NC0020745_Regional Office Historical File Pre 2018

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resour
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
July 9, 1992
Walt 011is, Water / Wastewater Director
The City of Kings Mountain - McGill WWTP
P.G. Box 429
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
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A, Preston Howard, Jr., P.E,
Acting Director
Subject; Reciss:iott of NPDES Permit No. NC0020745
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Cleveland County
Dear Mr. 011is:
The Division of Environmental Management has received information from the Mooresville
Regional Office which confirms that the subject facility does not discharge to the surface waters of the
State of North Carolina. Therefore, as you requested, NPDES Permit Number NC0020745 is hereby
rescinded effective immediately.
If in the future, you determine that you wish to have a discharge, you must first apply for and
receive a new NPDES Permit. Discharging without a valid NPDES Permit will subject the discharger to a
civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day.
If there is a need for any additionalinformation or clarification, please do not hesitate to contact
Robert Farmer at [phone].
Sincerel
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.
Mr, Jim Patrick, EPA
Cleveland County Health Department
Mooresville,RegionaliOffice
Permits & Engineering Unit- Colleen Sull
Facilities Assessment Unit
Fran McPherson, DEM Budget Office
Operator Training and Certification
Technical Support Branch
Central Files
PollutionPrevention Pays
P.O, Box 29535, Raleigh,. North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

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STATE OF NORTH, CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
88 CVS 837
. C. DEPT% OF N A TURAL
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel coimu:cimv t)PMENT
WILLIAM. W. COBEY, JR. , Secretary
Department of Environment, Health., ) 41991
and Natural Resources, and
ex rel ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION, W ENVIROKANTM.
VILLE ROM VREE
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN,
Defendant.
CONSENT JUDGMENT
AMENDMENT
(JOC #88-31 Ad. III)
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard this day before the
undersigned judge of Superior Court upon joint appearance by the
parties, who have announced to the Court that they have agreed to
modify the provisions of the Consent Judgement entered herein, as
follows:
1. Dy amending paragraph 9(b)(4) to read, Complete
construction (all treatment components in place and.
functional) of sludge facilities and if necessary,
clarifier modification by April 3G, 1991.
By amending paragraph 9(b)( to read, Achieve
compliance with final effluent limitations by July
1991.
3. By amending paragraph 14 to read, "This Consent
Judgment shall terminate on October 31, 1991; except
that determinations of final compliance made by the
State, payment of any due. penalties by the Defendant,
and request for dispute resolution may be made within
60 days thereafter. Following the expiration of this
Consent Judgment, any permit violations will be subject
to all enforcement procedures as allowed by G.S.
143-215.6."

IT IS THEREFORE, upon the consent of the parties and without
the taking of any testimony, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED:
The Consent judgment entered. herein is modified by
amending paragraph 9(b)(4) to read, Complete
construction (all treatment. components in place and
functional) of sludge facilities and if necessary,
clarifier modification by April 30, 1991.
2. The Consent. Judgment entered herein is modified by
amending paragraph 9(b)(5) to read, Achieve compliance
with final effluent limitations by July 31, 1991.
The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified by
amending paragraph 14 to read, This Consent Judgment
shall terminate on October 31, 1991, except that
determinations of final compliance made by the. State,
payment of anydue penalties by the Defendant, and
request for dispute resolution may be made within 60
days thereafter. Following the expiration. of this
Consent Judgment, any permit violations will be subject
4-o all enforcement procedures as allowed by G. S.
143-215.6."
This the day of
BY CONSENT:
1991.
FOR TEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH,
AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEME* COMMISSION
— (
George T. Eyeett, Director, Division of
Environmental' Management
LACY H. THORNBURG
rney General
Attorney General
Judge of SuperiorCo.

Sate of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 276I1
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
Mr. Walter C, 011is
PO Box 429
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Dear Mr. Dills:
April 17, 1989
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Subject: Permit,,ANINC000745)frc.6
City of0(14444ntaiwa
Cleveland County
R. 'Paul Wilms
Director
In accordance with your application for discharge permit received on October
7, 1988, we are forwarding herewith the subject State - NPDES permit. This permit is
issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and
the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the US Environmental Protection
Agency dated December 6, 1983.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in
this permit are unacceptable toyou, you may request a waiver or modification pursuant
to Regulation 15 NCAC 2B .0508(b) by written request to the Director identifying the
specific issues to be contended. Unless such request is made within 30days following
receipt of this permit, thispermit shall be final and binding. Should your request
be denied, you will have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable- Part II, D.3,
addresses the requirements to be followed in case. of change in ownership or control of
this discharge.
This permit does not affect the. legal requirements to obtain other permits
which may be required by the Division of Environmental Management or permits required
by the Division. of Land Resources, Coastai Area Management Act or any other Federal or
Local governmental permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning. this permit, please contact Ms, Lula
Harris at telephone number 919/733-5083.
m
tinginar gnied osy
ARTHUR MOUBERRY
PCPaul Wilms
cc: Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA
Asheville Regional Office
Pollution Prevention Pays
PO, Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

Permit No. NC0020745
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
To DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1,
other lawful standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina
nmental Management Commission, and the Federal Water .Pollution Control Act, as
ended,
The City of Kings Mountain
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
McGill Creek Wastewter Treatment Plant
Kings Mountain
Gaston County
to receiving natters designated as McGi11 Creek in the Catawba. River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other
conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective May 1, 1989.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
"larch 31, 1994.
Signed this day April 17, 1989.
R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

is hereby authorized to:
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A. (1).
NPDES No. NC0020745
During the period ,beginning on the effective date of the Permit and lasting until
Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001. Such discharges
and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final
Lbs/day
Monthly Avg. We
Flow
BOD, 5Day, 20 Degrees C**
Total Suspended Residue**
NH3 as N
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum)
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
Total Residual Chlorine
Temperature
Total Nitrogen (NO2 NO3 TKN)
Total Phosphorus
Conductivity
Chronic Toxicity***
Pollutant Analysis****
Cadmium
Chromium
Nickel
Lead
Cyanide
Mercury
Copper
Zinc
Silver
Discharge Limitations
Other Unit (Specify)
ekiy Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg.
1.0 MGD
14.0 mg/1 21.0 mg/1
30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1
5.0 mg/1 7.5 mg/1
5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1
1000.0/100 ml 2000.0/100 ml
* Sample locations: E Effluent,
NCR 1125
2.2 ug/1*****
54.8 ug/1*****
54.8 ug/1*****
27.4 ug/1*****
5.5 ug/1
0.2 ug/1*****
uent, U - Upstream
taring Re
Continuous
2/month
2/month
2/month
Weekly
2/month
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Quarterly
Annually
2/month
2/month
2/month
t Sample
1P!
Recording
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Grab
Grab
Grab
Composite
Composite
Grab
Composite
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expiration, the
shall be limitee:
*Sample
Location
I or E
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E, U, D
E, U, D
E, U, D
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E, U, D
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2/month Composite E
2/month Grab E
2/month Composite E
Monthly Composite E
Monthly „ Composite,E„_
Monthly '-'
Composite ',E
of discharge D - Downstream: 1) at 1-85 2) at
**The monthly average effluent 8005 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent valves (85% removal).
***See Part III, condition I; Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F At 91% January, April, July and October
****See Part III, Condition J.
*****Daily Maximum Limitation
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be
monitored 2/month at the effluent, upstream, and downstream by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace
amounts.

Part I
B. Schedule of Compliance
1. The permittee shall comply with Final Effluent Limitations specified for
discharges in accordance with the following schedule:
Permittee shall comply with Final Effluent Limitations by the effective
date of the permit.
2. Permittee shall at All times provide the, operation and maintenance
necessary to operatethe existing facilities At optimm efficiency,
3. No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above,
schedule of compliance, the permittee shall submit either a report of
progress or, in thecase of specific actions being required by identified
dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance. In the latter
case, the notice shall include the cause of noncompliance, any remedial
actions taken, and the probability of meeting the next schedule
requirements,

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PART II
STANDARD CONDITIONS OR NPDES PERMITS
SECTION A. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. Duty_to Comply
The permittee must comply with all conditions of this permit. Any permit
noncompliance constitutes a violation of the Clean Water Act and is grounds
for enforcement action; for permit termination, revocation and reissuance,
or modification; or for denial of a permit renewal application.
2. Penalties for Violations of Permit Conditions
Any person who violates a permit condition is subject to a civil penalty not
to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation. Any person who willfully or
negligently violates a permit condition is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed $15,000 per day of violation, or by imprisonment
not to exceed six months or both.
Duty to Mitigate
The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse impact
to navigable waters resulting from noncompliance with any effluent limitations
specified in this permit, including accelerated or additional monitoring as
necessary to determine the nature and impact of the noncomplying discharge.
4. Permit Modification
After notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to NCGS _43-2.1.5.1(b)
(2) and NCGS 143-215.1(e) respectively, this permit may be modified, suspended,
or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause including, but not
limited to, the following:
Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully
all relevant facts;
A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent
reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge; or
d. Information newly acquired by the Division indicating the discharge poses
a threat to human health or welfare.
If the permittee believes that any past or planned activity would be cause for
modification or revocation and reissuance, the permittee must report such
information to the Permit Issuing Authority. The submittal of a new application.

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may be required of the permittee. The filing of a request by the permittee for
a permit modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination, or a
notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliances, does not stay
any permit condition.
5. Toxic Pollutants
Notwithstanding Part II, A-4 above, if a toxic effluent standard or prohibition
(including any schedule of compliance specified in such effluent standard or
prohibition) is established under Section 307(a) of the Act for a toxic
pollutant which is present in the discharge, if such standard or prohibition
is more stringent than any limitation for such pollutant in this permit, this
permit shall be revised or modified in accordance with the toxic effluent
standard prohibition and the permittee so notified.
The permittee shall comply with effluent standards or prohibitions established
under Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act for toxic pollutants within the
time provided in the regulations that establish those standards or prohibitions,
even if the permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the requirement.
6. Civil and Criminal Liability
Except as provided in permit conditions on "Bypassing" (Part II, B-3) and
"Power Failures" (Part IT, B-6), nothing in this permit shall be construed
to relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties
for noncompliance pursuant to NCGS 143-215.3, 143-215.6 or Section 309 of the
Federal Act, 33 USC 1319. Furthermore, the permittee is responsible for
consequential damages, such as fish kills, even though the responsibility
for effective compliance may be temporarily suspended.
7. Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of any
legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities,
or penalties to which the permittee is or may be subject to under NCGS
143-215.75 et seq. or Section 311 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1321. Furthermore,
the permittee is responsible for consequential damages, such as fish kills,
even though the responsibility for effective compliance may be temporarily
suspended.
8. Pro e R__gh
The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in either real
or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it authorize any
injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any
infringement of Faderal, State or local laws or regulations.

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9. Onshore of Offshore Construction
This permit does not authorize or approve the construction of any onshore or
offshore physical structures or facilities or the undertaking, of any work
in any navigable waters.
10. Severshility
The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this
permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circumstances,
is held invalid, the applies on of such provision to other circumstances, and
the remainder of this permit, shall not be affected thereby.
11. Duty to, Provide Information
The permittee shall furnish to the Permit Issuing Authority, within a reason-
able time, any information which the Permit Issuing Authority may request
to determine whether cause exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing,
or terminating this permit or to determine compliance with this permit. The
permittee shall also furnish to the Permit Issuing Authority upon request,
copies of records required to be kept by this permit.
SECTION B. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OFPOLLUTION CONTROLS
1. Proper Operation and Maintenance
The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and operate
as efficiently as possible all treatment or control facilities or systems
installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the terms
and conditions of this permit.
2. Need to Halt or Reduce not a Defense
It shall not be a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that it
would have been necessary to halt or reduce the perititted activity in
order to maintain compliance with the condition of this permit.
Bypassing
Any diversion from or bypass of facilities is prohibited, except (i) where
unavoidable to prevent loss of life or severe property damage, or (ii)
where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any facilities
necessary for compliance with the effluent limitations and prohibitions of this
permit. All permittees who have such sewer bypasses or overflows of this
discharge shall submit, not later than six months from the date of issuance
of this permit, detailed data or engineering estimates which identify:
a. The location of each sewer system bypass or overflow;
b. The frequency, duration and quantity of flow from each sewer system
bypass or overflow.

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This requirement is waived where infiltration/inflow analyses are scheduled
to be performed as part of an Environmental Protection Agency facilities
planning project.
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or
appropriate regional office of the Division as soon as possible, but in
no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any division from or
bypass of facilities.
4. Upsets
"Upset" means an exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and
temporary noncompliance with technology based permit effluent limitations
because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee. An upset
does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error,
improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities,
lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation. An upset
constitutes an affirmative defense to an action brought for noncompliance
with such technology based permit limitation if the requirements of 40 CFR S
122.41(n)(3) are met.
5. Removed Substances
Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the course of
treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in accordance with
NCGS 143-215.1 and in a manner such as to prevent any pollutant from such
materials from entering waters of the State or navigable waters of the United
States.
6. PO er Failurec
The permittee is responsible for maintaining adequate safeguards as required
by DEM Regulation, Title 15, North Carolina Administrative Code, Subchapter 2H,
.0124 Reliability, to prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated
wastes during electrical power failures either by means of alternate power
sources, standby generators or retention of inadequately treated effluent.
SECTION C. MONITORING AND RECORDS
1. Representative Sampling
Samples collected and measurements taken, as required herein, shall be
characteristic of the volume and nature of the permitted discharge. Samples
collected at a frequency less than daily shall be taken on a day and time that
is characteristic of the discharge over the entire period which the sample
represents. Ali samples shall be taken at the monitoring points specified in
this permit and, unless otherwise specified , before the effluent joins or is
diluted by any other wastestream, body of water, or substance. Monitoring points
shall not be changed without notification to and the approval of the Permit
Issuing Authority.

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2. Reporting
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for
each month and reported on a monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form
(DEM No. MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director, DEM,
postmarked no later than the 30th day following the completed reporting period.
The first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the issuance of the
permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following
the commencement of discharge. Duplicate signed copies of these, and all other
reports required herein, shall be submitted to the following address:
Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Flow Measurements
Appropriate flow measurement devices and methods consistent with accepted
scientific practices shall be selected and used to insure the accuracy and
reliability of measurements of the volume of monitored discharges. The
devices shall be installed, calibrated and maintained to insure that the
accuracy of the measurements are consistent with the accepted capability of
that type of device. Devices selected shall be capable of measuring flows
with a maximum deviation of less than + 10% from the true discharge rates
throughout the range of expected discharge volumes. Once -through condenser
cooling water flow which is monitored by pump logs, or pump hour meters as
specified in Part I of this permit and based on the manufacturer's pump
curves shall not be subject to this requirement.
4, Test Procedures
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to the EMC
regulations published pursuant to NCGS 143-215.63 et seq, the Water and Air
Quality Reporting Acts, and to regulations published pursuant to Section 304(g),
33 USC 1314, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as Amended, and
Regulation 40 CFR 136.
5.. Penalties for T� s�erin
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who falsifies, tampers with,, or
knowingly renders inaccurate, any monitoring device or method required to be
maintained under this permit shall, upon conviction, by punished by a fine of
not more than $10,000 per violation, or by imprisonment for not more than
six months per violation, or by both.

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6. Records Retention
All records and information resulting from the monitoring activities required by
this permit including all records of analyses performed and calibration and
Maintenance of instrumentation and recordings from continuous monitoring
instrumentation shall be retained for a minimum of three (3) years, by the
permittee. Thisperiod of retention shall be extended during the course
of any unresolved litigation or if requested by the Division of Environmental
Management or the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
7. Recording Results
For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of this
permit, the permittee shall record the following information.:
a. The exact place, date, and time of sampling;
b. The dates the analyses were performed;
c. The person(s) who performed the analyses; and
d. The results of such analyses.
8. Right of Entry
The permittee shall allow the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, the Regional Administrator, and/or their authorized representatives,
upon the presentations of credentials:
a. To enter upon the permittees premises where an effluent source is located
or in which any records are required to be kept under the terms and
conditions of this permit; and
b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required to be
kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect any
monitoring equipment or monitoring method required in this permit; and
to sample any discharge of pollutants.
SECTION D. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Change in Discharge
All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms and
conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified in
this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that authorized
shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated facility
expansions, production increases, or process modifications which will result

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in new, different, or increased discharges of pollutants must be reported by
submission of a new NPDES application or, if such changes will not violate
the effluent limitations specified in this permit, by notice to the DEM of
such changes. Following such notice, the permit may be modified to specify
and limit any pollutants not previously limited,
2. Anticipated Noncompliance
The permittee shall give notice to the Permit Issuing Authority of any planned
change in the permitted facility or activity which may result in noncompliance
with permit requirements. Any maintenance of facilities, which might
necessitate unavoidable interruption of operation and degradation of effluent
quality, shall be scheduled during noncritical water quality periods and carried
out in a manner approved by the Permit Issuing Authority.
3. Transfer of Ownership or Control
This permit is not transferable. In the event of any change in name, control
or ownership of facilities from which the authorized discharge emanates or is
contemplated, the permittee shall notify the prospective owner or controller by
letter of the existence of this permit and of the need to obtain a permit in the
name of the prospective owner. A copy of the letter shall be forwarded to the
Division of Environmental Management.
4. Additional Monitoring by Permittee
If the permittee monitors any pollutant at the location(s) designated herein
more frequently than required by this permit, using approved analytical methods
as specified above, the results of such monitoring shall be included in the
calculation and reporting of the values is required in the DMR. Such increased
frequency shall also be indicated. The DEM may require more frequent monitoring
or the monitoring of other pollutants not required in this permit by written
notification,
5. Ayeragipg of Measurements
Calculations for limitations which require averaging of measurements shall
utilize an arithmetic mean unless otherwise specified by the Permit Issuing
Authority in the permit.
Noncompliance Notification
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or the
appropriate regional office of the Division as soon as possible, but in
no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following:

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a. Any occurrence at the water pollution control facility which results in
the discharge of significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in
quantity or characteristic, such as the dumping of the contents of a
sludge digester; the known passage of a slug, of hazardous substance
through the facility; or any other unusual circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render
the facility incapable of adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical
or electrical failures of pumps, aerators, compressors, etc..
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility
resulting in a by-pass directly to receiving waters without treatment
of all or any portion of the influent to such station or facility.
d. Any time that self -monitoring information indicates that the facility has
gone out of compliance with its NPDES permit limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written
report in letter form within 15 days following first knowledge of the
occurrence.
7. Changes In Discharges of Toxic Sub st ces*
The permittee shall notify the Permit Issuing Authority as soon. as it knows or
has reason to believe:
That any activity has occurred or will occur whhich would result in the
discharge, on a routine or frequent basis, of any toxic substance(s) (listed
at 40 CFR S 122, Appendix D, Table 11 and III) which is not limited in the
permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the following
"notification levels".
1) One hundred micrograms per liter (100 ug/1);
(2) Two hundred micrograms per liter (200 ug/1) for acrolein and
acry'lonitrile; five hundred micrograms per liter (500 ug/1)
for 2,4-dinitrophenol and for 2-methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol; and one
milligram per liter (1 mg/1) for antimony; or
(3) Five (5) times the maximum concentration value reported for that
pollutant(s) in the permit application.
b. That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in any
discharge, on a non -routine or infrequent basis, of a toxic pollutant
(listed at 40 CFR S 122, Appendix D. Table 1I and III) which is not
limited in the permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the
following "notification levels":

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(1) Five hundred micrograms per liter (500 ug/1);
(2) One milligram per liter (1 mg/1) for antimony; or
(3) Ten (10) times the maximum concentration value reported for that
pollutant(s) in the permit application.
8. Expiration of Permit
Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date. In order to
receive authorization to discharge beyond the expiration date, the permittee
shall submit such information, forms, and fees as are required by the agency
authorized to issue permits no later than 180 days prior to the expiration date.
Any discharge without a permit after the expiration will subject the permittee
to enforcement procedures as provided in NCGS 143-215.6 and 33 USC 1251 et seq.
9. Signatory_ Requirements
All applications, reports, or information submitted to the Permit Issuing
Authority shall be signed and certified,
All permit applications shall be signed as follows:
(1) For a corporation: by a responsible corporate officer. For the
purpose of this Section, a responsible corporate officer means:
(a) a president, secretary, treasurer or vice president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any
other person who performs similar policy or decision making
functions for the corporation, or (b) the manager of one or more
manufacturing production or operating facilities employing more
than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures
exceeding 25 million (in second quarter 1980 dollars), if authority
to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in
accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or
the proprietor, respectively; or
(3) For a municipality, State, Federal, or other public agency: by either
a principal executive officer or ranking elected official.
b. A reports required by the permit and other information requested by the
Permit. Issuing Authority shall be signed by a person described above or by
a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is a duly
authorized representative only if:
(1) The authorization is made in writing by a person described above;
(2) The authorization specified either an individual or a position having
responsibility for the overall operation of the regulated facility or
activity, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well or

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well field, superintendent, a position of equivalent responsibility,
or an individual or position having overall responsibility for environ-
mental matters for the company. (A duly authorized representative
may thus be either a named individual or any individual occupying a
named position.); and
(3) The written authorization is submitted to the Permit Issuing Authority.
c. Certification. Any person signing a document under paragraphs a. or b. of
this section shall making the following certification:
"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments
were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system
designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the
information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who
manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and
believe, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information, including the
possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations."
10. Availability of Reports
Except for data determined to be confidential under NCGS 143-215.3(a) (2) or
Section 308 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1318, all reports prepared in accordance
with the terms shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the
Division of Environmental Management. As required by the Act, effluent data
shall not be considered confidential. Knowingly making any false statement on
any such report may result in the imposition of criminal penalties as provided
for in NCGS 143-215.i(b) (2) or in Section 309 of the Federal Act..
11. Penalties for Falsification of Reports
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who knowingly makes any false
statement, representation, or certification in any record or other document
submitted or required to be maintained under this permit, including monitoring
reports or reports of compliance or noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 per violation, or by imprisonment
for not more than six months per violation, or by both.
SECTION E. DEFINITION
1. Permit Issuing Authority
The Director of the Division of Environmental Management.
2. ➢EM or Division
Means the Division of Environmental Management, Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development.

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3. EMC:
Used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
4, Act pr "the Act"
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as
amended, 33 USC 1251, et. seq.
5. Mass/Day Measure nts
a. The "monthly average discharge: is defined as the total mass of all
daily discharges sampled and/or measured during a calendar month on
which daily discharges are sample and measured, divided by the number
of daily discharges samples and/or measured during such month. It is
therefore, an arithmetic mean found by adding the weights of the
pollutant found each day of the month and then dividing this sum by
the number of days the tests were reported. The limitation is
identified as "Daily Average" or "Monthly Average in Part I of the
permit.
b. The "weekly average discharge" is defined as the total mass of
all daily discharges sampled and/or measured during the calendar week
(Sunday -Saturday) on which daily discharges are sampled and measured,
divided by the number of daily discharges samples and/or measured
during such week. It is, therefore, an arithmetic mean found by
adding the weights of pollutants found each day of the week and then
dividing this sum by the number of days the tests were reported. This
limitation is identified as "Weekly Average" in Part I of the permit.
c. The "maximum daily discharge" is the total mass (weight) of a
pollutant discharged during a calendar day. If only one sample is
taken during any calendar day the weight of pollutant calculated from
it is the "maximum daily discharge." This limitation is identified as
"Daily Maximum," in Part I of the permit.
d. The "average annual discharge is defined as the total mass of all
daily discharges sample and/or measured during the calendar year on
which daily discharges are sampled and measured, divided by the number
of daily discharges sampled and/or measured during such year. It is,
therefore, an arithmetic mean found by adding the weights of
pollutants found each day of the year and then dividing this sum by the
number of days the tests were reported. This limitation is defined as
"Annual Average" in Part 1 of the permit.

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6. Concentration Measurement
a. The "average monthly concentration," other than for fecal coliform
bacteria, is the sum of the concentrations of all daily discharges
samples and/or measured during a calendar month on which daily discharges
are sampled and measured, divided by the number of daily discharges sampled
and/or measured during such month (arithmetic mean of the daily
concentration values). The daily concentration value is equal to the
concentration of a composite sample or in the case of grab samples is the
arithmetic mean (weighted by flow value) of all the samples collected
during that calendar day. The average monthly count for fecal coliform
bacteria is the geometric mean of the counts for samples collected during a
calendar month. This limitation is identified as "Monthly Average" or
"Daily Average" under "Other Limits" in Part I of the permit.
b. The "average weekly concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria,
is the sum of the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or
measured during a calendar week (Sunday/Saturday) on which daily discharges
are sampled and measured divided by the number of daily discharges sampled
and/or measured during such week (arithmetic mean of the daily
concentration values). The daily concentration value is equal to the
concentration of a composite sample or in the case of grab samples is the
arithmetic mean (weighted by flow value) of all the samples collected during
that calendar day. The average weekly count for fecal coliform bacteria is
the geometric mean of the counts for samples collected during a calendar
week. This limitation is identified as "Weekly Average" under "Other
Limits" in Part I of the permit.
c. The "maximum daily concentration" is the concentration of a pollutant
discharge during a calendar day. It is identified as "Daily Maximum'"
under "Other Limits" in Part I of the permit.
d. The "average annual concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria,
is the sum of the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or
measured during a calendar year on which daily discharges are sampled and
measureddivided by the number of daily discharges sampled and/or measured
during such year (arithmetic mean of the daily concentration values). The
daily concentration value is equal to the concentration of a composite
sample or in the case of grab samples is the arithmetic mean (weighted by
flow value) of all the samples collected during that calendar day. The
average yearly count for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric mean
of the counts for samples collected during a calendar year. This limitation
is identified as "Annual Average" under "Other Limits" in Part I of the
permit.

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7. Other Measurements
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a. Flow, (MGD): The flow limit expressed in this permit is the 24 hours
average flow, averaged monthly. It is determined as the arithmetic mean
of the total daily flows recorded during the calendar month.
b. An "instantaneous flow measurement" is a measure of flow taken at the time
of sampling, when both the sample and flow will be representative of the
total discharge.
8. Types of Samples
a. Composite Sample: These samples consist of grab samples collected at
equal intervals and combined proportional to flow, a sample continuously
collected proportionally to flow, or equal volumes taken at varying time
intervals. If a composite sample is obtained from grab samples, the
following .requirements apply. The intervals between influent grab
samples shall be no greater than hourly. Intervals between effluent grab
samples shall be no greater than hourly except where the detention time
of the wastewater in the facility is greater than 24 hours, in which
case, the interval between grab samples shall be no greater in number of
hours than the detention time in number of days; provided, however, in
no case may the time between effluent grab samples be greater than six
hours nor the number of grab samples less than four during any discharge
period of 24 hours or less.
b. Grab Sample: Grab samples are individual samples collected over a
period of time not exceeding 15 minutes; the grab sample can be taken
manually.
9 Calculation of Means
a. Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the summation
of the individual values divided by the number of individual values.
b. Geometric Mean: The geometric mean of any set of values is the Nth root of
the product of the individual values where N is equal to the number of
individual values. The geometric mean is equivalent to the antilog of
the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of the individual values. For
purposes of calculating the geometric mean, values of zero (0) shall be
considered to be one (1).
Weighted by Flow Value: Weighted by flow value means the summation of each
concentration times its respective flow divided by the summation of the
respective flows.

A calendar day s defined s the permed f am midnight 0f one day mid i ht
f the next, day. llowe1,7er, 'fear purposes of this perm t, con e ut e -h our
Period that re r s represents the u idx d r d m any
used, for . p ,i a .
°ssrdus Substance
A hsx rdot], ubstance asans x subs sn e d ated de 40 C R part16
Petal -lent to Section 3 of;the Clean Wter Act.
12. Toxic o tatant
tost po1,Iutnt is nY plutntsted.us taie under Sec or C of
the Clean ester Act.

A. Requirements for Contrc
PART I11
THER REQUIREf3ENTS
lutants Attributable to lndustr
Users
1. Effluent limitations are listed in Part 1 of this permit. Other pollutants
attributable to inputs from major contributing industries using the
municipal system may be present in the permittee's discharge.. At such time
as sufficient information becomes available to establish limitations for
such pollutants, this permit may be revised to specify effluent limitations
for any or all of such other pollutants in accordance with best practicable
technology or water quality standards.
2. Under no circumstances shall the permittee allow introduction of the
following wastes in the waste treatment system:
a, Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in. the treatment works.
b. Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to treatment works,
and in no case discharges with pH less than 5 unless the system
specifically designed to accomodate such discharges.
c. Solid or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to the
flow in sewers or interference with the proper operation of the
treatment works.
d. Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will
cause an, inhibitation or disruption of. the POTW, its treatment:
processes, operation, or sludge use and disposal.
e, Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment
works, resulting in interference but in no case heat in such quantities
that the temperature at the treatment works influent exceeds 40 C
(104 F) unless the works are designed to accommodate such heat.
With regard. to the effluent requirements listed in Part I of this permit,
it may be necessary for the. permittee to supplement the requirements of the
Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403) to ensure compliance by
the permittee with all applicable effluent limitations. Such actions by
the permittee may be necessary regarding some or all of the major
contributing industries discharging to the municipal system.

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Continued
4. Permittee shall require any industrial dischargers into the permitted system
to meet Federal Pretreatment Standards promulgated in response to Section
307(b) of the Act. Friar to accepting wastewater from any significant
industrial user the permittee shall develop and submit to the Division for
approval a Pretreatment Program.
A. significant industrial user is one which discharges wastewater into a
publicly' owned treatment works and which:
a. has an average daily process wastewater
gallons per day, or;
b. contributes more than 5% of any design capacity of the wastewater
treatment plant which receives the discharge, or;
c. is required to meet a national categorical pretreatment standard, or;
d. is determined by the control authority to have a. potential to adversely
impact the wastewater treatment plant or receiving stream, or to limit
the POTW sludge disposal options, or;
has been included in the permittee's pretreatment monitoring program
submitted in accordance with Section 15 NCAC 2H.0906 of the North
Carolina Administrative Code.
of a significant industrial user as a result
to Section 307 of the Act or revisions to
a. part of this permit.
e.
Any change in the definition
of promulgations in response
15 NCAC 2.H.0903 shall become
f greater than 50,000
This permit shall be modified, or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to
incorporate or modify an approved POTW Pretreatment Program or to include a
compliance schedule for the development of a PO1W Pretreatment Program as
required under Section 402(b)(8) of the Clean Water Act and implementing
regulations or by the requirements of the approved State pretreatment
program, as appropriate.
Pret
atment Program m_Implementation
Under authority of sections 307(b) and (c) and 402 (b)(8) of the Clean Water
Act and implementing regulations 40 CFR Part 403; North. Carolina General
Statute 143-215.3 (14) and implementing regulations 15 NCAC 2H .0900, and in
accordance with the approved pretreatment program all provisions and
regulations contained and referenced in the Pretreatment Program Submittal
are an enforceable part of this NPDES permit.

Part III
Continued
The permittee shall operate its approved pretreatment program in accordance
with section 402(b)(8) of the Clean Water Act, the Federal Pretreatment
Regulations 40 CFR Part 403, the State Pretreatment Regulations
15 NCAC 2H .0900, and the legal authorities, policies, procedures, and
financial provisions contained in its pretreatment program submission.
Such operation shall include but is not limited to the implementation of
the following conditions and requirements:
The permittee shall develop, in accordance with 40 CFR 403.5(c), specific
limits to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a) and (b).
The permittee shall issue permits for construction, operation and discharge
to all significant industrial users in accordance with NCGS 143-215.1.
These permits shall contain limitations, sampling protocols, reporting
requirements, appropriate standard conditions, and compliance schedules as
necessary for the installation of control technologies to meet applicable
pretreatment standards and requirements. Prior to the issuance of a permit
to construct or as a condition of the permit an evaluation of the treatment
process proposed must be made as to its capacity to meet the permit
limitations.
The permittee shall carry out inspection, surveillance, and monitoring
requirements as described in its approved pretreatment program in order to
determine, independent of information supplied by industrial users,
compliance with applicable pretreatment standards. All significant
industrial users must be sampled by the permittee at least twice per year
for limited parameters.
4. The permittee shall enforce and obtain appropriate remedies for violations
of categorical pretreatment standards promulgated pursuant to section
307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (40 CFR 405 et. seq.), prohibitive
discharge standards as set forth in 40 CFR 403.5, and specific local
limitations.
5. The permittee shall require all industrial users to comply with the
applicable monitoring and reporting requirements outlined in the approved
pretreatment program, the industry's pretreatment permit and/or in 15
NCAC 2H .0908.
6. The permittee shall submit twice per year. 2 copies of a pretreatment
report describing its pretreatment activities over the previous six
months. A report shall be submitted to the Division by August 1 of each
year describing pretreatment activities for January 1 through June 30 of
that year, and a like report shall be submitted. by February 1 of each year
for activities conducted from July 1 through December 31 of the previous
year. These reports shall contain the following information:

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Part III
Continued
a. a narrative summary of actions taken by the, permittee to ensure
compliance with pretreatment requirementsand standards
b, a. list of any substantive changes made in the approved pretreatment
program.
c. a compliance status summary of all significant industrial users
d- a list of those significant industrial users in. reportable
noncompliance with pretreatment requirements and standards, the nature
of the violations, and actions taken or proposed to correct the
violations
e. sampling and analytical results recorded on, forms approved by. the
Division
f. upon request, other information pertinent to the implementation of
the permittee's pretreatment program.
7. The permittee shall retain for a minimum of three years records of
monitoring activities and results, along with support information
including general records, water quality records, and records of
industrial impact on the POTW.
8. The permittee shall publish annually, pursuant to 40 CFR 403.8
(f(2)(vii), a list of significant industrial users that have
significantly violated pretreatment requirements and standards during the
previous twelve month period.
9. The permittee shall maintain adequate funding levels to accomplish the
objectives of its approved pretreatment program.
10. The permittee shall maintain adequate legal authority to implement its
approved pretreatment program.
11. The permittee shall update its industrial user survey at least once
every five years.
12, Modifications to the approved pretreatment program, including but not
limited to local limitsmodifications and monitoring program changes
shall be considered permit modification and shall he governed by 15 NCAC
2H .0114.
C. Previous Penits
All previous State water quality permitsissued to this facility, whether
for construction or operation or discharge, are hereby revoked by issuance
of this permit. The conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions of
this permit authorizing. discharge under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System govern discharges from this facility.

Part. IT1
Continued
D. Construction
No construction. of wastewater treatment facilities or additions thereto
shall be begun until. Final Plans and Specifications have been submitted to
the Division of Environmental Management and written approval and
Authorization to Construct has been issued.
E. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A of North Carolina General Statutes, the permittee
shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator in responsible
charge of the. wastewater treatment. facilities. Such operator must hold a
certification of the grade equivalent to or greater than the classification.
assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities.
F. Groundwater Monitoring
The permittee shall, upon written notice from the Director of the Division.
of Environmental Management, conduct groundwater monitoring as may be
required to determine the. compliance of this NPDES permitted facility with
the current groundwater standards.
ititations Reopener
This permit shall be modified or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to
comply with any applicable effluent guideline or water quality standard
issued or approved under Section 302(b)(2)(c), and (d), 304(b)(2), and
307(a)(2) of the Clean Water Act, if the effluent guideline or water
quality standard. so issued or approved:
1, contains different conditions or is otherwise more stringent than
any effluent limitation in the permit; or
2. controls any pollutant not limited in the. permit.
This permit as modified or reissued under this pnragraph shall also contain.
any other requirements in the Act then. applicable.
Toxicity Reopener
This permit shall be modified, or revoked and reissa ed to incorporate
toxicity limitations and/or monitoring requirements in the event toxicity
testing or other studies conducted on the effluent or receiving stream
indicate that detrimental effects may be expected in the receiving stream
as a result of this discharge.

Chronic Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two
consecutive toxicity tests, using test procedures outlined in:
1). The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure (North
Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised *February 1987) or subsequent
version,
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of
reproduction or significant mortality is 91% (defined as treatment two
in the North Carolina procedure document). The permit Bolder shall perform
quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the
permit condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from
issuance of this permit during the months of January,, April, July and October.
Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted
final effluent discharge below all treatment processes..
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 TGP3B. Additionally, DEM
from AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611.
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 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 any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate potential impacts to
the receiving stream, this permit may be reopened 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 retesting (within 30 days of
initial monitoring event). Failure to submit suitable test .results will
constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements.

The permittee shall conduct a test for priority pollutants annually at the
effluent from the treatment plant. The discharge shall be evaluated as follows:
1)
2)
A pollutant analysis of the effluent must be completed annually using
EPA approved methods for the following analytic fractions: (a)
purgeables (i.e., volatile organic compounds); (b) acid extractables;
(c) base/neutral extractables; (d) organochlorine pesticides and PCB's
(e) herbicides; and (f) metals and other inorganics. The Annual
Pollutant Analysis (APA) Monitoring Requirement Reporting Form A, to
be provided to all discharges affected by this monitoring requirement,
describes the sampling and analysis requirements and lists chemicals
to be included in the pollutant analysis. This monitoring requirement
is to be referred to as the "Annual Pollutant Analysis" (APA).
Other significant levels of synthetic organic chemicals must be
identified and approximately quantified. For the purpose of
implementing this requirement, the largest 10 GC/MS peaks in each
organic chemical analytic fraction (or fewer than 10, if less than 10
unidentified peaks) occur for chemicals other than those specified on
the APA Monitoring Requirement Reporting ForA should be identified
and approximately quantified as stated in the APA Reporting Form A
instructions. This part (item 2) of the APA monitoring requirement is
to be referred to as the "10 significant peaks rule".

NPDES WASTE LOAD ALLOCATION
PERMIT NO.: C00 ;0
FACILITY NAM
Facility Status: P1
(circle eon)
Permit Status:""(i�
(ants efts)
Malor lriaor.
Pipe No: db r
Design Capacity (MGD): . t.
Domestic (% of Flow):
Industrial (% of Flow):
Comments:
RECEIVING STREAM:
Class:
Sub -Basin:
0 3 —
Reference USGS Quad:
County:
Regional Office:
(cirsle roes)
Requested By:
Prepared B
Reviewed Icy:
Fs. M© Rs
7 -; Date:
Drainage Area (mi
7Q10 (cfs)©J
*..' Avg. Streamflow (cfs):
0 (cfs) r.3 30Q2 (cfs)
Toxicity Limits: IWC 9t % (circle one) Acute /
Instream Monitoring:
Parameters
Winter 7
Upstream Location
Downstrea
Effiuent
Characteristics
BODE (mg/I)
catio

Request No. :4976
Permit Number
Facility Name
Type of Waste
Status
Receiving
Stream Class
Subbasin
County
Regional Office
Requestor
Date of Request
Quad
tram
NC0020745
KINGS MOUNTAIN - MCGILL CREEK WWTP
67% DOMESTIC / 33% INDUSTRIAL
EXISTING
MCGILL CREEK
0308 1
CLEVELAND
ARO
HARRIS
11/15/88
G13NE
RECOMMENDED
EXIST.
Wasteflow (mgd): 1.0
5-Day BOD (mg/1) 14
Ammonia Nitrogen (mg/1): 5
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/1) : 5
TSS (mg/1): 30
Fecal Coliform (#/100m1): 1000
pH (SU): 6-9
Cadmium (ug/1): 2.2
Chromium (ug/l): 54.8 *
Nickel (ug/1): 54.8 *
WASTELOAD ALLOCATION APPROVAL FORM 707E7( -TcTi5
WaluQuon
JA
3 1 989
Olfce
Drainage Area (sq mi) : 1.1
Average Flow (cfs) : 1.3
Summer 7Q10 (cfs) : 0.15
Winter 700 (cfs) : 0.3
30Q2 (cfs) : 0.4
EFFLUENT LIMITS
Lead (Lgil 27.4 *
Cyanide (ug/1) 5.5 *
Mercury (ug/1) 0.2 *
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Upstream (Y/N1: Y Location: 50 FT. UPSTREAM OF DISCHARGE
Downstream, (Y/ ): ? Location: 1) 8 1-85 2) @ RI125 ABOVE HOWELL. MANUFACT.
•----- COMMENTS
*METALS LIMITS BASED ON FACILITY'S PRETREATMENT ANALYSIS. RECOMMEND REOPENER
CLAUSE FOR PERMIT THAT ALLOWS FOR CHANGE OF METALS LIMITS IF NEW PRETREATMENT
ANALYSIS SHOWS THE NEED. *RECOMMEND EFFLUENT MONITORING'FOR COPPER, ZINC, AND
SILVER, *TOXICITY LIMITS ATTACHED. *RECOMMEND INSTREAM MONITORING INCL. NEW
DOWNSTREAM SITES. INSTREAM MONITORING FOR, PARAMETERS: TEMPERATURE, DO, CCNDUC
TIVITY, PH, FECAL COLIFORM, BOD5, AND NH3. INSTREAM MONITORING SHOULD BE 3 PE
WEEK DUPING THE SUMMER AND MONTHLY DURING THE WINTER,
FACILITY INTERACTS W/ HOWELL MANUFACTURING AND BESSEMER CITY WWTP.
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Recommended. by
Reviewed by;
Tech. Support Supervisor
Regional S' ,or
Permits & En
RETURN TO TECIiNICAL SE
Date

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CHRONIC TOXICITY TESTING REQUIREMENT (QR`1'RI Y)
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two consecutive toxicity tests,
using test procedures outlined in:.
1.) The North Carolina Criodaphi chronic effluent bioassay procedure (North Carolina Chronic
Bioassay Procedure n Revised *February 1987) or subsequent versions.
fluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of reproduction or
a.y. ant mortality is 9l 10 (defined as treatment two in the North Carolina procedure
.ocurnent). The permit holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish
permit condition. compliance.
e��er� thirty days from
1�Iiance witcondition.`I�ae first teat will be be performed cr
issuance of this permit during the months' of ,r�,W leA t _. _ Effluent
sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below
all treatment processes.
All toxicity
Discharge.1
code TGP3
g results re.cluired ors part of this perm 'it condition wili be entered on the Effluent
ing Form (IvIR.-l) for the month :in which it was performed, using the parameter
Additionally, DEM.Forrn AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.O: Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 2761.1
»plete and accurate tend include all supporting chetr is ttl/physical measurements
ociation°itla flee toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data_ Total residual
oxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for
aste stream_
Should any single quarterly monitt ring indicate a
monitoring will begin immediately until such time
monthly test :requirement will revert to quarte
:o meet specified lirrrits, then rnonttfly
irrgle test is passed. Upon passing, this
rths specified above.
Shou frcrrrr tla;is rttonitori g requirer °nt rtr tests penfl rr ed b
iv)'rvr roar r14°trC nnlenttl 1'tr'1'age.ineat indicate pot nti it inap i :t to the receivin
y be re -opened at d modified to include altemate monitoring requirement
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as sl e:cif real ire the cited document,. such a
control tar anistra survival and appropnate environmental controls, shall consti.
and wil.l. tequir irr r ieda ate retestin f initial monitoring event,
suital 1 .. t st re.srt?ts will constitute none( inphtrrrce wath rrsc niic rirrgirements..
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James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey Jr., Secretary
Mr. Walter C. 011is
City of Kings Mountain
PO Box 42.9
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Dear Mr. 011is:
7:1
State of North Carolina
Departmentrnent ot Natural Resources and C.,onimunity Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
May 15, 1989
R. Paul Wilms
Director
SUBJECT: NPDES Permit Modification
NPDES Permit No. NC0020745
City of Kings Mountain
Cleveland County
On April 17, 1989, the Division of Environmental Management issued NPDES Permit
No. NC0020745 to the City of Kings Mountain. A review of the permit file has
indicated that an error was inadvertently made in the permit. Accordingly, we are
forwarding herewith a modification to the subject permit to correct the error. This
permit modification is to insert two statements concerning upstream and downstream
samples.
Please find enclosed an amended effluent page which should be inserted into your
permit. The old page should be discarded. All other terms and conditions contained
in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. This permit modification
is issued pursuant to 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. This permit modification becomeseffective immediately.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this
permit are unacceptable to you, you. may request a waiver or modification. pursuant to
Regulation 15 NCAC 28 .0508(b) by written request to the Director identifying the
specific issues to be contended. Unless such request is made within 30 days following
receipt of this. permit, this permit shall be final and. binding. Should your request
be denied, you will have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing.
rf you. have any questions concerning these permit modifications, please contact
Mr. Arthur Mouberry at [phone].
cc. Mr. Jim Pntrick, EPA
Asheville Regional Office
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O, Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 276'11-7687 'Telephone 9t9-733-7015
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

A. (1).
NPDES No, NC0020745
During the period beginning on the effective date of the Permit and lasting untilexpiration, the
Permittee is authorized to discharge. from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001. Such discharges shall be limited
and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations
TATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final
Flow
BOD, 5Day, 20 Degrees C**
Total Suspended. Residue**
NH3 as N
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum)
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
Total Residual Chlorine
Temperature
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 +
Total Phosphorus
Conductivity
Chronic Toxicity***
Pollutant Analysis****
Cadmium
Chromium
Nickel
Lead
._„.
Cyanide
Mercury
Copper
Zinc
Silver
Lbs/da
?louthlyAvg. Weekly Avg.
TlCV)
Other Units (Specify)
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg,
1.0 MGD
14.0 mg/1
30.0 mg/1
5,0 mg/1
5.0 mg/1
1000.0/100 ml
21.0 mg/1
45.0 mg/1
7.5 mg/1
5.0 mg/1
2000.0/100 mi
2.2 ug/1**"*
54.8 ug/1*****
54.8 ug/l*****
27,4 ug/1*****
5.5 ug/1*****
0.2 ug/1*****
Sample locations: E Effluent, I - Influent, U
NCSR 1125. Upstream and downstream samples shall
times per week during June, July, and August, and
MoRitoring it__ql4rePeJ1
Frequency
Continuous
2/month
2/month
2/month
Weekly
2/month
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Quarterly
Annually
2/month
2/month
2/month
2/month
/month
2/month
Sample
Type
Recording
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Grab
Grab
Grab
Composite
Composite
Grab
Composite
Composite
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Composite
*Sample
Location
or E
E, I, U, D
E.
E, U, D
E, U, D
E, U,
E
E, U, D
E
E
U,
t
E
E
E
E
E
Monthly Composite E
Monthly Composite E
Monthly Co posite E
- Upstream of discharge D - Downstream: 1) at 1-85
be grab samples. Stream samples shall be collected three
once per week during the remaining months of the year.
**The monthly average. effluent B0D5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the.
respective influent valves (85% removal),
***See Part III, condition. I; Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F At 91% January,
****See Part III, Condition J.
April, July and October
*****Daily Maximum Limitation
The pH shall. not be less than 6.0 standard. units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be
monitored 2/month at the effluent, upstream, and downstream by grab sample.
There. shall be no discharge of floating solids or visibic foam in other than trace amounts.

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural resources
Asheville Regional Office
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
October 19, 19
Mr. George Wood, City Manager
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Subject: JOC Modification
City of Kings Mountain
Cleveland County
Dear Mr. Wood:
Ann B. Orr
Regional Manager
Attached are modifications proposed for the City of Kings
Mountains JOC ## 89-02, which primarily concerns the City's pretreatment
program. The proposed modifications relax the effluent limitations and
address certain specific conditions at the McGill Plant.
Please review the suggested. JOC changes and advise me of your
comments. Once City of Kings Mountain and Division of Environmental
Management Regional Staff members reach agreement concerning JOC
modifications and upon receipt of a processing fee of $100.00, I will
forward the the modifications to the Central. Office staff for review.
Thank you for your attention. Contact me at telephone number.
704-251-6208 if there are questions.
xc!"
Sincere
ames R. Reid
Environmental Chemist
w/attachment Tom Howard
Walt. 011is
David Pond
Interchange Building, 59 Wrxrdfin Place, Asheville, N.C., 28801 • Telephone 7CW-251 620f8
An Equal C3ppotttsnfty^ € ffirraauv<e Actican Employer

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
CVS
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel
WILLIAM W. COBEY, JR., Secretary
Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development, and,
ex rel ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN,
Defendant.
CONSENT JUDGMENT
AMENDMENT
(JOC ##89-02 Ad)
This cause came on to be heard this day before the undersigned
Judge of Superior Court upon joint appearance by the parties, who have
announced to the Court that they have agreed to modify the provisions of
the Consent Judgment entered herein, as follows:=
by making Attachments A, B, and C part of the
Consent Judgement
2 by amending paragraph 3 to read,
"The City of Kings Mountain holds North Carolina NPDES
Permits Nos. NC0020737 and NC0020745 for operation of
existing wastewater treatment works, the Pilot Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant and the McGill Creek Wastewater
Treatment. Plant, and for making ou ets therefrom for the
discharge of treated wastewater to u#lo Creek in the Broad
River Basin and McGill Creek in Catawba River Basin
respectively, which are both Class C waters of this State.
However, the City is unable to comply with the pretreatment
conditions as set forth. in Part III of the Permits. At the
McGill. Plant inability to comply with. pretreatment
conditions causes or contributes to noncompliance with BODS,
total suspended residue, NH3-N, cadmium, chromium, nickel;
lead, and toxicity limitations. Compliance will require
establishment of local limits, issuance of pretreatment
permits, development and. implementation of an enforcement
management system, preparation of plans and specifications
for, and construction and. operation of additional treatment
works. The non --compliance with permit conditions

constitutes causing and. contributing to pollution of the
waters of the State, and the City is within the jurisdiction
of the Commission as set forth in NCGS Chapter 143, Article,
21."
by amending paragraph 10 toadd sub -paragraph (i) as
follows,
" (
During the time in which this Consent Judgment is
effective, comply with the interim effluent limitations
and monitoring requirements for the McGill Creek
Wastewater Treatment Facility contained in Attachments
A, B, and C. Additional monitoring may be required by
the. Director on a case by case basis. These new
requirements may be contained in either a new NPDES
Permit or a letter from the Director."
4. by amending sub -paragraph 10 (b) to add items 13, 14, 15,
and 16 as follows,
"13)
a thir t ho is generally recognized as
treatment expert. to evaluate
operational program, and.
:atory procedures at the McGill Plant. Complete
third party evaluation on or before.
.April 1, 1990.
14) Submit plans and specifications alongwith a request
for "Authorization to Construct" for any needed
equipment additions or modifications and implement any
requiredoperational improvements on or before.
.0ctober 1, 1990.
Retain
a
the
lab
the
. -
15) Complete construction (all units permanently installed
and. functional) of any required equipment additions or
modifications on or before . . October 1, 1991.
16) Achieve compliance with final effluent limitations on
or before.......... . . January 1, 1992."
5. by amending paragraph 12 to add items 13), 14), 15), and 16)
as follows.,
DEADLINE
"13) Complete third party evaluation
14)' Submit plans,
Authorization
and implement
improvements
request.
to Construct,
operational
15) Complete construction
PENALTY AMOUNT
same
same
same
16) Achieve compliance with final same
effluent limitations"

-3-
6. by amending paragraph 15 to read,
"This Consent Judgment shall terminate on January 1, 1992;
except that determinations of final compliance made by the
State, payment of any due penalties by the Defendant, and
request for dispute resolution may be made within 90 days
thereafter, Following the expiration of this Consent
Judgment, any permit violations will be subject to all
enforcement procedures as allowed by G.S, 143-215.6."
IT IS THEREFORE, upon the consent of the parties and without the
taking of any testimony, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED:
1. The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified by
by making Attachments A, B, and C part of the
Consent judgement,
The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified
by amending paragraph 3 to read,
"The City of Kings Mountain holds North Carolina NPDES
Permits Nos. NC0020737 and NC0020745 for operation of
existing wastewater treatment works, the Pilot Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant and the McGill Creek Wastewater
Treatment Plant, and for making outlets therefrom for the
discharge of treated wastewater to Bufalo Creek in the Broad
River Basin and McGill Creek in the Catawba River Basin
respectively, which are both Class C waters of this State.
However, the City is unable to comply with the pretreatment
conditions as set forth. in Part III of the Permits. At the
McGill Plant inability to comply with pretreatment
conditions causes or contributes to non-compliance with BOD5
, total suspended. residue, NH3-N, cadmium, chromium, nickel,
lead, and toxicity limitations. Compliance will require
establishment of local limits, issuance of pretreatment
permits, development and implementation, of an enforcement
management system, preparation of plans and specifications
for, and construction and operation of additional treatment
works. The non-compliance with permit conditions
constitutes causing and contributing to pollution, of the
waters of the State, and the City is within the jurisdiction
of the Commission as set forth. in NCGS Chapter 143, Article
21,"
3. The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified by amending
paragraph 10 to add sub --paragraph (i) as follows, I,
(i)
"During the time in which. this Consent Judgment is effective,
comply with the interim effluent limitations and monitoring
requirements for the kii Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility
contained in Attachmersj3, and C. Additional monitoring may be
required by the Diredg on a case by case basis. These new
requirements may be contained in either a new NPDES Permit or a
letter from the Director."

4-
4. The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified by
amending sub -paragraph 10(b) to add items 13, 14, 15,
and 16 as follows,
"13) Retain a third party who is generally recognized as a
qualified wastewater treatment expert to evaluate the
equipment adequacy, operational program, and laboratory
procedures at the McGill Plant. Complete the third. party
evaluation on or before . . .April 1, 1990L
14) Submit plans and specifications along with a request for
"Authorization to Construct" for any needed equipment
additions or modifications and implement any required
operational improvements on or before. . . . . . .
.0ctober, 1, 1990.
15) Complete construction. (all units permanently installed and
functional) of any required. equipment, additions or
modifications on or before. . . . October 1, 1991.
16) Achieve compliance with final effluent limitations on or
before , . • . • •
. January 1, 1992."
5. The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified by amending
paragraph 12 to add items 13), 14), 15), and 16) as follows,
"13) Complete third party evaluation same
14) Submit plans, request
Authorization to Construct,
and implement operational
improvements
same
15) Complete construction same
16) Achieve compliance with final same
effluent limitations"
6. The Consent Judgment entered herein is modified by amending
paragraph 15 to read,
"This Consent Judgment shall terminate on January 1, 1992; except
that determinations of final compliance made by the State,
payment of any due penalties by the Defendant, and request for
dispute resolution may be made within. 90 days thereafter.
Following the expiration of this Consent Judgment, and permit
violations will be subject to all enforcement procedures as
allowed by G.S. 143-215.6•"

This the day of 1'89 .
BY CONSENT:
FOR THE CITY OF
MOUNTAIN
ayor
Attorney at Law
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH
AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Director, Division of Environmental Management
LACY H. THORNBURG
Attorney General.
Assistant Attorney Genera
ge of Superior Court

ATTACHMENT A JGC 89-02
City of Kings Mountain, McGill Wastewater Treatment Facility
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS -- Interim
During the period beginning on the effective date of this Order and lasting until
January 1, 1992, the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number
001. Such discharge shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified
below:
Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Units as specified
onthly Avg: WeeklyAv
Low
BOD, 5-Day, 20 Degrees
Total Suspended Residue
NH3 as N
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum)
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
Total Residual Chlorine
Temperature
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN
Total Phosphorus
Conductivity
Chronic Toxicity **
Pollutant Analysis ***
Cadmium
Chromium
Nickel
Sad
..yanide
Mercury
Copper
Zinc
Silver
**
1.0 MGD
35 mg/1
120 mg/1
11.0 mg/1
5.0, mg/1
1000.0/100 ml
Sample Location:: I -influent, E
1125. Upstream and downstream
collected three times per week
remaining months of the year.
16.0 ug/
66 ug/1.
90 ug/1
135 ug/1,
5.5 ug/1\
©..2 ug/1
52 mg/1
180 mg/1
16 mg/1
5.0 mg/1
2000.0/100 ml
ment Sample.
Type
Continuous
2/Month
2/Month
2/Month
Weekly
2/Month
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Monthly
Weekly
Quarterly
Annually
2/Month
2/Month
2/Month
2/Month
2/Month
2/Month
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Recording
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Grab
Grab
Grab
Composite
Composite
Grab
Composite
Composite
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Composite
Composite
Composite
Composite
*Sample
ocation
I or E
E, I , U, D
E, I
E, U, D
E, U, D
E, U, D
E
E, U, D
E
E
U, D
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
effluent, U-upstream, D-downstream: 1) At I-85 2) at NCSR
samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples shall be
during June, July, and August, and once per week during the
See Attachment B, Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) to
July and October.
n re
rernent 91% at January, Apri
***
See Attachment C

PAGE
The pH shall not be han 6.0 standard units nor
and allbe monitonto t t the effluent, upst
greater than 9.0 standard units
and downstream by drab sample.
There shall be n di a ge of to t og solids " v. . 1e foam i other
than trace amounts.

ATTACHMENT B
City of Kings Mountain, McGill Wastewater Treatment Facility JOC 89-02
Chronic Toxicity Testing Requirement
The toxicity goal is to achieve an. effluent discharge which. at no time
exhibit chronic toxicity in any two consecutive toxicity tests, using
procedures outlined in:
1. The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic bioassay procedure
(North Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedures Revised
*February, 1987) or subsequent versions.
The target effluent concentration at which there should be no observable,
inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality is 91% (defined as
treatment two in. the North. Carolina procedure document). The permit
holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this procedure to
establish compliance with the permit condition. The first test will, be.
performed after thirty days from issuance of this permit during the
months of January, April, July and October. Effluent sampling for this
testingshall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent
discharge below all treatment processes.
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 appropriate parameter code
TGP3B. Additionally, DEM Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the
following address:
Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
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 any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failureto 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 any test data from. this monitoring requirement or tests performed
by. the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate
potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be reopened
and modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
Note: Failure toachieve test conditions as specified in the cited
document, such as minimum control organism survival and appropriate
environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid tests and will
require immediate retesting' (within 30 days of initial monitoring
event). Failure to submit suitable test results will constitute
non-compliance with monitoring requirements.

ATTACHMENT C
City of dings Mountain, McGill Wastewater Treatment Facility JOC
89-02
The permittee shall conduct a test for priority pollutants annually at
the effluent. from the treatment plant.
evaluated as follows:
The discharge shall be
1. A pollutant analysis of the effluent must be compieted
annually using EPA approved methods for the following
analytic fractions: (a) purgeables (i.e., volatile organic
compounds); (b) acid extractables; (c) base/neutral
extractables; (d) organochlorine pesticides and PCB's; (e)
herbicides; and (f) metals and other inorganics. The Annual
Pollutant Analysis (APA) Monitoring Requirement Reporting
Form A, to be provided to all dischargers affected by this
monitoring requirement, describes the sampling and analysis
requirements and lists chemicals to be included in the
pollutant analysis. This monitoring requirement is to be
referred. to as the "Annual Pollutant Analysis" (APA).
2 Other significant levels of synthetic organic chemicals must
be identified and approximately quantified. For the purpose
of implementing this requirement, the largest 10 GC/MS peaks
in each organic chemical analytic fraction (or fewer than 10,
if less than 10 unidentified peaks) occur for chemicals other
than. those, specified on the APA Monitoring Requirement
Reporting Form A should be identified and approximately
quantified as stated in the APA Reporting Form A
instructions. This part (item 2) of the APA monitoring
requirement is to be referred to as the "10 significant peaks
rule".

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CLEVELAND
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
89 CVS
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel
William W. Cobey, Secretary,
Department of Natural Resources
and. Community Development, and
ex rel ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.
City of Kings Mountain
Defendant.
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
CONSENT JUDGMENT
(JoC #89 O2)
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard. this day before the
undersigned. Judge of Superior Court upon. joint appearance by
the parties, who have announced to the Court that all
matters in controversy between them. as alleged in the
Complaint have been settled and that they have consented to
the entry of the Consent Judgment upon the following.
stipulations and terms:
ST I PULATE'D FACTS
1. The plaintiff is the sovereign State of North
Carolina. The Department of 'Natural. Resources and Community
Development (NRCD) is an agency of the State established
pursuant to NCGS 143E--275, et seg; and William W. Cobey is
its Secretary. The Environmental Management Commission
(EMC) is an agency of the State established pursuant to NCGS
143B-282, et seq.

2. The defendant, City of Kings Mountain, in the
County of Cleveland, North Carolina, is an incorporated
municipality established and created under North Carolina
law. The current mayor of Kings Mountain is The Honorable
Kyle F. Smith, upon whom service of process may be made
pursuant to Rule 4(j)(5)(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
3. The City of Kings Mountain holds North Carolina
NPDES Permits Nos. NC0020737 and NC0020745 for operation of
existing wastewater treatment works, the. Pilot Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant and the McGill Creek Wastewater
Treatment Plant, and for making outlets therefrom for the
discharge of treated wastewater to Buffalo Creek in the
Broad River Basin. and McGill Creek. in the Catawba River
Basin respectively, which are. both Class C waters of this
State. However, the City is unable to comply with the
pretreatment conditions as set forth in Part III of the
Permits. Compliance will require establishment of local
limits, iasuance of pretreatment permits, and development
and implementation of an enforcement management system_
The noncompliance with permit conditions constitutes
causing and contributing to pollution of the waters of the
State, and the City is within. the jurisdiction of the
Commission as set forth in NCGS Chapter 143, Article 21.
4. The City of Kings Mountain, due to its
noncompliance, must provide financingfor the development
and implementationof a pretreatment program which will
comply with State pretreatment regulations and the City's
NPDES permit requirements.
5. In response to the National Municipal Policy, 49
F.R. 3832, January 30, 1984, adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency for assuring compliance
with the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1342, by
publicly -owned treatment works, and in recognition of that

Act°s July 1, 1988, deadline for compliance [§1311 of the
Act initially required compliance by July 1, 1977, but
extensions of time were granted until July 1, 1988 if
construction was required for compliance, pursuant to
§1311(i)1, the Department and Commission have identified
the City of Kings Mountain, Wastewater Treatment Plants as
facilities which were not in compliance due to extraordinary
circumstances.
STIPULATED TERMS
6, The defendant, City of Kings Mountain, waives
service of process, accepts service of the Complaint, and
admits all averments contained in the Complaint.
7. The defendant, City of Kings Mountain, shall pay
all court costs in this cause.
8. The defendant, City of Kings Mountain, agrees to
pay and the plaintiff agrees to accept the amount of $3000,
representing civil penalties assessable under N.C.G.S.
143-215.6, in full settlement of all violations of Permit
Nos. NC0020737 and NC0020745 which were investigated by and
known to the plaintiff Department through the date of this
Consent Judgment.
9, The parties agree that this Consent Judgment
supersedes the requirements of any previously entered
Special Orders by Consent and constitutes full settlement
of all matters referred to in the Complaint, with the
following caveat; the plaintiff reserves all rights to
otherwise assess appropriate civil penalties pursuant to
NCGS 143-215.6(a) in connection. with the operation of the
Kings Mountain. Wastewater Treatment Plants by the
defendant, City of Kings Mountain, including but not. limited
to any failures to comply with interim effluent limitations
and monitoring requirements. The parties further agree this
Consent Judgment is supplementary to the obligations of the
defendant under state and federal water quality statutes.

10. The defendant, City of Kings Mountain, agrees to
perform all of the following:
(a) Meet and comply with all of the terms and
conditions of NPDES permit NC0020737, NPDES permit
NC0020745 and JOC *88-31 except those identified
in paragraph 3 above.
(b) Upon entry of the Consent Judgment, undertake
the following activities in accordance with the
indicated time schedule:
1) Assess penalties against Buckeye Fire
Equipment, Inc. for violations of categorical
pretreatment standards and local pretreatment
requirements. The amount of penalties
against Buckeye Fire Equipment, Inc. shall be
based upon the estimated ecomonic benefit
realized during the period when adequate
pretreatment equipment was not in place.
Penalties shall be assessed against Buckeye
Fire Equipment, Inc. by the City of Kings
Mountain on or before.. _August 1, 1989.
Finalize and sumbit for approval to the
Division. of Enviornment.al Management (DEM)
headworks analyses for both Kings Mountain
wastewater treatment plants on or
before.. _ September 1, 1989.
3) Develop and. submit to DEM for approval a plan
for an ongoing monitoring program for
refining the existing headworks analysis on
or before......... .September 1,
1989.
Issue an order containing stipulated
penalties for non --compliance with order
requirements and a time schedule requiring
that Buckeye Fire Equipment, Inc. perform at
least the following activities:

Provide the City with a written evaluation,
performed by a registered professional
engineer licensed. to practice in the State of
North Carolina, of the adequacy of its
pretreatment equipment,
Provide the City with a written operational
and management plan for its pretreatment
equipment system and establish and commit to
a plan to promptly notify the City of Kings
Mountain of any changes in the operational
procedures or personnel associated with the
pretreatment equipment,
Remedy any pretreatment equipment or
operational deficiencies identified in the
engineer's evaluation,
The City shall issue such order on or
before.. .0ctober 1, 1989.
Implement the ongoing monitor .ng program
(which reflects DEM comments received. by the
City prior to October 1, 1989) for refining
the headworks analysis on or before.........
,.October 1, 1989.
6) Develop and submit to DEM for approval an
enforcement management strategy prepared in
accordance with the document ENFORCEMENT
GUIDANCE FOR NORTH CAROLINA PRETREATMENT
CONTROL AUTHORITIES on or before...,..H.d..w
..October 1, 1989.
7) Develop inter;urisdictional agreements and
submit to DEM for approval on or
before. _October 1, 1989.

Implement the enforcement management strategy
(which reflects DEM comments received by the
City prior to November 1, 1989) on or before
.November 1, 1989.
Present the interjurisdictianal agreements
(which reflects DEM comments reviewed by the
City prior to November 1, 1989) to other
affected parties for execution on or before
.November 1, 1989.
10) Issue DEM approved permits for significant
industrual users on or before.
..December 1, 1989.
11
)
Draft revisions to local pretreatment limits
and other sewer use ordinance language and
present to DEM for approval on or before....
.December 1, 1989.
12) Adopt revisions to pretreatment requirements
and other sewer use ordinance language (which.
reflects DEM comments by January 1, 1990.) on
or before.....................February 1,
1990.
(c) No later than 14 calendar days after any date or
time identified for accomplishment of any activity
listed in 10(b) above, submit to the NRCD, attention
Director of Division of Environmental Management,
written notice of compliance or noncompliance
therewith. In the case of noncompliance, the notice
shall include a statement of the reason(s) for
noncompliance, remedial action(s) taken, and a
statement. identifying the extent to which subsequent
dates or times for accomplishment of listed activities
may be affected.

(d) Enforcethe water conservation provisionsof the
State Building Code as it applies to new residential
construction (Volume 11 - Chapter IV 401.2, 401.3).
(e) Enforce against all significant violations of
categorical pretreatment standards and local limits by
Kings Mountain's significant industrial users.
(f) Continue its program of infiltration/inflow
identification and correction and submit reports to the
NRCD Asheville Regional Office by the last day of each
month.
(g) Deny acceptance of any septage, sludge, or residue
from any domestic or industrial septic tank,
pretreatment facility, or wastewater treatment facility
into the Kings Mountain Wastewater Treatment Plants or
into any portion of the sewerage system that is
tributary thereto..
(h) Should it become necessary to by-pass treatment
components, the City must obtain approval from the
Director. Scheduled by-passes will only begin after
prior approval has been received from the Director,
Unforeseen by-passes must be reported to the Director
as quickly as possible but in no case later than 24
hours after the event beginsand must befollowed. up
within five (5) working days with a written request for
approval. By-passes conducted in accordance with. the
Director's approval will not constitute a violation of
this consent judgment.
11. Additional sources of waste flows are prohibited
by NCOS 143-215.67(a). However, notwithstanding the entry
of this Consent Judgment, the plaintiff Commission, or its
delegate, may allow the City of Kings Mountain. to accept
additional waste flows to its Wastewater Treatment Plants,
pursuant to. the provisions of NCGS 143-215.67(b), where
appropriate.

12. Unless excused under Paragraph 13, the defendant, City
of Kings Mountain, shall pay the plaintiff Department and
Commission the following stipulated penalties for failure to
meet the deadlines set out in Paragraph 10(b):
DEAD
IN PENALTY AMOUNT
$100/day for first 7
Buckeye Fire Equipment, Inc. days, and
$500/day thereafter
2) Finalize and submit to DEM same
headworks analyses
3) Develop and submit to DEM same
an ongoing headworks monitor—
ing plan
4) Issue an order to Buckeye Fire same
Equipment, Inc.
5) Implement the ongoing headworks same
monitoring plan
6) Develop and submit to .DEM an same
enforcement management strategy
7) Develop and submit to DEM same
interjurisdictional agreements
8) Implement the enforcement same
management strategy
g) Present the interjurisdicta.onal same
agreements to other affected
parties
10) Issue approved permits same
11) Draft and present to DEM same
revisions to pretreatment
limits and other sewer use
ordinance language
12) Adopt revisions to pretreatment same
requirements and sewer use
ordinance language.
Payments shall be made by certified check, made payable to
the "Department of Natural Resources and Community Develop-
ment", and shall be made within fourteen (14) days following
demand by the plaintiff.
Asses penalties against

13. Stipulated penalties are not due if the defendant,
City of Kings Mountain, satisfies the plaintiff, Department
or this Court, that noncompliance was caused by events or
circumstances beyond. the defendant's control. Such events
or circumstances do not include failure to obtain state or
federal grant funding, failure to schedule or pass necessary
bond referenda, or other failures to obtain necessary
financing, but may include delays caused by contractors
provided that such delays could not be reasonably
anticipatedby the Defendant and that Defendant has made its
best efforts to avoid and minimize such delays. Any dispute
which arises concerning whether stipulated penalties are due
will in the first instance be subject to informal
negotiations between the parties, initiated by written
request. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute within
30 days from the date of the request, the dispute may be
referred by any party to the Court for judicial resolution.
If exigencies require, a party may refer the matter to the
Court prior tothe expiration of the 30-day period; and. the
30-day period may be extended or shortened by mutual
agreement of theparties or by Court order. The filing of a
petition seeking dispute resolution as to the payment of
stipulated penalties will not extend or postpone the
defendant -City of Kings Mountain obligations, and upon
dispute resolution. the defendant -City of Kings Mountain
shall have the burden of proof.
14. The terms of this Consent Judgment may be
enforced by and through the contempt powers of the Court.
15. This Consent Judgment shall terminate on February
1, 1990; except that determinations of final compliance made
by the State, payment of any due penalties by the Defendant,
and request for dispute resolution maybe
days thereafter.
Following the expiration
Judgment, any permit violations will be
made within 60
of this Consent
subject to all
enforcement procedures as allowed by G.S. 143-215.6,

IT IS THEREFORE, upon the consent of the parties and
without the taking of any testimony, ORDERED ADJUDGED AND
DECREED;
1. The above stipulated facts and terms, as agreed
to by the parties, are hereby made specific findings and.
orders of this Court.
2. The parties, with Court approval, may jointly
modify the provisions of this Consent Judgment.
3. The Court shall retain necessary jurisdiction of
this matter for purposes of enforcing the terms of the
Consent Judgment; for purposes of determining any matters
in dispute; and for purposes of determining any motions for
further relief based on changes of circumstances.
This the
day of ___.__.._...
Judge of Superior Court

BY CONSENT:
FOR THE CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
Mayor
Attorney at Law
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Director, Division. of
Environmental Management
LACY H. THORNBURG
ATTORNEY GENERAL
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
REF: 4WM-FP
REGION IV
345 COURTLAND STREET, N,E.
ATLANTA, GE©RGfA 30365
EC 1 7 1990
Dr. George T. Everett, Director
North Carolina Department of Environment
Health, & Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Re: KPDES Permit No. NC0020745
Administrative Order No. 91-028(wWA)
City of Kings Mountain -McGill Creek
Dear Dr. Everett:
Pursuant to Section 309(a) of the Clean Water Act, I have detetwined
that the above -referenced facility is in violation of the Clean Water
Act. As a result, I have issued an Administrative Order, a copy of
which is enclosed for your reference. The Order is presently being
served.
Sincererl^y yours,
✓J
CG-
Ray Cunningham, Director
Water Management Division
Enclosure
RECEIV
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DEC
MOORESv'ILLE

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION IV
IN THE MATTER OF:
City of Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
NPDES Permit No. NC8020745
Administrative Order No. 91--028(wWA)
ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 309
CLEAN WATER ACT
Pursuant to the authority of Section 309(a) of the Clean Water
Act (hereinafter, the Act), 33 U.S.C. Section 1319(a),
which has been delegated to the Regional Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV and redelegated to
the Director, Water Management. Division, Region IV, I hereby make the
foliowing Findings of Fact and Violation and Order:
FINDINGS OF, FACT
City of Kings Mountain (hereinafter, the Respondent), a
person within the meaning of Section 502(5) of the Act, 33 U.S.C.
Section 1362, owns or operates the McGill Creek wastewater
treatment system which discharges pollutants into the McGill Creek
a water of the United States.
2, Section 301(a) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. Section .311.(a.),
Prohibits the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United
States except as in compliance with a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (hereinafter, NPDES) permit issued pursuant to
Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1342).

_2_
3. The State of North Carolina, issued NPDES Permit No.
NC0020745 authorizing the above discharge from the wastewater
treatment system by said Respondent. Said permit was issued on
May 1, 1989, and shall expire on March 31, 1994.
4. EPA has since 1980 operated a mandatory Discharge Monitoring
Report Quality Assurance (DMR/QA) program including all major NPDES
permittees under the authority of Section 308(a). The program is
designed to evaluate the ability of each permittee to conduct
analyses required by the Permittee's NPDES permit, and thus to assure
the accuracy of Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) submitted by the
Permittee.
5. On February 5, 1990, EPA, under the authority of Section
308(a) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1318(a)),
transmitted to the Respondent performance samples that the Respondent
was required to analyze in accordance withinstructions accompanying
the samples. Results of the analyses were required to be submitted
to the Bionetics Corporation (an EPA contractor) on or before
April 23, 1990.
6. The samples were received by the Respondent as confirmed by
United Parcel Service receipt.
7. The required analytical results have not yet been received by
the Bionetics Corporation.

V I OLAT I ON
The Respondent has violated Section 308(a) of the Clean Water Act
by failing to provide the analyses results in the time period
required under the February 5, 1990, Section 308(a) letter.
ORDER
Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Violation and
pursuant to the provision of Section 309(a) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. Section 1319(a) as amended, it is hereby ordered:
1. That within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of this
Order, the Respondent shall if possible, conduct the analyses
required by the DMR/QA program and submit the results to the
Bionetics Corporation in accordance with the instructions
accompanying the performance samples. A copy of the transmittal
letter or an explanation of why it is not possible to conduct the
analyses or report test results shall be sent to this office.
2. Under the provisions of Section 308, the Respondent shall
have the opportunity to confer with the foliowing designated Agency
representative:
W. Ray Cunningham, Director
Water Management Division
U.S. EPA, Region. IV
345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
[phone]

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Conferences must be requested within fifteen (15) days of receipt of
this Order. Unless otherwise decided by the EPA official, this Order
shall become effective upon expiration of the consultation period.
3. That within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of this
Order, he Respondent shall communicate in writing the following:
(a) The reason(s) why the Respondent did not submit the
required analytical results on time.
(b) The name and address to which performance samples for
the next DMR/QA program (to be mailed in February 1991) should be
sent to assure the Respondent's timely participation. At any time
there is a name and/or address change, the Respondent is required to
immediately notify EPA of such change.
4. Responses to Order Items 1 and 3 shall be submitted via
registered mail or its equivalent. Copies of responses shall be sent
to your State of North Carolina contact. EPA transmittals shall be
sent to:
Mr. John T. Marlar, Chief
Facilities Performance Branch
Water Management Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
345 Courtland Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30365

This Order doe
eon allied herel
the violations cited
tl, or for
Date
any other violations of the
and nothing for
the Order
Ray Cuairx Director
.tr Management Division

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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
REF: 4WM-FP
REGION IV
345 COURTLAND STREET, N.E.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30365
DEC 1 7 1990
Mr. Walter C. 011is
Director of Water & Wastewater
City of Kings Mountain
P.O. Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
RE: NPDES Permit No. NC0020745
Administrative Order No. 91-028(wWA)
McGill WWTP
Dear Mr. 011is:
Pursuant to Section 309(a) of the Clean Water Act (the Act) as
amended, the Director, Water Management Division, Region IV, United
States Environmental Protection Agency, has determined that the above
named facility is in violation of the Act. As a result, the Director
has issued the enclosed Section 309 Order.
This Order is issued to enforce existing requirements under the Act
and, therefore, does not replace, modify or eliminate any other
requirement. Notwithstanding the issuance of this Section 309(a)
Order, EPA retains the right to bring further enforcement action
under Section 309(d) or 309(g) of the Act, for the violations cited
in this Order and for any other violation of the Act. Violations of
the Act, including requirements contained in an NPDES permit or a
Section 309(a) Order, remain subject to a civil penalty of up to
$25,000 per day for each violation pursuant to Section 309(d) of the
Act.
Under Executive Order 11738 and EPA regulations issued thereunder
(40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 15), facilities to be utilized
in contracts, grants, or loans must be in full compliance with all
standards established pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Clean
Air Act. A violation of the Standards outlined in this notification
may result in the subject facility becoming ineligible for
participation in any work associated with a Federal contract, grant,
or loan.

Should you have any gues ons concerningthe enc osed Order please
contact Thomas Piouff at 7
RincerelY Yours
. T ®rlar, Chef
"a i les PerformanceBranch
Water Management BivisiOn
North Carolina pepar lr
Heal i Natural Resources

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION IV
IN THE MATTER OF:
City of Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain, North Carolina ) Administra
NPDES Permit No. NC0020745
Order No. 91-028(wWA)
ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 309
CLEAN WATER ACT
Pursuant to the authority of Section 309(a) of the Clean Water
Act (hereinafter, the Act), 33 U.S.C.. Section 1319(a),
which has been delegated to the Regional Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV and redelegated to
the Director, Water Management Division, Region IV, I hereby make the
following Findings of Fact and Violation and Order:
FINDINGS ©F'FACT
1. City of Kings Mountain (hereinafter, the Respondent), a
person within the meaning of Section 502(5) of the Act, 33 U.S.C.
Section 1362, owns or operates the McGill Creek wastewater
treatment system which discharges pollutants into the McGill Creek
a water of the United States.
2. Section 301(a) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1311(a),
prohibits the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United
States except as in compliance with a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (hereinafter, NPDES) permit issued pursuant to
Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1342).

_2_
3. The State of North Carolina, issued NPDES Permit No.
NC0020745 authorizing the above discharge from the wastewater
treatment system by said Respondent. Said permit was issued on
May 1, 1989, and shall expire on March 31, 1994.
4. EPA has since 1980 operated a mandatory Discharge Monitoring
Report Quality Assurance (DMR/QA) program including all major NPDES
perrnittees under the authority of Section 308(a). The program is
designed to evaluate the ability of each permittee to conduct
analyses required by the Permittee's NPDES permit, and thus to assure
the accuracy of Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) submitted by the
Permittee.
5. On February , 1.990, EPA, under the authority of Section
308(a) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1318(a)),
transmitted to the Respondent performance samples that the Respondent
was required to analyze in accordance with instructions accompanying
the samples. Results of the analyses were required to be submitted
to the Bionetics Corporation (an EPA contractor) on or before
April 23, 1990.
6. The samples were received by the Respondent as confirmed by
United Parcel Service receipt.
7. The required analytical ,results have not yet been received by
the Bionetics Corporation.

VIOLATION
The Respondent has violated Section 308(a) of the Clean Water Act
by failing to provide the analyses results in the time period
required under the February 5, 1990, Section 308(a) letter.
ORDER
Based upon the foregoing Findings of Fact and Violation and
pursuant to the provision of Section 309(a) of the Act
(33 U.S.C. Section 1319(a) as amended, it is hereby ordered:
1. That within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of this
0rder1 the Respondent shall if possible, conduct the analyses
required by the DMR/QA program and submit the results to the
Bionetics Corporation in accordance with the instructions
accompanying the performance samples. A copy of the transmittal
letter or an explanation of why it is not possible to conduct the
analyses or report test results shall be sent to this office.
2. Under the provisions of Section 308, the Respondent shall
have the opportunity to confer with the following designated Agency
representative:
W. Ray Cunningham, Director
Water Management Division
U.S. EPA, Region IV
345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 303 5
[phone]

-4-
Conferences must be requested within fifteen (15) days of receipt of
this Order. Unless otherwise decided by the EPA official, this Order
shall become effective upon expiration of the consultation period.
3. That within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of this
Order, the Respondent shall communicate in writing the following:
(a) The reason(s) why the Respondent did not submit the
required analytical results on time.
(b) The name and address to which performance samples for
the next DMR/QA program (to be mailed in February 1991) should be
sent to assure the Respondent's timely participation. At any time
there is a name and/or address change, the Respondent is required to
immediately notify EPA of such change.
4. Responses to Order Items 1 and 3 shall be submitted via
registered mail or its equivalent. Copies of responses shall be sent
to your State of North Carolina contact. EPA transmittals shall be
sent to:
Mr. John T. Marlar, Chief
Facilities Performance Branch
Water Management Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
345 Courtland Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30365

Da e
does; not opera e as an NPORS p n h ng
ed %n this Order, or the Order
ehY other vie a onsthe Act.
Ray Cunningh
Management D ion

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Asheville Regional Office
James G. Martin, Governor
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
July 19, 1988
Mr. Walter C. 011is
Water and Wastewater Director
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Dear
Subject:
Mr. 011is:
David R. Spain
Regional Manager
City of Kings Mountain
Permit Renewal, McGill Plant
NPDES Permit Number NC0020745
Cleveland County, North Carolina
Receipt of the following documents
Application Form (One copy)
Engineering Proposal (for proposed
Request for permit renewal
Permit Processing Fee
Other
is hereby acknowledged:
control facilities)
If any of the items listed below are checked, the application
received is incomplete. The returned items must be re -submitted along
with the following:
X Application Form (in triplicate additional blanks enclosed)
Engineering Proposal (See (b) 1-5 on attached sheet)
X Permit Processing Fee ($150.00 made payable to NC—NRCD)
X Other Cover letter requesting_renewal of NPDES Permit Number
NC0020745.
All requested materials should be submitted to the following
address:
N. C. Division of Environmental Management
Permits and, Engineering
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Intenchangt: Building. .59 Wbodfin Place,. PO. Box 370, Achrvi.lie, N.C. 28802-0370 • Tdtphone 71_34-2.53-3341
kr, FeVJA )1,0,04,71!

ther aye guest ons egard ndthe renews
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Enclosure
Roy M. Davis
Eetmlts and Eng
George Woad
dames R. Reid
Envir euts1 Chem

A'1 State of North Carolina
artrnent of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
Mr.Walter Gllis
City of Kings Mountain
P.©..Box 429
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Mr. Gi is:
September 10, 1991
Subject: Toxicity Testing Protocol
City of Kings Mountain
NPDES No. NC0020737&NC0020745
Cleveland County
George T. Eve
Thank you for submittal of the Kings Mountain 7/91 chronic toxicity test results for the Pilot and
McGill Creek plant effluent. The tests do not meet the test protocol required by the North Carolina
Ceriodgphnia Chron'cEffluent Bioassay Procedure. Therefore, we have judged these analyses as "bad
tes tS.
The protocol guidelines stipulate that the test samples ntust be within 0 and 4 degrees Celsius upon
arrival at the laboratory. The AT-1 form reveals that the first 7/23/91 test for the Pilot Creek WWTP
had a sample one temperature of 4.3°C and a sample two temperature of 10.5°C upon receipt at the
laboratory. The other 7/23/91 test had a sample two temperature of 12.4°C. The 7/23/91 McGill Creek
WW P sample two temperature was also recorded at 8.0°C.
We remind you King Mountain's monthly monitoring reports (DMR) to the Division's Central
Files will need to be amended. The effluent DMR facility information must be completely filled out (at
the top of the sheet) and the form should have "CORRECTED COPY" written or typed at the top. The
parameter code of your particular toxicity test should be re-entered in an appropriate column with a brief
explanation that the test was not suitable as performed.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, you are encouraged to
Group Leader, Data Assessment and Certification, at(919) 733-2136.
cc: Rex Gleason
ETT Environmental Inc.
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3,0
8.1
LC5a/Acute_To ic'ity Test
(Mortality expressed as %, combining replicates)
3.0
7
9 10
Chronic Test Results
Calculated t -1.366
%Mortality Avg,Reprod.
0
Control.
19.583
Control
men t 2
% control.
organisms
producing
3rd brood
100
Complete Thus Fox- Either Test
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Concentration
ortality
LC ESQ=�
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Treatment 2
Test Sart Date
/ 7421 /91_
Note: Please
Complete This
Section Also
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State of North Carolina
Departr en t of Natural Resources and. Community Development
Asheville Regional Office
arrre G, Martin, Governor
lam W, Cobey, )r., Secretary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
September 16, 1989
Mralter tat lis
Director of Water and Wastewater
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Dear Mr. 011is:
Ann 11 Orr
Regional Manager
Subject. Notice of Violation
Failure to Submit Toxicity
Monitoring Reports
City of Kings Mountain
Pilot Creek Plant.
NPDES Permit No. NC0020737
Cleveland County
A review of our files indicates that you are not submitting the
quarterly bioassay results for the City of Kings Mountain's Pilot.
Creek wastewater treatment plant as required by NPDES Permit No.
NC0020737 and JOC #88-31, The test results are required to be reported
to this Division. by completing the State AT-a-1 form and mailing it to
the address listed below within 30 days following the month in which
the test was performed:
Mr. Ken Eagleson.
Environmental Sciences Branch
N. C. Division of Environmental Management
P. O. Box, 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Additionally, the test results are to be recorded on the State
Discharge Monitoring Report Form (MR-1), TGP3B should be entered at
the top of the page as the parameter code and bioassay entered in one
of the blank columns identifying the test procedure.
Mr. Jim Reid of this office found that you were submitting this
data but attaching it to the back of the MR-1 form. He has discussed
the reporting procedure with Ms. Moss of your staff and it is hopeful
that this will correct this deficiency.
.ln¢erc harve Building 59 Wix Hn Place, Asheville, i .C. 28 1 • Telepl'704-25 -620S

. Waiter ©llis
September 16, 1989
Page Two
Failure to submit the data in accordance with NPDES Permit and JOC
requirements may result in enforcement action being taken against the
City of Kings Mountain.
Should you have questions concerning this matter, please contact
Mr. Mike Parker at 704/251-6208.
Sincerely,
Roy 1. Davis, Regional Supervisor
Division of Environmental Management
xc: Ken Eagleson
Kim Moss
Jim Reid
Tom Howard
Mike Parker

North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
Environmental Scie ces Branch
November 17, 1.993
MORANDUM
To: Rex Gleason
Through: Larry Ausley m�
Phil Bethea
From: John D. Giorginq'
Subject: Whole effluent toxicity test results of King's Mountain WWTP effluent (NPDES#
NC0020737: Cleveland County).
A 168 hour chronic pass/fail toxicity test was initiated on October 27, using composite samples of
King's Mountain WWTP pipe 001 whole effluent collected on October 26 and October 29, by John
Lesley. Kings Mountain WWTP is permitted to discharge 6.0 MGD to Buffalo Creek. The test
organism used in the test was Ceriodaphnia dubia, commonly called water fleas. The toxicity test
results are presented below.
Tsai Result
168 hour chronic pass/fail toxicity test ® 33% Pass
The total residual chlorine in the October 26 and October 29 samples, as measured at the Aquatic
Toxicology Laboratory, were <0.01 mg/L and 0.01 mg/L respectively.
If I may be of further assistance in this matter or if you have aquatic toxicity testing questions, please
contact me or another Toxicity Evaluation Group member at [phone].
Basin: 03-08-05
cc: John Lesley
Central. Files
Aquatic Toxic° ©gy Unit
T©xici
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Average young 1 e Ie; 22,0
Standard Deviati n 2,6
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Standard Deviation: 3,6
Test aed; Equal Variance t Test:
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Client: City of Kinge Mountain
ple ID: Effluent
378 Start Date:7-21-92
CONTROL SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION'
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Age: 8 Hra,
% Control Organisms Producing 3rd Brood: 100
Standard randomization board,
Test Vessels: 30 ml plastic
Test Vessel Volume: 15 ml
Transfer Volume: 0.05 ml,
Time: 1:10 PH
C:33% NFDES4 NC0020737
QUALITY CONTROL
County: Cleveland
CONTROL WATER CHEMISTRY
Day
0
2new
5old.
5new
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
D.U.
7,6
8.8
8.6
and Toxicant: NaC1.
Ta st Used: 48 Hour acute Definitive
Central 'Tendency: 2.03 g/L
Current Value: 2.1 g/L
Deviations 0,5 Std Dev units.
pH
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8.5
8.3
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24.4
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City of Kings Mountain Sample ID: Effluent -Pilot Cre
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Start Date:7-21-92
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SAMPLING INFORMATION
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Time:1:10 PH
EFFLUENT WATER CHEMISTRY
Day D.O. pH
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8,9
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8,8 8,3
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5tart Date
Dilution Water
Sample 1
Sample 2
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7-20-92
7-23-92
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ENVIRONMENTAL, INC
(803) 322 - 6942
Effluent Toxicity Report Form- Chronic Pass/Fall and Acute~ LC5O Date 7-21-92
City of Kings Mountain
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North Caro Ina
ETT Environment
Environmental Sciences Branch
Div, of Environmental Management
N.C. Dept. of EHNR
4401 Reedy Creek Road
riodaohnia Chronic Pass/Fail Revra4uction Bioassay Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-6445
CONTROL ORGANISMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12
# Young Produced
Adult (L) lve (D) ead
Effluent%
MAIL ORIG
24
TREATMENT 2 ORGANISMS i 2
# Young Produced
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Note: Please
Complete This
Section Also

Departmc
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
Mr. Walter C. 011is
PC Box 429
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Dear Mr.. 011is:
h Catalina
and Community Development
ntal Management
aar ury Street • Raleigh, North Carob; 27611
February 27, 1989
Subject: Permit No. NC0020737
The City of Kings Mountain
Cleveland County
R. Paul Wilr�i
Director
In accordance with your application for discharge
7, 1988, we are forwarding herewith the subject State g permit receivedmit. ons permit issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1
Memorandum of Agreement between North. Carolina and the USP This permit is
Agency dated December 6, 1983. and
Environmental Protection
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in
this permit are unacceptable to
to Regulation a e unacceptable
2Byou, you may request a waiver or modification pursuant
.0508(b) by written request to the Director identifying the
specific issues to be contended. Unless such request is made within 30 days
receipt of this permit, this permit shall be final and binding. Should your request
be denied, you will have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing.$ y following
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable-
addresses the requirements to be followed in case of change in ownership' or c
this discharge..
control of
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits
which may be required by the Division of Environmental Management or
by the Division of Land. Resources, Coastal Area Management Act or any©
Local governmental permit that may be required_
that Federal or
Permits required
If you have any questions concerningthis permit
Harris at telephone number 919/733-5083. P please contact Ms. Lu1a
Since1y,
Cwiginarllfined By
ART' UP MOUBERRY
R•F44aul Wilms
cc: Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA
Asheville Regional Office
P..C) lax 27687 f . tig:h.

Permit No. NC0020737
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
To DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
in compliance with the provisions 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,
The City of Kings Mountain
y authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Pilot Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.
U.S. Highway 74 Bypass
Cleveland County
to receiving waters designated as Buffalo Creek in the Broad River. Basin
in rdance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other
co.nd,itirsns set forth in Parts I, II, and III hereof.
This permit shall become, effective March 1, 1989.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
January 31, 1994.
Signed this day February 27, 1989.
Origi
ARTHU
Far;
igned By
FRRY
R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental .Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No, NC0020737
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The City of Kings Mountain
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue the operation of a 4.0 MGD extended aeration type wastewater
treatment facility located at the Pilot Creek facility on U.S. Highway 74
near Shelby in Cleveland County (See Part III of this Permit), and
. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the
attached map into Buffalo Creek which is classified Class "C" waters in
the Broad River Basin.

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LiNITATIONS
NI "I" RINO REQUII
Final Sumer: April 1-October 31
During the period beginning on the effective date of
Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001. Such discharges shall be
limited and monitored by the Permi.ttee as specified below:
NPDES No. NC0020737
Effluent Characteristics
Dischar
ira
Ibs/day her Units (Specify)
hl+ Avg. Weekly Avg. anthly Avg. Weekly Avg,
permit and lasting until expiration, the.
Flow
BOD, 5Day, 20 Degrees C **
Total Suspended Residue **
h3 as N
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
Total Residual Chlorine
Temperature
Dissolved Oxygen.
Total. Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TIN)
Total Phosphorus
Copper
Cyanide
Chronic Toxicity ***
Pollutant Analysis ****
Conductivity
4.0 MGD
30.0 mg/ 1
30.0 mg/1
10.0 tag/1
100 .0/1©© ml.
45.0
45.0 mg l
15,0 mg
2000.0/100 ml
20.0 ug/1 *****
Measureme
Frequency
Continuous
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Quarterly
Quarterly
Monthly
Weekly
Quarterly
Annually
*
* Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent; U - Upstream 100 yards from outfall, D
Upstream anddownstream samples shall be grab. Samples shall be collected 3 times pe
August, and September and once per week during the remaining months of the year.
Sample
T
Recording
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Grab
Grab
Grab
Compos ite
Composite
Composite.
Grab
Compos
Grab
*Sample
Location
1 or E
E, I 'U
E, I
E, U D
E, U, D
E
E, U, D
E, U, D
E
E
E
E
E
E
U, D
Downstream at NCSR 1103,
eek during June, July,
** The monthly average effluent BODS and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the.
respective influent values (85% removal).
*** Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at 25%; January, April, July and October; See. Part 11I, Condition I.
**** See Part III, Condition J.
Daily 'Maximum Limitation
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be
monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample.
There shell be no discharge of floating
lids or visible foam in other
hen trace amounts.

(1) . Ems' LIMITATIONS AND QUIR
Final. Winter:
During the period beginning on the effective date of the
Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial
limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
cent Character ti.
.low
5Day, 20 Degrees C **
alai Suspended Residue **
113asN
ecal Coliform (geometric mean)
'otal Residual Chlorine
emperature
issolved Oxygen
otal Nitrogen
otal Phosphorus
opper
yanide
hronic Toxicity ***
riority Pollutants
* Sample locations: E - Effluent, 1 Influent, U Upstream 100 yards from outfall, D - Downstream
** T'he monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations ced1 at NCSR lla3,
respective influent values (85% removal). shall not +exceed 15; of the
Dis
4.0 MGD
30.0 mg/1
30.0 mg/1
November 1-March
permit and 1
number(s) 001.
45.0 mg/1
45.0 mg/1
1000.0/100 ml 2000.0/1.00 ml
20.0 ug/1 *****
31 NPDES No. NC0020737
tin.g until expiration, the
Such discharges shall be
Recording
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Grab
Grab
Grab
Composite
Composite
Composite
Grab
Composite
I or E
E, I
E, I
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
Continuous
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Quarterly
Quarterly
Monthly
Weekly
Quarterly
Annually
*** Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnae) n/r at bJ%y .;anuary, April 3n1
► p Y, and October; See Part III,. Condition I.
**** See Part III, Condition J.
Daily Maximum Limitation
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard
units nor greater than �.p standard
monitored daily at the effluent byun
grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
E
d shall be

Chronic Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two
consecutive toxicity tests, using test procedures outlined in:
1). The North Carolina Ceri.odephnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure (North
Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure Revised *February 1987) or subsequent
versions.
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of
reproduction or significant mortality is 2n (defined as treatment two
in the North Carolina procedure document). The permit holder shall perform
quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the
permit condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from
issuance of this permit during the months of January, April, July, and
October. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES
permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
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 TGP3B. Additionally, DEM
from AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services .Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
Test data shad be complete and accurate and include all supporting
chemical/physical measurements performed in association with' the toxicity tests,
its 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.
.hould 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 any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate potential impacts to
the receiving stream, this permit may be reopened 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 retesting (within 30 days of
initial monitoring event). Failure to submit suitable test results will
constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements.

1)
2)
permittee shall. conduct a test
rent from the treatment plant.
priority pollutants annually at the
discharge shall be evaluated as follows:
A pollutant analysis of the effluent must be completed annually using
EPA approved methods for the following analytic fractions: (a)
purgeables (i.e., volatile organic compounds); (b) acid extractables;
(c) base/neutral extractables; (d) organochlor.ine pesticides and PCB's
(e) herbicides; and (f) metals and other inorganics. The Annual
Pollutant Analysis (APA) Monitoring Requirement Reporting Form A, to
be provided to all discharges affected by this monitoring requirement,
describes the sampling and analysis requirements and lists chemicals
to be included in the pollutant analysis. This monitoring requirement
is to be referred to as the "Annual Pollutant Analysis" (APA
Other significant levels of synthetic organic chemicals must be
identified and approximately quantified. For the purpose of
implementing this requirement, the largest 10 GC/MS peaks in each
organic chemical analytic fraction (or fewer than 10, if less than 10
unidentified peaks) occur for chemicals other than those specified on
the APA Monitoring Requirement Reporting Form A should be identified
and approximately quantified as stated in the APA Reporting Form A
instructions. This part (item 2) of the APA monitoring requirement is
to be referred to as the "10 significant peaks rule".

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Apri17, 1994
Mr. Ronnie Tignor
Pretreatment Coordinator
City of Kings Mountain
P.O. Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Subject: Sewer Use Ordinance Review: Conditional Approval.
City of Kings Mountain
Cleveland County
NPDES Permit No. NC0020745
APR r 7994
WOO t 1
l''E BE to
Dear Mr. Tignor:
The Division received the Sewer Use Ordinance for the City of Kings Mountain, the SUO
Checklist, and the attomey's statement on January 3, 1994. The review of the Sewer Use
Ordinance performed by the Pretreatment Group of the Division of Environmental
Management indicates that the ordinance meets the minimum requirements of 15A NCAC
2H .0900 and 40 CFR 403 with the exception of the items outlined in this letter. The
Sewer Use Ordinance is conditionally approved, contingent upon the completion of the
required revisions.
Please submit a revised Sewer Use Ordinance meeting the requirements outlined below by
July 7, 1994. If only minor changes are required, you may submit only those pages that
have been changed. The revised Sewer Use Ordinance should be adopted by the local
governing body as soon as possible following revision. Upon adoption, please inform the
Division's Pretreatment Group of the SUO adoption date.
The 1993 NC Model Sewer Use Ordinance (SUO) should be referenced in making
revisions to your ordinance. It may be found in Chapter 2 of the Comprehensive Guidance
for North Carolina Pretreatment Programs.
Required Revisions:
Requirement 1.
EPA MODEL NC
ODEL L
O
Specific prohibition
Fire/explosive hazard
[60°C (140°F) flashpointi
2.1.B(1) 2.1(b)(1) 5.2.1(b)(11)
Please include this specific prohibition exactly as written in the 1993 NC Model Sewer Use
Ordinance.
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Requirement 2.
Specific prohibition
pH/corrosion
2, 1.B (2)
2.1(b)(4) 5.2.1(b)(
Revise this specific prohibition to state that "in no case shall the pH be <5."
Requirement 3.
EPA MODFT . NC MODEL LOCAL ORDINANCE
5peic prohibition
Flow rate/concentration
(BOD,etc.)
2.1.B(4)
2.1(b
5
none
Please include this spec fic prohibition exactly as written in the 1993 NC Model Sewer Use
Ordinance.
Requirement 4.
EPA
OD
NC MODEL LOCAL ORDINANCE
Specific prohibition
Toxic gases/vapors/fume
2.1,B(7 2.1(b)(7) 5,2,1(b)(7
The prohibition you have included here is actually an optional prohibition, which you may
continue to include in your ordinance. However, the required prohibition for toxic gases,
vapors, and fumes is not included in your ordinance. Please include in your ordinance the
specific prohibition for toxic gases, vapors, and fumes exactly as written in the 1993 NC
Model Sewer Use Ordinance.
Requirement S.
A
OD
NC MODEL
0
Affirmative defense for
prohibited discharge standards 13.2 10.2 5. 0.2
The affirmative defense is only applicable for certain prohibited discharge standards and
may not be extended to the specific prohibitions for explosives, pH<5, and trucked or
hauled pollutants, found in Sections 2.1(b)(1), (4), and (8) in the 1993 NC Model SUO.
Please correct the references in your ordinance so that they reference the correct sections of
your ordinance for the specific prohibitions that are and are not allowed the affirmative
defense.
Recommended Revision:
Local Ordinance Cite Section 5,2,1(b)(16)
In this specific prohibition, the temperature should be is listed as 60 C rather than 46'C.

Thank you for your continued cooperation with the pretrea
questions or comments, please feel free to call Julia Storm wi
Group at [phone].
Sincerely,
A
gram. If you haveany
e Division's Pretreatment
1,7 A. Preston Howard Jr., P.E.
JFS/kingsuo.001
cc: Mooresville Regional Offi
Central Files
Pretreatment Group

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
March 15, 1994
Mr. Ronnie Tignor
Pretreatment Coordinator
City of Kings Mountain
P.O. Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Subject: Industrial Waste Survey Review
City of Kings Mountain
Cleveland County
NPDES Permit No. NC0020745
Dear Mr. Tignor:
N.0 DE T.V4VIIOtt
RONMEts'r, HEAD T11.,
C49 NATURAL R 013RCES
The Pretreatment Group of the Division of Environmental Management has reviewed the
Industrial Waste Survey (IWS) summary received by the Division on January 27, 1994.
The review indicates that the industrial waste survey was completed per Division Guidance
and is considered adequate. The Division may look at this survey more closely during
scheduled pretreatment program inspections and audits and provide additional comments
and recommendations at that time.
The definition of Significant Industrial User (SINU) in the State pretreatment regulations is
proposed to be changed from dischargers of 50,000 gallons per day of process wastewater
to 25,000 gallons per day of process wastewater. If this definition is adopted, dischargers
meeting this criterion will not be required to be permitted until January 1, 1996. However,
the Division encourages you to evaluate these dischargers at this time and to prepare to
peitrtit them prior to January 1, 1996.
Please remember it is the responsibility of the City of Kings Mountain to continue efforts to
ensure that any Significant Industrial Users (SIUs), as defined by NCAC 15A 2H .0903,
are identified and subsequently added to the City's pretreatment program.
Thank you for your continued cooperation with the pretreatment program . If you have any
questions or comments, please feel free to call Joe Pearce or Julia Storm, with the
Division's Pretreatment Group, at [phone].
Grp, ingiws.001
cc: John Lesley, Mooresville Regional
Joe Pearce, Pretreatment Group
Central Files
Sincerely,
A. Preston Howard Jr., P.E.
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
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Division of Environmental. Management.
February 2, 1.989
MEMORANDUM
To: Dale Overcash.
Front: Steve Tedder
Re.: King's Mountain Pilot Creek, NC0020737, Cleveland Co.
Facility request to modify months of quarterly toxicity monitoring schedule
The Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC) for the subject facility has requested that the quarterly monitoring
schedule for effluent toxicity which is currently specified in the NPDES permit as December March June
September, be modified to January April July October. The same ORC is also accountable for two additional
wastewater treatment facilities, King's Mountain McGill and Roadside Truck Plaza, both of which have permit
requirements for quarterly effluent toxicity testing to take place in January April July October. The stated basis
for the request is for synchronizing the effluent toxicity monitoring events for the three (3) treatment plants in
order to streamline sampling and recordkeeping.
We recommend that the quarterly months for effluent toxicity testing at the King's Mountain -Pilot Creek
wastewater treatment facility be changed to specify Janua A ril July October. Upon completing such
modification, please copy the Technical Services Branch so that we may update our records accordingly.
cc: Ken Eagleson
Dennis Ramsey
Forrest. Westall

4444
MTh : January 27,1989
Steve Tedder, North. Carolina Depar
Community Dve1ocen
of Natural Resources &
FROM : Kim T. Mbss, Operator in Responsible Charge
SUPJECT : Citv of Kings Mountain Pilot & McGill Oreek W.P.C.F. & Kings Mountain
Roadside Truck Plaza's W.P.C.F.
Dear Mr. Tedder,
If it would be. possible, I would like to make an request that, the samPling dates
for the Chronic Toxicity Analysis be rescheduled for The City of Kings Mountain's
Pilot. Creek & McGill, Creek. Wastewater Treatment. Plants along with the Kings Mbuntain
Pcadside Truck Plaza's, Wastewater Treatment Plant events.
As you are aware, I am presently the Cperater in Responsitde Charge of all (3)
three Wastewater Treatment Facilities & it woulri: be at my best interst along with
the. Laboratory's best interest if we could schedule these facilities Toxicity events
on the sanemonth of the year.
As it stands now, I am sampling the Pilot Creek and the Roadsirle Truck Plaza on
the same months which are March, June Sentenber & Dec . As it has been brought
to my attention we are now having to sample the McGill Creek for a Chronic Toxicity
which, was suggested that we sample. on January, April, July, &
Therefore if it is no trouble I would like to reschedule these months at the same,
time in which I think will help me alot inkeeping up with the Laboratories and the
Facilities.
If you should need any Luther information, please feel free to contact me at the
Pilot Creek W.P.C.F. @ 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tr r
RECEIVED
,LAN 30 18
iCft SER
ftL

State of North Carolina
De a en,t taf Natural Resources and Commu
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
June 8, 1988
James G.
St Thomas R „des, Seer airy
Mr. Walter C. ilis
Pilot Creek WWTP'
P.O. Box 249
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Dear Mr. 011
ty Devel prnent
R. Paul WI s
Director
Subject: NPDES permit/Specification of quarterly months in
which to conduct required effluent toxicity testing
The current NPDES permit for your facility was issued effective November 20,
1987 and includes an effluent toxicity requirement as Part I7"I, Condition J.
Part III, Condition J requires that effluent toxicity testing be conducted on a
quarterly frequency. This letter serves to specify the months in which your
facility is required to performs quarterly effluent toxicity testing. Your
NPDES permitted facility shall perform quarterly toxicity monitoring during the
months of December, March, June and September beginning sixty days after the
issue date of this letter.
All other terms and conditions contained in the arigirz11 permit remain
unchanged and in full effect. This modification is issued pursuant to the
requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of
Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
dated December 6, 1983.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in
this permit modification are unacceptable to you, you may request a waiver or
modification pursuant to Regulation 15 NCAC 2B .0508(b) by written request to
the Director identifying the specific issues to be contended. Unless such
request is made within 30 days following receipt of this permit modification,
this permit modification shall be final and binding. Should your request be
denied, you will have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing.
If you have any questions concerning this permit modification, please contact
Mr. Arthur Mouberry, at telephone number 919/733-5083.
cc: Steve Tedder
Asheville. Regional 0ffi
Pollnaon .Peres en:
Patin
PC) Eir<x276S7 Rh Nor;h C.aro.¢na 7611 687 Teiephor919-733.71`)t.

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division ©f Erivironiriental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh„ North Ca' rolina 27611
James C. Manin, Ckm!rnor
S. Thorns Rhodes, Secretary
Mr. Walter C. 011is
City of Kings Mountain
PO Box 249
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Dear Mr. 011is:
November 20, 1987
Subject: Permit No. NC0020737
Pilot Creek WWTP
Cleveland County
R. Paul Wilms
Director
In accordance with your application for discharge permit received on
June 22. 1987, we are forwarding herewith the subject State — NPDES permit.
This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General
Statute 143-215.1 and the'Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and
the US Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6, 1983.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements
contained in this permit are unacceptable to you, you may request a waiver
or modification pursuant to Regulation 15 NCAC 2B .0508(b) by written
request to the Director identifying the specific issues to be contended.
Unless such request is made within 30 days following receipt of this permit,
this permit shall be final and binding. Should your request be denied, you
will have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. Part 11, B.2.
addresses the requirements to be followed in case of change in ownership or
control. of this discharge.
Act or any other
the Division ntal anagement or
by the Divi1c'n of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management
Federal or Local governmental permit that may he required.
If you have any questions concerning ths permit, please contact Mr.
Dale Overcasb, at telephone number 919/733-50 .,.
cc:
incerely,
kt,
11. Paul Wilms
Mr: Jim Patrick, -EPA
Asbvilla-RagiolraT,-2;::.S.Up**V1AUre
A'41u6onPlezymnP(47.,

Permit No. NC0020.737
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
To DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North, Carol nn General Statute 143-215.1,
other lawful standards and regulations prommigated and adopted hy the North Carolina
Environmental Mnnagement Commission, nnd the Federnl Water Pollution Control Act, ns
amended,
THE CITY OF KING'S MDI3NTAiN
is hereby authorized to 'discharge wa..tewnler. from n facility located at
Pilot Creek Wastewater e
Highway 7 F4ypass
Cleveland County
t Plant
to receiving waters designated as Buffalo. Creek in the Broad River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring regnirements, and other
conditions set forth in. Parts I, II, and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective November 20, 1987
This permit rind the authorization to discharge shall expire At. midnight on December
31, 3.988,
Signed this day. of November 20, 1987
4„4,14„4L%4_4„ L
*4444)U'L'
R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Mnnagemeni
By Authority of the Environmental Management (

P remit No. NCOO20737
SUPPLEMENT TO f ERh1FT COVER SUEET
The City of Kings Mruart:.aira
horized to;
Continue the operation. of sr 3.0 'MGI) extended aeration type w
water treatment facility located at the Pilot Creek. facility
Cleveland County (Subject to Part: III of this Permit);
2, After receiving an Authorization to Construct frnm the 'Division of
Environmental Management, construct and operate additional
facilities to expand the existing astewnter Lre«ltment fraci_lity to
4.0 MGD`(SeePart III of this Permit); find
Daiacharge from said treatment works into RuffaioCreak which
classified CIass "C waters in the Broad River Basin,

, 777777m7
(1
TATIONS
During the period begi
the Permittoe is author
limited and monitored by
Went Charecte
Ori 5Day, 2.0 Degrees C **
or,„al Suspended Residue **
as N
(-Jai ColiforOjgeometric mean)
esidual Chlorine:
emperature
otal Nitrogen (NO2 4- NO3 .4- TKN)
ot,a1 Phosphorus
oxicity
riority Po1iti
:;ample locations; E - Effluent,
The monthly average effluent BO
influent values (85 removal). 7;ir
See Part III, Condition No. 1.
Part III, Condition No. K.
The rill shall not be
monitored daily at the e
There shall be no discKax14
NG REQUIREMENTS Final
on the effective date of the
to discharge from outfall(s)
Permittee as specified below:
Discharge Limitations
permit and lasting until expiration or expansion
serial number(s) 001, Such discharges shall be-
o itoring juirenents
lbajdeV) Other Units (ibgtstty2 Measurement
Weekly Ag Monthly Av Weekl Avg. Frequency
3.0 MGD Continuous.
30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily
30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily
Weekly.
1000/100 ml. 2000 100 ml. Daily
Daily
Daily
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Annually
inlluent.
nd Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed, 15% of the respective
Recording
composite
Composite
Composite
Gr b
Grab
Grab
Composite
Composite
Composite
*Sample
Location
1 or E
E, I
L, 1
than 6,0 standard units nor gre
by grab sample,
than 9,0
d it and shall be
fl ating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
NC0020737

Part 111
Permit No. NC0020737
J. Toxicity Testing Requirement
The efflu etdischarge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity
using tea eprocatlures outlined in:
1. TheeNotth 'Carolina Ceriodapletia chronic'effluent bioassay
procedure ,(Nolth Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised
*February 1987) Or subsequent versions.
The efflent concentration at which there may be no observable
inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality is 24% (defined
as treatment two in the North Carolina procedure document). The
permit holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this
procedure to establish compliance with the permit condition. The
first test will be performed within thirty days from issuance of
this permit. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed
at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment
processes.
All toxicityetesting 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
appropriate parameter code. Additionally, DEM Form AT-1 (original)
is to be sent to the following address:
Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
PO Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
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 must be measured and reported if employed for disinfection
of he
Should any tcst data frr,rn thLs onitori:u'require n t.
performed by the NorthDivision of Environmental Management
indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may
be reopened and modified to include alternate monitoring
requirements or limitations.
Note: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited
document, such as minimum control organise survival and appropriate
environmental controls, shall constitute, an invalid test and will
require immediate retesting. Failure tosubmit suitable test
results will constitute a failure of Permit conditions.

evaluate.d'o
fractions and
of 40 CFR part
Table
test .the
Appea,.l
tow be
requiieota,
chemi is us
t qui ement, t
the priorlt
performed
Y po.
accor
CFR Part 136.
Per it o. AC0020737
l'co.nduct a test fart priority:pollutants annually
om the treatmtt"y,>latrt�. he discharge shall be
volatie.fatioca''' ad ixatti:one. base/neutral.
is e tt c e in Table II of. Appendix D.
pheno1s listed in
122. The rmittee shall
e , ' hb .e IV and V .c
C Part T 22, P1. 'eaiserd
harge,. ln`,�adib.b <t tli�. aboe':'res"
t ai ialficant,,'i 7a` af` ht etit'
i ifled. For the purpose o i pl i
percent + f the GEC/M peaks
shall be identif ied P All tests
is with the EPA Referent. Methods
dent
rges
ants
nee
ement n this'
other °than
sh it he
listed in 40

Department of i
State of North Carolina
ural Resources and Community Development
Asheville Regional C ttic
RIlcd SCc r'e,sttl`'
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
January 12, 1987
The Honorable John Henry Moss, Mayor
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Subject: Biomonitoring Inspection
Effluent Toxicity Test Results
NPDES Number NC0020737
City of Kings Mountain - Pilot Creek
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Cleveland County, North Carolina
Dear Mayor Moss:
The Division of Environmental. Management has cart pleted a
toxic.ty test performed on an effluent sample collected December_
3, 1985, from your facility by Division staff. A copy of the
'Ii assay inspection Report is attached for your information.
Results from this toxicity test indicated that there was no
acute mortality irnr the test population (Daphnia pulex) in 90%
effluent during the 48 hour test period. This data indicates
that acutely toxic impacts to downstream aquatic life are not
expected. It should be noted that the static bioassay is used
for screening purposes to determine priorities for scheduling
on -site investigations, requiring self -monitoring toxicity
testing and establishing toxicity permit limitations. In the
future you may be tetested again to determine any changes in your
current status.

Mayor Mess
January 12, 1987
Page Two
A ooPy of the test description and procedures is attached
for Your reference. If you have any questions, Please contact
Mr. Mike Parker at 704/253-3341.
EW:MRPhlis
Enclosure
ke: Dennis RamseY
Steve W. Tedder
Gil Wallace, EP
Walt 011is
Janes R. Reid
SitoerelY,
ortest R. Wentall
W'ater Quairty Regional Supervisor

Transaction
Ao Slates Ecvwit esncere c t& r 4 u r Agency
Washington, D. C, 204&
NPDES Compliance Inspection Report
Secticrrs A. Neticrrtsi Cata System Cotlinr
NPDES o, riay Inspectiran Type Inspector Pay Type
17
ved facio,ty Ew�alaation Rating Bl
69 71 7
acne and Ecicatian o Facility Inspected
epresentattve(s)
Fatli Data
Titles)
Title
'c '-7?9 2C-4
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection
(S = Satisfactory, M = Marginal, U = Unsstisfaciory, N = Not Evaluated)
Permit Flow Measurernent
Records/Reports Laboratory
Facility Site Review Effluent/Receivang Waters
Section D: Summary of Frnr*dings Comments (Ac
AQency/°Office/Tetephcne
'U-
Pretreatment
Compliance Schedules
Sett -Monitoring Program
el sheets if Hares
egttiatory Q Fiat Use fartly
Taken 0
EPA Forrn 3560-3 (Rev_ 3•RSl Previous ectiticns are obsolete.
P rrxmit Expird Lion
QCon tar�� cYt-t-e-d
Yes l(J
© ratieatts EZ Maintenance
Sludge Disc al
Other: Is ''(,has r
Compliance Status
Noncompliance
LJ Cam 6e nce

the
cladaccran Da,phni ,rlrx to estimate the toxicity of waste discharge to aquatic
receiving streams, All test and samplaasware end equiprn fit are
waatied with soap and hot water, then rinsed in nitric acid, acetone,
atilledldeionized water, to remove alt toxins and contamsnants. Effluent
samples are ctstlected by DEM Regional Office or Aquatic Toxicology personnel.
All samples are collected chddted and above chlorination unless otherwise
specified. Each aarnple is collected as a grab or 24 hour compos¢le using an
automatic sampler and is sent chilled to the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory by
ed wi1h 72 hours after
48 C air Daphnia pu1ex Screening Eivassa•
Aquatic Toxicology Group
N C Division of Environmental Management
The Aquatic Toxicology Group performs 48 hour static bioassays
Stete Court
collection,
or bus The sample must be
The samples are prepared for testing by being thoroughly mixed, adjusted to
standard test temperature, and aerated if dissCtved oxygen
saturation. Chlorine is removed with sodium thiosuttete if applicable.
effluent is then diluted with D. pulex culture water, typically to seven
concentrations twith replicates! from 0 to 90% effluent and trait at pH and Da are
recorded. Each test chamber receives 100 mts total volume and len Q. pulex test
organisms, 0-24 hours otd. The test is conducted in a 20 degree centigrade
incubator with a 14:i0 hour lightsdark cycle Mortality of the D. pule. Is
recorded atter 48 hours, along with final pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature,
the treatment system pernrit'ted flow
bWC .are then used to predict itoxicity, If the effluent toxicity 6ne/0R
the lWi: are high, a persistence biosssey may be conducted, This Involves a
second static Da ;u,sex bioassay on the same effluent sample after it has
been exposed to Might and aeration for an addit1onal 48 hours, It there s e
100% radduction in the LC60, the etfiuent is =onsrdered t be non-persi5ter1
A 48 hour LCaa, or concentratixn al effluent lethal to 50% of the test
organisms in 4E hours„ is calculated from. the mortality d a, An instream waste
concentration (IWC) for the effluent in the receiving stream is calculated using
and
g stream 7010 flow, The LC,FQ and
Guidance Document: 1985, U. ,E.P,A Methods for Measuring the Acute loxicity of
Efflueais to Freshwater end Marine Organisms. Third eda'tron (EPA/600/4-65/°-13)

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL P ANAGEMENT
September 20, 1989
MEMORANOUP
To: Forrest Westall
Through: Larry Ausley ..;
Frorn: Thom Mistele
Subject: Effluent sample of King's Mountain -Pilot Plant, NC0020737, Cleveland. County
The sample of the King's Mountain -Pilot Plant effluent collected by Jim. Reid on September 15,
1989,.was received by the Aquatic Toxicology Lab on the morning of September 18, 1989, at a
temperature of 13°C. This temperature exceeds the acceptable maximum of 4°C. For your
records, we performed the remainder of this test. The results will not be reported through
regular DEM channels, since the test conditions did not adhere to standard precedures with
regard to sample temperature. The 168-hour Ceriodaphnia dubia chronic pass/fail test as
performed indicated no chronic toxicity to test organisms exposed to 33% sample (the test
concentration arranged by Jim Reid and myself).
If I can be of any assistance, please contact me at [phone].
cc: Jim Reid
Basin: 030805

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Asheville Regional Office
James G. Martin, Governor
W Cobey, „ir,, Secretary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL. MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
September 16, 1989
Mr, Walter 011is
Director of Water and Wastewater
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office Box, 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Dear Mr. 011is:
Ann B. Orr
Regional Manager
Subject: Notice of Violation
Failure to Submit Toxicity
Monitoring Reports
City of Kings Mountain
Pilot Creek Plant
NPDES Permit No, NC0020737
Cleveland County
A review of our files indicates the: you are not submitting the
quarterly bioassay results for the of Kings Mountain's Pilot
Creek wastewater treatment plant as raqiired by NPDES ,Permit No.
NC0020737 and JOC #88-31. The test results are required to be reported,
to this Division by completing the Sta:e AT-1 forrn and mailing it to
the address listed below within 30 days following the month in which
the test was performed:
Mr. Ken Eagleson
Environmental Sciences Branch
N. C. Division of Environmental Management
P. 0, Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Additionally, the test results are to be recorded, on the State
Discharge Monitoring Report Form (MR-1), TGP3B should be entered at
the top of the page as the parameter code and bioassay entered in one
of the blank columns identifying the test procedure.
Mr. Jim Reid of this office found that you were submitting this
data but attaching it, to the back of the MR-1 form. He has discussed
the reporting procedure with Ms. Moss of your staff and it is hopeful
that this will correct this deficiency.
ntri5chanpe. Buildir 59. WOodfin PIcc, As -!lc,, NC. 2801 • Telephone 704,251-6208

. Walter 011is
september 16, 19[El
Page Two
Failure to submit the data in accordance with NPEES Permit and Jmc
requirements may result in enforcement action being taken against the
City of Kings Mountain.
Shodld you have questions concerning this matte, please contact
Mr. Mike Parker at 704/251-6208.
xc: Ken Eagleson
Kim Moss
Jim Reid
Tom Howard
Mike Parkery
Sincerely,
Roy M. Davis, Regional Supervisor
Division of Environmenta1 Management

State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Asheville Regional Office.
James G. Martin, Governor
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
July 29, 1988
Mr. Walt 011is, Director
Water and Wastewater
City of Kings Mountain
P. O. Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Dear Mr. 011is:
28086
Subject:
David R. Spain
Regional „Manager
Notice of Non -Compliance
Bioassay Monitoring Results
City of Kings Mountain
Pilot Creek Plant
NPDES Permit No. NC0020737
Cleveland County
A review of our files indicates that you are not submitting the
monthly bioassay results for the City of Kings Mountain's Pilot Creek
wastewater treatment plant as required by NPDES Permit No.
NC0020737. The bioassay results are required to be submitted en
DEM Form AT-1 (copies attached) to the:
Technical Services Branch
Division of Environmental Management
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
The bioassay results are also to be reportedon the MR-1
Monitoring Report Form using TGP3B as the parameter code.
Failure to submit these reports, subjects the City to possible
enforcement action, including civil penalties.
If you have questions or need assistance, please call Mr. Mike
Parker, at 704-251-6208,
Budding, 59 PLR:c, PO, j88020371* rt,"k"PhOrle 71

Mr. al 011ie
Page Two
July 29, 1988
Enclosure
George Wood
I(im Moss
Steve Tedder
Jim Reid
Mike Parker
ror e RQ Westal
Regional Water Qual
Supervisor

THE
INCORPORATED 74
TY OF !NGS
NORTH CAROLINA
-----------------
QUNTAIN
P, 0'; BOX 429 KAN(iS MlOUNT,AIN., NQRT 4 A.AROUNA
August 4, 1988
'Ib: Mr. Mike Parker
c/o Technical Services Branch
Division of Environmental Management
N.C. Dept. of NI.CD
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
Dear Mr. Parker,
I aplogize for the mix up of
Technical Service Branch.
of iings.Mountain
N. Piedmont Ave.
> ngs Mbuntaix*, N.C. 28086
e DE Form AT-1 to the
Enclosed are copies of the Bioassay Analysis that were performs on
the MPGill and Pilot Creek W.P.C.F. for the previous months of May and
June.
I^de are now following the scheduled which has been requested by E.P.A.
on Bioassays for the M Gi11 W.P..C.F. and the Pilot Creek W.P.C.F..
Future results for these trea
Technical Branch Service as r
1988.
plants will be submitted to
in Mt. Wilms fetter dated June
Again I apaloglze for the inconvien e
others that are involved in obtaining and r
The Hista Ci
i.s has caused you and
se results.
or Your Corporation
Noss, O.R.C.

cluiru mgf aite i] iflc
54 RAVENSCROFT DRIVE
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
704 - 254-7176
Kim Moss
Kings Mt.. Pilot Creek
1013 N. Piedmont Ave.
lungs Mt., NC 28086
Facility: Pilot Creek
Analysis Start Date:06/2
8
Dilution Water Source:Bent Creek
Date Reported:07/01/88
pH
Ceriodaphnia: 7 day Mini -Chronic Bioassay
Method: EPA /600/4-85/014
February 1987 Revision
NPDES # NC0020737 Pipe #1
County:Cleveland
1ST Composite Sample Date:06/20I88
Received Date:06/21/88
2ND Composite Sample Date:06/23/88 r
Received Date:06/4/88
Biologist:Linda. Mackenzie
Dilution ,Factor:24
Certified by:
DO Temp. Conductivity Res. C1 Hardness
In 7.35 8.75
25
Out 8.00 9„35. 25
Control In 7.75 9.70 25
Out 8.25 9.40 25
In 7.70 9.25 °5
art 7.65 8.95. 25
1ST Composite Sample 7.05 10.30 25
1ST In 7.35 8.90 25
Dilution Out 7.95 9.85 25
Renewed In 7.70 9.45 25
Dilution Out 8.15 9.25 25
2ND Composite Sample 7„20 11.20 25
2ND In 7.60 9.35 25
Dilution Out 7.65 8.85 25
150
0„1
710 <0.1
39.1
SOURCE TESTING / AMBIENT AIR / WATER / WASTEWATER / HAZARDOUS WASTES / INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE / GROUNDWATER / CONSULTING

POHMOARIliesbmol
54 RAVENSCROET DRNE
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
704 - 254-7176
Client
Pilot Creek
Control
Organism Re raductien
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Day 2 (Y) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(4)LLLLMLLb1LL8
Day 5 (Y) 12 12 8 8 9 13 15 12 13 10 11 4
(8)1.bLLLLLLLLL8
Day 7 (Y) 6 6 6 3 5 1 6 4 7 0 6 5
(A)LLL L L L L L L L Lb
Total voimg: le 18 14 11 14 14 21 16 28 10 DI 9
Treatment Dilution 24 14
Organism Reproduction
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
pay 2 (V)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(8)LLbeLLLLDLLD
Day 5 (V) 11 13 13 11 13 13 14 12 12 13 14 14
(4)LLLLLLLLLLL1(
Dag 7 (Y) 8 8 7 7 6 11 9 8 6 8 5 5
(A)8LLDLLL1(81_
Total Young: 19 21 20 18 19 24 23 20 18 21 19 19
(Y) = Number of Young Produced (A) . Adult: L= Live; D = Dead
Dunnett's t = -3.969
Comments:
Percentage
Morality
Control 0.00
Treatment 0.00
Average
Reproduction
15.17
20.08
Total Number of Young
Control 162
Treatment 241
Passed XX Failed
SOURCE TESIZNG / AMBIENT AR WATER / WASTEWATER / HAZARDOUS WASTES / INDUSTRIAL. DY GENE / GROUNDWATER i• CONSULTING

RAVENSCROFT
A HEVILLE, NC 28 0
704 - 2 4- r 1 7
NUM.ER OF OITR,+L DATA
SAMPLE REAR®VDU T ON DEATH
VE
I Ring's ot Cry
Date
Statistical Data For
7-Day C ronic Bi
Asap
DUNNETT' E T ETH D
10
12
14
1.4
14
16
20
10
TEST DATA
REPRODUCTION - DEATH
DU i ETT' 3 T A --3. 9 9
MINIMUM UM IFI A T DIFFERENCE A
PERCENTAGE MORTLITY CONTROL A 0.00
PERCENTAGE MORTALITY TREATMENT A
AVERAGE REPRODUCTION CONTROL A 1 . 17
AVERAGE REPRODUCTION TREATMENT = 2
TEST PASSED
AM Ei1 NT A!!"# V,. AIL R ..+ 44`ASTUW`ATER f HAZARDOUS L"."ASTES
19
20
18
19
4
3
20
8
19
A
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1nlsIIn Reprpdsictiori
ti Young Produced
Adult (L)ive (D lead
t Young Produced
Adult (141ve (D lead
Control
pH
Treatment 2
Control
aea.
Treatment 2
sample
7.4
7.4
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1st sample
8.0
8.0
8.8
8.9
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95% Confidence Limits
1 2 3 4
18
2
7.8
7.7
14
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9.7
3.5
9.4
9.3
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14
14
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7 8 9 10 11 12
21
4 5 6 7
2nd sample
7.7 7.7
7.6
a
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9.3
9.4
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Mall original to:
ATT: Technical Services Branch
Diw.of Environmental Management
_C. Department al TNIR.CD
f'.C. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 2761. 1
DEM form AT-1. (3/87i rr-v.8/+ 7
7.7
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8.9
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20
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Hardnesstmg/la
Spec.Cond.(}unhosl
Chlortne(mg/1)
Concentration.
Mortality_
start
pH
Note: Please
Complete This
Section Also
nd
Contr
High
Conc.
Organism Tested Cer^iodaphnia
start/end
D.O.

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54 RAVENSCROFT DRIVE
ASHEVILLE. NC 28801
704 -254-7176
Kim Moss
Town of KinGs Mtn,-Fildt Creek
1013 N, Piedmont Ave,
Kings Mtn., NC 23086
Ceriodaphnia: 7 day Mininaronic
Method: iFFA D600/1i235/014
Febrdar,,,J 1927 Revidicn
Facility: Town of Kings Mtn.-Pilot,Creekt
Analysis Stern Date:05/23/2R
Water Sednce:Pent Creed
Date Reported:Z6/02/Se
MP= 4 ilC0020777 Pipe 41
CzantylCieveland
1ST Composite Sample DateMi05/2085
Received Date:05/25/88i
2ND Cdmposite Sample Datg105/25/?8,',
Received Pate:05/2.6780
Eidloi.3ist:Linda Mackenzie
Dilution Factor:24%
Certil:lee
Da Temp. linrductivity Res, Ci Mardneee
In 7,70 3,05 2:
(Jut 7,175 0.41i 5d
Contpd1 in ,55 3.70 .i75
Cut
In 7.70 8,40
Out 8.15 10,30
1ST Cededdite linw*15 7,07, 7,00 25
1ST In
Dilatiiin Oct
Renewed In
Dilution Opt
2ND Composite Sample
2ND le
Diluti55 Out
7 —To7
0.40
8,65 a 'T
25
9,00 25
9.05
i ,79
25
25
151
SOURCE TESTING / AMBIENT AIR / WATER / WASTEWATER / HAZARDOUS WASTES / INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE / GROUNDWATER / CONSULTING

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54 RAVENSCROFT DRIVE
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
704 - 254=7176
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4 0 9, 7 51 9 10 11 12
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A )
L L L
Day 5 1Y1 12
11 27 2 2 1 2 3 16
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-1103: 7 12 .411- • tz
Total Young: 19 22 13 20 31 2,3 23 20 1-73 15 24
Treatment elluttdo 211
Organlm REprGduction
3 ,
- 71 8 '10 11 12
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1A1, L L, l•
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1
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A
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(Y) = Number of Young Pnoduced (A: = Adult: L 4 810ec D 4 Dead
2.2 _
D nnett 900
Pet CET-Ct. g A \e'er.; g e
Reprodetot 011
Control, 8. '03T, 19.08
Ti-eatelertt 22.00
Cent)). ol
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Passed 4
•41/
• 126.4,..........1112
SOURCE TESTING f AMS NT AIR / WATER WASTEWATER f HAZARDOUS WASTES tNOUSTRIAL HYGIENE / GROUNDWATER CONSULTNG

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AS EVILLE, NC 2aeo#
704 - 28 -7176
10
1
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sIGNIFIcANT ;
PERCENTAGE MORTAL LITY'
PERCENTAGE
AVERAGE RERRC
AVERAGE REP RO
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FFERENCE = 571
14 �,
CONTROL R:19. 08
TRRATT'},
TEST PASSED
28
SOURCE TESTING AM8dENT AIR t WATER t WASTC WATER J HAZARDOUS WASTES NOUSTRIAL HYGIENE f GROUNDWATER ! CONSULTING

uent Aquatic Toxicity Report Form/Chronic Pass/Fail and LC50 Date 6/2/88
Control greiril Reproductior1
# Young Produced
Adult (Wive (D lead
Control
PH
Treatment 2
7.7
7.4
3.0
7.91
s
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r
lst sample
Control
D.O.
Treatment 2
8.1
8.4
8.5.
8.7
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1 2
19
16
22
14
13
24
4
20
31
23
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7 8 9 10 11 12
23
20
7
2
15
24
tpronism#
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
37
16
31
28
1st sample 2nd sample
7.6
7.6
8.0
7.7
7.9
8.2
7.9
t e
a 9 a n
r u r d
1st sample 2nd sampl
8.7
0.9
8.9.
3.0
8.4
9.2
10,3
10.7
LC-DO/Acute Tonicity Test
(Mortality expressed as %, combining replicates)
45A3
LC50=
95% Confidence Limits
%_ _910
14
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18
21
34
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Chlorine(mg/1)
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Spearman Karber Ej
Mail original to:
Arr Technical. Services 13ranch
Div.of Environmental Management
N.C. Department of NRCD
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
DEM form AT-1 (3/87) rev8/87
Probst Ei
Other__
Concentration
PH
Note: Please
Complete This
Section Also
D,O,
Organism Tested ''?-Crerloclaptie:14:611

State of North Carolina
iepartment of Natural Res,,:)u.rces and Community
(sleree, Goes( Saliv(!ila( Reale, SecTrary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT'
WATER QUALITY SECTION
:January 22, 1988
Mr. Walter 011is
Director of Utilities
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Subject:
Dear Mr. 011iq
28086
.„)eve)rrnerlt
Biornonitoring Inspection
Effluent. Toxicity Test Results
NPDES Permit Number NC0020745
City of Kings Mountain -McGill Creek
Plant
Wastewater Treatment Facility
Cleveland County, North Carolina
Our Division collected an effluent sample from the subject
facility on December 1, 1987. This effluent sample was tested for
toxicity using chronic bioassay methods. Our data indicates that your
facilitv failed this examination as measured by these tests.
re).- dua,s„--, -
lee easosea (ls (a smaY)., water flea) to an effluent
concentration for a period of seven days. This procedure yields a
final toxdoity result designated as either pass or fail. A failure
means that at a waste concentration predicated by the, 7(210 low stream
flow and th.e permitted discharge volume (IWC), either reproduction or
mortality was significantly different than the control population. A
pass indicates that both of these criteria. were not different than the
contrel population.
Please note thatthese test results will be used, when
approt,riate, to. establish, future monitoring requirements and identify
areas needing further study. You. can also expect additional testing
at this facility by the. Division, as well as possible permit
modification if deemed appropriate.

Mike
or -
Enc osure
RamseY
Steve
Din Ahern, EPA
Michael R. Parker
James R. Reid
Mayer Kyle Smith
gue-
in erely,
ntact Mr.

NRDE Complian a Inspection Report
yr!rn /cday
Section
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769
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ant aereet dratahleetai ethairtan tseccat rat-19/2 lOtatiti reso:tee chletterit measureff
Trre, with organisms less thart 24 hours old and writhin, -4 hours or cacti other. The test is begun rrhen
the neonates are introduced into the test chambers. Temperatures must be within dearee centigrade for 0rAr+cfpr
Th€ ,organi;rns are transferred daily to raw test chambers conteming freshly in xed soiutions, DIssolved oxygen.
pH. and temperature are measurer twice for each batch of test solutions. The initie veue taken bore the orgensrn is introduced Smc!L yelue after the t-..,rqat-,,,srr, has„ been transferred of.Jt the flext nay, The organ!vnt:
LAre fed daily Ezra-, erganism receiNte50.'i rn!. of fermented' trntct chow' -yeast foy,
erode d
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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Asheville Regional Office
)ame C.Martin, (l„,-,overnor
S, -1-hornas Rhodes: Secretor,'
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
January 12, 1987
The Honorable John Henry Moss, Mayor
City of Kings Mountain
Post Office. Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Subject:
Dear Mayor Moss:
Biomonitoring Inspection
Effluent. Toxicity Test Results
NPDES Number NC0020737
City of Kings Mountain - Pilot C.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Cleveland County, North Caroiina
eek
The Division of Environmental Management has completed a
toxicity test performed on an effluent. sample collected December
3, 1986, from your facility by Division staff. A copy of the
Bioassay Inspection Report is attached for your information.
Results from this toxicity test indicated that there was no
acute mortality in the test population (Daphnia 'ulex) in 90%
effluent during the 48 hour test period- This data indicates
that acutely toxicimpacts to downstream aquatic life are not
expected. It should he noted that the static bioassay is used
for screening purposes to determine, priorities for scheduling
on -site investigations, requiring self -monitoring toxicity
testing and establishing toxicity permit limitations. In the
future you may be tested again to determine any changes in your
current status.
ro,,, too N

FRW:MRP:1
pcnni
Steve Tedd
Gil Wallace,
James R. ?d
desoriPr on and Procedu is attached
You, have anv questions, Please contact
ncerelys

Transaction C
Prorocti*n A
0450
NPDES Compliance inspection Report
Facility wttuuattan Rating
69 7d
On -Site epresen
f— Name, Addres
ords/Reports
ty Site Review
Section As National Data System Coding
yr/mo/day
Remarks
_�. I
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Title
Phone
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easurement
uent/feceiving Waters
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Names and Sigrtats.rr s) of tnspAgency; i'Pfice/Teiephon+
f Reviewer
Action Taken
Inspection Type In
Entry Tern
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OMB No 2040 0003
xpires 7.31-85
Permit Effective Cate
xit Time/Date Pep
/Z7$;,
• Unsatisfactory, N =Not Earaftratadp
Pretreatment
Compliance Schedules
Self -Monitoring Program
77V._7.N -0311
No
Operations & Maintenance
Sludge Disposal
Other; $/
EPA Form .: Fx i -3 (Rev, 3_ Fi P,evious tmdlitlons are obsolete

48 Hour Daphnia kulex Screening Bioassay
Aquatic Toxicology Group
N.C. Division of Environmental Management
The Aquatic Toxicology Group performs 48 hour static bioassays using the
claidoceran Daphnia pulex to estimate the toxicity of waste discharge to aquatic
life in receiving streams, All test and sampling glassware and equipment are
washed with soap and hot water, then rinsed in nitric acid, acetone, and
distilledideionized water, to remove all toxins and contaminents Effluent
samples are collected by DEM Regional Office or Aquatic Toxicology personnel,
All samples ere collected chilled end above chlorination unless otherwise
specified, Each sample is collected es a grab or 24 hour composite using an
automatic sampler and vs sent chilled to the Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory by
Slate Courier or bus_ The sample must be received w th 72 hours after
collection.
The samples are prepared for testing by being thoroughly mixed, adjusted to
standard test temperature, and aerated if dissolved oxygen is below 40%
saturation, Chlorine is removed with sodium thiosutfate if applicable, The
effluent is then diruted with D. pulex culture water. typically to seven
concentrations (with replicates) from 0 It) 90% effluent and initiat pH and DO are
recorded. Each test chamber receives 104 mis total volume and ten D. pulex, test
organisms. 0-24 hours old, The test is conducted in a 20 degree cent
incubator with a 14:10 hour tight:dark cycle. Mortality of the D., pulex i5
recorded after 48 hours, along with final pH, dissolved oxygen, and temperature,
A 48 hour LC6©, or concentration of effluert lethal to 50% of the test
organisms in 48 hours, is calculated from the mortality oala, An instream waste
concentration (1WC) "for the effluent in the receiving stream is calculated using
the treatment system. permitted flow and receiving stream 7010 flow, The LC60 ano
IWC are then used to predict instream toxicity_ If the effluent toxicity and/or
the IWC are high, a persistence bioassay may be conducted, This involves a
second 48 hour static Q. pulex bioassay on the !Lime effluent sample after it has
been exposed to light and aeration for an additional 48 hours. If there is a
100% reduction in the LC", the effluent considered to be non -persistent
Guidance Document: 1985, U,S,E.P.A Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of
Effluents to Freshwater and Marine Organisms, Third edition (EPA/600/4-85/-13)