NC0036919_technical correction_20010508

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
May 8, 2001
Ms. Glenda A. Jackson, Mayor
Town of Pantego
PO Box 87
Pantego, North Carolina 27860
NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject NPDES Permit Modification
Penn'
anteg
ounty
Dear Mayor Jackson:
The Division has reviewed and approved your request to change the daily maximum limits in the subject permit to
weekly averages. Please find enclosed the revised permit page. The revised page should be inserted into your permit
The old page may then be discarded. All other terms and conditions contained in the original permit remain
unchanged and in full effect. This permit modification is issued under the requirements of North Carolina General
Statutes 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit modification are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days
following receipt of this letter. This request must be a written petition conforming to Chapter 150B of the North
Carolina General Statutes, filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
If you have any questions concerning this permit modification, please contact Christie Jackson at telephone number
[phone], extension 538.
Sincerely,
X . iGY1
� ry J. Thorpe Ph.D.
Actin
G](' Acting Director
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Washington Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
',NPDES Unit 4
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Permit NC0036919
A. (IL.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to dischlarge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as
specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTIC
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
(Monthly
Avera e:
Weekly
Avera a
Measurement
. ,Free` uenc
'Sample Type
_Sample Locatlont
,.
Flow
0.006 MGD
Weekly
Instantaneous
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
(April 1- October 31
5.0 mg/L
7.5 mg/L
21Month
Grab
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
November 1- March
1
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Reside
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
(April 1- October 31
2.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
November 1- March
1
4.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen2
Weekly
Grab
Effluent,
Upstream & Downstream
Fecal Coliform
(geometric mean
200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Temperature °C
;
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Temperature °C
i
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Total Nitrogen
NO2+NO3+TKN
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Phosphorus I
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
H3
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Upstream = at
the outfall.
2. The daily aver
3. The pH shall n
monitored twic
There shall be
100 feet upstream from the outfall. Downstream = at least 300 feet downstream from
e dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 6.0 mg/L.
be less than 6.8 standard units nor greater than 8.5 standard units and shall be
per month at the effluent by grab sample.
discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2.) Nutrie}I� Reduction Requirement
The Tar -Pamlico ]1Tutrient Sensitive Waters (NSW) Implementation Strategy requires a total reduction
in nutrients (total phosphorus and total nitrogen) within the Tar -Pamlico River basin.
If requirements other than those listed in this permit are adopted as part of a future revision to the
NSW strategy, the Division reserves the right to reopen this permit and include those requirements.
If requirements other than those listed in this permit are adopted to prevent localized adverse
impacts to water quality, the Division reserves the right to reopen this permit and include those
requirements. I