NC0026000_Final Permit_20151007

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Pat McCrory
Governor
Mr. Al Leonard Jr., Town Manager
Town of Tabor City
P.O. Box 655
Tabor City, North Carolina 28463
Dear Mr. Leonard:
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
October 7, 2015
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit Renewal
Permit No. NCO026000
Town of Tabor City WWTP
Columbus County
Facility Class III
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit.
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This permit is issued
pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and Memorandum of
Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October
15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
No changes were made to the draft permit sent to you on July 15, 2015. The final permit
authorizes the Town of Tabor City to discharge wastewater from Tabor City WWTP to an unnamed
tributary of Grissett Swamp, a class C Swamp water in the Lumber River Basin. The permit
includes discharge limitations/ or monitoring for flow, BOD5, ammonia nitrogen, total suspended
solids (TSS), dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, total residual chlorine, fecal coliform, total
nitrogen, total phosphorus, mercury, copper, and zinc.
As identified previously, the renewal permit contains the following significant changes from
your current permit:
• The requirement to begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC
DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application has been added to
your NPDES permit. [See Special Condition A.(5.)]
For information on eDMR, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please
visit the following web page: hLtp://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/edmr.
For information on EPA's proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, please visit the
following web site: hqp://www2.epa. ovg /compliance/proposed-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule.
The Division recognizes that the Town is currently submitting eDMRs. This requirement is
being inserted into all NPDES permits and should be considered a formality.
• Effluent sampling data for total copper and zinc showed reasonable potential to violate NC
Water Quality Standards (WQSs). Copper and zinc are action level parameters and limits are
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applied in conjunction with toxicity test results. Since this facility is passing its toxicity tests,
limitations for copper and zinc were not put in the permit. However, monitoring was maintained
in the permit at a reduced monitoring frequency of quarterly to coincide with toxicity testing
requirements.
• In accordance with the 2012 Mercury TMDL NPDES Guidance, mercury data from January
2010 through May 2015 was evaluated. In 2014, the annual average mercury concentration was
above both the Water Quality Based Effluent Limitation (WQBEL) of 12 ng/L and the
Technology Based Effluent Limitation (TBEL) of 47 ng/L. Between 2010 and May 2015 the
WQBEL of 12 ng/L was exceeded 13 times and the TBEL was exceeded 2 times. The mercury
limit of 12 ng/L will be maintained in the permit renewal at a sampling frequency of monthly.
This facility has shown significantly high concentrations of mercury in its effluent with 97% of
the 281 samples taken between 2010 and May 2015 greater than 1 ng/L. As a result, a Mercury
Minimization Plan (MMP) requirement has been added to this permit renewal. See section
A.(4.). Please note that the MMP shall be developed within 180 days of the NPDES Permit
Effective Date, and shall be available for inspection on -site. A sample MMP was developed
through a stakeholder review process and has been placed on the Division website for guidance
(http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ps/npdes, under Model Mercury Minimization Plan.
The Division suspects the operation and maintenance problems at the WWTP result in poor
solids removal and solids buildup in the chlorine contact tank. It is likely that the mercury
violations are due to poor plant operations and maintenance. Therefore, as required by EPA in
the Administrative Orders (AO) issued to the Town of Tabor City in 2009, total mercury (as Hg,
measured in ng/L) testing shall be performed for the following wastewater categories: influent,
effluent, and Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS) in an aeration chamber. This requirement
is listed in Section A. (L) of the draft permit and in the MMP special condition A.(4.). The
Town of Tabor City should take mitigative measures to prevent the discharge of mercury and
track the mercury concentrations contained in the plant.
• The Mercury Reopener Special Condition in the existing permit was removed.
• In accordance with an agreement with EPA Region IV, wasteload allocations for ammonia -
nitrogen are based on a summer criterion of 1 mg/L and a winter criterion of 1.8 mg/L. Since
the WWTP is provided no dilution from the receiving stream, the monthly average effluent
limits determined for the Tabor City WWTP are 1 mg/L in the summer and 1.8 mg/L in the
winter. Using a 3:1 ratio the weekly average limits for NH3-N will be 3 mg/L in the summer
and 5.4 mg/L in the winter. These revised ammonia -nitrogen limitations were inserted into the
permit renewal. See section A. (1). A review of effluent data during the period of 2010 through
2014 shows the WWTP is able to meet these limitations.
• According to the Tabor City WWTP updated components list, the deep -sand tertiary filtration
system has been inactive since 2013. The existing special condition A. (5.) has been removed
from the permit.
• Existing special conditions A. (4.) and A. (6.) have been removed from the permit.
• A Special Condition requiring a Facility Assessment and Corrective Action Plan has been added
to the permit. No later than 7 months after the effective date of this permit, the Permittee shall
submit to the Division of Water Resources a Facility Assessment and Corrective Action Plan as
described in special condition A. (6).

• Some of the wording has changed in Special Condition A. (2), Chronic Toxicity Permit Limit,
please review each paragraph carefully.
• Special Condition A.(3.) has been modified to include the specific three years in which the
Effluent Pollutant Scans shall be performed (2016, 2017, and 2018). In addition, at the end of
the Special Condition, 2nd species Toxicity Testing Requirements for municipal permit
renewals per Federal Regulations [40 CFR 122.210)(5)] have been added.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty
(30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition,
conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office of
Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714). Unless
such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may
require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the
legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Water
Resources or any other Federal, State, or Local governmental permits that may be required.
If you have questions concerning this permit, please contact Yang Song by e-mail
([e-mail]) or phone at [phone].
Sincerely,
Original Signed by Julie Grizyb
S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G.
Director, Division of Water Resources
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0026000
cc: NPDES Unit
Central Files
Wilmington Regional Office / Water Quality Program
e-copy:
EPA Region IV
Susan Meadows, Aquatic Toxicity Branch
Stephanie Moore, ORC, Tabor City WWTP
Bill Lester, Consulting Engineer, LKC Engineering, PLLC
Bobby Blowe, Project Manager, Municipal Engineering Service Company P.A.

Permit NCO026000
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NEDES)
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,
Town of Tabor City
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from an outfall located at the
Tabor City Wastewater Treatment Plant
244 US Hwy 701 Bypass N, east of Tabor City
Columbus County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary of Grissett Swamp located within the Lumber
River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions
set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective ........................................... December 1, 2015.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on.... August 31, 2019.
Signed this day.....................................................................October 7, 2015.
Ori i�gned by Julie Grzyb
S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G.
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO026000
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked,
and as of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore,
the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions,
requirements, terms, and provisions described herein.
Town of Tabor City
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a 1.1 MGD activated -sludge wastewater treatment facility consisting of:
• a triplex influent pumping station
• Parshall flume
• mechanical bar screen and manual bar screen
• grit remover
• side -stream emergency surge basin (1.7 MGD)
• one extended -aeration activated sludge basin with mechanical surface aerators (low basin)
• one contact stabilization activated sludge basin with mechanical surface aerators (upper basin)
• two (2) secondary clarifiers (may be operated in parallel or in series)
• influent and effluent samplers
• gaseous chlorine / sulfur -dioxide feed system
• chlorine contact basin
• aerated sludge -holding basin
• influent and effluent ultrasonic flow meter, and
• a back-up power generator
located at the Town of Tabor City Wastewater Treatment Plant, 244 US Hwy 701 Bypass N, east of
Tabor City, Columbus County, and
2. Discharge from said treatment facility through Outfall 001 at a specified location (see attached map)
into an unnamed tributary of Grissett Swamp, a waterbody classified as C Swamp within the
Lumber River Basin.
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Permit NCO026000
PART I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to
discharge through Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
PARAMETER
EFFLUENT
LIMITS
MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location2
Flow
1.1 MGD
Continuous
Recording
I or E
BOD, 5 day, 20°C (Apr 1 - Oct 31) 3
5.0 mg/L
7.5 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
1, E
BOD, 5 day, 20°C (Nov. 1 - Mar 31) 3
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
1, E
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 3
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
I, E
NH3 as N (April 1 - October 31)
1.0 mg/L
3.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
NH3 as N (Nov. 1 - March 31)
1.8 mg/L
5.4 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 4
200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
1/Day 4
Grab
E
Temperature (°C)
1/Day
Grab
E
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) 5
1
1 17 µg/L
3/Week
Grab
E
Dissolved Oxygen
Daily average > 5.0 mg/L
3/Week
Grab
E
H
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
3/Week
Grab
E
Total Mercury 6
Annual average limit of 12 ng/L 6
1/Month
Grab
E
Total Mercury 7 (n /L)
1/Month
Grab
I, MLSS 7
Total Phosphorus (mg/L)
1/1\4onth
Composite
E
Total Nitrogen (NO2-N + NO3-N +
TKN) (mg/L)
1/Month
Composite
E
Total Copper 8 ( /L)
1/Quarter
Composite
E
Total Zinc 8 (µg/L)
1/Quarter
Composite
E
Chronic Toxicity 9
1/Quarter
Composite
E
Effluent Pollutant Scan 10
Monitor and Report
Footnote 10
Footnote 10
E
Temperature (°C)
Variable 2
Grab
U, D
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)
Variable 2
Grab
U, D
Footnotes:
1. No later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, begin submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using
NC DWR's eDMR application system. See Special Condition A.(5.).
2. I: Influent. E: Effluent. U: approximately 100 feet Upstream of the outfall at U.S. Hwy 701 Bypass. D: approximately 75
yards downstream from the outfall. MLSS: Mixed Liquid Suspended Solids in an aeration basin. The Permittee shall conduct
receiving -stream monitoring 3/week during the months of June, July, August, and September and 1/Week during the rest of
the year.
3. The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Solids concentrations shall not exceed 15 % of the respective
influent values (i.e., 85% removal is required).
4. Fecal Coliform - the Permittee shall collect four (4) daily samples (Monday -Thursday). Should flow exceed 1.1 MGD on
Friday, the Permittee shall also sample on Friday - all fecal coliform to be sampled between 09:00 and 14:00 hrs.
5. Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) - compliance is required for chlorine or chlorine derivative used for disinfection. The
Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 ug/1 to be in compliance with the permit. However, the
permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina certified laboratory (including field
certified), even if these values fall below 50ug/l.
6. Mercury - Permittee shall report mercury using EPA Test Method 1631E (see A. (4)).
7. Mercury - Permittee shall report mercury using approved EPA test methods (see A. (4)). Influent and MLSS sampling for
mercury shall coincide with effluent sampling for mercury.
8. Metals monitoring shall coincide with Chronic Toxicity testing.
9. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia at 90 %); 1/Quarter (March, June, September, and December) [see A. (2.)].
10. See Condition A. (3.) of this permit.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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Permit NCO026000
SUPPLEMENT TO EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS PAGE
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QUARTERLY)
[15A NCAC 02B .0200 et seq.]
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality to
Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 90%.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the "North
Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised December 2010, or subsequent versions or
"North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised- December 2010) or subsequent
versions. The tests will be performed during the months of March, June, September and December. These months
signify the first month of each three-month toxicity testing quarter assigned to the facility. Effluent sampling for this
testing must be obtained during representative effluent discharge and shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final
effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter results in a failure or ChV below the permit
limit, then multiple -concentration testing shall be performed at a minimum, in each of the two following months
as described in "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -December
2010) or subsequent versions.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring
Form (MR-1) for the months in which tests were performed, using the parameter code TGP3B for the pass/fail results
and THP313 for the Chronic Value. Additionally, DWR Form AT-3 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1623 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1623
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Water Sciences Section no later than 30 days after the end
of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete, accurate, include all supporting chemical/physical measurements and all
concentration/response data, and be certified by laboratory supervisor and ORC or approved designate signature. Total
residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection
of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the
permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the facility
name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No Flow" in the
comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Water Sciences Section at the address cited above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, monitoring will be required
during the following month. Assessment of toxicity compliance is based on the toxicity testing quarter, which is the three
month time interval that begins on the first day of the month in which toxicity testing is required by this permit and
continues until the final day of the third month.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water
Resources indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to include
alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism
survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid
test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the
month of the initial monitoring.
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Permit NCO026000
A. (3.) EFFLUENT POLLUTANT SCAN
[G. S. 143-215.1(b)]
The Permittee shall perform a total of three (3) Effluent Pollutant Scans for all parameters listed below. One scan must be
performed in each of the following years: 2016, 2017 and 2018. The analytical methods shall be in accordance with 40
CFR Part 136 and shall be sufficiently sensitive to determine whether parameters are present in concentrations greater
than applicable standards and criteria. Samples should be collected with one quarterly toxicity test each year, and must
represent seasonal variation [i.e., do not sample in the same quarter every year]. Unless otherwise indicated, metals shall
be analyzed as "total recoverable."
Ammonia (as N)
Chlorine (total residual, TRC)
Dissolved oxygen
Nitrate/Nitrite
Kjeldahl nitrogen
Oil and grease
Phosphorus
Total dissolved solids
Hardness
Antimony
Arsenic
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Mercury (EPA Method 1631E)
Nickel
Selenium
Silver
Thallium
Zinc
Cyanide
Total phenolic compounds
Volatile organic compounds:
Acrolein
Acrylonitrile
Benzene
Bromoform
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
Chlorodibromomethane
Chloroethane
2-chloroethylvinyl ether
Chloroform
Dichlorobromomethane
1, 1 -dichloroethane
1,2- dichloroethane
Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
1, 1 -dichloroethylene
1,2-dichloropropane
1,3-dichloropropylene
Ethylbenzene
Methyl bromide
Methyl chloride
Methylene chloride
1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1, 1, 1 -trichloroethane
1,1,2-tichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chloride
Acid -extractable compounds:
P-chloro-m-cresol
2-chlorophenol
2,4-dichlorophenol
2,4-dimethylphenol
4,6-dinitro-o-cresol
2,4-dinitrophenol
2-nitrophenol
4-nitrophenol
Pentachlorophenol
Phenol
2,4,6-trichlorophenol
Base -neutral compounds:
Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Anthracene
Benzidine
Benzo(a)anthracene
Benzo(a)pyrene
3,4 benzofluoranthene
Benzo(ghi)perylene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane
Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether
Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
4-bromophenyl phenyl ether
Butyl benzyl phthalate
2-chloronaphthalene
4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether
Chrysene
Di-n-butyl phthalate
Di-n-octyl phthalate
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
1,2-dichlorobenzene
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1,4-dichlorobenzene
3,3-dichlorobenzidine
Diethyl phthalate
Dimethyl phthalate
2,4-dinitrotoluene
2,6-dinitrotoluene
1,2-diphenylhydrazine
Fluoranthene
Fluorene
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene
Hexachloroethane
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
Isophorone
Naphthalene
Nitrobenzene
N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine
N-nitrosodimethylamine
N-nitrosodiphenylamine
Phenanthrene
Pyrene
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
Reporting. Test results shall be reported on DWQ Form -A MR-PPA1 (or in a form approved by the Director) by
December 31 st of each designated sampling year. The report shall be submitted to the following address: NC
DEQ/DWR/Central Files, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617.
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Permit NCO026000
Additional Toxicity Testing Requirements for Municipal Permit Renewal. Please note that Municipal facilities that
are subject to the Effluent Pollutant Scan requirements listed above are also subject to additional toxicity testing
requirements specified in Federal Regulation 40 CFR 122.210)(5). The US EPA requires four (4) toxicity tests for a test
organism other than the test species currently required in this permit. The multiple species tests should be conducted
either quarterly for a 12-month period prior to submittal of the permit renewal application, or four tests performed at least
annually in the four and one half year period prior to the application. These tests shall be performed for acute or chronic
toxicity, whichever is specified in this permit. The multiple species toxicity test results shall be filed with the Aquatic
Toxicology Branch at the following address:
North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1623 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1623
Contact the Division's Aquatic Toxicology Branch at 919-743-8401 for guidance on conducting the additional toxicity
tests and reporting requirements. Results should also be summarized in Part E (Toxicity Testing Data) of EPA Municipal
Application Form 2A, when submitting the permit renewal application to the NPDES Permitting Unit.
A. (4.) MERCURY MINIMIZATION PLAN (MMP)
[G. S. 143-215.1(b)]
The Permittee shall develop and implement a mercury minimization plan during this permit term. The MMP shall be
developed within 180 days of the NPDES Permit Effective Date, and shall be available for inspection on -site. A sample
MMP was developed through a stakeholder review process and has been placed on the Division website for guidance
(http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp//ps/ppdes, under Model Mercury Minimization Plan). The MMP should place
emphasis on identification of mercury contributors and goals for reduction. Results of MMP implementation shall be
summarized and submitted with the next permit renewal. Performance of the Mercury Minimization Plan will meet the
requirements of the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) for mercury approved by USEPA on October 12, 2012, unless
and until a Waste Load Allocation specific to this facility is developed and this NPDES permit is amended to require
further actions to address the Waste Load Allocation.
In addition to mercury effluent monitoring, total mercury (as Hg, measured in ng/L) testing shall be performed at the
Wastewater Treatment Plant influent and on the Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids (MLSS) in an aeration chamber.
Testing shall be performed monthly and all samples (influent, effluent, and MLSS) taken at the same locations for
consistency. Sampling and lab testing procedures shall be consistent with permit requirements and EPA accepted test
methods for testing mercury in wastewater. Testing shall commence within the month that this permit becomes
effective. After three years from the effective date of this permit, if the Permittee has demonstrated consistent
compliance with the mercury limitation, the Permittee may request the Division to review and adjust mercury sampling
requirements. A summary of all mercury sampling results (influent, effluent, MLSS), along with a discussion on the
concentrations documented throughout the plant and the steps taken to reduce mercury in the effluent, shall be included
with the MMP implementation results and submitted with the next permit renewal.
A. (5.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[G. S. 143-215.1(b)]
Proposed federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and specify that, if
a state does not establish a system to receive such submittals, then permittees must submit DMRs electronically to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Division anticipates that these regulations will be adopted and is
beginning implementation in late 2013.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this permit (Standard
Conditions for NPDES Permits):
Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
Section D. (2.) Reporting
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Permit NC0026000
Section D. (6.) Records Retention
Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
Beginning no later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee shall begin reporting discharge
monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet
application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted
electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs
electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -
Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring
data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing,
and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address:
NC DEQ / DWR / Information Processing Unit
ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility being physically
located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the
NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper
DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted
to the mailing address above.
Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements must be submitted in writing to the
Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required under this permit to
begin using eDMR. Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and shall thereupon expire. At such time,
DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new
temporary waiver by the Division.
Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements is
found on the following web page:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bop,/ipu/edmr
Regardless of the submission method, 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.
2. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section B. (I 1.)(a)
or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a
position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user account and login
credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR
and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page:
htlp://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/adminibov,/ipu/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the following
certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED:
7 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
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for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 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. "
3. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions. These records or
copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. This period may be extended by
request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41].
A. (6.) FACILITY ASSESSMENT AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN
[G. S. 143-215.1(b)]
(a.) By July 1, 2016 (7 months after the effective date of this permit), the Permittee shall submit to the Division
of Water Resources a Facility Assessment and Corrective Action Plan as described below. The Permittee
shall:
• evaluate the physical and operational condition and performance of the entire treatment facility. The
assessment shall identify deficiencies and operational difficulties in the treatment facility which affect
performance or permit compliance, and identify potential improvements to correct those shortcomings.
Included in the Facility Assessment, the Permittee shall:
o evaluate the adequacy of the entire headworks at average and peak flows.
o evaluate the cause of the hydraulic issue at the upper secondary clarifier (0).
• develop a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) which includes a strategy for the repair, modification, and/or
replacement of deficiencies in the treatment facility in order that equipment functions as designed and in
order to consistently comply with the effluent limitations of this permit. The CAP shall
o identify corrective actions needed in the headworks structures and establish an effective and reliable
diversion plan to the side -stream surge basin.
o identify actions needed to rehabilitate the upper secondary clarifier (41) and its connective piping to
function as designed
o identify operational changes or strategies needed to improve facility performance; and
o provide specific dates for completion or implementation of each action.
submit two (2) copies of Facility Assessment and Corrective Action Plan to each of the following
addresses:
DWR Wilmington Regional office:
Water Quality Program Supervisor
DWR / Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, NC 28405
DWR Central office:
North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Permitting Section/ Compliance and Expedited Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
(b.) The Town shall address any comments received from DWR on the Facility Assessment or the CAP within
60 days of receipt. Upon approval of the Facility Assessment and/or the CAP (or any portion of the plans) by
the Division, the report and actions shall become an enforceable part of this Permit.
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