NC0069311_authorization to construct_19870605

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Steel • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director
June 5, 1987
Mr. Raymond Burnette, Chairman
Franklin County Water and Sewer Authority
103 Market Street
Louisburg, NC 27549
SUBJECT: Permit No. NC0069311
Authorization to Construct
Cedar Creek Regional
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
EPA Project No. C370515-01
Dear Mr. Burnette:
The final plans and specifications for the subject project have
been reviewed and found to be satisfactory.
Authorization is hereby granted for the construction of new 0.50
MGD extended aeration Cedar Creek regional wastewater treatment plant
to consist of an influent lift station with dual 835 GPM submersible
pumps and influent flow metering, a package type plant with concentric
circular steel tanks in which the inner tank is a settling basin and
the outer tank is divided into an aeration basin and aerobic digester,
each with a removable air diffuser system with dual 1540 SCFM positive
displacement blowers, 16,800 sq. ft. of conventional sludge drying
beds, chlorine facilities, cascade post aeration,- approximately 690
linear feet of 8-inch and 16-inch effluent line, associated yard
piping, electrical work and appurtenances.
Do not procccd with construction until the Authorization -to -Award
package, EEO, and MBE documentation/certification have been reviewed,
and you are in receipt of our approval if Federal Funding is desired for
project construction.
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

The permittee shall employ an actively State certified wastewater
treatment plant operator to be in responsible charge of the wastewater
treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a valid State certificate
of the grade at least equivalent to the classification assigned to the
wastewater treatment facilities by the Certification Commission. When
a new chief operator must be obtained to be in responsible charge of the
new facilities, it is required that this be done by the time the
construction of the facilities is 50% completed.
This Authorization -to -Construct is issued in accordance with
Part III, Paragraph C of NPDES Permit No. NC0069311 issued
May 18, 1987 and shall be subject to revocation unless the wastewater
treatment facilities are constructed in accordance with the approved
plans, specifications, and supporting documents; and are in compliance
with the conditions and limitations specified in Permit No. NC0069311.
The permittee shall have an acceptable sludge analysis and a
sludge E.P. toxicity analysis which have been approved by the Division
of Health Services, Solid Waste Management Branch prior to the disposal
of any sludge from the new wastewater treatment plant. Copies of the
analyses, supporting documents, and approvals shall be submitted to the
Division of Environmental Management's Water Quality
Section and the Raleigh Regional Office.
You are reminded that it is mandatory for the project to be
constructed in accordance with the North Carolina Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act and, when applicable, the North Carolina
Dam Safety Act. In addition, the specifications must clearly state
what the contractors responsibilities shall be in comply with these
acts.
The selling or free distribution of wet, dried, composted sludge
or sludge -like materials from wastewater facilities without prior
review and approval by this Division is illegal.
One (1) set of final approved plans and specifications is to be
forwarded to you, one (1) set to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), and two (2) sets to the Corps of Engineers.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please
contact Mr. Bill Hoffman, telephone number 919/733-6900.
Sincerely,
R. Paul Wilms
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