NC0020451_Draft Permit_20171115

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ROY COOPER
Govei not
MICHAEL S REGAN
Seci elary
LINDA CULPEPPER
November 15, 2017
Brantley Price, Town Manager
Town of West Jefferson
PO Box 490
West Jefferson, North Carolina 28694
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Renewal
Permit NCO020451
West Jefferson WWTP
Ashe County
Facility Class H
SIC Code 4952
Dear Mr. Price:
Luei un Du ecla
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft NPDES permit renewal for your facility. Please review this
draft carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the requirements and conditions it contains. There are
several changes from the existing permit, including the following:
The NC 2007-2014 Water Quality Standards (WQS) Triennial Review was approved by the NC
Environmental Management Committee (EMC) on November 13, 2014. The US EPA
subsequently approved the WQS revisions on April 6, 2016 with some exceptions. The NC
Division of Water Resources NPDES Permitting Unit is required to implement the new dissolved
metal standards in all permits public noticed after April 6, 2016. The new standards for most
metals include acute standards. Further, the freshwater standards for several metals are expressed
as the dissolved form of the metals; and seven metals have hardness -dependent equations.
As -a result, the NPDES Permitting Unit will need site-specific-effiuent hardness data and
instream hardness data, upstream of the discharge, for each facility monitoring these metals in
order to calculate permit limitations. Effluent hardness and instream hardness sampling,
upstream of the discharge, has been added to this permit at a monitoring frequency of quarterly.
See Section A. (1.) Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements.
Based on a reasonable potential analysis using the new WQS discussed above along with
submitted hardness data from June 2017, total copper showed reasonable potential to violate NC
WQS with chronic and acute limits calculated at 37 µg/l, and 52 µg/L respectively. Monthly
monitoring with monthly average and daily maximum limits have been added to this permit.
A reasonable potential analysis for cyanide, cadmium, beryllium, and zinc did not demonstrate
reasonable potential to violate WQS and monitoring for those parameters has been removed from
this permit.
Selenium showed reasonable potential to violate WQS and monitoring has been added at a
frequency of quarterly.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

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Review of effluent data shows all samples for beryllium were reported at less than detection with
detection levels ranging from <1 µg/L to <50 µg/L. In accordance with 15A NCAC 2B .0500 all
test procedures must produce detection and reporting levels that are below the permit discharge
requirements and all data generated must be reported to the approved detection level or lower
reporting level of the procedure. Currently, DWR's laboratory identifies the Practical
Quantitation Limit (PQL) for beryllium at <5 µg/L. The allowable discharge concentration for
beryllium at your facility is 11.6 µg/L as a monthly average. Therefore, future sampling for
beryllium as part of the facility's Effluent Pollutant Scans should sample beryllium to the lower
reporting level of the procedure which is <5 gg/L.
Due to adoption of a statewide mercury TMDL in 2012 and no reasonable potential to violate
WQS, mercury monitoring has been removed in this permit.
Federal program reports. The requirement to continue reporting discharge monitoring data
electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) mternet
application has been added to your NPDES permit. [See Special Condition A. (4.)] regulations
require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and
The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can be
found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft permit.
http://ncdenr.s3.amazonaws.com/s3 fs-
public/Water%20Ouallty/Surface%20'vVater%20Protection/NPDES/MISC/NPDES %20Standard%20Con
ditions-Boilerplate-D WR -S WP-NPDE S-20150410.pdf
Concurrent with this notification the Division is publishing a notice in a newspaper having circulation in
the general Ashe County area, soliciting public comments on this draft permit. Please provide any written
comments you may have to the following: NCDEQ/DWR, NPDES Permitting Branch, 1617 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 no later than 30 days after receipt of this draft permit.
Following the 30 -day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments and take
appropriate action prior to issuing a final permit. If you have questions concerning this draft permit,
please call me at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].
Sincere
-- David Hill, Environmental Senior Specialist
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
Hardcopy: NPDES Files
Ecopy: US EPA Region 4
DWR/Aquatic Toxicology Branch/Susan Meadows
DWR/Winston-Salem Regional Office / Water Quality
DWR/Operator Certification Program/Maureen Kinney

Permit NCO020451
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful
standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
Town of West Jefferson
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
West Jefferson Wastewater Treatment Plant
335 Clearwater Drive
West Jefferson
Ashe County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Little Buffalo Creek in the New River
Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set
forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective Month XX, 2017.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on March 31, 2021.
Signed this day Month XX, 2017.
DRAFT
Linda Culpepper
Interim Director, Division of Water Resources
By the Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO020451
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked. As of this permit issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer
effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the
permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein.
The Town of West Jefferson is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate and maintain an existing 0.5 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment
facility consisting of the following components:
• Mechanical bar screen
• Manual bar screen bypass channel
• Influent pump station with three (3) 434 GPM pumps
• Influent flow meter
• Dual channel concentric oxidation ditches with dual 30 HP rotors
• 45 -foot diameter secondary clarifier
• Dual traveling bridge tertiary filters
• In -channel ultraviolet disinfection with two banks of lamps
• Post aeration basin with diffused air
• Aerobic digestion basin with two (2) blowers
• Two 521 GPM return sludge pumps
• 50 KW standby generator
• Associated yard piping and site work electrical work
• Water reclamation spray -irrigation system
This facility is located at the West Jefferson Wastewater Treatment Plant, 335 Clearwater Drive,
West Jefferson in Ashe County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map via Outfall 001
into an unnamed tributary of Little Buffalo Creek, classified C -Trout+ waters in the New River Basin
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PART I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 15A NCACO2B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the permittee
is authorized to discharge treated domestic and industrial wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges
shall he l,miteri and monitoredi by the permittee as specified below:
PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Weekly
Daily
Measurement
Sample
Sample
PARAMETER CODE
Average
Average
Maximum
Frequency
Type
Location2
Flow 50050
0 5 MGD
,' i
Continuous
Recording
I or E
BOD, 5 day, 20°C3 C0310
5 0 mg/L
7 5 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
I and E
(April 1- October 31)
i
BOD, 5 day, 20°C3 C0310
10 0 mg/L
15 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
I and E
(November I- March 31)
J
Total Suspended Solids3 C0530
10 0 mg/L
15 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
I and E
NH3 as N C0610
16 mg/L
4.8 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
Art -Oct 31
NH3 as N C0610
3 6 mg/L
10 8 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
(Nov 1 -Mar 31
J
Dissolved Oxygen 00300
J Daily Average> 6 0 mg/L ,%
Weekly
Grab
E
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 00300
Variable'
Grab
U and D
pH 00400
Between 6 0 and 9 0 Standard Units
Weekly
Grab
E
Temperature °C 00010
Weekly
Grab
E
Temperature °C 00010
Vanable2
Grab
U and D
Fecal Coliform ' 31616
200/ 100 mL
400/100 mL
Weekly
Grab
E
(geometric mean
Conductivity (µmhos/cm) 00094
Weekly
Grab
E
Conductivity (µmhos/cm) 00094
Vanable2
Grab
U and D
Total Residual Chlorine 50060
; 28 gg/L
2/week
Grab
E
Total Nitro ens (mg/L) C0600
Semi -Annually
Calculated
E
Total Phosphor—us (mg/L) C0665
Semi -Annually
Composite
E
6 TGP3B
Chronic Toxics
"
Quarterly
Composite
E
Pollutant Scan? NCO]
Monitor and Report -
Footnote 6
Footnote 6
E
Hardness —Total as 00900
Quarterly
Composite
E
CaCO3 or Ca + M m /L 8
Hardness —Total as 00900
Quarterly
Grab
U
CaCO3 or Ca + Mg)] (mg/L)'
Total Copper 01042
37 gg/L
52 gg/L
Monthly
Composite
E
Total Selenium 01147
Quarterly
Composite
E
Footnotes:
1 The permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR
application system See Special Condition A (4 )
2 Sample locations I -Influent, E -Effluent, U -Upstream = approximately 50 feet above the discharge point, D -
Downstream = at the bridge Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples collected 3/week during
June, July, August, and September and 1/week during the remainder of the year
3 The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Solids concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent value (85% removal)
4 The Division shall consider all effluent total residual chlorine values reported below 50 µg/1 to be in compliance
with the permit However, the penmttee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North
Carolina certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/1
Footnotes are continued on the next page.
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Footnotes continued from A. (1.).
5 For a given wastewater sample, TN = TKN + NO3-N + NO2-N, where TN is Total Nitrogen, TKN is Total
Kjeldahl Nitrogen, and NO3-N and NO2-N are Nitrate and Nitrite Nitrogen, respectively
6 Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnza dubs) P/F at 56% with testing in January, April, July, and October See
Special Condition A (2 )
7 The pernttee shall perform three effluent pollution scans during the term of this permit See Special Condition
A (3 )
8 Effluent hardness sampling should be performed in conjunction with testing for hardness dependent metals
(cadmium, copper, lead, nickel, silver, and zinc)
9 The permittee shall sample instream hardness upstream of the facility's discharge The sample shall be
representative of the hardness in the stream
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QUARTERLY)
[I 5A NCAC 02B.0200]
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant
mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 56%.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the
"North Carolina Ceraodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised December 2010, or
subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure"
(Revised- December 20 10) or subsequent versions The tests will be performed during the months of
January, April, July, and October These months signify the first month of each three-month toxicity
testing quarter assigned to the facility. Effluent sampling for this testing must be obtained during
representative effluent discharge and shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge
below all treatment processes.
If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter results in a failure or ChV
below the permit limit, then multiple -concentration testing shall be performed at a minimum, in
each of the two following months as described in "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent
Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -December 2010) or subsequent versions.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form (MR -1) for the months in which tests were performed, using the parameter
code TGP313 for the pass/fail results and THP3B for the Chronic Value Additionally, DWR Form AT -3
(original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Water Sciences Section no later than 30
days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made
Test data shall be complete, accurate, include all supporting chemical/physical measurements and all
concentration/response data, and be certified by laboratory supervisor and ORC or approved designate
signature. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if
chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is
required, the permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test
form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report
with the notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form The report shall be submitted to the
Water Sciences Section at the address cited above
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, monitoring
will be required during the following month. Assessment of toxicity compliance is based on the toxicity
testing quarter, which is the three month time interval that begins on the first day of the month in which
toxicity testing is required by this permit and continues until the final day of the third month.
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Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division
of Water Resources indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and
modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits
NOTE Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control
organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls,
shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than
the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring.
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A. (3.) EFFLUENT POLLUTANT SCAN (Municipal POTWs)
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
The permittee shall perform a total of three (3) Effluent Pollutant Scans for all parameters listed below. One
scan must be performed in each of the following years: 2018, 2019, and 2020. Analytical methods shall
be in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136 and shall be sufficiently sensitive to determine whether parameters
are present in concentrations greater than applicable standards and criteria. Samples should be collected
with one quarterly toxicity test each year, and must represent seasonal variation [i e., do not sample in the
same quarter every year]. Unless otherwise indicated, metals shall be analyzed as "total recoverable."
Ammonia (as N)
C0610
1,2-dichloroethane
32103
Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane
34278
Chlorine (total residual, TRC
50060
Trans-l,2-dichloroethylene
' 34546
Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether
34273 '
Dissolved oxygen
00300
1,1-dichloroethylene /�
,34501
Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether
34283
Nitrate
00620
l
1,2-dichloropropane
34541
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
39100
Nitrite
00615
1,3-dichloro7 pylene
77163
4-bromophenyl phenyl ether
34636
Kjeldahl nitrogen
00625
Ethylbenzene
34371
Butyl benzyl phthalate
34292
Oil and grease
00556
Methyl bromide
34413
2-chloronaphthalene
34581
Phosphorus
C0665
Methyl chlonde
34418
4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether
34641
Total dissolved sohds
70295
Methylene chlonde
34423
Chrysene
34320
Hardness
00900
f'' 1,1,2,2 -tetrachloroethane,'
81549
Di-n-butylphthalate
39110
Antimony
01097
Tetrachloroethylene
34475
Di-n-octyl phthalate
34596
Arsenic
01002
Toluene
34010
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
34556
Beryllium
01012
1,1,1 -trichloroethane
34506
1,2 -dichlorobenzene
34536
Cadmium
01027
1,1,2-tnchloroethane
34511
1,3 -dichlorobenzene
34566
Chromium
01034
Tnchloroethylene/
39180
1,4 -dichlorobenzene
34571
Copper
01042
Vinyl chloride
39175
3,3-dichlorobenzidine
34631
Lead
01051
i
Acrd -extractable compounds
Diethyl phthalate
34336
Mercury (Method 1631E)
COMER
P -chloro -m -cresol
34452
Dimethyl phthalate
34341
Nickel
01067
2 -chlorophenol
34586
2,4-dinttrotoluene
34611
Selenium
01147
2,4-dichlorophenol
34601
2,6-dinitrotoluene
C0626
Silver
01077
2,4 -dimethylphenol
34606
1,2-diphenylhydrazine
34346
Thallium
01059
4,6-dimtro-o-cresol
34657
Fluoianthene
C0376
Zinc
01092
2,4-dimtrophenol
34616
Fluorene
34381
Cyanide
00720
2-mtrophenol
34591
Hexachlorobenzene
C0700
Total phenolic compounds
32730
4-mtrophenol
34646
--Hexachlorobutadiene
39702
Volatile organic compounds
Pentachlorophenol
39032
Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene
34386
Acrolem
34210
Phenol
34694
Hexachloroethane
34396
Acrylomtnle
34215
2,4,6-tnchlorophenol
34621
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
34403
Benzene
34030
Base -neutral compounds
Isophoione
34408
Bromofonn
32104
Acenaphthene
34205
Naphthalene
34696
Carbon tetrachloride
32102
Acenaphthylene
34200
Nitrobenzene
34447
Chlorobenzene
34301
Anthracene
CO220
N-mtrosodi-n-propylamme
34428
Chlorodtbromomethane
34306
Benzidme
39120
N-nttrosodtmethylamme
34438
Chloroethane
85811
Benzo(a)anthracene
34526
N-mtrosodtphenylamine
34433
2-chloroethyl vinyl ether
34576
Benzo(a)pyrene
34247
Phenanthrene
34461
Chloroform
32106
3,4 benzofluoranthene
34230
Pyrene
34469
Dtchlorobromomethane
32101
Benzo(ghl)perylene
34521
1,2,4-tnchlorobenzene
34551
1,1-dichloroethane
34496
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
34242
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Reporting. Test results shall be reported electronically via eDMR or on DWR Form — DMR -PPA -1 (or
on a form approved by the Director) by December 31st of each designated sampling year. The report shall
be submitted to the following address:
NC DEQ / DWR / Central Files, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617.
Additional Toxicity Testing Requirements for Municipal Permit Renewal. Please note that Municipal
facilities that are subject to the Effluent Pollutant Scan requirements listed above are also subject to
additional toxicity testing requirements, specified in Federal Regulation 40 CFR 122.21 0)(5). The US EPA
requires four (4) toxicity tests for a test organism other than the test species currently required in this permit.
The multiple species tests should be conducted either quarterly for a 1'2 -month period prior to submittal of
the permit renewal application, or four tests performed atleast annually in the four and one half year period
prior to the application. These tests shall be performed for, cute or chronic toxicity, whichever is specified
in this permit. The multiple species toxicity test results shall be filed with the Aquatic Toxicology Branch
at the following address:
� r
North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Contact the Division's;Aquatic Toxicology Branch at 919-743-8401 for guidance on conducting the
additional toxicity tests and reporting requirements. Results should also be summarized in Part E (Toxicity
Testing Data) of EPA Municipal Application Form 2A, when submitting the permit renewal application to
the NPDES Permitting Unit.
A. (4.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS
[G.S. 443-215.1(b)] -
Federal regulations require electronic submittal- of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program
reports. The -final NPDES Electromc Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December 21,
2015.
NOTE- This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this permit
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D (6.) Records Retention
• Section E (5.) Monit ring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
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The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter
monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such tune that the state's
eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation
(CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state
electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing,
and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION. Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access,
then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and
discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms
approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailmg address above
See "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below
Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the
issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the
commencement of discharge.
Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
• Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports;
• Pretreatment Program Annual Reports, and
• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a
Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below).
2. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of
each electronic submission The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the initial
recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity
(EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity
for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127 2(b)]
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each
type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate
electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting
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Rule is found at: https://www federalre aster gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-
pollutant-discharge-elnnination-system-npdes-electronic-reportmg-rule
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to the
Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to the
Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required
under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a temporary waiver
shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be
submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new
temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not
transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data
and reports on paper to the Division for the period that the approved reporting waiver request is
effective.
Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the
following web page:
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B (11) (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II,
Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section
B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a' position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting
purposes
For eDMR submissions, the pyrson signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user
account and login credentials to access the eDMR system For more information on North Carolina's
eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following
web page: - --
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
Certification Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make
the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION
WILL BE ACCEPTED.
"I cern, under penalty of low, 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 #hose 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 significa:itpenalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of
fines and imprisonment for knowing violations "
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5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions
These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report.
This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122 41 ]
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Receiving Stream: LIT Little Buffalo Creek Drainage Basin: New River BasinT
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Permit No. NCO020451
Stream Class: C — Trout+ 8-DigitHL1C: 05050001
IFNPDES
North Ashe County