NCG240032_Application_20241120

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Division of Energy, Mineral,and Land Resources Land Quality Section
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NCG240000 Notice of Intent
This General Permit covers STORMWATERAND/OR WASTEWATER DISCHARGES associated with activities under
SIC(Standard Industrial Classification)Code 2875 and/or 2879(Compost Facilities)classified as large Type 1,
Type 2, and small Type 3. The following are excluded from coverage under this general permit:small Type 1
facilities, backyard composting and on farm composting,large Type 3, all Type 4, any type that discharges into
waters classified as ORW, HWQ Tr, PNA, or zero flow streams, and stand-alone mulching only facilities with no
accelerated biological decomposition. You can find information on the DEMLR Stormwater Program at
deq.nc.gov/SW.
Directions: Print or type all entries on this application. Send the original, signed application with all required
items listed in Item (7) below to: NCDEMLR Stormwater Program,1612 MSC, Raleigh,NC 27699-1612. The
submission of this application does not guarantee coverage under the General Permit.Prior to coverage under
this General Permit a site inspection will be conducted.
1. Owner/Operator(to whom all permit correspondence will be mailed):
Name of legal organizational entity: Legally responsible person as signed in Item(8)below:
City of Monroe Mark Watson
Street address: City: State: Zip Code:
PO Box 69 Monroe NC 28111
Telephone number: Email address:
704-282-4501 [e-mail]
Type of Ownership:
Government
❑County (Federal Wunicipal ❑State
Non-government
❑Business(If ownership Is business,a copy of NCSOS report must be included with this application)
❑Individual
2. Industrial Facility(facility being permitted):
Facility name: Facility environmental contact:
Cooper Tool Site City of Monroe Leaf Facility Darren Baucom
Street address: City: State: Zip Code:
3012 Mason Street Monroe I NC 28112
Parcel Identification Number(PIN): County:
09084005 Union
Telephone number: Email address:
704-282-4664 Idbaucorn monroenc.org
4-digit SIC code: Facility is: Date operation is to begin or began:
®New ❑Proposed ClExlsting December, 2024
Latitude of entrance: Longitude of entrance:
34.989 -80.492
Brief description of the types of industrial activities and products manufactured at this facility:
Site will be used to store loose leaves and compost processing for leaves gathered.
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Type of Composting Facility: ® Large Type 1 Type 2 ❑ Small Type 3
Ukthe stormwater_discharges to a municipal separate storm sewer system(MS4),name the operator of the M54:
❑ N/A City of Monroe
EBis facility uses:
❑ Liquid,granular,or other materials added for their concentrated phosphorus compounds content
❑ Liquid,granular, or other materials added for their concentrated nitrogen compounds content
IR N/A
This facility has a closed-loop recycle system that meets design requirements in 1SA NCAC 02T.1000 and hold the facilities
working volume
❑Yes—stop completion of this N01.Contact DWR Non-Discharge Permitting Program for permitting requirements
❑No
3. Consultant(if applicable):
Name of consultant: Consulting firm:
Street address: City: State: Zip code:
Telephone number: Email address:
4. Clutfall(s) (at least one outfall is required to be eligible for coverage):
3-4 digit identifier: Name of receiving water: Classification: ❑This water isimpaired.
001 Joes Branch C ❑This watershed has aTMDL.
Discharge from this outfall is from:
❑StormwaterOnly Wastewater Only XWastewater Comingled with Stormwater
Discharge occurs from this outfall:
�)Only during a rainfall event Intermittently(indicate how often) Continuously indicate flow in CFS)
Latitude of outfall:34 59'23.467"N Longitude of outfall:80 29'28.808"W
Brief description of the industrial activities that drain to this outfall:
Large Type 1 Yard Waste Facility ]
Do Vehicle Maintenance Activities occur in the drainage are of this outfall? Yes XNo
If yes,how many gallons of new motor oil are used each month when averaged over the calendar year?
3-4 digit identifier: Name of receiving water: Classification: [3 This water Is impaired.
❑This watershed has a TMDL.
®scharge from this out9IIisfrom: ❑
❑stormwater Only ❑Wastewater Only ❑Wastewater Comingled with Stormwater
❑ ❑Discharge occurs from this outfall: ❑
❑Only during a rainfall event ❑Intermittently(indicate how often) ❑Continuously indicate flow in CFS)
Latitude of outfall: Longitude of outfall:
Brief description of the industrial activities-that drain to this outfall:
Do Vehicle Maintenance Activities occur in the drainage are of this outfall? ❑Yes ❑No
If yes,how many gallons of new motor oil are used each month when averaged over the calendar year?
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3-4 digit identifier: Name of receiving water: Classification:___ _- -- -❑Thiswaterisimpaired.
❑ This watershed has aTMDL.
Discharge from this outfall is from:
❑Stormwater Only ❑Wastewater Only ❑Wastewater Comingled with Stormwater
Discharge occurs from this outfall:
❑Only during rainfall event ❑Intermittently(indicate how often) Continuously(indicate flow in CFS)
Latitude of outfall: Longitude of outfall:
Brief description of the industrial activities that drain to this outfall:
Do Vehicle Maintenance Activities occur in the drainage are of this outfall? ❑Yes 10No
If yes, how many gallons of new motor oil are used each month when averaged over the calendar year?
3-4 digit identifier: Name of receiving water: Classification: ❑ This water Isimpaired.
❑This watershed has a TMDL.
Discharge from this outfall is from:
Stormwater only ❑Wastewater Only ❑Wastewater Comingled with Stormwater
Discharge occurs from this outfall:
❑Only during rainfall event ❑Intermittently(Indicate how often) ❑Continuously(indicate flow In CFS)
Latitude of outfall: Longitude of outfall:
Brief description of the industrial activities that drain to this outfall:
Do Vehicle Maintenance Activities occur in the drainage are of this outfall? Yes ] No
If yes, how many gallons of new motor oil are used each month when averaged over the calendar year?
3-4 digit identifier: Name of receiving water: Classification: ❑This water is impaired.
❑This watershed has a TMDL
Discharge from this outfall is from:
❑Stormwater Only Wastewater Only Wastewater Comingled with Stormwater
Discharge occurs from this outfall:
❑Only during a rainfall event Intermittently(indicate how often) Continuously(indicate flow in CFS)
Latitude of outfall: Longitude of outfall:
Brief description of the industrial activities that drain to this outfall:
Do Vehicle Maintenance Activities occur in the drainage are of this outfall? ❑Yes [[]No
If yes, how many gallons of new motor oil are used each month when averaged over the calendar year?
All outfalls must be listed and at least one outfall is required.Additional outfalls may be added in the section
"Additional Outfalls"found on the last page of this NOI.
5. Wastewater treatment alternatives
Are there existing sewer lines within a one mile radius: 12Yes ❑No
If Yes:
❑The wastewater treatment plant will accept the wastewater.It is feasible to connect. Explain:
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The wastewater treatment plant will accept the wastewater..-It-is not feasible tb connect.Explain:
10 The wastewater treatment plant will not accept the wastewater(attach a letter documenting)
❑Surface or subsurface disposal is technologically feasible
0 Surface or subsurface disposal is not technologically feasible
Explain:
❑Surface or subsurface disposal system is feasible to implement
®Surface or subsurface disposal system is not feasible to implement
Explain:
What is the feasibility of employing a subsurface or surface discharge as compared to a direct discharge to
surface waters? Explain:
Site is near a brownfield site and processes will not require surface disturbance.
Discharge to surface waters is the most environmentally sound alternative of all reasonably cost-effective
options of the wastewaters being considered:
®Yes
❑No—contact DEMLR's Land Application Unit to determine permitting requirements
6. Other Facility Conditions(check all that apply and explain accordingly):
❑ This facility has a DMLR Erosion&Sedimentation Control Permit.
If checked,list the permit numbers for all current E&SC permits for this facility:
®This facility has a Division of Waste Management permit.
If checked,list the permit numbers for all current DW M permits for this facility:
Application has been submitted for Large Type 1 Yard Waste Facility permit.
❑This facility has other N PDES permits.
If checked,list the permit numbers for all current NPDES permits:
❑ This facility has Non-Discharge permits(e.g.recycle permit).
If checked, list the permit numbers for all current Non-Discharge permits:
❑This facility uses best management practices or structural stormwater control measures.
If checked,briefly describe the practices/measures and show on site diagram:
❑This facility has a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan(SWPPP).
If checked,please list the date the SWPPP was implemented:
SWPP is in process for submittal.
❑This facility is subject to Phase II Post-Construction Area
If checked,please list the permitting authority:
❑This facility is located In one of the 20 CoastaLCounties -----
If checked,please indicate if the facility Is adding more than 10,000 ft2 of built-upon area or is a CAMA Major Permit
❑Will add more than 10,0000 ft of built-upon area
❑Is a CMA Major Permit
❑Yes to both
❑No to both
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m This facility is discharging wastewater to a-stormwater-BMP---- --- -- -`
-if checked;please indicate the permitting authority, and attach letter approval to do so:
®This facility has wastewater treatment facilities in the 300-year floodplain
❑ This facility stores hazardous waste in the 100-year floodplain.
If checked,describe how the area is protected from flooding:
❑ This facility is a(mark all that apply)
❑ Hazardous Waste Generation Facility
❑ Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility
❑ Hazardous Waste Storage Facility
❑ Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility
If checked,indicate:
Kilograms of waste generated each month: Type(s)of waste:
How material is stored: Where material Is stored:
Number of waste shipments per year: Name of transport/disposal vendor:
Transport/disposal vendor EPA ID: Vendor address:
IR This facility is located on a Brownfield or Superfund site
If checked,briefly describe the site conditions
Site includes gravel surface. Brownfield site 18065-14-090.
7. Re uired Items(Application will be returned unless all of the following Items have been included):
Ef Check for$120 made payable to NCDEQ
❑ Copy of most recent Annual Report to the NC Secretary of State
This completed application and any supporting documentation
Two(2)24"x 36"site diagrams showing,at a minimum,existing and proposed:
a) outline of drainage areas
b) Stormwater/wastewater treatment structures
c) Location of numbered stormwater/wastewater outfalls(corresponding to which drainage areas)
d) Delineation of drainage areas to each discharge point
e) Runoff conveyance structures
f) Areas and acreage where materials are stored
g) Location of the various composting activities with identifying labels
h) Impervious area acreages
i) Locations(s)of streams and/or wetlands the site is draining to, and applicable buffers
j) Site property lines,North Arrow,and bar scale
k) If applicable,the 300-year floodplain line
1) Acreage of each stormwater and wastewater topographical area
m) Each of the facilities'wastewater or stormwater source and discharge structures and each of Its hazardous waste
treatment,storage,or disposal facilities-
- nj Notation of the water quality classification of the receiving water that site waters eventually discharge to
o) Site location(Insert)
A line drawl ng of the water flow through the facility.
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EJ'A narrative description and identification of the compost manufacturing sequence at the applicant's site,the general
feedstocks,the determination of where the site's final products qualities as"finished compost"as reference in the General
Permit test(NCG240000)and as determined by the DWM permitting process, identification of the stormwater BMPs
employed,and the general nature of the wastewater treatment system utilized to meet process wastewater discharge
limits.
Copy of county map or USGS quad sheet with the location of the facility clearly marked
Letter documenting that W WTP will not accept wastewater(if applicable)
0 Approval from permitting authority to discharge wastewater to a stormwater BMP(if applicable)
8. Applicant Certification:
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6E(1)provides that: Any person who knowingly makes any false statement,
representation,or certification in any application,record,report,plan,or other document filed or required to be maintained
under this Article or a rule implementing this Article...shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor which may include a fine not
to exceed ten thousand dollars($10,000).
Under penalty of law,I certify that:
91 am the person responsible for the permitted industrial activity,for satisfying the requirements of this permit,and for any
civil or criminal penalties incurred due to violations of this permit.
G(The information submitted in this N01 is,to the best of my knowledge and belief,true,accurate,and complete based on
my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system,or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information.
® I will abide by all conditions of the NCG2400M permit.I understand that coverage under this permit will constitute the
permit requirements for the discharge(s)and is enforceable in the same manner as an individual permit.
13-(hereby request coverage under the NC�G/240000 General Permit.
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Printed Name of Applicant: 1' atw-W 601s /1
Title: C��GtMULI(f2
(Signature ofApplicant) (Date Signed)
Mail the entire package to: DEMLR—Stormwater Program
Department of Environmental Quality
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
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Monroe
City of
300 W Crowell Street,Monroe, NC 28112
Engineering monroenc.org 704-282-4500 • PO Box 69,Monroe,NC 28111
October 30, 2024
NCDEMLR Stormwater Program
1612 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
Re: Notice of Intent for NCG240000
City of Monroe
3012 Mason St
To Whom It May Concern,
Please find enclosed one copy of the original, signed Notice of Intent (NOI) with all supporting
documents to apply for coverage under the NPDES Industrial Stormwater Program.
The following is a narrative description of the site as required by Section 7.
Compost General Feedstocks
The facility will be used to compost leaves from City of Monroe Vacuum Trucks only- not open
the general public.The facility will receive 500 to 750 yards per day over the course of a 5 month
period to collect leaves throughout the City.Total estimated volume of 20,000 yards per every leaf
season
Compost Manufacturing Sequence
Large Type 1 facility, 2 acres in size with Caterpillar Loader (30,000 lb.), Caterpillar Excavator
(40,000 lb.), trommel screener equipped with %" minus screens.
During a 5 month period, leaves will be delivered to the site during the specified City of Monroe
Loose Leaf pick up program. The leaves will be placed in windrows as they are delivered and
turned every 30-45 days for a total of 5 turnings per season.
Bi-weekly check of temperatures every 50 ft. in a given windrow using a 5ft temperature probe,
which meets and exceeds depth requirements. The thermometer should be immersed at least 4
inches into the bath,as the sensitive portion of the thermometer is in the last 2-3 inches of the stem.
Temperature regulation between 125- 160 degrees F. Windrows would be turned or water added
using a 4000 gallon water truck as needed to regulate temperature.
Windrows will cure for 2-3 months and then screened. Cured material would then be screened
and delivered to retail locations and blended to create various enriched soil products.
Finished Compost
Material will be delivered to retail material sales locations for use as a soil additive.
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City of
i, i onro e 300 W Crowell Street,Monroe, NC 28112
Engineering monroenc.org • 704-282-4500 • PO Box 69,Monroe, NC 28111 -
Stormwater BMPs
Existing gravel parking lot has a natural slope of at least 2%or greater.Rows will be placed parallel
with the flow of run off to eliminate ponding of water that might accumulate around or between
windrows.
Stormwater sheet flows off the gravel composting area through 125 feet of vegetated area before
discharging from the site.
Wastewater Treatment
The only discharge from this site will be stormwater.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at (704) 282-4535 or email me at
dgraha m @ monroenc.org.
Sincerely,
Dea v v� 6;ra4'1-z v
Deanna Graham
Stormwater Compliance Coordinator
Enclosures
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