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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0035904_Permit Issuance_19991025NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING; COVER SHEET NC0035904 McCain Correctional Hospital 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 Staff Comments Instream Assessment (67b) Speculative Limits Environmental Assessment (EA) Document Date: October 25, 1999 This documeat is priated cork reuse paper - ignnore aay coatezit on the rcYerae aide State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Bill Holman, Secretary Kerr T. Stevens, Director October 25, 1999 Mr. William N. Stovall NC Department of Correction 4216 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4216 NCDENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0035904 McCain Hospital WWTP Hoke County Dear Mr. Stovall: The Division received your application for a wastewater discharge permit on June 4, 1999. Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This permit 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 December 6, 1983, and as subsequently amended. If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit 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 of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer 27447, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7447. Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding. Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Charles Weaver at telephone number (919) 733-5083, extension 511. cc: Central Files Fayetteville Regional Office/Water Quality Section NPDES Unit Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit Aquatic Toxicology Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer Sincerely, Original Signed By David A. Goodrich Kerr T. Stevens Telephone (919) 733-5083 FAX (919) 733-0719 Vislr us ON THE INTERNEr @ http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES Permit NC0035904 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, the N.C. Department of Correction is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the McCain Hospital WWTP NC Highway 211 south of McCain Hoke County to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Mountain Creek in the Lumber 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 December 1, 1999. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2004. Signed this day October 25, 1999. Original Signed By David A. Goodrich Kerr T. Stevens, Director Division of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NC0035904 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET The N.C. Department of Correction is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.2 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the following components: • Mechanical bar screen • Influent flow measurement • 296,000-gallon aeration basin with 3 floating aerators • 40, 500-gallon clarifier • 99,000-gallon aerobic sludge digester with 2 submersible aerators • 7500 ft2 drying bed • Chlorine contact chamber • Dechlorination equipment This facility is located at the McCain Hospital WWTP on NC Highway 211 south of McCain in Hoke County. 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an unnamed tributary to Mountain Creek, classified C waters in the Lumber River Basin. Latitude: 35202'57" Longitude: 79221'26" Quad# G21SE Stream Class: C Subbasin: 30751 McCain Hospital Receiving Stream: UT Mountain Creek WVVTP NC0035904 North SCALE 1:24000 Permit NC0035904 A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS — FINAL During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Daily Maximum ' Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location1 Flow 0.2 MGD Continuous Recording Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C) 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent Total Suspended Residue 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent NH3 as N 2/Month Composite Effluent Dissolved Oxygen Weekly Grab Effluent, Upstream & Downstream Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200 / 100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent, Upstream & Downstream Total Residual Chlorine 25pg/L 2/Week Grab Effluent Temperature (°C) 3 Daily Grab Effluent Temperature (2C) 3 Weekly Grab Upstream & Downstream Conductivity Weekly Grab Effluent, Upstream & Downstream Oil and Grease 30.0 mg/L 60.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent Chronic Toxicity4 Quarterly Composite Effluent Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN) Quarterly Composite Effluent Total Phosphorus Quarterly Composite Effluent pH5 Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. Upstream = at least 100 feet upstream from the outfall; Downstream = Downstream approximately 2.1 miles at NCSR 1214. 2. The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 5.0 mg/L. 3. The temperature of the effluent shall not cause an increase in temperature of the receiving stream of more than 2.8°C. In no case shall the temperature of the effluent cause the ambient water temperature to exceed 32°C. 4. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at 67%: January, April, July & October (see Part I. A. (2.) below). 5. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored weekly at the effluent by grab sample. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (Quarterly) The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 67%. The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed during the months of January, April, July & October. 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. Permit NC0035904 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: NC DENR / DWQ Environmental Sciences Branch 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. Division of Water Quality September 13, 1999 MEMORANDUM TO: Dave Goodrich THROUGH: Matt Matthews Coln FROM: SUBJECT: Kristie Robeson Draft Permit Corrections LMAC-Laurel Hill WWTP NPDES Permit No. NC0005479 Scotland County N.C. DOC-McCain Hospital NPDES Permit No. NC0035904- Hoke County Town of Clarkton WWTP NPDES Permit No. NC0021610 Bladen County JC. L'�rn DENR - WATER QUALITY n POINT SOURCE BRANCH Our office has received the draft permits for the subject facilities which were issued August 30, 1999. Upon review of these drafts, we noted that Condition A(2) contains chronic toxicity language that EPA has stated they will not approve in permits. This template which contains the sentence, "The effluent discharge shall not exhibit a three- month arithmetic average" and as found in the third paragraph, the sentence that states "the average chronic value from these follow-up multiple -concentration analyses will establish compliance with the permit limit, cannot be used in permits with chronic toxicity limits as per discussions with EPA. This template should be removed from your server to avoid using it in future permits. Please find attached a copy of the toxicity test condition language that should be incorporated into these three draft permits. We appreciate the opportunity to provide comment prior to final permit issuance. If you have any questions, please contact me or Matt Matthews at 733-2136. cc: Charles Weaver-NPDES Permits Unit Shannon Langley -Point Source Compliance/Enforcement Unit Paul Rawls -Fayetteville Regional Office Aquatic Toxicology Unit Files Central Files CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QRTRLY) The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or signiticant mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of _%. The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed during the months of . 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 ]I Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or Fubsequent 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. QCL Version 5/99 DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY Fayetteville Regional Office Water Quality Section October 1, 1999 MEMORANDUM TO : Dave Goodrich, Supervisor NPDES Permits Archdale Building go,,6 FROM : Ricky Revels SUBJECT : Minor NPDES Permit Renewals Town of St.Pauls WWTP, NC0020095 cCain WWTP, NeGINEW— DPP' - WATER QUALITY SOURCE BRANCH The following are comments for the subject minor permit renewals. If further information is required please advise. Town of St.Pauls WWTP, NC0020095 -No rating sheet attached, no change in rating at this time, Class I. -This facility has a single path treatment system. -Recommend reissuance in keeping with basin wide strategy. McCain WWTP, NC0035904 -No rating sheet attached, no change in rating, Class II. -No special conditions, limitations or monitoring suggested. -Recommend reissuance in keeping with basin wide strategy. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A STATE NPDES PERMIT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGE- MENT COMMISSION 1617 Mail Service Center RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617 After thorough staff review and ap- plication of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina, Public Law 92-500 and other lawful standards and regulations, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to renew exist- ing permits to discharge wastewater to the facilities listed below effective December 1, 1999 and subject to spe- cial conditions. Persons wishing to comment upon (or object to) issuance of these permits are invited to submit written comments to the above address no later than 30 days from the publish date. All com- ments received prior to that date will be considered in the final determinations regarding the proposed permit. A pub- lic hearing may be held where the Di- rector of the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) finds a significant degree of public interest. Copies of the draft permits are avail- able by writing (1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699- 1617) or calling the NPDES Unit of DWQ at (919) 733-5083. The application and other informa- tion may be inspected at the DWQ Central Office during normal office hours. Copies of the information on file are available upon request and pay- ment of the costs of copying. All com- ments or requests regarding these per- mits should reference the NPDES per- mit numbers listed below: Date: 9/1/99 David A. Goodwich for Kerr T. Stevens, Director Division of Water Quality Public Notice of intent to renew existing NPDES permits for the fol- lowing facilities in Hoke County: NPDES Permit NC0035904 The N.C. Department of Correction has applied for renewal of an existing permit to discharge wastewater. The facility is located at the McCain Hospi- tal, near McCain on NC Highway 211. The facility will be permitted to dis- charge domestic wastewater and non - contact cooling water through one out - fall into an unnamed tributary to Moun- tain Creek, a Class C stream in the Lumber River Basin. Discharge limits NORTH CAROLINA - HOKE COUNTY AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Ken MacDonald who being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that he is General Manager of DICKSON PRESS, INC., engaged in the publication of a newspaper known as THE NEWS -JOURNAL, published, issued, and entered as second class mail in the City of Raeford, in said County and State; that he is authorized to make this affi- davit and sworn statement; that the notice, legal advertisement or other advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in THE NEWS -JOURNAL on the following dates: SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 and that said newspaper in which such notice, paper, docu- ment or legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified news- paper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Stat- utes of North Carolina. This ° day of SEPTEMBER ,1999 General Manager Sworn to and subscribed before me, this SEPTEMBER 8 My Commission expires: October 18, 2002 day of ,1999 i*t_iy_bc.0_,cu a oduk, Notary RECEIVED SEP 1 0 1999 DWQ BUDGET OFFICE stream is not impaired from its desig nated uses and issuance of the permit is not likely to adversely impact water quality in the stream. NPDES Permit NC0086037 The County of Hoke has applied for renewal of an existing permit to dis- charge wastewater. The facility will be located at the Arabia WTP on NCSR 1432. To date, no discharge has oc- curred. The facility will be permitted to discharge filter -backwash wastewater through one outfall into Little Marsh Swamp, a Class C-Swamp stream in the Lumber River Basin. Discharge limits are consistent with DWQ policy forfacilities of this type. Issuance of the permit is not likely to adversely impact water quality in the stream. NPDES Permit NC008600 The County of Hoke has applied fot renewal of an existing permit to dis- charge wastewater. The facility will he located at the Antioch WTP, on NCSR 1130 near Antioch. To date, no dis- charge has occurred. The facility will be permitted to discharge filter -back- wash wastewater through one outfall into Raft Swamp, a Class C-Swamp stream in the Lumber River Basin. Discharge limits are consistent with DWQ policy for facilities of this type. Issuance of the permit is not likely to adversely impact water quality in the stream. 23C May 26, 1999 SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PLAN MCCAIN HOSPITAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT NPDES PERMIT # NC0035904 Sludge (solids) from the McCain wastewater treatment plant are disposed in the following way: Solids are digested aerobically and periodically pumped to drying beds. DOC forestry land immediately adjacent to the site is used for land application. A tractor drawn manure spreader is used to evenly spread the solids. The permit is Land Application Field Permit Number WQ0010490.