NC0029980_Owner (Name Change)_20041112

NPDES DOCUHEN'I' SCANNING COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0029980
Miller Coors plant WWTP
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
1
Owner Name Change
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date:
November 12, 2004
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
November 12, 2004
Martin Costello
Miller Breweries East, Inc.
3939 West Highland
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53208
Subject NPDES Permit Modification
Permit NC0029980
Miller Breweries East, Inc.
Formerly Miller Brewing Company
Rockingham County
Dear Mr. Costello:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your request to transfer ownership of the subject permit,
received on June 5, 2004. This permit modification documents the change in ownership.
Please find enclosed the revised permit. All other terms and conditions contained in the original permit remain
unchanged and in full effect. This permit modification is issued under the requirements of North Carolina General
Statutes 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
If you have any questions concerning this permit modification, please contact the Point Source Branch at (919)
733-5083, extension 520.
Sincerely,
(4-417,--)
Allan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit File
NorthCarolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us 512 N. Salisbury Sr Raleigh, NC 27604 FAX [phone]

Permit No. NC0029980
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision 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,
Miller Breweries East, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Miller Breweries East, Inc.
863 East Meadow Road
Eden, North Carolina
Rockingham County
to receiving waters designated as the Dan River and an unnamed tributary to Dry 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 November 12, 2004.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on April 30, 2007.
Signed this day November 12, 2004.
ff an W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No. NC0029980
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Miller Breweries East, Inc.
is hereby authorized to:
1. Outfall 001 (Process Wastewater). Continue to treat process wastewater at an
existing 5.2 MGD industrial activated sludge wastewater treatment facility located
at the Miller Breweries East, Inc. and consisting of the following treatment
components:
■ influent screw lift pumps
■ manual bar screen
• grit chamber
• neutralization
• flow equali lion
• aeration basins
• secondary clarifiers
• nutrient addition
• polishing lagoons
• sludge management via aerobic digestion, dewatering, and land application of
residuals
2. Outfal1002 (Carbon Filter Backwash). Continue to discharge untreated carbon
filter backwash water at the Miller Breweries East, Inc.
3. Continue to discharge treated process wastewater from Outfall 001 to the Dan
River (Class C) and untreated carbon filter backwash water from Outfall 002 to an
unnamed tributary to Dry Creek (Class C), both located in the Roanoke River
Basin and at the locations specified on the attached map.
Note: the Miller Breweries East, Inc. facility is located at 863 East Meadow Road,
Eden, North Carolina, in Rockingham County.

Latitude: 36°29'31
Longitude: 79°42'39"
USGS Quad: B2ONW
Stream ©ass: C
Receiving Stream: Dan River & UT Dry Creek
River Basin: 03-02-03
NC0029980
Miller Breweries East,
Inc -
SCALE 1:24000

Permit No. NC0029980
A (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge
treated process wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the
Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average :
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location'
CHARACTERISTICS
Flow
5.2 MGD
Continuous
Recording
I or E
BOD, 5-day, 20°C
1648 lbs/d
3990 lbs/d
Daily
Composite
E
Total Suspended Solids
2429 lbs/d
5855 Ibs/d
Daily
Composite
E
NH3 as N
Weekly
Composite
E
Dissolved Oxygen
Daily
Grab
E
Temperature
Daily
Grab
E
pH2
Daily
Grab
E
Chronic Toxicity3
Quarterly
Composite
E
Total Zinc
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Nitrogen (No2+No3+TKN)
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Phosphorus
Monthly
Composite
E
Temperature (C)4
Weekly4
Grab
U, D
Dissolved oxygen4
Weekly4
Grab
U, D
Notes:
1. Sample locations: E- Effluent, I- Influent, U-Upstream at Highway 14 crossing, D-Downstream at Highway
700.
2. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
3. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) at 2.1%; February, May, August, November; refer to Special Condition A (3).
4. Instream monitoring shall be conducted weekly during the months June, July, August, September.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
Definitions:
MGD- million gallons per day
BOD- biochemical oxygen demand
lbs/d- pounds per day

Permit No. NC0029980
A (2). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge
carbon filter backwash water from Outfall 002. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee
as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Minimum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location'
Flow
Weekly
Estimate
E
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/1
45.0 mg/1
2/Month
Grab
E
Settleable Solids
0.1 m1/1
0.2 ml/1
Weekly
Grab
E
pH2
Weekly
Grab
E
Total Residual Chlorine
Weekly
Grab
E
Total Iron
Weekly
Grab
E
Turbidity4
Weekly
Grab
U, D
Notes:
1. Sample locations: E- Effluent, U- upstream of discharge, D- downstream of discharge.
2. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
3. Monitoring applies only if facility backwashes filters with chlorinated water.
4. The discharge shall not cause the turbidity of the receiving water to exceed 50 NTU. If the turbidity exceeds these
levels due to natural background conditions, the discharge level cannot cause any increase in the turbidity in the
receiving water.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
Def nitions:
Mg/1- milligrams per liter
M1/1 milliliters per liter

Permit No. NC0029980
SUPPLEMENT TO EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
A (3). CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QRTRLY)- Outfall 001
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant
mortality to Ceriodaphriia dubia at an effluent concentration of 2.1%.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quwtertu monitoring using test procedures outlined in
the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or
subsequent versions or 'North Carolina Phase ll Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure"
(Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed during the months of
February, May, August, and November. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the
NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter 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 -February 1998) or subsequent versions.
The chronic value for multiple concentration tests will be determined using the geometric mean of the
highest concentration having no detectable impairment of reproduction or survival and the lowest
concentration that does have a detectable impairment of reproduction or survival. The definition of
'detectable impairment," collection methods, exposure regimes, and further statistical methods are
specified in the "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -
February 1998) 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, DWQ Form AT-3
(original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Environmental Sciences Branch
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Branch 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" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to
the Environmental Sciences Branch 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. Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or
tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water Quality 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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Permit No. NC0029980
A (4). VARIANCE FOR 24-HOUR STAFFING REQUIREMENT
The permittee's request for continuation of the variance to Rule 15A NCAC 2H.0124(4), which requires
24-hour staffing at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) by certified operators, has been reviewed and
approved by the Division with the following conditions:
1. The WWTP shall be staffed 24 hours, 7 days per week whenever the WWTP is receiving flow for
treatment and there must be at least one certified operator on each shift. On -site staffing by
certified WWTP operators is not required during periods of complete influent flow diversion to the 3.2
MGD holding basin.
2. A certified WWTP operator shall be on call when the WWTP is not staffed. This operator shall report
to the WWTP in the event the facility needs to receive flow, if an alarm condition exists, or if unusual
conditions are observed at the facility during the periods of influent flow diversion.
3. When the WWTP is not staffed during periods of flow diversion, the WWTP shall be checked once
every 8 hours by the plant security personnel, and documentation shall be made of each visit.
4. Maintain and operate the computer system that monitors the influent screw lift pump and the
aeration basin blower.
5. This variance shall remain in effect until April 30, 2007. A request for renewal of this variance, if
necessary, should be submitted with the permit renewal application.
6. This variance may be rescinded at the discretion of the Director.