HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0003719_NPDES Permit_20110719r A
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
July 19, 2011
Mr. Craig Lette, Site Manager -
DAK Americas LLC-Cedar Creek Site
P.O. Box 1690
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28302
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit
Permit NC0003719
DAK Americas LLC-Cedar Creek Site
Cumberland County
Facility Class I
Dear Mr. Lette:
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft permit for your facility. Please review the draft very
carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains.
The draft permit contains the following significant changes from your current permit: -
• Outfall 001 was added. to the permit. The Outfall 001 has a combination of non -contact cooling water and
stormwater.
• The permit limits have recalculated based on the latest OCPSF production information.
• The winter BOD limits were eliminated from the permit based on the requirements of §40 CFR 414.
• The plastic bottle recycling facility has received an allocation for BOD and TSS.
Please submit any comments to me no later than thirty days following your receipt of the draft. Comments
should be sent to the address listed at the bottom of this page. If no adverse comments are received from the
public or from you, this permit will likely be issued in late September, with an effective date of November 1, 2011.
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 .
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: 919-807-63001 FAX: 919-807-6492 \ Customer Service:1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer -
NorthCarolina
!aatllraIII
If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the following e-mail
address: sergei.chernikov(ncdenr.gov, or telephone number: 919-807-6393.
Sincerely,
Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer II
Complex NPDES Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
Fayetteville Regional Office / Surface Water Protection Section. (e-copy)
Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
TACU (e-copy)
EPA Region IV (with application, fact sheet, and RPA)
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: 919-807-6300 \ FAX: 919-807-6492 \ Customer Service:1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer
One
NorthCarolina
Vaturaij
r
Permit NC0003719
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
Draft PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES)
In compliance with the provision of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards
and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
DAK Americas LLC
is hereby. authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
DAK Americas LLC - Cedar Creek Site
3468 Cedar Creek Road, Fayetteville
Cumberland County
to receiving waters designated as the Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations, monitoring requirements and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV
hereof.
This permit shall become effective
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2016.
Signed this day
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit NC0003719
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked, and as of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective.
Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit
conditions, requirements; terms, and provisions described herein.
DAK Americas LLC
is hereby authorized to:
1. continue to operate an existing 0.500 MGD wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) consisting of
• flow equalization,
• spill basin
• pH adjustment
• oil skimming
• dual aeration basins
• dual spill and settling basins (500,000 gallons capacity each)
• clarifier
• parshall flume
• sludge pump station
• an aerobic digester
•, aerated biosolids holding basin
• biosolids drying beds, and associated equipment
located at the DAK Americas LLC - Cedar Creek Site, 3468 Cedar Creek Road, south of Fayetteville
in Cumberland County, and
2. discharge from said treatment works and plastics recycling facility via Outfall 002 (located on the
attached map) and discharge non -contact cooling water and stormwater from Outfall 001.into the
Cape Fear River, a Class C waterbody within the Cape Fear River Basin.
Permit NC0003719
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge from Outfall 002. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as
specified below:
Effluent
Characteristics
Limits
, Monitoring
Requirements
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency :
Sample
Type
Sample
Location 1
Flow
0.500 MGD
Continuous
Recording
I or E
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
180 lbs /day
394.5 lbs/day
• 1/Week
Composite 2
E
BOD5, 20°C
157.6 lbs /day
286 lbs /day
1/Week
Composite 2
E
NH3-N (April 1-October 31)
13 lbs /day
' 26 lbs /day
1/Week
Composite 2
E
NH3-N (November 1 — March 31)
26 lbs /day
52 lbs /day
1/Week
Composite 2
E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
1/Week
Grab
E
Total Residual Chlorine 3
28 µg/L
1/Week
Grab
E
Temperature (°C)
1/Week
Grab
E
Dissolved Oxygen 4
1/Week
Grab
E
pH
Not <6.0 nor-> 9.0 standard units
1/Week
Grab
E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN)
1/Quarter
Composite 2
E
Total Phosphorus
1/Quarter
Composite 2
E
Acute Toxicity 5
1/Quarter
Composite 2
E
Dissolved Oxygen 6
1/Week
Grab
U & D
Temperature (°C) 6
1/Week
Grab
U & D
Conductivity 6-
1/Week
Grab
U & D
Footnotes:
1 E = Effluent; I = Influent; U = upstream 2 mi. from Outfall. D = downstream, 100 yards upstream of Lock and Dam #3.
2 Composite samples must be refrigerated.
3 Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) - The Division shall consider all effluent total residual chlorine values reported below
50 µg/L to be in compliance with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values
reported by a North Carolina certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/L.
4 Effluent dissolved oxygen (DO) shall not fall below 5 mg/L. The Permittee shall collect effluent DO samples from the
box combining effluents of Outfalls 001 and 002.
5 Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing; acute toxicity P/F at 90% using Fathead Minnow. WET tests shall be
conducted in February, May, August and November [See Part A. (2.)]. The Permittee shall collect toxicity samples
from the box combining effluents of Outfalls 001 and 002.
6 Receiving Stream Monitoring — As a member of the Middle Cape Fear River Basin Association, the Permittee's
instream monitoring responsibilities are hereby waived by Memorandum of Agreement. However, should this
membership terminate for any reason, the Permittee shall notify the Division immediately, and the Permittee shall
immediately resume instream monitoring requirements, as specified herein.
The Permittee shall add no chromium, zinc, or copper to the treatment system except as pre -approved additives
to biocide compounds or those resulting from the normal degradation of process piping or equipment.
The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.
Permit NC0003719
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (Continued)
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge from Outfall 002. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee for
OCPSF parameters, as specified below:
Effluent
Characteristics
a
Limits
Monitoring
-Requirements
DAILY
MAXIMUM
(pounds/day)
MONTHLY
AVERAGE
- (pounds/day)
Measurement
Frequency.
Sample
- Type
Sample
Location
Acenaphthene
0.105
0.039
- 1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Acenaphthylene
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Acrylonitrile
0.430
0.171
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Anthracene
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Benzene
0.242
0.066
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Benzo(a)anthracene
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
3,4-Benzofluoranthene
0.108
0.041
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Benzo(a)pyrene
0.108
0.041
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
0.496
0.183
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Carbon Tetrachloride
0.068
0.032
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Chlorobenzene
0.050
0.027
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Chloroethane
0.476
0.185
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Chloroform
0.082
0.037
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
2-Chlorophenol
0.174
0.055
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Chrysene
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Di-n-butyl phthalate
0.101
0.048
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
0.290
0.137
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
0.078
0.055
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
0.050
0.027
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,1-Dichloroethane
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,2-Dichloroethane
0.375
0.121
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,1-Dichloroethylene
0.044
0.028
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,2-trans-Dichloroethylene
0.096
0.037
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
2,4-Dichlorophenol
0.199
0.069
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,2-Dichloropropane
0.409
0.272
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,3-Dichloropropylene
0.078
0.052
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Diethyl phthalate
0.361
0.144
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
2,4-Dimethylphenol
0.064
0.032
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Dimethyl phthalate
0.083
0.034
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol
0.492
0.139
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
2,4-Dinitrophenol
0.218
0.126
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Ethylbenzene
0.192
0.057
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Fluoranthene
0.121
0.044
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Fluorene
0.105
0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
[Part A. (1.) continues on next page]
Permit NC0003719
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
(OCPSF - Continued)
Effluent'
Characteristics
Limits
Monitoring Requirements
DAILY
MAXIMUM
(pounds/day)
MONTHLY
AVERAGE
(pounds/day)
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
- Location
Hexachlorobenzene'i
1.6 µg/L
1.6 µg/L
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Hexachlorobutadiene
- 0.087
0.036
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Hexachloroethane
0.096
0.037
1/Year
Grab-
Effluent
Methyl Chloride
- .0.338
0.153
- 1/Year
Grab
. Effluent
Methylene Chloride
0.158
0.071
1/Year
Grab _
Effluent
Naphthalene
0.105
0.039-
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Nitrobenzene
0.121
0.048
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
2-Nitrophenol
0.123
0.073
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
4-Nitrophenol. -
0:220_
0.128
- 1/Year
Grab
Effluent
2,6-Dinitrotoluen el -
49.0 µg/L
49.0 µg/L,
1/Year
Grab
- Effluent'
Phenanthrene
0.105
0.039
- 1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Phenol
0.046 -
0.027
- 1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Pyrene -
0.119
0.044
- 1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Tetrachloroethylene
0.099
- 0.039
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Toluene
0.142
0.046
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
- 0.249
0.121 - -
1/Year
Grab -
Effluent
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
0.096- '
0.037
1/Year
Grab.
Effluent
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
0.096
0.037
1/Year
Grab .
Effluent
Trichloroethylene
0.096
0.037
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Vinyl Chloride"
0.476
' 0.185
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Metals and Toxicants
Total Chromium
4.92
1.97
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Total Copper-,
6.0
2.58
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Cyanide -
2.13
0.75
1/Year -
Grab
Effluent
Total Lead
1.23
0.57
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Total Nickel ,
7.07
3.0
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
Total Zinc
4.64
1.87
1/Year
Grab
Effluent
1. Water -quality based limit.
Permit NC0003719
SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS ,
A. (2.) ACUTE TOXICITY PASS/FAIL PERMIT LIMIT (QUARTERLY)
The Permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests 1/Quarter using protocols defined in the North Carolina
Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology for Determining Acute Toxicity in a Single Effluent
Concentration" (Revised July, 1992 or subsequent versions). The monitoring shall be performed as a Fathead
Minnow (Pimephales promelas) 24-hour static test. The effluent concentration, at which there may be at no time
significant acute mortality, is 90% (defined as treatment two in the procedure document). Effluent samples for
self -monitoring purposes must be obtained during representative effluent discharge below all waste treatment.
The tests will be performed during the months of February, May, August, and November.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge
Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGE6C.
Additionally, DWQ Form AT-2 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: NC DENR / DWQ / Environmental Sciences Section
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Section no later than 30
days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed in
association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity
sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required,
the Permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the
facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No
Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Environmental Sciences Branch at
the address cited above.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits, then monthly monitoring
will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should the Permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements or tests performed by the North Carolina Division
of Water Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to
include alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism
survival and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate
follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month of the initial
monitoring.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism
survival and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate
follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month of the initial
monitoring.
Permit NC0003719
SPECIAL. CONDITIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS,
A. (3.) BIOCIDE APPROVAL
The Permittee shall obtain approval from the Division'. s Aquatic Toxicology Unit prior to discharging any biocide
(not previously approved by the Division) under this permit. Approval for use of any biocide not previously The
Permittee shall request approval of any new unauthorized biocide at least 90 days in advance of planned usage.
Contact the Aquatic Toxicology Unit for detailed instructions on requesting .biocide. approval:
NC DENR / DWQ / Aquatic Toxicology. Unit
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Concentrations of chromium; copper, or zinc added to biocides shall not exceed applicable water quality standards
or action levels in the receiving stream.
•A. (4.) LABORATORY TEST -METHOD QUANTITATION LEVELS AND COMPLIANCE
For any given parameter, the Permittee must apply a state -certified analytical test method with a practical
quantitation level (PQL) at or below the NPDES permit limit. If such level of analytical sensitivity is not
technologically. feasible, the Permittee shall employ a state -certified analytical method with the lowest available
test -method PQL, and values reported as `,`not detected" by this lowest available PQL shall be deemed
"compliant" with this permit. .
A. (5.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS ,
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until permit expiration, the Perrriittee is
authorized to.discharge from outfall(s) serial number 001 (Non -Contact Cooling Water and .Stormwa ter).. Such
discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
STORMWATER - ` ,` "
DISCHARGE
;CHARACTERISTIC
LIMITS , ,•.
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Units`
Limit
Measurement >,
, Frequencyl"„•
Sample : ' ,
Type
Sample •.'
-•LocationZ,
Total Flow3
MG
Annual
SW-1
Total Rainfall3
Inches
Annual
SW-1
Event Duration3
Minutes
Annual
SW-1 •
Total Suspended
Solids
- mg/L
100.00 .
Annual
Grab
SW-1
Notes:
1. Measurement frequency. Once per year. The facility must perform -analytical sampling during the
first full year and last year of the permit term regardless of cut-off concentration conditions.
Analytical results from sampling during the final -year of the permit term must be submitted with
the permit renewal application. Failure to monitor storm events in accordance with the specified -
frequency shall constitute a violation of this permit. -
.2. Sample Location. Samples to be collected at the stormwater discharge outfall (SW-1) located north•
of the river water intake pump overflow and south of the sludge drying beds.
3. For each sampled representative storm event the total precipitation; storm duration, and total flow
must be monitored.. Total flow shall be either: (a) measured continuously, (b) calculated based on
the amount of area draining to the outfall, theamount of build -upon (impervious) area, and the -
total amount of rainfall, or (c) estimated by the measurement of flow at 20 minute intervals during
the rainfall event (not to exceed three hours).- - -
Permit NC0003719
For purposes of the stormwater sampling required in this permit, all samples shall be collected from a
discharge resulting from a representative storm event.