NC0005088_Correspondence_20210618

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. Paul Draovitch, Senior Vice President
Environmental, Health and Safety
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Mail Code EC13K
P.O. Box 1006
Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006
Dear Mr. Draovitch:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 23, 2021
Subject: Draft NPDES Major Modification
Permit NC0005088
Rogers Energy Complex
Cleveland County
Facility Class I
The Division has received your request for a Major Modification of the subject permit.
Enclosed with this letter is the modified permit. Please review this permit modification carefully to
ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains.
The draft permit modification contains the following significant changes from your current
permit:
• The Technology Based Effluent Limits for Total Arsenic, Total Mercury, Total Selenium, and
Nitrate/nitrite as N have been updated to reflect the latest EPA changes to the Effluent
Guidelines per 40 CFR 423 (Internal Outfall 004).
• The compliance schedule for FGD wastewater has been extended from 12/31/2021 to
6/30/2022 to properly initiate biological treatment system and adjust physical/chemical
equipment for consistent performance.
• Instream monitoring for Temperature at Outfall 005 has been reduced from Weekly to
Quarterly since the facility retired the coal-fired units that operated once -through cooling
system.
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NORTH CAROLINA
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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
919.707.9000

Please provide any comments you have regarding the draft permit modification to this
office by March 24, 2021. At this time, the Division is also publishing a notice in the newspapers of
general circulation in Cleveland County, inviting public comment on the Draft Modification. Following
the 30-day comment period, we will review all pertinent comments received and take appropriate action
on the permit modification.
If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the
following e-mail address: sergei.chernikov@a,ncdenr.gov, or telephone number: 919-707-3606.
Sincerely,
Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer III
Industrial NPDES Permitting Unit
cc: Central Files
NPDES Files
EPA Region IV (e-copy)
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality (e-copy)
Asheville Regional Office/PWS (e-copy)
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)