NC0004979_Final Permit_20210728 (3)

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretory
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
Environ►nental Quality
February 7, 2020
Subject: Permit Major
Modification
Permit NC0004979
Allen Steam Station
Gaston County
Facility Class I
We have received your request for a Major Modification to extend compliance schedule for
FGD wastewater from 02/28/2020 to 11/01/2020 due to the latest EPA changes to 40 CFR 423.
The request has been granted.
Enclosed with this letter is 1 page that includes necessary changes. Please replace the existing
permit page with the modified page.
The permit modification contains the following significant changes from your
current permit:
• Extension of compliance schedule for FGD wastewater from 02/28/2020 to 11/01/2020
due to the latest EPA changes to 40 CFR 423.
No other changes have been made. This permit 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.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. Part II, E.4. addresses the requirements
to be followed in case of change in ownership or control of this discharge.
DEQ
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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

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Sergei Chernikov,
telephone number [phone] or email: [e-mail].
Sincerely,
aniel Smi , irector
ivision of Water Resources
cc: Central Files
NPDES Files
Mooresville Regional Office/Water Quality
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
EPA Region IV (e-copy)

Permit NC0004979
A. (8.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (Internal Outfall 005)
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until permit expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge from internal outfall 005- treated FGD wet scrubber wastewater to ash settling basin.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored2 by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Locations
Flow, MGD
Monitor & Report
Monthly
Pump logs or
similar
readings
Effluent
Total Arsenic
8.0 µg/La
11.0 µg/La
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Total Mercury3, ng/L
356.0 ng/La
788.0 ng/L4
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Total Selenium
12.0 µg/La
23.0 µg/La
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Nitrate/nitrite as N
4.4 mg/La
17.0 mg/L4
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
pH
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. "Effluent" shall be defined as the discharge from the FGD wastewater ,treatment system prior to commingling
with other waste streams.
2. The permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR
application system. Please See Special Condition A. (26.).
3. The facility shall use method 1631E.
4. In accord with the Steam Electric Effluent Limitations Guidelines for FGD wastewater (40 C.F.R.
423), these limits shall become effective on November 1, 2020. This permit may be reopened and
modified if changes are made to 40 C.F.R. 423.
This permit shall be reopened and modified to reflect any changes in the 40 CFR 423.
All flows shall be reported on monthly DMRs. If no flow occurs during a given month, the words "no
flow" shall be clearly written on the front of the DMR. All samples shall be of a representative discharge.
The facility shall continue to operate the FGD treatment system until all coal-fired units are retired.
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