NC0030210_Correspondence_19900405

NPDE!i DOCYMEMT SCANNINL COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0030210
Charlotte / Mallard Creek WWTP
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
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Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
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Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date:
Aril 5, 1990
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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 27611
James G. Martin, Govemor
Wiliam W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
April 5, 1990
Joe C. Stowe, Jr., Director
Charlotte -Mecklenburg Utility Department
5100 Brookshire Boulevard
Charlotte', NC 28216
Subject: Mallard Creek WWTP
NPDES No. NCO030210
Mecklenburg County
Dear Mr. Stowe:
George T. Everett, Ph.D.
Director
I am writing in response to your letter of January 4, 1990
concerning the NPDES permit for the Mallard Creek WWTP. You
recently received a draft permit which contains modifications made
in light�of the issues raised in your letter, and the permit as
written reflects the Division of Environmental Management's (DEM)
final decision regarding these matters.
The more stringent fecal coliform limit included in the draft
permit is based on the revised standards. If the facility will not
be able to comply with the limits, the City should enter into an
SOC to address the problem.
Thelre irement that there shall be no discharge of floating
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solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts is included in
all NPDES permits per standard operating procedure in light of
15 NCAC 2B.0211 (b) (3) (C and F) . The City of Charlotte has accepted
this in its past permits.
The,City of Charlotte agreed to keep loading the same at its
Mallard Creek WWTP at a meeting with the Director of DEM in Raleigh
in late August until a water quality model for the Rocky River
Basin has been completed. In order to keep loading the same, the
effluent limits were reduced. If you would like to keep your cur-
rent limits, the application for expansion will be denied at this
time.
You should note that the NPDES permit expires in September,
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1994 due to DEM's new basin permitting schedule. The second para-
graph of the attached letter explains the reasoning behind this
permitting strategy.
If you believe that your concerns have not been adequately
addressed through the revised permit you recently received, you
have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request
within thirty (30) days following receipt of the final permit.
This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming
to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed
with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer
11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. Unless such a request is
received by this Division, the requirements contained in the issued
permit shall be final and binding.
If you have any questions, please contact Dale Overcash or
Trevor Clements of my staff at [phone].
Sincerely,
Steve W. Tedder, Chief
Water Quality Section
Attachment
cc: Dale Overcash
Trevor Clements
Rex Gleason
Central Files

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources -
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
j January 22, 1990
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Dear Applic�int:
Please find attached a DRAFT Permit and a public notice that have been prepared for
your facility by the Division of Environmental Management (DEM). I encourage you to review
these documents very carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the information, conditions,
and requirements contained therein. In completing your review, please be aware of the two
procedure changes described below that become effective on February 1, 1990.
The subject permit expiration date may reflect a period of less than five years. The
DEM has implemented a new NPDES permitting schedule that is directed toward organizing
permit issuance and review by major river basins within the State. The revised schedule will
allow the DAM to focus its resources on more efficient and effective NPDES permitting, and
allow for greater consistency in developing pollutant discharge limitations throughout each
river basin. In order to place the subject NPDES Permit within the proper cycle for its
corresponding river basin, it may be necessary to shorten the life of the permit to less than the
maximum allowable five year term as defined by North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1
(c) (5). In most cases, once a permit has been brought into the proper basin cycle, future
permits will be issued for the maximum five year period.
All questions or comments pertaining to any portion of the DRAFT Permit should be
directed to Mr. Dale Overcash of the NPDES Permits Group at the address or telephone number
listed below prior I, the "Schedule to Issue" date in the public notice. Once a permit is issued,
except for typographical or technical errors, the permit may be appealed Q,* through the legal
process. Such appeal would need to be made in the form of a written petition in accordance with
Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes and filed with the Office of Administrative
Hearings, PO Drawer 11666, Raleigh, NC 27611 within 30 days of permit issuance.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in these matters.
Sincerely,
Steve W. Tedder, Chief
Water Quality Section'.
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
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