WQ0002127_Attachment A Certification_20210518

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 18, 2021
ELI SELF - WWTP SUPERINTENDENT
CITY OF MORGANTON
POST OFFICE Box 3448
MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28680-3448
Dear Mr. Self
Subject: Permit No. WQ0002127
City of Morganton DCAR
Attachment A Certification
Burke County
In accordance with your permit minor modification request received March 18, 2021, , we are
forwarding herewith a modified Attachment A certified May 18, 2021, to the City of Morganton for the
subject residuals management program.
Modifications to the subject Attachment are as follows: The Maximum Dry Tons per Year,
Monitoring Frequency for Non -hazardous Determination and Monitoring Frequency for Metals and
Nutrients for the Catawba River Pollution Control Facility have been removed. However, the Catawba
River Pollution Control Facility remains as a source for the composting facility.
The modified Attachment A shall be effective from the date of certification until February 28, 2023,
(i.e., expiration date of the current permit), shall void Attachment A of Permit No. WQ0002127 issued
August 23, 2017, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein, as well as those
specified in the above -referenced permit. Please replace Attachment A of Permit No. WQ0002127 that
was issued August 23, 2017 with the modified Attachment A. Please note that the Permittee shall submit
a renewal application no later than September 1, 2022.
If any parts, requirements or limitations contained in this certification are unacceptable, the
Permittee has the right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within 30 days following
receipt of this permit. This request shall 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 at 6714 Mail
Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6714. Otherwise, this certification shall be final and binding.
D E Q�� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
NORTH CAROLINA
newhneM or 919.707.9000

Mr. Eli Self
May 18, 2021
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If you need any additional information concerning this matter, please contact Poonam Giri at (919)
707-3656 or poonam.girikncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
7L,,�
S. Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
cc: Burke County Health Department (Electronic Copy)
Asheville Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section (Electronic Copy)
Laserfiche File (Electronic Copy)
Digital Permit Archive (Electronic Copy)

ATTACHMENT A — APPROVED RESIDUAL SOURCES
City of Morganton
Residuals Source -Generating Facility
Certification Date: May 18, 2021
Permit Number: WQ0002127 Version: 4.1
Owner
Facility
County
Permit
Biological
MaximumMonitoring
Dry Tons
Frequency for Non-
Monitoring Frequency for Metals
Number
Residuals
er Year 1
hazardous Determination 2
and Nutrients'
City of Morganton
Catawba River Pollution
Burke
NCO026573
Yes
N/A
None
None
Control Facility
Total
N/A
Class A Residuals Product Generated for Distribution
Monitoring
Monitoring
MonitoringApproved
Biological
Maximum
Frequency for
Frequency for
Frequency for
Mineralization
Owner
Facility Name
County
Permit Number
Residuals
Dry Tons
Non -hazardous
Metals and
Pathogen &
Rate
Per Year'
Determination 2
Nutrients s
Vector Attraction
Reductions 4,6
City of Morganton
Residuals Composting
Burke
WQ0002127
Yes
3,250
Once per permit
See Table Below
See Table Below
0.1
Facilitycycle
Total
3,250
1. Maximum Dry Tons per Year is the amount of residuals approved for land application from each permitted facility.
2. Analyses to demonstrate that residuals are non -hazardous (i.e., TCLP, ignitability, reactivity, and corrosivity) as stipulated under permit Condition IV.2.
3. Testing of metals and nutrients as stipulated under permit Condition IV.3.
4. Analyses of pathogen and vector attraction reductions as stipulated under permit Condition IV.4.
5. Monitoring frequencies are based on the actual dry tons applied per year using the table below, unless specified above.
6. Class A compost residuals are exempt from meeting the vector attraction reduction requirements in Condition IVA, provided they are not mixed with residuals that have been generated during the
treatment of domestic wastewater, the treatment of animal processing wastewater, or the biological treatment of industrial wastewater. The Class A compost residuals must be treated and processed
in a manner as not to meet the definition of "Biological Residuals" as defined in 15A NCAC 02T .1102(6).
Dry Tons Applied
Monitoring Frequency
Dry Tons Applied (metric tons)
(short tons per year)
(40 CFR 503 and 15A NCAC 02T
.1111 c
< 290
< 319
Once per year(Annually)
> 290 to < 1,500
> 319 to < 1,650
Once per quarter 4 x Year
>_ 1,500 to < 15,000
> 1,650 to < 16,500
Once per 60 days 6 x Year
> 15,000
> 16,500
Once per month 12 x Year
If no land application events occur during a required sampling period (e.g., no land application occur during an entire year when annual monitoring is required), then no sampling data is
required during the period of inactivity. The annual report shall include an explanation for missing sampling data. Those required to submit the annual report to United States Environmental
Protection Agency (US EPA) may be required to make up the missed sampling. Contact the US EPA for additional information.
WQ0002127 Version 4.1 Attachment A Page 1 of 1