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Status Report on Individually Permitted Discharging Systems for the Period
Beginning July 1, 2015 and Ending June 30, 2016
Summary
North Carolina General Statute (N.C.G.S.) 143-215.9A requires the Department of
Environmental Quality to report to the Environmental Review Commission and the Fiscal
Research Division on the status of facilities discharging into surface waters during the
previous fiscal year. Facilities discharging into surface waters are required by N.C.G.S.
143-215.1 to first apply for and secure a permit from the Environmental Management
Commission. As a result, the data provided within this fiscal report is captured for those
facilities individually permitted with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permits.
The enclosed report details the inspections completed and the enforcement actions taken
in North Carolina during fiscal year 2015-2016 by the state Division of Water Resources.
In addition, information on Special Orders by Consent is included. The report also
includes a table showing the number of permits issued by region and the names and
locations of the individually permitted discharging facilities.
The enclosed tables list totals for each of the department's regional offices, as well as
state totals. The regional offices are noted as follows:
♦ ARO —
Asheville Regional Office
♦ FRO —
Fayetteville Regional Office
♦ 1\/IRO —
Mooresville Regional Office
♦ RRO —
Raleigh Regional Office
♦ WARO — Washington Regional Office
♦ WIRO
— Wilmington Regional Office
♦ WSRO
— Winston-Salem Regional Office
If any additional information or clarification is needed, please contact Vanessa Manuel at
919-807-6392.
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Table I Enforcement actions taken, Civil Penalties assessed and collected, and
Remissions Requested from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016
Table 2 Permits Issued and Inspections completed from July 1, 2015, through June
30, 2016
Table 3 Special Orders by Consent active and pending from July 1, 2015, through
June 30, 2016
Table 4 Names and locations of individually permitted discharging facilities as of
Aug. 1, 2016
Addendum Support information
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The following is provided to support the information in the above status report.
The Division ofWater Resources does not currently have the data ormanagement system in
place to track information on the number of violations found during each inspection, the date
ofthe violation orthe nature ofthe violation. AOambnnideInformation Management System
is, however, under development toaddress these needs. Funding has been allocated for the
initial development phase. Completion ofthe system will require fbrdhor funding.Thon:fhnc,
a1this time, the division ieunable toprovide such information oorequested inthe amended
G.S. 143-215.0A(u)(3).
Asfound inTable 2, "Other Inspections" include:
Ll Audit Inspection: u comprehensive review ofall elements ofu municipal's pretreatment
an�oordarovb:v�uudof an program, including inspection_'��
once every five years.
Ll Bioassay Compliance Inspection: an evaluation of the biological effect of a perrnittee's
effluent discharge ontest organisms using acute and chronic toxicity testing.
Ll Compliance Sampling Inspection: usampling inspection designed tovodfvthe
pernubtteo`e compliance with applicable poroud requirements — analytical
results from representative samples collected during the bnepocdmo are used to evaluate
dhopoombtteo`u compliance.
Ll Diagnostic Inspection: oninspection that focuses on publicly owned treatment works
that have not achieved permit compliance. The inspection's purpose is to identify the
causes of noncompliance, suggest immediate remedies and support current or future
enforcement action.
Li Operation & Maintenance Inspection: aoinspection that focuses mnthe operation and
maintenance aspect ofafacility.
Ll Performance Audit Inspections: uninspection that includes actual observation ofthe
onmdteuperforming the ee|f-n/ondodngprocess from sample collection and flow
measurements through laboratory analyses, data work -up and reporting.
Ll Pre -Treatment Inspection: the annual inspection of a municipal's pretreatment
program.
Ll Toxicity Sampling Inspections: same as the Compliance Sampling Inspection, however,
increased emphasis is placed on toxic substances regulated by the NPDES permit.
Effective July |, 1998,tbe director ofthe then Division ofWater Quality iuovv Division of
Water Resources) delegated each regional nateroualhtyoupundeordhoouUthosign obd|
penalty assessments for fast -track enforcement actions for violations of NPDES permit
effluent limits and/or monitoring frequencies inaccordance with NC(}8l43'2|5.6/\.
As found inTable i "Other Permit Condition Violations" may include
Ll discharge violations (resulting from collection system overflows)
Llsubmitting katodio�nar�o monitoring reports
Ll submittinglate toxicity tests
Ll permit condition violations (examples, violations of pre-treatnient program, improper
operation and maintenance of treatment works, or by-pass of treatment works)
Due to the length of the post assessment process, total civil penalties assessed and total civil
penalties collected will not coincide.
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