and report BODS, NH3-N, TSS, and flow seven days per week, 365 days per year, and shall report the results monthly. The Division may also require, at the Director's discretion and without amending the permit, that the permittee monitor and report additional constituents, including but not limited to antibiotics and hormones. A. (7) REQUIREMENT TO DOCUMENT FLOW SOURCES [G.S. 143-215.1(b)] The permittee shall notify the Division (both the Central Office in Raleigh and the Fayetteville Regional Office) of any addition or mayor changes with regard to contributing flows to the plant Mayor changes in flow are defined as contributing flows different in scope and composition from those already documented as part of the application for NPDES permit renewal. Additions in flow are defined as any additional sources other than those listed as part of the application for NPDES permit renewal. A. (8) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS [G.S. 143-215.1(b)] Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December 21, 2015. NOTE. This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits): • Section B (11.) • Section D. (2 ) • Section D. (6 ) • Section E. (5.) Signatory Requirements Reporting Records Retention Monitoring Reports 1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)] The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application. Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with Page 7 of 10 Per=t NC0078344 EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address: NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permtttmg Section ATTENTION: Central Files 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above. See "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below. Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day'of the month following the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the commencement of discharge. Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance monitoring data and reports, when applicable: Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports; Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports. The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below). 2. Electronic Submissions In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the initial recipient for the electronic submission. Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity (EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)]. EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each type of electronic submission and for each state Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule is found at: htips.//www.federalre ig ster goy/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-discharge-elimmation- system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above. Page 8 of 10 Permit NCO078344 ark , 7 / 1 I h ou 137 i • '' ' 1 y IL j It N—, i ,1 v V� c e `---------- c << i, Outfall001 \\ •` \�, 1, t 1/ '� \ \ '— –' -L jam. A Smithfield Farmland Corporation NCO078344 Latitude: 35045'40" Facility Longitude: 78047'45" Location IE Quad #: H23SE, Duart Sub -Basin. 030616 Stream cuss: c Tar Heel Division Receiving Stream: Cape Fear River 8 -Digit HUC: 03030005 WWTP Permit NC0078344 3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to the Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a temporary waiver shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data and reports on paper to the Division for the period that the approved reporting waiver request is effective. Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the following web page: http://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr 4. Signatory Requirements (Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)] All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes. For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/ednir Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED: V cert, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. " 5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)] The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41 ]. Page 9 of 10