NC0005266_correspondence_19890815

NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit: NC0005266
Document Type: Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date: August 15, 1989
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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
August 15., 198-9_.
Mr. M. W. Blosser, Process Engineer
Abitibi-Price Corporation
Building Products Group
P.O. Box 98, Highway 268
Roaring River, N.C. 28669
Subject: Instream Monitoring Locations
Abitibi-Price Corporation
NPDES Permit No. NC0005266
Dear Mr. Blosser,
I am writing in response to your letter sent June 30, 1989, concerning Abitibi-
Price's instream monitoring locations on the Yadkin River. North Carolina water
quality regulations (15 NCAC 2B:0505) require that a monitoring program be
established, specifically including instream sampling, as appropriate for an
NPDES Permit. Since Abitibi-Price is considered a major facility, DEM is exer-
cising its right to require more than one downstream monitoring location in
order to monitor the impact of your facility's discharge on the receiving
waters. The new monitoring points are located at state routes 2327 and 2303,
1.7. miles and 8.0 miles, respectively, below the discharge. Monitoring this far
downstream is warranted by the resilient nature of the mill's wastewater.
According to the Winston-Salem Regional Office, these locations are accessible
for sampling.
We would appreciate your cooperation with us-in our effort to manage the waters
of the State. Instream information is necessary to measure whether water
quality standards are protected under the conditions set forth in your NPDES
Permit. If an instream problem is indicated by your sampling data, all perti-
nent stream and discharge data will be looked at collectively (i.e. other dis-
chargers, contributing tributaries, etc.) so that we may determine the cause of
the problem and address it appropriately.
I hope that this letter adequately addresses your concerns. However, if the
above decisions are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory
hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this
letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to
Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer 11666, Raleigh, North Carolina
27604. Unless such a request is made, this decision is final and binding.
If you have any further questions or comments regarding this matter please con-
tact Mr. Trevor Clements or Mr. Dale Overcash from my staff at (919) 733-5083.
Sincerely,
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R. Paul Wilms f
cc: Trevor Clements
Dale Overcash
Steve Mauney
Central Files

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ABITIBI-PRICE CORPORATION, Building Products Group ADMINISTRATIVE SMIfE
P.O. Box 98, Highway.268, Roaring River, N.C. 28669, [phone] RFSQfCE MANAGEMENT T
June 30, 1989 RECEIVED
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Mr. R. Paul Wilms. PERMITS ENGINEER iVG
Director
State of North Carolina k „�a
Department of.Natural Resources b
and Community Development JUL 1 a 1989
'Division of Environmental Management -
5.12 North Salisbur Street
Raleigh; NC.' 27611y.. 1 s:" I
.Dear..Mr 'Wilms
We recently received. the renewal of our NPDES permit
.11N00005266. This permit authorizes Abitibi-Price Corporation
to operate a wastewater treatment plant and, .provided limits
are met, discharge- .1.0 MGD (daily average) of treated water'
into :the Yadkin-River..
The revised monitoring requirements indicate that stream
testing must be performed at river locations 1:.7 miles, :and 8.0
miles .downstream from.our discharge point. e:have` in the
past,. although not required by our-previous ... ermit, -monitored
river "conditions. at, a point on our property 'appr.oximately..1,300
.feet downs'tream".from our..dis,charge :point.
Between our property boundary and the two',,.downs ream locations.
specified .in the .permit s.ever"al streams %ncluding Roaring
'River : and =Bugaboo. Creek, flow, into_,the._Yadkin. We therefore
ques.tion ,the validity of this data in:.determining the effect of
•our=-discharge on the "river due t' `contr butions from.these
streams and�non-point discharges." In' add tion, we are
concerned with the safety of our employees when obtaining the
samples at these locations as well as the adde
involved. d expenses :
We .request that these two monitoring locations be removed from
the..,testing schedule. .`-We suggest":.that ,the.monitoring,location
at our property boundary approximately 1,300` downstream from
our. discharge 'point.:be added to -the test schedule.

Mr. R. Paul Wilms
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June 30, 1989
Please give this request your thoughtful consideration. If you
have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to
contact me.
r Sincerely.,
M. W._.:.Blosser
Process. Engineer
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