HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQ0013398_More Information (Requested)_20200501ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 1, 2020
TIM TILMA — GENERAL MANAGER
904 GEORGETOWN TREATMENT PLANT, LLC
800 NORTH SANDPIPER CLUB DRIVE
SUNSET BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA 28468
Subject
Dear Mr. Tilma:
Application No. WQ0013398
Additional Information Request
Sandpiper Bay WWTF
Reclaimed Water System
Brunswick County
Division of Water Resources' Central and Regional staff has reviewed the application package
received February 10, 2020. However, additional information is required before the review may be
completed. Please address the items on the attached pages no later than the close of business on June 1,
2020.
Please be aware that you are responsible for meeting all requirements set forth in North Carolina
rules and regulations. Any oversights that occurred in the review of the subject application package are
still the Applicant's responsibility. In addition, any omissions made in responding to the outstanding items,
or failure to provide the additional information on or before the above requested date may result in your
application being returned as incomplete.
Please reference the subject application number when providing the requested information. All
revised and/or additional documentation shall be signed, sealed and dated (where needed), with two paper
copies and one electronic cony.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact me at (919) 707-
3660 or tessa.monday@ncdenr.gov. Thankyou for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Tessa Monday, Environmental Engineer
Division of Water Resources
cc: Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section (Electronic Copy)
Permit Application File
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Mr. Tim Tilma
May 1, 2020
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A. Application (15A NCAC 02T .0105):
1. Application Item II.4. indicates the facility is a Privately -Owned Public Utility. As such, a copy of the
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the NC Utilities Commission demonstrating the
Permittee is authorized to hold the utility franchise is required with the renewal application. Provide.
2. Application Item V.2. indicates reclaimed water is utilized on property not controlled by the generator.
Per 15A NCAC 02U .0501(6). provide copies of all necessary leases, easements and/or agreements.
Easements (executed and filed in the Register of Deeds in the county in which the land is located) shall
indicate the intended use of the property and meet the requirements of 15A NCAC 02L .0107(f).
B. Setbacks:
1. Verify that all setbacks are met:
a. The reclaimed water irrigation sites (Fields S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7, S-8, S-9, P-DR, P-1, P-2,
P-3, P-4, P-5, P-6, P-7, P-8, and P-9) were originally permitted and modified May 2, 1997 and July
29, 2004. The setbacks for irrigation sites originally permitted or modified from June 1, 1996 to
August 31, 2006 are as follows (all distances in feet):
i. Surface waters classified SA: 100
ii. Surface waters not classified SA: 25
iii. Each water supply well: 100
iv. Each non -potable well: 10
V. Each swimming pool: 25
[15A NCAC 02H .0219(k)(1)(C)(i)]
b. The storage and treatment units were originally permitted and modified May 2, 1997, July 29, 2004,
and June 22, 2006. The setbacks for storage and treatment units originally permitted or modified
from June 1, 1996 to August 31, 2006 are as follows (all distances in feet):
i. Each habitable residence or place of assembly 1001
under separate ownership:
ii. Each on -property residential unit if the unit is to 2001
be sold:
iii. Each private or public water supply source: 100
iv. Surface waters: 50
V. Each well with exception of monitoring wells: 100
vi. Each property line: 502
vii. Nitrification field: 20
1 Habitable residences or places of assembly under separate ownership constructed after the
facilities herein were originally permitted or subsequently modified are exempt from this setback.
z Setbacks to property lines are not applicable when the Permittee, or the entity from which the
Permittee is leasing, owns both parcels separated by the property line.
[15A NCAC 02H .0404(g), 02H .02190)(5)]
c. The reclaimed water irrigation sites (B-FW, B-GR, B-TEE, B-PER, B-RGH) were January 21, 2010.
The setbacks for irrigation sites originally permitted or modified from September 1, 2006 to June 17,
2011 are as follows (all distances in feet):
i. Surface waters classified SA: 100
ii. Surface waters not classified SA: 25
iii. Each well with exception of monitoring wells: 100
[15A NCAC 02T .0912(b)]
Mr. Tim Tilma
May 1, 2020
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C. Site May:
Provide an updated site map in accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0105(d) that shows the following:
1. Legend, north arrow, and scale
2. Distance measurements verifying all setbacks are being met
3. Stormwater drainage controls
4. Location and ownership of property boundaries within 500 feet of the disposal area (including road/rail
right-of-ways)
5. All facility -related structures and fences within the treatment, storage, and disposal areas
6. All habitable residences and places of assembly within 500 feet of all treatment, storage, and disposal sites
7. Topographic contour intervals not exceeding 10 feet or 25 percent of total site relief
8. Soil mapping units on all disposal sites
9. Location of all wells, streams (ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial), springs, lakes, ponds, ditches, and
other surface drainage features within 500 feet of all waste treatment, storage, and disposal site(s)
10. Location and identification of each monitoring well (identify any background/upgradient wells)
11. Latitude and longitude coordinates of all monitoring wells (decimal degrees to 6 digits)
12. Location and identification of major components of the waste disposal system
13. Identification of all storage or treatment earthen structures that are part of the permit
14. The wetted perimeter of all irrigation/infiltration fields with field names (named according to the approved
permit)
15. The delineation of compliance and review boundaries
16. 100-year floodplain (if applicable)
D. Facility
1. Attachment B for the previous permit was missing the latitude and longitude coordinates for all
fields. Provide central coordinates in NAD83 to six decimal degrees for all fields.
2. Provide information regarding any storage structure liner(s): type, full or partial, year installed.