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Home My WebLink AboutNC0024325_Plan of Action_20030205NPDES DOCIMENT !;CANNINC COVER SHEET NC0024325 North Buffalo Creek WWTP NPDES Permit: Document Type: Permit Issuance Wasteload Allocation Authorization to Construct (AtC) Permit Modification Complete File - Historical Engineering Alternatives (EAA) Correspondence Owner Name Change Plan of Action''., Instream Assessment (67b) Speculative Limits Environmental Assessment (EA) Document Date: February 5, 2003 This document is printed on reuse paper - ignore any content on the re Terse side WATER Resources City of Greensboro Administration (336) 373-2055 Customer Service (336) 373-2344 Water Supply Mitchell Plant (336) 373-5855 Townsend Plant (336) 375-2230 Water Reclamation North Buffalo Plant (336) 373-5913 T.Z. Osbome Plant (336) 375-2240 Construction & Maintenance (336) 373-2033 Water Conservation (336) 574-3585 February 5, 2003 NP ES (,e: NCO(0315 N� : tvl ooie.l 14 /Tin D L Utz r (4,i) w I 1 e' 1 A P 4( J i Y vP\ fo v ode T ✓nor the ✓I to e, ( �. NA/3 7' L . 1 cc a( .0 04+ n4, On - /13/03 ;1141"e;L Mr. David Goodrich North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality-NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Subject: Execution of Memorandum of Agreement Instream Monitoring Study NPDES Permit NC0024325 North Buffalo WWTP-Guilford County Dear Mr. Goodrich, FEB 1 3 20 '3 Enclosed please find a signed copy of the Memorandum of Agreement for the North Buffalo Creek Instream Monitoring Study. We began the official sampling for the Instream Study effective February 1, 2003. The D1 downstream site sampling pier was in an unsafe condition due to age and damage from the recent ice storm. As you are aware, the D1 site is not one of the sites included in the Upper Cape Fear Monitoring Coalition MOA. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. If you have any questions or need additional information please feel free to contact me at 336-375-2229 or by email at martie.groome@ci.greensboro.nc.us ci.greensboro.nc.us Sincerely, Martie Groo Laboratory and Industrial Waste Section Supervisor Enclosure: Signed MOA for Instream Monitoring Study of North Buffalo Creek cc: Allan Williams, Director of Water Resources Arthur White, Water Reclamation Manager Barbara Hicks, ORC North Buffalo WWTP American Canoe Association -c/o Terris, Pravlik and Millian T. Z. Osborne Laboratory Files 1505 P. O. Box 3136, Greensboro, NC 27402-3136 • www.ci.greensboro.nc.us • Fax (336) 412-6305 Memorandum of Agreement City of Greensboro Page 2 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT This Agreement is made by and between the Division of Water Quality ("DWQ") within the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the City of Greensboro ("CITY") which has voluntarily approved this Agreement. This Agreement does not affect any of the NPDES requirements under NPDES Permit No. NC0024325- North Buffalo WWTP. Under this Agreement, the CITY will collect two years of weekly instream data for ammonia, pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature at the following historical sampling locations: • U- upstream at influent conduit • D1- downstream at unimproved road 0.8 miles east of White/Nealtown Rd intersection • D2- downstream at Rankin Mill Road • D3- downstream in Buffalo Creek at McCleansville Road The study period shall begin 30 days following execution of this Agreement, and run for 24 months. The CITY will electronically tabulate and summarize the data for each study year, and annual summary reports will be submitted within 90 days following the end of each study year. DWQ will use the data to reassess the instream ammonia and dissolved oxygen conditions in North Buffalo Creek. The summary reports shall be identified by permit number (NC0024325) and mailed to the following address: Attention: NPDES Unit North Carolina Division of Water Quality " 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Failure by the CITY to collect and submit the water quality data described in this Agreement may result in the revocation of this Agreement by DWQ and the return to a Special Condition within its NPDES permit. This Agreement may be modified by written consent of both parties. The CITY may also request that the study be terminated after one-year, provided summer low flows are adequately represented during the first study year. Stream sampling may be discontinued at such times as flow conditions in the receiving waters or extreme weather conditions will result in a substantial risk of injury or death to persons collecting samples. When there is a discontinuance pursuant to this provision, sampling shall be resumed at the first opportunity after the risk period has ceased. This Agreement shall become effective 30 days following execution of this document by both parties. By: W. Klimek, .f ., Director ivision of Water Quality Dated: /2 /7 f02._ By: c "/� .4 Allan Williams, Director Water Re • es City of Gr Dated: / //O2 - ensboro 7 NCDENR Michael F. Easley Govemor William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director Division of Water Quality December 17, 2002 Mr. Allan Williams Director of Water Resources City of Greensboro P.O. Box 3136 Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-3136 Subject: Memorandum of Agreement Instream Monitoring Study NPDES Permit NC0024325 North Buffalo WWTP Guilford County Dear Mr. Williams: Based on your comments to the Draft NPDES permit, the requirement for an instream study was removed from the Final NPDES permit (issued 12/ 11 /02), and these requirements are now addressed in the attached Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City and the North Carolina Division of Water Quality. Please review, sign, and mail back one copy of the executed MOA. Under terms of this MOA, the City will conduct a two-year instream monitoring study at four (4) stations in North Buffalo Creek to evaluate both instream dissolved oxygen and ammonia, following the facility upgrade and removal of the upstream Cone Mills discharge in 2001. If you have any questions pertaining to this MOA, please contact Tom Belnick at 919-733- 5083, ext. 543. cc: Central Files Madolyn Dominy, EPA Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality Adugna Kebede, Modeling/TMDL Unit NPDES File N. C. Division of Water Quality ! NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC .27699-1617 Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us Sincerely, an W. Klimek, P. fet..k Phone: (919) 733-5083 fax: (919) 733-0719 DENR Customer Service Center: 1 800 623-7748 lam W. Klimek, ft,E., Director ivision of Water Quality Dated: i2/i 7�0� Memorandum of Agreement City of Greensboro Page 2 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT This Agreement is made by and between the Division of Water Quality ("DWQ") within the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the City of Greensboro ("CITY") which has voluntarily approved this Agreement. This Agreement does not affect any of the NPDES requirements under NPDES Permit No. NC0024325- North Buffalo WWTP. Under this Agreement, the CITY will collect two years of weekly instream data for ammonia, pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature at the following historical sampling locations: ■ U- upstream at influent conduit • D 1- downstream at unimproved road 0.8 miles east of White/Nealtown Rd intersection • D2- downstream at Rankin Mill Road • D3- downstream in Buffalo Creek at McCleansville Road The study period shall begin 30 days following execution of this Agreement, and run for 24 months. The CITY will electronically tabulate and summarize the data for each study year, and annual summary reports will be submitted within 90 days following the end of each study year. DWQ will use the data to reassess the instream ammonia and dissolved oxygen conditions in North Buffalo Creek. The summary reports shall be identified by permit number (NC0024325) and mailed to the following address: Attention: NPDES Unit North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Failure by the CITY to collect and submit the water quality data described in this Agreement may result in the revocation of this Agreement by DWQ and the return to a Special Condition within its NPDES permit. This Agreement may be modified by written consent of both parties. The CITY may also request that the study be terminated after one-year, provided summer low flows are adequately represented during the first study year. Stream sampling may be discontinued at such times as flow conditions in the receiving waters or extreme weather conditions will result in a substantial risk of injury or death to persons collecting samples. When there is a discontinuance pursuant to this provision, sampling shall be resumed at the first opportunity after the risk period has ceased. This Agreement shall become effective 30 days following execution of this document by both parties. By: 4 By: Allan Williams, Director Water Resources/City of Greensboro Dated: