NC0000272_Draft NPDES Mod. Partial Settlement_20120425

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P. E. Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
April 25, 2012
Mr. Mark Nuhfer, Chief
Municipal/Industrial NPDES Section
EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Subject: Draft Permit Modification/Settlement
NPDES Permit NC0000272
Blue Ridge Paper Company
Haywood County
Dear Mr.Nuhfer:
In accordance with our 2007 Memorandum of Agreement, I am sending a proposed modification
of the subject permit that reflects a partial settlement to a contested case. Specifically, the
proposed modification will result in a more stringent instream temperature timeframe for
compliance, as follows:
• In Effluent Sheet A(1), Footnote 11, change "shall not exceed 32 degrees C during the
months of July, August, and September" from a Monthly Average instream temperature
limitation to a Weekly Average instream limitation. Likewise, change "shall not exceed
29 degrees C during the months of October through June" from a Monthly Average
instream temperature limitation to a Weekly Average instream limitation. All other
conditions in Footnote 11 remain the same. A copy of the proposed temperature change
to Footnote 11 is attached.
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Mr.Mark Nuhfer
April 25,2012
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If you have any questions on this proposed modification, please call me at 919-807-6390 or
email at tom.belnickgrtcderingov.
Sincerely,
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Tom Belnick, Supervisor
NPDES/Complex Permitting Unit
Hardcopy: NPDES File
Central File
Email: Chuck Cranford, ARO SWPS
Sueanna Sumpter,NCDOJ

A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration,the Permittee
is authorized to discharge treated industrial,municipal,stormwater and landfill wastewater through
outfall(s)001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
EffluentCharacteristies �fftuent its Monit©`rhnq,Requireme"nts
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Monthly 1}a7y Measurement Sample"type Sample
Average Maximum l`requency, Locatignl
Flow 29.9 MGD Continuous Recording I or El
BOD, 5-day,20°C 3205 lb/day 10897 lb/day Daily Composite I,E,
Total Suspended Solids 12549 lb/day 495601b/day Daily Composite I,E,
NH,-N Daily Composite E,
AOX2 1556.9lb/day 2822.21b/day Weekly Composite E,
Color3 52,000lb/day 105,250 Daily Composite E,
lb/day
Dissolved Oxygen Daily Grab E,
Temperature Daily Grab E,
pH Daily Grab E,
Conductivity Daily Grab E,
Fecal Coliform 200/ 100 mL 400/ 100 mL Weekly Grab E,
COD Weekly Composite El
Total Nitrogen
(NO2-N+N0,-N+TKN) Monthly Composite E,
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E,
Chronic ToXiCitY7 Quarterly Composite E,
Trichlorophenol 30.61b/day Quarterly Composite E,
Pentachlorophenol 4.9lb/day Quarterly Composite E,
Selenium Annual Composite E,
2,3,7,8 Tetrachloro-dibenzo- 0.04 pg/L 0.06 pg/L Annual Composite 1,E,
p-dioxin
Conductivitylo Daily Grab Pigeon River
Flow-ff Daily Grab Pigeon River
Fecal Coliform Weekly Grab Pigeon River
Color10 Variable Grab Pigeon River
Dissolved Oxy enl° Variable Grab Pigeon River
Temperature ' °' Variable Grab Pigeon River
Zinc 12Quarterly Composite E,
Hardness Quarterly Composite E,
Turbidity 2/Month Grab Pigeon River
Footnotes:
1. Sample Location:I-Influent,E,—Effluent,Pigeon River-Instream sampling as specified in A.(5.)Instream
Monitoring Special Condition.
2. AOX monitoring shall be in accordance with the Sampling Plan for Cluster Rule Parameters(dated March 19,
2001)or subsequent modifications approved by the Division. AOX data shall be submitted on a quarterly basis
along with other Effluent Guideline chemical data;refer to A.(7.) Effluent Guideline Sampling Plan Special
Condition.
3. Annual average color limit is 38,020 lb/day,which will decrease to 32,000-36,000 lb/day no later than 4 years
after the permit effective date. See A.(8.) Color Analysis and Compliance Special Condition.All color limits
are measured as true color.

4. The daily average effluent dissolved oxygen concentration shall not be less than 6.0 mg/L. See A.(10.)
Dissolved Oxygen Special Condition.
5. The permittee shall report daily and monthly average effluent temperature.
6. The pH of the effluent shall not be less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0(on the standard units scale).
7. Chronic Toxicity(Ceriodaphnia)at 90%Effluent Concentration:March,June, September,December(see A.
(4.)Chronic Toxicity Permit Limit(Quarterly)).
8. Trichlorophenol and Pentachlorophenol limits and monitoring are provisionally waived since the facility has
certified that chlorophenolic biocides are not used at this facility. If the facility changes operations to include
chlorophenolic biocide,the Permittee shall notified the Division prior to use and the limits and monitoring
requirements shall become immediately effective.
9. See A.(9.) Dioxin Monitoring Special Condition.
10. See A.(5.) Instream Monitoring Special Condition.
11. The Weekly Average instream temperature measured at a point 0.4 miles downstream of the discharge location
shall not exceed 32°C during the months of July,August,and September and shall not exceed 29°C during the
months of October through June. The monthly average instream temperature measured at this location shall not
exceed the monthly average instream temperature of the upstream monitoring location by more than 8.5°C.This
value can be adjusted based on the results of thermal modeling[See Special Condition A.(12.)Temperature
Variance Review Special Condition].
12. Monitoring should be conducted in conjunction with Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing.
13. Monitoring should be conducted in conjunction with zinc monitoring.
14. Monitoring shall be conducted upstream of the discharge(mile marker 63.8)and at Fibervilie Bridge for I year
(12 months). The monitoring shall not occur within 72 hours of a rain event.This permit may be reopened and
modified to include a turbidity limit if a reasonable potential to exceed the State's numeric criterion is found to
exist.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
See A.(6.) Best Management Practices(BMP)Special Condition.
See A.(11.) Town of Canton Inflow and Infiltration Special Condition.
Definitions:
MGD—Million gallons per day lb/day—Pounds per day
mL—Milliliter BOD—Biochemical Oxygen Demand
µg/L-Micrograms per liter AOX-Adsorbable Organic Halides
COD-Chemical oxygen demand pg/L-picograms per liter