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Home My WebLink AboutNC0001406_NPDES Permit Mod_20090224Beverly Eaves Perdue Governor RODNEY M TART DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES HARNETT COUNTY PO BOX 1119 LILLINGTON NC 27546 Dear Mr. Tart: AlucA _ F NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Coleen H. Sullins Director February 24, 2009 D NR-FR G Dee Freeman Secretary Subject: NPDES Permit Modification- Name anwor Ownership .Change Permit Number NC0001406 Erwin WWTP #2 Harnett County Division personnel have reviewed and approved your request to transfer ownership of the subject permit, received on February 20, 2009. Thispermit modification documents the change of ownership. Please fmd enclosed the revised permit. All other terms and conditions contained in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. This permit modification is issued under 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. If you have any- questions concerning this permit modification, please contact the Point Source Branch at (919) 807-6304. Sincerely, tr : Coleen H. Sullins cc: Central Files F�ay�ttev><lilellt.ttallitOffia, Surface Water Protection NPDES Unit File NC0001406 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-807-63001 FAX: 919=807-649 1 Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 Internet www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal Opportunity \Affirmative Action Employer NorthCarolina 7atrnaIIi Permit No. NC000 1406 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY 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, County of Harnett is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at Erwin WWTP #2 200 North Burlington Avenue & West "E" Street Erwin Harnett County to receiving waters designated as the Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, and 1V hereof. The permit shall become effective February 24, 2009. This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2011. Signed this day February 24, 2009. Coleen H'Sullins, Director/ Division of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit No. NC0001406. SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT. COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of this permit 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 included herein. County of Harnett is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 2.5 MGD wastewater treatment facility, at a monthly average flow not exceeding 0.08 MGD, located at the Erwin WWTP #2, 200 North Burlington Avenue 86 "E" Street, Erwin, Harnett County, and consisting of the following wastewater treatment components: ■ Mechanical bar screen • Mechanical grit chamber • Influent recording flow measurement • Influent pH adjustment • Parallel aeration basins • Polymer feed system • Dual clarifiers ■ Effluent Flow Meter • Sludge storage tank ■ Sludge mixing/thickening tank ■ Belt filter press 2. Discharge from said treatment works, through outfall 001, into Cape Fear River, a Class WS-V water in the Cape Fear River Basin, at the location specified on the attached map. County of Harnett — Erwin WWTP #2 State Grid/Quad: F24SW/Erwin Latitude: 78° 42' 00" N Longitude: 35° 19' 02" W Receiving Stream: Cape Fear River Drainage Basin: Cape Fear River Stream Class: WS-V Sub -Basin: 03-06-13 North Facility Location not to scale NPDES Permit No. NC0001406 Harnett County Permit No. NC0001406 A (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: Monthly Average Weekly Average- aily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Sample Loeationl Flow 0.08 MGD Continuous Recording I or E BOD5 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite E,I Total Suspended Solids2 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite E,I NH3N 2/Month Composite Total Residual Chlorine 28 µg/1 2/week Grab Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml - Weekly Grab pH3 . Weekly Grab Dissolved Oxygen4 Weekly Grab Temperature (°C) Weekly Grab Total Nitrogen (NO2N + NO3N + TKN) Monthly Composite Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite Dissolved Oxygens 3/Week6 Grab U, D Temperature (6C)7 3/Week6 Grab U,D Notes: 1. Sample locations: E- Effluent, I- Influent, U - at least 100 yards upstream of the outfall, D- Cape Fear River at Highway 217. 2. The monthly average effluent BOD5 and TSS concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective influent value (85% removal). 3. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units. 4. The daily effluent dissolved oxygen concentration shall not be less than 5.0 mg/1. ' 5. Instream sampling (U, D) is waived as long as permittee retains membership in the Middle Cape Fear River Basin Association (MCFRBA), which is conducting a coordinated instream monitoring effort. If the permittee leaves the MCFRBA, instream monitoring shall begin immediately according to the requirements above, with instream samples collected 3/Week (June -Sept.) and 1/Week (Oct. -May). There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Permit No. NC0001406 A. (2.) CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OR USE OF THE FACILITY In the event that the facility changes ownership or a change in use of the facility is anticipated, the permittee shall submit a request for permit modification including the following documentation at least 180 days prior to the start of operations: 1. If manufacturing or other activities are resumed at the site, a description of the manufacturing processes or activities, products, and expected annual production. 2. Flow diagram indicating process and wastewater flow volumes. 3. Proposed treatment and characteristics of the wastewater to be discharged. 4. Description of any planned expansions or upgrades to the treatment facilities. 5. Engineering Alternatives Analysis of wastewater disposal alternatives including a flow justification, the connection to an existing municipal waste treatment facility and non -discharge alternatives. 6. If the facility is sold a name ownership change form and required documentation shallbe submitted to the Division. No additional discharge is authorized until the effective date of the permit modification. A. (3.) NUTRIENT MONITORING Pursuant to N.C. General Statutes Section 143-215.1 and the implementing rules found in Title 15A of the North Carolina Administrative Code, Subchapter 02H, specifically, 15A NCAC 02H.0112(b)(1) and 02H.0114(a), and Part II, Sections B.12. and B.13. of this Permit, the Director of DWQ may reopen this permit to require supplemental nutrient monitoring of the discharge. The additional monitoring will be to support water quality modeling efforts within the Cape Fear River Basin, and shall be consistent with a monitoring plan developed jointly by the Division and affected stakeholders.