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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S REGAN
Secy etary
S JAY ZIMMERMAN
Duecmr
October 4, 2017
Mr. Lawrence S. Spell, President
Bogue Banks Water Corporation
PO Box 4009
Emerald Isle, NC 28594-4009
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NCO083089
Bogue Banks Water Corp WTP
Class PC -1
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Spell:
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft
carefully to ensure your thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and requirements
it contains.
The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
➢ Section A. (4) has been added to require electronic submission of effluent data, and a
footnote has been added in Section A. (1). Federal regulations require electronic
submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs).
➢ Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
➢ Parameter codes have been added to Section A. (1).
➢ The permit expiration has been changed from July 31" to November 30th to allow a full
5 -year permit cycle.
➢ Outfall map has been updated.
➢ Language has been updated and added to the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet based on
current NPDES permit formatting.
➢ A components list has been added on the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet, including
information about a waste stream from the degasifier silos fed into the outfall line.
➢ Monitoring for turbidity has been added to per the current water treatment plant strategy.
➢ Monitoring for temperature has been removed per the current water treatment plant
strategy.
➢ Monitoring for total residual chlorine, with limits and a footnote, have been added to per
the current water treatment plant strategy used.
➢ The footnote for flow concerning a recording flow meter has been removed from Section
A. (1), as the permit now requires use of a recording flow meter.
➢ The footnote for aquatic toxicity monitoring has been updated in Section A. (1).
➢ Limits have been added for Total Copper based on a reasonable potential to exceed water
quality standards.
➢ Monitoring for Total Zinc has been reduced from monthly to quarterly.
➢ Limits and the associated footnote for cyanide have been removed and monitoring has
been decreased to monthly.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
https //deq ne.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater-branch/npdes-wastewater-permits
➢ Language in Section A. (2) has been updated.
With this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing
a notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Carteret County area, per EPA
requirements. Please provide your comments, if any, to me no later than 30 days after
receiving 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 the
draft, please contact me at 919-807-6333, or via e-mail [Brianna.Young@ncdenr.gov].
Sincerely,
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Brianna Young
Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
cc: Wilmington Regional Office
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
DMF/Shellfish Sanitation
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Seola Hill, Bogue Banks Water Corporation [shill@boguebankswater.com]
Permit NC0083089
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PFRMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
PDES
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, the
Bogue Banks Water Corporation
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Bogue Banks WTP
9204 Coast Guard Road
Emerald Isle
Carteret County
to receiving waters designated as Bogue Sound in the White Oak River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November 30, 2022.
Signed this day.
S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G.
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NC0083089
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.
Bogue Banks Water Corporation
is hereby authorized to:
Continue to operate a Reverse Osmosis drinking -water treatment plant with a discharge of
wastewaters through a modeled subsurface multi -port diffuser from reverse osmosis units. This
water treatment plant currently has a design potable flowrate of 1.5 MGD and a maximum, monthly
average wastewater discharge of 0.457 MGD. This facility is located at in Bogue Banks on Coast
Guard Road at the Bogue Banks WTP in Carteret County. Wastewater treatment consists of:
• Scale inhibitors
• Reverse osmosis filters
• Two (2) H2S degasifier silos
• Multi -port diffuser
2. To discharge from said treatment works to outfall 001 specified on the attached map into Bogue
Sound [Stream Segment: 20-36-(0.5)], currently classified SA ORW waters in subbasin 03-05-03
[HUC: 0302030103] in the White Oak River Basin.
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Permit NCO083089
Part I.
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period starting with the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee
is authorized to discharge Reverse Osmosis wastewater through an approved multi -port diffuser from
outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS
Parameter Codes
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
FMaximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location 2
Flow 50050
Continuous
Recording
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) 00300
Monthly
Grab
Effluent, S1, S2
Salinity 00480
Monthly
Grab
Effluent, S1, S2
Conductivity 00094
Monthly
Grab
Effluent, S1, S2
pH 00400
6 8 s u< pH < 8.5 s u
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
pH 00400
Monthly
Grab
S1, S2
Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060
13 pg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Dissolved Solids 70295
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Turbidity 00070
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Copper 01042
9.25 Ng/L
12.61 pg/L
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Chloride 00940
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Cyanide 00722
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Zinc 01092
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Ammonia Nitrogen C0610
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen (TN) C0600
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Total Phosphorus (TP) C0665
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Whole Effluent Toxicity 4 TGP3E
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The permittee shall begin submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's
eDMR application system [see A (4)]
2. The locations of S1, S2 are defined in Special Condition A (3 ) INSTREAM SAMPLE LOCATIONS.
3. Limit and monitor only if the facility adds chlorine or chlorine derivatives to water that is eventually
discharged. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 Rg/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 (including field certified), even if these values fall
below 50 µg/L.
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Permit NCO083089
4. Chronic toxicity 7 -day Pass/Fall parameter code TGP3E Mysid Shrimp at 20%; February, May, August
and November; refer to Special Condition A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY MONITORING
(QUARTERLY)
All samples collected should be from a representative discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PASS/FAIL PERMIT MONITORING (QUARTERLY)
[15A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.]
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant
mortality to Mysidopsis bahia at an effluent concentration of 20 %.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using procedures described below
to establish compliance with the permit condition. 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 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. The test procedure will be based on EPA Method 1007.0,
Mysid, Mysidopsis bahia, Survival, Growth, and Fecundity Test, as described in Short -Term Methods
for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and Estuarine
Organisms, Third Edition, EPA -821-R-02-014. The procedure will be performed as written with the
following exceptions:
• The test treatments will consist of a control and a 20% effluent concentration.
• Mortality for pass/fail tests will be evaluated using the t test described in Section 11.3 in
Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents to Freshwater and Marine
Organisms, Fifth Edition. EPA -821-R-02-012, October 2002, applying an alpha level
of 0.05.
• The growth endpoint for pass/fail tests will be determined using Appendix G of Short -
Term Methods for Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to
Marine and Estuarine Organisms, Third Edition, EPA -821-R-02-014, October 2002,
applying an alpha level of 0.01.
• Mortality and growth endpoints for multiple -concentration tests will be determined using
hypothesis testing as described in EPA Method 1007.0, Mysid, Mysidopsis bahia,
Survival, Growth, and Fecundity Test, as described in Short -Term Methods for
Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and
Estuarine Organisms, Third Edition, EPA -821-R-02-014, October 2002.
• Fecundity will not be evaluated.
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. For pass/fail results,
report using the parameter code TGP3E and the DWR Form AT -4 (original), which is to be sent to the
address below.
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Permit NCO083089
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 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. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above. 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. (3.) INSTREAM SAMPLE LOCATIONS
[15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
The Permittee shall collection grab samples at the designated locations and frequency during a continuous
discharge event after a minimum of 1 hour of continuous discharge has occurred. Every effort to replicate
the same sample location is requested. To provide a point of comparison the required effluent grab sample
should be collected at the same time.
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BOGUE SOUND
16 feet
---------£r1-- X ----------------------
9
NO SCALE
"X" Marks the sample location
Permit NCO083089
16 feet
Location Description:
S 1 —16 feet in a south westerly direction from the diffuser pipe end
S2 —16 feet in a north easterly direction from the diffuser pipe end
A. (4) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 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
Recerds Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and 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 submitting one
signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address:
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NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting 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: http://www2.gpa.gov/compliance/final-national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-
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
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shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be
submitted electronically to the Division unless �`ie 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://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-reso--irces/edmr
4. Sanatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall `be signed by a person described in Part II,
Section B. (I 1.)(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/edmr
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:
"I certify, 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].
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