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Home My WebLink AboutNC0046345_Permit Issuance_20080109ern NCDENR Mr. Charles Hamilton, P.E. Interim Public Works Director City of Reidsville 230 West Morehead Street Reidsville, North Carolina 27320 Den Mr. Hamilton: Michael F. Easley Governor William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources January 9, 2008 Coleen H. Sullins, Director Division of Water Quality Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO046345 Reidsville WTP Rockingham County Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This pemut 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). This final permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on November 21, 2007. 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 (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714). 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 pennit 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 Sergei Chemikov at telephone number (919) 733-5083,extension 594. Sincerely, 04 dA Coleen H. Sullins cc Central Files NPDES Files o Winston-Salem Regional Office / Surface Water Protection Mark Fisher, PE WK Dickson, 3101 John Humphries Wynd, Raleigh, NC 27612 N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit Phone: (919) 733-M3 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 fax: (919) 733-0719 Internet: h2o.emstate.naus DENR Customer Service Center..1800 623.7748 Permit NCO046345 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 City of Reidsville is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Reidsville WTP NCSR 2445 Rockingham County to receiving waters designated as Lake Reidsville (001) and Troublesome Creek (002) in the Cape Fear 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 February 1, 2008. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on April 30, 2011. Signed this day January 9, 2008. �0-)-- /oleen H. Sullins, Director ision of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NCO046345 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are herby revoked. As of this permit issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein. The City of Reidsville is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate a water treatment plant with a discharge of filter -backwash wastewater (via outfall 001) and lagoon wastewater (via outfall 002). This facility is located at the Reidsville WTP on NCSR 2445 near Reidsville in Rockingham County. 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Lake Reidsville (001) andTroublesome Creek (002), classified WS-III NSW CA waters in the Cape Fear River Basin. Latitude: 36'1 T04" (001) 36°16'57'(002) NCO046345 Facility Longitude: 79"39'42" (001) Location r- 79°39'35" (002) Reidsville WTP Stream Class: WS-III NSW CA Subbasin:30601 Receiving Stream: Reidsville Lake (001) & Troublesome Creek (002) North SCALE 1:214000 Permit NC0046345 A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (001) 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: -PARANIE ;� ~i'. ay A /LIMt 'AN �f E EITS::�,�` n Via=} `: EREUQ}l ygg � ,TSC.-' 1 yid .. . ,.Ydi. .._ 7' x Jy' Y -:X". 1 � ,- 7�}?�� .V` �_J~ �` $! Y! � 1 �� t l•%� 1"� K1•. '��}',S`�-.ro 14�?' � Y � .`S�f �'I•�„�1� '�`. F.}k: y �� d' '...��yy 1 :�.\ '{!R wi 'YG.P _ ;sf. ' ."tf F=tDa l` Z 'lit'i }: !1„ i:� :l• �.yyJ.��`3A' rt.'k�?•: :. 'A':'w'Mpi'4-�. ..h.. •i�ii$J�Y �"<.i." ?:1i w .�;.h.. �w�� y �pq�. p� ...a'F J;l ', A.f i.kd enterS�m°e� pe11 SaMlor VON) ear AN I'm q ,,a , t J Weekly Instantaneous Effluent Flow Total Suspended Solids 30.0 m /L 45.0 m L 2/Month Grab Effluent Settleable Solids 0.1 mUL 0.2 ml/L Weekly Grab Effluent Turbidityl Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlodne2 17 u /L Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. The discharge from this facility shall not cause turbidity in the receiving stream to exceed 25 NTU. If the instream turbidity exceeds 25 NTU due to natural background conditions, the discharge cannot cause turbidity to increase in the receiving stream. 2. The TRC limit will become effective on September 1, 2008. Until then, the permittee shall monitor TRC [with no effluent limit]. All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (002) During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 002. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: ' .iMhTS ,t -- MONITORING REQUIREMENTS' * 4 r rr -. ,�s�s x. 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All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. November 7, 2007 MEMORANDUM RECEIVED N.C. Dept. of ENR NOV 3 0 2i;d7 To: Lee Spencer, Regional Engineer Winston-Salem NC DENR / DEH / Public Water Supply Section Regional Office —� Raleigh Regional Office ( d From: Sergei Chernikov, Environmental Engineer II, P� Vt1es , Division of Water Quality (fax-919-733-0719) fl JAN - Subject: Review of the discharge locations for the follow g: 8 2008 l L Reidsville WTP _ NCO046345 Rickingham County Please indicate below by December 7, 2007 your agency's position or viewpoint on the facility listed above. We cannot issue the permit without your concurrence. Please return this form at your earliest convenience - RESPONSE: I/ This agency has reviewed the draft permit and determined that the proposed discharge will not be sufficiently close to any existing or known proposed public water supply intake so as to create an adverse effect on water quality. We concur with the issuance of this permit provided the facility is operated and maintained properly, the stated effluent limits are met prior to discharge, and the discharge does not contravene the designated water quality standards. cc: file Concurs with issuance of the above permit, provided the following conditions are met: Opposes the issuance of the above permit, based on reasons stated below, or attached: JAN 0 7 2009 - k got iketbobt(le I tutela 1921 VANCE STREET RID. BOX 2157 REIDSVILLE, NC 27320 336-349-4331 PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANGEMENT COMMISSION / NPOES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NC 27699'1617 NOTIFCATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A NPOES WASTEWATER PEMIT aoono the Basis of NC Generalh5tetue review 5.tand i5A NCAC 02H.0109 and other lawful standards and regulations, the North Carolina Environmental Managament Commission Propose to Issue a Natlonal Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDESI wastewater discharge le it to the persons listed below effecUVe a5 days from the publish date of this notice. AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA ROCKINGHAM COUNTY Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of Said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Dreama Armstrong, who being first duly sworn, deposes and says. That she is an official of Media General of Reidsville, Inc. engaged in the publication of a newspaper known as The Reidsville Review, published, issued and entered as second class mail in the City of Reidsville, in said County and State; that she is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement, that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in The Reidsville Review on the following dates: and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper document, or legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meet- ing all of the requirements and qualifications of Section I- 597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section I-597 of the General St utes of North Carolina. i This day of� Sworn tq�and subscribed before me, this 3 day of l)QP.P_.tY(.iJlk , -2007 •�y ^'t��otary Public My commission exprires the Q�) day of C9D� I .sc. WDIICKSON community infrastructure consultants December 19, 2007 Mrs. Susan A. Wilson, PE NC DENR Division of Water Quality Supervisor, Western NPDES Program 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 DEC 2 0 2007 RE: Time Extension Request for Compliance with DWQ Permit NCO046345 Proposed Dechlorination Facility City of Reidsville, North Carolina WKD# 60444.00.RA Dear Mrs. Wilson: In response to your department's request to provide a more detailed schedule of compliance, we projected the proposed Dechlorination Facility will be operational by July 9, 2007. The table below summarizes the project milestones that were submitted in our notice to you dated October 29, 2007. Project Milestone Milestone Date Comment Bid Date 11/28/2007 Recommendation of Award 12/12/2007 Notice of Award to Contractor 12114 00007 Contract Execution 1/7/2008 Allow three weeks due to Christmas and New Years Notice to Proceed 1/15/2008 Allow one week for legal counsel review Construction Substantially Complete 7/9/2008 Dechlorination Facility shall be operational Construction Ready for Final Acceptance 8/3/2008 (Punch list and restoration of disturbed areas are completed We understand the compliance schedule for a TRC limit was extended to 09/01/2008 as documented in Mr. Sergi Chernikov's letter dated November 21, 2007. 3101 John Humphries Wynd Raleigh, NC 27612 Tel. 919.782.0495 Fax 919.782.9672 www.wkdickson.com North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia • Florida As we noted in the initial request, several factors prompted the need for additional time. A couple of these factors were budget limitations and the need to properly remove the sludge from the alum sludge lagoons. These items as well as an unfavorable bid climate are having adverse impacts on meeting the revised schedule of compliance. Therefore, on behalf of the City of Reidsville, we are requesting an additional time to resolve project overruns and meet the project objectives. Bids were received on December 12, 2007 as opposed to November 28, 2007 because of an unfavorable bid climate. Interest for the project was lower than anticipated. Four qualified bidders were interested but two of the bidders needed additional time to submit a qualified and competitive bid. Otherwise, the City would have only had two bids, one short of the formal bidding requirement of accepting three bids. In lieu of proceeding with the bid opening which would have resulted in not accepting bids and reissuing the advertisement, the bid opening date was revised to allow more time. The bids for the Dechlorination Facility came in much higher than anticipated. The Engineer's Estimate for this phase was approximately $676,500 while -the apparent low bid for this phase was $908,950. The City was already aware their available budget of approximately $493,400 was limited and would have to secure additional funds and or lower costs through value engineering without compromising the integrity of the design and objectives of the project. The budget overruns are primarily due to the alum sludge dredging, dewatering and disposal and the decant structures. Budgetary pricing had been received from a couple of reputable residual solids management companies for dredging, dewatering and disposing of the alum sludge. The estimated budget was approximately $340,000 (upper bound) as reflected in the Engineer's Estimate. The average bid for this item was approximately $397,000 or an increase of approximately $50,000 to $55,000. The estimate for the decant structures was $50,000 while the average bid was approximately $127,500. The bidders placed a higher level of complexity on the structure including the cast in place concrete. WK Dickson and the City have resolved the budget overruns provided additional time can be granted. The proposal involves a change in the way the alum sludge will be removed from the lagoons. In lieu of dredging, dewatering and disposal at a landfill, the City is entertaining a proposal from their current residuals management provider to land apply the alum sludge. The net savings between land application and dewatering and disposal is approximately $255,000 and will lower the cost of the Dechlorination Facility to approximately $655,000. This cost is lower than the Engineer's Estimate and is more in line with the City's budget. In conclusion, the City of Reidsville is requesting an additional 100 days to the revised schedule of compliance as outlined below: ♦ 10 additional days given the bid opening delays that were outside the City and WK Dickson's control ♦ 90 additional days so the City's residuals management provider can procure a permit modification from NCDENR to the City's current land disposal permit to allow land application of alum sludge. Therefore, we request the schedule of compliance for a TRC limit be extended from 09/01/2008 to December 10, 2008. We trust our explanation and justification is well received. The City will submit the Major Modification Permit Fee of $215.00 under separate cover. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc. ft*- W, 1j+& Mark Fisher, PE Project Manager cc: Charlie Hamilton, Interim Public Works Director Lee Spencer, PE Regional Engineer PWSS Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D. DENR-NPDES-West Environmental Engineer II File 60444.00.RA A LL �DIICKSON if I 5 200 community infrastructure consultants ; J NOV - ] J November 2, 2007 i DENR -WATER QUALITY Mrs. Susan A. Wilson, PE IL POINT SOURCE BRANCH NC DENR Division of Water Quality Supervisor, Western NPDES Program 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 RE: Clarification of Time Extension for Compliance with DWQ Permit NCO046345 Proposed Dechlorination Facility — Clarification of Date City of Reidsville, North Carolina WKD# 60444.00.RA Dear Mrs. Wilson: In response to your department's request to provide a more detailed schedule of compliance, we have projected the proposed Dechlorination Facility will be operational by July 9, 2008. The table below details the project milestones. Project Milestone Milestone Date Comment Bid Date 11/28/2007 Recommendation of Award 12/12/2007 Notice of Award to Contractor 12/14/2007 Contract Execution 1/7/2008 Allow three weeks due to Christmas and New Years Notice to Proceed 1/15/2008 Allow one week for legal counsel review Construction Substantially Complete 7/9/2008 Dechlorination Facility shall be operational Construction Ready for Final Acceptance 8/3/2008 (Punch list and restoration of disturbed areas are completed Sincerely, Project Manager Mark Fisher, PE cc: Charlie Hamilton Interim Public Works Director Lee Spencer, PE Regional Engineer PWSS File 60444.00.RA A 3101 John Humphries Wynd Raleigh, NC 27612 Tel. 919.782.0495 Fax 919.782.9672 www.wkcfickson.com North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia • Florida DWK IKSON community Infrastructure consultants October 29, 2007 Mrs. Susan A. Wilson, PE NC DENR Division of Water Quality Supervisor, Western NPDES Program 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 I LU.00T 3 0 2007 , i DENR - WATER DUALITY PO:!.. SOURCE BRANCH RE: Clarification of Time Extension for Compliance with DWQ Permit NCO046345 Proposed Dechlorination Facility City of Reidsville, North Carolina WKD# 60444.00.RA Dear Mrs. Wilson: In response to your department's request to provide a more detailed schedule of compliance, we have projected the proposed Dechlorination Facility will be operational by July 9, 2007. The table below details the project milestones. Project Milestone Milestone Date Comment Bid Date 11/28/2007 Recommendation of Award 12/12/2007 Notice of Award to Contractor 12/14/2007 Contract Execution 1/7/2007 Allow three weeks due to Christmas and New Years Notice to Proceed 1/15/2007 Allow one week for legal counsel review Construction Substantial) Complete 7/9/2007 Dechlorination Facility shall be operational Construction Ready for Final Acceptance 8/3/2007 (Punch list and restoration of disturbed areas are completed Sincerely, Project Mana _e/wry ,/er Mark Fisher, PE cc: Charlie Hamilton Interim Public Works Director Lee Spencer, PE Regional Engineer PWSS File 60444.00.RA A 3101 John Humphries Wynd Raleigh, NC 27612 Tel. 919.782.0495 Fax 919.782.9672 www.wkdickson.com North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia • Florida City of Reidsville 1100 Vance Street, Reidsville, North Carolina 27320 (336)349-1070 • Fax (336) 634-1738 September 4, 2007 Mrs. Susan A. Wilson, PE NC DNER Division of Water Quality Supervisor Western NPDES Program 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT i i' ' ' 11� SEP 1 1 2001 I I I I DEAR - I'WEA OIIAI_ ny I RE: Request for Time Extension for Compliance with DWQ Permit NCO046345 Proposed Dechlorination Facility City of Reidsville, North Carolina WKD # 60444.00.RA Dear Mrs. Wilson: This letter is to formally request a revised compliance schedule for our DWQ Permit NCO046345 which allows the City to discharge its effluent from the alum sludge lagoons at the Water Treatment Plant. The current NPDES permit for the Water Treatment Plant requires our staff to meet a Total Residual Chlorine limit of 17ug/l for a daily maximum during a weekly grab sample of the effluent for both discharge points a maximum of 18 months after the permit's effective date. The permit was issued on June 1, 2006. Based on email exchanges between you, Lee Spencer and Steven Tedder of the DWQ Regional Office in Winston-Salem and our former Public Works Director Steve Routh, the Western NPDES Program is willing to grant the City of Reidsville a schedule extension provided the following items are provided: • Submittal of Major Modification Permit Fee of $215.00 (Enclosed for your processing) • Revised Schedule of Compliance • Explanation of Schedule Extension As was indicated in the email exchange, we propose the following revised schedule compliance: • Design Complete and Filer Permits -- September 2007 • Bid and Award Project — December 2007 • Complete Construction — May 2007 A schedule extension was previously justified and has been summarized below: • More complex study and design phase than was anticipated • Budget constraints and therefore the need to group this project with two other capital improvement projects (anti -contusion and ant -surge at two of the City's larger wastewater pump stations) to take advantage of economies of scale. ®Recycled Paper While in the study and deign phase, the dredging and dewatering of the lagoons was determined to be a pre -requisite for the proposed Dechlorination Facility. We are optimistic that this maintenance will allow us to almost double our detention of the backwash and waste water from the plant and significantly increase our evaporation time and use the chlorine in the process. Once this maintenance activity is completed, we then will complete the construction of an effluent decant structure and decant pump station and force main and contact chamber feeding calcium thiosulfate to meet the revised effluent limitations. If the dredging and dewatering of the lagoon is highly successfully in providing a longer detention time, the City might possibly meet the effective total residual chlorine levels prior to the Dechlorination Facility coming on line. In conclusion, we will continue to adcelerate our efforts to attempt to be in compliance on or before December 1, 2007. Sincerely, ,, - '/ lntpfirn Public Works Director 9fiarles Hamilton, PE cc: Mark Fisher, PE Project Manager w/WKD Lee Spencer, PE Regional Engineer PWSS Kelly Almond, Reidsville City Manager ,CrVc%S cc e e— G At eA Page I of I Wanda Johnson From: Charlie Hamilton Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:39 PM To: Wanda Johnson Subject: FW: Compliance schedule modification - Reidsville From: Susan Wilson (mailto:susan.a.wilson@ncmail.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:18 PM To: mfisher@wkdickson.com; Charlie Hamilton Cc: Steve Tedder Subject: Compliance schedule modification - Reidsville Mark/ Charles - DSEP 2 512 001 DENR . WATER QUALITY POINT SOURCE BRANCH I'm not positive this is Charles Hamilton's correct e-mail address - so I'm e-mailing both of you. We received the City of Reidsville's request to modify the water treatment plant permit re. the compliance schedule change for residual chlorine. I don't think we have a problem with that (as we discussed before). However, and I'm sorry I didn't realize this when we were first e-mailing - our fee schedule changed as of September 1. The major modification fee for this (which we'll consider a minor at this time) is now $260. We'll go ahead and put this one in the queue, but we will have to have the addition $45 (unless you'd rather us return the entire $215 and resubmit a check for $260). Hate to be picky about this small amount (relatively speaking) - but this is what helps us fund our program (and our computer system is giving us fits if we don't have the new fee amount!). Thanks for the help - send me an e-mail or give me a ring if you have questions. / Susan Susan A. Wilson, P.E. Supervisor, Western NPDES Program (919) 733 - 5083, ext. 510 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 09/21/07