NC0020559_AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT_19921009

NPDES DOCUWMMT SCAMMIMS COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NCO020559
Henderson WWTP
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
'Authorization to Construct
(AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Plan of Action
Instream Assessment (67b)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
October 9, 1992
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• State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
James G. Martin, Governor A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Acting Director
October 9, 1992
Reio�Offices
Asheville Honorable Robert G. Young, Mayor
704/251-6208 City of Henderson
P. 0. Box 1434
Fayetteville Henderson, North Carolina 27536
919/486-1541
SU&TEC<P: City of Henderson
Mooresville Permit No. NCO020559
704/663-1699 Authorization to Construct
Wastewater Treatment
Raleigh Facilities
919/571-4700 Project No. CS370410-04
Vance County
Washington
919/946 -64 81 Dear Mayor Young:
• Wilmington The final plans and specifications for the subject project have
919I395-3900 been reviewed and found to be satisfactory.
Winston-Salem Authorization is hereby granted for the construction of additions
919/896-7007 and modifications to the City of Henderson's existing 4.14 MGD
Nuthush Creek wastewater treatment facility to consist of a new
mechanical bar screen; grit screw conveyors; flocculation equipment for
chemical phosphorus removal; a new 1.0 MG sludge holding
tank/digester; improvements to the existing sludge holding tank;
tertiary filter rehabilitation, including installation of two (2) new
mudwell pumps; caustic storage tank and feed system; U.V.
disinfection; new mechanical aeration equip rent for post aeration;
renovation and expansion of existing laboratory facilities; and all
associar-ed site work, electrical weak, and yard piping.
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Do not proceed with construction until the Authorization -to -Award
package, EEO, and MBE documentation/certification have been reviewed,
and you are in receipt of our approval, if funding is desired for
project construction.
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

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The Permittee shall employ an actively State certified wastewater •
treatment plant operator to be in responsible charge of the wastewater
treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a valid State
Certificate of the grade at least equivalent to the classification
assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities by the Certification
Coffmission. When a new chief operator must be obtained to be in
responsible charge of the new facilities, it is required that this be
done by the time the construction of the facilities is 50% complete.
The Authorization -to -Construct is issued in accordance with Part
III, Paragraph C of NPDES Permit No. NC0020559, issued March 5, 1992
and shall be subject to revocation unless the wastewater treatment
facilities are constructed in accordance with the'approved plans,
specifications, and supporting documents; and are in compliance with
the conditions and lirrstations specified in Permit No. NC0020559.
The Permittee shall have an acceptable sludge analysis and a
sludge toxicity analysis which have been approved by the Division of
Environmental Management, water Quality Section prior to the disposal
of any sludge from the new wastewater treatment plant. Copies of the
analyses, supporting documents, and approvals shall be submitted to the
Division of Environmental Management's Raleigh Regional Office.
The disposing, selling or free distribution of wet, dried,
caTposted sludge or sludge -like materials from wastewater facilities
without prior review and approval by this Division is illegal. •
During the construction of the proposed additions/modifications,
the permittee shall continue to properly maintain and operate the
existing wastewater treatment facilities at all times, and in such a
manner, as necessary to ca-nply with the effluent limits specified in
the NPDES Permit.
The construction shall be scheduled and conducted so as not to
interrupt wastewater treatment, nor result in an overflow or bypass of
any treatment units.
You are reminded that it is mandatory for the project to be
constructed in accordance with the North Carolina Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act, and, when _applicable, the North Carolina Dam
Safety Act. In addition, the specifications must clearly state what
the contractor's responsibilities shall be in complying with these Acts.
One (1) set of final approved plans and specifications is to be
forwarded to you for your files. The copy of the approved plans and
specifications shall be maintained on file -by the Owner for the life of
the project.
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• Upon completion of construction and prior to operation of this
permitted facility, a certification must be received from a
Professional. Engineer certifying that the permitted facility has been
installed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications.
Mail the Certification to the Permits and Engineering Unit, P. 0. Box
29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535. (Engineer's Certification
Form is attached.)
If you have any questions or need additional information, please
contact Mr. Bill Hoffman, at [phone], extension 615.
Sincerely,
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.
Attachment
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cc: Peirson & Whitman
Mr.
Don Safrit
Raleigh Regional Office
Mr.
Tom Fahnestock
Mr.
Joseph E. Martin, Jr.
Mr.
Don Frans
Ms.
Valerie Lancaster
Mr.
Robert Teulings
Ms.
Cindy Finan
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