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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0050661_Renewal (Application)_20240401 a 4 STA1 c 4 VI ROY COOPER_ _ Governor _•.; ELIZABETH S.BISER eSSI ""„." „ Secretary_ RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA Director Environmental Quality April 01, 2024 Town of Macclesfield Attn: Michael Speight, Mayor PO Box 185 Macclesfield, NC 27852-0185 Subject: Permit Renewal Application No. NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTP Edgecombe County Dear Applicant: The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the April 1, 2024 receipt of your permit renewal application and supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made. Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal of the permit. Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at: https://www.deq.nc.gov/accessdeq/environmental-application-tracker If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the links available within the Application Tracker. Sin rel Wr Thed rd Administrative Assistant Water Quality Permitting Section ec: WQPS Laserfiche File w/application DENorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive Raleigh.North Carolina 27b09 919 791.4200 SOWN 0 �\VII..11[fZy� ch :� 105 N.Railroad Street Post Office Box 185 (252)827-4823 townofmacelesfieldne@gmail.com Jason Taylor,Mayor Pro Tern Michael Speight,Mayor Joyce Braxton,Commissioner Jennifer Stanley,Town Administrator Jean Wooten-Jiles,Commissioner Gracie Etheridge,Town Clerk Paula Lewis,Commissioner March 27, 2024 Division of Water Resources Water Quality Permitting Section - NPDES 1617 Mail Service Center RECEIVED Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 ,PR p 1 2024 Subject: Request for NPDES Renewal NPDES Permit#NC0050661 HCoEQ/D NRINPOES Town of Macclesfield Macclesfield WWTF Edgecombe County Dear NPDES Unit: The Town of Macclesfield is submitting the renewal application package for NPDES #: NC0042269. The permit expiration date is September 30, 2024. The renewal application package consists of: • Cover letter • Application Form 2A with tables A, B, and D • Topographic map • Plant Schematic • Mercury Analysis If you have any additional questions, please contact Jenifer Stanley (252) 827-4823. Sincerely, 4t// /144 •1q Michael Speight Town of Macclesfield United States Office of Water EPA Form 3510-2A Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C. Revised March 2019 Water Permits Division ,EPA Form 2A Application New and Existing Publicly Owned Treatment Works NPDES Permitting Program ram Note: Complete this form if your facility is a new or existing publicly owned treatment works. Paperwork Reduction Act Notice The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates the average burden to collect information and complete Form 2A to average between 4.7 and 24.7 hours, depending on the number of sections the applicant must complete. The estimate includes time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the needed data, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments about the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information to the Chief, Information Policy Branch(PM-223), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW, Washington, DC 20460, and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street,NW, Washington, DC 20503, marked"Attention: Desk Officer for EPA." FORM 2A—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS Who Must Complete Form 2A? Form 2A. If you do not assert a claim of confidentiality at the time All new and existing publicly owned treatment works(POTWs)and you submit your information to the NPDES permitting authority, other dischargers designated by the National Pollutant Discharge EPA may make the information available to the public without Elimination System(NPDES)permitting authority must complete further notice to you. EPA will handle claims of confidentiality in Form 2A. Note that you may wish to consult the"General accordance with the Agency's business confidentiality regulations Instructions of NPDES Application Form 1 to determine if your at Part 2 of Title 4 of the Code of Federal Regulations(CFR). treatment works is required to submit any additional NPDES Completion of Forms application forms. Form 2A is divided into six major sections. It also contains five At the state level.either the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency effluent monitoring tables(Tables A through E)and an industrial (EPA)or an approved state agency administers the NPDES permit discharge information table(Table F).all located at the end of the program. If you are located in a jurisdiction in which an EPA form. Note that not all applicants are required to complete each regional office administers the NPDES permit program,you should section of the form or all of the tables.The questions on the form use Form 2A and all other applicable forms described in these will direct you to the items and tables you must complete. instructions. If you are located in a jurisdiction where a state Print or type in the specified areas only. If you do not have enough administers the NPDES permit program.contact the state to space on the form to answer a question.you may continue on determine the forms you should complete. States often develop additional sheets,as necessary, using a format consistent with the their own application forms rather than use the federal forms. See http:iiwww.epa.gov/npdes'npdes-state-program-information for a form. list of states that have approved NPDES permit programs and Provide your EPA Identification Number from the Facility Registry those that do not. Service.NPDES permit number. and facility name at the top of Exhibit 2A-1 (see end of this section)provides contact information each page of Form 2A and any attachments. If your facility is new for each of EPA s 10 regional offices. Since the exhibit's content is (i.e.,not yet constructed),write or type"New Facility in the space subject to change.consult EPA's website for the latest information: provided for the EPA Identification Number and NPDES permit number. If you do not know your EPA Identification Number, http:rrwww.epagov aboutepa#reqional. contact your NPDES permitting authority.See Exhibit 2A-1 for Where to File Your Completed Form contact information.Additionally,for Tables A through E. provide • If you are in a jurisdiction with an approved state NPDES the applicable outfall number at the top of each page. permit program,file according to the instructions on the state Do not leave any response areas blank unless the form directs you forms. to skip them. If the form directs you to respond to an item that does • If you are in a jurisdiction where EPA is the NPDES permitting not apply to your facility or activity.enter"NA""for"not applicable"to authority(i.e.,the state is not an NPDES-authorized state), show that you considered the item and determined a response was mail the completed application forms to the EPA regional office not necessary for your facility. that covers the state in which your facility is located(see If you have previously submitted information that answers a specific Exhibit 2A-1). question to EPA or an approved state NPDES agency.you may When to File Your Completed Form either repeat the information in the space provided or attach a copy of the previous submission. Form 2A must be submitted at least 180 days before your present NPDES permit expires or. if you are a new discharger,at least Note for New Dischargers 180 days before the date on which the discharge is to commence. Provide all information available to you at the time you unless the NPDES permitting authority has granted permission for a complete Form 2A. If you do not have information to respond later date. to an item because your facility has yet to discharge.write or Fees type"data are not available"next to the item on the form. Note that you are required to submit actual data no later than EPA does not require applicants to pay a fee for applying for 24 months after your facility commences to discharge. NPDES permits. However,states that administer the NPDES permit program may charge fees. Consult with state officials for further The NPDES permitting authority will consider your application information complete when it and any supplementary material are received and completed according to the authority's satisfaction.The NPDES Public Availability of Submitted Information permitting authority will judge the completeness of any application EPA will make information from NPDES permit application forms independently of the status of any other permit application or permit available to the public for inspection and copying upon request. You for the same facility or activity. may not claim any information on Form 2A(or related attachments) Definitions as confidential. The legal definitions of all key terms used in the various NPDES You may make a claim of confidentiality for any information that you application forms are included in the-Glossary"at the end of these submit to EPA that goes beyond the information required by instructions. 2A-1 FORM 2A—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Exhibit 2A-1.Addresses of EPA Regional Contacts and Covered States REGION 1 REGION 6 U.S Environmental Protection Agency,Region 1 U S.Environmental Protection Agency.Region 6 5 Post Office Square Suite 100,Boston,MA 02109-3912 1445 Ross Avenue,Suite 1200,Dallas,TX 75202-2733 Phone(617)918-1111,toll free.(888)372-7341 Phone.(214)665-2200,toll free (800)887-6063 Fax (617)918-0101 Fax (214)665-7113 Website http.//www.epa cov/aboutepalepa-region-l-new-enoland Website http//www epa covlaboutepalepa-region-6-south-central Covered states-Connecticut,Maine,Massachusetts.New Hampshire,Rhode Covered states.Arkansas,Louisiana,New Mexico,Oklahoma,and Texas Island,and Vermont REGION 2 REGION 7 U S Environmental Protection Agency,Region 2 U S Environmental Protection Agency,Region 7 290 Broadway,New York,NY 10007-1866 11201 Renner Boulevard,Lenexa,KS 66219 Phone(212)637-3000,toll free:(877)251-4575 Phone(913)551-7003 toll free(800)223-0425 Fax (212)637-3526 Website:http//www epa govlaboutepa/epa-regon-7-midwest Website http/fwww epa gov/aboutepa/epa-region-2 Covered states Iowa,Kansas,Missouri,and Nebraska Covered states New Jersey,New York,Virgin Islands,and Puerto Rico REGION 3 REGION 8 U S Environmental Protection Agency,Region 3 U S Environmental Protection Agency.Region 8 1650 Arch Street,Philadelphia,PA 19103-2029 1595 Wynkoop Street,Denver,CO 80202-1129 Phone(215)814-5000;toll free(800)438-2474 Phone(303)312-6312,toll free-(800)227-8917 Fax (215)814-5103 Fax.(303)312-6339 Website.http.//www epa covlaboutepaiepa-region-3-mid-atlantic Website httr flwww epa cov/aboutepa/epa-region-8-mountains-and-plains Covered states Delaware,District of Columbia Maryland.Pennsylvania Virginia, Covered states-Colorado.Montana,North Dakota.South Dakota.Utah,and and West Virginia Wyoming REGION 4 REGION 9 U.S Environmental Protection Agency,Region 4 U S.Environmental Protection Agency.Region 9 Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 75 Hawthorne Street.San Francisco,CA 94105 61 Forsyth Street,SW,Atlanta,GA 30303-8960 Phone-(415)947-8000,toll free (866)EPA-WEST Phone (404)562-9900,toll free (800)241-1754 Fax (415)947-3553 Fax (404)562-8174 Website http//www epa gov/aboutepalepa-region-9-pacific-southwest Website.http//www epa gov/aboutepa/about-epa-region-4-southeast Covered states.Arizona,California.Hawaii,Nevada,Guam.Amencan Samoa, Covered states Alabama,Flonda,Georgia,Kentucky,Mississippi,North Carolina. and Trust Territories South Carolina,and Tennessee REGION 5 REGION 10 U S Environmental Protection Agency.Region 5 U S Environmental Protection Agency,Region 10 77 West Jackson Boulevard,Chicago IL 60604-3507 1200 Sixth Avenue,Suite 900.Seattle,WA 98101 Phone(312)353-2000,toll free(800)621-8431 Phone (206)553-1200,toll free(800)424-4372 Fax (312)353-4135 Fax (206)553-2955 Website.http//www epa govlaboutepa(epa-region-5 Website http llwww epa cov/aboutepa/epa-region-10-pacific-northwest Covered states-Illinois,Indiana,Michigan Minnesota,Ohio,and Wisconsin Covered states Alaska,Idaho,Oregon,and Washington 2A-2 FORM 2A—LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS Section 1. Basic Application Information for All Applicants Discharge Points by Type Facility Information Item 1.11.Provide the facility's total number of effluent discharge Item 1.1.Enter the facility's official or legal name. Do not use a points to waters of the United States by type(e.g..treated effluent. colloquial name. Provide the mailing address of the facility. Next, untreated effluent,combined sewer overflows, bypasses, and give the name(first and last).title.work telephone number. and constructed emergency overflows). email address of the person who is thoroughly familiar with the Outfalls and Other Discharge or Disposal Methods operation of the facility and with the facts reported in this Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the United States application. Item 1.12. Indicate whether the POTW discharges wastewater to Include a complete location address for the facility if different from basins, ponds.or other surface impoundments that do not have the mailing address. If the facility lacks a street name or route outlets for discharge to waters of the United States. If yes,continue number,give the most accurate. alternative geographic information to Item 1.13. If no,skip to Item 1.14. (e.g..section number or quarter section number from county records or at intersection of Routes 425 and 221. Item 1.13.Specify the location of each surface impoundment.the average daily volume discharged to each surface impoundment in Item 1.2.Indicate whether the application is for a facility that has gallons per day(gpd).and whether the discharge is continuous or not yet commenced discharge. If yes, be advised that you are intermittent. required to submit actual data no later than 24 months after your facility commences to discharge. Item 1.14.Indicate if the facility applies wastewater to land. If yes. continue to Item 1.15. If no. skip to Item 1.16. Applicant Information Item 1.3. Indicate if the applicant is different from the entity listed Item 1.15.Provide the location of each land application site:the under Item 1.1. If so.specify the applicant name and address. size of each land application site(in acres):the average daily Provide the name(first and last)of a contact, including his/her title, volume applied to each land application site(in gpd),and whether telephone number. and email address. the land application is continuous or intermittent. Item 1.4.Indicate if the applicant is the facility's owner,operator.or Item 1.16.Note whether the facility's effluent is transported to both another facility for treatment prior to discharge. If yes,continue to Item 1.17. If no,skip to Item 1.21. Item 1.5.Specify whether the NPDES permitting authority should Item 1.17.Describe the means by which the effluent is transported. send correspondence to the facility or the applicant. such as by tank truck or pipe. Existing Environmental Permits Item 1.18.Specify whether the facility's effluent is transported by a Item 1.6. Indicate all environmental permits or construction party other than the applicant. If yes.continue to Item 1.19. If no. approvals received or applied for(including dates)under the noted skip to Item 1.20. programs. Print or type the corresponding permit number for each. Item 1.19.Provide the name. mailing address,contact person. Collection System and Population Served phone number,and email address of the entity that transports the Item 1.7.Specify the municipalities served by the treatment works, discharge. including unincorporated connector districts. For each municipality, indicate the population served.the percentage of each collection Item 1.20.Provide the name. mailing address.contact person, system type if known(e.g.,separate sanitary or combined storm phone number,email address, and NPDES permit number(if any) and sanitary),and collection system ownership status. Finally, of the receiving facility.Also specify the average daily flow rate from indicate the total percentage of sewer line each type comprises. the facility into the receiving facility in mgd. Do not report privately owned collection systems discharging Item 1.21.Indicate if wastewater is disposed of in a manner other industrial waste to the treatment works in Item 1.7.Those facilities than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do must be reported on Table F. not have outlets to waters of the United States, such as underground percolation and underground injections. If yes. Indian Country continue to Item 1.22. If no,skip to Item 1.23. Item 1.8. Indicate if the POTW is located in Indian Country. Item 1.22.Provide a description of the disposal method. including Item 1.9.Note whether the treatment works discharges to a the location and size of each disposal site:the annual average daily receiving stream that flows through Indian Country. discharge volume(in gpd). and whether disposal through this Design and Actual Flow Rates method is continuous or intermittent. Item 1.10.Provide the facility's design flow rate in million gallons Variance Requests per day(mgd). Next.specify the facility's actual annual average Item 1.23. If known at the time of application,check all of the daily flow rate and maximum daily flow rate for each of the previous authorized variances that you plan to request or renew. Note that three years(in mgd). you are not being asked to submit any other information at this time. Contact your NPDES permitting authority to determine the 2A-3 FORM 2A—LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED specifics of what you should provide and when.The ability to website at http:Nnationalmap.govi.(For a map from this site, use request a variance is not limited to the time of application, and an the traditional 7.5-minute quadrangle format. If none is available, applicant may request a variance consistent with statutory and use a USGS 15-minute series map.)You may also use a plat or regulatory requirements. other appropriate map. Briefly describe land uses in the map area Contractor Information (e.g., residential,commercial).An example of an acceptable Item 1.24.Indicate if any of the operational or maintenance location map is shown as Exhibit 2A-2 at the end of these activities associated with wastewater treatment and effluent quality instructions. Note:Exhibit 2A-2 is provided for illustration only:it of the POTW are the responsibility of a contractor. If yes,continue does not show an actual facility. Note that you have completed your to Item 1.25. If no,skip to Section 2. topographic map and attached it to the application. Item 1.25.Provide a listing of all contractors(by company name). Flow Diagram For each,specify the mailing address.a contact name,telephone Item 2.4.Provide a process flow diagram or schematic showing the number,and email address.Also summarize the operational and processes of the treatment plant,including all bypass piping and all maintenance responsibilities of each contractor. backup power sources or redundancy in the system.This includes a water balance showing all treatment units,including disinfection Section 2.Additional Information (e.g.,chlorination and dechlorination),and showing daily average Outfalls to Waters of the United States flow rates at influent and discharge points.and approximate daily Design Flow flow rates between treatment units.Also provide a narrative description of the diagramschematic.Answer"Yes"to Item 2.4 Item 2.1. Indicate whether the treatment works has a design flow once you have completed and attached your diagram to the greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd. If yes.continue to Item 2.2. If no, application. skip to Section 3. Inflow and Infiltration Scheduled Improvements and Schedules of Implementation Item 2.5. Indicate whether any improvements to the facility are Item 2.2. Specify the POTW's current average daily volume of inflow and infiltration(in gpd)and steps the facility is taking to scheduled. If yes,list and briefly describe each scheduled improvement and continue to Item 2.6. If no.skip to Section 3. minimize inflow and infiltration. Item 2.6.For each scheduled improvement. indicate the outfall Topographic Map number of each outfall affected and the scheduled or actual dates Item 2.3.Prepare a topographic map(or other map if a topographic of completion for the following:(1)commencement of construction. map is unavailable)extending at least one mile beyond property (2)completion of construction,(3)commencement of discharge. boundaries of the treatment plant, including all unit processes and and(4)attainment of operational level. showing the following:(1)treatment plant area and unit processes; (2)major pipes or other structures through which wastewater enters Item 2.7.Note whether the appropriate permits clearances the treatment plant and the pipes or other structures through which concerning other federal state requirements have been obtained treated wastewater is discharged from the treatment plant(include and briefly explain your response. outfalls from bypass piping,if applicable);(3)each well where fluids Section 3.Information on Effluent Discharges from the treatment plant are injected underground;(4)wells, Description of Outfalls springs.and other surface water bodies listed in public records or otherwise known to the applicant within%mile of the treatment Item 3.1.Provide a description of each of the POTW's wastewater works'property boundaries:(5)sewage sludge management discharge outfalls.The application form provides reporting space facilities(including onsite treatment.storage. and disposal sites); for three outfalls. If your facility has more than this number.attach and(6)location at which waste classified as hazardous under the additional sheets as necessary. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act(RCRA)enters the For each outfall.provide the outfall number. Indicate the state. treatment plant by truck, rail.or dedicated pipe. county, and city or town where each outfall is located. Note the On each map,include the map scale,a meridian arrow showing distance from shore in feet and the depth below the surface in feet. north, and latitude and longitude to the nearest second. Latitude Specify the average daily flow rate through the outfall in mgd.Also and longitude coordinates may be obtained in a variety of ways. specify the latitude and longitude of each outfall to the nearest including use of hand held devices(e.g., a GPS enabled second. Latitude and longitude coordinates may be obtained in a smartphone).internet mapping tools(e.g., variety of ways.including use of hand held devices(e.g..a GPS https:l/mynasadata.larc.nasa.govilatitudelongitude-finder). enabled smartphone). internet mapping tools(e.g.. geographic information systems(e.g.,ArcView).or paper maps https:',mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov;latitudelongitude-finder). from trusted sources(e.g., U.S. Geological Survey or USGS). geographic information systems(e.g..ArcView),or paper maps from trusted sources(e.g.. USGS). The location of each outfall(i.e., On all maps of rivers,show the direction of the current. In tidal where the coordinates are collected)shall be the point where the waters.show the directions of ebb and flow tides. discharge is released into a water of the United States. For further You may develop your map by going to USGS's National Map guidance. refer to http:'iwww.epa.gov,Qeospatialilatitudelongitude- data-standard. 2A-4 FORM 2A—LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Seasonal or Periodic Discharge Data completing Items 3.10 to 3.26 and Tables A through E. Item 3.2.Indicate whether any of the outfalls described under Item 3.10 and Table A.All applicants that discharge wastewater to Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges. If yes,continue to waters of the United States must provide effluent data for Table A Item 3.3. If no.skip to Item 3.4. parameters. Respond-Yes"to Item 3.10 when you have completed Item 3.3.Specify the following for each applicable outfall: Table A and attached it to your application. (1)number of times per year discharge occurs, (2)average duration Item 3.11.Answer whether the POTW has conducted any whole of each discharge. (3)average flow of each discharge in mgd, and effluent toxicity(WET)tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of (4) months in which discharge occurs. the application on any of the facility's discharges or on any Diffuser Type receiving water near the discharge points. If yes.continue to Item Item 3.4.Note whether any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 are 3.12. If no,skip to Item 3.13. equipped with a diffuser. If yes,continue to Item 3.5. If no,skip to Item 3.12.For each applicable outfall, note the number of acute Item 3.6. and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance Item 3.5.Briefly describe the diffuser type at each applicable of the facility's discharges or of the receiving water near the outfall. discharge points. Waters of the United States Item 3.13.Note whether the POTW has a design flow greater than Item 3.6.Note whether the POTW discharges or plans to discharge or equal to 0.1 mgd. If yes.continue to Item 3.14. If no.skip to Item wastewater to waters of the United States from one or more 3.16. discharge points. If yes,continue to Item 3.7. If no,skip to Item 3.14 and Table B.Answer whether the treatment works uses Section 6. chlorine for disinfection.uses it elsewhere in the treatment process. Receiving Water Description or otherwise has reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its Item 3.7.Provide receiving water and related information in the effluent. If yes.complete Table B including chlorine. If no.complete table provided on the form(if known): (1)name of receiving water. Table B.omitting chlorine. (2)name of watershed/river/stream system and U.S. Soil Item 3.15.Answer-Yes"when you have completed monitoring for Conservation Service 14-digit watershed code,(3)name of state all applicable Table B parameters and attached the results to your managementriver basin and U.S. Geological Survey(USGS)8-digit application. hydrologic unit code.(4)acute and chronic critical low flow in cubic feet per second(cfs)and total hardness of receiving stream at Item 3.16 and Screen for Tables C through E.Indicate whether critical low flow.in milligrams per liter(mg/L)of calcium carbonate, one or more of the conditions apply to your POTW. If yes.continue if applicable. to Item 3.17. If no,skip to Section 4. Treatment Description Item 3.17 and Table C.Answer"Yes"to indicate you have completed monitoring for all applicable Table C pollutants and Item 3.8.Specify the highest level of treatment provided for attached the results to your application package. discharges from each outfall(e.g.. primary,equivalent to secondary.secondary,or advanced).Also indicate the following Item 3.18 and Table D.Answer'Yes"to indicate you have design removals(in percent)for the following parameters for each completed monitoring for applicable Table D pollutants required by outfall: (1)biochemical oxygen demand(BOD5or CBOD5),(2)total your NPDES permitting authority and attached the results to your suspended solids(TSS),(3)phosphorus(if applicable),(4)nitrogen application package.or No if the NPDES permitting authority has (if applicable), and(5)any other removals that an advanced not required additional sampling for the pollutants in Table D. treatment system is designed to achieve. Item 3.19 and Additional Screen for Table E.Answer whether the Item 3.9. Provide a description of the type(s)of disinfection used for POTW conducted either(1)a minimum of four quarterly WET tests wastewater discharged through each outfall. Indicate the seasons for one year preceding this permit application or(2)at least four the disinfection type is used. Note whether the POTW dechlorinates annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years. If yes.continue to Item if disinfection is accomplished through chlorination. Otherwise. 3.20. If no,complete tests and Table E and then skip to Item 3.26. check-Not Applicable." Item 3.20 and Additional Screen for Table E.Report whether you Effluent Testing Data and Tables A through E have previously submitted the results of the WET tests indicated in Items 3.10 to 3.26.These items require you to collect and report Item 3.19 to your NPDES permitting authority. If yes,continue to data for the parameters and pollutants listed in Tables A through E, Item 3.21. If no, provide the results in Table E and skip to Item 3.26. located at the end of Form 2A.The instructions for completing the Item 3.21.Report the dates the testing data were submitted to your tables are table-specific, as are the criteria for determining who NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results. should complete them. Item 3.22.Regardless of how you may have provided the results of Important note:Read the"General Instructions for Reporting. previously conducted WET analyses to your NPDES permitting Sampling.and Analysis"later in these instructions before authority. indicate if any of the tests resulted in toxicity. If yes. 2A-5 FORM 2A—LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED continue to Item 3.23. If no, skip to Item 3.26. pretreatment program.which is defined at 40 CFR 403.3 as a Item 3.23.Describe the cause(s)of toxicity. program administered by a POTW that meets the criteria established in 40 CFR 403.8 and 403.9 and that has been Item 3.24. Indicate if the POTW has conducted a toxicity reduction approved by the NPDES permitting authority. evaluation. If yes.continue to Item 3.25. If no.skip to Item 3.26. Item 4.4.Answer whether you have submitted either of the Item 3.25.Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations following to the NPDES permitting authority that contains performed. information substantially identical to that required in Table F: (1)a Item 3.26.Answer""Yes"when you have completed Table E for all pretreatment program annual report submitted within one year of applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application the application or(2)a pretreatment program. If yes.continue to package,or answer'No"if the item is not applicable because you Item 4.5. If no.skip to Item 4.6. previously submitted WET data to your NPDES permitting authority. Item 4.5. Identify the title and date of the pretreatment program Section 4.Industrial Discharges.Table F.and Hazardous annual report or pretreatment program referenced in Item 4.4 and Wastes skip to Item 4.7. Item 4.1. Indicate if the POTW receives discharges from significant Item 4.6 and Table F.Complete Table F by providing the following industrial users(SIUs)or non-significant categorical industrial users information for each SIU that discharges to the POTW: (1)name (NSCIUs), including SIUs and NSCIUs that truck or haul waste. If and mailing address:(2)description of all industrial processes that yes,continue to Item 4.2. If no.skip to Item 4.7. affect or contribute to each SIU's discharge:(3)a list of the principal 1. SIUs are defined as: products and raw materials that affect or contribute to the SIU's discharge;(4)average daily volume of wastewater discharged by a. All industrial users subject to categorical pretreatment each SIU, indicating the amount attributable to process flow and standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, non-process flow;(5)whether the SIU is subject to local limits; Subchapter N(CIUs):and (6)whether the SIU is subject to categorical standards and the b. Any other industrial user per 40 CFR 403.3 that: categories/subcategories under which the SIU is subject:and i. Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of (7)whether any problems(e.g.. upsets.pass-through interference) have occurred at the POTW that can be attributed to the SIU in the process wastewater to the treatment works(with past 4.5 years.Answer`Yes'to Item 4.6 when you have completed certain exclusions):or and attached Table F to the application package. ii. Contributes a process wastestream that makes up 5 percent or more of the average dry weather Note: SIUs include users that truck or haul industrial waste to the hydraulic or organic capacity of the treatment plant; POTW. Information for these users must be provided in Table F. or Item 4.7. Indicate if the POTW receives or has been notified that it iii. Is designated as an SIU by the control authority. will receive by truck,rail,or dedicated pipe any wastes that are regulated as RCRA hazardous wastes pursuant to 40 CFR 261. If 2. The control authority may determine that an Industrial User yes.continue to Item 4.8. If no.skip to Item 4.9. subject to categorical Pretreatment Standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I,Subchapter N is a NSCIU rather Item 4.8.For each hazardous waste received, provide the than a SIU on a finding that the Industrial User never hazardous waste number.the method by which the waste is discharges more than 100 gpd of total categorical wastewater received(e.g.. by truck.dedicated pipe. rail,etc.),and the amount (excluding sanitary.non-contact cooling and boiler blowdown of waste received annually(specify units). wastewater. unless specifically included in the Pretreatment Item 4.9.Answer whether the POTW receives.or has been notified Standard)and the following conditions are met. that it will receive,wastewaters that originate from remedial a. The Industrial User,prior to the control authority's finding, activities, including those undertaken pursuant to Comprehensive has consistently complied with all applicable categorical Environmental Response,Compensation,and Liability Act Pretreatment Standards and Requirements: (CERCLA)and Sections 3004(u)or 3008(h)of RCRA. If yes. continue to Item 4.10. If no,skip to Section 5. b. The Industrial User annually submits the certification statement required in 40 CFR 403.12(q)together with any Item 4.10.Answer whether the POTW receives(or expects to additional information necessary to support the receive)less than 15 kilograms per month of non-acute hazardous certification statement:and wastes as specified at 40 CFR 261.30(d)and 261.33(e). If yes.skip c. The Industrial User never discharges any untreated to Section 5. If no,continue to Item 4.11. concentrated wastewater. Item 4.11_In an attachment to the application, provide an identification and description of the site(s)or facility(ies)at which Item 4.2. Indicate the number of SIUs and NSCIUs that discharge the wastewater originates:the identities of the wastewater's to the POTW. hazardous constituents.as listed in Appendix VII of 40 CFR 261. if Item 4.3_Answer whether the POTW has an approved known;and the extent of treatment. if any.the wastewater receives 2A-6 General Instructions for Reporting,Sampling,and Analysis Important note:Read these instructions before completing • The method ML is above the water quality criterion,but the Tables A through E and Section 3 of Form 2A. amount of the pollutant or pollutant parameter in the facility's General Items discharge is high enough that the method detects and quantifies the level of the pollutant or pollutant parameter in Complete the applicable tables for each outfall at your facility. Be the discharge. sure to note the EPA Identification Number. NPDES permit • The method has the lowest ML of the analytical methods number,facility name,and applicable outfall number at the top of each page of the tables and any associated attachments. approved under 40 CFR 136 or required under 40 CFR chapter I,subchapter N or 0,for the measured pollutant or You may report some or all of the required data by attaching pollutant parameter. separate sheets of paper instead of completing Tables A through E for each of your outfalls,so long as the sheets contain all of the Consistent with 40 CFR 136, you may provide matrix or sample required information and are similar in format to Tables A through specific MLs rather than the published levels. Further.where you E. For example,you may be able to print a report in a compatible can demonstrate that,despite a good faith effort to use a method format from the data system used in your analysis of metals that would otherwise meet the definition of sufficiently sensitive," completed under Table C. the analytical results are not consistent with the quality assurance (QA)iquality control(QC)specifications for that method,then the Note for new dischargers.Provide all information available to NPDES permitting authority may determine that the method is not you at the time you complete Form 2A. If you do not have performing adequately and the NPDES permitting authority should information to respond to an item because your facility has yet to select a different method from the remaining EPA-approved discharge,write or type"data are not available"next to the item methods that is sufficiently sensitive consistent with 40 CFR on the form. Note that you are required to submit actual data no 122.21(e)(3)(i).Where no other EPA-approved methods exist,you later than 24 months after your facility commences discharge. must select a method consistent with 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3)(ii). Reporting of Effluent Data When there is no analytical method that has been approved under Where effluent data are requested,do not provide information on 40 CFR 136;required under 40 CFR chapter I.subchapter N or 0. CSOs.The latter information is requested instead under Section 5 and is not otherwise required by the NPDES permitting authority, of Form 2A. you may use any suitable method but shall provide a description Provide data for each outfall through which effluent is discharged. of the method.When selecting a suitable method,other factors When an applicant has two or more outfalls with substantially such as a method's precision,accuracy,or resolution,may be identical effluents.the NPDES permitting authority may allow the considered when assessing the performance of the method. applicant to test only one outfall and report that quantitative data Effluent monitoring data must comply with the QA!QC as applying to the substantially identical outfall. If the permitting requirements of 40 CFR 136(and other appropriate QA,QC authority grants your request, attach a separate sheet to the requirements for standard methods for analytes not addressed by application form identifying the outfall tested and describing why 40 CFR 136). the other outfall(s)are substantially identical. Clearly specify the units of measure on Tables A through E for At a minimum,effluent testing data must be based on at least each parameter'pollutant analyzed.Values should be reported as three samples taken within 4.5 years prior to the date of the concentration or mass,except for flow.temperature. pH.color, permit application. Samples must be representative of the and fecal coliform organisms, unless otherwise requested or seasonal variation in the discharge from each outfall.Existing required by the NPDES permitting authority. Flow,temperature, data may be used,if available. in lieu of sampling done solely for pH.color, and fecal coliform organisms must be reported as mgd, the purpose of this application. degrees Celsius(CC),standard units,color units, and most All existing data for pollutants specified in Tables A through D that probable number per 100 milliliters(MPN!100 mL).respectively. is collected within 4.5 years of the application must be included in Use the following abbreviations in the columns requiring`units"in the pollutant data summary that you submit. If.however.you Tables A through D. sampled for a specific pollutant on a monthly or more frequent Concentration Mass basis.it is only necessary,for such pollutant,to summarize all ppm=parts per million Ibs=pounds data collected within 1 year of the application. mg/L=milligrams per liter ton=tons(English tons) Except as specified below,all required quantitative data shall be ppb=parts per billion mg=milligrams collected in accordance with sufficiently sensitive analytical pglL=micrograms per liter g=grams methods approved under 40 CFR 136 or required under 40 CFR chapter I.subchapter N or 0.A method is`sufficiently sensitive" MPN=most probable number kg=kilograms per 100 milliliters T=tonnes(metric tons) when: • The method minimum level(ML)is at or below the level of the applicable water quality criterion for the measured pollutant or pollutant parameter. 2A-7 General Instructions for Reporting,Sampling,and Analysis Continued Grab samples must be used for pH,temperature.cyanide,total times.and the collection of duplicate samples—must be followed. phenols. residual chlorine,oil and grease,fecal coliform(including The time when you sample should be representative of your normal E. coil),and volatile organic compounds. For all other pollutants, operation,to the extent feasible, with your treatment system 24-hour composite samples must be used. For a composite operating properly with no system upsets.Collect samples from the sample.only one analysis of the composite of aliquots is required. center of the flow channel.where turbulence is at a maximum, at a The effluent monitoring data provided must include at least the site specified in your present NPDES permit,or at any site following for each parameter:(1)the maximum daily discharge adequate for the collection of a representative sample. based upon actual sample values.(2)average daily discharge for Further Requirements for Table E,Whole Effluent Toxicity all samples,expressed as concentration or mass,and the number Testing of samples used to obtain this value,(3)the analytical method Each applicant required to perform WET testing must provide used,and(4)the threshold level(i.e., method detection limit, results of a minimum of four quarterly tests for a year.from the year minimum level,or other designated method endpoints)for the preceding the permit application, or the results from four tests analytical method used. performed at least annually in the 4.5-year period prior to the Metals must be reported as`total recoverable metal,"unless all application.provided the results show no appreciable toxicity using approved analytical methods for the metal inherently measure only a safety factor determined by the NPDES permitting authority. its dissolved form(e.g..hexavalent chromium)or otherwise directed Applicants must conduct tests with multiple species(no less than by the NPDES permitting authority. two species;e.g.,fish, invertebrate, plant)and test for acute or Sampling chronic toxicity,depending on the range of receiving water dilution. The collection of samples for the reported analyses should be See 40 CFR 122.21(j)(5)(v)for further details. supervised by a person experienced in performing sampling of WET testing must be conducted using methods approved under domestic wastewater.You may contact your NPDES permitting 40 CFR 136.West coast facilities in Washington.Oregon, authority for detailed guidance on sampling techniques and for California,Alaska.Hawaii.and the Pacific Territories are exempted answers to specific questions. See Exhibit 2A-1 for contact from 40 CFR 136 chronic methods and must use alternative information.Any specific requirements in the analytical methods— guidance as directed by the NPDES permitting authority. for example,for sample containers.sample preservation, holding 2A-8 FORM 2A—LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED or will receive before entering the POTW.Answer-Yes"to Item watershed(14-digit)code, if known;(3)name of the state 4.11 when you have completed and attached the information to the management/river basin and the USGS 8-digit hydrologic application package. cataloging unit code,if known; and(4)a description of any known Section 5.Combined Sewer Overflows water quality impacts on the receiving water caused by the CSO CSO Map and Diagram (e.g.. permanent or intermittent beach closings, permanent or intermittent shellfish bed closings.fish kills,fish advisories.other Item 5.1. Indicate if the treatment works has a combined sewer recreational loss.or exceedance of any applicable state water system. If yes,continue to Item 5.2. If no.skip to Section 6. quality standard). Item 5.2.Attach a CSO system map to the application.The map Section 6.Checklist and Certification Statement should indicate:(1)all CSO discharge points.(2)sensitive use Item 6.1.Review the checklist provided. In Column 1.mark the areas potentially affected by CSOs(e.g.. beaches.drinking water sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting supplies.shellfish beds,sensitive aquatic ecosystems,and with your application. In Column 2, indicate for each section outstanding national resource waters),and(3)waters supporting whether you are submitting attachments. threatened and endangered species potentially affected by CSOs. Answer`Yes"to Item 5.2 when you have completed the map and Item 6.2.The Clean Water Act provides for severe penalties for attached it to the application package. submitting false information on this application form. CWA Section Item 5.3.Prepare a diagram of the CSO collection system.The 309(c)(2)provides that Any person who knowingly makes any false diagram should show the following:(1)the location of major sewer statement,representation,or certification in any application, ...shall trunk lines. both combined and separate sanitary: (2)the locations upon conviction.be punished by a fine of no more than 510,000 or of points where separate sanitary sewers feed into the combined by imprisonment for not more than six months,or both sewer system;(3)in-line and off-line storage structures: (4)the FEDERAL REGULATIONS AT 40 CFR 122.22 REQUIRE THIS locations of flow-regulating devices:and(5)the locations of pump APPLICATION TO BE SIGNED AS FOLLOWS: stations.Answer-Yes"to Item 5.3 when you have completed the A. For a corporation. by a responsible corporate officer. For the diagram and attached it to the application package. purpose of this section.a responsible corporate officer means: CSO Outfall Description (1)a president,secretary.treasurer,or vice-president of the Item 5.4.Provide the following information for each CSO outfall: corporation in charge of a principal business function,or any other person who performs similar policy-or decision-making (1)outfall number:(2)state,county.city or town and ZIP code in functions for the corporation,or(2)the manager of one or which the outfall is located;(3)latitude and longitude of the outfall, more manufacturing,production,or operating facilities, to the nearest second, (4)distance of the outfall from shore and provided the manager is authorized to make management depth of the outfall below water surface. Latitude and longitude decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility coordinates may be obtained in a variety of ways, including use of including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major hand held devices(e.g.. a GPS enabled smartphone), intemet capital investment recommendations. and initiating and mapping tools(e.g., directing other comprehensive measures to assure long term https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/latitudelongitude-finder'), environmental compliance with environmental laws and geographic information systems(e.g.,ArcView),or paper maps regulations;the manager can ensure that the necessary from trusted sources(e.g..USGS).The location of each CSO systems are established or actions taken to gather complete outfall(i.e..where the coordinates are collected)shall be the point and accurate information for permit application requirements: where the discharge is released into a water of the United States. and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or CSO Monitoring delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate Item 5.5.Indicate whether the POTW has monitored any of the procedures. following items in the past year for each of its CSO outfalls: B. For a partnership or sole proprietorship, by a general partner (1)rainfall.(2)CSO flow volume. (3)CSO pollutant concentrations; or the proprietor. respectively. (4)receiving water quality,(5)CSO frequency.and(6)number of C. For a municipality.state,federal.or other public facility,by storm events. either a principal executive officer or ranking elected official. CSO Events in Past Year For purposes of this section.a principal executive officer of a Item 5.6.For each CSO outfall,record(1)the number of CSO federal agency includes:(1)The chief executive officer of the events in the past year.(2)the average duration in hours per event, agency,or(2)a senior executive officer having responsibility (3)the average volume per CSO event in million gallons.and for the overall operations of a principal geographic unit of the (4)the minimum rainfall that caused a CSO event in inches of agency(e.g..Regional Administrators of EPA). rainfall in the past year. Note whether your responses for sub-items END (2)through(4)above are based on actual or estimated data. Submit your completed Form 2A and CSO Receiving Waters all associated attachments Item 5.7.For each CSO outfall. record the following receiving water (and any other required NPDES application forms) information: (1)name of receiving water;(2)name of to your NPDES permitting authority. watershed/stream system and the U.S. Soil Conservation Service 2A-9 �/�� Exhibit 2A-2. Example Topographic Map 2WW u.l aea*1 1OI 114 Mt:tO. a s.uaouc.a au.rt. •US Topo . l J r , ..ram ` , {CENTRAL PROCESSING CO. oot �=,3sr.:ya nee I.- Waste area CENTRAL CITY •Wel -... ' .:::W: ^�''_i i Wine 41N _' • + - l� / • f .may `-•--% -,. '-‘,N...„,\ /' ,-- ,...• .* • • 1 ter ,\ (`.. \, .4 ` tJ ' \ i • s l -... i ..r«w..u..we,....r.....t+. • SOLI e74 CO .m,.w.... ••••� __.__ own.a.=....... Locab00 Map a ..r........+..«as •• G.u*r PTDc.a.m Co r. .., ��...... ...r.,..���....a.�... C.rtralGay,Oho 2A-10 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY Note:This glossary includes terms used in the various NPDES application forms, including Form 2A. The definitions are from the NPDES regulations at 40 CFR 122.2 unless otherwise specified. If you have any questions concerning the meaning of any of these terms.contact your NPDES permitting authority. ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION(defined at§ 122.23)means a lot or facility(other than an aquatic animal production facility)where the following conditions are met: • Animals(other than aquatic animals)have been,are,or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month period:and • Crops.vegetation,forage growth,or post-harvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility. APPLICATION means the EPA standard national forms for applying for a permit. including any additions, revisions,or modifications to the forms:or forms approved by EPA for use in approved states,including any approved modifications or revisions. APPROVED PROGRAM or APPROVED STATE means a State or interstate program which has been approved or authorized by EPA under part 123. AQUACULTURE PROJECT(defined at§ 122.25)means a defined managed water area which uses discharges of pollutants into that designated area for the maintenance or production of harvestable freshwater,estuarine,or marine plants or animals.DESIGNATED PROJECT AREA means the portions of the waters of the United States within which the permittee or permit applicant plans to confine the cultivated species.using a method or plan or operation(including,but not limited to, physical confinement)which,on the basis of reliable scientific evidence, is expected to ensure that specific individual organisms comprising an aquaculture crop will enjoy increased growth attributable to the discharge of pollutants. and be harvested within a defined geographic area. AVERAGE MONTHLY DISCHARGE LIMITATION means the highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during that month divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that month. AVERAGE WEEKLY DISCHARGE LIMITATION means the highest allowable average of daily discharges over a calendar week, calculated as the sum of all daily discharges measured during a calendar week divided by the number of daily discharges measured during that week. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES(BMPs)means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the United States. BMPs include treatment requirements.operation procedures, and practices to control plant site runoff,spillage or leaks,sludge or waste disposal.or drainage from raw material storage. BIOSOLIDS(see sewage sludge). BYPASS(defined at§ 122.41(m))means the intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a treatment facility. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW(CSO)means a discharge from a combined sewer system(CSS)at a point prior to the Publicly Owned Treatment Works(POTW)Treatment Plant(defined at§403.3(r)). COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM(CSS)means a wastewater collection system owned by a State or municipality(as defined by section 502(4)of the CWA)which conveys sanitary wastewaters(domestic,commercial and industrial wastewaters)and storm water through a single-pipe system to a Publicly Owned Treatment Works(POTW)Treatment Plant(as defined at§403.3(r)). CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION(defined at§ 122.23)means an animal feeding operation that is defined as a Large CAFO or as a Medium CAFO by the terms of(A)or(B)below,or that is designated as a CAFO in accordance with 40 CFR 122.23(c).Two or more AFOs under common ownership are considered to be a single AFO for the purposes of determining the number of animals at an operation, if they adjoin each other or if they use a common area or system for the disposal of wastes. A. LARGE CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION(LARGE CAFO)means an AFO that stables or confines as many as or more than the numbers of animals specified in any of the following categories: 1. 700 mature dairy cows.whether milked or dry: 2. 1,000 veal calves: 3. 1,000 cattle other than mature dairy cows or veal calves. Cattle includes but is not limited to heifers, steers,bulls and cow/calf pairs: 4. 2,500 swine each weighing 55 pounds or more; 5. 10.000 swine each weighing less than 55 pounds; 6. 500 horses; 7. 10.000 sheep or lambs; 2A-11 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED 8. 55.000 turkeys: 9. 30.000 laying hens or broilers, if the AFO uses a liquid manure handling system; 10. 125,000 chickens(other than laying hens), if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system; 11. 82.000 laying hens, if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system: 12. 30.000 ducks(if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system):or 13. 5.000 ducks(if the AFO uses a liquid manure handling system). B. MEDIUM CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION(MEDIUM CAFO)means any AFO with the type and number of animals that fall within any of the ranges listed below and which has been defined or designated as a CAFO.An AFO is defined as a Medium CAFO if: 1. The type and number of animals that it stables and confines falls within any of the following ranges: a. 200 to 699 mature dairy cows.whether milked or dry: b. 300 to 999 veal calves; c. 300 to 999 cattle other than mature dairy cows or veal calves. Cattle includes but is not limited to heifers.steers. bulls and cow,'calf pairs; d. 750 to 2,499 swine each weighing 55 pounds or more; e. 3,000 to 9,999 swine each weighing less than 55 pounds: f. 150 to 499 horses; g. 3,000 to 9,999 sheep or Iambs; h. 16,500 to 54,999 turkeys; i. 9,000 to 29,999 laying hens or broilers, if the AFO uses a liquid manure handling system; j. 37,500 to 124.999 chickens(other than laying hens),if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system; k. 25,000 to 81.999 laying hens.if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system; I. 10.000 to 29,999 ducks(if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system):ore m. 1,500 to 4.999 ducks(if the AFO uses a liquid manure handling system):and 2. Either one of the following conditions are met: a. Pollutants are discharged into waters of the United States through a man-made ditch,flushing system.or other similar man- made device:or b. Pollutants are discharged directly into waters of the United States which originate outside of and pass over,across,or through the facility or otherwise come into direct contact with animals confined in the operation. CONCENTRATED AQUATIC ANIMAL PRODUCTION FACILITY(defined at§122.24)means a hatchery,fish farm,or other facility which contains.grows.or holds aquatic animals in either of the following categories,or which the Director designates as such on a case-by-case basis: A. Cold water fish species or other cold water aquatic animals including, but not limited to.the Salmonidae family of fish(e.g..trout and salmon)in ponds,raceways,or other similar structures which discharge at least 30 days per year but does not include: 1. Facilities which produce less than 9.090 harvest weight kilograms(approximately 20.000 pounds)of aquatic animals per year: and 2. Facilities which feed less than 2,272 kilograms(approximately 5.000 pounds)of food during the calendar month of maximum feeding. B. Warm water fish species or other warm water aquatic animals including, but not limited to.the Ameiuridae. Cetrarchiclae,and Cyprinidae families of fish(e.g.. respectively.catfish,sunfish,and minnows)in ponds. raceways.or other similar structures which discharge at least 30 days per year.but does not include: 1. Closed ponds which discharge only during periods of excess runoff;or 2. Facilities which produce less than 45,454 harvest weight kilograms(approximately 100,000 pounds)of aquatic animals per year. CWA means the Clean Water Act(formerly referred to as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972)Public Law 92-500,as amended by Public Law 95-217. Public Law 95-576. Public Law 96-483 and Public Law 97-117, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. CWA AND REGULATIONS means the Clean Water Act(CWA)and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder. In the case of an approved State program. it includes State program requirements. 2A-12 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED DAILY DISCHARGE means the"discharge of a pollutant'measured during a calendar day or any 24-hour period that reasonably represents the calendar day for purposes of sampling. For pollutants with limitations expressed in units of mass.the-daily discharge"is calculated as the total mass of the pollutant discharged over the day. For pollutants with limitations expressed in other units of measurement,the"daily discharge'is calculated as the average measurement of the pollutant over the day. DIRECT DISCHARGE means the-discharge of a pollutant.' DIRECTOR means the Regional Administrator or the State Director,as the context requires,or an authorized representative.When there is no approved State program,"and there is an EPA administered program."Director"means the Regional Administrator.When there is an approved State program.'Director"normally means the State Director. In some circumstances. however. EPA retains the authority to take certain actions even when there is an approved State program.(For example,when EPA has issued an NPDES permit prior to the approval of a State program, EPA may retain jurisdiction over that permit after program approval, see§ 123.1.) In such cases.the term "Director'means the Regional Administrator and not the State Director. DISCHARGE(OF A POLLUTANT)means: • Any addition of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to waters of the United States from any point source:or • Any addition of any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the waters of the contiguous zone or the ocean from any point source other than a vessel or other floating craft which is being used as a means of transportation. This definition includes discharges into waters of the United States from.surface runoff which is collected or channelled by man; discharges through pipes.sewers,or other conveyances owned by a State.municipality,or other person which do not lead to a treatment works; and discharges through pipes,sewers,or other conveyances. leading into privately owned treatment works. This term does not include an addition of pollutants by any"indirect discharger'. DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORT means the EPA uniform national form.including any subsequent additions, revisions,or modifications for the reporting of self-monitoring results by permittees. DMRs must be used by"approved States"as well as by EPA. EPA will supply DMRs to any approved State upon request.The EPA national forms may be modified to substitute the state agency name. address. logo, and other similar information.as appropriate, in place of EPA's. DRAFT PERMIT means a document prepared under§ 124.6 indicating the Director's tentative decision to issue or deny, modify. revoke and reissue.terminate.or reissue a"permit."A notice of intent to terminate a permit, and a notice of intent to deny a permit,as discussed in§ 124.5.are types of"draft permits."A denial of a request for modification, revocation and reissuance.or termination. as discussed in § 124.5, is not a-draft permit."A"proposed permit"is not a"draft permit." EFFLUENT LIMITATION means any restriction imposed by the Director on quantities.discharge rates,and concentrations of"pollutants" which are-discharged' from"point sources"into-waters of the United States."the waters of the`contiguous zone."or the ocean. EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS GUIDELINES means a regulation published by the Administrator under section 304(b)of the CWA to adopt or revise"effluent limitations.- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY(EPA)means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. FACILITY or ACTIVITY means any NPDES point source'or any other facility or activity(including land or appurtenances thereto)that is subject to regulation under the NPDES program. GENERAL PERMIT means an NPDES"permit'issued under§ 122.28 authorizing a category of discharges under the CWA within a geographical area. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE means any substance designated under 40 CFR part 116 pursuant to section 311 of the CWA. INDIAN COUNTRY(or INDAN LANDS)means: • All land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent,and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation: • All dependent Indian communities with the borders of the United States whether within the originally or subsequently acquired territory thereof. and whether within or without the limits of a state;and • All Indian allotments,the Indian titles to which have not been extinguished, including rights-of-way running through the same. INDIAN TRIBE means any Indian Tribe, band.group.or community recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and exercising governmental authority over a Federal Indian reservation. INDIRECT DISCHARGE means a nondomestic discharger introducing"pollutants"to a-publicly owned treatment works." 2A-13 T FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED LARGE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM(defined at§ 122.26(b)(4))means all municipal separate storm sewers that are either: (i)Located in an incorporated place with a population of 250.000 or more as determined by the 1990 Decennial Census by the Bureau of the Census(Appendix F of 40 CFR 122);or (ii) Located in the counties listed in appendix H of 40 CFR 122,except municipal separate storm sewers that are located in the incorporated places.townships or towns within such counties;or (iii)Owned or operated by a municipality other than those described in paragraphs(i)or(ii)and that are designated by the Director as part of the large or medium municipal separate storm sewer system due to the interrelationship between the discharges of the designated storm sewer and the discharges from municipal separate storm sewers described under paragraphs(i)or(ii). In making this determination the Director may consider the following factors: (A)Physical interconnections between the municipal separate storm sewers; (B)The location of discharges from the designated municipal separate storm sewer relative to discharges from municipal separate storm sewers described in paragraph(i); (C)The quantity and nature of pollutants discharged to waters of the United States: (D)The nature of the receiving waters;and (E)Other relevant factors;or (iv)The Director may, upon petition,designate as a large municipal separate storm sewer system. municipal separate storm sewers located within the boundaries of a region defined by a storm water management regional authority based on a jurisdictional.watershed.or other appropriate basis that includes one or more of the systems described in paragraphs(i), (ii),(iii). LOG SORTING AND LOG STORAGE FACILITIES(defined at§ 122.27)means facilities whose discharges result from the holding of unprocessed wood.for example.logs or roundwood with bark or after removal of bark held in self-contained bodies of water(mill ponds or log ponds)or stored on land where water is applied intentionally on the logs(wet decking). (See 40 CFR 429,subpart I, including the effluent limitations guidelines.) MAJOR FACILITY means any NPDES-facility or activity'classified as such by the Regional Administrator,or.in the case of`approved State programs."the Regional Administrator in conjunction with the State Director. MAXIMUM DAILY DISCHARGE LIMITATION means the highest allowable daily discharge." MEDIUM MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM(defined at§ 122.26(b)(7))means all municipal separate storm sewers that are either: (i) Located in an incorporated place with a population of 100,000 or more but less than 250.000. as determined by the 1990 Decennial Census by the Bureau of the Census(appendix G of 40 CFR 122);or (ii)Located in the counties listed in appendix I of 40 CFR 122,except municipal separate storm sewers that are located in the incorporated places,townships or towns within such counties;or (iii)Owned or operated by a municipality other than those described in paragraph(i)or(ii)and that are designated by the Director as part of the large or medium municipal separate storm sewer system due to the interrelationship between the discharges of the designated storm sewer and the discharges from municipal separate storm sewers described under paragraph(i)or(ii). In making this determination the Director may consider the following factors: (A)Physical interconnections between the municipal separate storm sewers: (B)The location of discharges from the designated municipal separate storm sewer relative to discharges from municipal separate storm sewers described in paragraph(i): (C)The quantity and nature of pollutants discharged to waters of the United States: (D)The nature of the receiving waters:or (E)Other relevant factors;or (iv)The Director may. upon petition.designate as a medium municipal separate storm sewer system.municipal separate storm sewers located within the boundaries of a region defined by a storm water management regional authority based on a jurisdictional,watershed.or other appropriate basis that includes one or more of the systems described in paragraphs(i),(ii),(iii)of this section. 2A-14 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED MUNICIPALITY means a city,town, borough,county. parish.district.association,or other public body created by or under State law and having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes,or other wastes,or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization. or a designated and approved management agency under section 208 of the CWA. MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER(defined at§ 122.26(b)(8))means a conveyance or system of conveyances(including roads r utter ditches man-made channels. or storm drains : with drainage systems. municipal streets.catch basins,curbs,gutters, ) • Owned or operated by a State.city,town.borough,county, parish,district.association.or other public body(created by or pursuant to State law)having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes. stormwater.or other wastes, including special districts under State law such as a sewer district,flood control district or drainage district.or similar entity,or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization,or a designated and approved management agency under section 208 of the CWA that discharges to waters of the United States. • Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater. • Which is not a combined sewer: and • Which is not part of a POTW as defined at 40 CFR 122.2. MUNICIPAL SLUDGE(see sewage sludge) NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)means the national program for issuing, modifying, revoking and reissuing,terminating, monitoring and enforcing permits. and imposing and enforcing pretreatment requirements. under sections 307, 402,318,and 405 of the CWA.The term includes an"approved program.- NEW DISCHARGER means any building, structure,facility,or installation: • From which there is or may be a"discharge of pollutants:" • That did not commence the"discharge of pollutants"at a particular`site"prior to August 13, 1979; • Which is not a"new source:"and • Which has never received a finally effective NPDES permit for discharges at that"site." This definition includes an"indirect discharger"which commences discharging into"waters of the United States"after August 13, 1979. It also means any existing mobile point source(other than an offshore or coastal oil and gas exploratory drilling rig or a coastal oil and gas developmental drilling rig)such as a seafood processing rig.seafood processing vessel.or aggregate plant,that begins discharging at a ""site--for which it does not have a permit:and any offshore or coastal mobile oil and gas exploratory drilling rig or coastal mobile oil and gas developmental drilling rig that commences the discharge of pollutants after August 13, 1979,at a"site"under EPA's permitting jurisdiction for which it is not covered by an individual or general permit and which is located in an area determined by the Regional Administrator in the issuance of a final permit to be an area of biological concern. In determining whether an area is an area of biological concern.the Regional Administrator shall consider the factors specified in 40 CFR 125.122(a)(1)through(10). An offshore or coastal mobile exploratory drilling rig or coastal mobile developmental drilling rig will be considered a"new discharger"only for the duration of its discharge in an area of biological concern. NEW SOURCE means any building,structure.facility,or installation from which there is or may be a`discharge of pollutants,"the construction of which commenced: • After promulgation of standards of performance under section 306 of the CWA which are applicable to such source,or • After proposal of standards of performance in accordance with section 306 of the CWA which are applicable to such source,but only if the standards are promulgated in accordance with section 306 within 120 days of their proposal. OWNER OR OPERATOR means the owner or operator of any`facility or activity"subject to regulation under the NPDES program. PERMIT means an authorization, license,or equivalent control document issued by EPA or an`approved State"to implement the requirements of this part and parts 123 and 124.-Permit"includes an NPDES"general permit"(§ 122.28). Permit does not include any permit which has not yet been the subject of final agency action,such as a"draft permit"or a"proposed permit." PESTICIDE DISCHARGES TO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM PESTICIDE APPLICATION means the application of biological pesticides, and the application of chemical pesticides that leave a residue.from point sources to waters of the United States, In the context of this definition of pesticide discharges to waters of the United States from pesticide application,this does not include agricultural storm water discharges and return flows from irrigated agriculture,which are excluded by law(33 U.S.C. 1342(1); 33 U.S.C. 1362(14)). PESTICIDE RESIDUE for the purpose of determining whether a NPDES permit is needed for discharges to waters of the United States from pesticide application, means that portion of a pesticide application that is discharged from a point source to waters of the United States and no longer provides pesticidal benefits. It also includes any degradates of the pesticide. 2A-15 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED POINT SOURCE means any discernible.confined.and discrete conveyance, including but not limited to, any pipe.ditch,channel,tunnel, conduit.well,discrete fissure,container, rolling stock,concentrated animal feeding operation,landfill leachate collection system,vessel or other floating craft from which pollutants are or may be discharged.This term does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture or agricultural stormwater runoff. (See§ 122.3). POLLUTANT means dredged spoil.solid waste. incinerator residue,filter backwash,sewage.garbage,sewage sludge. munitions. chemical wastes.biological materials. radioactive materials(except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.as amended(42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)), heat.wrecked or discarded equipment, rock,sand.cellar dirt and industrial, municipal.and agricultural waste discharged into water. It does not mean: • Sewage from vessels:or • Water,gas.or other material which is injected into a well to facilitate production of oil or gas.or water derived in association with oil and gas production and disposed of in a well, if the well used either to facilitate production or for disposal purposes is approved by authority of the State in which the well is located.and if the State determines that the injection or disposal will not result in the degradation of ground or surface water resources. Note: Radioactive materials covered by the Atomic Energy Act are those encompassed in its definition of source. byproduct.or special nuclear materials. Examples of materials not covered include radium and accelerator-produced isotopes. See Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group. Inc..426 U.S. 1 (1976). PRIMARY INDUSTRY CATEGORY means any industry category listed in the NRDC settlement agreement(Natural Resources Defense Council et al. v. Train.8 E.R.C. 2120(D.D.C. 1976), modified 12 E.R.C. 1833(D.D.C. 1979)):also listed in appendix A of part 122. PRIVATELY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS means any device or system which is(1)used to treat wastes from any facility whose operator is not the operator of the treatment works and(2)not a"POTW." PROCESS WASTEWATER means any water which.during manufacturing or processing.comes into direct contact with or results from the production or use of any raw material.intermediate product,finished product, byproduct.or waste product. PROPOSED PERMIT means a state NPDES-permit-prepared after the close of the public comment period(and.when applicable, any public hearing and administrative appeals)which is sent to EPA for review before final issuance by the State.A 'proposed permit-is not a -draft permit." PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS or POTW(defined at§403.3)means a treatment works as defined by CWA Section 212, which is owned by a state or municipality(as defined by CWA Section 502(4)).This definition includes any devices or systems used in the storage.treatment. recycling, and reclamation)of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature.This definition also includes sewers.pipes,and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW. The term also means the municipality as defined in CWA Section 502(4).which has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works. REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR means the Regional Administrator of the appropriate Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency or the authorized representative of the Regional Administrator. ROCK CRUSHING AND GRAVEL WASHING FACILITIES(defined at§ 122.27)means facilities which process crushed and broken stone.gravel. and riprap(See 40 CFR 436. subpart B.including the effluent limitations guidelines). SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE means a schedule of remedial measures included in a-permit", including an enforceable sequence of interim requirements(for example. actions,operations.or milestone events)leading to compliance with the CWA and regulations. SECONDARY INDUSTRY CATEGORY means any industry category which is not a primary industry category. SEWAGE FROM VESSELS means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes that are discharged from vessels and regulated under section 312 of the CWA,except that with respect to commercial vessels on the Great Lakes this term includes graywater. For the purposes of this definition."graywater"means galley. bath,and shower water. SEWAGE SLUDGE means any solid.semi-solid,or liquid residue removed during the treatment of municipal waste water or domestic sewage. Sewage sludge includes. but is not limited to.solids removed during primary.secondary,or advanced waste water treatment. scum. septage. portable toilet pumpings.type Ill marine sanitation device pumpings(33 CFR 159),and sewage sludge products. Sewage sludge does not include grit or screenings,or ash generated during the incineration of sewage sludge. SILVICULTURAL POINT SOURCE(defined at§ 122.27)means any discernible,confined,and discrete conveyance related to rock crushing,gravel washing,log sorting.or log storage facilities which are operated in connection with silvicultural activities and from which pollutants are discharged into waters of the United States.This term does not include non-point source silvicultural activities such as nursery operations,site preparation. reforestation and subsequent cultural treatment.thinning. prescribed burning.pest and fire control. harvesting operations, surface drainage,or road construction and maintenance from which there is natural runoff. However.some of these activities(such as stream crossing for roads)may involve point source discharges of dredged or fill material which may require a CWA Section 404 permit(see 33 CFR 209.120 and part 233). 2A-16 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED SITE means the land or water area where any facility or activity"is physically located or conducted, including adjacent land used in connection with the facility or activity. SLUDGE-ONLY FACILITY means any"treatment works treating domestic sewage"whose methods of sewage sludge use or disposal are subject to regulations promulgated pursuant to section 405(d)of the CWA and is required to obtain a permit under§ 122.1(b)(2). STANDARDS FOR SEWAGE SLUDGE USE OR DISPOSAL means the regulations promulgated pursuant to section 405(d)of the CWA which govern minimum requirements for sludge quality.management practices,and monitoring and reporting applicable to sewage sludge or the use or disposal of sewage sludge by any person. STATE means any of the 50 States,the District of Columbia,Guam.the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,the Virgin Islands,American Samoa,the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.or an Indian Tribe as defined in these regulations which meets the requirements of§ 123.31 of this chapter. STATE DIRECTOR means the chief administrative officer of any State or interstate agency operating an-approved program,"or the delegated representative of the State Director. If responsibility is divided among two or more State or interstate agencies,"State Director means the chief administrative officer of the State or interstate agency authorized to perform the particular procedure or function to which reference is made. STORMWATER(or STORM WATER)(defined at§ 122.26(b)(13))means stormwater runoff.snow melt runoff,and surface runoff and drainage. STORMWATER DISCHARGE ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY(defined at§ 122.26(b)(14))means the discharge from any conveyance that is used for collecting and conveying stormwater and that is directly related to manufacturing.processing or raw materials storage areas at an industrial plant.The term does not include discharges from facilities or activities excluded from the NPDES program under this part 122. For the categories of industries identified in this section,the term includes, but is not limited to,stormwater discharges from industrial plant yards; immediate access roads and rail lines used or traveled by carriers of raw materials, manufactured products. waste material.or by-products used or created by the facility: material handling sites;refuse sites;sites used for the application or disposal of process waste waters(as defined at 40 CFR 401):sites used for the storage and maintenance of material handling equipment:sites used for residual treatment,storage,or disposal:shipping and receiving areas: manufacturing buildings: storage areas(including tank farms)for raw materials.and intermediate and final products:and areas where industrial activity has taken place in the past and significant materials remain and are exposed to stormwater. For the purposes of this paragraph.material handling activities include storage. loading and unloading,transportation,or conveyance of any raw material, intermediate product,final product. by-product or waste product.The term excludes areas located on plant lands separate from the plant's industrial activities,such as office buildings and accompanying parking lots as long as the drainage from the excluded areas is not mixed with stormwater drained from the above described areas. Industrial facilities(including industrial facilities that are federally,State,or municipally owned or operated that meet the description of the facilities listed in paragraphs 1 through 14 below)include those facilities designated under the provisions of 40 CFR 122.26(a)(1)(v).The following categories of facilities are considered to be engaging in`industrial activity"for purposes of 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14). 1. Facilities subject to stormwater effluent limitations guidelines,new source performance standards.or toxic pollutant effluent standards under 40 CFR Subchapter N(except facilities with toxic pollutant effluent standards which are exempted under paragraph 11 below); 2. Facilities classified as Standard Industrial Classification 24,Industry Group 241 that are rock crushing,gravel washing,log sorting,or log storage facilities operated in connection with silvicultural activities defined in 40 CFR 122.27(b)(2)—(3)and Industry Groups 242 through 249; 26(except 265 and 267), 28(except 283).29.311, 32(except 323),33,3441,373:(not included are all other types of silvicultural facilities): 3. Facilities classified as Standard Industrial Classifications 10 through 14(mineral industry)including active or inactive mining operations(except for areas of coal mining operations no longer meeting the definition of a reclamation area under 40 CFR 434.11(1) because the performance bond issued to the facility by the appropriate SMCRA authority has been released,or except for areas of non—coal mining operations which have been released from applicable State or Federal reclamation requirements after December 17, 1990)and oil and gas exploration,production, processing,or treatment operations.or transmission facilities that discharge stormwater contaminated by contact with or that has come into contact with.any overburden, raw material, intermediate products.finished products, byproducts or waste products located on the site of such operations;(inactive mining operations are mining sites that are not being actively mined, but which have an identifiable owner operator: inactive mining sites do not include sites where mining claims are being maintained prior to disturbances associated with the extraction. beneficiation,or processing of mined materials.nor sites where minimal activities are undertaken for the sole purpose of maintaining a mining claim); 4. Hazardous waste treatment,storage.or disposal facilities, including those that are operating under interim status or a permit under subtitle C of RCRA; 5. Landfills.land application sites.and open dumps that receive or have received any industrial wastes(waste that is received from any of the facilities described under this subsection)including those that are subject to regulation under subtitle D of RCRA: 6. Facilities involved in the recycling of materials.including metal scrapyards. battery reclaimers.salvage yards.and automobile junkyards, including but limited to those classified as Standard Industrial Classification 5015 and 5093: 2A-17 FORM 2A—GLOSSARY CONTINUED 7. Steam electric power generating facilities. including coal handling sites; 8. Transportation facilities classified as Standard Industrial Classifications 40,41,42(except 4221-25),43.44,45.and 5171 which have vehicle maintenance shops,equipment cleaning operations.or airport deicing operations.Only those portions of the facility that are either involved in vehicle maintenance(including vehicle rehabilitation. mechanical repairs, painting.fueling. and lubrication). equipment cleaning operations.airport deicing operations,or which are otherwise identified under paragraphs 1-7 or 9-11 are associated with industrial activity; 9. Treatment works treating domestic sewage or any other sewage sludge or wastewater treatment device or system, used in the storage treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal or domestic sewage. including land dedicated to the disposal of sewage sludge that are located within the confines of the facility,with a design flow of 1.0 mgd or more.or required to have an approved pretreatment program under 40 CFR 403. Not included are farm lands.domestic gardens or lands used for sludge management where sludge is beneficially reused and which are not physically located in the confines of the facility,or areas that are in compliance with section 405 of the CWA: 10. Construction activity including clearing,grading and excavation,except operations that result in the disturbance of less than five acres of total land area.Construction activity also includes the disturbance of less than five acres of total land area that is a part of a larger common plan of development or sale if the larger common plan will ultimately disturb five acres or more; 11. Facilities under Standard Industrial Classifications 20,21,22,23,2434,25, 265.267.27.283,285, 30.31 (except 311),323,34 (except 3441). 35, 36. 37(except 373),38. 39,and 4221-25. TOXIC POLLUTANT means any pollutant listed as toxic under section 307(a)(1)or. in the case of"sludge use or disposal practices,"any pollutant identified in regulations implementing section 405(d)of the CWA. TREATMENT WORKS TREATING DOMESTIC SEWAGE(TWTDS)means a POTW or any other sewage sludge or waste water treatment devices or systems.regardless of ownership(including federal facilities), used in the storage,treatment. recycling. and reclamation of municipal or domestic sewage. including land dedicated for the disposal of sewage sludge.This definition does not include septic tanks or similar devices. For purposes of this definition, -domestic sewage"includes waste and waste water from humans or household operations that are discharged to or otherwise enter a treatment works. In States where there is no approved State sludge management program under section 405(f)of the CWA.the Regional Administrator may designate any person subject to the standards for sewage sludge use and disposal in 40 CFR 503 as a-treatment works treating domestic sewage."where he or she finds that there is a potential for adverse effects on public health and the environment from poor sludge quality or poor sludge handling, use or disposal practices,or where he or she finds that such designation is necessary to ensure that such person is in compliance with 40 CFR 503. UPSET(defined at§ 122.41(n))means an exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with technology based permit effluent limitations because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee.An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities. inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance,or careless or improper operation. VARIANCE means any mechanism or provision under section 301 or 316 of the CWA or under 40 CFR 125.or in the applicable`effluent limitations guidelines"which allows modification to or waiver of the generally applicable effluent limitation requirements or time deadlines of the CWA.This includes provisions which allow the establishment of alternative limitations based on fundamentally different factors or on sections 301(c). 301(g).301(h).301(i),or 316(a)of the CWA. WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES as defined at§ 122.2. WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY(WET)means the aggregate toxic effect of an effluent measured directly by a toxicity test. 2A-18 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 Form U.S.Environmental Protection Agency 2A — EPA Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater NPDES NEW AND EXISTING PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS SECTION 1.BASIC APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS(40 CFR 122.21(j)(1)and(9)) 1.1 Facility name Town of Macclesfield WWTP Mailing address(street or P.O. box) PO Box 185 City or town State ZIP code o Macclesfield NC 27852 Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address Lassiter Public Works Dir ORC (252)373-7976 Benjamin / publicworks@townofmacclesf Location address(street, route number,or other specific identifier) ❑ Same as mailing address 771 South Fountain Rd Macclesfield,NC 27852 w City or town State ZIP code Macclesfield NC 27852 1.2 Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge? ❑ Yes 4 See instructions on data submission ❑✓ No requirements for new dischargers. 1.3 Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.4. Applicant name = Applicant address(street or P.O. box) 0 City or town State ZIP code Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address 0. 0_ 1.4 Is the applicant the facility's owner,operator,or both?(Check only one response.) ❑ Owner ❑ Operator ❑✓ Both 1.5 To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence?(Check only one response.) ❑ Facility ❑ Applicant 2Facility and applicant (they are one and the same) 1.6 Indicate below any existing environmental permits. (Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit number for each.) Existing Environmental Permits a ✓❑ NPDES(discharges to surface ❑ RCRA(hazardous waste) ❑ UIC(underground injection water) control) NC0050661 ❑ PSD(air emissions) ❑ Nonattainment program(CAA) ❑ NESHAPs(CAA) a) ❑ Ocean dumping(MPRSA) ❑ Dredge or fill(CWA Section ❑✓ Other(specify) 404) WQ0018857 EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 1 EPA Identification Number I NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 I NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 1.7 Provide the collection system information requested below for the treatment works. Municipality Population Collection System Type Ownership Status Served Served (indicate percentage) Macclesfield,NC 413 100 %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own ❑ Maintain %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain ID Unknown 0 Own ❑ Maintain Cl) %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain w %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain cCIUnknown 0 Own 0 Maintain o %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own ❑ Maintain c %combined storm and sanitary sewer ID Own 0 Maintain re 0 Unknown 0 Own CIMaintain C. %separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain to %combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own 0 Maintain cn c 0 Unknown 0 Own ❑ Maintain 'a Total 413 d Population ci Served Separate Sanitary Sewer System Combined Storm and Sanitary Sewer Total percentage of each type of of o sewer line(in miles) 1ao so o io Z' 1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country? c o ❑ Yes 0 No U 0 1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country? c ❑ Yes 0 No 1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces. Design Flow Rate 0.175 mgd To I = in Annual Average Flow Rates(Actual) -¢a 2 Two Years Ago Last Year This Year CO c o 0.057 mgd 0.026 mgd 0.030 mgd A" Maximum Daily Flow Rates(Actual) a) G Two Years Ago Last Year This Year 0.996 mgd 0.212 mgd 0.158 mgd 1.11 Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the United States by type. c Total Number of Effluent Discharge Points by Type a. n� Constructed Er 1-- Treated Effluent Untreated Effluent Combined Sewer Bypasses Emergency s Overflows Overflows i a co 1 EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 2 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03105/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the United States 1.12 Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins,ponds,or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets for discharge to waters of the United States? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14. 1.13 Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below. Surface Impoundment Location and Discharge Data Average Daily Volume Continuous or Intermittent Location Discharged to Surface (check one) Impoundment ❑ Continuous gpd ❑ Intermittent ❑ Continuous gpd ❑ Intermittent 0 Continuous gpd ❑ Intermittent 2 1.14 Is wastewater applied to land? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16. c1.15 Provide the land application site and discharge data requested below. y Land Application Site and Discharge Data o Continuous or Location Size Average Daily Volume Intermittent Applied (check one) L acresgpd El Continuous c ❑ Intermittent acres gpd 0 Continuous o 0 Intermittent acresgpd 0 Continuous ❑ Intermittent 1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge? o ❑ Yes © No 3 SKIP to Item 1.21. 1.17 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported(e.g..tank truck,pipe). 1.18 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20. 1.19 Provide information on the transporter below. Transporter Data Entity name Mailing address(street or P.O. box) City or town State ZIP code Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 3 EPA Identification Number j NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 1.20 In the table below, indicate the name,address,contact information, NPDES number. and average daily flow rate of the receiving facility. Receiving Facility Data -0 Facility name Mailing address(street or P.O. box) m City or town State ZIP code 0 Contact name(first and last) Title 0 Phone number Email address 2 o NPDES number of receiving facility(if any) ❑ None Average daily flow rate mgd n 1.21 Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do not have outlets to waters of the United States(e.g., underground percolation, underground injection)? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.23. 1.22 Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods. Information on Other Disposal Methods do' Disposal Location of Size of Annual Average Continuous or Intermittent Method Disposal Site Disposal Site Daily Discharge (check one) Description Volume acres gpd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent ❑ Continuous acres gpd ❑ Intermittent acresgpd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent 1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)?(Check all that apply. co Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.) m ❑ Discharges into marine waters(CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitation(CWA Section D Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2)) ❑✓ Not applicable 1.24 Are any operational or maintenance aspects(related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality)of the treatment works the responsibility of a contractor? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No-)SKIP to Section 2. 1.25 Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractor's operational and maintenance responsibilities. Contractor Information Contractor 1 Contractor 2 Contractor 3 0 Contractor name (company name) o Mailing address (street or P.O. box) 8 City.state,and ZIP code o Contact name(first and c� last) Phone number Email address Operational and maintenance responsibilities of contractor EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 4 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03105/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 SECTION 2-ADDITIONAL INFORMATION(40 CFR 122.21(j)(1)and(2)) c Outfalls to Waters of the United States 2.1 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd? Q Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3. c 2.2 Provide the treatment works'current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of Inflow and Infiltration and infiltration. 3000 gpd = Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration. The Town of Macclesfield obtained a AIA grant.They are currently having the sewer system inspected by use of video. ra Lines are being cleaned and smoke testing is to follow as part if this project. 2.3 Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information?(See instructions for CO Q. specific requirements.) ca 0 0 ❑✓ Yes ❑ No E 2.4 Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information? cco (See instructions for specific requirements.) a, c ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 2.5 Are improvements to the facility scheduled? ❑ Yes ❑Q No 4 SKIP to Section 3. = Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements. 0 1. m E a, 2. E 0 m 3. a 0 4. 172 0 2.6 Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements. Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for Improvements E Scheduled Affected Begin End Begin Attainment of 0 Improvement Outfalis Construction Construction Discharge Operational 0. (from above) (list outfall (MM/DD/YYYY) (MM/DD/YYYY) (MM/DD/YYYY) Level number} (MM/DD/YYYY) 1. 2. 3. 4. 2.7 Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal+state requirements been obtained?Briefly explain your response. ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ None required or applicable Explanation: EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 5 EPA Identification Number I NPDES Permit Number I Facility Name I Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 1 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No.2040-0004 SECTION 3.INFORMATION ON EFFLUENT DISCHARGES(40 CFR 122.210)(3)to(5)) 3.1 Provide the following information for each outfall. (Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.) Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number n/a Outfall Number n/a State North Carolina cn County Edgecombe O City or town Macclesfield `.6- a c Distance from shore n/a ft. ft. ft. Q. 0 Depth below surface n/a ft. ft. ft. 0 Average daily flow rate 0.030 mgd mgd mgd Latitude 350 44 42" El 0 I „ Longitude 77 39' 58" ° " „ 03 3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges? o ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.4. d 3.3 If so, provide the following information for each applicable outfall. N Outfall Number n/a Outfall Number n/a Outfall Number n/a 0 :� Number of times per year g discharge occurs n Average duration of each o discharge(specify units) oAverage flow of each mgd mgd mgd ,/, discharge cnn Months in which discharge occurs 3.4 Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.6. m 3.5 Briefly describe the diffuser type at each appiicable outfall. c Outfall Number Outfall Number_ Outfall Number _ N 0 o vi 3,6 Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the United States from one or more E discharge points? cits Y ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 4SKIP to Section 6. EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 6 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 3.7 Provide the receiving water and related information(if known)for each outfall. Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number nia Outfall Number n/a Receiving water name Briery Branch Name of watershed. river. 0 or stream system Tar Pamlico Q- U.S.Soil Conservation y Service 14-digit watershed o code 0 Name of state managementiriver basin Tar-Pamlico rn U.S. Geological Survey 0 8-digit hydrologic 03020103 ce cataloging unit code Critical low flow(acute) n/a cfs cfs cfs Critical low flow(chronic) n/a cfs cfs cfs Total hardness at critical mg/L of mg/L of mg!L of low flow n/a CaCO3 CaCO3 CaCO3 3.8 Provide the following information describing the treatment provided for discharges from each outfall. Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number nfa Outfall Number n!a Highest Level of ❑ Primary 0 Primary 0 Primary Treatment(check all that 0 Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to apply per outfall) secondary secondary secondary 0 Secondary 0 Secondary ❑ Secondary 0 Advanced 0 Advanced 0 Advanced 0 Other(specify) 0 Other(specify) 0 Other(specify) c 0 a Design Removal Rates by 001 'Es Outfall N o BOD5 or CBODs 47 % % % 5 E CO TSS 88 % % % ❑ Not applicable 0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable Phosphorus n/a % % ok ❑ Not applicable 0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable Nitrogen %% % n/a /o Other(specify) 0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable ❑Not applicable NH3-N 88 % EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 7 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 3.9 Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below. If disinfection varies by season.describe below. 0 Outfall Number OmOutfall Number Outfall Number 0 ---0. Disinfection type chlorine U cu Ul E' Seasons used All Seasons Dechlorination used? ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable El Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ No 0 No 3.10 Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package? 0 Yes ❑ No 3.11 Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.13. 3.12 Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge points. Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Number of tests of discharge water Number of tests of receiving water 3.13 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd? R ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.16. 0 3.14 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection, use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process,or otherwise have reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent? ❑ Yes 4 Complete Table B, including chlorine. ❑ No 4 Complete Table B.omitting chlorine. • 3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application package? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 3.16 Does one or more of the following conditions apply? • The facility has a design flow greater than or equal to 1 mgd. • The POTW has an approved pretreatment program or is required to develop such a program. • The NPDES permitting authority has informed the POTW that it must sample for the parameters in Table C,must sample other additional parameters(Table D).or submit the results of WET tests for acute or chronic toxicity for each of its discharge outfalls(Table E). Yes 4 Complete Tables C,D,and E as ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 4. applicable. 3.17 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table C pollutants and attached the results to this application package? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 3.18 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and attached the results to this application package? Q Yes ❑ No additional sampling required by NPDES permitting authority. EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 8 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03105/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 3.19 Has the POTW conducted either(1)minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application or(2)at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years? El Yes ❑ No 4 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.20 Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority? El Yes ❑ No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.21 Indicate the dates the data were submitted to your NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results. Date(s)Submitted Summary of Results (MMIDDlYYYY) c c 0 w3.22 Regardless of how you provided your WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority.did any of the tests result in o toxicity? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.23 Describe the cause(s)of the toxicity: 3.24 Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.25 Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted. 3.26 Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package? ❑ Yes ❑ Not applicable because previously submitted information to the NPDES permittin• authorit . SECTION 4.INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES AND HAZARDOUS WASTES(40 CFR 122.21(j)(6)and(7)) 4.1 Does the POTW receive discharges from SIUs or NSCIUs? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 4.7. 4.2 Indicate the number of SIUs and NSCIUs that discharge to the POTW. Number of SIUs Number of NSCIUs N 0 4.3 Does the POTW have an approved pretreatment program? ❑ Yes ❑ No v m 4.4 Have you submitted either of the following to the NPDES permitting authority that contains information substantially identical to that required in Table F:(1)a pretreatment program annual report submitted within one year of the application or(2)a pretreatment program? y ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 4.6. o 4.5 Identify the title and date of the annual report or pretreatment program referenced in Item 4.4. SKIP to Item 4.7. 4.6 Have you completed and attached Table F to this application package? ❑ Yes ❑ No EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 9 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 4.7 Does the POTW receive,or has it been notified that it will receive. by truck, rail.or dedicated pipe,any wastes that are regulated as RCRA hazardous wastes pursuant to 40 CFR 261? ❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Item 4.9. 4.8 If yes,provide the following information: Annual Hazardous Waste Waste Transport Method Amount of Units Number (check all that apply) Waste Received ❑ Truck ❑ Rail ❑ Dedicated pipe ❑ Other(specify) c 0 v ❑ Truck ❑ Rail ❑ Dedicated pipe ❑ Other(specify) O 'O __ N ❑ Truck ❑ Rail _ ❑ Dedicated pipe ❑ Other(specify) co V! s4.9 Does the POTW receive,or has it been notified that it will receive,wastewaters that originate from remedial activities, y including those undertaken pursuant to CERCLA and Sections 3004(7)or 3008(h)of RCRA? ca ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 5. u) 4.10 Does the POTW receive(or expect to receive)less than 15 kilograms per month of non-acute hazardous wastes as = specified in 40 CFR 261.30(d)and 261.33(e)? ❑ Yes 4 SKIP to Section 5. ❑ No 4.11 Have you reported the following information in an attachment to this application:identification and description of the site(s)or facility(ies)at which the wastewater originates:the identities of the wastewater's hazardous constituents:and the extent of treatment,if any,the wastewater receives or will receive before entering the POTW? ❑ Yes ❑ No SECTION 5.COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS(40 CFR 122-21(j)(8)) 5.1 Does the treatment works have a combined sewer system? o, ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4SKIP to Section 6. R 6 5.2 Have you attached a CSO system map to this application?(See instructions for map requirements.) 1O ❑ Yes 0. ❑ No 0 5.3 Have you attached a CSO system diagram to this application?(See instructions for diagram requirements.) ❑ Yes ❑ No c� EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 10 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 5.4 For each CSO outfall,provide the following information. (Attach additional sheets as necessary.) CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number = City or town 0 -.. -9. State and ZIP code c> N c County 71 c Latitude ° 0 O N Longitude ° 1 1 o Distance from shore ft. ft. ft. Depth below surface ft. ft. ft. 5.5 Did the POTW monitor any of the following items in the past year for its CSO outfalls? CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number Rainfall ❑ Yes ❑ No 0 Yes 0 No 0 Yes 0 No rn c 0 CSO flow volume 0 Yes 0 No 0 Yes 0 No 0 Yes 0 No sc g CSO pollutant 0 Yes ❑ No 0 Yes 0 No 0 Yes 0 No o concentrations ca c) Receiving water quality ❑ Yes 0 No 0 Yes ❑ No 0 Yes 0 No CSO frequency 0 Yes 0 No 0 Yes ❑ No 0 Yes 0 No Number of storm events 0 Yes 0 No ❑ Yes 0 No 0 Yes 0 No 5.6 Provide the following information for each of your CSO outfalls. CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number co >- Number of CSO events in events events events y the past year m a- c Average duration per hours hours hours c event ❑Actual or❑ Estimated ❑Actual or❑ Estimated ❑Actual or 0 Estimated d "U million gallons million gallons million gallons o Average volume per event 0 0 Actual or 0 Estimated ❑Actual or 0 Estimated 0 Actual or 0 Estimated Minimum rainfall causing inches of rainfall inches of rainfall inches of rainfall a CSO event in last year 0 Actual or 0 Estimated ❑Actual or 0 Estimated 0 Actual or 0 Estimated EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 11 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OMB No 2040-0004 5.7 Provide the information in the table below for each of your CSO outfalls. CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number CSO Outfall Number Receiving water name Name of watershed/ stream system U.S. Soil Conservation ❑Unknown 0 Unknown 0 Unknown Service 14-digit = watershed code > (if known) Name of state rx management/river basin cn U.S. Geological Survey 0 Unknown 0 Unknown 0 Unknown 8-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code(if known) Description of known water quality impacts on receiving stream by CSO (see instructions for exam•les' SECTION 6.CHECKLIST AND CERTIFICATION STATEMENT(40 CFR 122.22(a)and(d)) 6.1 In Column 1 below, mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application. For each section,specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority. Note that not all applicants are required to provide attachments. Column 1 Column 2 Section 1: Basic Application❑ w additional attachments Information for All Applicants ❑ w. variance request(s) ❑ ❑ Section 2:Additional wl topographic map w/process flow diagram Information ❑ w/additional attachments ❑✓ w/Table A ❑✓ wl Table D ❑ Section 3: Information on 0 w/Table B ❑ w/Table E Effluent Discharges ❑ w/Table C ❑ w/additional attachments Section 4: Industrial ❑ w/SIU and NSCIU attachments ❑ wl Table F N ❑ Discharges and Hazardous Wastes ❑ w/additional attachments Section 5:Combined Sewer ❑ w/CSO map ❑ w/additional attachments (1) ❑ Overflows ❑ w/CSO system diagram -o Section 6:Checklist and ❑✓ ❑✓ wl attachments Certification Statement y 6.2 Certification Statement /certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information. the information submitted is. to the best of my knowledge and belief true. accurate. and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information.including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. Name(print or type first and last name) Official title Signatur Date signed 4 id . EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 12 r EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved 030.5/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF 001 0M3 No.2040-0034 TABLE A.EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR ALL POTWS Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Value Units Value Units Number of Method' (include units) Samples Biochemical oxygen demand 0 ML ElBODs or o CBOD5 2.4 mg/L .21 mg/L 52 5210E-16 2 mg 0 MDL (report one) Fecal coliform 4900 co1/100ml 1.71 col/100m1 52 9222D-15 1 col/100 t MDL Design flow rate 0.175 MGD .03 MGD 365 pH(minimum) 6.7 su pH(maximum) 7.9 su Temperature(winter) 18 celsius 17.2 celcius 155 Temperature(summer) 28 celsius 25 celcius 210 ML Total suspended solids(TSS) 1.57 mg/L .21 mg/L 52 2540D-15 100 [a ma 1 Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures(i.e.,methods)approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR chapter I,subchapter N or O.See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 13 This page intentionally left blank. EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF 001 ONB No 2040-0004 TABLE B. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR ALL POTWS WITH A FLOW EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 0.1 MGD Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Number of Methods (include Value Units Value Units Samples units) ❑NIL Ammonia(as N) 1.99 mg/L .23 mg/L 52 350.1 R2-93 O.lmg/L El MDL Chlorine 0 ML (total residual,TRC)2 11.63 mg/L 6.54 mg/L 104 4500CL-G 25ug/L I MDL L Dissolved oxygen 12.7 mg/1 8.5 mg/L 52 45000G-2000 .1 mg/L El MDL Nitrate/nitrite 34.2 mg/L 26.5 mg/L 24 353.2 R2-93 .10 mg/1 El ML El MDL ML Kjeldahl nitrogen 1.615 mg/L 1.13 mg/L 24 351.2 R2-93 .20mg/L 0 MDL 0 ML Oil and grease na na na na na na na 0 MDL Phosphorus 4.81 mg/L 3.66 ng/L 24 365.4-74 .020mg/L O NiL O MDL Total dissolved solids na na na na na na na 0 MDL Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures(i.e., methods)approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR chapter I,subchapter N or 0.See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). 2 Facilities that do not use chlorine for disinfection,do not use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process,and have no reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in their effluent are not required to report data for chlorine. EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 15 This page intentionally left blank. EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF 0NB No.2040-0004 TABLE C. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR SELECTED POTWS Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Value Units Value Units Number of Methods (include units) Samples Metals,Cyanide,and Total Phenols ❑Nt Hardness(as CaCO3) ❑NDL Antimony,total recoverable ❑IvDL Arsenic,total recoverable ❑Nt ❑DL O IA Beryllium, total recoverable ❑NDL M. Cadmium,total recoverable CID❑ L Chromium,total recoverable CI Nt ❑DL ▪ NL Copper,total recoverable ❑VOL Lead,total recoverable ❑Nt ❑DL Mercury, total recoverable ❑NDL Nickel,total recoverable ❑NL ❑NDL Selenium,total recoverable ElNt ❑NDL M. Silver,total recoverable ClC]MDL Thallium,total recoverable ❑IA_ ❑MDL Zinc,total recoverable ❑❑MDL • NL Cyanide ❑NDL M. Total phenolic compounds ❑NDL Volatile Organic Compounds Acrolein ❑Nt ❑MDL ❑Nt Acrylonitrile ❑NDL Benzene ❑nn ❑NDL Bromoform ❑M ❑MDL EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 17 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF ONB No.20400004 TABLE C. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR SELECTED POTWS Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Number of Method1 (include units) Value Units Value Units Samples Carbon tetrachloride ❑M. ❑NDL Chlorobenzene ❑❑MDL DL ❑NL Chlorodibromomethane 0 NDL Chloroethane ❑❑MDL DL 2-chloroethylvinyl ether ❑VOL Chloroform ❑❑NDL Dichlorobromomethane ❑M. ❑NDL 1,1-dichloroethane ❑NL ❑NDL 1,2-dichloroethane ❑Nt ❑NDL trans-1,2-dichloroethylene 0 NDL 1,1-dichloroethylene ❑NDL ❑NI 1,2-dichloropropane ❑MDL 1,3-dichloropropylene ❑NDL 0 fit Ethylbenzene p MC/ Methyl bromide ❑MDL Methyl chloride p NDL Methylene chloride p Ma 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane ❑❑MDL DL Tetrachloroethylene ❑NDL Toluene ❑Nt ❑NDL 1,1,1-tichloroethane ❑NI_ ❑NDL rvi 1,1,2-tichloroethane ❑CIN fV DL EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) P age 18 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03O5/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF ONB No.2040-0004 TABLE C. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR SELECTED POTWS Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Number of Method! (include units) Value Units Value Units Samples Trichloroethylene ❑DL Vinyl chloride ❑MDL Acid-Extractable Compounds p-chloro-m-cresol p ML ❑M 2-chiorophenol ❑I„DL 2,4-dichlorophenol ❑p MDL 2,4-dimethylphenol ❑NDL 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol ❑Nit ❑MDL 2,4-dinitrophenol ❑DL ❑M. 2-nitrophenol ❑MDL 4-nitrophenol ❑MDL Pentachlorophenol ❑NIX Phenol ❑rut ❑MDL 2,4,6-trichlorophenol ❑MDL Base-Neutral Compounds 0 NI Acenaphthene ❑Iva ❑Ivt Acenaphthylene ❑MDL Anthracene ❑❑MDL Benzidine ❑Ivt ❑NDL Benzo(a)anthracene ❑f DL Benzo(a)pyrene ❑p nML IA 3,4-benzofluoranthene 0 D❑ L EPA Form 3510-2A devised 3-19) Page 19 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF ONB No.2040-0004 TABLE C.EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR SELECTED POTWS Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Number of_ ^ Method Value Units Value Units (include units) Samples 0 Nit Benzo(ghi)perylene ❑MDL 0 IA Benzo(k)fluoranthene ❑i„DL Bis(2-chloroethoxy)methane ❑NDL Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether ❑NDL IVL Bis(2-chloroisopropyl)ether p MDL Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ❑p NDL 4-bromophenyl phenyl ether p NDL Butyl benzyl phthalate ❑MDL 2-chloronaphthalene ❑l DL 4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether ❑MDL ❑M Chrysene ❑MDL di-n-butyl phthalate ❑NDL di-n-octyl phthalate ❑MX Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene p MDL 1,2-dichlorobenzene ❑Nt MDL 1,3-dichlorobenzene ❑nn ❑MDL 1,4-dichlorobenzene ❑ru< ❑Nix 3,3-dichlorobenzidine ❑NL ❑MDL Diethyl phthalate ❑MDL Dimethyl phthalate ❑MDL M. 2,4-dinitrotoluene ❑❑MDL M 2,6-dinitrotoluene ❑rut ❑NIX EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 20 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved 03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OW No,2040-0004 TABLE C. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR SELECTED POTWS Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Pollutant Analytical ML or MDL Value Units Value Units Number of Method' (include units) Samples IvL 1,2-diphenylhydrazine ❑MDL ❑N Fluoranthene ❑Kit ❑NDL _ Fluorene ❑Nt ❑NDL Hexachlorobenzene ❑Nt ❑NDL Hexachlorobutadiene ❑Nt 0 NDL Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene ❑0 N NDL Hexachloroethane ❑NI_ ❑NDL Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene ❑0 N M DL ❑NI Isophorone 0 MDL ivL Naphthalene 0 NDL Nitrobenzene ❑M ❑NDL N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine ❑Nt ❑NDL fvL N-nitrosodimethylamine ❑NDL N-nitrosodiphenylamine ❑!VI ❑NDL ❑N1 Phenanthrene ❑NDL ❑NL Pyrene ❑MDL 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene ❑Nt ❑DL I Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures(i.e.,methods)approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter Nor 0. See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 21 This page intentionally left blank. EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved0305/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF 001 ONB No.2040-0004 TABLE D.ADDITIONAL POLLUTANTS AS REQUIRED BY NPDES PERMITTING AUTHORITY Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Dischar e Pollutant Analytical ML or MDL (list) Value Units Value Units Number of Method' (include units) Samples ❑ No additional sampling is required by NPDES permitting authority. Mercury(low level) <1 ng/L < ng/L 1 EPA 1631E 1 ng/L ❑NL NDL Total Nitrogen 34.75 mg/L 27,58 mg/L 12 Calculated mg/L ❑NL IvDL ❑NL ❑MDL ❑M_ ❑MDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑M. ❑MDL ❑N2 0 NDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑NL ❑MDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑NL ❑MDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑NL ❑NDL ❑NI ❑NDL ❑NL ❑NDL I Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures(i.e., methods)approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR chapter 1, subchapter N or 0. See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 23 This page intentionally left blank. EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF ONE No.2040-0004 TABLE E. EFFLUENT MONITORING FOR WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY The table provides response space for one whole effluent toxicity sample. Copy the table to report additional test results. Test Information Test Number Test Number Test Number Test species Age at initiation of test Outfall number Date sample collected Date test started Duration Toxicity Test Methods Test method number Manual title Edition number and year of publication Page number(s) Sample Type Check one: ❑ Grab 0 Grab ❑ Grab 0 24-hour composite ❑ 24-hour composite ❑ 24-hour composite Sample Location Check one: 0 Before Disinfection ❑ Before Disinfection ❑ Before disinfection ❑ After Disinfection ❑ After Disinfection 0 After disinfection 0 After Dechlorination ❑ After Dechlorination 0 After dechlorination Point in Treatment Process Describe the point in the treatment process at which the sample was collected for each test. Toxicity Type Indicate for each test whether the test was ❑ Acute ❑ Acute ❑ Acute performed to asses acute or chronic toxicity, or both. (Check one response.) 0 Chronic 0 Chronic 0 Chronic ❑ Both ❑ Both 0 Both EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 25 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OIvB No.2040-0004 TABLE E. EFFLUENT MONITORING FOR WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY The table provides response space for one whole effluent toxicity sample. Copy the table to report additional test results. Test Number Test Number Test Number Test Type Indicate the type of test performed. (check one ❑ Static ❑ Static ❑ Static resporse) ❑ Static-renewal ❑ Static-renewal ❑ Static-renewal 0 Flow-through 0 Flow-through 0 Flow-through Source of Dilution Water Indicate the source of dilution water. (check ❑ Laboratory water 0 Laboratory water 0 Laboratory water one response.) ❑ Receiving water ❑ Receiving water ❑ Receiving water If laboratory water, specify type. If receiving water. specify source. Type of Dilution Water Indicate the type of dilution water. If salt 0 Fresh water 0 Fresh water 0 Fresh water water.specify"natural"or type of artificial sea salts or brine used 0 Salt water(specify) ❑ Salt water(specify) 0 Salt water Opecify) Percentage Effluent Used Specify the percentage effluent used for all concentrations in the test series. Parameters Tested Check the parameters tested. ❑ pH ❑ Ammonia 0 pH ❑ Ammonia ❑ pH ❑ Ammonia O Salinity 0 Dissolved oxygen ❑ Salinity ❑ Dissolved oxygen 0 Salinity 0 Dissolved oxygen O Temperature ❑ Temperature _ ❑ Temperature Acute Test Results Percent survival in 100%effluent % % LCSo 95%confidence interval Control percent survival EPA Form 3510 2A Revised 3-19) Page 26 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Form Approved0305/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF ONB No 2040-0004 TABLE E. EFFLUENT MONITORING FOR WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY The table provides response space for one whole effluent toxicity sample.Copy the table to report additional test results. ■ Test Number Test Number Test Number Acute Test Results Continued Other(describe) Chronic Test Results NOEC IC25 cyo Control percent survival Other(describe) Quality Control/Quality Assurance Is reference toxicant data available? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No Was reference toxicant test within acceptable bounds? El Yes ID No :I Yes El No El Yes El No What date was reference toxicant test run (r 1\.VDD/YYYY)? Other(describe) EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 27 This page intentionally left blank. EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved03OS/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OWNo.2040-0034 TABLE F. INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE INFORMATION Response space is provided for three Sills. Copy the table to report information for additional SIUs. SIU SIU SIU Name of SIU Mailing address(street or P.O. box) City, state, and ZIP code Description of all industrial processes that affect or contribute to the discharge. List the principal products and raw materials that affect or contribute to the SIU's discharge. Indicate the average daily volume of wastewater discharged by the SIU. gpd gpd gpd How much of the average daily volume is attributable to process flow? gpd gpd gpd How much of the average daily volume is attributable to non-process flow? gpd gpd gpd Is the SIU subject to local limits? ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No Is the SIU subject to categorical standards? ❑ Yes ❑ No 0 Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) Page 29 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved03,05/19 NC0050661 Town of Macclesfield WWTF OM3 No.2040-0004 TABLE F. INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE INFORMATION Response space is provided for three Sills.Copy the table to report information for additional SIUs. SIU SIU SIU Under what categories and subcategories is the SIU subject? Has the POTW experienced problems(e.g., upsets,pass-through interferences)in the past 4.5 ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ Yes ❑ No years that are attributable to the SIU? If yes,describe. EPA Form 3510-2A(Revised 3-19) P age 30 e (--) Permit NC0050661 / '\4f(N 1.--6:. ‘\ -A ..( 71../ \\`<(\\sk=-/L\ ,31 7"4.:....j II ' ''; \\N------1-‘\-*\. '\_:----1 I /kali° '7c- )(L___ \--------",----N Pits 7 Y II i libia\_/ gal _ .\\‘‘ ..7/A4101111Sk 11 .- ..II Vo tit 0,0 , , ::__..A. ,---P--.---- % -:_;-_ ,,,\.. z jiik.)‘„,„ , klIV _ . . , \ ) epi or, _ ,,,_... r-,. _ ::-:: 0 4 2 :o .441.04 .` �'�t % ' -err ' 1 , , .,,_...s. ,10, ‘i r, .4 . 41-.4. r• .1,. plit c . :, < orillei ....,r„.41) / e, -, 1 / ;- l •} rl NJ . .1 will0._ !C--A i ' 1,—) • • .-4..• .'? • .• ....• N t 6 fr , iE9' ! 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BOX 185 DATE COLLECTED: 02/20/24 MACCLESFIELD, NC 27852 DATE REPORTED : 02/26/24 REVIEWED BY: _ Effluent Field Analysis Method PARAMETERS Blank Date Analyst Code Mercury (Method 1631E), ng/1 <1 <I 02/23/24 DRC EPA1631E Scanned with CamScanner Waypoint®t CHAIN OF CUSTODY RECORD �- Waypoint Analytical-Greenville Page 1 of 1 114 Oakmont Dr. Greenville,NC 27858 DISINFECTION I CHLORNE CHECK(LAB) C www.WaypointAnalytical.com CH R -Vas or No Phone(252)756-6208•Fax(252)756-0633 ICNUORINE CLIENT: 111 B Week: 1 UV pH CHECK(S.U.)(LAB) LI TOWN OF MACCLESFIELD ❑ NONE ( CONTAINERTYPE,RG vCl) BEN,11'LASSITER P.O. BOX 185 MACCLESFIELD NC 27852 ❑ ,\ CHEMICALPRESERVAT1ONCD I 6 ? 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