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Water Resources
Environmental Quality
November 15, 2017
Mr. Thomas S. Warren, Jr.
City of Roxboro
P.O. Box 128
Roxboro, NC 27573
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Dtrecto?
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NC0003042
Roxboro WTP, PC -1
1599 Chub Lake Road, Roxboro 27573
Person County
Dear Mr. Warren:
In response to your request to renew the subject NPDES permit, the Division of Water Resources (DWR or
the Division) hereby transmits this draft for your review and comment. Please review this document to assure
your understanding of the permit limits and monitoring conditions, and to correct errors, if any.
The Division understands that you have made a significant change in the addition of Ion Exchange (IE)
technology to your facility since the last permit renewal. We have made the following updates to your
previous permit:
1. The facility map has been updated.
2. Regulatory citations have been added.
3. Parameter codes have been added and/or updated to Section A. (1.).
4. Electronic reporting of discharge monitoring reports (eDMR) has been added in Section A. (6.).
5. In accordance with water treatment permitting strategy for conventional technology, flow
measurement has been changed to continuous recording including insertion of footnote 3. The City
will have until 18 months from the effective date of the final permit, to install a continuous recording
flow meter. Until then instantaneous measurements can be taken with the duration of discharge to be
noted in log books and a total daily discharge reported on the DMR.
6. In accordance with water treatment permitting -strategy for IE technology the following changes have
been for the permit renewal:
a. The following effluent parameters have -been added: Temperature, Salinity, Conductively,
Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Turbidity, Total Chloride, Total
Lead, Total Zinc, Ammonia Nitrogen, Total Nitrogen (TN) and Total Phosphorus (TP).
b. The monitoring frequency has been increased to weekly for the following effluent
parameters: Total Suspended Solids (TSS), pH and Total Residual Chlorine (TRC).
c. The monitoring frequency for the following added parameters is twice per month (2/month):
Temperature, Salinity, Conductively, DO, TDS and Turbidity.
d. The monitoring frequency for the following added parameters is monthly: Total Chloride,
Total Lead, Total Zinc and Ammonia Nitrogen.
e. The monitoring frequency for the following added parameters is quarterly: TN and TP.
f. Composite sampling is required for the following effluent parameters: Salinity, Conductively,
TDS, TSS, Total Copper, Total Chloride, Total Lead, Total Zinc, Ammonia Nitrogen, TN
and TP and Whole Effluent Toxicity Monitoring (WET).
g. Instream grab sampling with a frequency of 2/month has been added for the following
parameters: Temperature, Salinity, Conductivity, pH and DO.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-9000
Mr. Warren
November 15, 2017
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7. Total Iron and Total Manganese monitormg has been removed because the EPA approved removal of
these NC aquatic life standards as part of 2007-2016 Triennial review. Therefore, there are no limits
to compare monitoring data for these parameters.
8. Turbidity has been changed to monitoring only because the stream is not impaired for Turbidity. The
footnote limiting turbidity has been removed for this permit renewal
9. Zinc monitoring has been added because of the new IE technology, stream impairment for Zinc and to
evaluate the new water quality standard for dissolved metals.
10. The discharge elimination condition has been removed.
11. Due to toxicity failure, a Discharge Alternatives Evaluation and permit re -opener condition for whole
effluent toxicity has been added as described in Sections A. (3.) and A. (4.).
12 The following Total Copper limits have been applied for this permit renewal:
Parameter Outfall Monthly Average Limit Daily Maximum Limit
Copper 001 7.88 µg/L 10.47 µg2
13. A schedule of compliance has been added for the Total Copper limits in Section A. (2).
14. Effluent and upstream quarterly monitoring for Total Hardness has been added. Please see discussion
below for more information
The permit renewal application received on October 3, 2016, requested that groundwater monitoring
requirement be removed. This draft permit as well as the previous permit does not include any special
conditions requiring this monitoring. However, NPDES Permit Standard Conditions Part H Section B does
include the following reference to Groundwater Monitoring: The Permittee shall, upon written notice from the
Director, conduct groundwater monitoring as may be required to determine the compliance of this NPDES
permitted facility with the current groundwater standards. Please note that the Water Quality Permitting
Section does not admimster the groundwater monitoring program. Please contact the Division of Water
Resources Groundwater Protection Branch or Regional Office Staff with questions regarding groundwater
monitoring at the City of Roxboro WTP.
The NC 2007-2014 Water Quality Standard (WQS) Triennial Review was approved by the NC
Environmental Management Committee (EMC) on November 13, 2014. The US EPA subsequently approved
the WQS revisions on April 6, 2016 with some exceptions. The NC Division of Water Resources NPDES
Permitting Unit is required to implement the new dissolved metal standards in all permits public noticed after
April 6, 2016
The new standards for most metals include acute standards Furthermore, the freshwater standards for several
metals are expressed as the dissolved form of the metals, and seven metals have hardness -dependent
equations As a result, the NPDES Permitting Unit will need site-specific effluent hardness data and instream
hardness data, upstream of the discharge, for each facility monitoring these metals in order to calculate permit
limitations. Effluent hardness and instrz�am hardness sampling, upstream of the discharge, has been added to
this permit at a monitoring frequency of quarterly. See Section A. (1.) Effluent Limitations and Monitoring
Requirements.
An additional information request was received by the City of Roxboro on July 18, 2017. To enable us to
complete our review in accordance with N.0 G.S. 143-215 1 and 15A NCAC 2H.0105, the additional or
revised information was requested to address the following comments:
Please provide five (5) days of Total Hardness (CaCO3 or (Ca + Mg)) data for the effluent at Outfall
001.
Mr. Warren
November 15, 2017
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2. If flow is present in the receiving stream, please provide five (5) days of Total Hardness (CaCO3 or
(Ca + Mg)) data upstream from Outfall 001.
3. Review of our records indicates that there is no stream flow data documented for the receiving
stream Please provide a 7Q10 and 30Q2 at the location of Outfall 001 [36.411944°, -79.001111°], for
the unnamed tributary to UT to Marlowe Creek from the US Geological Survey:
No response was received within 60 calendar days [per 15A NCAC 2H.0107(b)]. Therefore, the permit has
been renewed without the benefit of the requested additional information. Therefore, a default hardness of 25
mg/L and a 7Q10 of zero was used to calculate effluent limits for Copper as indicated in the letter.
Whole Effluent Toxicity test results submitted during the past three years have demonstrated that the Water
Treatment Plant's effluent is showing potential for causing aquatic toxicity in the receiving stream. As a
result, the City of Roxboro shall perform a Discharge Alternatives Evaluation as described in Section A. (4.)
of this permit. This evaluation is being requested to determine whether there are any economical and
technologically feasible alternatives available to the City of Roxboro to comply with all NC Water Quality
Standards. The permittee will be given approximately one permit cycle to evaluate and document possible
treatment/discharge alternatives to eliminate aquatic toxicity. The evaluation shall be submitted with the
permittee's next permit renewal application and will be carefully reviewed by the Division and the results will
be used in the development of a compliance schedule or possible variance request for the City of Roxboro.
Concurrent with this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft by publishing a notice
in newspapers having circulation in the general Person County area, as required by the NPDES Program.
Please provide your comments, if any, to me via email [derek.denard@ncdenr.gov] or write to my attention
care of DEQ / DWR / NPDES Program no later than December 15, 2017 Your written comments are
welcome but not mandatory.
Following the mandatory 30 -day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments on
your permit draft, and take appropriate action prior to issuing your NPDES permit final. If you have questions
concerning this draft, please e-mail me or call my direct line (919) 807-6307.
Sincerely,
Derek Denard, Environmental Specialist
Compliance & Expedited Permitting Unit
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0003042 (renewal DRAFT)
he NPDES Program Files
ec DWR/RRO, Danny Smith [danny smith@ncdenr gov]
Wastewater Operator Certification Group / Maureen Kinney [Maureen Kinney@ncdenr gov]
Aquatic Toxicology Branch / Susan Meadows [susan meadows@ncdenr gov], Cindy Moore [curdy moore@ncdenr gov]
Thomas S Warren, Jr [twarren@cityofroxboro com]
NPDES Permit NC0003042
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
NPDES
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
City of Roxboro
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Roxboro WTP
1599 Chub Lake Road, Roxboro 27573
Person County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Marlowe Creek in the Roanoke 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
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
Signed this day
Linda Culpepper, Interim Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
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.
City of Roxboro
is hereby authorized to:
1. continue to operate an ion exchange [Magnetic Ion Exchange (MIEX)] and conventional
[coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration] technology water treatment plant with
discharge of wastewaters from media filter backwash, sedimentation basins and regeneration
wastewater with a design potable flowrate of 8.0 MGD and a maximum, monthly average
wastewater discharge of 2 325 MGD, with wastewater treatment consisting of,
• three (3) decant lagoons
• two (2) solar drying beds
• dechlorination
• chemical usage consists of
o sodium permanganate [oxidizer: iron & manganese removal, taste & order control /
removal of hydrogen sulfide / algae biocide]
o salt brine [Magnetic Ion Exchange (MIEX)]
o calcium thiosulfate [dechlorination]
o aluminum chloride [primary coagulant]
o cationic polymer [coagulant aid]
o sodium hydroxide fpH adjustment]
o sodium hypochlorite [disinfection]
located the Roxboro WTP at 1599 Chub Lake Road, Roxboro, Person County; and
2. discharge from said treatment works, at the location specified on the attached map, to an unnamed
tributary to Marlow Creek [stream segment 22-58-12-6], currently classified C waters within
Subbasm 03-02-05 [HUC: 030101040602] of the Roanoke River Basin.
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
PART I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
OUTFALL 001 [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the
Permittee is authorized to discharge filter backwash from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited,
monitored and reported' by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTIC
[[PARAMETER CODES]
LIMITS
MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
1
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location 2
Flow (MGD) 3
50050
Continuous 3
Recording 3
E
PH (su)
00400
Not < 6 0 or > 9 0
standard units
Weekly
Grab
E
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) (mg/L)
C0530
30 0 mg/L
45 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
Total Residual Chlorine (gg/L) 4
50060
1 17 gg/L 4
Weekly
Grab
E
Temperature (°C) 5
00010
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
E
Salnuty (ppth)
00480
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Composite
E
Conductivity (umhos/cm)
00094
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Composite
E
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) (mg/L) 5
00300
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
E
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) (mg/L)
70295
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Composite
E
Turbidity (NTU)
00070
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
E
Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3) (mg/L)
C0610
Monitor & Report
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Copper (gg/L) 6,7
01042
7 gg gg/L6
10 47 gg/L6
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Lead (gg/L) 7
01051
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Zinc (gg/L) 7
01092
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Chloride (mg/L)
00940
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Fluoride (gg/L)
00951
Quarterly
Composite
E
Total Aluminum (gg/L)
01105
Quarterly
Composite
E
Total Nitrogen (mg/L) 8
C0600
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Composite
E
Total Phosphorus (mg/L)
C0665
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Composite
E
Chronic WET Testing 9
TGE3E
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Composite
E
Hardness - Total as
[CaCO3 or (Ca + Mg)] (mg/L) 7
00900
Monitor &Report
Quarterly
Composite
E
Hardness - Total as
[CaCO3 or (Ca + Mg)] (mg/L) 10
00900
Monitor &Report
Quarterly
Grab
10 11
U
Temperature (°C) 5
00010
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
U D 11
Salinity (ppt)
00480
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
U D 11
Conductivity (umhos/cm)
00094
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
U D 11
PH (su)
00400
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
U D 11
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) (mg/L) 5
00300
Monitor & Report
2/Month
Grab
U D 11
Footnotes: See next page
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
Footnotes:
1 The Permittee shall begin submitting Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR
application system See Condition A. (6 ).
2 E = Effluent, U = Upstream — 100 feet from the Outfall, D = Downstream — 100 feet from the Outfall
3 The City will have until , 18 months from the effective date of this permit, to install a
continuous recording flow meter Until then instantaneous measurements can be taken with the
duration of discharge to be noted in log books and a total daily discharge reported on the DMR
4 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 (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 gg/L.
5 The facility may petition to have DO and temperature removed from the permit after monitoring one (1)
permit cycle.
6. Compliance with this limit shall commence on , approximately 48 months from the permit
effective date See Compliance Schedule Condition A. (2).
7. Effluent hardness sampling should be performed in conjunction with sampling for hardness dependent
metals (Copper, Lead and Zinc)
8. For a given wastewater sample, TN = TKN + NO3 N + NO2-N, where TN is Total Nitrogen, TKN is Total
Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and NO3-N and NO2-N are Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrogen, respectively
9 Chronic Toxicity (Cerzodaphnia dubza) 7 -day pass/fail, monitoring only, test at 90% in January, April, July and
October. See condition A (5.).
10. The Permittee shall sample mstream hardness, upstream of the facility's discharge. The sample shall be
representative of the hardness in the receiving stream.
11 If no stream flow is available to sample, indicate "no stream flow" on DMR
Conditions.
• All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event
• There shall be no discharge of floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
A. (2.) SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE (OUTFALL 001) [G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
1. Within one year from the effective day of the permit the Permittee shall submit to the Division of Water
Resources a Corrective Action Plan summarizing the actions to be taken to achieve compliance with the
Total Copper limits at Outfall 001 and a schedule of activities to implement the Plan
2. Within two years from the effective date of the permit submit a report to the Division summarizing actions
taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan
3. Within three years from the effective date of the permit submit a report to the Division summarizing actions
taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan
4. Within four years from the effective date of the permit submit a report to the Division summarizing actions
taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan.
5. Achieve compliance with Total Copper limits specified in Section A. (2.) by
Upon approval of the Corrective Action Plan by the Division, the report and actions become an enforceable part
of this permit. Any modifications to the schedule shall be requested to the Division at least ninety (90) days
before the deadline Modifications to the schedule in excess of four months will be subject to public notice.
A. (3.) PERMIT RE -OPENER: WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY [G. S. 143-215.1(b)]
Whole Effluent Toxicity monitoring results indicating aquatic toxicity may result in the Division of Water
Resources re -opening this permit, or requesting by letter that further action be taken Additional metals testing,
a toxicity identification evaluation, a toxicity reduction evaluation, and/or an assessment of discharge treatment
alternatives may be requested.
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
A. (4.) DISCHARGE ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION: [G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
The Permittee shall assess potential alternatives to eliminate Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) test failures. This
evaluation shall assess the feasibility of all the following alternatives.
1. Connect discharge to a WWTP: Deterniine whether the wastewater can be discharged to a wastewater
treatment plant. Approval or disapproval from the plant operator should be acquired.
2. Obtain a Non -discharge permit: Eliminate the surface water discharge by obtaining a non -discharge permit
for spray irrigation, infiltration, or subsurface disposal (on-site dramfield, infiltration
gallery, injection wells).
3. Install Wastewater Treatment: Install improved wastewater treatment to enable the facility effluent to
consistently pass the WET test. If this is not.technically feasible or cost prohibitive, please
explain and provide estimated costs`..
4. Use Alternative Water Treatment Source: Obtain drinking water from another source (nearest County, City,
or Town or other wells) so the discharge or toxicity problem is eliminated.
5. Use Alternative Water Treatment Method: `•Install alternative and/or innovative water treatment methods or
operational improvements that do not produce toxic wastewaters. For example, install a
recycle 1ron/manganese filtration system with no discharge or•combine discharge with
WWTP or cooling water effluents'.
6. Discharge to a Larger waterbodv%Perform a dilution model. Relocate the facility's discharge to a larger
receiving waterbodv io ,eliminate or reduce toxic impacts to the receiving waterbody given
the increased dilution. If applicable, perforin ;a dilution model to receive allowance for
stream dilution in WET test.
7. Combination of Alternatives: Employ any combination of the alternatiyes listed above that would result in
!` eliminating or decreasmg,toxicity until a more feasible solution becomes available.
,t
The evaluation shall include a present value of costs analysis for all technologically feasible options as outlined in
the Division's "Engineering Alternatives Analysis Guidance Document " This Document can be found at:
http -//portal.n'cdenr.ota/web/wq/swp/ps/npdes/permits .
This evaluation is being requested to determine whether there are any economical and technologically feasible
alternatives available to the Permittee to address aquatic toxicity in the plant effluent. Based upon the evaluation,
please identify'viable alternatives and present an implementation schedule and project timeline for the preferred
alternative. The Permittee shall submit the Discharge Alternatives Evaluation to the Division along with the
submission of their next permit renewal application (due 6 months prior to permit expiration on ) to:
NC:DFQ / Division of Water Resources
Water, Quality Permitting Section - NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
A. (5.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PASS/FAIL MONITORING ONLY (QUARTERLY)
[I 5A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.]
The permittee shall conduct quarterly chronic toxicity tests using test procedures outlined in the "North
Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised December 2010, or subsequent
versions
The effluent concentration defined as treatment two in the procedure document is 90%. The testing shall be
performed as a Ceriodaphnia dubia 7 -day pass/fail test 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
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge
Monitoring Form (MR -1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGP313
Additionally, DWR Form AT -1 (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 and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed
in 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 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, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediately 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.
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
A. (6.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE 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.)
• Section D (6.)
• Section E (5 )
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5) (a)l
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 orintmg, 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 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).
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
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 epaovg /compliance/final-nafional-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 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 //deq.ne.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
4. Signatory 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 (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/ednir
Certification Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the
following certification [40 CFR 122.221 NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
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NPDES Permit NC0003042
"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 ga'hering 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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City of Roxboro - Roxboro WTP
NPDES Permit NC0003042
1599 Chub Lake Road, Roxboro 27573
Receiving Stream: UT to Marlowe Creek Stream Class: C
Stream Segment: 22-58-12-6 Sub -Basin #: 03-02-05
River Basin: Roanoke HUC: 030101040602
County: Person
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