NC0043745_Denial_20150410

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
Mr. Timothy Ward
Maintenance Director
Columbus County Schools
P.O. Box 729
Whiteville, North Carolina 28472
Dear Mr. Ward:
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
April 10, 2015
Subject: NPDES Permit Modification Request
Permit Number NC0043745
Old Dock Elementary School WWTP
Columbus County
The division has reviewed your request dated March 23, 2015 for a modification to Old Dock
Elementary School WWTP's monitoring requirement for Temperature from Daily monitoring to Weekly
monitoring. This request was made based on the monitoring requirements in Acme Delco Elementary
(NC0043796), and Acme Delco Middle School (NC0043788) having Weekly monitoring.
Upon review of each of the referenced permits it was found that the Temperature monitoring
requirement for Acme Delco Elementary and Acme Delco Middle School permits are incorrect and should
also be Daily and not Weekly. These permits are Water Quality limited and require Daily monitoring
regardless of classification.
The request for modification of the Temperature monitoring is therefore denied. Please note, that the
Temperature monitoring frequency for Acme Delco Elementary and Acme Delco Middle School will be
corrected during there next permit renewal.
This permit modification is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-
215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Maureen
Kinney of my staff at [phone].
S. Jay Zimmerman, Direct
Division of Water Resources, NCDENR
cc: Central Files
NC0043745 Permit File
NC0043796 Permit File
NC0043788 Permit File
DWR, Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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Kinney, Maureen
Subject:
Attachments:
Minor Mod Request: Old Dock Elementary School
Maureen Kinney.vcf
From: Kinney, Maureen
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 9:59 AM
To: John Hennessy
Subject: FW: Minor Mod Request: Old Dock Elementary School
I need to draft a response to this but want to be sure you are okay with what I proposed below. Please confirm, thanks.
Maureen
From: Kinney, Maureen
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 8:45 AM
To: Hennessy, John
Subject: Minor Mod Request: Old Dock Elementary School
John - I pulled these permit files and reviewed them. Their request can't be approved because they are Water
Quality limited. Their classification doesn't matter (all classifications have a Daily requirement).
The other two permits don't have Daily....but should. They were issued by a different permit writer and it
wasn't caught during renewal.
I'll draft a response to them citing the rule and explaining that the other two permits are incorrect but will
be corrected at the next renewal (2019).
Maureen
Original Request:
Mr. Hennessy - This letter is in reference to the Old Dock Elementary School Waste Water Treatment facility
Permit #NC0043745.We are required to take the temperature 5 times per week at this facility as opposed to 1
time per week at our other 2 systems at Acme Delco Elementary permit #NC0043796 and Acme Delco Middle
permit #NC0043788. All 3 systems are WW1 facilities. We are in the process of starting our EDMR reporting
and have found this may cause some discrepancies in our reports. If this could be changed to once per week it
would help tremendously. My operator also serves as our plumber for the entire schools system. I have
spoken with Mr. Dean Hunkele in Wilmington about this. Mr. Hunkele said this should be ok but to send a
formal request to you. I would appreciate any help you can give our school system on this matter.
Thanks
Timothy Ward
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Mr. Hennessy,
This letter is in reference to the Old Dock Elementary School Waste Water Treatment facility
Permit #NC0043745.We are required to take the temperature 5 times per week at this facility
as opposed to 1 time per week at our other 2 systems at Acme Delco Elementary permit
#NC0043796 and Acme Delco Middle permit #NC0043788. All 3 systems are WW1 facilities.
We are in the process of starting our EDMR reporting and have found this may cause some
discrepancies in our reports. If this could be changed to once per week it would help
tremendously. My operator also serves as our plumber for the entire schools system. I have
spoken with Mr. Dean Hunkele in Wilmington about this. Mr. Hunkele said this should be ok
but to send a formal request to you. I would appreciate any help you can give our school
system on this matter.
Thanks
Timothy Ward
Maintenance Director
Columbus County Schools
Post Office Box 729 • Whiteville, North Carolina 28472 • 910-642-5168 / Fax [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Employer