NC0024881_20180413_Request for Additional Information

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>°Y ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
Water Resources LINDA CULPEPPER
Environmental Quality Interim Director
April 13,2018
Mr.Preston W.Mitchell
City Manager
City of Reidsville
230 W.Morehead Street
Reidsville,North Carolina 27320
Subject: Request for Additional Information
NPDES Application NC0024881
Reidsville Wastewater Treatment Plant
Dear Mr.Mitchell:
The Division is processing Reidsville WWTP's NPDES permit and additional information is required to
complete the renewal. In accordance with N.C.G.S. 143-215.1, 15A NCAC 2H.0105, and 40 CFR
122.21(g)(13),please provide the following information to the NPDES Complex Permitting Branch
within 30 days:
1. A compliance schedule which includes the month/year the Wastewater Treatment Plant will
achieve compliance with the 1,4-dioxane monthly average effluent limitation of 4.7 µg/L. The
compliance schedule shall include submission of a corrective action plan and annual milestones
toward meeting compliance with the limit.An example of such a schedule was provided by Mr.
Gary Perlmutter to Mr.Ben Bani in an email sent on March 16, 2018. The email is attached for
your reference. Please note federal regulations require a schedule of compliance leading to
compliance to be as soon as possible.
If you have any questions,please contact me at 919-807-6385 or email at gary.perlmutterna,ncdenr gov.
Sincerely,
Ati
Gary Perlmutter,Environmental Senior Specialist
NPDES Complex Unit
Division of Water Resources/NCDENR
cc: Mr. Ben Bani, ORC, City of Reidsville
Mr. Ralph Potter, Pretreatment, City of Reidsville
Ms. Sherri Knight, Operations, DWR WSRO
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State of North Carolma Environmental Quality
1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1611
919-707-9000

(1) NCDEQ/Division of Water Quality
NPDES Permitting
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
(2) NCDEQ/Division of Water Quality
Winston-Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem,NC 27105
Please let me know how long a compliance schedule you would like. I'd also appreciate any source information you may
have (e.g.,which industrial users or industry types)so we can have a better idea what industries or source types
discharge 1,4-dioxane within North Carolina.
Thanks,
Gary B. Perlmutter, M.S.
Enivronmental Senior Specialist
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
NC DEQ/Division of Water Resources/Water Quality Permitting
919 807 6385 office
919 707 9000 main office
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Physical Address 512 North Salisbury St,Raleigh, NC, 27604
Mailing Address 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1617
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties
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Perlmutter, Gary
From: Perlmutter, Gary
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:10 PM
To: bbani@ci reidsville.nc.us; 'Ralph Potter'
Subject: NPDES permit: 1,4-dioxane
Dear Ben and Ralph,
We have reviewed your 1,4-dioxane data so far submitted and feel ready to move forward with inserting a limit of 4.7
ug/L to your permit. With this limit,we are open to a compliance schedule (e.g.,about 3 yrs)with annual
milestones. Below is draft wording of a compliance schedule.
A. (9.) SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE FOR 1,4-DIOXANE LIMITATIONS
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
1. Within one (1) year from the effective day of the permit, the Permittee shall submit to the Division of
Water Resources a Corrective Action Plan summarizing the strategy or actions to be taken to achieve
compliance with the 1,4-Dioxane limitations listed in Section A. (1.), which includes specific dates for
completion or implementation of each action.
2. Within two (2) years from the effective date of the permit, the Permittee shall submit a report to the
Division summarizing actions taken during the previous year to achieve compliance with the 1,4-Dioxane
limitations. The actions shall be in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan submitted and approved
by DWR.
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4. ,.. [continue for x years]
The Permittee shall achieve compliance with 1,4-Dioxane limitations specified in Section A. (1.) within
x(#)years of the effective date of this permit. [give specific date in final permit.
Upon approval of the Corrective Action Plan by the Division, the report and actions become an enforceable part of this
permit.Any modifications to the schedule shall be requested to the Division at least ninety (90) days before the
deadline.Modifications to the schedule in excess of four(4)months will be subject to public notice.
Corrective Action Plan and Reports shall include the owner's name,NPDES permit number and Permittee contact person,
and shall be submitted to:
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