NCG240011_Renewal Notification Letter_20170726

Energy, Mineral &
Land Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
July 26, 2017
Mick Berry
City of Hickory
PO Box 398
Hickory, NC 28601-0398
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
Subject: NPDES General Permit Renewal and Electronic Reporting Requirements
City of Hickory Compost Facility
NPDES Permit Certificate of Coverage (COC) Number: NCG240011
Dear NPDES Permittee:
TRACY DAVIS
Director
The NCG240000 General Permit expires on September 30, 2017. Our records indicate that your annual
fees are up to date; therefore, your coverage will be automatically renewed unless you submit a
rescission request for this permit. If you no longer need this permit, a rescission form can be found on
our website (http://goo.gl/BcgDP4).
The new draft General Permit NCG240000 is available for public comment on our website above (see
the table of General Permits there). The notice period concludes in mid-September, and the new
general permit is scheduled to be issued and become effective on October 1, 2017. Upon issuance of
the final general permit, your coverage will be renewed, and we will send you a new Certificate of
Coverage (COC) with the new effective and expiration dates.
Although the renewal process is automatic this year, two items require your action no later than
August 31, 2017:
(1) You must review your permit Contact information and notify us of any changes.
(2) You must submit outfall information on-line for this site in preparation for electronic data
monitoring report (eDMR) requirements.
Permit Contact Information
Please review the permit contact information enclosed. Ensure that Owner Affiliation and Permit
Contact are accurate, and that e-mail addresses are provided wherever possible. Your new COC will be
mailed to both of these contacts once the General Permit is renewed.
Nothing Compares�,
SState of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 N. Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
919 707 9200

To update contact information for your permit: you may simply e-mail us changes to contact
information, unless there is a change to the Owner Affiliation. Because Owner Affiliation is the person
legally responsible for the permit, we require a hard copy of the signed Owner Affiliation Change Form
(enclosed) to make this change. (A change in company Name or Ownership requires a different form, so
please contact us if necessary.) Changes to other contacts can be e-mailed to Laura Alexander at
[e-mail].
Submitting Outfall Information for E -Reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule in December 2015. The rule requires NPDES regulated
facilities to report certain information electronically, instead of filing written paper reports. EPA is
phasing in the requirements of the rule over a 5 -year period. The first phase required regulated entities
to submit Data Monitoring Reports (DMRs) electronically starting on December 21, 2016.
While that deadline has passed, EPA is aware that NC is working on expanding the State's eDMR System
(currently available to NPDES Wastewater Permit -holders) to include Stormwater Program DMR
reporting. As soon as eDMR is available for your permit, we will notify you. In the meantime, we must
collect information about the discharge outfalls at your facility to prepare the system to flow data to
EPA as the new federal rule mandates.
To submit outfall information to DEQ: Go to the following website and enter the discharge outfall
number, type of discharge, receiving water information, representative outfall status information, and
other details no later than August 31, 2017. The website will walk you through all steps.
The website is: https://deg.nc.gov/about/stormwater-program/stormwater-outfall-collection
The reissued general permit will include new electronic reporting requirements. For more information
on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, visit http://www2.epa.gov/compliance/final-national-
pollutant-discharge-elimination-system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule. For more information on
electronic reporting to NC DEMLR, visit http://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-
resources/stormwater/ereporting-rule or contact Bethany Georgoulias at [phone] or via email at
[e-mail], or Robert Patterson at [phone] or via email at
[e-mail].
Cc: Stormwater Program Permit File
Sincerely,
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Bethany Georgoulias,
DEMLR Stormwater Program
Nothing Compares--,,,
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 N. Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
919 707 9200