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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0000752_Draft Permit_20171128Water Resources Environmental Quality November 28, 2017 Mr. Wilbur G. Kessinger Jr. Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation 100 Gaston Rd. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina 27870 Dear Mr. Kessmnger: ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER Interim Director Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Permit NC0000752 Roanoke Rapids Mill WWTP Halifax County Facility Class IV Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft permit for your facility. Please review the draft very carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains. The draft permit contains the following significant changes from your current permit: • Limits for BOD, TSS, Pentachlorophenol, tnchlorophenol and TSS were increased to reflect the most recent production data. • 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. The requirement to begin reporting discharge monitoring 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. (6.)] For information on eDMR, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page- http•//deq nc.,00v/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr. T For more information on EPA's final NPDES Electronic ReportingRule, ule, please visit the following web site: https //www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant- discharge-elimination-system-ngdes-electronic-reporting-rule --- The limits for Total Copper were added based on the results of the Reasonable Potential Analysis • Monitoring for Total Hardness was added to the permit to implement the new instream dissolved metals standards Please provide any comments you have regarding the draft permit to this office by December 29, 2017. At this time, the Division is also publishing a notice in the newspapers of general circulation in Halifax County, inviting public comment on the draft permit Following the 30-day comment period, we will review all pertinent comments received and take appropriate action on the permit renewal The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can be found at the following link if -5--Nothing Compares_ State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611 919-707-9000 you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft permit http //ncdenr s3 amazonaws.com/s3fs- pubhc/Water%20Ouahty/Surface%20Water%20Protection/NPDES /MISC/NPDES%20Standard%20Cond itions-Boilerplate-DWR-SWP-NPDES-20150410 pdf If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the following e-mail address- sergei.chernikov(@ncdenr gov, or telephone number 919-807-6386. Sincerely, s TSergei Chernikov, Ph.D. Environmental Engineer II Complex NPDES Permitting Unit cc NPDES Files EPA Region IV (e-copy) Raleigh Regional Office / Surface Water Protection (e-copy) Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy) TACU (e-copy) STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES Draft 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, KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation WWTP 100 Gaston Road Roanoke Rapids Halifax County to receiving waters designated as the Roanoke River in the Roanoke River Basin in accordance __with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other applicable 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 March 31, 2022. Signed this day Linda Culpepper, Interim Director Division of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Page 1 of 8 Permit NC0000752 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. KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 28.0 MGD wastewater treatment facility (outfall 001) consisting of the following: ♦ Mechanical bar screen ♦ Primary clarifier ♦ Emergency holding pond ♦ Sludge lagoon ♦ Aeration basin ♦ Three stabilization ponds 2. Continue to discharge non -contact cooling water from the B 8s C evaporator (outfall 002), and 3. Discharge from said treatment works, located at the KapStone Kraft Paper Wastewater Treatment Plant, North Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, at the locations specified on the attached map into the Roanoke River which is classified C waters in the Roanoke River Basin. Page 2 of 8 Permit NC0000752 Part I A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.] Dunng the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lastmg until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall serial number 001 - process water and stormwater. Such discharges shall be limited and momtored6 by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Fre uenc Sample Type Sample Location' Flow 28.0 MGD Continuous Recorder I or E BOD, 5 day, 20°C 8,680.0 lbs da 17,361.0 lbs da Daily5 Composite E Total Suspended Solids 18,601.0 lbs da 37,202.0 lbs da Daily5 Composite E Dissolved Oxygen, m L Daily5 Grab E, U, D Temperature, OC Daily5 Grab E, U, D Conductivity, pmhocm Daily5 Grab E, U, D NH3 as N, m L Monthly Composite E Total Nitrogen NO2+NO3+TKN , m L Monthly Composite E Total Phosphor -us, m L Monthly Composite E Chronic ToXlClty2,3 Quarterly Composite E Total Co era 211.25 µ L 227.36 µ L Quarterly Composite E H 6.0 - 9.0 standard units Daily5 Grab E Pentachloro henol4 1.80 lbs./day Weekly Grab E Trichloro henol4 1.64 lbs/day Weekly Grab E Total Hardness, mg L Monthly Composite E, U Footnotes: 1. 'Sample locations: E - Effluent; I - Influent, U - Upstream at NC Highway 48 Bridge, D - Downstream at NC Highway 158. All upstream and downstream samples shall be collected as -- grab samples. Str-eam-samph-ng-shall-be-conducted 3/week during Junes, July,Aug-ust-and - September and weekly during the remainder of the year. 2. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia P/F at 3 7%; March, June, September and December-; see_ A (3.), Chronic Toxicity Pass/Fall Permit Limit. _ 3. Monitoring for metals and the whole effluent toxicity test shall be conducted at the same time. 4. Monitoring for pentachlorophenol and tnchlorophenol is not required unless chlorophenolic containing biocides are used at the facility. If chlorophenolic-containing biocides are used at the facility, monitoring for pentachlorophenol and trichlorophenol shall commence immediately for the duration of the use of the biocides and for a period of not less than two months after discontinuing use of the biocides. , 5. Daily shall mean everyday except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. 6. The permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application system. Please See Special Condition A. (6.). There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 3 of 8 Permit NC0000752 A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.] During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number 002 - non -contact cooling water. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored4 by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS CHARACTERISTICS Monthly Daily Measurement Sample Sample Averse Maximum Frequency a Location Flow Semi- annually Estimate Effluent Temperature °C See note 1 See note 1 Semi- annually Grab Effluent Semi- Effluent, pH 6.0 - 9.0 standard units2 annually Grab Upstream, Downstreams Footnotes: 1. The temperature of the effluent will be regulated so that the temperature of the receiving stream does not increase more than 2.8°C (5.05°F) above the natural water temperature and does not exceed a maximum of 29°C (84.2°F). 2. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor more than 9.0 standard units. In the event that effluent pH shall be recorded outside this range, any value that falls within the range of pH measured at the upstream and downstream points shall be considered compliant Effluent pH shall be sampled on tze same days that stream samples for pH are taken. See Condition A. (5.), pH Re -opener. 3. Upstream at NC Highway 48 Bridge, Downstream at NC Highway 158. 4. The permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application system. Please See Special Condition A. (6.). There shall be no chromium, zinc or copper added to the treatment system except as pre - approved additives to biocidal compounds. The permittee shall obtain authorization from the Division prior -to -any -use of locide-in-the cooling water (See A.-(4),-Biocide Condition) There shall be no discharge -of f loatcng solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 4 of 8 Permit NC0000752 A. (3.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QRTRLY) [15A NCAC 02B 0200 et seq ] The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality to Cenodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 3.7%. The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the "North Carolina Cenodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed dunng the months of January, April, July, and October. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes. If the quarterly test procedure 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 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, 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" intEe 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 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. Page 5 of 8 Permit NC0000752 A. (4.) BIOCIDE CONDITION [G S. 143-215.1(b)] The permitted shall not use any biocides except those approved in conjunction with the permit application. The permitted shall notify the Director in writing at least ninety (90) days prior to instituting use of any additional biocide in the treatment system, which may be toxic to aquatic life (other than biocides previously reported to the Division). Such notification shall include completion of Biocide Worksheet Form 101 and a map indicating the discharge point and receiving stream. A. (5.) pH REOPENER [G.S. 143-215.1(b)] The Division may re -open this permit to remove pH limitation footnotes at Outfall 002, should new information indicate water quality problems due to declining pH in this portion of the river. 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 II 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)] The permrttee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application. Monitonng results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted electronically using'�MR-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 compliari-f-with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regula-t3on--- (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 Permitting Section ATTENTION Central Files 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 If a permrttee 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. Page 6of8 Permit NC0000752 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 https //www federalregister gov/documents/2015/ 10 / 22 / 2015-24954 /national-pollutant- discharge-ehmination-system-npde s-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 electr-onie-reportmg 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 t6 the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) daKs 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 nc gov/ about / divisions / water -resources / edmr Page 7 of 8 Permit NC0000752 4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.1 (b, and Supersedes Section B. 111.1 M 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 signmg 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:,/ /deg.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." S. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.11 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 122.411. Page 8of8 Kapstone Kraft Paper Corp.- NC0000752 USGS Quad Number: B28NW Lat.: 36°28'19" Receiving Stream: Roanoke River Long.: 77°38'14" Stream Class: C Subbasin: Roanoke, 03-02-08 Facility 0 Location Ol't�1 SCALE 1:24,000