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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0061719_Draft Permit_20171004Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S REGAN sec, eras, S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Du ecroi October 4, 2017 Mr. Michael A. Melton Regional Manager of Compliance Aqua North Carolina, Inc. 202 MacKenan Court Cary, North Carolina 27511 Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Modification Permit NCO061719 Woodlake Country Club WWTP Moore County Class 2 Facility SIC Code 4952 Dear Mr. Melton: Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft NPDES permit modification 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: • Effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for a lower tiered flow of 0.300 MGD has been added to the permit [See A. (1)]. • Special Condition A. (4) Acute Toxicity Monitoring Only has been revised, please review each paragraph carefully. Some of the wording has been revised for electronic reporting of monitoring reports requirement, please review each paragraph carefully [See Footnote 1 in A. (1), A. (2), A. (3), and Special Condition A. (5)]. 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:Hncdenr.s3.amazonaws.com/s3 fs- public/Water%200uality/Surface%20Water%20Protection/NPDES/MIS C/NPDES%20Standard %20Conditions-Boilerplate-DWR-SWP-NPDES-20150410.1)df State ofNorth Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources 1617 Marl Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 919 807 6300 Page 12 Concurrent with this notification the Division is publishing a notice in a newspaper having circulation in the general Moore 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/Aquatic Toxicology Branch/Susan Meadows DWR/Fayetteville Regional Office / Water Quality DWR/Operator Certification Program/Maureen Kinney DWR/NPDES/Ren Berry Permit NCO061719 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, the AQUA North Carolina, Inc. is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Woodlake Country Club WWTP NCSR 1001, east of Vass Moore County to receiving waters designated as Crane Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, H, III and IV hereof. This permit shall become effective xxxx. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on May 31, 2021. Signed this day xxxx. Draft S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G., Director Division of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Pernut NCO061719 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of this permit 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 herein AQUA North Carolina, Inc. is hereby authorized to: 1. Begin operating facilities to generate potable -water and related wastes [ion -exchange (IE) filter backwash], and to continue to operate an existing 0.30 MGD wastewater treatment system to treat 100% domestic wastes utilizing • manual bar screen • Aeromod Complete Max aeration system • tube settler -type clarifier • chlorination • dechlonnation • post -aeration • aerobic sludge digester. The facility is located at the Woodlake Country Club on NCSR 1001, east of Vass in Moore County, and 2. upon receiving Authorization to Construct(s), construct and after submittal of engineer's certification, to operate a 0.50 and 1.0 MGD wastewater treatment system, and 3. discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at the location specified on the attached map into the Crane Creek currently classified as WS -III waters in subbasin 03-06-14 [HUC 03030004] of the Cape Fear River Basin. Page 2 of 10 Permit NCO061719 Part I A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.] During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration to 0.500 MGD or until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated domestic wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored I by the Permittee as specified below: Effluent Characteristics Parameter Code Limits Monitoring Requirements Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Tye Sample Location z Flow 50050 0 30 MGD Continuous Recording I or E Fecal Coliform 31616 (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml ` '3/Week ` Grab E Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060 28+g/L '34eek Grab E BOD, 5 -day (20°C) C0310 30 0 mg/L 45 0 mg/L Weekly"\'\ Composite E Total Suspended Solids 00530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly �, Composite E Temperature (°C) 00010 Weekly Grab E pH 00400 Between 6 0 and 9 0 standard units, Weekly Grab E NH3 as N — Summer C0610 [Apr 1 — Oct 31] 17 0 mg/L 35 0 mg/L Weekly Composite E NH3 as N — Wmter C06102/Month [Nov 1 — Mar 31 ] Composite E Total Chloride 00940 \ f , , Quarterly Composite E Total Nitrogen 00625 '^ ' Quarterly Composite E Total Phosphorus 00665 Quarterly Composite E Total Dissolved Solids 70296 Quarterly Composite E Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Daily Average not less than'5 0 mg/L Quarterly Grab E Conductivity 00094 Quarterly Grab E Turbidity 00076, Quarterly Grab E Salinity 00480 Quarterly Composite E Total Copper 01042 Quarterly Composite E Total Iron 00980 Quarterly Composite E Total Lead 01051 Quarterly Composite E Total Manganese 01055 Quarterly Composite E Total Fluoride 00300" Quarterly Composite E Total Zinc 01092 Quarterly Composite E Acute Toxicity a TGE6C Quarterly Composite E Footnote: 1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR application system [see A. (5)]. 2. I = Influent, E = Effluent. 3. Total residual chlorine (TRC) — The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be compliant with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina -certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/L. 4. Acute Toxicity — Monitoring only [Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas), see A. (4)]. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 3 of 10 Permit NCO061719 A. (2) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 0213.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.] During the period beginning upon expansion to 0.500 MGD and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated domestic wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored 1 by the Permittee as specified below: Effluent Characteristics Parameter Code Limits Monitoring Requirements Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location 2 Flow 50050 0 500 MGD Continuous Recording I or E Fecal Coliform 31616 (geometric mean) 200/100 nil 400/100 ml 3/Week Grab E Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060 28 gg/L 3/Week Grab E BOD, 5 -day (20°C) C0310 30 0 mg/L 45 0 mg/L Weekly Composite E Total Suspended Solids 00530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite E Temperature (°C) 00010 Weekly' Grab E pH 00400 Between 6 0 and 9.0 standard units Weekly Grab E NH3 as N — Summer [Apr 1 —Oct 31] C0610 1701, mg/L, 35 0 mg/L Weekly Composite E NH3 as N — Winter [Nov 1 — Mar 3 1 C0610 2/Month Composite E Total Chloride 00940 _ Quarterly Composite E Total Nitrogen o6625--- Quarterly Composite E Total Phosphorus 00,665 Quarterly Composite E Total Dissolved Solids 70296 Quarterly Composite E Dissolved Oxygen 00300, Daily Average not less than 5 0 mg/L Quarterly Grab E Conductivity 00094 Quarterly Grab E _ Turbidity 00076 Quarterly Grab E Salinity 00`480 Quarterly Composite E Total Copper `., 01042` Quarterly Composite E Total Iron 00980 ` Quarterly Composite E Total Lead 01051 Quarterly Composite E Total Manganese ,01055 Quarterly Composite E Total Fluoride 00300 Quarterly Composite E Total Zinc `01092 Quarterly Composite E Acute Toxicity 4 TGE6, 7 �% Quarterly Composite E Footnote: 1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR application system [see A (5)]. 2. I = Influent; E = Effluent. 3. Total residual chlorine (TRC) — The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 gg/L to be compliant with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina -certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 gg/L. 4. Acute Toxicity — Mentoring only [Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas), see A. (4)]. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 4 of 10 Permit NCO061719 A. (3) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 0213.0500 et seq.] During the period beginning upon expansion to 100 MGD and lasting until expiration, the Pertmttee is authorized to discharge treated domestic wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below: Effluent Characteristics Parameter Code Limits Monitoring Requirements Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Tye Sample Location a Flow 50050 100 MGD Continuous Recording I or E Fecal Coliform 31616 (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml'/ 3/Week Grab E Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060 28.gg/L , 3/Week Grab E BOD, 5 -day (20°C) C0310 30.0 mg/L 45 0 mg/L Weekly Composite E Total Suspended Solids 00530 30 0 mg/L 450 mg/L Weekly Composite E Temperature (°C) 00010 Weekly Grab E pH 00400 Between 6.0 and 9 0 standard�umts , 'Weekly Grab E r iOcC0610 [AprSummer—Oct3er 9.1 mg/L 35 0 mg/L Weekly Composite E NH3 as N — Winter C0610 [Nov 1 —Mar 31] `, 2/Month Composite E Total Chloride 00940 Quarterly Composite E Total Nitrogen 00625- Quarterly Composite E Total Phosphorus 00665 Quarterly Composite E Total Dissolved Solids 70296, Quarterly Composite E Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Daily'Average not less than 5 0 mg/L Quarterly Grab E Conductivity 00094 Quarterly Grab E Turbidity 00076 Quarterly Grab E Salinity 00480 Quarterly Composite E Total Copper 01042 Quarterly Composite E Total Iron 00980 Quarterly Composite E Total Lead 01051 Quarterly Composite E Total Manganese 01055 Quarterly Composite E Total Fluoride 00300 Quarterly Composite E Total Zinc 01092 Quarterly Composite E Acute Toxicity 4 TGE6C Quarterly Composite E Footnote: 1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR application system [see A. (5)] 2. I = Influent, E = Effluent. 3. Total residual chlorine (TRC) — The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 gg/L to be compliant with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina -certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 gg/L. 4. Acute Toxicity— Monitoring only [Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas), see A. (4)]. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 5of10 Permtt NCO061719 A. (4) ACUTE TOXICITY MONITORING ONLY — (QUARTERLY) [15A NCAC 02B. 0500 et seq.] The permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests on aquarter lX basis using protocols defined in the North Carolina Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology For Determining Acute Toxicity In A Single Effluent Concentration" (Revised -December, 2010 or subsequent versions). The monitoring shall be performed as a Fathead Minnow (Pamephales promelas) 24 hour static test. The effluent concentration at which there may be at no time significant acute mortality is 90% (defined as treatment two in the procedure document). The tests will be performed during the months of February, May, August, and November. These months signify the first month of each three month toxicity testing quarter assigned to the facility. Effluent samples 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. The parameter code for Pamephales promelas is TGE6C. All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Form (MR -1) -for the month in which it was performed, using the appropriate parameter code. Additionally,// DWQ Form AT -2` (onginal) is to be sent to the following address: Attention: North Carolina Department of Water Resources Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch 1621 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1621 i 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 and accurate and include all supportin chemical/physical measurements performed m association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employeii for disinfection of the waste stream. Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during any month, the Permittee will complete the information located at the -top of the,aquatic to'xicrty (AT) test form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number,/county, and -the the month/year of the rep6tt math the -notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form. The rep ll be submitted to the,Water Sciences -Section at the address cited above. Should the Permittee fail to monito ' during a month, in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly monitoring will begin, immediately. Upon, submission of a valid test, this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the montbs,specified above, Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements 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. I NOTE: Failure to achieve test/ conditions as specified in the cited document, such as nummum control organism survival and appropriate environental 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. Page 6of10 Permit NCO061719 A. (5) 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 H of this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits): • Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements • Section D. (2.) Reporting • Section D. (6.) Records Retention • Section E (5.) Monitoring Reports 1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2:) grid Section'E. (5.) (a)1 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 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 submittmg one signed original and a�copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address: NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources/ Water Quality Permitting Section ATTENTION: Central Files 1617 Mail Service Center , Raleigh, North Carolina 27699=1617 If a pernuttee 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). Page 7of10 Permit NC0061719 2. Electronic Submissions In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permnttee 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 https://www.federalre ig ster gov/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. 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 tune, 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 Hdeq.nc.gov/about/divisions/wafer-resources/ed= 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 11, Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part H, 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/ecl= 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: Page 8of10 fit Nun Woodlake Country Club WWTP Approximate location Crane Creek W s" h •` Little River ; i h - Y _ .�. E Lobelia Road (Hwy 6 Permit NC0061719 on Outfall 001 (flows south) ` 17 PMt .-.a AQUA North Carolina, Inc. Woodlake Country Club WWTP State Grid/Quad: G22NW / Lobelia, INC Permitted Flows: 0.30, 0.500 &1.00 MGD Latitude: 35` 13' 03" N Longitude: 79° 11'09" W Receiving Stream: Crane Creek (18-23-161 Sub -Basin: 03-06-14 Drainage Basin: Cape Fear River Basin Stream Class: WS -III HUC: 03030004 E Lobelia Road (Hwy 6 Permit NC0061719 on Outfall 001 (flows south) ` 17 PMt .-.a Facility Location not to scale IFNPDES Permit NC0061719 North Moore Count a ---1 P All doge . ,'r . H. r u' Facility Location not to scale IFNPDES Permit NC0061719 North Moore Count Permit NCO061719 "I certify, under penalty of law, that thisisigned cument and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system to assure that uali ied ersonnel ro erl ather and P Y9 .f P P P Y g 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