NC0044024_Electronic Reporting Requirements_20160425

PAT MCCRORY
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Sorer„n
Water Resources S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
ENVIRONMENTAL OUALILY
D.eri.,
April 25, 2016
Raymond Allen
City of Albemarle
PO Box 190
Albemarle, NC 28002-0190
Subject: NPDES Electronic Reporting Requirements and
Sixty Day Notice of Minor Modification of the NPDES Permit
Highway 52 WTP
NPDES Permit Number: NCO044024
Dear NPDES Permittee:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) recently published the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule.The rule requires NPDES regulated facilities to
report information electronically, instead of filing written paper reports.The rule does not change what
information is required from facilities. It only changes the method by which information is provided (i.e.,
electronic rather than paper-based).
EPA is phasing in the requirements of the rule over a 5-year period. The two phases of the rule, and their
key milestones, are:
• Phase 1—Starting on December 21, 2016,regulated entities that are required to submit Discharge
Monitoring Reports(DMRs)will begin submitting these reports electronically. If you are currently
reporting your DMR data electronically using eDMR, then you simply need to continue reporting
in the same way as you are now. The key change is that,starting on December 21, 2016,
electronic reporting of DMRs will be required, instead of voluntary.
• Phase 2—Starting on December 21,2020,regulated entities that are required to submit certain
other NPDES reports will begin submitting these reports electronically. Reports covered in the
second phase include Notices of Intent to discharge in compliance with an NPDES general permit,
Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports,and a number of other NPDES program reports.
For more information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule,visit
http•//www2 epa goy/compliance/final-national-pollutant-discharge-elimination system npdes
electronic-reporting-rule. For more information on electronic reporting to NC DWR,visit
http://deg.nc goy/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr/npdes-electronic-reporting or contact Vanessa
Manuel at 919-807-6392 orvia email at Vanessa.Manuel(cDncdenr.go .
Stat orxorm Cm fina i EmvoRmeRtl Quaky i watt Reswuw
1617 Mad Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

Sixty Days' Notice of Minor Modification of the Subject NPDES Permit
The NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule requires authorized NPDES programs to incorporate electronic
reporting requirements into NPDES permits beginning December 21, 2015. Under the new rule,the
electronic reporting process supersedes the paper reporting process outlined in your existing permit. To
bring your permit up-to-date with the new reporting requirements,this letter serves to notify you that in
sixty days your NPDES permit will be modified to incorporate the new electronic reporting requirements.
The modification will require electronic reporting in place of paper-based reporting. Electronic reporting
will be required beginning as indicated above for Phases 1 and 2 reporting. Please attach the enclosed
NPDES Permit Standard Conditions PartHI—Addendum to your permit. This permit modification becomes
effective on August'1,2016.
All other terms and conditions in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. This
modification is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the
Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
dated October 15, 2007.
If any parts contained in this modification are unacceptable to you,then you have the right to file a
petition for a contested case with the Office of Administrative Hearings within thirty (30) days following
receipt of this letter. This petition must conform to the requirements of Chapter 1508 of the North
Carolina General Statutes. Petitions must be timely filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post
Office Drawer 11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. If you do not file a petition within the required time,
the agency decision shall be final and binding. If you have questions concerning this permit modification,
please contact John Hennessy at telephone number 919-807-6377.
Sincerely,
Jeffs " O. Powpar
for S.Jay Zimmerman, P.G.
Enclosure: NPDES Permit Standard Conditions Part III -Addendum
Cc: NPDES File
Central Files
Mooresville Regional Office/Water Quality Program
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