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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
[)ivision of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North c a :rltn a 17,0 I
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William W. C_obey Jr.., Secretary �..�..� Director
Mr. Wm. Jerry Twiggs
Pot), Box 39R
ilickory, NC 28603
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In ac.rordnnce with your application for discharge permit receives? on November
10 In55, we are forwarding herewith the subject St.rltr' NTDF;`? permit. `.Ili s permit is
issuod pursuant t.o the requirements of North Carol inaa General Statute J.43-21.5, 1 and
the Memorandum of Agreement between. North Carol Ln r arid the t:;`i Eaiv'I.ronment:lI Protection
Agency dated December 6, 1951.
If any 1rar is , measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained i_fl.
this permit are unacceptable to porl, you may request a waiver or modification pursuant
to Regulat:ion 15 NCAC 2I) . 05013(b) by written request to i-,he Director .identifying the
slrrce f.i_c issues tct be conterrc]eci. I.'rrle.ss such request 'n glade within 30 clays m Mowing
receipt of this per:mi.te, this permit shall be final and binding. Should your request
i�e +rlr«.rried, you will. have the .right: to request ,lea. ar luct I .. ttory hearing,
Please Like notice=. that this permit is not traiirfor•ulalr'. Port I..[, I.). 3,
addresses the rrv4,r-Irl i r emr'nts to be f'o.l.lowed in r:aso or ehauge ill ownership or control of
this discharge .
This pernmit does note affect the legal rrrc'prmir'orrr' mrr L.ra ottrrI'n otter permits
which nay he required by tehF I)i.vi.siou of Invirorrmontal `Isar ngement. or per-mitts required
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�v hand Resources, f;o:as�LaJ Area Pt,�ara:ayc'm�:rrt Act or any other Federal or
non I goverrrrnerat.a 1 permit t that may he tucliai i 'il.
If you Iravo carry. questions r rrncer:'Ui.rsr t.rri; 1ar�r'rnitm l"=I' a' � r;r,,n(act Mr. Ora1,'.
(;Cercnsh at t..e.iepllnne number ` ig/V:11-5033,
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PC) Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 2:'6I 17687 telephone [phone]:)15
An Equal Oppornrniry Altrrmatavc Action Fmpk yr

Permit No. Nc0020401.
STATE OF NORTH CAROL_ I NA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
in compliance with the provisions of North Carolina i na General Statute 1.43- 2 1_ , 1 ,
other lawinl standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Ccarol :ina.
Environmental Management Commission, and the Federal. Water Potlut:i_on Control Act
, as
amended,
City or ]Iir„krry
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located ,at::
ll_ic:kory Northeast Wastcwato:r- Treatment Plant
on NCSR 1 600 C C; 1 on i Tiger Mill Road, N.
north of Hi.ckoryT
Catawba Cournt:y
to receiving waters designated as Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations , monitoring menito.rin requirements, and other
conditions set forth in Part T IT , and fi l hereof.
This permit shall become effective August 1 , 1989
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
june3o, 1r94
Signed this day july 14 , 1989
04441NAL SPGNED BY
DEEMS R. RAMSEY
FOR
h . Pau1. Wilms , fret to
Division of Ent lronmenus l'3tarr°rgrrmeait.
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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A. (1) . EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final NPDES No. NC0020401
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permfttee.
is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001. Such discharges shall be limited :and
' monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Lbs/day Other Units (Specify) Measurement Sample *Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg_ Frequency Type Location
Flow 6. 0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20 Degrees C '* 30. 0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
Total Suspended Residue** 30. 0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, 1
NH3 as N Daily Composite E
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) Daily Grab E, U, D
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) *** 200. 0/100 ml 400.0/100 ml Daily Grab E, U, D
Total Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Temperature - Daily Grab E, U, D
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
Chronic Toxicity **** Quarterly Composite E
Priority Pollutants **** Annually E
Conductivity * Grab U, D
TKN * (1) Grab U, D
NO2 + NO3 * (1) Grab U, D
Phenols Monthly Grab E
Nickel ****** 186. 0 ug/1 Weekly Composite E -
Cyanide ****** 37. 0 ug/1 Weekly Grab E
Copper Monthly Composite E
Zinc Monthly Composite E
Mercury Monthly Composite E
Cadmium Monthly Composite E
Chromium Monthly Composite E
Lead Monthly Composite E
Silver Monthly Composite E
Total Phosphorus * (1) Grab U, D
NH3 as N
Chlorophyll A * (1) Grab U, D

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* Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, U - Upstream , D - Downstream .
Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples shall be collected three times per .'
week during June, July, August, and September, and once per week during the remaining months of the year.
* (1) Instream monitoring for these parameters is done weekly in June, July, August, and September only.
The monthly average effluent BODS and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent values (85% removal) .
*,,;* These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 to September 30. During all other months, the
limitations shall be: Monthly average = 1000.0/100 ml and weekly average = 2000.0/100 ml.
*` See Part III, Condition J; Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) p/f at 13%, January, April, July and October.
*.;;;;** See Part III, Condition K.
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****** Daily maximum limitation
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9. 0 standard units and shall be
monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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Part I
B. Schedule of Compliance
1. The permittee shall comply with Final Effluent Limitations specified for
discharges in accordance with the following schedule:
Permittee shall comply with Final Effluent Limitations by the effective
date of the permit.
2. Permittee shall at all times provide the operation and maintenance
necessary to operate the existing facilities at optimum efficiency.
3. No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above
schedule of compliance, the permittee shall submit either a report of
progress or, in the case of specific actions being required by identified
dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance. In the latter
case, the notice shall include the cause of noncompliance, any remedial
actions taken, and the probability of meeting the next schedule
requirements.

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PART II
STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR NPDES PERMITS
SECTION A. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. Duty to Comply
The permittee must comply with all conditions of this permit. Any permit
noncompliance constitutes a violation of the Clean Water Act and is grounds
for enforcement action; for permit termination, revocation and reissuance,
or modification; or for denial of a permit renewal application.
2. Penalties for Violations of Permit Conditions
Any person who violates a permit condition is subject to a civil penalty not
to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation. Any person who willfully or
negligently violates a permit condition is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed $15,000 per day of violation, or by imprisonment
not to exceed six months or both.
3. Duty to Mitigate
The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse impact
to navigable waters resulting from noncompliance with any effluent limitations
specified in this permit, including accelerated or additional monitoring as
necessary to determine the nature and impact of the noncomplying discharge.
4. Permit Modification
After notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to NCGS 143-215. 1(b)
(3) and NCGS 143-215. 1(e) respectively, this permit may be modified, suspended,
or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause including, but not
limited to, the following:
a. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
b. Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully
all relevant facts;
c. A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent
reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge; or
d. Information newly acquired by the Division indicating the discharge poses
a threat to human health or welfare.
If the permittee believes that any past or planned activity would be cause for
modification or revocation and reissuance, the permittee must report such
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may be required of the permittee. The filing of a request by the permittee for
a permit modification, revocation and reissuance, or termination, or a
notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliances, does not stay
any permit condition.
5. Toxic Pollutants
Notwithstanding Part II, A-4 above, if a toxic effluent standard or prohibition
(including any schedule of compliance specified in such effluent standard or
prohibition) is established under Section 307(a) of the Act for a toxic
pollutant which is present in the discharge, if such standard or prohibition
is more stringent than any limitation for such pollutant in this permit, this
permit shall be revised or modified in accordance with the toxic effluent
standard prohibition and the permittee so notified.
The permittee shall comply with effluent standards or prohibitions established
under Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act for toxic pollutants within the
time provided in the regulations that establish those standards or prohibitions,
even if the permit has not yet been modified to incorporate the requirement.
6. Civil and Criminal Liability
Except as provided in permit conditions on "Bypassing" (Part II, B-3) and
"Power Failures" (Part II, B-6), nothing in this permit shall be construed
to relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties
for noncompliance pursuant to NCGS 143-215.3, 143-215. 6 or Section 309 of the
Federal Act, 33 USC 1319, Furthermore, the permittee is responsible for
consequential damages, such as fish kills, even though the responsibility
for effective compliance may be temporarily suspended.
7. Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of any
legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities,
or penalties to which the permittee is or may be subject to under NCGS
143-215. 75 et seq. or Section 311 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1321. Furthermore,
the permittee is responsible for consequential damages, such as fish kills,
even though the responsibility for effective compliance may be temporarily
suspended.
8. Property Rights
The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in either real
or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it authorize any
injury to private property or any invasion of personal rights, nor any
infringement of Federal, State or local laws or regulations.

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9. Onshore of Offshore Construction
This permit does not authorize or approve the construction of any onshore or
offshore physical structures or facilities or the undertaking of any work
in any navigable waters.
10. Severability
The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this
permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circumstances,
is held invalid, the application of such provision to other circumstances, and
the remainder of this permit, shall not be affected thereby.
11 . Duty to Provide Information
The permittee shall furnish to the Permit Issuing Authority, within a reason-
able time, any information which the Permit Issuing Authority may request
to determine whether cause exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing,
or terminating this permit or to determine compliance with this permit. The
permittee shall also furnish to the Permit Issuing Authority upon request,
copies of records required to be kept by this permit.
SECTION B. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF POLLUTION CONTROLS
1. Proper Operation and Maintenance
The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and operate
as efficiently as possible all treatment or control facilities or systems
installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with the terms
and conditions of this permit.
2. Need to Halt or Reduce not a Defense
It shall not be a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that it
would have been necessary to halt or reduce the permitted activity in
order to maintain compliance with the condition of this permit.
3. Bypassing
Any diversion from or bypass of facilities is prohibited, except (i) where
unavoidable to prevent loss of life or severe property damage, or (ii)
where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any facilities
necessary for compliance with the effluent limitations and prohibitions of this
permit. All permittees who have such sewer bypasses or overflows of this
discharge shall submit, not later than six months from the date of issuance
of this permit, detailed data or engineering estimates which identify:
a. The location of each sewer system bypass or overflow;
h. The frequency, duration and quantity of flow from each sewer system
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This requirement is waived where infiltration/inflow analyses are scheduled
to be performed as part of an Environmental Protection Agency facilities
planning project.
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or
appropriate regional office of the Division as soon as possible, but in
no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence .of any division from or
bypass of facilities.
4. Upsets
"Upset" means an exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and
temporary noncompliance with technology based permit effluent limitations
because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee. An upset
does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error,
improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities,
lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation. An upset
constitutes an affirmative defense to an action brought for noncompliance
with such technology based permit limitation if the requirements of 40 CFR S
122.41(n)(3) are met.
5. Removed Substances
Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the course of
treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in accordance with
NCGS 143-215. 1 and in a manner such as to prevent any pollutant from such
materials from entering waters of the State or navigable waters of the United
States.
6. Power Failures
The permittee is responsible for maintaining adequate safeguards as required
by DEM Regulation, Title 15, North Carolina Administrative Code, Subchapter 2H,
.0124 Reliability, to prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated
wastes during electrical power failures either by means of alternate power
sources, standby generators or retention of inadequately treated effluent.
SECTION C. MONITORING AND RECORDS •
1. Representative Sampling
Samples collected and measurements taken, as required herein, shall be
characteristic of the volume and nature of the permitted discharge. Samples
collected at a frequency less than daily shall be taken on a day and time that
is characteristic of the discharge over the entire period which the sample
represents. All samples shall be taken at the monitoring points specified in
this permit and, unless otherwise specified , before the effluent joins or is
diluted by any other wastestream, body of water, or substance. Monitoring points
shall not be changed without notification to and the approval of the Permit
Issuing Authority.

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2. Reporting
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for
each month and reported on a monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form
(DEM No. MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director, DEM,
postmarked no later than the 30th day following the completed reporting period.
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. Duplicate signed copies of these, and all other
reports required herein, shall be submitted to the following address:
Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
3 Flow Measurements
Appropriate flow measurement devices and methods consistent with accepted
'scientific practices shall be selected and used to insure the accuracy and
reliability of measurements of the volume of monitored discharges. The
devices shall be installed, calibrated and maintained to insure that the
accuracy of the measurements are consistent with the accepted capability of
that type of device. Devices selected shall he capable of measuring flows
with a maximum deviation of less than f 101 from the true discharge rates
throughout the range of expected discharge volumes. Once-through condenser
cooling water flow which is monitored by pump logs, or pump hour meters as
specified in Part I of this permit and based on the manufacturer's pump
curves shall not be subject to this requirement.
4. Test Procedures
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to the EMC
regulations published pursuant to NCGS 143-215. 63 et seq, the Water and Air
Quality Reporting Acts, and to regulations published pursuant to Section 304(g),
33 USC 1314, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as Amended, and
Regulation 40 CFR 136.
To meet the intent of the monitoring required by this permit, all test
procedures must produce minimum detection and reporting levels that are below
the permit discharge requirements and all data generated must be reported down
to the minimum detection or lower reporting level of the procedure. If no
approved methods are determined capable of achieving minimum detection and
reporting levels below permit discharge requirements, then the most sensitive
(method with the lowest possible detection and reporting level) approved method
must be used.

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5. Penalties for Tampering
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who falsifies, tampers with, or
knowingly renders inaccurate, any monitoring device or method required to be
maintained under this permit shall, upon conviction, by punished by a fine of
not more than $10,000 per violation, or by imprisonment for not more than
six months per violation, or by both.
6. Records Retention
All records and information resulting from the monitoring activities required by
this permit including all records of analyses performed and calibration and
maintenance of instrumentation and recordings from continuous monitoring
instrumentation shall be retained for a minimum of three (3) years by the
permittee. This period of retention shall be extended during the course
of any unresolved litigation or if requested by the Division of Environmental
Management or the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
7. Recording Results
For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of this
permit, the permittee shall record the following information:
a. The exact place, date, and time of sampling;
h. The dates the analyses were performed;
c. The person(s) who performed the analyses; and
d. The results of such analyses.
8. Right of Entry
The permittee shall allow the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, the Regional Administrator, and/or their authorized representatives,
upon the presentations of credentials:
a. To enter upon the permittee's premises where an effluent source is located
or in which any records are required to be kept under the terms and
conditions of this permit; and
b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required to be
kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect any
monitoring equipment or monitoring method required in this permit; and
to sample any discharge of pollutants.

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SECTION D. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Change in Discharge
All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms and
conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified in
this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that authorized
shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated facility
expansions, production increases, or process modifications which will result
in new, different, or increased discharges of pollutants must be reported by
submission of a new NPDES application or, if such changes will not violate
the effluent limitations specified in this permit, by notice to the DEM of
such changes. Following such notice, the permit may be modified to specify
and limit any pollutants not previously limited.
2. Anticipated Noncompliance
The permittee shall give notice to the Permit Issuing Authority of any planned
change in the permitted facility or activity which may result in noncompliance
with permit requirements. Any maintenance of facilities, which might
necessitate unavoidable interruption of operation and degradation of effluent
quality, shall be scheduled during noncritical water quality periods and carried
out in a manner approved by the Permit Issuing Authority.
3. Transfer of Ownership or Control
This permit is not transferable. In the event of any change in name, control
or ownership of facilities from which the authorized discharge emanates or is
contemplated, the permittee shall notify the prospective owner or controller by
letter of the existence of this permit and of the need to obtain a permit in the
name of the prospective owner. A copy of the letter shall be forwarded to the
Division of Environmental Management.
4. Additional Monitoring by_Permittee
If the permittee monitors any pollutant at the location(s) designated herein
more frequently than required by this permit, using approved analytical methods
as specified above, the results of such monitoring shall be included in the
calculation and reporting of the values is required in the DMR. Such increased
frequency shall also be indicated. The DEM may require more frequent monitoring
or the monitoring of other pollutants not required in this permit by written
notification.
5. Averaging of Measurements
Calculations for limitations which require averaging of measurements shall
utilize an arithmetic mean unless otherwise specified by the Permit Issuing
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6. Noncompliance Notification
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or the
appropriate regional office of the Division as soon as possible, but in
no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following:
a. Any occurrence at the water pollution control facility which results in
the discharge of significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in
quantity or characteristic, such as the dumping of the contents of a
sludge digester; the known passage of a slug of hazardous substance
through the facility; or any other unusual circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render
the facility incapable of adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical
or electrical failures of pumps, aerators, compressors, etc.
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility
resulting in a by-pass directly to receiving waters without treatment
of all or any portion of the influent to such station or facility.
d. Any time that self-monitoring information indicates that the facility has
gone out of compliance with its NPDES permit limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written
report in letter form within 15 days following first knowledge of the
occurrence.
7. Changes in Discharges of Toxic Substances:
The permittee shall notify the Permit Issuing Authority as soon as it knows or
has reason to believe:
a. That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in the
discharge, on a routine or frequent basis, of any toxic substance(s) (listed
at 40 CFR S 122, Appendix D, Table II and III) which is not limited in the
permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the following
"notification levels".
(1) One hundred micrograms per liter (100 ug/1);
(2) Two hundred micrograms per liter (200 ugh ) for acrolein and
acrylonitrile; five hundred micrograms per liter (500 ug/1)
for 2,4-dinitrophenol and for 2-methyl--4,6-dinitrophenol; and one
milligram per liter (1 mg/1) for antimony; or
(3) Five (5) times the maximum concentration value reported for that .
pollutant(s) in the permit application.

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b. That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in any
discharge, on a non-routine or infrequent basis, of a toxic pollutant
(listed at 40 CFR S 122, Appendix D. Table II and III) which is not
limited in the permit, if that discharge will exceed the highest of the
following "notification levels":
(1) Five hundred micrograms per liter (500 ug/l);
(2) One milligram per liter (1 mg/1) for antimony; or
(3) Ten (10) times the maximum concentration value reported for that
pollutant(s) in the permit application.
8. Expiration of Permit
Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date. In order to
receive authorization to discharge beyond the expiration date, the permittee
shall submit such information, forms, and fees as are required by the agency
authorized to issue permits no later than 180 days prior to the expiration date.
Any discharge without a permit after the expiration will subject the permittee
to enforcement procedures as provided in NCGS 143-215.6 and 33 USC 1251 et seq.
9. Signatory Requirements
All applications, reports, or information submitted to the Permit Issuing
Authority shall be signed and certified.
a. All permit applications shall be signed as follows:
(1) For a corporation: by a responsible corporate officer. For the
purpose of this Section, a responsible corporate officer means:
(a) a president, secretary, treasurer or vice president of the
corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any
other person who performs similar policy or decision making
functions for the corporation, or (b) the manager of one or more
manufacturing production or operating facilities employing more
than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures
exceeding 25 million (in second quarter 1980 dollars), if authority
to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in
accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or
the proprietor, respectively; or
(3) For a municipality, State, Federal, or other public agency: by either
a principal executive officer or ranking elected official.

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b. All reports required by the permit and other information requested by the
Permit Issuing Authority shall be signed by a person described above or by
a duly authorized representative of that person. A person is a duly
authorized representative only if:
(1) The authorization is made in writing by a person described above;
(2) The authorization specified either an individual or a position having
responsibility for the overall operation of the regulated facility or
activity, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well or
well field, superintendent, a position of equivalent responsibility,
or an individual or position having overall responsibility for environ-
mental matters for the company. (A duly authorized representative
may thus be either a named individual or any individual occupying a
named position. ); and
(3) The written authorization is submitted to the Permit Issuing Authority.
c. Certification. Any person signing a document under paragraphs a. or b. of
this section shall making the following certification:
"I 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 for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and
believe, 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."
10. Availability of Reports
Except for data determined to be confidential under NCGS 143-215.3(a) (2) or
Section 308 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1318, all reports prepared in accordance
with the terms shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the
Division of Environmental Management. As required by the Act, effluent data
shall not be considered confidential . Knowingly making any false statement on
any such report may result in the imposition of criminal penalties as provided
for in NCGS 143-215. 1(b) (2) or in Section 309 of the Federal Act.
11. Penalties for Falsification of Reports
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who knowingly makes any false
statement, representation, or certification in any record or other document
submitted or required to be maintained under this permit, including monitoring
reports or reports of compliance or noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be
punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 per violation, or by imprisonment
for not more than six months per violation, or by both.

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SECTION E. DEFINITION
1. Permit Issuing Authority
The Director of the Division of Environmental Management.
2. DEM or Division
Means the Division of Environmental Management, Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development. 3. EMC:
Used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
3. EMC
Used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
4. Act or "the Act"
'The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as
amended, 33 USC 1251, et. seq.
5. Mass/Day Measurements
a. The "monthly average discharge: is defined as the total mass of all
daily discharges sampled and/or measured during a calendar month on
which daily discharges are sample and measured, divided by the number
of daily discharges samples and/or measured during such month. It is
therefore, an arithmetic mean found by adding the weights of the
pollutant found each day of the month and then dividing this sum by
the number of days the tests were reported. The limitation is
identified as "Monthly Average" in Part I of the permit.
b. The "weekly average discharge" is defined as the total mass of
all daily discharges sampled and/or measured during the calendar week
(Sunday-Saturday) on which daily discharges are sampled and measured,
divided by the number of daily discharges samples and/or measured
during such week. It is, therefore, an arithmetic mean found by
adding the weights of pollutants found each day of the week and then
dividing this sum by the number of days the tests were reported. This
limitation is identified as "Weekly Average" in Part I of the permit.
c. The "maximum daily discharge" is the total mass (weight) of a
pollutant discharged during a calendar day. If only one sample is
taken during any calendar day the weight of pollutant calculated from
it is the "maximum daily discharge. " This limitation is identified as
"Daily Maximum," in Part I of the permit.

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d. The "average annual discharge" is defined as the total mass of all daily
discharges sample and/or measured during the calendar year on which daily
discharges are sampled and measured, divided by the number of daily
discharges sampled and/or measured during such year. It is, therefore, an
arithmetic mean found by adding the weights of pollutants found each day of
the year and then dividing this sum by the number of days the tests were
reported. This limitation is defined as "Annual Average" in Part I of the
permit.
6. Concentration Measurement
a. The "average monthly concentration," other than for fecal coliform
bacteria, is the sum of the concentrations of all daily discharges
samples and/or measured during a calendar month on which daily discharges
are sampled and measured, divided by the number of daily discharges sampled
and/or measured during such month (arithmetic mean of the daily
concentration values). The daily concentration value is equal to the
concentration of a composite sample or in the case of grab samples is the
arithmetic mean (weighted by flow value) of all the samples collected
during that calendar day. The average monthly count for fecal coliform
bacteria is the geometric mean of the counts for samples collected during a
• calendar month. This limitation is identified as "Monthly Average"
under "Other Limits" in Part I of the permit.
b. The "average weekly concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria,
is the sum of the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or
measured during a calendar week (Sunday/Saturday) on which daily discharges
are sampled and measured divided by the number of daily discharges sampled
and/or measured during such week (arithmetic mean of the daily
concentration values) . The daily concentration value is equal to the
concentration of a composite sample or in the case of grab samples is the
arithmetic mean (weighted by flow value) of all the samples collected during
that calendar day. The average weekly count for fecal coliform bacteria is
the geometric mean of the counts for samples collected during a calendar
week. This limitation is identified as "Weekly Average" under "Other
Limits" in Part I of the permit.
c. The "maximum daily concentration" is the concentration of a pollutant
discharge during a calendar day. If only one sample is taken during any
calendar day the concentration of pollutant calculated from it is the
"Maximum Daily Concentration". It is identified as "Daily Maximum" under
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d. The "average annual concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria,
is the sum of the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or
measured during a calendar year on which daily discharges are sampled and
measured divided by the number of daily discharges sampled and/or measured
during such year (arithmetic mean of the daily concentration values). The
daily concentration value is equal to the concentration of a composite
sample or in the case of grab samples is the arithmetic mean (weighted by
flow value) of all the samples collected during that calendar day. The
average yearly count for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric mean
of the counts for samples collected during a calendar year. This
limitation is identified as "Annual Average" under "Other Limits" in Part I
of the permit.
e. The "daily minimum concentration" (for dissolved oxygen only) is the
minimum allowable amount of dissolved oxygen required to be available in
the effluent prior to discharge. It is identified as "Daily Minimum" under
"Other Limits" in Part III of the permit.
7. Other Measurements
a. Flow, (MGD) : The flow limit expressed in this permit is the 24 hours
average flow, averaged monthly. It is determined as the arithmetic mean
of the total daily flows recorded during the calendar month.
b. An "instantaneous flow measurement" is a measure of flow taken at the time
of sampling, when both the sample and flow will be representative of the
total discharge.
8. Types of Samples
a. Composite Sample: These samples consist of grab samples collected at
equal intervals and combined proportional to flow, a sample continuously
collected proportionally to flow, or equal volumes taken at varying time
intervals. If a composite sample is obtained from grab samples, the
following requirements apply. The intervals between influent grab
samples shall be no greater than hourly. Intervals between effluent grab
samples shall be no greater than hourly except where the detention time
of the wastewater in the facility is greater than 24 hours, in which
case, the interval between grab samples shall be no greater in number of
hours than the detention time in number of days; provided, however, in
no case may the time between effluent grab samples be greater than six
hours nor the number of grab samples less than four during any discharge
period of 24 hours or less.
b. Grab Sample: Grab samples are individual samples collected over a
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9. Calculation of Means
a. Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the summation
of the individual values divided by the number of individual values.
b. Geometric Mean: The geometric mean of any set of values is the Nth root of
the product of the individual values where N is equal to the number of
individual values. The geometric mean is equivalent to the antilog of
the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of the individual values. For
purposes of calculating the geometric mean, values of zero (0) shall be
considered to be one (1) .
c. Weighted by Flow Value: Weighted by flow value means the summation of each
concentration times its respective flow divided by the summation of the
respective flows.
10. Calendar Day
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A calendar day is defined as the period from midnight of one day until midnight
of the next day. However, for purposes of this permit, any consecutive 24-hour
period that reasonably represents the calendar day may be used for sampling.
11. Hazardous Substance
A hazardous substance means any substance designated under 40 CFR Part 116
pursuant to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act.
12. Toxic Pollutant
A toxic pollutant is any pollutant listed as toxic under Section 307(a)(1) of
the Clean Water Act.
Revised 6/89

PART III
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. Requirements for Control of Pollutants Attributable to Industrial Users.
1. Effluent limitations are listed in Part I of this permit. Other pollutants
attributable to inputs from major contributing industries using the
municipal system may be present in the permittee's discharge. At such time
as sufficient information becomes available to establish limitations for
such pollutants, this permit may be revised to specify effluent limitations
for any or all of such other pollutants in accordance with best practicable
technology or water quality standards.
2. Under no circumstances shall the permittee allow introduction of the
following wastes in the waste treatment system:
a. Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment works.
b. Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to treatment works,
and in no case discharges with pH less than 5 unless the system is
specifically designed to accomodate such discharges.
c. Solid or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to the
flow in sewers or interference with the proper operation of the
treatment works.
d. Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will
cause an inhibitation or disruption of the POTW, its treatment
processes, operation, or sludge use and disposal.
e. Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment
works, resulting in interference but in no case heat in such quantities
that the temperature at the treatment works influent exceeds 40 C
(104 F) unless the works are designed to accommodate such heat.
3. With regard to the effluent requirements listed in Part I of this permit,
it may be necessary for the permittee to supplement the requirements of the
Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403) to ensure compliance by
the permittee with all applicable effluent limitations. Such actions by
the permittee may be necessary regarding some or all of the major
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4. Permittee shall require any industrial dischargers into the permitted system
to meet Federal Pretreatment Standards promulgated in response to Section
307(b) of the Act. Prior to accepting wastewater from any significant
industrial user the permittee shall develop and submit to the Division for
approval a Pretreatment Program.
A significant industrial user is one which discharges wastewater into a
publicly owned treatment works and which:
a. has an average daily process wastewater flow of greater than 50,000
gallons per day, or;
b. contributes more than 5% of any design capacity of the wastewater
treatment plant which receives the discharge, or;
c. is required to meet a national categorical pretreatment standard, or;
d. is determined by the control authority to have a potential to adversely
impact the wastewater treatment plant or receiving stream, or to limit
the POTW sludge disposal options, or;
e. has been included in the permittee's pretreatment monitoring program
submitted in accordance with Section 15 NCAC 2H.0905 of the North
Carolina Administrative Code.
Any change in the definition of a significant industrial user as a result
of promulgations in response to Section 307 of the Act or revisions to
15 NCAC 2H.0903 shall become a part of this permit.
5. This permit shall be modified, or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to
incorporate or modify an approved POTW Pretreatment Program or to include a
compliance schedule for the development of a POTW Pretreatment Program as
required under Section 402(b)(8) of the Clean Water Act and implementing
regulations or by the requirements of the approved State pretreatment
program, as appropriate.
B. Pretreatment Program Implementation
Under authority of sections 307(b) and (c) and 402 (b)(8) of the Clean Water
Act and implementing regulations 40 CFR Part 403; North Carolina General
Statute 143-215.3 (14) and implementing regulations 15 NCAC 2H .0900, and in
accordance with the approved pretreatment program all provisions and
regulations contained and referenced in the Pretreatment Program Submittal
are an enforceable part of this NPDES permit.

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Continued
The permittee shall operate its approved pretreatment program in accordance
with section 402(b)(8) of the Clean Water Act, the Federal Pretreatment
Regulations 40 CFR Pert 403, the State Pretreatment Regulations
15 NCAC 2H .0900, and the legal authorities, policies, procedures, and
financial provisions contained in its pretreatment program submission.
Such operation shall include but is not limited to the implementation of
the following conditions and requirements:
1. The permittee shall develop, in accordance with 40 CFR 403.5(c), specific
limits to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a) and (b) .
2. The permittee shall issue permits for construction, operation and discharge
to all significant industrial users in accordance with NCGS 143-215. 1.
These permits shall contain limitations, sampling protocols, reporting
requirements, appropriate standard conditions, and compliance schedules as
necessary for the installation of control technologies to meet applicable
pretreatment standards and requirements. Prior to the issuance of a permit
to construct or as a condition of the permit' an evaluation of the treatment
process proposed must be made as to its capacity to meet the permit
limitations.
3. The permittee shall carry out inspection, surveillance, and monitoring
requirements as described in its approved pretreatment program in order to
determine, independent of information supplied by industrial users,
compliance with applicable pretreatment standards. All significant
industrial users must be sampled by the permittee at least twice per year
for limited parameters.
4. The pezmittee shall enforce and obtain appropriate remedies for violations
of categorical pretreatment standards promulgated pursuant to section
307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (40 CFR 405 et. seq. ), prohibitive
discharge standards as set forth in 40 CFR 403.5, and specific local
limitations.
5. The permittee shall require all industrial users to comply with the
applicable monitoring and reporting requirements outlined in the approved
pretreatment program, the industry pretreatment permit and/or in 15
NCAC 2H .0908.
6. The permittee shall submit twice per year 2 copies of a pretreatment
report describing its pretreatment activities over the previous six
months. A report shall be submitted to the Division by August 1 of each
year describing pretreatment activities for January 1 through June 30 of
that year, and a like report shall be submitted by February 1 of each year
for activities conducted from July 1 through December 31 of the previous
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a. a narrative summary of actions taken by the permittee to ensure
compliance with pretreatment requirements and standards
b. a list of any substantive changes made in the approved pretreatment
program.
c. a compliance status summary of all significant industrial users
d. a list of those significant industrial users in reportable
noncompliance with pretreatment requirements and standards, the nature
of the violations, and actions taken or proposed to correct the
violations
e. sampling and analytical results recorded on forms approved by the
Division
f. upon request, other information pertinent to the implementation of
the permittee's pretreatment program.
7. The permittee shall retain for a minimum of three years records of
monitoring activities and results, along with support information
including general records, water quality records, and records of
industrial impact on the POTW.
8. The permittee shall publish annually, pursuant to 40 CFR 403.8
(f(2)(vii), a list of significant industrial users that have
significantly violated pretreatment requirements and standards during the
previous twelve month period.
9. The permittee shall maintain adequate funding levels to accomplish the
objectives of its approved pretreatment program.
10. The permittee shall maintain adequate legal authority to implement its
approved pretreatment program.
11. The permittee shall update its industrial user survey at least once
every five years.
12. Modifications to the approved pretreatment program including but not
limited to local limits modifications and monitoring program changes
shall be considered permit modification and shall be governed by 15 NCAC
2H .0114.
C. Previous Permits
All previous State water quality permits issued to this facility, whether
for construction or operation or discharge, are hereby revoked by issuance
of this permit. The conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions of
this permit authorizing discharge under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System govern discharges from this facility.

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D. Construction
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No construction of wastewater treatment facilities or additions thereto
shall be begun until Final Plans and Specifications have been submitted to
the Division of Environmental Management and written approval and
Authorization to Construct has been issued.
E. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A of North Carolina General Statutes, the permittee
shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator in responsible
charge of the wastewater treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a
certification of the grade equivalent to or greater than the classification
assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities.
F. Groundwater Monitoring
The permittee shall, upon written notice from the Director of the Division
of Environmental Management, conduct groundwater monitoring as may be
required to determine the compliance of this NPDES permitted facility with
the current groundwater standards.
G. Limitations Reopener
This permit shall be modified or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to
comply with any applicable effluent guideline or water quality standard
issued or approved under Section 302(b)(2)(c), and (d), 304(b)(2), and
307(a)(2) of the Clean Water Act, if the effluent guideline or water
quality standard so issued or approved:
1. contains different conditions or is otherwise more stringent than
any effluent limitation in the permit; or
2. controls any pollutant not limited in the permit.
This permit as modified or reissued under this paragraph shall also contain
any other requirements in the Act then applicable.
H. Toxicity Reopener
This permit shall be modified, or revoked and reissued to incorporate
toxicity limitations and/or monitoring requirements in the event toxicity
testing or other studies conducted on the effluent or receiving stream
indicate that detrimental effects may be expected in the receiving stream
as a result of this discharge.

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Permit No. NC0020401
I. Upon completion of the facility expansion to 6.0 MGD, the discharge shall be to
the middle of Lake Hickory and the existing outfall shall be abandoned.
J. Chronic Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two
consecutive toxicity tests, using test procedures outlined in:
1) . The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure
(North Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised *February 1987) or
subsequent version.
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of
reproduction or significant mortality is 13% (defined as treatment two in the
North Carolina procedure document) . The permit holder shall perform quarterly
monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the permit
condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from issuance of
this permit during the months of January, April, July and October. Effluent
sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final
effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be
entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which
it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B. Additionally, DEM form AT-1
(original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.O. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting
chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity
tests, as well as all dose/response -data. Total residual chlorine of the
effluent toxicity sample must be,measured and reported if chlorine is employed
for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified
limits, then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a
single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert
to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate potential impacts
to the receiving stream, this permit may be reopened and modified to include
alternate monitoring requirements or limits.

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NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document,
such as minimum control organism survival and appropriate environmental
controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate retesting
(within 30 days of initial monitoring event) . Failure to submit suitable test
results will constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements.
K. The permittee shall conduct a test for priority pollutants annually at the
effluent from the treatment plant. The discharge shall be evaluated as follows:
1) A pollutant analysis of the effluent must be completed annually using EPA
approved methods for the following analytic fractions: (a) purgeables
(i.e. , volatile organic compounds); (b) acid extractables; (c) base/neutral
extractables; (d) organochlorine pesticides and PCB' s (e) herbicides; and
(f) metals and other inorganics. The Annual Pollutant Analysis (APA)
Monitoring Requirement Reporting Form A, to be provided to all discharges
affected by this monitoring requirement, describes the sampling and
analysis requirements and lists chemicals to be included in the pollutant
analysis. This monitoring requirement is to be referred to as the "Annual
Pollutant Analysis" (APA) .
2) Other significant levels of synthetic organic chemicals must be identified
and approximately quantified. For the purpose of implementing this
requirement, the largest 10 GC/MS peaks in each organic chemical analytic
fraction (or fewer than 10, if less than 10 unidentified peaks) occur for
chemicals other than those specified on the APA Monitoring Requirement .
Reporting Form A should be identified and approximately quantified as
stated in the APA Reporting Form A instructions. This part (item 2) of the
APA monitoring requirement is to be referred to as the "10 significant
peaks rule".

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PART IV
ANNUAL ADMINISTERING AND COMPLIANCE FEE REQUIREMENTS
A. The permittee must pay the annual administering and compliance fee within 30
(thirty) days after being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee in a
timely manner in accordance with 15 NCAC 2H .0105(b)(4) may cause this Division
to initiate action to revoke the permit.

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Date: January 12, 1989
NPDES STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
County: Catawba
NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Facility and Address: City of Hickory - Northeast WWTP
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28603
2 . Date of Investigation: January 11, 1989
3 . Report Prepared By: Michael L. Parker, Environmental?),
Engineer I
4. Person Contacted: Mr. Jerry Twiggs, Public Utilities
Director; Mr. James M. Kirby, Wastewater Treatment Plant
Superintendent
5 . Directions to Site: The entrance to the wastewater
treatment plant is located on the right (west) side of S.
R. 1400 (Cloninger Mill Road, N. E. ) approximately 0 . 15
mile southeast of the junction of Highway 127 and S. R.
1400 in northern Catawba County.
6 . Discharge Point - Latitude: 35° 47 ' 54"
Longitude: 81° 18 ' 00"
Attach a USGS Map Extract and indicate treatment plant site
and discharge point on map.
USGS Quad No. : D 13 SE
7 . Size (land available for expansion and upgrading) : Upon
completion of the expansion currently underway, there will
be limited, if any, area available for any future
expansion.
8 . Topography (relationship to flood plain included) : Hilly,
5-12% slopes. Existing facility is not located in a flood
plain area.
9 . Location of Nearest Dwelling: One dwelling within 100 feet
and several within 500 feet of the wastewater treatment
plant.
10 . Receiving Stream or Affected Surface Waters: Catawba River
(Lake Hickory)
a. Classification: WS-III , B
b. River Basin and Subbasin No. : Catawba 030832

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c. Describe receiving stream features and pertinent
downstream uses : The lake is used for both primary
and secondary recreation. There are no water intakes
for several miles downstream of this discharge.
PART II - DESCRIPTION OF DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT WORKS
1. Type of wastewater: 56% Domestic
44% Industrial -
a. Volume of Wastewater: 5 . 0 MGD (present capacity) ; 6 . 0
MGD ( future capacity)
b. Types and quantities of industrial wastewater:
Industry Name Flow SIC Code Process
(MGD)
North Hickory Dyeing .1425 2269 Yarn Dyeing
& Processing
Ellis Hosiery Mill, Inc. . 1316 2252 Hosiery Mfg.
Frye Regional Med. Cntr. . 0552 8062 Health Care
Hickory Dyeing & Winding Co. . 0376 2282 Dyed yarn in
various forms
Colorific Dyeing &Finishing . 0221 2252 Hosiery Mfg.
Shuford Mills, Inc. - Tape . 0150 2641 Mfg. Pressure
Division Sensitive
Tape
Hyalyn, Ltd. ' . 0034 3263 Pottery
The Hickory Printing Co. , . 0027 2751 Printed
Products
H. K. Research . 009 2821 Polyester Gel
Coat
c. Prevalent toxic constituents in wastewater: Our files
indicate that this facility has passed its past two
(2) chronic toxicity tests, however, previous testing
has shown this facility to be inconsistent toxicity
compliance.
d. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only) : Approved
2. Production Rates ( industrial discharges only) in Pounds:
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3 . Description of Industrial Process ( for industries only) and
Applicable CFR Part and Subpart: N/A
4 . Type of Treatment ( specify whether proposed or existing) :
The wastewater treatment facility is currently undertaking
an expansion which is over 50% complete and should be
partially operational by April, 1989 . Therefore, this
description will note both existing and proposed wastewater
treatment plant units : An influent sampler, parshall
flume, dual influent bar screens ( one mechanical and one _Lie
manual) , anc*brated grit chamber , two ( 2) rectangularland
one circular primary clarifier, eight ( 8 ) aeration basins,
two ( 2 ) circular secondary clarifiers, a sludge pumping
station, chlorine disinfection, dechlorination, post
aeration, two ( 2 ) gravity belt sludge thickeners, one ( 1)
aerobic digester and one ( 1) sludge holding tank.
5. Sludge Handling and Disposal Scheme: Removed and disposed
of via land application as covered under Permit No.
10587R2 .
6. Treatment Plant Classification: Class IV
7. SIC Code( s ) : See Part II , 1(b) above
Wastewater Code( s ) : 01 , 55 , 09
PART III - OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
1. Is this facility being constructed with Construction Grants
Funds (municipals only) ? Yes
2 . Special monitoring requests : None
3 . Additional effluent limits requests: Revised Waste Load
Allocation has indicated additional effluent limitations
for Nickel and Cyanide will be incorporated in the new
Permit.
PART IV - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Despite the tremendous amount of activity and disruption
occurring at the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant due to
expansion construction, the wastewater treatment facility was
operating surprisingly well, and effluent quality appeared very
good. Upon completion, the facility will increase its design
flow from 5 . 0 MGD to 6 . 0 MGD and will enable the wastewater
treatment plant staff to have better operational control over
the various wastewater treatment plant processes .
The facility is currently operating under a JOC ( 87-06 )
which requires the City to comply with final effluent
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NPDES Permit compliance problems in the past, however, the
additional facilities should help the City maintain a consistent
compliance record.
Additional monitoring, not only for Nickel and Cyanide,
have been recommended by Tech Services and should be
incorporated in the Permit.
Pending final approval of the Waste Load Allocation, it is
recommended that the Permit be reissued denoting the additional
wastewater treatment plant units and the new point of discharge.
Signature of Report Preparer
Water Quality Regional Supervisor

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State of North Carolina
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Departmen€a l i 1 9al Resources and Community Development
4 °"r'v9ivision of Environmental Management
512 North lisbury St;Ieet • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor ,,v° ex' R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director
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Subject : NPDES Permit Application
NPDES Permit No . NCOO
w County
Dear 4e •
This is to acknowledge receipt of the following documents on
Application Form ,
Engineering Proposal (for proposed control facilities) ,
„e Request for permit renewal ,
Application. Processing Fee of $/ ,,; , ' ,
Other
The items checked below are needed before review can begin:
Application form ( Copy enclosed) ,
Engineering Proposal (See Attachment ) ,
Application Processing Fee of $
Other
If the application is not made complete within thirty ( 30 days , it will
be returned to you and may be resubmitted when complete .
This application e lication has been assigned to 1 �w� A„
en assg �`aco-� Ma ��
( 919/733-5083) of our Permits Unit for review. You will be advised of
any comments recommendations , questions or other information necessary
for the review of the application .
I am , by copy of this letter, requesting that our Regional Office
Supervisor prepare a staff report and recommendations regarding this
discharge . If you have any questions regarding this application, please
contact the review person listed above .
Sincxer,I' .y ,
LA"rthur Mouberry , P . E .
E Supervisor , Permits and Engineering
cc:
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P«lhrtion P7evention Pays
P.O Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611.7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opporcursiry- Affirmative Action Employer

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NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSInN
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM FOR AGENCY USE
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER R 1/g0
STANDARD FORM A —MUNICIPAL
SECTION I. APPLICANT AND FACILITY DESCRIPTION
• Unless otherwise specified on this form ail items are to be completed. If an item Is not applicable Indicate'N '
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS APPEAR IN SEPARATE 1N5TRUCTION BOOKET AS INDICATED. REFER TO V
BOOKLET BEFORE FILLING OUT THESE ITEMS. REC ER/FD
Please Print or Type•
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• I. Legal Name of Applicant 1 Q1 t City of Hickory N O V 0 7 N88
. (see instructions) Northeast Wastewater Plant
RERM1T5 &EN(;1INEEHING
2. Mailing Address of Applicant
(see instructions) PO Box 398 IRi
Number&Street 102a
Hickory •
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City 102b
State 102oNorth Carolina
Zip Code 1 ad' 28603
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3. Applicant's Authorized Agent
(see instructions) Wm. Jerry Twiggs
Name and Title 103a
Director of Public Utilities
Number&Street ,asb PO Box 398 or 76 North Center Street
Hickory - -
City 103c _
State ' • 103d North ..Carolina
Zip Code 1U3e 28603 32..V1Wri I V
704 �Z 5 >P
Telephone 103f - - __ . . „v
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• Area Number l/ •
4. Previous Application Code
if a previous application for a per-
mit under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System has
been made,give the date of --
application. 104 YR MO DAY
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r certify that I am familiar with the Information contained In this application and that to the best of my knowledge and belief Such Information
Is true,complete,// and accurate. Il -
Ws1//ea vi tl _Y W _ 102e 'PU _ii t G _L4 t b 1IJirec4
Printed Nance of Person S14114 Title
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1021. YR MO OAY
gnatur of Applicant r thorized Agent Date Application Signed
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6(b) (2) ,.provides that: Any person who knowingly makes
any false statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan,
or other document files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the
Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, or who falsifies-, .tampers with,
or knowingly render inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be
operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management
Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty or a misdemeanor punishable by a fine
not to exceed $10,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months,. or by both. (18.U.S.C.
Section 1001 provides a .punishinent by a fine or not more than $10,000 or imprisonment not .
more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.)

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5. Facility(see instructions)
Give the name,ownership,and physi-
cal location of the plant or other ,
operating facility where discharge(s) v'
presently occur(s)or will occur. �;' City of HiCkOry
Name 21058s"
• t• Northeast Wastwater Plant •
. Ownership(Public, Private or
Both Public and Private). '110 , ®PUB ❑PRV ❑BPP •
Check block if a Federal facility 1▪ 00e ❑FED .
and give GSA inventory Control NIA
Number 105:t
Location:
Number&Street 1051.,
Hickory
City 105f• _
Catawba
County 14bpt .. _.
North Carolina
State ;1D5I.
6. Discharge to Another Municipal
Facility(see instructions) Y�f
a_ Indicate if part of your discharge rfOSs f ❑Yes ONo
is into a municipal waste trans-
port system under another re-
sponsible organization. if yes, x r,:.a•'
complete the rest of this Item
and continue with Item 7. If no, '> •
go directly to Item 7.
b. Responsible Organization
Receiving Discharge N/A
Name "iC6q,
Number& Street 106c _
City 106e1
State 1060.
Zip Code r 1061 - -
c. Facility Which Receives Discharge 106
Give the name of the facility
(waste treatment plant`which re- •
celveS and is ultimately respon-
sible for treatment of the discharge
from your facility. o
d. Average Daily Flow to Facility 1'aBh`. `3.5 mgd
(mgd) Give your average daily
flow into the receiving facility.
7. Facility Discharges,Number and
Discharge Volume (see Instructions)
Specify the number of discharges
described In this application and the
volume of water discharged or lost
to each of the categories below.
Estimate average volume per day In
million gallons per day. Do not In-
dude Intermittent or noncontlnuous.
overflows,bypasses or seasonal dls- - • . •
charges from lagoons,holding
ponds,etc.
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' Number of Total Volume Discharged.
Discharge Points Million Gallons Per Day •
To: Surface Water 107e1r. 107 2
Surface impoundment with `:"k e '
' no Effluent 107b1` 1x
Underground Percolation 10iv fit' 1 ' -•
well(Injection) 107fdt 107d
Other 1O7t!'f rkTl1!'
Total Item 7 10711' .4'f7(u,
if'other'is specified,describe 10711 : --
If any of the discharges from this •
facility are intermittent,such as from _
overflow or bypass points, or are
'1''''.:1'
seasonal or periodic from lagoons, . .
holding ponds,etc„complete Item S. `µ}'-
S. Intermittent Discharges
a. Facility bypass points ` . 0
Indicate the number of bypass 100i- L
points for the facility that are •
discharge polnts.(see instructions)
b. Facility Overflow Points ,, 0 j1 L_Cj E��/!•°�(
Indicate the number of overflow ' 1One.._
points to a.surfece water for the "'' NOV tJ 7 facility(see instructions). f �y1
c. Seasonal or Periodic Discharge ,-,u 0 PERMITS DD l�
Points Indicate the number of 101ts7.: — IXENGINEERING
points where.seasonal discharges ,
occur from holding ponds, ,y
lagoons,etc.
9. Collection System Type -
Indicate the type and length(In 108#s'
miles)of the collection system used
by this facility. (see Instructions)
Separate Storm ❑SST
Separate Sanitary _ ' gSAN
Combined Sanitary and Storm ❑CSS
s.
Both Separate Sanitary and
Combined Sewer Systems 0 BSC
Both Separate Storm an,
Combined Sewer Systems .. 10Pb'r 0 SSC
Length 160 Mlles
TO. Municipalities or Areas Served Actual Population
(see instructions) Name • Served
110a...t iTObs
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1t, s" 41Gb,
iiiiiC' MC
ITGs-N •
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Total Population Served �4: 0
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11. Average Daily Industrial Flow
2''2'Total estimated average daily waste mgd
flow from all Industrial sources.
Note: All major Industries (as defined in Section IV)
discharging to the municipal system must be
listed in Section IV.
12. Permits,Licenses and Applications •
List all existing, pending or denied permits, licenses and applications related to discharges from this faciiity,(see Instructions)
For Type of Permit Date Date Date Expiration
issuing Agency Agency Use or License ID Number Filed issued Denied pate
7 t }yL YR/MO/DAA YR/MO/DA YR/MO/DA •YR/MO/DA
NCDEM NPDES NC0020401 89/04/30
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13. Maps and Drawings
Attach ail required maps and drawings to the back of this application. (see Instructions)
14. Additional Information
item
414; Number information
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DISCHARGE SERIAL.NUMBER
FOR AGENCY USE
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6. Discharge Receiving Water Name = ' Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Rosin
Name the waterway at the point of ,ROit
dlscharge.(see Instructions)
For Agency Use - ;;y+--.:" For Agency Use
r fwMuir 3 a 303e '
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If the discharge is through an out- 2O4b :, s u
fall that extends beyond the shoreline _ • t?' • • •: . " ti #, ,
or Is below the mean low water line, ,
complete item 7. -
7- Offshore Discharge
a. Discharge Distance from Shore 267p' 2' 730
feet '
b. Discharge Depth Below Water
Surface 2ttTb 50 feet
if discharge Is from a bypass or an overflow point or is a seasonal discharge from a lagoon,holding pond,etc„complete Items 8,9.7
or 10,
as applicable,and continue with item 11.
B. Bypass Discharge(see Instructions)
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a. Bypass Occurrence
Check when bypass occurs •
Wet weather .24tlt11 ❑Yes ® No
Dry weather - :' t ❑Yes ® No
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b. Bypass Frequency Glve the
• actual or approximate number
of bypass incidents per year. < _
Wet Weather .. b}.. N/A times per year •3
Dryweather N/A i"
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times per year
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c. Bypass Duration Give the r s Yf
average bypass duration In hours. v: N/A
Wet weather 2D c1 hours NOV 0 7 -I �ftj
Dry weather 0.(1 NIA hours
PERMITS & ENGIP EE,"+IN
d. Bypass Volume Give the '
average volume per bypass incident, l
In thousand gallons. / r1
Wet weather 801 N/A thousand paiions per incident
Dry weather �g-esf t' N/A thousand gallons per Incident
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e. Bypass Reasons Glve reasons s;...- N/A
why bypass occurs. •
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Proceed to Item 11.
9. Overflow Discharge (see Instructions)
a. Overflow Occurrence Check '
when overflow occurs.
Wet weather <4E1o1 ❑Yes IN No
Dry weather '
` s2 CI Yes ®No
b. Overflow Frequency Give the _ ..��>:>:
. actual or approximate incidents j^.�'
per year. N/A
Wet weather it times per year
N/A _
Dry weather
times per year •
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STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
FOR AGENCY USE
SECTION II. BASIC DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION .f,r •
Complete this section for each present or proposed discharge Indicated In Section I,Items 7 and 8,that Is to surface waters. This Includes
discharges to other municipal sewerage systems In which the waste water does not go through a treatment works prior to being discharged to
surface waters. Discharges to wells must bo described where there are alto discharges to surface waters from this facility. Separate
descriptions of each discharge are required even If several discharges originate In the same'WIRY. All values for en existing discharge should
be representative of the twelve previous months of operation. If this is a proposed discharge,values Should reflect bast engineering estimates.
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS APPEAR IN SEPARATE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AS INDICATED. REFER TO
BOOKLET BEFORE FILLING OUT THESE ITEMS.
1. Discharge Serial No.and Name 001
a. Discharge Serial No. .201�.,r.
(see instructions) ,
b. Discharge Name ` 2111b NIA
Give name of discharge,If any•
(see instructions) •
c. Previous Discharge Serial No ZC16',
If a previouS NPDES permit
application was made for this dis-
charge(Item 4,Section t)provide
previous discharge serial number.
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2. Discharge Operating Dates
a. Discharge to Begin Date 202a;'
if the discharge has never YR MO
occurred but is planned for some
future date,give the date the
discharge will begin.
b. Discharge to End Date if the die- 202b —_
charge Is scheduled to be discon- YR MO
tinued within the next 5 years,
give the date(within best estimate) •
the discharge will end. Give rea-
son for discontinuing this discharge
in Item 17.
3. Discharge Location Name the •
political boundaries within which Agency Use
the point of discharge Is located:
State 203a North Ca retina
Catawba '` €
County -20312 ... '
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(If applicable)City or Town 2030 ,'6 y,
4. Discharge Point Description
(see Instructions)
Discharge is into(check one)
Stream(Includes ditches,arroyos, 204n 0 STR
and other watercourses)
Estuary []EST
Lake ff LKE
Ocean ❑OCE
Well (injection) ❑WEL
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Other ❑OTH
If'other'is checked,specify type 204b
5. Discharge Point—Lat/Long.
State the precise location of the
point of discharge to the nearest
second. (see instructions) ,
Latitude soft DEG. 4MIN. 55 SEC
Longitude .2011b 81 OEG. �MIN. 1 SEC
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DISCHARGE SERIAL NUMBER FOR AQCNCY uI
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c. Overflow Duration Give the
average overflow duration In
hours. 0
Wet weather {2I hours
0
Dry weather 4 $4 Hours
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d. Overflow•Volume Glve the .,.a, "" •
average volume per overflow
Incident In thousand gallons. ' •
Wet weather tE'l, 0 thousand gallons per incident •
Dry weather "T O thousand gallons per incident
Proceed to Item 11
10, Seasonal/Periodic Discharges
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a. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge Frequency If discharge is Inter. TICt„ _times per year
mittent from a holding pond, z_.
lagoon,etc-,give the actual or
approximate number of times
this discharge occurs per year.
b. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
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Volume Give the average T1 thousand gallons per discharge occurrence
volume per discharge occurrence `s:f',"; ,
En thousand gallons.
e. Seasonal Perlodlc Discharge • '
Duration Give the average dura- T QO : •
0 days REC C C§
tion of each discharge occurrence
In days.
d. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
.'' NOV 0 7 "Eu�
,a:>s
Occurrence—Months Cheek the 1.21$41'.. ❑JAN ❑FEB El MAR
months during the year when •I} PERMITS
& �h'����
the discharge normally occurs. ❑APR ❑MAY DJUN fl I S N EERf t C
❑JUL ❑AUG OSEP
❑OCT ❑ NOV ❑DEC
T. Discharge Treatment •'
a. Discharge Treatment Description x;:9
Describe waste abatement prac-
tices used on this discharge with
a brier narrative. (See Instrue-t I ens) Present Operation: Rapid bloc activated sludge 5.0
`'�'��1k',':'
MCA Wastewater TreaLii�ent Facility consisting of dual
• influent bar screens, an aerated grit chamber, dual
rectangular clarifiers, four (4) aeration basins, four
• (4) secondary clarifiers, disinfection (chlorine)
facilities, one anaerobic digestor, a sludge holding
tank, and one sludge vacuum filter.
See Page 11-8 for future plant operation.
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b.' Discharge Treatment Codes l �,� C= AS, Nr r 1
Using the codes listed In Table I .211p=
of the Instruction Booklet,
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describe the waste abatement
processes applied to this dis-
charge In the order In which
they occur, If possible.
Separate all codes with commas
except where Slashes are used `-`�-
• to designateparallel
g operations.
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If this discharge Is from a municipal waste •
treatment plant(not an overflow or
bypass),complete Items 12 and 13 •
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12. Plant Design and Operation Manuals
Check which of the following are
currently available
a. Engineering Design Report 21Its ❑
b. Operation and Maintenance
Manual 0
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13. Plant Design Data(see Instructions)
•
a. Plant Design Flow (mgd:) • 3 : FS mgd
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b. Plant Design BOO Removal (%) 4.13110 85::.
c. Plant Design N Removal (%) off,
d. Plant Design P Removal (%)
e. Plant Design 5S Removal(%) 21 +I S5 y6
f. Plant Began Operation (year) .217f 1971
g. Plant Last Major Revision (year) ,2,;3 1969/1970
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RECERIE .. •
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— NOV1 FOR AGENCY USE
N IJ00,, Y '�- ,-- ;n�',
14. Description of Influent and Effluent(sea instructions] 1. e r,M •
PERMITS & ENGINEEt+.JI r
Influent 1 Effluent .
4,• y ''
00 yLeip �j u • i u
Parameter and Code w o o -'a 0 ,, w
'2 41 Q a >.13 >] 0 (=
W t� CU N Ee .. be V v�i d
21 c E 1
< > < > .4 < x < t% < Z Q rig
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
r
Flow
Million gallons per day 2.94 2.86 2.3 3,35 35 Daley 365 71°��
50050 Chart
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• PH • ,
Units
00400 6.4 7,2 Daily 260 Conosite
Temperature(winter)
F .59;57°F 58;32°1\'53 '6°F ''66'2°F
74028 15.32°C 14.62°a 120C 19 C Daily 108 GraT,
Temperature(summer) 71;19°F 71:42°F '59-r'72°F ''78 '8°F
74027 21.77°C 2 91 C 15.4 26 C Daily 151 Grab
Fecal Streptococci Bacteria
Number/100 m[ .40#•
74054
(Provide if available) N/A N/A . N/A N/A
Fecal Coliform Bacteria
Number/100 ml
74055 N/A N/A N/A N/A
(Provide ifr available)
ARE oLform Bacteria
Number/100 2WNX 31616 4 5.6 Daily 260 Composite
(Provide if available) •
BOD 5-day
mg/1
00310 179.6 - 17 8 27 Daily 260 Composite
Not Chemical Oxygen Demand(COD)
Available 00 40
Influent (Provide if available) N/A 106 86 144 Monthly 4 Composite
OR
Total Organic Carbon(TOC)
mg/I
00680 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A NIP
(Provide if available)
(Either analysis is acceptable)
Chlorine—Total Residual rr�,,,;
mg/1 A wice
50060 0 1.44 1,1 1.7 Daily 730 Crab
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NC 0020401 111
14. Deseription of Influent and Effluent(sot InstruttIons) (Continued)
Influent Effluent
4 u >, a
Parameter and avitiCode F., 1 S ...
v o e..
j
� > .oad 5Cd il
k, Q zQ h
•
(I) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) •
Total Solids
mg/I •
00500 N/A 576.25 . -543 626 Daily 260 Co Tosite
Total Dissolved Solids
mg/I N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
70300
Total Suspended Solids
mg/I
00530 164.417 26.1 6.5 41.0 Daily 260 Colnmosite
Settleable Matter(Residue) •
ml/1
00545
N/A 3.98 0.0 13.0 Daily 26C Composite
Ammonia(as N) _
mg/I
00610 16.225 7.23 2.8 12.4 . Daily 260 Composite
(Provide if available)
Kjeldahl Nitrogen
mg/I N/A 13.19 7.28 18.03 Monthly la Composite
00625
(Provide if available)
Nitrate(as N) •
mg/I
00620
(Provide if available) N/A
Nitrite(as N)
mg/I
00615 N/A _-; A
(Provide if available)
Phosphorus Total(as P)
mg/1
00665 N/A 3.35 1.83 6.12 Monthly 12 Composite
(Provide if available)
Dissolved Oxygen(DO)
mg/1 5.77 4.5 • 6.8 Daily 260 Grab
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16. Plant Controls Check If the follow- FOR AGENCY.USE
Ing plant controls are available - • ,
--"for this discharge
Alternate power source for major 4.4 •
• TT * #
pumping facility including those
for collection system lift stations a ❑APS
Alarm for power or equipment • •
failure •
Vi >:>;r. ❑ALM • •
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17. Additional Information •
•
Ram f nformation
Number -
11-a. Future operation proposed completion -.date: October 1, 1989
' NE Activated Sludge Treatment Plant. 6 MGD wastewater treatment
facility consisting of automatic influent sampler, parshall flume
• - flow indicating device, dual influent bar screens, (one •mechanical
and one manual), an aerated grit chamber, two rectangular and one
circular primary clarifiers, eight (8) aeration .basins, two .(2)
circular secondary clarifiers; sludge pumping station, chlorine
• disinfection system, de-chlorination system, post aeration,
automatic effluent sampler, two gravity belt sludge thickeners,
one (1) anaerobic digester and one •(1) sludge.holding tank.
13 Future Plant Design Data
.
a • Plow ' 6 MGD
b BCD removal 85 %G'
c N removal °o
d P removal % • •
e SS removal 85 %
f
g 1988-89 • •
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NC 0020401 ` ' - 4f
1 S.Additional Wastewater Characteristics
Check the box next to each parameter If It Is present In the effluent.(see Instructions)
r y
Parameter Parameter Z Parameter Z.
(215) _ w (215) w (215) a)
a. c+. c0
Bromide Cobalt • Thallium
71870 01037 01059
Chloride Chromium - Titanium
00940 _ 01034 0.32 01152
Cyanide Copper Tin
00720 0.023 01042 0.05 . 01102
Fluoride Iron • Zinc
00951 01045 01092 .185
Sulfide Lead • Algicides*
00745 01051 74051
Aluminum Manganese Chlorinated organic compounds*
0I105 01055 74052
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Antimony Mercury Oil and grease
01097 71900 00550 6.4
Arsenic Molybdenum Pesticides*
01002 01062 74053
Beryllium Nickel • Phenols
01012 01067 32730 •
Barium Selenium Surfactants
01007 01147 38260
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Boron Silver • Radioactivity*
01022 01077 0.07 74050 • .
Cadmium
01027
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*Provide specific compound and/or element in Item 17,if known:
Pesticides(Insecticides,fungicides,and rodenticides)must be reported in terms of the acceptable common names specified in Acceptable Com-
mon Names and Chemical Names for the Ingredient Statement on Pesticide Labels, 2nd Edition,Environmental,Protection Agency,Washington,
D.C. 20250,June 1972,as required by Subsection 162.7(b)of the Regulations for the Enforcement of the Federal Insecticide,Fungicide,and
Rodenticide Act.
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STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
SECTION III. SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENTS AND SCHEDULES OF IMPLEMENTATION
This section requires Information on any uncompleted Implementation schedule which has been imposed for construction of waste treatment
facilities. Requirement schedules may have been established by local,Slate,or Federal agencies or by court action. IF YOU ARE SUBJECT-TO
SEVERAL DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES, EITHER BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AUTHORITY IMPOSING
DIFFERENT SCHEDULES(ITEM lb) AND/OR STAGED CONSTRUCTION OF SEPARATE OPERATIONAL UNITS(ITEM lc),SUBMIT A
SEPARATE SECTION III FOR EACH ONE. •
to FOR AGENCY USE
1. Improvements Required a r �.n_. , " 3 N` { #%;`'^r
a, blscharge Serial Numbers 300 ,•: 5Cfl .1'i4 SL ,
Affected List the discharge - �;y "� rL.•.• ., .z, •. .- •
serial numbers,assigned In Sac- ••
lion II,that are covered by this �•�',
Implementation schedule
ti. Authority imposing.Requirement �34fa_ 001 ,
,
Check the appropriate Horn Inds •
eating the authority for the im ''•,^„
plementation schedule. If the n . `
Identical implementation sched- : . .
• ule has been ordered by more !•-•h '
than one authority,check the fir_ •
appropriate items. (see in- '
•
structlons) ' •,
341)7, 0 LOC •
Locally developed plan ....-• ,:' ❑ARE _
Areawide Plan •xr-
• ❑BA5 ,
Basin Plan -
State approved Implementation _ ❑Sq5
schedule .
Federal approved water quality .z%' r..y_ 0 Wq5
standards Implementation plan •
,�
Federal enforcement procedure ;J ENF •
or action Z: •
CRT
State court order 0`'N:m 0 FED
Federal court order
c. Improvement Description Specify the 3-character code for the
General Action Description in Table II that best describes the
improvements required by the Implementation schedule. If more
than one schedule applies to the facility because of a Staged con-
Struction schedule,state the stage of construction beingdescribed
here with the appropriate general action code. submit a separate
Section lil for each stage of construction planned. Also,list all
the 3-character(Specific Action)codes which describe in-more -
detail the pollution abatement practices that the implementation
schedule requires. _
3-character general action •
description ICI' '
3-character specific action
descriptions 301d. / . / / /
2. Implementation Schedule and 3. Actual Completion Dites
Provide dates imposed by schedule and any actual dates of completion for Implementation steps . ,
listed below. Indicate dates as accurately as possible. (see instructions)
implementation Steps 2. Schedule(Yr/Mo/Day) 3, Actual Clo pletlo (Yr/, .?/Day)
a. Preliminary plan complete 302a //— ,31324,:, 'CI•--(�( /=/--1"
b. Final plan complete 3031s __/—i— ~ alb,,.- 87 / 9 / 15
c, Financing complete&contract 302c —/—/_� ZOO` 88 / 3 / 10
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awarded
d. Site acquired 343d' —/—./— 34 —/—/
D'
e. Begin construction 302. 88,04 / 01 ;394. —/—/
` 89 10 01 ,
f. End construction ,3t12t _/—/— Veit'• /—/----
g, Begin Discharge 3433', I—/— + r —/ /—
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h. Operational level attained 302k —//.-.—. .. —/—/—
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• STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
SECTION W. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
Sulam!!a description of each major Industrial facility discharging to the municipal system.using a separate Section IV for each facility descrrp-
lion. Indkele the 4 digit Standard industrial Classification(SIC)Code for the Industry,the major product or raw material,the flow in Mo.:-
sand patrons per day), end the characlerktics of the wastewater discharged from the Industrial facility Into the municipal system. Consult :able
III for standard measures of products or raw rrwterlalf. (see Instructions)
1. Major Contributing Facility •
(see Instructions)Name 401 a f-I j`�(
• R 'i rc k_
Number&Street 401 b 1 +-1l� -'--i iC ( I\ CI-
City 401c [—I1(Fi�C` KON -- -
County 401d C,r i LI) b_cL _
State 401e t JC;r-t-k nj-)i-{, 1l nc - .
ZIp Code 40f f C.D. (QO 1
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402
• Claulllcatlon Code (see •
instructlonS)
Units(See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table III)
Material (i.e Instructions)
Product 403a POI 2 -k-u -C:7-3 4ige 4034
Raw Material 403b 'S.. MAXr be >�pj1+fr.4C( 4`r'vt1 y ij .0n
S tP(t1...s+ 4Tl l)eS J `
4. Flow indicate the volume of water
discharged into the municipal sys- 404a _thousand gallons per day
tem in thousand gallons per day
and whether this discharge is Inter- 4046 Qlntermittent(int) Continuous(con)
mittent or continuous.
S. Pretreatment Provided indicate if 405 D Yes o
pretreatment Is provided prior to
entering the municipal system
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G. Characteristics of Wastewater
(sea Instructions)
7P4.-ICCII
Parameter N .� ,
Name L1 S. fr { -Pb
• Nam ��rr �'-� I�o�Crrs ��5 ��-�J ��y'y��J7 � L)r I� �{1:1L
Number
/r,�, ^1 `�/�., � (�. � `/fir' �[1 ��C.� ji
4C=b Value uJ Q 1�Jt� C ,(oCi 85O i ) ! .c V o. o f
(1 OC 1,
RECEW F P '
NOV 0ri ftiocl
PERMITS & ENGINEERING
R
ri
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STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
SECTION W. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
Submit a description of each major Industrial facility discharging to the municipal system, using a separate Section IV for each facility descrIp.
tion. Indicate the A digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC)Code for the Industry,the major product or raw material, the flow(In Ihe,,;•
sand gallons per day).and the characlerhtics of the wastewater discharged from the industrial facility Into the municipal system. Consult :able
III for standard measures of products or raw materlals. (sea instructions)
1. Major Contributing' Facility
(see Instructions) I {�
Nam. 401a Te E-tic-K,Crki PcLn4lI E p Nc •
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• Number&Street 401b 54- , ` Q n AS 5: .
City 401c 1 l C"<0 r
County 401d ( C QU i 1D CL—
•
State 401. Nc'T + k CO,P I; •
— _
Zip Code 401 f 14 Lo 11 I
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402 Lx__L_L1 •
Classification Code (sae
Instructions)
Units(See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table III)
Material (see Instructions)
•
Product 4031 i irf fQrnC1I ICfS . :.tom 4034
Raw Material 403o `>itiff)s `{ Pr(l i rick ) L.4irsdih 46n
cr k•rtfl
-s p c, t�ct_cz �,i r lc fSroduct
4. Flow indicate the volume of water 17
discharged into the municipal eye" 404a r thousand gallons per day
tern In thousand gallons per day
and whether this discharge Is Inter- 404b ter hlttent(Ins)❑Continuous(con)
mitten!or continuous.
5. Pretreatment Provided Indicate if 405 ❑Yes
pretreatment is provided prior to
•
entering the municipal system
4. Characteristics of Wastewater
(see instructions)
. ParameterName T A A r
Parameter 1�f�l p rrrl��Hf/�; BCD 5 r7 -S5 f') �rr G7, f !\/�y�,��I�' l t 1 ( �-
408i N rater D[�[ IIOr', V��]�l/L) lJ0 4'OJ3l r u r7 1 CY)6) 1 0 00c V
400r Value 1 9 y`� l r • c 5g5 i i e) •c. ,3 - fr,
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STANDARD FORM A--MUNICIPAL
SECTION W. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
Submit a description of each major industrial facility discharging to the municipal system,using a separate Section IV for each facility descrep.
lion. Indkale the 4 digit Standard Industrial Clastlfltation(SIC)Code for the Industry.the major product or raw material,the flow tin 1ho,i-
sand gallons per day).and the charecterbllcs of the wastewater 4lscharped frofn the industrial facility Into Ito municipal system. Consult :able
III for standard measures of products or raw materials. (see i utructlord)
•
1. Major Contributing Facility. •
(see Instructions) 1
Nam* 401aI—I L•1 a 1
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Number&Street 401b `.' ( I r� I
city 4DIc 1 ) 7\j/f\r11i _
County 401d C_Ct+CIL.l i j/I— �
State 401s 1 l!nH k l/ f
/ ( Inc •
Zip Code 4011 b DO )
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402 _11.-Classification Code Code (see
Instructloru)
Units(See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table 111)
Material (see instructions) �(�!
Product 403a 1 l'fffE r I • k' ;-
Raw •
Material 4036 t C 4; - 4134
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C2rarC. • ; rz
4. Flow Indicate the volume of water
discharged Into the municipal sys- 404a 3 . J thousand palions pit day
tern In thousand gallons per day ////
and whether this discharge is Inter- 4046 ❑Interrhltlent(Intl[�}Continuous(con)
mittent or continuous.
5. Pretreatment Provided Indicate If 405 Gat ❑No
pretreatment is provided prior to
entering the municipal system
4. Characteristics of Wastewater
(see Instructions)
Pars eter ���� ' ��,11 AA tII !
• Name le. � 14 `LC)4D� N'r i �If�� (aC. A Z.for
Parameter / � l!�/I/I� /I /// �( /J r/!�! _
40aa Number lit X'3(o m5 ) OVW t o OC (n °co si o o 7 o loq,
4Oge Value ] J4G (L .5 Co 13 Lc , j Ls. _C C.CcrI f 7c
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STANDARD FORM A-MUNICIPAL 1 f
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SECTION LV. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM ,
•
Submit a description of each major Industrial facility discharging to the municipal system,using a separate Section IV for each facility descrip-
tion. Indicate the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC}Code for the Industry,the major product or raw retorts',the flow(in!tux:.
sand gallons per day),and the characteristics of the wastewater discharged from the industrial faculty into the municipal system. Consult :able
lit for standard measures of product or raw Mateflair. (see instructions)
1. Major Contributing Facility -
Owe lnstructloni) ( '' II �.1I 1f�YI11 I k YI .�^ r�
Name 401a 1-\1IA-..tr`1. e ' + I 1 �1� — iC� i�.+1_ .bilj
l --
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Number&Street 401b N i ►
t, 1anLt _FA oe, . 4. I S -- s'f . NZ_
City 401c } c <orr!
TT -
County 401 d l{/ -L-VACx L)b D'---�--,t
State 401■ �!]�NC/1 k -fi ro l I t�Y�
Zip Code 401f a&c i
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402 `�+ -
• Classification Code (see
instructions)
•
Units(See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table Ill)
Material (see Instructions)Product 403a I n)-f3 . 1 y�
re Surc 1;k. . 4014
Raw Material 403b l ctitie=c) tlii'C rS 10 hX1 ',aid 4 mor
S:1t fr\4 G�1ri. _O( etctk si'w \
4. now Indicate the volume of water
discharged into the municipal sys- 404a 0 thousand gallons per day .
tern in thousand gallons per day
and whether this discharge h Inter- 404b Mntorrhlttent lint)❑Continuous(con)
mutant or continuous,
5, Pretreatment Provided indicate if 405 ❑Yes Ego
pretreatment is provided prior to '
entering the municipal system •
G. Characteristics of Wastowatlr
(soe instructions)
11; {ag,
me ''�'"` ,,JJ ���� --f+-c[ /�-? r /'� J
Parameter �rT11� ��H Lx } I •}? �'�fJ ) VrfU �4 ! I ! rc
if
404• Number nC''() 1 O tie} OO 003/D 0053O O 9 0 00,55 r)In 1 ri
4t3Sb Value ( r r j �•ty J + r
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FOR AGENCY USE I
STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
I
SECTION[V. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM .
•
Submit a description of each major Industrial facility discharging to the municipal system,using a separate Section IV for each facility descrip-
tion. Indicate the 4 digit Standard industrial Classification (SIC)Cods for the Industry.the major product or raw materiel, the flow tin thnri-
sand gallons per day), and the characteristics of the wastewater discharged from the Industriel facility into the municipal system. Consult :able
III for standard measures of products or raw materials. (say Instructions)
I. Major Contributing Facility .
(sew Instructions) • •
Name 401a CO iili iQr . Dk(ufr - € Fri ri1Si)Ji - --
(�
Number&Street 401b ciiii `�� ... 9+1• +`-mot , N E'
City 401c i-l ) c C.rki _ -
County 401d 4CLL bo
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State 401. D r`�--k l o rc:(,f1 o. . - • —
1 Zip Code 401 a�^^1r j
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402 -
. Classification Code (see
•
Instructions)
Units (See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table ifs)
Material (see instructions)Product Ds � ccH ( -y1 1 y -c -- 413c - 41:34
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Raw Material 403b facie-L-y �r1C`1!r / cr aAj} Sf
(a-C'' i S1n 'C:Ci i.
4. Flow indicate the volume Of water
discharged Into the municipal sys- 4114a f thousand gallons par day '
•
tam In thousand gallons per day
and whether this discharge Is Inter- 404A ❑Interrefttenl(int)iContinuous(con)
mittent or conttnuou5. /
S. Pretreatment Provided Indicate If 403 ❑ LYes a o
Pretreatment Is provided prior to •
entering the municipal system
•
C. Characteristics of Waslewaler
(see instructions)
G,7- 4 _
Parameter !!�'I-1 r 1 I 05 ��'{{`��--c 1} r1 Al
• Name l� Il�� R _ 1� ] i'1 3 . [�I i�J Z1r(.�:- ' 4
Parameter //-1e-A- / /� I/ rf /� /j��]�f f r�
408a Number L/L�l f l J /`lot) i ..C,-3/ ' cio9 ��? 0(0-I ( f�)lf cl O+o
40ab Value C
�� c� c3 .< 31 a 2O C3 , - 3S ,oaK.c•5,
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STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL fl
SECTION W. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM ,
Submit a description of each major Industrial facility discharging to tha municipal'system,using a Separate Section IV for each facility descrip-
tion. Indicate the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC( Code for the Industry,the major product or raw malarial,the flow tin thn,:•
sand gallons per day),and the charectarlstics of the wastewater discharged from the Industrial facility Into the municipal system, Consult :able
lit for standard measures of product or raw materials. (sae Instructions)
1. Major Contributing Facility '
(see instructions) r�
Nam �1 e 401a i siC_Krr9 ie.i[�C\ �• L iQ[liflc, CT, -,-
Number&Street 401b I I D Si '
City 40Ic CM-CO-a—
c�.K, rt. J
County 401d J�`l -C !{-a1 L � — -_
State 401 e I\)or-4 rh. flll YZ)11 nc . .
Zlp Code 401 f '-'� (0()) .
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402 +tea"tf---
Classification Code (see •
Instructions)
Units(See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table Ill)
Material (see Instructions)
Product 403a
\C 1—iTh i h' .\ a f l ot_C$.. ,tsige' 4034
Raw Material 403b r r t `Dr1.) Y s c.'lles4er Oe.l SOU • _ O=f
Dk CR f R 1 t,
4. Flow indicate the volume of water 1' / P l- 6C r
discharged Into the municipal sys• 404a �J ' \.O thousand gallons per day I ti-- I ...-6-
tern In thousand gallons per day NOV0 7
and whether this discharge Is inter- 4t14b ❑Interrhlttent(ant) Conti nuous(con) N O�I ( 1�ot1
mitten!or continuous.
5, Pretreatment Provided Indicate if 405 ❑Yes p pt & EN
pretreatment IS Provided prior to F�n����75 t.l'ili��`.���yt
entering the municipal system
I
4. Characteristics of Westewatar .I
(see instructions)
Peratneter �/� ({ J` (f�
• Name Tea ,f) r�[N/ -Bops 1 , Nr/�).�A)i 13 v ail Y` na;4_
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STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
SECTION IV. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM ,
Submit a description of each major Industrial facility discharging to the municipal system,using a separate Section IV for each facility descr,p-
lion. indicate the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC)Code for the Industry,the major product or raw material,the flow Lin thni;• •
sand gallons per day),and the characteristics of the wastewatw discharged from the industrial facility Into the municipal system. Consult :able
III for standard measures of products or raw materials. (see Instructions)
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remittent or continuous.
S. Pretreatment Provided indicate If 405 ❑Yes
pretreatment is provided prior to
entering the municipal system
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STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
SECTION W. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
Submit i Description of each mayor industrial facility discharging to the municipal system,using a Saparate SectIon IV for each facility descnp.
lion. indicate the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC)Code for the Industry,the mayor product or raw material, the flow tin thn,:•
sand gallons per day). and the characteristics of the wastewater discharged from the Industrial feclilty into She munklpal system. Consult :sole
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STANDARD FORM A--MUNICIPAL
SECTION IY. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
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Lion. Indicate the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC)Code for the Industry,the major product or raw malarial, the flow(In thr.a•
sand gallons per day),and the characteristics of the wastewater dlscherped trorn the Industrial facility Into the municipal System. Consult :able
li I for standard measures of products or raw materials. (see instructionu)
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RN . v Ec.HN r,c, _ . I'. 'u = FEB Q 7 1989

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
COUNTY OF CATAWBA ' 87 CVS //,RF,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel )
S. THOMAS RHODES, Secretary, ) 4 .
Department of Natural Resources ) ,y .
and Community Development, and ) 1v
ex tel ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT )
C©MMISSION, )
Plaintiff , )
) CONSENT JUDGMENT 4 '
v.
111 L F ` - .__ w.._�.__ ) JOC # 37-06
r=r
City of Hickory, )
p )
Defendant. )
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard this day before the
undersigned Judge of Superior Court upon joint appearance by
the parties, who have announced to the Court that all
matters in controversy between them as alleged in the
Complaint have been settled and that they have consented to
the entry of the Consent Judgment upon the following
stipulations and terms :
STIPULATED FACTS
1 . The plaintiff is the sovereign State of North
Carolina . The Department of Natural Resources and Community
Development ( NRCD) is an agency of the State established
pursuant to NCGS 1438-275 , et seq; and. S. Thomas Rhodes is
its Secretary. The Environmental Management Commission
( EM'C) is an agency of the State established pursuant to NCGS
143B-282 , et seq.

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2. The defendant, City of Hickory, in the County of
Catawba, North Carolina, is an incorporated municipality
established and created under North Carolina law. The
current mayor of Hickory is Mr. William R. McDonald, III,
upon whom service of process may be made pursuant to Rule
4 (j) (5) a of the Rules of Civil. Procedure.
3 . The City of Hickory holds North Carolina NPDES
Permit No. NC0020401 for operation of an existing wastewater
treatment works, the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant,
and for making an outlet therefrom for treated wastewater to
Lake Hickory Class WS-III & B waters of this State, in the
Catawba River Basin, but is unable to comply with the final
effluent limitations for BOD, TSS and NH3 as set forth in
the Permit. Compliance will require preparation of plans
and specifications for, and' construction and operation of,
additional treatment works . The noncompliance with final
effluent limitations constitutes causing and contributing to
pollution of the waters of the State, and the City is within
the jurisdiction of the Commission as set forth in NCGS
Chapter 143, Article 21.
4 . The City of Hickory, due to its noncompliance ,
must provide financing for, plan and construct treatment
works which will treat the wastewater presently being
discharged and any additional wastewater desired to be
discharged, to the extent that the City will be able to
comply with final permit effluent limitations .

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5 . In response to the National Municipal Policy, 49
F.R. 3832, January 30 , 1984 , adopted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency for assuring compliance with
the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1342 , by
publicly-owned treatment works , and in recognition of that
Act' s July 1 , 1988, deadline for compliance [§1311 of the
Act initially required compliance by July 1, 1977 , but
extensions of time were granted until July 1 , 1988 if
construction was required for compliance, pursuant to
•
§1311(i) ) , the Department and Commission have identified the
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant of the City of Hickory
as a facility which will not be in compliance due to
extraordinary circumstances. The City has appropriated
funds and contracted with a consulting engineer who will
investigate in detail the present procedures at the
treatment facility and the waste streams being received, and
will make recommendations for changes and procedures
necessary to bring the City into compliance with final
effluent limitations.
STIPULATED TERMS
6 . The defendant, City of Hickory, waives service of
process, accepts service of the Complaint, and admits all
averments contained in the Complaint.
7 . The defendant, City of Hickory, shall pay all
court costs in this cause.

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8. The parties agree that this Consent Judgment
supersedes the requirements of any previously entered
Special Orders by Consent and constitutes full settlement of
all matters referred to in the Complaint, with the following
caveat: the plaintiff reserves all rights to otherwise
assess appropriate civil penalties pursuant to NCGS
143-215. 6(a) in connection with the operation of the
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant by the defendant City
of Hickory, including but not limited to any failures to
comply with interim effluent limitations and monitoring
requirements. The parties further agree this Consent
Judgment is supplementary to the obligations of the
defendant under state and federal water quality statutes.
9 . The defendant, City of Hickory, agrees to perform
all of the following:
(a) Meet and comply with all terms and conditions of
the permit except those effluent limitation identified
in paragraph 3 above. (See Attachment A, which is
incorporated by reference herein, for all monitoring
requirements and effluent limitations . )
(b) Upon entry of the Consent Judgment, undertake the
following activities in accordance with the indicated
time schedule:
1) Submit plans and specifications to NRCD,
which are sufficient to obtain its approval,
for improvements (aeration, clarification,
sludge treatment, etc. ) to treatment works,
including description of funding sources by
November 1, 1987.
2 ) Advertise for bids on or before December 1,
1987 .
3 ) Award contracts on or before May 1, 1988 .
4 ) Begin construction on or before June 1, 1988 .

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5) Complete construction of proposed additional
treatment facilities on or before March 1,
1990.
6) Achieve compliance with final effluent
limitations by May 1 , 1990 .
(c) During the time in which this Consent Judgment is
effective, comply with the interim effluent limitations
and monitoring requirements contained in Attachment A.
(d) No later than 14 calendar days after any date or
time identified for accomplishment of any activity
listed in 9 (b) above, submit to the NRCD, attention
Director of Division of Environmental Management,
written notice of compliance or noncompliance
therewith. In the case of noncompliance, the notice
shall include a statement of the reason (s) for noncom-
pliance., remedial action (s) taken, and a statement
identifying the extent to which subsequent dates or
times for accomplishment of listed activities may be
affected.
(e) Enforce the water conservation provisions of the
State Building Code as it applies to new residential
construction (Volume 11 - Chapter IV 401. 2, 401.3) .
(f) Develop and adopt sewer use ordinance limits for
non-conventional pollutants. Implement the pretreat-
ment program as approved by the Director, including the
enforcement of both categorical pretreatment standards
and local limits.
(g) Deny acceptance of any septage, sludge, or residue
from any domestic or industrial septic tank, pretreat-
ment facility, or wastewater treatment facility into
the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant or into any
portion of the sewerage system that is tributary
thereto.
(h) Until completion of construction continue to pump
and haul sludge from the Northeast Wastewater Treatment
Plant to the Henry Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant for
treatment and disposal.
(i) Should it become necessary to by-pass treatment
components, the City of Hickory must obtain approval
from the Director. Scheduled by-passes will only begin
after prior approval has been received from the
Director. Unforeseen by-passes must be reported to the
Director as quickly as possible but in no case later
than 24 hours after the event begins and must be
followed up within five ( 5) working days with a written
request for approval. By-passes conducted in
accordance with the Director' s approval will not
constitute a violation of this consent judgment.

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10. Additional sources of waste flows are prohibited
by NCGS 143-215. 67 (a) . However, notwithstanding the entry
of this Consent Judgment, the plaintiff Commission, or its
delegate, may allow the City of Hickory to accept additional
waste flows to its Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant,
pursuant to the provisions of NCGS 143-215 . 67 (b) , where
appropriate.
11. Unless excused under Paragraph 12, the defendant
City of Hickory, shall pay the plaintiff Department and
Commission the following stipulated penalties for failure to
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meet the deadlines set out in Paragraph 9 (b) :
DEADLINE PENALTY AMOUNT
1) Plans and specifications $100/day for first 7
days, and
$500/day thereafter
2) Bid advertisement same
3) Contract award/construction same
initiation
4) Construction completion same
5) Compliance with $6, 000 (Single Penalty)
final effluent limitations
Payments shall be made by certified check, made payable to
the "Department of Natural Resources and Community Develop-
ment" , and shall be made within fourteen (14) days following
demand by the plaintiff.

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12. Stipulated penalties are not due if the defendant,
City of Hickory satisfies the plaintiff Department, or this
Court, that non-compliance was ' caused by events or
circumstances beyond the defendant' s control. Such events
or circumstances do not include failure to obtain state or
federal grant funding, failure to schedule or pass necessary
bond referenda, or other failures to obtain necessary
financing, but may include delays caused by contractors
provided that such delays could not be reasonably
anticipated y the Defendant and that Defendant has made its
best efforts to avoid and minimize such delays. Any dispute
which arises concerning whether stipulated penalties are due
will in the first instance be subject to informal
negotiations between the parties, initiated by written
request. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute within
30 days from the date of the request, the dispute may be
referred by any party to the Court for judicial resolution.
If exigencies require, a party may refer the matter to the
Court prior to the expiration of the 30-day period; and the
30-day period may be extended or shortened by mutual
agreement of the parties or by Court order. The filing of a
petition seeking dispute resolution as to the payment of
stipulated penalties will not extend or postpone the
defendant-City' s obligations , and upon dispute resolution
the defendant-City shall have the burden of proof.
13 . The terms of this Consent Judgment may be enforced
by and through the contempt powers of the Court .

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14. This Consent Judgment shall terminate on
May 1, 1990; except that determinations of final compliance
made by the State, payment of any due penalties by the
Defendant, and request for dispute resolution may be made
within 60 days thereafter.
IT IS THEREFORE, upon the consent of the parties and
without the taking of any testimony, ORDERED ADJUDGED and
DECREED;
1 . Thg above stipulated facts and terms, as agreed to
by the parties, are hereby made specific findings and orders
of this Court.
2. The parties, with Court approval, may jointly
modify the provisions of this Consent Judgment.
3. The Court shall •retain necessary jurisdiction of
this matter for purposes of enforcing the terms of the
Consent Judgment; for purposes of determining any matters in
dispute; and for purposes of determining any motions for
further relief based on changes of circumstances .

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This the -2-5— day of 5CpT ,6EK_ 1987.
BY CONSENT:
FOR THE CITY
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7T-7 .4--rre,edey
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NATU' ' . . ES • + CO 0 I * DEVELOPMENT
AND . ' % ME. .AG��- T •MMISSION
• rec •r, D v s on of
Environmental Management
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Jud a of Supers r Court

AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION
The CITY OF HICKORY hereby authorizes its City Attorney to
execute on its behalf the attached Consent Judgment, signifying its
agreement with the State of North Carolina on matters of compliance
with environmental Statutes and Regulations at the Northeast
Wastewater Treatment Plant. It is recognized that the Consent
Judgment includes provisions for an appropriate schedule of compliance
and stipulated penalties for violations, and that said compliance
efforts are not dependent upon obtaining available State or Federal
grant funding.
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This the /3 day of September, 1987.
CITY or HICKORY
By: ql)t,itiaaeztleA2'7tATTPTT: ; mDonald, I.II, Mayor
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B. Gary McGee, C y Manager rrr4--
SEAL

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1 ATTACHMENT A
A. (1) EFFLEUNT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS,35T7- INTERIM j fl f qO
During the period bPo the
v this
Order
lasting
completion
001. Sucho f upgrad'
odischargi
or exxpiration,n, the is authorized to discharge from outfall serial number
shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations
Kg/day (lbs/day) Other Units (Specify) *Measurement Sample ** Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequency Type Location
5.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
Flow 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite I, E
BOD, 5-Day, 20°C
,tal Suspended Residue 30.0 mg/I 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite I, E
Daily Composite E
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum)
3 as N 5.0 mg/1 5.0mg/1 Daily Grab E, U, D
D
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) .1000.0/100 ml 2000.0/100 ml Daily Grab E. U, D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Daily Grab E, U, D
Temperature Monthly Composite E
total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
Toc Phosphorus *** *** Quarterly Composite E
Toxicity **** **** Annually E
Priority Pollutants
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the month
e, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each station.
**Sample Locations: E-Effluent, I-Influent, U-Upstream, D-Downstream
***See Part III, Condition No. J of Permit
****See Part III, Condition No. L of Permit
Tr pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored
daily at the effluent by grab sample.
m.____ ,.,..,, , 1,o nn r1ischarve of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

NPDES WASTE L+ ) ALLOCATION Modeler Date Rec. *
PERMIT NO.: r NCOO 2,0 L1
FACILITY NAME: C sv ec' 1• i ' M: -. l y43'. ..,:�,".)phi JN ,, /r^.
22,5
Drainage Area (mil) Avg. Streaanflow (cfs):
1Cir is or
Facility Status:
' Exinliii61„
7Q10 (cfs) 6a Winter 7Q10 (cfs) ° c�30Q2 (cfs) 6
Permi Statoulss: WA1. f 1CATION— / ITfltD
NEW
Toxicity Limits: IWC�. /3 % (circa. woe) Acute Chronic
Major -''� Minor,. Instream Monitoring:
Pipe No: k.w i r o- fP ' ' �%.. 7Cry (ld2 �Il � ,�.'�/` �t,
Design Capacity (MGD): '
�� ,w',�C Parameters � ~
Domestic (% of Flow): ` ;iv ,,' . t.: Upstream X_ Location ,
I) /27
Industrial (S of Flow): / Downstream Location l' •" £_ ""
!���
_ ��,,i, � r/- y / LL �/, /gip 4 � z
Comments: ,.....�fC/ r7cz.c r7 e 42e.. ,+;,.Y'; r�,�r J r C.S:e'..:,";iKF,� , f.,..ue� NSfF ' s44vv4 N� hJEC l y /tie/rJ TtJG 44"-f7 r 4 t'':11.. Clj)
Coasaa eats: L 1 ff^y, — 1 f
IEffluentWinter
Characteristics Summer
RECEIVING STREAM: Kc 't-Vv v P.
BtJDs (erg'/1) 36
Class: ,,,D .._,Ti- �� � ) N1a-N (mg/ ) ","
Sub-Basins ( _,--v a-2. �-,4, D.O. ango)i' DO Al`-
P
( lease attach)
Reference USES Quad: TSS (mgJl) 30
County: c: 11-r, t,(1 F. Col. (/100ml) ,2ao
Regional Office: As Fa Mv`, Ra Wa Wi WS
pH (SU) -9
Zt 1 ivi tl
t /g6' oi„e Az4)
Requested By: L ''') .A` . '- ;_' Date: 1 1
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Prepared By: . �w " Date: � t[ /� (��{7 /
Reviewed By,t---' A Lar C Date:
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___ ____.n_ X,C S t Comments:
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RECEIVED
sumo CF DiVIRONMEMAL IUJMAGEHENI
Request No . :49€
WASTELOAIJ ALL(')CATICJAN.F O Ci FORO
Permit Number N 0020rr0 moonmuF ; r. -
Facility Name . CITY OF HICKORY NORTHEAS WWEGicita*OWTP
Type of Waste : 63% DOMESTIC / 317.% INDUSTRIAL JAN ����
Status : EXISTING
Receiving Stream . LANE HICKORY PEROIS 4 ENGIND=r;,NG
Stream C1 3s WSIII&B
':yubb :,sin : 030832
Count / . CATAWBA Drainage Area ( q mi ) . 1 225
RW;3ional Office MRO Average Flow (cfs) . 60
Requestor : FOSTER Summer 1010 (cfs) . 60
Dr:rte of Irequest . . 1/ 16/88 Winter 7Q1C (cfs) . 60
Quad . 0I3SE 300' (cfs) . 60
---- ------_ ---- _.. ----- RECOMMENDED EFFLUENT LIM_T;:
EXIST .
W iw t� flow (mqd) . 6 . 0
5 -ivaay BCD ( nsg/1 ) • 30
Amiii,, nia Nitrogen % iv / 1 ) : NR
Disziolved Oxygen ( ny/1 ) . NR
TS: r:1q/1 ) : 30
. ec:W 1 Co l i 1 orrr; ( ',. i 30m 1 ) 200
pH ( SU) . 6-9
N.;deal ( ug/1 ) . 1rJS> NEW •
Cyanid_ ( ug/ I ) 4 3:: 1c
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IJp [i ._ilil ( t./N) : HWY 127
I_jownstr'e..,ni ( Y/IN ) : 4 Loca I: i on . 1 . 5 MILES S LOW Ht,tV 1 2 ? ( 1 i+'I L SELC'N OIJTF-ALL
E1 I' LUEIsi INC. 11Cr.
„f:'. . Li r. , F,� �+'l-ii"lil? ' ;'�;i ERh9 L.
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) . .1 1 J i• .- - @•. 1'' _ !r L ill E`, �l'_ I F ;:_ '�'I[ i;! , 1 11' r. ,
t.NC S+FTEM1L._ ,. r:h1L
Re _oir:nzendezi b. �[ - =v— -- Date /
Rwv1 etv d
Tech . Support Supervisor —•----- - - - Dat_ / /8
Regional Supervisor a - - , Date iky/l _
Permits Engineering — `o"�- -- -- Date _ ' 0
RETURN TO TECHNICAL SERVICES BY FEB 07 989 .

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Facility Name
l./ aff icAv _/V t.9T��l l'J Permit# 00 2611o/
CHRONIC TOXICITY TESTING REQUIREMENT (QRTRLY)
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two consecutive toxicity tests,
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using test procedures outlined in:
1.) The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure (North Carolina Chronic
Bioassay Procedure - Revised *February 1987) or subsequent versions.
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of reproduction or
significant mortality is_L3_% (defined as treatment two in the North Carolina procedure
document). The permit holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish
compliance with the permit condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from
issuance of this permit during the months' of tad ele..771L OCT . Effluent
sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below
all treatment processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter
code TGP3B. Additionally, DEM Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.O. Box 27687
' Raleigh, N.C. 27611
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements
performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual
chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for
disinfection of the waste stream.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this
monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina
Division of Environmental Management 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 and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test
and will require immediate retesting(within 30 days of initial monitoring event). Failure to submit
suitable test results will constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements.
7Q10 60 cfs
Permited Flow 6.0 MGD Recommended by:
IWC% r3
Basin & Sub-basin C773 32
Receiving Stream L4ki.
County 6 6A to s"
**Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at L3 %, me—dziz. Oc7, See Part 3 , Condition .Z

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___ UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 �n�� rTy n NAr� `0
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REF: 4h MF
Mr. Gary McGee
City Manager
City of Hickory
P. 0. Box 398
Hickory, NC 28605 •
RE: C370389-13, Hickory, NC
Dear Mr. McGee:
The Division of Environmental Management has established an eligibility
cut--off date for the above referenced grant. Construction related cost
incurred after this date will not be eligible for EPA participation. This
date has been established as February 21, 1990. This time extension does
not constitute a change in the grant amount nor any changes in the grant
conditions.
In accordance with 40 CFR 35.935-9 (b) no date reflected in the grant agree-
rent, or in the project completion schedule, or extension of any such date,
shall modify any compliance date established in an NPDES Permit. It is the
grantee's obligation to request any required modification of applicable per-
mit terns or other enforceable require.mats.
Please execute three (3) copies of the enclosed grant amendnent form within
three (3) weeks of the date of receipt of this letter. When completed, send
the original and twv (2) copies tar tie U. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Water Management Division; Attention: Administrative Support Unit,
by certified mail. If we may be,oE:±urther assistance, please let us know.
Sincerely,
W. Ray Cunningham, Director
Water Management Division
Enclosure
cc: North Carolina Division of Environmental Management t rr-�r, ::•�r
West & Associates
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•KAUFFMANN EMIRS MOBLEY .9HrAHARIA WHATLEY MARTIN •

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- _ -: ASSISTANCE I.D:_kip. .:
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY - • .. �37_0389--13
ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT AI.iENDM£HT NO. : =
(Optional):' _ T
(Please read tnsfruclions on reverse) 2 .
NOTE: The original Amendment with one copy must be execuledand returned to the Grants Administration Division for Hasdquartsrs '
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assistance awards and to the Grants Administration Branches for Stete and local! assistance swards-within 3 'Weeks aftor:receipt
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or within any extension of time as may be granted in writing by EPA. 'Except as may be otherwise provided, no costs se a result of
• the Amendment may be incurred prior to the execution of the Assistance Amendment by the parties thereto. •
Receipt of a written refusal, or failure to receive the properly executed document within the prescribed time will result in the ter—
mination of consideration of the Assistance Amendment by EPA. -
GENERAL INFORMATION
APPROPRIATION AND ACCOUNTING DATA
APPROPRIATION NUMBER ACCOUNT NUMBER OBJECT CLASS CODE
No Money Change
DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT: PURSUANT TO EPA ASSISTANCE REGULATION 40 CFR 30.900 "PROJECT CHANGES AND ASSISTANCE MODIF-
ICATIONS" AND 40 CFR 30.900-1 "FORMAL ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS," THE ABOVE NUMBERED ASSISTANCE AF,REEMENT IS AMENDED AS
FOLLOWS:
The Division -of Environmental Management has established a cutoff date of
February 21 , 1990 for all construction related costs . Federal partitipation
in project costs will be limited• to approved;A/E 'services, including the one-
year project performance period. Initiation of operation is established as
May 10, 1989. On May 10, 1990 the grantee shall provide the certification
required by 40 CFR 35.2218 (c) in the February 17, 1984 regulations. The
project and budget period for the project performance costs is extended to
May 10, 1990. •
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The possible exception -to this date is:
• 1. Heyward equipment for primary clarifier -
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AWARD APPROVAL OFFICE
ISSUING OFFICE '
ORGANIZATION I -ORGANIZATION '
dater Management Division
Environmental Protection Agency _�
ADDRESS E ADDRESS
Environmental Protection Agency, Piegion IV Region TV, Water Management Division
345 Courtland Street, NE 345 Courtland Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30365 j
Atlanta, GA 30365
RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
NAME
ADDRESS
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City of Hickory - P , 0. Box 398
• • Hickory, NC 28603 _
Except es provided herein all terms and condition:: of chi• basic assistance agreement, including prior amendments, remain unchangei
and in lull force and effect and subject to all applicrible provisions of 40 CFR Chapter f, Subpart B.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E3Y THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONpAG NCY
SIGHATU=E O' • : IAL TYPED NAME AND TITLE AT B 0 MO
��►� W. Ray Cunli'i ngham, DirectorE
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EY AND ON BEHALF Q THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION '
DATE
SIGNATURE TYPED NAME AND TITLE
(;ary Mr(-4Qe•_ City Mitnaoer

Permit No. NC0020401
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
RECEIVED PERMIT
OMM:SION Of ENVIRONMENTAL YAM&11il
FEB 9 1989 To DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL 'POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
MOORESYICE6-
gLeum
t... , In compliance with !the provisions of North Carolina General
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other lawful standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by thetute North43-215.Carolina
Environmental Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended,
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
on NCSR 1400 (Cloninger Mill Road, N.E. )
north of Hickory
Catawba County
to receiving waters designated as Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other
conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
Signed this day
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R. Paul Wilms, Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No. NC0020401
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate and maintain the existing 5.0 MGD wastewater treatment
facility consisting of dual influent bar screens, an aerated chamber, dual
primary clarifiers, four (4) aeration basins, four
clarifiers, disinfection facilities, one (1) anaerobic digestor, a secon sludge
holding tank, and two (2) sludge vacuum filters located at the Hickory
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant on NCSR 1400 in Catawba County (See
Part III of this Permit); and
2. Enter into a contract for the construction of additional wastewater
treatment facilities, and
3. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division of
Environmental Management, construct and operate additional wastewater
treatment facilities to increase the plant capacity to 6. 0 MGD and to
relocate the discharge point to the middle of Lake Hickory, and
4. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the
attached map into Lake Hickory which is classified Class "WS-III and B"
waters in the Catawba River Basin.

A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final Summer (April 1 - October 31) NPDES No. NC0020401
During the period beginning on the effective date of the Permit and last'
relocation or expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from o until
fall(s) e expansion
number(s)ch0001.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations
Monitoring Requirements
Lbs/day Other Units (Specify) Measurement S Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequencyample L
Tape Location
Flow
BOB, 5Day, 20 Degrees C:::. 5.0 NOD Continuous Recording I or E
Total Suspended Residue** 22. 0 mg/1 33.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
NH3 as N 30. 0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
Composite E
Dissolved Oxygen 18. 0 mg/1 27. 0 mg/1 Daily
yg (minimum)
5.0 mg/1 5. 0 mg/1 Daily Grab E, U, D
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) `
Total Residual Chlorine
Daily
ml 400. 0/100 ml Daily Grab
E, U, D
Temperature Grab E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Daily Grab E, U, D
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
Chronic Toxicity **:� Monthly Composite E
Priority Pollutants **** Quarterly Composite E
Conductivity Annually E
* Grab U, D
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Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, U - Upstream , D - Downstream .
Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples shall be collected three times per
week during June, July, August, and September, and once per week during the remaining months of the year.
* The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent values (85% removal) .
See Part III, Condition J; Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) p/f at 11%; January, April, July and Octobe
AA" r.
See Part III, Condition L
These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 to September 30. During the months of April and
October, the limitations shall be: Monthly average -- 1000.0/100 ml, weekly average = 2000.0/100 ml.
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be
monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Q IREMENTS Final Winter (November 1 - March 31) NPDES No. NC0020401
Dur4ng the period beginning on the effective date of the Permit and lasting
relocation or expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from t all(s)until ��l number(s)ion and chooi.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Discharge Limitations Monitoring Req
uirements
lips/day Other Units (Specify) Measurement S Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequencyample *Sample
Flow
Location
5.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20 Degrees Cy1
Total Suspended Residue: :, 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
NH3 as N 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) Daily Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab
Total Residual Chlorine 1000.0/100 ml 2000.0/100 ml Daily Grab E, U, D E, U, D
Temperature Daily Grab E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN)
Monthly Daily Grab
Total PhosphorusE, U, D
Composite E
Chronic Toxicity Monthly Composite E
Priority Pollutants **** Quarterly Composite E
Conductivity Annually E
* Grab
Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, U - Upstream , D - Downstream . U, D
Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples shall be collected
week during June, July, August, and September, and once per week during the remaining monthsthree
thee year.
'`* The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent values (85% removal) .
See Part III, Condition J; Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) p/f at 11%; January, April, July and October.
A/AA See Part III, Condition L
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall
monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample. be
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING RE U Q IRFHENrS Final NPDES No. NC0020401
During the period beginning upon expansion and discharge relocation and lasting
Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001. Such d i charges shall be expiration,
s limited
and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
. -Effluent Characteristics
Discharge Limitations Monitoring' Requirements
Lbs/day Other Units (Specify) Measurement Sample *Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequency
queIIcy Type Location
Flow
6. 0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20 Degrees C**
Total Suspended Residue** 30. 0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
NH3 as N 30. 0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, I
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) Daily Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) Daily Grab E, U, D
Total Residual Chlorine 200. 0/100 ml 400.0/100 ml Daily Grab
Temperature E, U, D
Daily Grab E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Daily CGrab
omp E, U, D
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
Chronic Toxicity **** Monthly Composite E
Priority Pollutants *** Quarterly Composite E
- Conductivity Annually E
TKN * Grab
U
D
Phenols03 E
* (1) Grab
U D
Nickel *** * (1) Grab D
Cyanide "444; 186.0 ug/l Monthly Grab E
Weekly Composite E
Copper 37.0 ug/1 Weekly - Grab
Zinc E
Mercu Monthly Composite E
�' Monthly . Composite E
Cadmium Monthly Composite E
Chromium Monthly Composite E
Lead Monthly Composite E
Silver Monthly Composite E
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
NH as N * (1) Grab
Chlorophyll A U, D
* (1) Grab U, D
• * (1) Grab U, D

* Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, U - Upstream , D - Downstream .
Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples shall be collected three times per
week during June, July, August, and September, and once per week during the remaining months of the year.
* (1) Instream monitoring for these parameters is done weekly in June, July, August, and September only.
*: The monthly average effluent BODS and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent values (85% removal) .
**y These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 to September 30. During all other months, the
limitations shall be: Monthly average = 1000.0/100 ml and weekly average = 2000. 0/100 ml.
*"` See Part III, Condition K; Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) p/f at 13%, January, April, July and October.
y '`* See Part III, Condition L
****** Daily maximum limitation
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9. 0 standard units and shall be
monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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Part III
Permit No. NC0020401
I. Upon completion of the facility expansion to 6.0 MGD, the discharge shall be to
the middle of Lake Hickory and the existing outfall shall be abandoned.
J. Chronic Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two
consecutive toxicity tests, using test procedures outlined in:
1). The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure
(North Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised *February
1987) or subsequent version.
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of
reproduction or significant mortality is 11% (defined as treatment two
in the North Carolina procedure document). The permit holder shall perform
quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the
permit condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from
issuance of this permit during the months of January, April, July and October.
Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted
final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will
be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in
which it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B. Additionally, DEM
from AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.O. l3ox 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting
chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity tests,
as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent
toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for
disinfection of the waste stream.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified
limits, then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a
single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert
to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate potential impacts
to the receiving stream, this permit may be reopened 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 and appropriate environmental
controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate
retesting (within 30 days of initial monitoring event). Failure to submit
suitable test results will constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements.
K. Chronic Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two
consecutive toxicity tests, using test procedures outlined in:
1). The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure (North
Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised *February 1987) or subsequent
version.
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable inhibition of
reproduction or significant mortality is 13% (defined as treatment two
in the North Carolina procedure document). The permit holder shall perform
quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the
permit condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from
issuance of this permit during the months of January, April, July and October.
Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted
final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will
be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which
it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B. Additionally, DEM
from AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management
P.D. Box 27687
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting
chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity tests,
as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent
toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for
disinfection of the waste stream.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified
limits, then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a
single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert to
quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate potential impacts to
the receiving stream, this permit may be reopened and modified to include
alternate monitoring requirements or limits.

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•
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such
as minimum control organism survival and appropriate environmental controls, shall
constitute an invalid test and will require immediate retesting (within 30 days of
initial monitoring event). Failure to submit suitable test results will
constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements.
L. The permittee shall conduct a test for priority pollutants annually at the
effluent from the treatment plant. The discharge shall be evaluated as follows:
1) A pollutant analysis of the effluent must be completed annually using
EPA approved methods for the following analytic fractions: (a)
purgeables (i. e. , volatile organic compounds); (b) acid extractables;
(c) base/neutral extractables; (d) organochlorine pesticides and PCB's
(e) herbicides; and (f) metals and other inorganics. The Annual
Pollutant Analysis (APA) Monitoring Requirement Reporting Form A, to
be provided to all discharges affected by this monitoring requirement,
describes the sampling and analysis requirements and lists chemicals
to be included in the pollutant analysis. This monitoring requirement
is to be referred to as the "Annual Pollutant Analysis" (APA).
2) Other significant levels of synthetic organic chemicals must be
identified and approximately quantified. For the purpose of
implementing this requirement, the largest 10 GC/MS peaks in each
organic chemical analytic fraction (or fewer than 10, if less than 10
unidentified peaks) occur for chemicals other than those specified on
the APA Monitoring Requirement Reporting Form A should be identified
and approximately quantified as stated in the APA Reporting Form A
instructions. This part (item 2) of the APA monitoring requirement is
to be referred to as the "10 significant peaks rule".

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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural. Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor July 17 , 1987 R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary CERTIFIED MAIL Director
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr . William J. Twiggs
City of Hickory
P© Box 398
Hickory , NC 28601
Subject : Permit No . NC0020401
Northeast Wastewater Treatment
Plant
Catawba County
Dear Mr . Twiggs :
In accordance with your application for discharge permit received on
September 11 , 1986 , we are forwarding herewith the subject State NPDES
permit . This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina
General Statute 143-215 . 1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North
Carolina and the US Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6 , 1983 .
If any parts , measurement frequencies or sampling requirements
contained in this permit are unacceptable to you, you may request a waiver
or modification pursuant to Regulation 15 NCAC 2B . 0508 (b) by written
request to the Director identifying the specific issues to be contended.
Unless such request is made within 30 days following receipt of this permit ,
this permit shall be final ,and binding . Should your request be denied , you
will have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing .
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable . Part II , 8 ..2 .
addresses the requirements to be followed in case of change in ownership or
control of this discharge .
This permit does not affect the legal requirement to obtain other
permits which may be required by the Division of Environmental Management or
permits required by the Division of Land Resources , Coastal Area Management
Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit , please contact Mr .
Dale Overcash, at telephone number 919/733-5083 .
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ARTHUR i"vlOUS RRY
FOR R. Paul Wilms
cc : Mr . Jim Patrick, EPA
Mooresville Regional Supery , q;PreventionPays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

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Permit No. NC0020401
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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,
CITY OF HICKORY
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is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
on NCSR 1400
Catawba County
to receiving waters designated as Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions
set forth in Part I, II, andrill hereof.
This permit shall become effective July 17, 1987
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
. April 30, 1989.
Signed this day of July 17, 1987
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R. PAUL WILMS, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
BY AUTHORITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
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Permit No . NC0020401
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
City of Hickory -
is hereby authorized to :
1 . Continue to operate and maintain the existing 5 .0 MGD
wastewater treatment facility consisting of dual
influent bar screens , an aerated grit chamber, dual
primary clarifiers, four (4) aeration basins , four (4)
secondary clarifiers , disinfection facilities , one (1)
anaerobic digestor, a sludge holding tank, and two (2)
sludge vacuum filters located at the Hickory Northeast
Wastewater Treatment Plant on NCSR 1400 in Catawba
County (See Part III of this Permit) , and
2 . Enter into a contract for the construction of
additional wastewater treatment facilities , and
3 . After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the
Division of Environmental Management , construct and
operate additional wastewater treatment facilities to
increase the plant capacity to 6 . 0 MGD and to relocate
the discharge point to the middle of Lake Hickory, and
4 . Discharge from said treatment works into Lake Hickory
which is classified Class "WS-III and B" waters in the
Catawba River Basin.
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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (April 1 - October 31)
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permitand lasting until expansion and discharge
. the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s)001 relocation or expiratio
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permlttee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
' Kg/day (lbs/day) Other•Units (Specify) * Measurement Sample ****Sample
Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. Monthly AVg. weexly Avg. requency Type Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Continuous Recording , I or E
BOD,5Day,20°C** 22.0 mg/1 33.0 mg/1 Daily Composite I ,E
Nitaas N - '. N .1a.0 mg/1 27.0, mg/1 Daily Composite E
TSS** 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite I ,E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)*** 200.0/100 ml 400.0/100 ml Daily Grab :. E,U,D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E,U,D
Temperature Daily Grab E,U,D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Total Phosphorus • Monthly Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
Toxicity ***** ***** Quarterly Composite E
Priority Pollutants ****** ****** Annually ' E
*Daily stream sample frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the months of
June, July, August, and September .when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each station.
**The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective
influent values (85% removal ).
***These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 to September 30. During the months of April and October, the
limitations shall be: Monthly average = 1000.0/100 ml , Weekly average = 2000.0/100 ml .
****Sample locations; I -. Influent, E - Effluent, D - Downstream, U - Upstream
*****See Part III , Condition No. J.
******See Part III , Condition No. L. o ITS n P
The pH shall not beless than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and o
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab samples.• o c
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. ~ • o
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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (November 1 - March 31)
During the period beginningon the effective date of the permitand lasting untilexpansion and discharge
• the pennittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001. relocation or expiration
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the pennittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kglday (lbs/da ) Other-Units (Specify) * Measurement Prole *** Sample
Monthly Avg. -Weeklyy
Avg. Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. requency Type, Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD,5Day,20o C ** 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 DailyComposite I ,E
Total Suspended Residue** 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite I ,E
NH as N Daily Composite E
Digsolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E,U,D
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 1000.0/100 ml 2000.0/100 ml Daily Grab E,U,D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Temperature Daily ' Grab E,U,D
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
Toxicity **** **** Quarterly Composite E
Priority Pollutants ***** ***** Annually E
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the months
of June, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times. per week at each station.
**The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective
influent values (85% removal ) .
***Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream
****See Part III, Condition No. J.
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*****See Part III , Condition No. L. •
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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final .
During the period beginning upon expansion and discharge relocation and lasting until expiration,
. the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations (1) • Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day albs/da ) Other-Units (Specify) Measurement Sample *Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. Frequency Type Location
Flow 6.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
B0D,5Day;20o C ** 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/I Daily Composite I ,E
Total Suspended Residue** ' 30.0 mg/1 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite I ,E
NH7 as N Weekly Composite E
Pedal Coliform (geometric mean)*** 200.0/100 ml 400.0/100 ml Daily Grab • E
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Temperature Daily Grab E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
Toxicity **** **** Quarterly Composite E •
Priority Pollutants ***** ***** Annually E
(1)These limitations are applicable only for a discharge from a diffuser 1500 feet from the current outfall in
the middle of Lake Hickory.
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*Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent •
**The monthly average effluent 801:1 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the
respective influent values (85% Yemoval ) .
***These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 to September 30. During all other months, the
limitations shall be: Monthly average = 1000.0/100 ml and Weekly average = 2000.0/100 ml . .
****See Part III, Condition No. K.
*****See Part III, Condition No. L.
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6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and O Tel
The pH shall not be.less than N
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There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam• in other than trace amounts. • 0,

Part I
B . SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE
1 . The permittee shall achieve compliance with the effluent
limitations specified for discharges in accordance with the
folllowing schedule :
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2 . No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in
the above schedule of c:cmpliance , the permittee shall submit
either a report of progress or, in the case of specific actions
being required by identified dates , a written notice of
compliance or noncompliance . In the latter case, the notice
shall include the cause of noncompliance , any remedial actions
taken , and the probability of meeting the next scheduled
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C. MONITORING AND REPORTING
1. Representative Sampling
Samples collected and measurements taken as required herein shall be.
characteristic of the volume and nature of the permitted discharge.
Samples collected at a frequency less than daily shall be taken on a day
and time that is characteristic of the discharge over the entire period
which the sample represents.
2. Reporting
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be
stnmmP rized for each month and reported on a monthly ➢ischarge Monitoring
Report (DMR) Form (DEM No. MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3,) or alternative forms
approved by the Director, DEM, postmarked no later than the 30th day
following the completed reporting period.
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. Duplicate signed copies
of these, and all other reports required herein, shall be submitted to
the following address:
Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
ATTN: Central Files
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, NC 27611
3. Definitions
a. Act or "the Act": The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also know
as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et. seq.
b. The monthly average, other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the
arithmetic mean of all the samples collected in one calendar month. The
monthly average for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric mean of
samples collected in one calendar month.
c. The weekly average, other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the
arithmetic mean of all the samples collected during one calendar week
(Sun-Sat) . The weekly average for fecal coliform bacteria is the
geometric mean of all samples collected in one calendar week (Sun-Sat) .
d. DEM or Division: means the Division of Environmental Management,
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.
e. EMC: used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission.
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f. Flow, M3/day (MGD) : The flow limit expressed in this permit is the
24 hour average flow, averaged monthly. It is determined as the
arithmetic mean of the total daily flows recorded during the calendar
month.
g. Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the
summation of the individual values divided by the number of individual
values.
h.. Geometric Mean: The geometric mean of any set of values is the Nth
root ' of the product of the individual values where N is equal to the
number of individual values. The geometric mean is equivalent to the
antilog of the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of the individual
values. For purposes of calculating the geometric mean, values of zero
(0) shall be considered to be one (1) .
i. Composite Sample: These samples consist of grab samples collected at
equal intervals and combined proportional to flow, a sample continuously
collected proportionally to flow, or equal volumes taken at varying time
intervals. If a composite sample is obtained from grab samples, the
following requirements apply. The intervals between influent grab
samples shall be no greater than hourly. Intervals between effluent grab
samples shall be no greater than hourly except where the detention time
of the wastewater in the facility is greater than 24 hours, in which
case, the interval between grab samples shall be no greater in number of
hours than the detention time in number of days; provided, however, in
no case may the time between effluent grab samples be greater than six
hours nor the number of grab samples less than four during any discharge
period of 24 hours or less.
j. Grab Sample: Grab samples are individual samples collected over a
period of time not exceeding 15 minutes; the grab sample can be taken
manually.
4. Test Procedures
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to the EMC
regulations published pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-215.63 et seq, the Water
and Air Quality Reporting Act, and to regulations published pursuant to
Section 304(g) , 33 USC 1314, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
As Amended, and Regulation 40 CFR 136.
5. Recording Results
For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of
this permit, the permittee shall record the following information:
a. The exact place, date, and time of sampling;
b. The dates the analyses were performed; and
c. The person(s) who performed the analyses.
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6. Additional Monitoring by Permittee
If the permittee monitors any pollutant at the location(s) designated
herein more frequently than required by this permit, using approved
analytical methods as specified above, the. results of such monitoring
shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the values is
required in the DMR. Such increased frequency shall also be indicated.
The DEM may require more frequent monitoring or the monitoring of other
pollutants not required in this permit by written notification.
7. Records Retention
All records and information resulting from the monitoring activities
required by this Permit including all records of analyses performed and
calibration and maintenance of instrumentation and recordings from
continuous monitoring instrumentation shall be retained for a minimum of
three (3) years. This period of retention shall be extended during the
course of any unresolved litigation or if requested by the Division of
Environmental Management or the Regional Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
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PART II GENERAL CONDITIONS
A. MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
1. Change in Discharge
All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms and
conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified in
this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that
authorized shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated
facility expansions, production increases, or process modifications
which will result in new, different, or increased discharges of
pollutants must be reported by submission of a new NPDES application or,
if such changes will not violate the effluent limitations specified in
this permit, by notice to the DEM of such changes. Following such
notice, the permit may be modified to specify and limit any pollutants
not previously limited.
2. Noncompliance Notification
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or
appropriate regional office of the division as soon as possible but in
no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following:
a. Any occurrence at the water pollution control facility which
results in the discharge of significant amounts of wastes which are
abnormal in quantity or characteristic, such as the dumping of the
contents of a sludge digester, the known passage of a slug of
hazardous substance through the facility or any other unusual
circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that
render the facility incapable of adequate wastewater treatment, such
as mechanical or electrical failures of pumps, aerators,
compressors, etc.
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment
facility resulting in a by-pass directly to receiving waters without
treatment of all or any portion of the influent to such station or
facility.
d. Any time that self-monitoring information indicates that the
facility has gone out of compliance with its NPDES permit
limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a
written report in letter form within 15 days following first knowledge
of the occurrence.
3. Facilities Operation
The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and
operate as efficiently as possible all treatment or control facilities
or systems installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with
the terms and conditions of this permit.
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4. Adverse Impact
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The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse
impact to navigable waters resulting from noncompliance with any
effluent limitations specified in this permit, including such
accelerated or additional monitoring as necessary to determine the
nature and impact of the noncomplying discharge.
5. Bypassing
Any diversion from or bypass of facilities is prohibited, except (i)
where unavoidable . to prevent loss of life or severe property damage, or
(ii) where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any
facilities necessary for compliance with the effluent limitations and
prohibitions of this permit. All permittees who have such sewer bypasses
or overflows of this discharge shall submit, not later than six months
from the date of issuance of this permit, detailed data or engineering
estimates which identify:
a. The location of each sewer system bypass or overflow;
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b. The frequency, duration and quantity of flow from
each sewer system bypass or overflow.
This requirement is waived where infiltration/inflow analyses are
scheduled to be performed as part of an Environmental Protection Agency
facilities planning project.
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or
appropriate regional office of the division as soon as possible but in
no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following the
occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any diversion from or
bypass of facilities.
6. Removed Substances
Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the
course of treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in
accordance with NCGS 143-215.1 and in a manner such as to prevent any
pollutant from such materials from entering waters of the State or
navigable waters of the United States.
7. Power Failures
The permittee is responsible for maintaining adequate safeguards to
prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated wastes during
electrical power failures either by means of alternate power sources,
standby generators or retention of inadequately treated effluent.
8. Onshore or Offshore Construction
This permit does not authorize or approve the construction of any
onshore or offshore physical structures or facilities or the undertaking
of any work in any navigable waters.
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B. RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Right of Entry
The permittee shall allow the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, the Regional Administrator, and/or their authorized
representatives, upon the presentations of credentials:
a. To enter upon the permittee's premises where an effluent source
is located or in which any records are required to be kept under the
terms and conditions of this permit; and
b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records
required to be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit;
to inspect any monitoring equipment or monitoring method required in
this permit; and to sample any discharge of pollutants.
2. Transfer of Ownership or Control
This permit is not transferable. In the event of any change in name,
control or ownership of facilities from which the authorized discharge
emanates or is contemplated, the permittee shall notify the prospective
owner or controller by letter of the existence of this permit and of the
need to obtain a permit in the name of the prospective owner. A copy of
the letter shall be forwarded to the Division of Environmental
Management.
3. Availability of Reports
Except for data determined to be confidential under NCGS 143-215.3(a)
(2) or Section 308 of the Federal Act, 33 DSC 1318, all reports prepared
in accordance with the terms shall be available for public inspection at
the offices of the Division of Environmental Management. As required by
the Act, effluent data shall not be considered confidential. Knowingly
making any false statement on any such report may result in the
imposition of criminal penalties as provided for in NCGS 143-215.1(b)
(2) or in Section 309 of the Federal Act.
4. Permit Modification
After notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to NCGS 143-215.1(b)
(2) and NCGS 143-215.1(e) respectively, this permit may be modified,
suspended, or revoked in whole or in part during its term for cause
including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
b. Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose
fully all relevant facts; or
c. ,A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or
permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge.
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5. Toxic Pollutants
Notwithstanding Part II, B-4 above, if a toxic effluent standard or
prohibition (including any schedule of compliance specified in such
effluent standard or prohibition) is established under Section 307(a) of
the Act for a toxic pollutant which is present in the discharge, if such
standard or prohibition is more stringent than any limitation for such
pollutant in this permit, this permit shall be revised or modified in
accordance with the toxic effluent standard prohibition and the
permittee so notified.
6. Civil and Criminal Liability
Except as provided -in permit conditions on "Bypassing" (Part II, A-5)
and "Power Failures" (Part II, A-7), nothing in this permit shall be
construed to relieve the permittee from any responsibilities,
liabilities, or penalties for noncompliance pursuant to NCGS 143-215.3,
143-215.6 or Section 309 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1319. Furthermore,
the permittee is responsible for consequential damages, such as fish
kills, even though the responsibility for effective compliance may be
temporarily suspended.
7. Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of
any legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities,
liabilities, or penalties to which the permittee is or may be subject to
under NCGS 143-215.75 et seq. or Section 311 of the Federal Act, 33 USC
1321. Furthermore, the permittee is responsible for consequential
damages, such as fish kills, even though the responsibility for
effective compliance may be temporarily suspended.
8. Property Rights
The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in
either real or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does
it authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal
rights, nor any infringement of Federal, State or local laws or
regulations.
9. Severability
The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of
this permit to any circumstance is held invalid, the application of such
provision to other circumstances, and the remainder of this permit shall
not be affected thereby.
10. Expiration of Permit
Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date. In
order to receive authorization to discharge beyond the expiration date,
the permittee shall submit such information, forms, and fees as are
required by the agency authorized to issue permits no later than 180
days prior to the expiration date. Any discharge without a permit after
the expiration will subject the permittee to enforcement procedures as
provided in NCGS 143-215.6, and 33 USC 1251 et seq.
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11. Industrial Pretreatment Standards
Permittee shall require any industrial dischargers into the permitted
system to meet Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403)
promulgated in response to Section 307(b) of the Act. The permittee
shall provide semiannual reports to the permitting agency regarding the
pretreatment requirements which have been imposed on each significant
industrial user and the results achieved therefrom. Other information
may be needed regarding new industrial discharges and this will be
requested from the permittee after the permitting agency has received
notice of the new industrial discharge.
A significant industrial user is one which discharges wastewater into a
publicly owned treatment works and which:
(a) has an average daily process wastewater flow of greater than
50,000 gallons per day, or;
(b) contributes more than 5% of any design capacity of the
wastewater treatment plant which receives the discharge, or;
(c) is required to meet a national categorical pretreatment
standard, or;
(d) is determined by the control authority to have a potential to
adversely impact the wastewater treatment plant or receiving stream,
or to limit the POTW sludge disposal options, or;
(e) has been included in the permittee's pretreatment monitoring
program submitted in accordance with section 15 NCAC 2H.0906 of the
North Carolina Administrative Code..
Any change in the definition of a significant industrial user as a
result of promulgations in response to Section 307 of the Act or
revisions to 15 NCAC 2H.0903 shall become a part of this permit.
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PART III OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. Requirements for Effluent Limitations on Pollutants Attributable to
Industrial Users
1. Effluent limitations are listed in Part I of this permit. Other
pollutants attributable to inputs from major contributing industries using
the municipal system may be present in the permittee's discharge. At such
time as sufficient information becomes available to establish limitations
for such pollutants, this permit may be revised to specify effluent
limitations for any or all of such other pollutants in accordance with best
practicable technology or water quality standards.
2. Under no circumstances shall the permittee allow introduction of the
following wastes into the waste treatment system:
a. Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment
works.
b. Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to treatment
works, and in no case discharges with pH less than 5 unless the system
is specifically designed to accomodate such discharges.
c. Solid or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to
the flow in sewers or interference with the proper operation of the
treatment works.
d. Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant concentration which will
cause a loss of treatment efficiency.
e. Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the
treatment works, resulting in interference but in no case heat in such
quantities that the temperature at the treatment works influent exceeds
40 C (104 F) unless the works are designed to accommodate such heat.
3. With regard to the effluent requirements listed in Part I of this permit,
it may be necessary for the permittee to supplement the requirements of the
Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403) to ensure compliance by
the permittee with all applicable effluent limitations. Such actions by the
permittee may be necessary regarding some or all of the major contributing
industries discharging to the municipal system.
4. This Permit shall be modified, or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to
incorporate or modify an approved POTW Pretreatment Program or to include a
compliance schedule for the development of a POTW Pretreatment Program as
required under Section 402(b) (8) of the Clean Water Act and implementing
regulations or by the requirements of the approved State pretreatment
program, as appropriate.
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B. Previous Permits
All previous State water quality permits issued to this facility, whether
for construction or operation or discharge, are hereby revoked by issuance
of this permit. The conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions of this
permit authorizing discharge under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System govern discharges from this facility.
C. Construction
No construction of wastewater treatment facilities or additions thereto
shall be begun until Final Plans and Specifications have been submitted to
the Division of Environmental Management and written approval and
Authorization to Construct has been issued.
D. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A of North Carolina General Statutes, the permittee
shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator'in responsible
charge of the wastewater treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a
certification of the grades equivalent to or greater than the classification
assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities.
E. Groundwater Monitoring
The permittee shall, upon written notice from the Director of the Division
of Environmental Management, conduct groundwater monitoring as may be
required to determine the compliance of this NPDES permitted facility with
• the current groundwater standards.
F. Limitations Reopener
This permit shall be modified or alternatively, revoked and reissued, to
comply with any applicable effluent guideline or water quality standard
issued or approved under Sections 302(b) (2) (c) , and (d) , 304(b) (2) , and
307(a) (2) of the Clean Water Act, if the effluent guideline or water quality
standard so issued or approved:
1) contains different conditions or is otherwise more stringent than
any effluent limitation in the permit; or
2) controls any pollutant not limited in the permit.
G. Toxicity Reopener
This permit shall be modified, or revoked and reissued to incorporate
toxicity limitations and/or monitoring requirements in the event toxicity
testing or other studies conducted on the effluent or receiving stream
indicate that detrimental effects may be expected in the receiving stream as
a result of this discharge.
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H. Pretreatment Program Implementation
Under authority of sections 307(b) and (c) and 402 (b) (8) of the Clean Water Act
and implementing regulations 40 CFR Part 403; North Carolina General Statute
143-215.3 (14) and implementing regulations 15 NCAC 2H .0900, and in accordance
with the approved pretreatment program all provisions and regulations contained
and referenced in the Pretreatment Program Submittal are an enforceable part of
this NPDES permit.
The permittee shall operate its approved pretreatment program in accordance with
section 402(b) (8) of the Clean Water Act, the Federal Pretreatment Regulations
40 CFR Part 403, the State Pretreatment Regulations 15 NCAC 2H .0900, and the
legal authorities, policies, procedures, and financial provisions contained in
its pretreatment program submission. Such operation shall include but is not
limited to the implementation of the following conditions and requirements:
1) The permittee shall develop, in accordance with 40 CFR 403.5(c) ,
specific limits to implement the prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a) and
(b) .
2) The permittee shall issue permits for construction, operation and
discharge to all significant industrial users in accordance with NCGS
143-215.1. These permits shall contain limitations, sampling protecals,
reporting requirements, appropriate standard conditions, and compliance
schedules as necessary for the installation of control technologies to meet
applicable pretreatment standards and requirements. Prior to the issuance of
a permit to construct or as a condition of the permit an evaluation of the
treatment process proposed must be made as to its capacity to meet the
permit limitations.
3) The permittee shall carry out inspection, surveillance, and monitoring
requirements as described in its approved pretreatment program in order to
determine, independent of information supplied by industrial users,
compliance with applicable pretreatment standards. All significant
industrial users must be sampled at least twice per year for limited
parameters.
4) The permittee shall enforce and obtain appropriate remedies for
significant violation of categorical pretreatment standards promulgated
pursuant to section 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (40 CFR 405
et.seq.), prohibitive discharge standards as set forth in 40 CFR 403.5, and
specific local limitations.
5) The permittee shall require all industrial users to comply with the
applicable monitoring and reporting requirements outlined in the approved
pretreatment program, the industries pretreatment permit and/or in 15 NCAC
2H .0908.
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6) The permittee shall submit twice per year a pretreatment report
describing its pretreatment activities over the previous six months. A
report shall be submitted to the Division by August 1 of each year
describing pretreatment activities for January 1 through June 30 of that
year, and a like report shall be submitted by February 1 of each year for
activities conducted from July 1 through December 31 of the previous year.
These reports shall contain the following information:
a) a narrative summary of actions taken by the permittee to ensure
compliance with pretreatment requirements and standards
b) a list of any substantive changes made in the approved program
c) a compliance status summary of all significant industrial users
d) a list of those significant industrial users in significant
violation of pretreatment requirements and standards, the nature of
the violations, and actions taken or proposed to correct the
violations
e) sampling and analytical results recorded on forms approved by
the Division
f) upon request, other information pertinent to the implementation
of the permittee's pretreatment program.
7) The permittee shall retain for a minimum of three years records of
monitoring activities and results, along with support information including
general records, water quality records, and records of industrial impact on
the POTW.
8) The permittee shall publish annually, pursuant to 40 CFR 403.8
(f) (2) (vii), a list of significant industrial users that have significantly
violated pretreatment requirements and standards during the previous twelve
month period.
9) The permittee shall maintain adequate funding levels to accomplish the
objectives of its approved pretreatment program.
10) The permittee shall maintain adequate legal authority to implement its
approved pretreatment program.
11) The permittee shall update its industrial user survey at least once
every three years .
12) Modifications to the approved pretreatment program including but not
limited to local limits modifications and monitoring program changes shall
be considered permit modification and shall be governed by 15 NCAC 2H .0114.
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Part III Continued
Permit No . NC0020401
I. Upon completion of the facility expansion to 6 . 0 MGD, the discharge
shall be to the middle of Lake Hickory and the existing outfall
shall be abandoned .
J. Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity
using test procedures outlined in:
1 . The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay
procedure (North Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised
*February 1987) or subsequent versions .
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable
inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality is 11% (defined
as treatment tTvo in the North Carolina procedure document) . The
permit holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this
procedure to establish compliance with the permit condition. The
first test will be performed within thirty days from issuance of
this permit . Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed
at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment
processes .
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit
condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form
(MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the
appropriate parameter code . Additionally, DEM Form AT-1 (original)
is to be sent to the following address :
Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
PO Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting
chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the
toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual
chlorine must be measured and reported if employed for disinfection
of the waste stream.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests
performed by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may
be reopened and modified to include alternate monitoring
requirements or limitations .
Note : Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited
document, such as minimum control organism survival and appropriate
environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will
require immediate retesting . Failure to submit suitable test
results will constitute a failure of permit conditions .

Part III
Permit No . NC0020401
K. Toxicity Testing Requirement
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity
using test procedures outlined in:
1 . The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay
procedure (North Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised
*February 1987) or subsequent versions .
The effluent concentration at which there may be no observable
inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality is 13% (defined
as treatment two in the North Carolina procedure document) . The
permit holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this
procedure to establish compliance with the permit condition. The
first test will be performed within thirty days from issuance of
this permit . Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed
at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment
processes .
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit
condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form
(MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the
appropriate parameter code . Additionally, DEM Form AT-1 (original)
is to be sent to the following address :
Technical Services Branch
North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
PO Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Test data shall be momplete and accurate and include all supporting
chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the
toxicity tests , as well as all dose/response data. Total residual
chlorine must be measured and reported if employed for disinfection
of the waste stream.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests
performed by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may
be reopened and modified to include alternate monitoring
requirements or limitations.
Note : Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited
document , such as minimum control organism survival and appropriate
environmental controls , shall constitute an invalid test and will
require immediate retesting . Failure to submit suitable test
results will constitute a failure of permit conditions .

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Part III
Permit No . NC0020401
L. The permittee shall conduct a test for priority pollutants annually
at the effluent from the treatment plant . The discharge shall be
evaluated for all volatile fractions , acid fractions, base/neutral
fractions, and pesticide fractions listed in Table II of Appendix D .
of 40 CFR Part 122 and all metals, cyanide, and phenols listed in
Table III of Appendix D. of 40 CFR Part 122. The permittee shall
test the effluent for any pollutants listed in Tables IV and V of
Appendix D . of 40 CFR Part 122, if a specific pollutant is believed
to be present in the discharge. In addition to the above testing
requirements , other significant levels of synthetic organic
chemicals must be identified. For the purpose of implementing this
requirement, the largest 10 percent of the GC/MS peaks other than
the priority pollutants shall be identified . All tests shall be
performed in accordance with the EPA Reference Methods listed in 40
CFR Part 136 .

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE_
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
COUNTY OF Catawba 87 CVS /‘se .
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel )
S. THOMAS RHODES, Secretary, )
Department of Natural Resources )
and Community Development, and )
ex ref ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT )
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff, )
) COMPLAINT
v. )
) JOG n 87-06
City of Hickory
r )
Defendant. )
Plaintiff, complaining of the Defendant, alleges and
says :
PARTIES
1 . The plaintiff is the sovereign State of North
Carolina. The Department of Natural Resources and Community
Development (NRCD) is an agency of the State established
pursuant to NCGS 143E-275, et seq; and S . Thomas Rhodes is.
its Secretary. The Environmental Management ComMission
(EMC) is an agency of the State established pursuant to NCGS
1.43E-282 , et seq.
2 . Plaintiff is authorized to bring this action for
injunctive relief for violations or threatened violations of
the State water quality statutes , T
Y��, reason of NCC;S
3 �15 '" ( t a c ) . t
•- Plaintiff administers the
water
control program of the State of North Carolina , and is the

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delegatee of the federally-mandated National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program established by
the §402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S .C. §1342 .
3. The defendant, City of Hickory, in the County of
Catawba, North Carolina, is an incorporated municipality
established and created under North Carolina law. The
current mayor of Hickory is Mr. William R. McDonald, III,
upon whom service of process may be made pursuant to Rule
4 ( j ) ( 5)a of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
JURISDICTION
4. NCGS 143-215. 6(c) authorizes the Superior Court to
hear the complaint and motion. for injunctive relief of the
Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and
Community Development, seeking to obtain compliance by the
City of Lenoir with the water quality statutes of this State
and the permits issued thereunder.
5 . NCGS 143-215. 6 (c) likewise makes the Superior
• Court of Catawba County the appropriate venue for this
cause.
INTRODUCTION
6. NCGS 143-211 expresses the "intent of the General
Assembly that the powers and duties of the Environmental
Management Commission and the Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development be construed so as to
enable the Department and the Commission to qualify to
administer federally mandated programs of environmental
management. . . . " To this end, the Department has obtained

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appropriate delegations from the United States Environmental
Protection Agency to administer and enforce the NPDES
program.
7. The federal Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C.
§1251 et seq. , (hereinafter CWA) requires all entities who
discharge into the navigable waters of the United States to
obtain a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit from the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) in accordance with standards set by the Administrator
of the Agenc i. 33 U.S.C. §1342(a) . The Administrator can,
however, "authorize" a state to issue NPDES permits in his
stead if the state permitting program is at least equal to
that under the CWA. 33 U.S.C. §1342(b) . Thus, a discharge
permit issued by an "authorized" state satisfies both the
federal NPDES permit requirement and the state law permit
requirement of the issuing state. The discharge permit
requirement for the State of North Carolina is NCGS
143-215.1.
8 . To maintain its status as an "authorized" state,
North Carolina must demonstrate its ability to ensure, inter
alia, that NPDES permits in North Carolina meet certain
requirements set forth in the Clean Water Act or otherwise
established by the Administrator of EPA under the Act. 33
U. S.C. §1342 (b) ( 1 ) . One of these requirements is that all
publicly-owned treatment works (POTWs ) or municipal sewage
treatment plants be in compliance with discharge standards

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set forth in the CWA for such facilities no later than July
1, 1988 . 33 U.S. C. §1311(b) and 1311 ( i) .
9. On January 30, 1984, EPA announced a National
Municipal Policy to ensure that all POTWs meet the July 1,
1988 deadline for compliance with EPA standards. 49 F.R.
3832, January 30, 1984 . Under the plan, each POTW not in
compliance with EPA' standards would be required to submit a
plan of correction to meet the standards on or before July
1, 1988. These plans were to be submitted to the NPDES
permitting authority, such as North . Carolina, which, in
turn, would work out a compliance schedule with the particu-
lar municipality.
10. In response to the National Municipal Policy and
in recognition of the July 1, 1988, deadline for compliance,
the Department and Commission, inter alia, have identified
those POTWs within the State of North Carolina where there
are extraordinary circumstances that will make it impossible
for the affected municipality to meet a July 1, 1988 compli-
ance date. The Department and Commission have addressed,
and will continue to address; 1 ) completed facilities that
are not in compliance; 2) municipalities that are in the
construction grants process to receive funding from federal
and state sources; and 3 ) municipalities that need
construction to meet statutory requirements but may not
receive federal or state grant assistance.
11 . Appropriate administrative orders or penalties are
pursued where necessary and authorized. However, the

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National Municipal Policy, and the North Carolina strategy
for its implementation, requires that, where extraordinary
circumstances preclude compliance by POTWs by July 1, 1988 ,
such POTWs be placed on judicially enforceable schedules for
achieving compliance as soon as possible thereafter.
FACTS APPLICABLE TO THIS ACTION
12 . The City of Hickory holds North Carolina NPDES
Permit No. NC0020401 for operation of an existing wastewater
treatment works, the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant,
and for making an outlet therefrom for treated wastewater to
Lake Hickory, Class WS-III & B waters of this State, in the
Catawba River Basin, but is unable to comply with the final
effluent limitations for BOD, TSS & NH3 as set forth in the
Permit. Compliance will require preparation of p plans and
specifications for, and construction and operation of,
additional treatment works. The noncompliance with final
effluent limitations constitutes causing and contributing to
pollution of the waters of the State, and the City is within
the jurisdiction of the Commission as set forth in NCGS
Chapter 143 , Article 21.
13 . The City of Hickory, due to its noncompliance,
must provide financing for, plan and construct treatment
works which will treat the wastewater presently being
discharged and any additional wastewater desired to be
discharged, to the extent that the City will be able to
comply with final permit effluent limitations .

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REMEDY
14 . The Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant of the
City of Hickory is currently being operated in
non-compliance with the State ' s water quality statutes and
is unable to correct its non-compliance by July 1, 1988.
The operation of the plant is a violation or threatened
violation of the water quality statutes, giving rise to
injunctive relief under NCGS 143-215. 6(c) . Continued
operation of the plant is not in the public interest, unless
coupled with a definite, enforceable schedule of events
leading to compliance as soon as possible.
15. The injury suffered by the State and its citizens
is continuing, immediate, pressing and irreparable, and is
clearly established by this verified Complaint.
CLAIM FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, the plaintiff prays the Court:
1. To consider this verified Complaint as an affida-
vit upon which to base all orders of the Court.
2 . To issue a preliminary injunction, and a permanent
injunction upon trial on the merits, restraining and enjoin-
ing the defendant, City of Hickory, from operating the
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant in violation of the
North Carolina water quality statutes, the federal Clean
Water Act, and any permits issued thereunder, or in the
alternative,

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To issue a preliminary injunction, and a prelimi-
nary injunction upon trial on the merits , restraining and
enjoining the defendant, City of Hickory, from operating the
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, unless said operation
is undertaken pursuant to a definite, enforceable schedule
leading to compliance as soon as possible.
3. To tax the costs of this _action to the defendant,
City of Hickory.
4. To grant such further relief as the Court may deem
appropriate. '
This the Z15r day of _ 1987.
LACY H. THORNBURG
Attorney General
c
Daniel C. Oakley
Special Deputy Attorney General
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, N.C. 27602-0629
919/733-5725

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF VERIFICATION
DENNIS R. RAMSEY, first being duly sworn, deposes and
says that he is the Head of the Operations Branch of the
Water Quality Section of the Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development, that he has read the foregoing
Complaint against the City of Hickory and that he is
familiar with all of the facts and circumstances stated
therein; that the same are true of his own knowledge except
. as to those matters and things stated and alleged upon
information and belief, and as to those matters and things
he believes them to be true.
/' " t,.
• Dennis R. Ramsey
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this the day of , 1987.
i
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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WASTELOAD ALLOCATION APPROVAL FORM 3''�3 a-
RECti.Y 1,�[--
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Type of Waste : MUNICIPAL
Facility Name : HICKORY NE WWTP E pan,.re�,ra,,:A,Via- Nr
Status : EXISTING SE? 8 1986
Receiving Stream : LAKE HICKORY
Stream Class : A-II,B ORESvr11E
Subbasin : 030832 AfGIONAL OFf,CF
County : CATAWBA t
Regional Office : MRO Drainage Area (sq mil :
Requester : 805-G Summer 7010 (cfs) :
Date of Request : 7/15/86 Winter 7010 (cfs) :
Quad Average Flow (cfs) :
RECOMMENDED EFFLUENT LIMITS
Wasteflow (mgd): 6.4
5-Day BOD (mg/1 ) : 30
Ammonia Nitrogen (mg/1) :
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/1) :
TSS (mg/1) : 30
Fecal Coliform (#/100m1) : 1000
pH (SU) : 6-9
- COMMENTS
LIMITS FOR A DIFFUSIVE OUTFALL 1500 LINEAR FEET FROM CURRENT OUTFALL.
LIMITS BASED ON HOD/DO LAKE MODEL. NOTE THAT MODELING METHODOLOGY NOT
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO PREDICT IMPACT ON PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY.
Recommended by LP_ C glaDate °J -44
Reviewed by:
Tech. Support Supervisor ___ ' 44 Date __/Idgo
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Permits & Engineering __ `, l Date 30._

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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Mooresville Regional Office
James G. Martin, Governor Albert F. Hilton, Regional Manager
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
July 31, 1989
Mr. William Jerry Twiggs
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28603
Subject: NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
Hickory Northeast WWTP
Catawba County, NC
Dear Mr. Twiggs:
Our records indicate that NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401 was
issued on July 17 , 1989 for the discharge of wastewater to the
surface waters of the State from your facility. The purpose of
t'. is letter is to advise you 'of the importance of the Permit ane
the liabilities in the event of failure to comply with the terms
and conditions of the Permit. If you have not already done so,
it is suggested that you thoroughly read the Permit. Of
particular importance is Page M3 .
Page M3 sets forth the effluent limitations and monitoring
requirements for your discharge(s) . Your discharge(s) must not
exceed any of the limitations set forth. The section headed
"Monitoring Requirements" describes the measurement frequencies,
sample types and sampling locations. Upon commencement of your
discharge (or operation) , you must initiate the required
monitoring. The monitoring results must be entered on the DMR
forms furnished to you by this Agency. If you have not received
these forms, they should be arriving shortly. If you fail to
receive the form, please contact this Office as quickly as
possible. I have enclosed a sample of the "Effluent" reporting
form (DEM Form MR-1) , plus instructions for completing the form.
It is imperative that all applicable parts be completed.
The remaining Parts of the Permit (Parts II and III) set
forth definitions, general conditions and special conditions
applicable to the operation of wastewater treatment facilities
and/or discharge(s) . The conditions- include special reporting
requirements in the event of noncompliance, bypasses, treatment
unit/process failures, etc. Also addressed are requirements for
a certified wastewater treatment plant operator if you are
919 North Main Street, P.O. Box 950, Mooresville,•NE. 28115-0950 •Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

Mr. William Jerry Twiggs
Page Two
July 31, 1989
operating wastewater treatment facilities. Any changes in
operation of wastewater treatment facilities, quantity and type
of wastewater being treated or discharged, expansions and/or
upgrading of wastewater treatment facilities must be permitted or
approved by this Agency. Failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of an NPDES Permit subjects the Permittee to
enforcement action.
As a final note, an NPDES Permit is normally issued for a
five-year period. Permits are not automatically renewed.
Renewal requests must be submitted to this Agency no later than
180 days prior to expiration. Please make note of the expiration
date of your Permit. This date is set forth on Page M-1 or I-1
of the Permit. Also note that NPDES Permits are not
transferable. If you, as the Permittee, cease to need this
Permit, then you should request that the Permit be rescinded.
As mentioned previously, the purpose of this letter is to
advise you of the importance of your NPDES Permit. Please read.
the Permit and contact this Office at 704/663-1699 in Mooresville
if you have any questions or need clarification. We look forward
to providing any assistance.
Sincerely,
1(21-
D. Rex Glea on, P. E.
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
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- - Date: January 28, 1987
NPDES STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
County: Catawba
NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Facility•and Address: Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
City of Hickory
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28603
2. Date of Investigation: December 19, 1986
3. Report Prepared By: J. Thurman Horne, P. E.
4. Person Contacted and Telephone Number: Jerry Twiggs
(704) 322-2605--
5. Directions to Site: From the intersection of Highway 127 and S. R. 1400,
travel south on S. R. 1400 approximately 0.2 mile. The wastewater treatment
plant is on the right (west) side of S. R. 1400.
Existing Outfall Proposed Outfall
6. Discharge Point - Latitude: 35°47'35" 35°47'55"
Longitude: 81°18'20" 35°18'05"
Attach a USGS Map Extract and indicate treatment plant site and discharge point
on map.
USGS Quad No. : D 13 SE
7. Size (land available for expansion and upgrading) : The existing site encompasses
approximately 5 acres. There is adequate land available to construct additions
and modifications.
8. Topography (relationship to flood plain included) : Rolling terrain with slopes
of approximately 3-10%. The existing and proposed facilities do not appear
to be located within any flood plain.
9. Location of Nearest Dwelling: There is one existing dwelling within 100 feet
of the wastewater treatment plant and several within 500 feet.
10. Receiving Stream or Affected Surface Waters: Lake Hickory (Catawba River)
a. Classification: WS-III & B
b. River Basin and Subbasin No. : 03-08-32
c. Describe receiving stream features and pertinent downstream uses: The
receiving stream is used extensively for primary and secondary recreation.
There are no known water intakes for any reasonable distance downstream.
PART II - DESCRIPTION OF DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT WORKS
1. Type of Wastewater: 73% Domestic
27% Industrial

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a. Volume of Wastewater: 5.0 MGD (Existing Design Flow) 3.33 MGD (Current Avg.
Daily)
6.0 MGD (Proposed Design Flow)
b. Types and quantities of industrial wastewater: (information provided by
Mr. James Kirby, City of Hickory)
Industry Name Flow, MGD SIC Code Type of Process
Ellis Hosiery Mills, Inc. .112 2252 Dyeing, bleaching and
finishing of hosiery
Coca Cola Bottling Co. .001 2080 Bottling of soft drinks
Glen Frye Hospital .033 806 Hospital
Holland—Downs Dye, Inc. .010 19353 Dyeing of woven fabric
Hickory Dyeing & Processing .088 2269 Dyeing and bleaching of
Company woven fabric
Century Furniture Co. .022 2511 & Furniture manufacture
2512
Hyalyn, Ltd. .006 3229 & Manufacture of porcelain
3260 fixtures
Hickory Dyeing & Winding Co. .073 2282 Weaving and dyeing of
fabric
Comfort Chair Co. .001 2512 Furniture manufacture
C & D Hosiery .003 2252 Dyeing, bleaching and
finishing of hosiery
Kentucky Derby Hosiery .016 2252 Dyeing, bleaching and
finishing of hosiery
Merchants Dist. , Inc. .006 2032 Warehouse for food
product distribution
c. Prevalent toxic constituents in wastewater: Toxicity screening indicates
no measurable effluent toxicity. Although the permit application does
not indicate the presence of any nonconventional pollutants, it is
obvious that there are some metals, etc. from the industrial contributors.
However, the limited sampling results we have do not indicate any
significant concentrations of metals, etc. in the effluent.
d. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only) : Approved
2. Production Rates (industrial discharges only) in Pounds: N/A
3. Description of Industrial Process (for industries only) and Applicable CFR
Part and Subpart: N/A
4. Type of Treatment (specify whether proposed or existing) : The existing 5.0
MGD wastewater treatment facility consists of bar screens, an aerated grit
chamber, primary clarifiers, aeration basins (diffused) , final clarifier, a
chlorine contact chamber, sludge digestors, sludge holding tank and sludge coil
filters (not in use) .

Page Three
The applicant proposes to construct additions and modifications that will
increase the design flow to 6.0 MGD consisting of a new parshall flume, new
mechanical bar screen and grit chamber, a new primary clarifier, new aeration
basins, new final clarifiers, a new sludge return pump station, a new chlorine
contact chamber, new post aeration facilities, improvements to existing aeration
basins and construction of new mechanical sludge thickening facilities to
be housed inside the existing coil filter building.
5. Sludge Handling and Disposal Scheme: Sludge is disposed by land application
pursuant to Permit No. 10587R2.
6. Treatment Plant Classification: Class IV
PART III - OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
1. Is this facility being constructed with Construction Grants Funds (municipals
only)? Yes
2. Special monitoring requests: None
3. Additional effluent limits requests: The applicant proposes to relocate the
existing discharge. The Permit should include limitations appropriate for both
the existing and proposed outlets.
4. Other: The City was recently assessed civil penalties for violations at this
facility. The facility has a history of violations of existing effluent
limitations.
PART IV - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the Permit be reissued to allow for continued operation
of the existing facilities and for construction of the proposed improvements and
modifications.
The Permit should contain limitations appropriate for the existing and proposed
points of discharge.
S ure of Report Preparer
Water Quality Rem nal Supervisor

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512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary " e -1K +,`1'1 "�i ' i "~� Director
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Subject : NPDES Permit Application
NPDES Permit No. NCO() 2, $ '.: 1
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Dear ." ,Olr •
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This is to acknowledge receipt of the following documents on p`� �+a i e°4i
Application Form , t I
y Engineering Proposal (for proposed control facilities) ,
Request for permit renewal ,
Application Processing Fee of $�- ,
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The items checked below are needed before review can begin :
Application form (Copy enclosed ) ,
Engineering Proposal (See Attachment) ,
Application Processing Fee of $- 490.00
Other
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If the application is not made complete within thirty (30F days , it will
be returned to you and may be resubmitted when complete .
Tiapplication has been assigned to a ,. ' ii_ e. ; l t v e
9 s/
33-5083) of our Permits Unit for review. You will e advised of
any comments recommendations , questions or other information necessary
for the review of the application.
I am , by copy of this letter , requesting that our Regional Office
Supervisor prepare a staff report and recommendations regarding this
discharge . If you have any questions regarding this application, please
contact the review person listed above .
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Arthur Mouberry, P.E.
Supervisor , Permits and Engineering
Pollufron Pre yen tion Pay:
PO. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 276II-7687 Telephone [phone]
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I.74 POST OFFICE BOX 398 • HICKORY,NORTH CAROLINA 28603 • 704/322.2605 .•w M�IKOL7••••
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September 10, 1986
North Carolina Department of •
Natural Resources and Community Development
P. 0. Box 950
Mooresville , North Carolina 28115-0950
ATTN : Mr. Ronald L. McMillan, Regional Supervisor
SUBJECT: NPDES Permit Application
City of Hickory Northeast Wastetreatment Plant
Dear Mr . McMillan:
Attached for your review and appropriate action please note
the City of Hickory NPDES Application.
Should you have any questions , please do not hesitate to
contact either myself or Mr. Charles Shue of Maguire/Beebe
Company, Incorporated .
Sincerely ,
VAvi-.04C4Wno
Wm, erry Twiggs
Public Utilities Director
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Attachment
cc: Mr. Charles Shue , Maguire Beebe Company, Inc .
Mr. Bobby White, Project Coordinator
SEP 16 1986
PERMITS & ENGINEERING

0RECEIVED
SEP 0 5 1986
CE MAGUIRE, INC.
Architects • Engineers • Planners
364 South Pine Street, Box 2646,Spartanburg,South Carolina 29304
THE MAGUIRE
GROUP MAGUIREIBEEBE Tel. B03/585-0185
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September 3, 1986 . y
Mr. Jerry Twiggs
Director of Public Utilities
-City of Hickory
P. 0. Box 398
Hickory, NC 28601
Re: NPDES Permit Application
Northeast Plant
Dear Jerry:
Please find attached one (1) copy of the NPDES Permit Application for
the Northeast plant. You will need to sign the application on Page I-1
-and-submit it to NCDEM in Mooresville.
If you have any questions, please call .
Yours very truly,
elt,4_ sk,,,-
CHARLES E. SHUE, P.E.
Project Engineer
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FORM APPRCVED
OMB No. 158— '►100
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM �FOR AGENCY USE
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER �"10:0:008
STANDARD FORM A — MUNICIPAL f
SECTION L APPLICANT AND FACILITY DESCRIPTION �{ 1.'
Unless otherwise specified on this form all Items are to be completed. If an Item Is not applicable indicate'NA.' U
41 ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS APPEAR IN SEPARATE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AS INDICATED. REFER TO
BOOKLET BEFORE FILLING OUT THESE ITEMS.
Please Print or Type
1. Legal Name of Applicant 1a1 ' City of Hickory
(see instructions)
2. Mailing Address of Applicant r
(see Instructions) P. 0. Box 398 •
Number&Street AO*, .14 • '(.14,1-IAr igi.i;i ,
CItl. zh .i
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State 102c< North Carolina SEP 16 1986
Zip Code ..:102a< 28601
PERMITS & ENGINEERING
3. Applicant's Authorized Agent
(see Instructions)
Name and Title ;t)31e' _ Jerry Twi ggs
Public Utilities Director
Number&Street 103b P. 0. Box 398
City rofl' Hickory
State ,l03a North Carolina
Zip Code 103e 28601
Telephone 104' 704 322-2605 RECEIVED
ED
Area Number
4. Previous Application Code simesinn Of ENVIRONM'_N7at W.M.P EME
If a previous application for a per
mit under the National Pollutant y� ry ;sae
p(�
Discharge Elimination System has 83 09 27 Jrr" /1 been made,give the date of
application. 104 . YR MO DAY
ilOORE5V LLE
I certify that I am familiar with the Information contained In this application and that to the best of my knowle qge m
tlge Snd belief such Information
is true,complete,and accurate.
B. Gary McGee 1024 City Manager
Printed Name of Person Signing Title
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lf)2___Jq!(—J____A....c. —
i> YR MO DAY
of Applicant or Authorized Agent Date Application Signed
18 U.S.C.Section 1001 provides that: •
Whoever,in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and wilfully falsifies,conceals or
covers up by any trick,scheme,or device a material fact,or makes any false,fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation, or makes or
uses any false writing or document knowing same to contain any false,fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry,shall be fined not more than
$10,000 or imprisoned not more than jive years, or both.
OFFICE SPA Region:Number<
Received
YR ma; DAY
StetO
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EPA Form 7550-22 (7_73) .. I"I - This section contains 4 pages.

FOR AGENCY USE
5. Facility(see Instructions)
Give the name,ownership,and physi-
cal location of the plant or other 4j
operating facility where discharge(s)
presently occur(s)or will occur. 10lfs Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Name
s .-
Ownership(Public, Private or
Both Public and Private). 103b OD PUB ❑PRV ❑8PP
Check block if a Federal facility „tpbe,; 0 FED
and give GSA inventory Control
Number A05y,,;
Location: Cl oni ger Mill Road •
• Number&Street IOSo >
City
e+ Hickory
County losa Catawba
State tosis North Carolina
G. Discharge to Another Municipal
Facility(see instructions)
a. Indicate if part of your discharge ;30Ga. ❑Yes I No
is into a municipal waste trans-
port system under another re-
sponsible organization. It yes,
complete the rest of this item
and continue with Item 7. If no,
go directly to Item 7.
b. Responsible Organization
Receiving Discharge
Name IOGb'
Number&Street 106c
City .106d
State 106u
Zip Code ^106f
c. Facility Which Receives Discharge "b ogy
Give the name of the facility
(waste treatment plant)which re-
ceives and is ultimately respon-
sible for treatment of the discharge
from your facility.
d. Average Daily Flow to Facility 106h mgd
(mgd) Give your average daily
flow into the receiving facility.
7. Facility Discharges, Number and
Discharge Volume (see instructions)
Specify the number of discharges
described In this application and the
volume of water discharged or lost
to each of the categories below.
Estimate average volume per day in
million gallons per day. Do not in-
clude Intermittent or noncontinuous
overflows,bypasses or seasonal dis-
charges from lagoons,holding
ponds,etc.
1-2
EPA Form 7750-22 (7-73)

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OMB No. 158—R0100
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FOR AGENCY USE
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Number of Total Volume Discharged,
Discharge Points Million Gallons Per Day
_ 6.0 (Proposed
To: Surface Water 107a1' c1l)7!2
Surface Impoundment with
no Effluent i 707bi: 107b2
t =
Underground Percolation 107ot- 1O7c2
Well(Injection) ip7tli•
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Other 707 1'
JQ7s2`
Total Item 7
10717.-. 1 107t2 6.0
if'other is specified,describe 1071
if any of the discharges from this f #kn
facility are intermittent,such as from
overflow or bypass points, or are " • - -• •
seasonal or periodic from lagoons,
holding ponds,etc.,complete item 8.'
B. Intermittent Discharges
a. Facility bypass points N/A
indicate the number of bypass 108$
points for the facility that are
discharge points.(see Instructions)
b. Facility Overflew Points NSA
Indicate the number of overflow 10eb ::
points to a surface water for the
facility(see Instructions).c. Seasonal or Periodic Discharge N/A
Points Indicate the number of
points where seasonal discharges
occur from holding ponds,
lagoons,etc.
9. Collection System Type
Indicate the type and length(in
miles)of the collection system used
by this facility. (see instructions)
Separate Storm 0 SST
Separate Sanitary ❑SAN .
Combined Sanitary and Storm ❑css
Both Separate Sanitary and
Combined Sewer Systems BSC
Both Separate Storm and
Combined Sewer Systems `10$b ❑SSC
Length • miles
10. Municipalities or Areas Served
(see Instructions) Name Actual Population
Served
Northeast Service Area 32 100
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11 0A".< 41 rib
110a
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Total Population Served00
EPA Form 7550-22 (7-73) 1-3

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FOR AGENCY USE
11. Average Daily Industrial Flow 0.50
Total estimated average daily waste f'111 mgd
flow from all Industrial sources.
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Note: All major Industries(as defined In Section IV)
•discharging to the municipal system must be
listed In Section IV.
.1.
12. Permits,Licenses and Applications
List all existing, pending or denied permits, licenses and applications related to discharges from this facillty.(see instructions)
For T e of Permit Date Date Date Expiration
Use ID Issuing Agency Agency ID Number Filed Issued Denied Date
or License
YR/MO/DA YR/MO/DA YR/MO/DA YR/MO/DA
NCDNRCD NPDES NC0020401 83/9/27 84/5/1 89/4/30
DEM
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13. Maps and Drawings
Attach all required maps and drawings to the back of this application. (see Instructions)
_IA_Additional Information NA
item
Number information
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EPA Form 7550-22 (7-73) 1-4

FORM APPROVED
• OMB No. 158—R0100
STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL
FOR AGENCY USE
SECTION II. BASIC DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION >P
Complete this section for each present or proposed discharge indicated in Section I,Items 7 and 8,that is to surface waters. This includes
discharges to other municipal sewerage systems in which the waste water does not go through a treatment works prior to being discharged to
surface waters. Discharges to wells must be described where there are also discharges to surface waters from this facility. Separate
descriptions of each discharge are required even If several discharges originate In the same facility. All values for an existing discharge should
be representative of the twelve previous months of operation. If this is a proposed discharge,values should reflect best engineering estimates.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS APPEAR IN SEPARATE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AS INDICATED. REFER TO
BOOKLET BEFORE FILLING OUT THESE ITEMS.
1. Discharge Serial No.and Name OO1
a. Discharge Serial No. 2(1ill.,
(see instructions)
b. Discharge Name r::< a< Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Give name of discharge,if any •
(see instructions)
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C. Previous Discharge Serial No �f1t :.
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if a previous NPDES permit •
application was made for this dis-
charge(item 4,Section I) provide
previous discharge serial number.
2. Discharge Operating Dates 89
a. Discharge to Begin Date ;Z02a.
If the discharge has never
occurred but is planned for some
future date,give the date the
discharge will begin.
89 1
b. Discharge to End Date If the dis- 202b
charge is scheduled to be discos- YR MO
tinued within the next 5 years,
give the date(within best estimate)
the discharge will end. Give rea-
son for discontinuing this discharge
In item 17.
3. Discharge Location Name the ma
political boundaries within which
Agency Use
the point of discharge is located:
State 2014 North Carolina
Catawba
County Sb3b .....
Hickory x v
(If applicable) City or Town 4639 20
4. Discharge Point Description
(see Instructions)
Discharge is into(check one)
Stream(Includes ditches,arroyos, '20411,;�•; ❑STR
and other watercourses)
Estuary ❑EST
Lake ]LKE
Ocean ❑OCE
Well (Injection) ❑WEL
Other • ❑OTH
If'other'Is checked,specify type ;21)4b"
5. Discharge Point—Lat/Long.
State the precise location of the
point of discharge to the nearest
second. (see instructions) 35 q.7 57 Estimated
Latitude t205a. DEG. ,L MIN. _SEC
81 18 O1 Estimated
Longitude
1Qbb DEC• —MIN. SEC
EPA Form 7550-22 (7-73) II-1 This section contains 8 pages.

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6. Discharge Receiving Water Name Lake Hickory - Catawba River
Name the waterway at the point of 206a.. y
discharge.(see Instructions)
For Agency Use For Agency Use
M=lor !Nino► i'Sub 20aa: 303e
If the discharge Is through an out- 20ib s
fall that extends beyond the shoreline
or Is below the mean low water line,
complete Item 7.
7. Offshore Discharge 1500
a. Discharge Distance from Shore ,2878, feet
b. Discharge Depth Below Water
Surface 20Th , pprox. 25feet
If discharge Is from a bypass ar an overflow point or Is a seasonal discharge from a lagoon,holding pond,etc.,complete items 8,9 or 10,
as applicable,and continue with Item 11.
8. Bypass Discharge (see instructions) NA
a. Bypass Occurrence
Check when bypass occurs
Wet weather ,201s1- ❑Yes ❑ No
Dry weather YOrfl. ❑Yes ❑ No
b. Bypass Frequency Give the
actual or approximate number
of bypass incidents per year.
Wet Weather 21)18b1, times per year
Dry weather ;2Qibx: times per year
c.• Bypass Duration Glve the
average bypass duration In hours.
Wet weather 21iiCt hours
Dry weather <2C*c2` hours
d. Bypass Volume Give the
average volume per bypass incident, „
In thousand gallons.
Wet weather Q>rd .. _thousand gallons per incident
Dry weather 208d2; thousand gallons per incident
e. Bypass Reasons Give reasons
why bypass occurs. 20ts
Proceed to Item 11.
9. Overflow Discharge(see Instructions) NA
a. Overflow Occurrence Check
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when overflow occurs.
Wet weather '209a1 ❑Yes ❑No
Dry weather 2Q =2: ❑Yes ❑No
b. Overflow Frequency Give the
actual or approximate Incidents
par year.
Wet weather 203ib1.. times per year
Dry weather ^208A2 times per year
EPA Form 7550-22 (7..73) 11-2

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FORM APPROVED
OMB No. 158—R0100
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DISCHARGE SERIAL NUMBER FOR AGENCY USE
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0013
c. Overflow Duration Give the
average overflow duration In
hours.
Wet weather '2allel: hours
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Dry weather >)#!c!' Hours
d. Overflow•Volume Give the
average volume per overflow
Incident In thousand gallons.
Wet weather 8$41 thousand gallons per Incident
Dry weather 40/0 4t thousand gallons per incident
Proceed to Item 11
10. SeasonayPerlodic Discharges NA
a. Seasonal/Perlodlc Discharge :.. .•s.,.,,
Frequency If discharge is Inter- 31C! times per year
mlttent from a holding pond,
lagoon,etc.,give the actual or
approximate number of times
this discharge occurs per year.
b. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
Volume Give the average 210b thousand gallons per discharge occurrence
volume per discharge occurrence r
In thousand gallons.
c. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
Duration Give the average dura- E'211 days
tlon of each discharge occurrence •
In days.
d. Seasonal/Perlodlc Discharge
Occurrence--Months Check the " $y1,: ❑JAN ❑FEB ❑MAR
months during the year when
the discharge normally occurs a( ❑APR ❑MAY ❑JUN
['JUL ❑AUG ❑SEP
❑OCT ❑ NOV ❑DEC
11. Discharge Treatment
a. Discharge Treatment Description
Describe waste abatement prac-
tices used on this discharge with
a brief narrative. (See Instruc z.. `" Treatment wi 11 consi st of the following uni t
Bons) Artie<
processes: Mechanical Bar Screen, Aerated Grit
Chamber, Flow Measurement. Primary Clarification,
Aeration (Activated Sludge) , Final Clarification,
Disinfiection and Post Aeration. Sludge will be
thickened and transported to regional composting
facility.
EPA Form 7550-22 (7-73) II-3

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DISCHARGE SERIAL NUMBER
FOR }AGENCY USE
b. Discharge Treatment Codes
Using the codes listed In Table I .21.1b. $, M. GA, C, ASN, N, P, lJ
of the Instruction Booklet,
describe the waste abatement (Post Aeration) , H, T. X
processes applied to this dis-
charge In the order in which
they occur, If possible.
Separate all codes with commas
except where slashes are used
to designate parallel operations
if this discharge Is from a municipal waste
treatment plant(not an overflow or
bypass),complete items I2 and 13
12. Plant Design and Operation Manuals
Check which of the following are
currently avellable
a. Engineering Design Report11 <. ❑
b. Operation and Maintenance
Manual 2 2Wa 0
13. Plant Design Data(see instructions) n
a. Plant Design Flow(mgd) 2111l,._, b•UU0 mgd
b. Plant Design BOO Removal (%) 2} 91
c. Plant Design N Removal (%) 2124 NA y,
d. Plant Design P Removal(%) jilt;, NA _%
e. Plant Design SS Removal (%) 2!?a < 85 x,
f. Plant Began Operation (year) ,213f-'',
g. Plant Last Major Revision(year) x3<y , 1989 (Proposed)
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EPA Form 7550-22(7-73) II-4

OISC}IARGE SERIAL 7.1UME6R
001
/t3R AGLNCY USX I
14. OMfr1•N4e a1 Influent and [Hluint(ir instTLettOrts1 s'(, I. :. i i. e .
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ltltluent =rllurnl
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Paismater and Cade y, o }, n 7 j
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Mon pilaus per day 6.0 6.0 Cont. I NA NA
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Units 00400 7/7 365 G
Diaalred Oxyi (DO)
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aigl 003:0 200 30 1/7 52 #
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� i aas-5 NA i 1/30 12 #
(P:aavida if amiable)
Fetal Caliform 3a=rsa
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migi
00610 18 I 1/7 521 #
�� i avaalai inl
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0O310 350 30 7/7 . 365 #
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FORM APPROVED
OMB No. 158--R0100
DISCHARGE SERIAL NUMBER r FOR AGENCY USE
001
15.Additional Wastewater Characteristics
Check the box next to each parameter If It Is present In the effluent.(see Instructions)
Parameter c Parameter Parameter
cu
(215) a (215) (215)
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Bromide Cobalt Thallium
71870 01037 01059
Chloride Chromium Titanium
00940 0I034
OII52
Cyanide Copper Tin
00720 0I042
0II02
Fluoride Iron Zinc
00951 0I045 01092
SuIfde
00745 Lead _•
_ Algicides*
01051 74051
Aluminum Manganese Chlorinated organic compounds*
01105 01055 74052
Antimony Mercury Oil and grease
01097 71900 00550
Arsenic Molybdenum Pesticides*
01002 01062 74053
Beryllium Nickel Phenols
0.1012 01067 32730
Barium Selenium Surfactants
01007 01147
38260
Boron Silver Radioactivity*
01022 01077 74050
Cadmium
01027
•Provide specific compound and/or element in item 17,if known.
Pesticides(Insecticides,fungicides,and rodenticidcs)must be reported in terms of the acceptable common names specified in Acceptable Com-
mon Names and Chemical Names for the Ingredient Statement on Pesticide Labels, 2nd Edition,Environmental Protection Agency,Washington,
D.C. 20250,June 1972,as required by Subsection 162.7(b)of the Regulations for the Enforcement of the Federal Insecticide,Fungicide.and
Rodenticide Act.
EPA Form 7550-22 (7_73) II- 6

DISCHARGE SERIAL.NUMBER
001
16. Plant Controls Check If the follow-
FOR AGENCY USE
frig plant controls are available � .
for this discharge YTo s HI
Alternate power source for major st �'
pumping facility including those .
for collection system lift stations `:;�.. [M APS
Alarm for power or equipment
failure [ ALM
17. Additional Information
item
^j237
a:.ac:ixi3 Number Information
2a & 2b Existing discharge point to be eliminated by extending discharge
point to middle of Lake Hickory.
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EPA Farm 7550_22 (7_73) II' 7 -•n, 5. GOVERNMENT PRL\TINGOFFICE ?:a 0-50e-412

FORM APPROVED
' OMB No. 158—R0100
- FOR AGENCY USE
STANDARD FORM A-MUNICIPALi.# '
SECTION III. SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENTS AND SCHEDULES OF IMPLEMENTATION .
This section requires Information on any uncompleted Implementation schedule which has been imposed for construction of waste treatment
facilities. Requirement schedules may have been established by local,State,or Federal agencies or by court action. IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO
SEVERAL DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES,EITHER BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AUTHORITY IMPOSING
DIFFERENT SCHEDULES(ITEM lb)AND/OR STAGED CONSTRUCTION OF SEPARATE OPERATIONAL UNITS(ITEM 1c),SUBMIT A
SEPARATE SECTION III FOR EACH ONE.
I. Improvements Required FOR AGENCY USE
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a. Discharge Serial Numbers
Affected List the discharge 3QD 'lVP.
serial numbers,assigned In Sec- § 1,;,1
tion 11,that are covered by this ss'>3z;"
implementation schedule
b. Authority Imposing Requirement .30]a:> 001
Check the appropriate item indi- .
eating the authority for the im-
plementation schedule If the Ps:
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identical implementation sched- ,
ule has been ordered by more
than one authority,check the „
appropriate items. (see In-
structfons) a
Locally developed plant131b ❑LOC
`g:s.' CI ARE
Areawide Plan y.;
Basin Plan ❑BAS
State a p approved implementation V. 0 SQS
schedule g
Federal approved water quality •�r ° g]WQS
standards implementation plan -,
Federal enforcement procedure ` ❑ENF
or action °.V
State court order ❑CRT
Federal court order ❑FED
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c. Improvement Description Specify the 3-character code for the
General Action Description in Table li that best describes the
improvements required by the implementation schedule. If more
than one schedule applies to the facility because of a staged con-
struction schedule,state the stage of construction being described
here with the appropriate general action code. submit a separate
Section ill for each stage of construction planned. Also,list all
the 3-character(Specific Action)codes which describe in more
detail the pollution abatement practices that the implementation
schedule requires.
3-character # --a
general action I CT
description '-3ptcy
3-character specific action
descriptions '30tti- / / / /
2. Implementation Schedule and 3. Actual Completion Dates
Provide dates Imposed by schedule and any actual dates of completion for Implementation steps
listed below. Indicate dates as accurately as possible. (see Instructions)
implementation Steps 2. Schedule(Yr/8io/Day) 3. Actual Completion(Yr/Mo/Day)
a. Preliminary plan corripiete 3D2a $�3 / 11� 3032 `/ /
b. Final plan complete 02b' 30Th 86 / 12/ '/`/`
c- Financing complete d.contract 302a Sl-/--1/ 303c. / /
awarded
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d. Site acquired 312d — / / � `y
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e. Begin construction 302e 87/_i--t 303.
f. End construction 302f> /�
303f ,
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g. Begin Discharge 3p20. $9 a_/ 2033 _/
Onn
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h. Operational level attained 302h 89 /�/ a
m . 303E �_//.�
EPA Form 7550..22 (7..73)
III-I This section contains 1 page,
GP0 865.707

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SECTION IY TO BE COMPLETED AT COMPLETION OF CITY'S FORM APPROVED
PRETREATMENT PERMIT PROGRAM OMB No. 158—R0100
FOR AGENCY USE
STANDARD FORM A--MUNICIPAL. g $ y
SECTION W. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
Submit a description of each major industrial facility discharging to the municipal system, using a separate Section IV for each facility descrip-
tion. Indicate the 4 digit Standard industrial Classification(SIC) Code for the industry,the major product or raw material, the flow(in thou-
sand gallons per day),and the characteristics of the wastewater discharged from the industrial facility into the municipal system. Consult Table
Iii for standard measures of products or raw materials. (see instructions)
1• Major Contributing Facility
(see instructions)
Name 401a
Number&Street 401b
City 401c
County 401d
State 401 e
Zip Code 401f
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402
Classification Code (see
instructions)
Units(See
3. Principal Product or Raw Quantity Table III)
Material (see instructions)
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Product 403a st03es 403e',.
Raw Material 403b 403d 403f
4. Flow indicate the volume of water
discharged Into the municipal sys- 404a thousand gallons per day
tern in thousand gallons per day
and whether this discharge is Inter- 404b ❑Intermittent(int)DContinuous(con)
mittent or continuous.
5. Pretreatment Provided Indicate if 405 ❑Yes ❑No
pretreatment is provided prior to
entering the municipal system
G. Characteristics of Wastewater
(see Instructions)
Parameter
_Name
406a Parameter
Number
410Gb Value
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EPA Form 7550-22 (7_73) IV-I This section contains 1 page.
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NPDE% FACILITY AND PERMIT DATA
RETRIEVE OPTION TRXID 6NU KEY NCO02040i '
PERSONAL DATA FACILITY APPLYING FOR PERMIT REGION
FACILITY NAME) HICKORY NORTHEAST WWTP COUNTY> CATAWBA 03
ADDRESS : MAILING (REQUIRED) LOCATION (WHEN DIFFERENT FROM MAILING)
STREET : P.O. BOX 398 STREET :
CITY ` HICKORY %T MC ZIP 28601 CITY : HICKORY JT NC ZIP 28601
TELEPHONE 704 322 2605 DATE FEE PAID : 10/06/06 AMOUNT : 10O.00
STATE CONTACT> BRIDGES PERSON IN CHARGE WM^ JERRY TWIGGS
i =PROPOSED, 2nEXIJT, 3=CLO%ED 2 i =MAJ0R, 2=MIN0R 1 i =MUN, 2=N0N-MUN i
PERMIT APPL INFO FOR PERMIT NUMBER> > > NCO02040i LAT : 354050 LONG : 08118258
DATE APP RCVD 09/11 /86 NmNEW/ M=MODIFICATION/ R=REIS%UE> M
DATE STAFF REP REQC 89/22/86 APPLICANT TO PAY NOTICE Y
DATE STAFF REP RCVD 01 /30/87 DATE PAY REQ% 02/27/87 AMOUNT 41 .75
WA%TELOAD REQ% 07/15/86 DATE PAY RCVD 03/17/87 AMOUNT 41 ~75
WA%TELOAD RCVD 09/25/86 DATE TO P NOTICE 02/13/87
DATE DRAFT PREPARED 02/02/87 %CH TO ISSUE 83/30/87
DATE OT AG COM REQ% 04/08/87 DATE DENIED
DATE OT AG COM RCVD / / DATE RETURNED
DATE TO EPA 04/06/87 DATE ISSUED / / ASSIGN/CHANGE PERMIT
DATE FROM EPA 0407/87 EXPIRATION DATE 04/30/89
COMMENTS : 08 REQUEST FOR PERMIT MODIFICATION.
MESSAGE :

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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural. Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27o11
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary March 5, 1986 Director
Mr. B. Gary McGee
City of Hickory
P.O. Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina, 28603
SUBJECT : Modifications to NPDES
Permit No. NC0020401
City of Hickory
Catawba County
Dear Mr. McGee:
In accordance with your request for Permit modification received February 4,
1986, we are forwarding herewith modifications to the subject permit. These modifications
reflect the treatment facilities that are presently being used at Northeast Wastewater
Treatment Plant. Please find attached a permit cover page, and a supplement to the
cover page. These pages should be inserted into your permit, and the old pages
should be discarded. All other terms and conditions contained in the original permit
remain unchanged and in full effect. These modifications are 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.
If any parts, measurement frequencies, or sampling requirements contained in
this Permit are unacceptable to you, you may request a waiver or modifications upon
written demand to the Director within thirty (30) days following receipt of this Permit,
identifying the specific issues to be contended. The filing of this request will not
affect your rights to request a hearing on these issues. Unless such demand is made,
this Permit shall be final and binding.
If you have any questions concerning these modifications, please contact Ms.
Lisa Creeh telephone number 919/733-5083.
Sincerely you?s NN1AL
5 t
R. Paul Wilms
cc: Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA ,n
Mooresville Regional Office
LC /gw t Pollution Prerention Punt
PO_ Box 27687, Raleugi, North Carolina 27n0 7687 telephone [phone]c
Arf Equal Opportunity Aftirmat.rove Acnorz Employer

Permit No. NC0020401
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
To Discharge Wastewater Under the NATIONAL
POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute I43-215. 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,
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Catawba County
to receiving waters designated as Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions
set forth in Parts I, II, and Ill hereof.
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This permit shall become effective April 1, 1986.
This 'permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
April 30, 1989.
Signed this day of March 5, 1986.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
ARTHUR MOUBERRY
FOR
R. PAUL WILMS, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
BY AUTHORITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
MI & 11

SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate and maintain'the existing 5. 0 MGD wastewater
treatment facility consiting of dual influent bar screens, an aerated
grit chamber dual primary clarifiers, four (4) aeration basins,
thr secondary clari ie , disinfection facilities, one (1)
ol‘aerobic' di ar, a s u ge holding tank, and two (2) sludge vacuum
filters located at the Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Note Part III of this Permit) , and
2. Discharge from said treatment works into Lake Hickory which is
classified Class "WS-Ill and B" waters in the Catawba River Basin.

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State of North Carolina
Department ©f Natural Resources and Community Development
512 North Salisbury Street,• Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
April 10, 1985
Mr. Jerry Twiggs
City of Hickory
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28601
Subject: Amendment of NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401.
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hickory
Catawba County, N. C.
Dear Mr. 'Twiggs:
There have been recent changes in regulations resulting in new minimum
monitoring requirements. We are transmitting herewith a copy of an amended
Page M-3, reflecting the new requirements, which should replace the existing.
M-3 page in the permit. This modification will be effective July 1, 1985.
All other terms and conditions contained in the original permit remain
unchanged and in full effect. These modifications are issued pursuant to the
requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-125.1 and the Memorandum of
Agreement between North Carolina and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in these modifications
are unacceptable to you, ynu have the right to an adjudicatory hearing before
a hearing officer upon written demand to the Director within 30 days following
receipt of these modifications, identifying the specific issues to be contended.
Unless such demand is made, these modifications shall be final and binding,
If you have any questions concerning these modifications, please contact
Mr. Arthur Mouberry, at telephone number (919) 733-5083.
Sincerely yours,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
DENNIS R. RAMSEY
FOR
Paul Wilms
Acting Director
cc: Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA
Mooresville Regional Supervisor
PO Box 27687,Raleigh,North Carolina 27611 7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity ,Affirmative Action Employer

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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL (April 1 to October 31)
1
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permitand lasting until. expiration,
. , • . the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
_ Effluent Characteristics
Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Other-Units (Specify) * Measurement **Sample. ***Sample _
:' Kg/day (1 day} Weekly Avg. reguency Type. Location
MonthlyyAvg.
. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg.
Flow 5.0 MGD Continuous Recording { I or E
BOD, 5-Day, 20°C 22 mg/1 33 mg/1 Daily Composite I, E
NH3 as N 18 mg/1 27 mg/1 Daily Composite E
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Daily Grab . E, U, D
- Dissolved Oxygen' (minimum) 5,0 mg/1, 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E, U, D
Temperature Daily Grab E, U, D
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Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Total Phosphorous Monthly Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO + NO3 + TKN) �{ Monthly Composite E
2
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced 'at each sampling station to one time per week except during the
, months of June, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each
' station. 1 ,
**All stream samples shall be grab samples. • 1
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***I-Influent, E-Effluent, U-Upstream, D-Downstream n CD re
ro
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than . 9,0 standard units and CO'
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab samples. c)o
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS _ FINAL (November 1 - Mardi 31 )
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During the period beginning on the effective ctatu of Lhe pernii.Esnd lusting until expiration
)
She pdis hare is hall ore
zed
mitediandamone itoredobyf athe(pe'rmitteel nxsT�lspecified below:
Such discharges sh
Discharge Limitations Mo�)i_f.oring Requirements
Effluent Characteristics .
•� ;lam,: �'i: ShctlJ)le 1•is* S�illi�lle.-
Kq/day (lbs/day), Other-Units (Specify) �� le Location
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. ligel�i _A g. requ racy ...y�?._ --------
Flow • ' 5.0 MGD Continuous Recording 1 or E
bOD, 5-Day, 20°C 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 1)aiLy Composite t, E .
NH3 as N Daily Composite E
TSS 30 mg/I 45 mg/1 Daily Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 1000/100 ml 1000/.100 ml Daily Grab E, U, D
• . Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab ' E, U, D
Temperature Daily • Grab E, ll U
•
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
• Total Phosphorous Monthly Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except auring the
months of June, July, August, and September when the frequency must he no less than three times per week at each
station.
**All stream samples shall be grab samples.
***I-Influent, E-Effluent, U-Upstream, D--Downstream = - r
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The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and 0 ,
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab samples. w o 0
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. 4,

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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Mooresville Regional Office
James G. Martin, Governor S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
March 29, 1985
Mr. Jerry Twiggs
City of Hickory
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, N. C. 28601
Subject: Amendment of NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hickory
Catawba County, N. C.
Dear Mr. Twiggs:
There have been recent changes in regulations resulting in new minimum
monitoring requirements. A draft copy of an amended M-3 page of the NPDES
Permit reflecting the new requirements for the wastewater discharge is enclosed.
A request has been forwarded to our Raleigh Office for amendment of the Permit
to reflect the changes. You will be advised if these amendments are adopted.
If you should have any questions concerning this matter or require
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Monty Payne or
me at telephone number (704) 663-1699.
Sincerely,
D. Rex Gleason, P. E.
Water Quality Regional Engineer
Enclosure
cc: Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA
Catawba County Health Department
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MDP:
.W) North Main Street, PO Box 950, Mooresville, Ni, 28115-0950*Telephone 704,663-1699
An Equal OpporniniiN Affirmative Action Emplom

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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL (November 1 - March 31)
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permiand lasting until expiration
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s)oo1.
Such discharges shall be limited' and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (ibs/dayy) l' Other-Units (Specify) * Measurement . ** Sample *** Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. Frequency Type_ Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5-Day, 20°C 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite I, E
NH3 as N 1 Daily Composite E
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 1000/100 ml 1000/100 ml Daily Grab , E, U, D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E, U, D
1
Temperature Daily Grab E, U, D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Total Phosphorous Semi-annually Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Semi-annually Composite E
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the
months of June, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each
station. ,
**All stream samples shall be grab samples.
***I-Influent, E-Effluent, U-Upstream, D-Downstream = rocn
0C
m c
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and Ni. ,
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab samples. F, o 0
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam. in other than trace amounts. .-t,
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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL (April 1 to October 31)
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permitand lasting Until expiration,
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (lbs/day) Other-Units (Specify) * Measurement **Sample ***Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. rrequency Type Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Continuous • Recording I or E
ROD, 5-Day, 20°C 22 mg/I 33 mg/1 Daily Composite I, E
NH3 as N 18 mg/1 27 mg/1 Daily Composite E
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Daily Grab . E, U, D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E, U, D
Temperature Daily Grab E, U, D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Total Phosphorous Semi-annually Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Semi-annually Composite E
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced 'at each sampling station to one time per week except during the
months of June, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each
station.
**All stream samples shall be grab samples.
***I-Influent, E-Effluent, U--Upstream, D-Downstream = ' '
m 3
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than ' 9.0 standard units and o
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab samples.
of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amaunts. o o -+,
There shall be no discharge

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
March 29, 1985
MEMORANDUM TO: Lee Fleming
FROM: D. Rex Gleason A
SUBJECT: Amendment of NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hickory
Catawba County, N. C.
This. Office requests that the NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401 be amended to
reflect the new minimum monitoring requirements.
Attached is a suggested letter for Mr. Helms' signature to Mr. Twiggs
amending the subject Permit and transmitting the amended portion of the Permit.
If you should have any questions, please contact Mr. Monty Payne or me.
Attachment
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 'RESOURCES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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,
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Catawba County
to receiving waters designated Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements , and other
conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight
on
Signed this day of , ,,
Robert F. Helms , Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental
Management Commission
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Permit No. NC0020401
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate and maintain the existing 5.0 MGD wastewater
treatment facility consisting of dual influent bar screens, an
aerated grit chamber, dual primary clarifiers, three (3) secondary
clarifiers, disinfection facilities, two (2) aerobic digestors, a
sludge holding tank, and two. (2) sludge vacuum filters located at
the Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant (Note Part III of
this Permit) , and
2. Discharge from said treatment works into Lake Hickory which is
classified Class "A--II and B" waters .

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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (April 1 to October 31)
During the period beginningon the effective date of the Permit and lasting until *expiration,
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s) oo]..
Such discharges shall^ be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
• Kg/day (lbs/day) Other-Units (Specify) *Measurement **Sample *** Sample Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequency Type Location-
Flow 5.0 MGD • Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20°C 22 mg/1 33 mg/1 Daily Composite I,E,U,D
NH3 as N 18 mg/1 • 27 mg/1 Weekly Composite I,E
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite I,E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Daily Grab E,U,D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E,U,D
COD Weekly Composite E,U,D
Total Residue d • Weekly Composite I,E
Temperature Daily Grab E,U,D
Settleable Matter Daily Grab E-
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E '
.
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except
during the months of June, July, August & September when the frequency must be no less than three
times per week at each station.
**All stream samples shall be grab samples.
***I - Influent, E - Effluent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream = -CD -w
-s ca -s
o a CD rt.The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 ' standard units and o ,�
shall be monitored daily at I, E, U, and D by grab samples. o 0
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There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. 01

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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (November 1 - March 31) III
During the period beginning on the effective date of the Permit and lasting untilexpiration,
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s) 0
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
• Kg/day (lbs/day) Other-Units (Specify) * Measurement **Sample ***Sample
Monthly Avg.
WeeklyAvg. Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. Frequency Type Location
Flow
5.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20°C 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite I,E,U,D
Weekly Composite I,E
•
NH3 as N
TSS 30 mg/I 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite I,E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
1000/100 ml 1000/100 ml Daily Grab E,U,D
• Dissolved Oxygen (minimum)
5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E,U,D
COD .
Weekly Composite E,U,D
Total Residue a Weekly Composite I,E
Daily Grab E,U,D
Temperature
Daily ,Grab E
Settleable Matter
Daily _ Grab E
Residual Chlorine
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the
months of June, July, August & September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each
station.
**All stream samples shall be grab samples.
***I - Influent, E - Effluent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream
= -v -v v
n (D Pi a
6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and o ,�
The pH shall not be less than stan ar
shall be monitored daily at I, E, U, and D by grab samples. c, z
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. o• Q
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PART *III
Permit No. NC 0020401
B. Previous Permits
facili
All previous State water quality
permits
or discharge,tare� herebytrevoked .
whether for construction operation
by issuance of this permit. Thei zodi discharge quirementsthe,Nt terms , and
provisions of this permit authorizing re •
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System governs discharges from this
facility.
C. Construction
No construction of wastewater treanaet facilities or havedbeennsubmitted
thereto
shall be begun until Final Plans Specifications
to the Division of Environmental Managemen
and
Ifd nowriotten'
approval Final
Authorization to Construct has been
Plans and Specifications has been made
ibys tthe
afteevr
cher days
afollowing
receipt of the plans or- issuance of and construction authorized.-
plans may be considered approved
D. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A of North Carolina General Statutes, the permittee
shall employ a certified wastewater treatmmenntplantht operrtratorrin. t_pond ble
charge of the wastewater treatment facilities.
certification of the grade equivalent to the classification assigned to
the wastewater treatment facilities.
E. Pretreatment
The permittee has submitted documentation to the Division of Environmental
Management which complies with the required activities contained in the
State and Federal Pretreatment Regulations 15 NCAC 2H .0900 and 40 CFR
403 respectively. The approved Local Pretreatment program and Conditions '
of Approval are hereby incorporated as part of this permit by reference. The
on-going industrial monitoring activities of the POTW's pretreatment program
shall be governed by pretreatment regulation and the Conditions of Final
Approval .
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North Carolina Department of Natural MANAGE µ-
" Robert F.Helms
Resources &Community Development Director
James B.Hunt,Jr.,Governor James A.Summers,Secretary Teepnone919 733a7015
April 3, 1984
Mr. Jerry Twiggs
City of Hickory
P. C. Pox 352
Hickory, NC 28601
Subject:;' Permit No. NC0020401
Hickory Northeast Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Catawba County
Dear Mr. Twiggs :
In accordance with your application for discharge permit received
September 27, 1923, we are forwarding herewith the subject Sty to _ NPDES
permit. This permit is issued pursuant to the rewuirements of North
Carolina General Statutes 113-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement
between North Carolina and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
dated December 3, 1°?33.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit
are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing
before a hearing officer upon written demand to the Director within 30
days following receipt of this permit, identifying the specific issues
to be contended. Unless such demand is made, this permit shall be final
and binding.
P ease take notice that this permit is not transferable. Part . 3 .2.
addresses the requirements to be followed in case of change in ownership ,.r
control of this discharge.
This permit does not affect ,.he legal requirement to obtain other permits
which may be required by the Division of Environmental Management. If you
have any ';uestions concerning this permit, please cvi:' ach Mr. David T. Adkins ,
at telephone number 'a^`a/733-.;033.
0rtgGf'tl i ltlrlK( 1' y
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Mooresville Mye4 iona,l Su er'.. _:o.r
P,Q Box 27687 RaVetgn,N C.L7E�i 1.7687
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA vV ,
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 'RESOURCES E COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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,
City ©f Hickory
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Catawba County
to receiving waters designated Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin.
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements , and other
conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and. III hereof.
This permit shall become effective May 1, 1984
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall. expire at midnight
on April 30, 1989
Signed this day r' of April. 3, 1984
Original St7, 1 Ey
FORREST P.
ruz
Robert F. Helms , Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Autnority of the .Environmental
Management Commission
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Permit No. NC0020401
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to:
1 . Continue to operate and maintain the existing 5.0 MGD wastewater
treatment facility consisting of dual influent bar screens, an
aerated grit chamber, dual primary clarifiers, three (3) secondary
clarifiers, disinfection facilities, two (2) aerobic digestors, a
sludge holding tank, and two. (2) sludge vacuum filters located at
the Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant (Note Part III of
this Permit) , and
2. Discharge from said treatment works into Lake Hickory which is
classified Class "A-II and B" waters.

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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (April 1 to October 31)
During the period beginningon the effective date of the Permit and lasting until expiration,
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s) oot . -
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (lbs/day) Other-Units (Specify) *Measurement **Sample, *** Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequency Type Location
Flow 5.0 MGD - Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20°C 22 mg/1 33 mg/1 Daily Composite I,E,U,D
NH3 as N 18 mg/1 27 mg/1 Weekly Composite 1,E
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite I,E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Daily Crab E,U,D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5 .0 mg/1 Daily Crab E,U,D
COD Weekly Composite E,U,D
Total Residue • Weekly Composite I,E
Temperature Daily Crab E,U,D
Settleable Matter Daily Crab E
Residual Chlorine Daily Crab E
. Total Phosphorous Semi-annually Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Semi-annually Composite E
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except
during the months of June, July, August & September when the frequency must be no less than three
times per week at each station.
**All stream samples shall be grab samples.
***I - Influent, E - Effluent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream z -12 -V LT
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The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.o standard units and IV ri-o ,- .-3
shall be monitored daily at I, E, U, and D by grab samples. o z
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There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. ,-` • o,

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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (November I - March 31)
During the period beginning on the effective date of the Permit and lasting until expiration,
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s) 001 .
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (lbs/dam) Other-Units (Specify) Measurement **Sample ***Sample _
Monthly Avg,. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avjj. Weekly Avg. Frequency Type• Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20°C 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite I,E,U,D
NH3 as N - Weekly Composite I,E
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite I,E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 1000/100 ml 1000/100 ml Daily Grab E,U,D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E,U,D
COD Weekly Comp osi te E,U,D
Total Residue Weekly Composite I,E
Temperature Daily Grab E,U,D
Settleable Matter Daily Crab E
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Total Phosphorous Semi-annually Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Semi-annually Composite E
pt
g
*Daily stream sampling frequency may be rewhendthe frequency at each lmusting sbetnonless to othanithree per
times per eweelcllattleactithe
months of June, July, August & September
station.
**A11 stream samples shall be grab samples .
***I - Influent, E -- Effluent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream z ..a
6.0 standard units nor greater than 9•0 standard units and D
The pH shall not be less than
shall be monitored daily at I, E, U, and D by grab samples. o o z
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. -1,

Part I
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Permit No. NC
B. SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE
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1 . The permittee shall achieve compliance with the, effluent limitations
specified for discharges in accordance with the following schedule:
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2. No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above
schedule of compliance, the permittee shall submit either a report of
progress or, in the case of specific actions being required by identified
dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance. In the latter
case, the notice shall include the cause of noncompliance, any remedial
•
actions taken, and the probability of meeting the next scheduled requirement.
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Part I
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"Act" used herein means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, As Amended.
"DIEM" used herein means the Division of Environmental Management of the
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.
"EMC" used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
C. MONITORING AND REPORTING
1 . Representative Sampling
Samples and measurements taken as required herein shall be representative
of the volume and nature of the monitored discharge.
2. Reporting
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be
summarized for each month and reported on a Monthly Monitoring Report
Form (DEM No. MR 1 .0, 1.1 , and 1 .4) postmarked no later than the
45th day following the completed reporting period.
The first report is due on . Duplicate signed copies of
these, and all other reports required herein, shall be submitted to
the following address:
Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
3. Definitions
a. The monthly average, other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the
arithmetic mean of all the composite samples collected in a one-
month period. The monthly average for fecal coliform bacteria is
the geometric mean of samples collected in a one-month period.
b. The weekly average, other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the
arithmetic mean of all the composite samples collected during a
one-week period. The weekly average for fecal coliform bacteria
is the geometric mean of samples collected in a one-week period.
c. Flow, M3/day (MGD): The flow limit expressed in this permit is the
24 hour average flow, averaged monthly. It is determined as the
arithmetic mean of the total daily flows recorded during the calendar
month.
d. Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the
summation of the individual values divided by the number of individual
values.
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e. Geometric Mean : The geometric mean of any set of values is the
Nth root of the product of the individual values where N is equal
to the number of individual values. The geometric mean is equiva-
lent to the antilog of the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of
the individual values. For purposes of calculating the geometric
mean, values of zero (0) shall be considered to be one (1 ) .
f. ' Composite Sample: A "composite sample" is any of the following:
(1 ) Not less than four influent or effluent portions collected
at regular intervals over a period of 24 hours and composited
in proportion to flow.
(2) Not less than four equal volume influent or effluent portions
collected over a period of 24 hours at intervals proportional
to the flow.
(3) An influent or effluent portion collected continuously over
a period of 24 hours at a rate proportional to the flow.
g. Grab Sample: A "grab sample" is a single influent or effluent
portion which is not a composite sample. The sample(s) shall be
collected at the period(s) most representative of the total discharge.
4. Test Procedures
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to the EMC
regulations published pursuant to N. C. G. S. 143-215.63 et seq, The
Water and Air Quality Reporting Act, and to regulations published pursuant
to Section 304(g) , 33 USC 1314, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
As Amended, and Regulation 40 CFR 136.
5. Recording Results
For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of
this permit, the permittee shall record the following information :
a. The exact place, date, and time of sampling;
b. The dates the analyses were performed; and
c. The person(s) who performed the analyses.
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PART i,I
Permit No. NC
A. MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
1 . Change in Discharge
All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms acid
conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified
in this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that
authorized shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated
facility expansions, production increases, or process modifications which
will result in new, different, or increased discharges of pollutants must
be reported by submission of a new NPDES application or, if such changes
will not violate the effluent limitations specified in this permit, by
notice to the DEM of such changes. Following such notice, the permit
may be modified to specify and limit any pollutants not previously limited.
2. Non compliance Notification
If, for any reason, the permittee does not comply with or will be unable
to comply with any effluent limitation specified in this permit, the per-
mittee shall provide the Division of Environmental Management with the
following information, in writing, within five (5) days of becoming aware
of such condition:
a. A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; and
b. The period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times; or,
if not corrected; the anticipated time the noncompliance is expected
to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent
recurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
3. Facilities Operation
The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and
operate as efficiently as possible all treatment or control facilities
or systems installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with
the terms and conditions of this permit.
4. Adverse Impact
The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse
impact to navigable waters resulting from noncompliance with any effluent
limitations specified in this permit, including such accelerated or
additional monitoring as necessary to determine the nature and impact of
the noncomplying discharge.
5. Bypassing
Any diversion from or bypass of facilities necessary to maintain compliance
with the terms and conditions of this permit is prohibited, except (i ) where
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' unavoidable forprevent loss of life or severe property damage, or
(ii ) where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any facilities
necessary for complaince with the effluent limitations and prohibitions
of this permit. All permittees who have such sewer bypasses or overflows
of this discharge shall submit, not later than six months from the date
of issue of this permit, detailed data or engineering estimates which
identify:
a. The location of each sewer system bypass or overflow;
b. The frequency, duration and quantity of flow from each sewer
system bypass or overflow.
This requirement is waived where infiltration/inflow analyses are
scheduled to be performed as part of an Environmental Protection Agency
facilities planning project.
6. Removed Substances
Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the
course of treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in
a manner such as to prevent any pollutant from such materials from
entering waters of the State or navigable waters of the United States.
7. Power Failures
The permittee is responsible for maintaining adequate safeguards to
prevent the discharge of untreated of inadequately treated wastes
during electrical power failures either by means of alternate power
sources, standby generators or retention of inadequately treated efflu-
ent. Should the treatment works not include the above capabilities at
time of permit issuance, the permittee must furnish within six months
to the permitting authority, for approval , an implementation schedule
for their installing, or documentation demonstrating that such measures
are not necessary to prevent discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated wastes. Such documentation shall include frequency and duration
of power failures and an estimate of retention capacity of untreated
effluent.
8. Onshore or Offshore Construction
This permit does not authorize or approve the construction of any onshore
or offshore physical structures or facilities or the undertaking of any
work in any navigable waters.
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B. RESPONSIBILITIES
1 . Right of Entry
The permittee shall allow the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, the Regior:al Administrator, and/or their authorized represen-
tatives, upon the presentations of credentials :
a. 'The enter upon the permiLt.ee's premises where an effluent source is
located or in which any records are required to be kept under the
terms and conditions of this permit; and
b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required
to be kcot under the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect
any monitoring equipment or monitoring method required in this permit;
and to sample any discharge of pollutants.
2. Transfer of Ownership or Control
This permit is not transferable. In the event of any change in control
or ownership of facilities from which the authorized discharge emanates
or is contemplate:',, the permittee shall notify the prospective owner or
controller by letter of the existence of this permit and of the need to
obtain a permit it the name of the prospective owner. A copy of the
letter shai: he forwarded to the Division of Environmental Management.
3. Availability of Reports
Except for data determined to be confidential under N. C. G. S. 143-215.
3(a)(2) or Section 308 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1318, all reports prepared
in accordance with the terms shall be available for public inspection at the
offices of the Division of Environmental Management. As required by the Act,
effluent data shall not be considered confidential . Knowingly making any
false statement on any such report may result in the imposition of criminal
penalties as provided for in N. C. G. S. 143-215.6(b)(2) or in Section
309 of the Federa: Act.
4. Permit Modi fi cater
After notice and oc.00rttirity for a hearing pursuant to N. C. G. S. 143-
215.1 (b)(2) and S. 143--215.1 (e) respectively, this permit may be
modified, suspender, or revoked in whole or in part during its term for
cause including, :out rot limited to, the following:
a. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
b. 0btainirr th's permit by Misrepresentation or failure to disclose
fully ' i relevant facts; or
c. A change in any condition -that requires either a temporary or
permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge.
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5. Toxic Pollutants
Notwithstanding Part II , B-4 above, if a toxic effluent standard or
prohibition (including any schedule of compliance specified in such
effluent standard or prohibition) is established under Section 307(a)
of the Act for a toxic pollutant which is present in the discharge and
such standard or prohibition is more stringent than any limitation for
such pollutant in this permit, this permit shall be revised or modified
in accordance with the toxic effluent standard or prohibition and the
permittee so notified.
6. Civil and Criminal Liability
Except as provided in permit conditions on "Bypassing" (Part II , A-5)
and "Power Failures" (Part II , A-7) , nothing in this permit shall be
construed to relieve the permittee from civil or criminal penalties for
noncompliance pursuant to N. C. G. S. 143-215.6 or Section 309 of the
Federal Act, 33 USC 1319.
7. Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution
of any legal action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities,
liabilities, or penalties to which the permittee is or may be subject
under N. C. G. S. 143-215.75 et seq. or Section 311 of the Federal Act,
33 USC 1321 .
8. Property Rights
The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in either
real or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it
authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal
rights, nor any infringement of Federal,State or local laws or regulations.
9. Severability
The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this
permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circum-
stance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other cir-
cumstances, and the remainder of this permit shall not be affected thereby.
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10. Expiration of Permit
Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date:
In order to receive authorization to discharge beyond the expiration
date, the permittee shall submit such information, forms, and fees as
are required by the agency authorized to issue permits no later than
180 days prior to the expiration date. Any discharge without a permit
after the expiration will subject the permittee to enforcement proce-
dures as provided in N. C. G. S. 143-215.6, and 33 USC 1251 et seq.
11 . Industrial Pretreatment Standards
Permittee shall require any industrial dischargers into the permitted
system to meet Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403 )
promulgated in response to Section 307(b) of the Act. The permittee
shall provide semi-annual reports to the permitting agency regarding the
pre-treatment requirements which have been imposed on each major contri-
buting industry and the results achieved therefrom. Other information
may be needed regarding new industrial discharges and this will be
requested from the permittee after the permitting agency has received
notice of the new industrial discharge.
A major contributing industry 'is one that: (1 ) has a flow of 50,000
gallons or more per average work day; (b) has a flow greater than five
percent of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(c) has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in
standards issued under Section 307(a) of the Act; (d) has significant
impact either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment works or the quality of its effluent.
Any change in the definition of a major contributing industry as a
result of promulgations in response to Section 307 of the Act shall
become a part of this Permit.
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PART III OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. Requirements for Effluent Limitations on Pollutants Attributable to
Industrial Users
1. Effluent limitations from this discharger are listed in Part I of this permit.
It is apparent that other pollutants attributable to inputs from major
contributing industries using the municipal system may also be present in the
permittee's discharge. At such time as sufficient information becomes
available to establish limitations for such pollutants, this permit may be
revised to specify effluent limitations for any or all of such other pollutants
in accordance with best practicable technology or water quality standards..
2. Under no circumstances shall the permittee allow introduction of the following
wastes into the waste treatment system:
a. Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment works.
b. Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to treatment works.
c. Solid or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to the
flow in sewers or interference with the proper operation of the treatment
works.
d. Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant discharge rate which is
excessive over relatively short time periods so as to cause a loss of
treatment efficiency.
e. Heat in amounts which will inhibit biological activity in the treatment
works resulting in interference but in no case heat in such quaatitieso
that the temperature at the treatment works influent exceeds 40 C (104 F)
unless the works are designed to accomodate such heat. (After August 25, 1981)
3. With regard to the effluent requirements listed in Part I of this permit,
it may be necessary for the permittee to supplement the requirements of the
Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 403) to ensure compliance by
the -permittee with all applicable effluent limitations. Such actions by
the permittee may be necessary regarding some or all of the major contri-
buting industries discharging to the municipal system.
The permittee shall require each major contributing industry subject to
pre-treatment standards or any other applicable requirements promulgated
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act to submit to the permittee periodic
notice (at intervals not to exceed 9 months) regarding specific actions taken
to achieve full compliance with the requirements of Section 307. Starting
on the permittee shall submit semi-annually to the permit
issuing authority a report summarizing the progress of all known major
contributing industries subject to the requirements of Section 307 towards
full compliance with such requirements. Such report shall include at
least the following information:
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a. A narrative summary of actions taken by the permittee to ensure
that all major contributing industries comply with the requirements
of Section 307.
b. The number of major contributing industries using the treatment
works , divided into SIC group categories.
c. The number of major contributing industries in full compliance
with the requirements of Section 307, or not subject to these
requirements (e.g. , discharge only compatible pollutants).
d. A list identifying by name those major contributing industries
presently in violation of the requirements of Section 307.
4. Immediately upon issuance of this permit, the permittee shall establish
and implement a procedure to obtain from all major contributing indus-
tries specific information on the quality and quantity of effluents intro-
duced by such industrial users. The following information shall be
reported to the permitting agency on a quarterly basis beginning
; quarterly reports reflecting no change from the previous quarter
may simply relate this fact, without submitting repetitive data.
a. Section IV, Standard Form A shall be completed and submitted for
each major contributing industry.
b. Information on the municipal facility as a whole is to be reported
on the monthly Monitoring Report Form (DEM - No. MR 1 .0, 1 .1 , 1 .2, and
1 .3).
Once the specific nature of industrial contributions has been identified,
data collection and reporting requirements may be levied for other
parameters in addition to those included on Form (DEM No. 1 .0, 1 .1 ,
1 .2, and 1 .3).
5. Based on the information regarding industrial inputs reported by the
permittee pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the permittee will be
notified by the permitting authority of the availability of industrial
effluent guidelines on which to calculate allowable inputs of incompatible
pollutants based on BPT for each industry group. Copies of guidelines
will be provided as appropriate. Not later than 120 days following
receipt of this information, the permittee shall submit to the permitting
authority calculations reflecting allowable inputs from each major con-
tributing industry. The permittee shall also require all such major
contributing industries to implement necessary pre-treatment requirements
(as provided for in 40 CFR, Part 403 ), providing the permitting authority
with notifications of specific actions taken in this regard. At that time,
the permit may be amended to reflect the municipal facility's effluent
requirements for incompatible pollutants.
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B. Previous Permits
All previous State water quality permits issued to this facility,
whether for construction or operation or discharge, are- hereby revoked
by issuance of this permit. The conditions, requirements, terms, and
provisions of this permit authorizing discharge under the National -
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System governs discharges from this
facility.
C. Construction
No construction of wastewater treatment facilities or additions thereto
shall be begun until Final Plans and Specifications have been submitted
to the Division of Environmental Management and written approval and
Authorization to Construct has been issued. If no objections. to Final
Plans and Specifications has been:made by the DEM after 30 days following
receipt of the plans or issuance of whichever
ereis latter, the
plans may be considered approved
d.
D. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A of North Carolina General S otuts, the re esmitteele
shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plan operatorld pons charge of the wastewater treatment
facilities.
classificationoassignedoto a
certification of the grade equivalent
the wastewater treatment facilities.
E. Pretreatment
The permittee has submitted documentation to the Division of Environmental
Management which complies with the required activities contained in the
State and Federal Pretreatment Regulations 15 NCAC 2H .0900 and 40 CFR
403 respectively. The approved Local Pretreatment program and Conditions
of Approval are hereby incorporated as part of this permit by reference. The
on-going industrial monitoring activities of the POTW's pretreatment program
shall be governed by pretreatment regulation and the Conditions of Final
Approval .
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Permit No. NC0020401
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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,
CITY OF HICKORY
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
on NCSR 1400
Catawba County
to receiving waters designated as Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions
set forth in Part 1, II , and Ili hereof.
This permit shall become effective
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
April 30, 1989.
Signed this day of
DRAFT
R. PAUL WILMS, DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
BY AUTHORITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
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SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET •
City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate and maintain the existing 5. 0 MGD wastewater treatment
facility consisting of dual influent bar screens, an aerated grit chamber, dual
primary clarifiers, four (14) aeration basins, three (3) secondary clarifiers,
disinfection facilities, one (1) aerobic digestor, a sludge holding tank, and
two (2) sludge vacuum filters located at the Hickory Northeast Wastewater
Treatment Plant on NCSR 1400 in Catawba County (See Part Ill of this Permit),
and
2. Enter into a contract for the construction of additional wastewater treatment
facilities, and
3. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division of Environmental
Management construct and operate additional wastewater treatment facilities to
increase the plant capacity to 6.0 MGD and to relocate the discharge point to
the middle of Lake Hickory, and
4. Discharge from said treatment works into Lake Hickory which is classified
Class "WS-lil and B" waters in the Catawba River Basin.

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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FINAL (April 1 - October 31)
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permitand lasting until expansion and discharge
. the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001 . relocation or expiration,
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (lbs/day) Other-Units (Specify) *Measurement * Sauvle **Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. F requency Type_ Location
Flow 5. 0 MGD Continuous Recording 1 or E
BOD,5-Day,20°C ** 22. 0 mg/I 33. 0 mg/l Daily Composite I ,E
NH as N 18. 0 mg/1 27.0 mg/I Daily Composite E
TS53** 30. 0 mg/I 45. 0 mg/I Daily Composite E,l
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) *** 200.0/100 ml. 400. 0/100 ml. Daily Grab E,U,D
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5. 0 mg /1 5.0 mg/I Daily Grab E,U,D .
Temperature Daily Grab E,U,D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab - E
.Total Phosphorous Monthly Composite E
Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN) Monthly Composite E
•
• *Daily stream sample frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the months of
June, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week at each station.
**The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective
influent values (85% removal) . .
***These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 to September 30. During the months .of April and October,
the limitations shall be: Monthly average = 1000. 0/100 ml, Weekly average = 2000. 0/100 ml. • _.
- All stream samples shall be grab samples.
•
l - Influent, E - Effluent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream. xbb'0
The pH shall not be.less than 6. 0 ' standard units nor greater than 9. 0 standard units and c) - r,
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab samples.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. o 0

A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final (November 1 - March 31)
During the period beg expansion and dischargeinningon the effective date of the Permitand lasting until relocation or expiration.
• the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s) 001.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (lbs/d ) Other-Units (Specify) * Measurement **Sample *** Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequency Type Location
Flow 5. 0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20°C ** ** 30. 0 mg/I i15. 0 mg/I Daily Composite E ,I
Total Suspended Residue 30. 0 mg/I 45. 0 mg/I Daily Composite E ,l
NH3 as N Daily Composite E
Dissolved Oxygen (minimum) 5. 0 mg/I 5. 0 mg/I Daily Grab E,U,D
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 1000. 0/100 ml. 2000. 0/100 ml. Daily Grab E,U,D
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Temperature Daily Grab E,U,D
Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly Composite E
. Total Phosphorus Monthly Composite E
* Daily stream sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one time per week except during the
months of June, July, August, and September when the frequency must be no less than three times per week
at each station.
•
** The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective
influent values (85% removal) .
All stream samples shall be grab samples. •
I. - Influent, E - Effluent, U - Upstream, D - Downstream.
- zvroro
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and N A
shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. o . 0

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A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Final
During .the period beginning upon expansion and discharge relocation and lasting until expiration,
. the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) ool.
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations (1) Monitoring Requirements
Kglday (lbs/da ) Other-Units (Specify) ' Measurement Sample * Sample
' Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. weekly Avg. Frequency Typ Location
Flow 6.0 MGD Continuous Recording I or E
BOD, 5Day, 20°C ** 30. 0 mg/1 45. 0 mg/l Daily Composite E,I
Total Suspended Residue ** 30. 0 mg/I 45. 0 mg/1 Daily Composite E ,l
NH3 as N Weekly Composite E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) *** 200. 0/100 ml. 400. 0/100 ml. Daily Grab E
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
Temperature DaM ily onths Grab. E
Total Nitrogen (NO + NO + TKN) y Composite E
Total Phosphorus
2 3 Monthly Composite E
(1) These limitations are applicable only for a discharge from a diffuser 1500 from the
current outfall in the middle of Lake Hickory.
r
*Sample locations: H - Effluent, I. - Influent •
**The monthly average effluent BOD , and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not
exceed 15% of the respective inffuent values (85% removal) . ,•
•
*** These limitations apply only during the period of May 1 too September 30. During all
other months, the limitations shall be: Monthly average = 1000.0/100 ml.
Weekly average = 2000.0/100 ml. . .
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The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and
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shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample. o x
• ' There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam. in other than trace amounts. ~ 0 0
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I . Upon completion of the facility expansion to 6 . 0 MGD , the discharge
shall be to the middle of Lake Hickory and the existing outfall
shall be abandoned .

STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Part I - INSPECTION OF EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE
1 . a. Place visited: Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
b. Mailing Address : City of Hickory
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28603
Catawba County
2. Date of Investigation: 10/7/83 ,.Date..�of Report: 10111/83
i gym,:
3. By: J . Thurman Horne, P.
4. a . Person contacted: Ms =,.,Ri ck' Brewn , Operator +�
b. Phone No: 704/324-6512 1'
5. Directions to site: From the intersection of Highway 127 and S. R.
1400, travel south on S . R. 1400 approximately 0.2 mile. The
treatment plant is on the right (west) side of S. R. 1400,
6. a. The coordinates to the existing point of effluent discharge
are: Latitude: 35°47 '35"
Longitude: 81°18'00"
b. USGS Quad No. : D13SE (see attached map)
7. Size(land available for expansion and upgrading) : There is adequate
land available for expansion and upgrading.
8. Topography: Rolling; slopes of 3-10%.
9. Location of nearest dwelling : There is one dwelling within approx.-
imately 100 feet of the treatment plant.
10. Receiving Stream: Catawba River-Lake Hickory
a. Classification , A-II F B
b. Minimum 7-Day, 10-Year discharge at site:
c. River Basin and Sub-Basin No. : 03-08-32.
Part II - DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING TREATMENT FACILITIES
1 . Existing Facilities: The existing plant is a 5.0 MGD extended
aeration facility consisting of dual influent bar screens (manual
cleaning) , an aerated grit chamber, two (2) primary clarifiers (in
parallel ) , three (3) aeration basins (diffused air-in parallel ) , three
(3) final clarifiers (in parallel ) , a chlorine contact basin, two (2)
aerobic digestors (converted from existing aeration basins) , a sludge
holding tank, and two (2) sludge vacuum filters (not in use) .

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2. Proposed Modifications: The facility is scheduled for grant funding
in Fiscal Year 1987 for modifications proposed in the Hickory-
Newton 201 Plan. The 201 Plan calls for modifications to consist of
preliminary treatment modifications, an additional aeration basin,
clarifier modifications, a nitrification basin , effluent filtration,
chlorine contact basin modifications, post aeration basin, sludge
digestor modifications, sludge drying beds and modifications to
recycle pumping (information from Mr. Gregg Bagley) .
Part III - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
1 . Performance Evaluation : The facility has a history of non-compliance
with the existing Permit 's final effluent limitations. The facility
is operating under SOC-81 -79 (expires 12/31/83) , which provides more
lenient (secondary) effluent limits which the facility is able to
achieve.
The attached Table "A" displays the past year's monthly self-
monitoring data.
2. 0 & M Evaluation : The facility appears to be generally well operated
and maintained. Some gassing was observed in one of the final
clarifiers and excessive visible solids appeared to be leaving the
effluent. The latter problem appeared to be due to the cleaning of
algae growth from the final clarifier weir plates. The operator
indicated that the gassing in the clarifier was due to problems with
the sludge removal mechanism, but that this was being attended to.
3. Recommendations and/or Special Conditions: It is recommended that the
Permit be renewed as requested with interim effluent limitations
extended until July 1 , 1988.
The Mooresville Regional Office is currently reviewing the City 's
SOC to determine if an extension can be recommended.

TABLE "A"
Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Monthly Self-Monitoring Data
(Monthly Average-Effluent)
Month Flow BOD5 NH3 as N TSS Fecal D. 0. �H
Coliform
(MGD) (mg/1 ) (mg/1 ) (mg/1 ) #/100 ml (mg/1 ) s.u.
August, 1983 2.60 23 18.5 26 15 7.3 6.9-7.3
July, 1983 2.53 14 12 18 1 --- 5.4-7.1
June, 1983 2.70 13 16 10 3 7.3 6.8-7.3
May, 1933 2.76 13 17 11 2 --- 6.6-7 .3
April , 1983 3.04 12 20 17 2 7.3 6.5-7.1
March, 1983 2.96 11 25 33 2 --- 6.6-7.3
Feb., 1983 2.83 13 23 17 <10 7.3 6.6-7.2
Jan . , 1983 2.60 11 37 12 2 7.1 6.6-7.2
Dec. , 1983 2.74 14 32 21 2 7.3 6.5-7.3
Nov. , 1983 2.53 12 33 32 2 7.3 5.4-7.6
Oct. , 1982 2.44 13 26 12 1 7.4 6.5-7.1
Sept. , 1982 2.32 12 43 28 2 7.4 6.3-7.0
Yearly Avg. 2.67 13.4 25.2 19.8 4.7 7.3 5.4-7.6
Exist. Permit 5.0 13 4 30 200 5.0(min.) 6.0-9.0
Final Limits

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North Carolina na 4Je r Ll �enF of Natural EN'MANAGEMENT
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Resources &Community Development Robert Director
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Joseph W. Grimsley, Secretary Telephone [phone]©15
September 28, 1983
Mr. William Jerry Twiqqs
Publ'c [Jtilities Director
City of Hickory
P. ©.. Box 398
Hickory, NC 28603 Subjec gl}cation for NPDES Permit No.
NC'O02Q401 - Hickory NE WWTP
CataWbau County
Dear Mr. Twiggs
Receipt of the following documents is hereby acknowledged:
Application Form
Engineering Proposal (for proposed control facilities)
x Request for permit renewal
Other
If any of the items listed below are, checked, the application received is
incomplete and the indicated item(s) must be received before review can begin:
Application Form (copies enclosed)
Engineering Proposal (See (b) 1-5 on attached)
Other
If the application is not made complete within thirty (30) days , it will be
returned to you and may be resubmitted when complete .
This application has been assigned to Mr. David T. Adkins
(919/733-5083) of our Permits Unit for review and preparation of a draft permit.
Once the permit is drafted, public notice must be issued for forty-five (45) days
prior to final action on the issuance or denial of the permit. You will be advised
of any comments, recommendations , questions or other information necessary for the
review of the application.
I am, by copy of this letter, requesting that our Regional Office Supervisor
. prepare a staff report and recommendations regarding this discharge. If you have
any questions regarding this application, please contact the review person listed
above.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
p" , DAVID T. ADKINS
William. C. Mills , Supervisor
Permits and Engineering Unit
cc: Mooresville Regional Supervisor
Mr. David T. Adkins
POLLUTION PREVENTION PAYS
P. ©. Box 27687 Raleigh,N. C.2 761 1-7687
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

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Mr. Robert Helms, Director
N. C. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANA ' T'
P. O. Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Hel s:
We are requesting permit renewals on Permit No. 00121, and
Permit NO. 0020401. There are no changes proposed for the discharges
covered by these permits.
If additional information is needed, please advise.
Sincerely,
Wm. erry Twiggs
Public Utilities Director
WJT/bb
cc: Mr. D.. Rex Gleason, P. F.
Water Quality Regional Engineer
RECEIVED
SEP 2 '7 1983
0;i4, 3c''t SECTION
P. O. BOX 398 HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA 29603 C704) 322 — 2605

PACE 17
RUN.7:1°.:. 82-11--18
NORTH CA,ROLINA
CONSTRUC'TIOI GRANTS PROGRAM
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROJECT FRIORITY LIST
FISCAL YEAR 83 ©RAFT
FY83 FY84 FY85 FY86 FY87
FNa:NTS APPLICANT NAME ST STA ELIG COST ELIG COST ELIG COST ELIG COST ELIG COST
DESCRIPTION GRANT NO EP CERT ©T FRI ANT PRI AMT PRI AMT PRI AMT PPI AMT
( ^) ( 12-20) (01-54-03) (87) (AS) (29/H7) (29✓M7) (29/H71 (29/M7) (29/H7)
E.'3350 ALAMANCE, COUNTY OF 574-05-0 3 * 09-87 490,000
DURHAM ST 5 WEST .INT 367,.500
E32.c6 RCEBINSVILLE, CITY OF 557-03-0 4 09-87 394,000
INTS 295,500
E;2,s,: D! RHAM, COUNTY OF 575-02-0 3 * 09-87 28,000
STIRRUP IRON CR. P.S. 21,000
E31.31 HEW HANOVER, COUNTY OF 461-02-0 4 09-87 294,000
WILNIIMGTON—HAN13Y k3CH INT 161,700
k.7.l`. -1 LILLIHGTON 697-02-0 4 09-87 840,000
SN'W TOWN 'INT 462,000
E:". 1 GLEN ALPINE 721-01-0 4 09-87 907,000
INTERCEPTOR' 495,2 50.
E; . 5 005E0N, TOWN OF 540-02-0 4 09-87 1,204,000
INTT & COL 662,200
E,7, 2 SHELBY, CITY OF 502-04-0 4 09-87 826,000
HICK4ORY CREEK $ MC 18 INT 454,300
U.6.F,3 RtOSMANN, TOWN OF 551-03-0 4 09-87 232,000
PHASE I INNT & COLLECTION 127,6000
E:1-,C4 WCOOLAM0, TOWN OF 438-04-0 4 09-87 765,000
G'EORGE COL. 420,750
E:422 POLK'TOU, TOWN OF 749-01-0 4 09-87 2,437,000
'INTERN,AL INNTERCEPTOR'S 1,340,350
E:3.35 WIL.LIAMSTON, TOWN OF 435-04-0 4 09-87 258,000
U.G. 17 INTERCEPTOR 141,900
L'3: :"9 HICYCF{(, WOR1Ti PLANT 389--13-0 3 * 09-87 6,009,000
(a'.oTf' 3,304,953
NT'E: * = DESIGN COSTS INCLUDED

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Mr. Don Brooks
Assistant Public Utilities Director
City Hickory
P.O. Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28601
Dear Mr. Brooks:
Attached fo your records is y of r signed Special Order
by Consent approved by t n i nr. nt 1 Management Commission on
October 8, 1981.
The terms and cox r _i r .0n ; of she Order are in full effect, and you
are reminded ta': eh. f:',bnal limits n . n r , § not
be enforced by the S dte of North Carolina provided that your 1urici_.
liry complies with the limits, schedules, nd conditions ocotalmed
ix the Consent Order,
,
.,.f sou have any questions concerning this matter,, please s.c;. ww ct me
at ( 19) 7 -52revv
Sincerely y yY yours,
Arthur Moeberry, '.E
Enforcement & Emergency Response
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Attachment
cc: Regional nal Office
0: b,,:c t: of Legal Affairs
Howard bailer--rPA
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
COUNTY OF CATAWBA
IN THE MATTER OF )
NORTH CAROLINA )
NPDES PERMIT ) SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT
NO. NC0020401 ) EMC WQ No. 81-79
HELD BY THE CITY )
OF HICKORY )
Pursuant to provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.2 and
143-215.67, this Special Order by Consent is made and entered into by the
City of Hickory, hereafter referred to as the City, and the North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission, an agency of the State of North Carolina
created by North Carolina General Statute 143B-282, and hereafter referred
to as the Commission:
1 . The City and the Commission hereby stipulate the following:
(a) That the City holds North Carolina NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
for operation of an existing wastewater treatment works and making
an outlet therefrom of treated wastewater to Falling Creek and
Lake Hickory, Class C and A--II , B waters of this State, in the
Catawba River Basin, but is unable to comply with the final efflue —
limitations for TSS and NH3 as N as set forth in the Permit.
Compliance will require preparation of plans and specifications for
and construction and operation of additional treatment works.
(b) That non-compliance with final effluent limitations constitutes causing
and contributing to pollution of the waters of this State named above,
and the City is within the jurisdiction of the Commission as set forth
in North Carolina General Statute Chapter 143, Article 21 .
(c) That"the City desires to cause or allow the discharge of 1 .5 MGD
of additional wastewater to the treatment works, and that the discharge
of such additional wastewater from the treatment works to the waters
of this State will not result in any significant degradation in their
quality or in the quality of•any water ultimately receiving such
discharge.
(d) That the City has secured financing for planning for treatment
works which, when constructed and operated, will be sufficient to
adequately treat the wastewater presently being discharged and the
additional wastewater desired to be discharged, to the extent that the
City will be able to comply with final Permit effluent limitations.
(e) That the City hereby waives its right to a hearing on the terms of
this Special Order by Consent pursuant to procedural requirements

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of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.4 and Commission rules in
15 NCAC 2I, and also hereby waives its right to appeal this Special
Order by Consent in accordance with North Carolina General Statute
143-215.5.
2. The City, desiring to comply with conditions of the Permit identified in
paragraph 1 (a) above, does hereby agree to do and perform all of the
following:
(a) Meet and comply with all terms and conditions of the Permit except
those effluent limitations identified in paragraph 1 (a) above.
(b) Upon execution of this Order, undertake the following activities in
accordance with the indicated time schedule:
1 . Complete and submit the final plans and specifications and apply
for a Step III Grant within 9 months after the Step II Grant is
offered.
2. Begin construction within six months after a Step III Grant is
offered.
3. Attain operational level (meet final effluent limitations) twenty-
four months after the Step III Grant is offered.
(c) During the time in which this Special Order by Consent is effective,
comply with the following interim effluent limitations:
(Other Limitations)
Effluent Monthly Weekly
Characteristics Units Average Average
Flow MGD 5.0
BOD mg/1 30 45
TSS mg/1 30 45
Fecal Coliform #/100 ml 200 400
pH s. u. 6.0-9.0 6.0-9.0
(d) No later than 14 calendar days after any date or time identified for
accomplishment of any activity listed in 2(b) above, submit to the
Division Director written notice of compliance or non-compliance there-
with. In the case of non-compliance, the notice shall include a
statement of the reason(s) for non-compliance, remedial action(s)
taken, and a statement identifying the extent to which subsequent dates
or times for accomplishment of listed activities may be affected.
(e) Enforce the water conservation provisions of the State Building Code
as it applies to new residential construction (Volume 11 , Chapter
IV, 401 .2, 401 .3) .

1111111/77
Page Three
3. In accordance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143.215.67(b)
the Commission allows the City to accept the additional waste specified below
to its waste-disposal system:
1 .5 mgd of domestic, commercial , and industrial (industrial flow cannot be
connected until written approval is received from the Director, Division of
Environmental Management) wastewater to be generated by projected growth in
and around the City of Hickory.
4. This Special Order by Consent and any terms, conditions and interim effluent
limitations contained herein, hereby supersede any and all previous Special
Orders and Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters, and terms, conditions,
and limitations contained therein issued in connection with NPDES Permit No.
NC0020401 .
5. Any violation of terms of this Special Order by Consent, including failure to
achieve interim effluent limitations set forth at paragraph 2(c) above, subject
the City to the enforcement authority of the Commission and of the Director
pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 and Commission rules in
15 NCAC 2J. -
6. This Special Order by Consent shall expire on December 31 , 1983.
Entered into this, the day of 1981 .
CITY OF HICKORY N.C. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
BY: Aei` de/ ..U` BY: C C .
� e�,t.�� 4✓

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
COUNTY OF CATAWBA
IN THE MATTER OF )
NORTH CAROLINA )
NPDES PERMIT ) SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT
NO. NC0020401 ) EMC WQ No. 81-79
HELD BY THE CITY )
OF HICKORY )
Pursuant to provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.2 and
143-215.67, this Special Order by Consent is made and entered into by the
City of Hickory, hereafter referred to as the City, and the North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission, an agency of the State of North Carolina
created by North Carolina General Statute 143B-282, and hereafter referred
to as the Commission:
1 . The City and the Commission hereby stipulate the following:
(a) That the City holds North Carolina NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
for operation of an existing wastewater treatment works and making
an outlet therefrom of treated wastewater to Falling Creek and
Lake Hickory, Class C and A-II , B waters of this State, in the
Catawba River Basin, but is unable to comply with the final effluent
limitations for TSS and NH3 as N as set forth in the Permit.
Compliance will require preparation of plans and specifications for
and construction and operation of additional treatment works.
(b) That non-compliance with final effluent limitations constitutes causing
and contributing to pollution of the waters of this State named above,
and the City is within the jurisdiction of the Commission as set forth
in North Carolina General Statute Chapter 143, Article 21 .
(c) That the City desires to cause or allow the discharge of 1 .5 MGD
of additional wastewater to the treatment works, and that the discharge
of such additional wastewater from the treatment works to the waters
of this State will not result in any significant degradation in their
quality or in the quality of any water ultimately receiving such
discharge.
(d) That the City has secured financing for planning for treatment
works which, when constructed and operated, will be sufficient to
adequately treat the wastewater presently being discharged and the
additional wastewater desired to be discharged, to the extent that the
City will be able to comply with final Permit effluent limitations.
(e) That the City hereby waives its right to a hearing on the terms of
this Special Order by Consent pursuant to procedural requirements

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of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.4 and Commission rules in
15 NCAC 21 , and also hereby waives its right to appeal this Special
Order by Consent in accordance with North Carolina General Statute
143-215.5.
2. The City, desiring to comply with conditions of the Permit identified in
paragraph 1 (a) above, does hereby agree to do and perform all of the
following:
(a) Meet and comply with all terms and conditions of the Permit except
those effluent limitations identified in paragraph 1 (a) above.
(b) Upon execution of this Order, undertake the following activities in
accordance with the indicated time schedule:
1 . Complete and submit the final plans and specifications and apply
for a Step III Grant within 9 months after the Step II Grant is
offered.
2. Begin construction within six months after a Step III Grant is
offered.
3. Attain operational level (meet final effluent limitations) twenty-
four months after the Step III Grant is offered.
(c) During the time in which this Special Order by Consent is effective,
comply with the following interim effluent limitations:
(Other Limitations)
Effluent Monthly Weekly
Characteristics Units Average Average
Flow MGD 5.0
BOD mg/1 30 45
TSS mg/1 30 45
Fecal Coliform #/100 ml 200 400
pH s. u. 6.0-9.0 6.0-9.0
(d) No later than 14 calendar days after any date or time identified for
accomplishment of any activity listed in 2(b) above, submit to the
Division Director written notice of compliance or non-compliance there-
with. In the case of non--compliance, the notice shall include a
statement of the reason(s) for non-compliance, remedial action(s)
taken, and a statement identifying the extent to which subsequent dates
or times for accomplishment of listed activities may be affected.
(e) Enforce the water conservation provisions of the State Building Code
as it applies to new residential construction (Volume 11 , Chapter
IV, 401 .2, 401 .3) .

Page Three
3. In accordance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143.215.67(b)
the Commission allows the City to accept the additional waste specified below
to its waste-disposal system:
1 .5 mgd of domestic, commercial , and industrial (industrial flow cannot be
connected until written approval is received from the Director, Division of
Environmental Management) wastewater to be generated by projected growth in
and around the City of Hickory.
4. This Special Order by Consent and any terms, conditions and interim effluent
limitations contained herein, hereby supersede any and all previous Special
Orders and Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters, and terms, conditions ,
and limitations contained therein issued in connection with NPDES Permit No.
NC0020401 .
5. Any violation of terms of this Special Order by Consent, including failure to
achieve interim effluent limitations set forth at paragraph 2(c) above, subject
the City to the enforcement authority of the Commission and of the Director
pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 and Commission rules in
15 NCAC 2J.
6. This Special Order by Consent shall expire on December 31 , 1983.
Entered into this, the day of , 1981 .
•
CITY OF HICKORY N.C. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMnISSION
BY: BY:

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
September 23, 1981
MEMORANDUM TO: Arthur Mau eery
FROM: D. Rex Gleason
SUBJECT: Special Order by Cans. nt
City of Hickory
Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Cat wa County
Attached is a copy of the draft Special Order by Consent for the City
of Hickory's Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant,
It is the opinion of this Office that the requested flow is reasonable
and will not hydraulically Lew r1n'd the treatmentplant- Comments from Tech
Services have not yet been received.
if you have any other questions,ions, please advise.
Attach:7: rat
MLR:Ski

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
COUNTY OF CATAWBA
IN THE MATTER OF )
NORTH CAROLINA
NPDES PERMIT ) SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT
NO. NC0020401 ) EMC WQ No. 81-79
HELD BY THE CITY )
OF HICKORY )
Pursuant to provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.2 and
143-215.67, this Special Order by Consent is made and entered into by the
City of Hickory, hereafter referred to as the City, and the North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission, an agency of the State of North Carolina
created by North Carolina General Statute 143B-282, and hereafter referred
to as the Commission:
1 . The City and the Commission hereby stipulate the following:
(a) That the City holds North Carolina NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401
for operation of an existing wastewater treatment works and making
an outlet therefrom of treated wastewater to Falling Creek and
Lake Hickory, Class C and A-II, B waters of this State, in the
Catawba River Basin, but is unable to comply with the final effluent
limitations for TSS and NH3 as N as set forth in the Permit.
Compliance will require preparation of plans and specifications for
and construction and operation of additional treatment works.
(b) That non-compliance with final effluent limitations constitutes causing
and contributing to pollution of the waters of this State named above,
and the City is within the jurisdiction of the Commission as set forth
in North Carolina General Statute Chapter 143, Article 21 .
(c) That the City desires to cause or allow the discharge of 1 .5 MGD
of additional wastewater to the treatment works, and that the discharge
of such additional wastewater from the treatment works to the waters
of this State will not result in any significant degradation in their
quality or in the quality of any water ultimately receiving such
discharge.
(d) That the City has secured financing for planning for treatment
works which, when constructed and operated, will be sufficient to
adequately treat the wastewater presently being discharged and the
additional wastewater desired to be discharged, to the extent that the
City will be able to comply with final Permit effluent limitations.
(e) That the City hereby waives its right to a hearing on the terms of
this Special Order by Consent pursuant to procedural requirements

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PP
of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.4 and Commission rules in
15 NCAC 2I , and also hereby waives its right to appeal this Special
Order by Consent in accordance with North Carolina General Statute
143-215.5.
2. The City, desiring to comply with conditions of the Permit identified in
paragraph 1 (a) above, does hereby agree to do and perform all of the
following:
(a) Meet and comply with all terms and conditions of the Permit except
those effluent limitations identified in paragraph 1 (a) above.
(b) Upon execution of this Order, undertake the following activities in
accordance with the indicated time schedule:
1 . Complete and submit the final plans and specifications and apply
for a Step III Grant within 9 months after the Step II Grant is
offered.
2. Begin construction within six months after a Step III Grant is
offered.
3. Attain operational level (meet final effluent limitations) twenty-
four months after the Step III Grant is offered.
(c) During the time in which this Special Order by Consent is effective,
comply with the following interim effluent limitations:
(Other Limitations)
Effluent Monthly Weekly
Characteristics Units Average Average
Flow MGD 5.0
BOD mg/1 30 45
TSS mg/1 30 45
Fecal Coliform #/100 ml 200 400
pH s. u. 6.0-9.0 6.0-9.0
(d) No later than 14 calendar days after any date or time identified for
accomplishment of any activity listed in 2(b) above, submit to the
Division Director written notice of compliance or non-compliance there-
with. In the case of non-compliance, the notice shall include a
statement of the reason(s) for non-compliance, remedial action(s)
taken, and a statement identifying the extent to which subsequent dates
or times for accomplishment of listed activities may be affected.
(e) Enforce the water conservation provisions of the State Building Code
as it applies to new residential construction (Volume 11 , Chapter
IV, 401 .2, 401 .3) .

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3. In accordance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143.215.67(b)
the Commission allows the City to accept the additional waste specified below
to its waste-disposal system:
1 .5 MGD of domestic, commercial and industrial wastewater to be generated
by projected growth in and around the City of Hickory.
4. This Special Order by Consent and any terms , conditions and interim effluent
limitations contained herein, hereby supersede any and all previous Special
Orders and Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letters, and terms, conditions ,
and limitations contained therein issued in connection with NPDES Permit No .
NC O020401 .
5. Any violation of terms of this Special Order by Consent, including failure
to achieve interim effluent limitations set forth at paragraph 2(c) above,
subject the City to the enforcement authority of the Commission and of the
Director pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 and Commission
rules in 15 NCAC 23.
6. This Special Order by Consent shall expire on
Entered into this the day of , 1981 .
CITY OF N. C. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
BY: BY:
Title) Chairman of the Commission

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DIVISION OF rRoMM a n'Al. y . AO .
June 25, 1979
Mr. Willie o Jerry Twigs*
Director of Public Utilities
City of Hickory'
P. 4. 398
Hickory, NC 28601
Subject: Permit No. NCOO24401
City of Hickory
Northeast Water Tree= :ant Plant
Catawba County
Dear ?fir. Triggs t
In accordance with your application for discharge Permit r .c,eived
January 18, 1979, we are forwarding herewith the subj t State - NPDES
Permit. This Permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North
Carolina General Statutes 143--215.1 and the Memorandum of Agr m gent
between North Carolina and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
dated. October 19, 1975.
If any parts, requir ;. ta, or limitations contained in this Per-it
are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory heart
before a hearing officer upon written d nd to the Director within 30
days following receipt of this 'Permit,„ identifying the specific issues
to be contended. Unless such d nd is ' de, this Pee it shall b+e final
binding.
Plea take notice that this Pemia.t is not transferable. Part it,
1 .2., sddre* es the requirements to b followed in case of change in
ownership or control of this discharge.
This Permit does not affect the legal requir nt to obtain other
Permits which may be required by the Division of Enviro ntal Manag nt
If you have any questions concerning this Permit, please contact us.
Sincerely yours,
Original Sign.,IOS
A. ;. Met:ic* I
A. P. McRorie
Director
cc: resville Regional Office
Mooresville Regional Manager
Mr. George Harlow, EPA
A

Permit No, NC 0 0 2 4 0 1
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
To Discharge Wasteater 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 adoreed
by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission , and the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as am-nded ,
the City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Catawba County
to receiving waters
Falling Creek and Lake Hickory in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other
conditions set forth in Parts I , II , and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective July 1 , 1979.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight
on DE 3 1 ,1S0
Signed this day of jn 2 5 1979
Origimai signed
fli
Lt4egAill
A. F. McRorie, Uirector
Division of EnvIrenmental Management
By Auteeity of the Environmental
Management, Commission
Ml & Il

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Permit No. NCO 02 04 Q
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
the City of Hickory
is hereby authorized to:
1 . Enter into a contract for construction of additional wastewater
treatment facilities necessary to achieve compliance with final
effluent limitations,
2. Make an outlet into Lake Hickory,
3. Construct and operate the facilities as specified in No. 1 above and
continue to operate the existing 5.0 MGD activated sludge wastewater
treatment plant which consists of an influent bar screen, a barminutor,
a degritter, primary clarifier, aeration basin, secondary clarifier,
chlorination facilities, anaerobic digesters, sludge holding tank
and vacuum filters located at the Northeast Wastewater Treatment
Plant in Catawba County (Note Part III, Condition No. B, C, D & E
of this Permit) , and
4. Discharge from said treatment works into Falling Creek and Lake Hickory
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A. ( 1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - Interim
During the period beginning on effective date of the Permit and lasting until no later than June 30, 1983
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number(s) 001 .
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Kg/day (lbs/da ) Other Units (Specify) *** Measurement **Sample * Sample _
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Frequency. Type Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Daily Continuous I or E
BOD5 567.4(1251 .0) 851 .2(1876.5) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Daily Composite I ,E,U,D
TSS 567.4(1251 .0) 851 .2(1876.5) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly Composite I , E
Fecal Coliform (Geometric Mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Daily Grab E, U, D
Temperature **** Daily Grab E, U, D
Dissolved Oxygen Daily Grab E, U, D
COD Weekly Composite E, U, D
Total Residue Weekly Composite I, E
NH3 as N Weekly Composite I, E
Settleable Matter Daily Grab E
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab E
*Sample Locations: I-Influent, E-Effluent, U-Upstream, D-Downstream **AI1 stream samples shall be grab.
***Daily means every day on which a wastewater discharge occurs except Saturdays , Sundays, and legal holidays. Daily stream
sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one (1) time per week except during the months of June, July,
August and September, when the frequency must be no less than three (3) times per week at each sampling station.
****The temperature of the effluent shall be such that it will not cause a temperature in the receiving stream of more than
5 F above ambient stream water temperature. a ,0
C)
• The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and o rt. ,-,
shall be monitored daily by grab samples at I, E, U, D.
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There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. •• O
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During the period beginning on or before July 1 , 1983 and lasting until expiration,
the permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall (s) serial number(s) 001 .
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
gg/day (lbs/day) Other Units (Specify) ***Measurement **Sample *Sam le
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avy. Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. rrequency Type Location
Flow 5.0 MGD Daily Continuous I or E
80D5 245.9(542.1 ) 368.8(813.2) 13 mg/1 19.5 mg/1 Daily Composite I,E,U,D
NH3 as N 75.7(166.8) 113.5(250.2) 4 mg/1 6 mg/1 Weekly Composite I , E
TSS 567.4(1251 .0) 851 .2(1876.5) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1 Weekly • Composite I, E
Fecal Coliform (Geometric Mean) 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Daily Grab E, U, D
Temperature **** Daily Grab E, U, D
Dissolved Oxygen (Minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1 Daily Grab E, U, D
COD Weekly Composite E, U, D
Total Residue Weekly Composite I , E
Settleable Matter Daily Grab E
Residual Chlorine Daily Grab , E
*Sample Locations: .I-Influent, E-Effluent, U-Upstream, D-Downstream **A1l' stream samples shall be grab.
***Daily means, every day on which a wastewater discharge occurs except Saturdays , Sundays, and legal holidays. Daily strear
sampling frequency may be reduced at each sampling station to one (1 ) time per week except during the months of June, July:
August, and September, when the frequency must be no less than three (3) times per week at each sampling station.
****The temperature of the effluent shall be such that it will not cause a temperature in the receiving stream of
more than 5 F above ambient stream water temperature. n 3
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and o
shall be monitored daily by grab samples at I, E, U, D. o x
• There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. o °,
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B. SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE
1 . • The permittee shall achieve compliance with the effluent limitations
specified for discharges in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Submit a Step II Grant Application on or before October 1 , 1979.
(b) Submit a Step III Grant Application and final plans and specifications
within 9 months following receipt of a Step II Grant offer.
(c) Begin construction of proposed wastewater treatment facilities within
6 months following receipt of a Step III Grant offer.
(d) Submit a progress report every 9 months beginning on October 1 , 1979,
and continuing until attainment of final effluent limitations as given
in Part I. A.
(e) Attain operational level (meet final effluent limitations) within 27
months following receipt of a Step III Grant offer, but no later than
July 1 , 1983.
2. No later than 14 calendar days following a date identified in the above
schedule of compliance, the permittee shall submit either a report of
progress or, in the case of specific actions being required by identified
dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance. In the latter
case, the notice shall include the cause of noncompliance, any remedial
actions taken, and the probability of meeting the next scheduled requirement.
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"Act" used herein means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, As Amended.
"DEM" used herein means the Division of Environmental Management of the
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development.
"EMC" used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
C. MONITORING AND REPORTING
1 . Representative Sampling
Samples and measurements taken as required herein shall be representative
of the volume and nature of the monitored discharge.
2. Reporting
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be
summarized for each month and reported on a Monthly Monitoring Report
Form (DEM No. MR 1 .0, 1 .1 , and,1.4)4 . , postmarked no later than the
45th day following the completed reporting period.
The first report is due on SEP 15 9979 . Duplicate signed copies of
these, and all other reports required herein, shall be submitted to
the following address:
Division of Environmental Management
Water Quality Section
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 276I1
3. Definitions
a. The monthly average, other than for fecal colifarm bacteria, is the
arithmetic mean of all the composite samples collected in a one-
month period. The monthly average for fecal coliform bacteria is
the geometric mean of samples collected in a one-month period.
b. The weekly average, other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the
arithmetic mean of all the composite samples collected during a
one-week period. The weekly average for fecal coliform bacteria
is the geometric mean of samples collected in a one-week period.
c. Flow, M3/day (MGD) : The flow limit expressed in this permit is the
24 hour average flow, averaged monthly. It is determined as the
arithmetic mean of the total daily flows recorded during the calendar
month.
d. Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the
summation of the individual values divided by the number of individual
values.
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e. Geometric Mean: The geometric mean of any set of values is the
Nth root of the product of the individual values where N is equal
to the number of individual values. The geometric mean is equiva-
lent to the antilog of the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of
the individual values. For purposes of calculating the geometric
mean, values of zero (0) shall be considered to be one (1 ).
f. Composite Sample: A "composite sample" is any of the following:
(1 ) Not less than four influent or effluent portions collected
at regular intervals over a period of 24 hours and composited
in proportion to flow.
(2) Not less than four equal volume influent or effluent portions
collected over a period of 24 hours at intervals proportional
to the flow.
(3) An influent or effluent portion collected continuously over
a period of 24 hours at a rate proportional to the flow.
g. Grab Sample: A "grab sample" is a single influent or effluent
portion which is not a composite sample. The sample(s) shall be
collected at the period(s) most representative of the total discharge.
• 4. Test Procedures
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to the EMC
regulations published pursuant to N. C. G. S. 143-215.63 et seq, The
Water and Air Quality Reporting Act, and to regulations published pursuant
to Section 304(g) , 33 USC 1314, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
As Amended, and Regulation 40 CFR 136.
5. Recording Results
For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of
this permit, the permittee shall record the following information:
a. The exact place, date, and time of sampling;
b. The dates the analyses were performed; and
c. The person(s) who performed the analyses.
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6. Additional Monitoring by Permittee
If the permittee monitors any pollutant at the location(s) designated
herein more frequently than required by this permit, using approved
analytical methods as specified above, the results of such monitoring
shall be included in the calculation and reporting of the values required
in the Monthly Monitoring Report Form (DEM No. MR 1 .0, 1 .1 , and 1.4)
Such increased frequency shall also be indicated. The DEM may require
more frequent monitoring or the monitoring of other pollutants not
required in this permit by written notification.
7. Records Retention
All records and information resulting from the monitoring activities
required by this Permit including all records of analyses performed and
calibration and maintenance of instrumentation and recordings from
continuous monitoring instrumentation shall be retained for a minimum of
three (3) years, or longer if requested by the Division of Environmental
Management or the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
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A. MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS
1 . Change in Discharge
All discharges authorized herein shall be consistetwith
the
eeterms
eand
conditions of this permit. The discharge of any pollutant
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in this permit more frequently than or at a level in excess of that
authorized shall constitute a violation of the permit. Any anticipated
facility expansions, production increases, or process modifications which
will result in new, different, or increased discharges of pollutants must
be reported by submission of a new NPDES application or, if such changes
will not violate the effluent limitations specified in this permit, by
notice to the DEM of such changes. Following such notice, the permit
may be modified to specify and limit any pollutants not previously limited.
2. Non compliance Notification
If, for any reason, the permittee does not comply with or will be unable
to comply with any effluent limitation specified in this permit, the per-
mittee shall provide the Division of Environmental Management with the
following information, in writing, within five (5) days of becoming aware
of such condition:
a. A description of the discharge and cause of noncompliance; and
b. The period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times; or,
if not corrected; the anticipated time the noncompliance is expected
to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate and prevent
recurrence of the noncomplying discharge.
3. Facilities Operation
The permittee shall at all times maintain in good working order and
operate as efficiently as possible all treatment or control facilities
or systems installed or used by the permittee to achieve compliance with
the terms and conditions of this permit.
4. Adverse Impact
The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize any adverse
impact to navigable waters resulting from noncompliance with any effluent
limitations specified in this permit, including such accelerated or
additional monitoring as necessary to determine the nature and impact of
the noncomplying discharge.
5. Bypassing
Any diversion from or bypass of facilities necessary to maintain compliance
with the terms and conditions 'of this permit is prohibited, except (i ) where
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unavoidable to prevent loss of life or severe property damage, or
(ii ) where excessive storm drainage or runoff would damage any facilities
necessary for complaince with the effluent limitations and prohibitions
of this permit. All permittees who have such sewer bypasses or overflows
of this discharge shall submit, not later than six months from the date
of issue of this permit, detailed data or engineering estimates which
identify:
a. The location of each sewer system bypass or overflow;
b. The frequency, duration and quantity of flow from each sewer
system bypass or overflow.
This requirement is waived where infiltration/inflow analyses are
scheduled to be performed as part of an Environmental Protection Agency
facilities planning project.
6. Removed Substances
Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the
course of treatment or control of wastewaters shall be disposed of in
a manner such as to prevent any pollutant from such materials from
entering waters of the State or navigable waters of the United States.
7. Power Failures
The permittee is responsible for maintaining. adequate safeguards to
prevent the discharge of untreated of inadequately treated wastes
during electrical power failures either by means of alternate power
sources, standby generators or retention of inadequately treated efflu-
ent. Should the treatment works not include the above capabilities at
time of permit issuance, the permittee must furnish within six months
to the permitting authority, for approval , an implementation schedule
for their installing, or documentation demonstrating that such measures
are not necessary to prevent discharge of untreated or inadequately
treated wastes. Such documentation shall include frequency and duration
of power failures and an estimate of retention capacity of untreated
effluent.
8. Onshore or Offshore Construction
this permit does not authorize or approve the construction of any onshore
or offshore physical structures or facilities or the, undertaking of any
work in any navigable waters.
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B. RESPONSIBILITIES
1 . Right of Entry
The permittee shall allow the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management, the Regional Administrator, and/or their authorized represen-
tatives, upon the presentations of credentials:
a. The enter upon the permittee's premises where an effluent source is
located or in which any records are required to be kept under the
terms and conditions of this permit; and
b. At reasonable times to have access to and copy any records required
to be kept under the terms and conditions of this permit; to inspect
any monitoring equipment or monitoring method required in this permit;
and to sample any discharge of pollutants.
2. Transfer of Ownership or Control
This permit is not transferable. In the event of any change in control
or ownership of facilities from which the authorized discharge emanates
or is contemplated, the permittee shall notify the prospective owner or
controller by letter of the existence of this permit and of the need to
obtain a permit. in the name of the prospective owner. A copy of the
letter shall be ,forwarded to the Division of Environmental Management.
3. Availability of Reports
Except for data determined to be confidential under N. C. G. S. 143-215.
3(a)(2)' or Section 308 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1318, all reports prepared
in accordance with the terms shall be available for public inspection at the
offices of the Division of Environmental Management. As required by the Act,
effluent data shall not be considered confidential . Knowingly making any
false statement on any such report may result in the imposition of criminal
penalties as provided for in N. C. G. S. 143-215.6(b)(2) or in Section
309 of the Federal Act.
4. Permit Modification
After notice and opportunity for a hearing pursuant to N. C. G. S. 143-
215.1 (6)(2) and G. S. 143-215.1 (e) respectively, this permit may be
modified, suspended, or revoked in whole or in part during its term for
cause including, but not limited to, the following:
a. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
b. Obtaining this permit by misrepresentation or failure to disclose
fully all relevant facts; or
c. A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or
permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge.
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5. Toxic Pollutants
Notwithstanding Part II, B-4 above, if a toxic effluent standard or
prohibition (including any schedule of compliance specified in such
effluent standard or prohibition) is established under Section 307(a)
of the Act for a toxic pollutant which is present in the discharge and
such standard or prohibition is more stringent than any limitation for
such pollutant in this permit, this permit shall be revised or modified
in accordance with the toxic effluent standard or prohibition and the
permittee so notified.
6. Civil and Criminal Liability
Except as provided in permit conditions on "Bypassing" (Part II , A-5)
and "Power Failures" (Part II , A-7) , nothing in this permit shall be
construed to relieve the permittee from civil or criminal penalties for
noncompliance pursuant to N. C. G. S. 143-215.6 or Section 309 of the
Federal Act, 33 USC 1319.
7. 0i1 and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution
of any legal action or relieve the permittee from any 'responsibilities,
Iiabilities, or penalties to which the permittee is or may be subject
under N. C. G. S. 143-215.75 et seq. or Section 311 of the Federal Act,
33 USC 1321 .
8. Property Rights
The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in either
real or personal property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it
authorize any injury to private property or any invasion of personal
rights, nor any infringement of Federal ,State or local laws or regulations.
9. Severability
The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this
permit, or the application of any provision of this permit to any circum-
stance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other cir-
cumstances, and the remainder of this permit shall not be affected thereby.
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10. Expiration of Permit
Permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date.
In order to receive authorization to discharge beyond the expiration
date, the permittee shall submit such information, forms, and fees as
are required by the agency authorized to issue permits no later than
180 days prior to the expiration date. Any discharge without a permit
after the expiration will subject the permittee to enforcement proce-
dures as provided in N. C. G. S. 143-215.6, and 33 USC 1251 et seq.
11 . Industrial Pretreatment Standards
Permittee shall require any industrial dischargers into the permitted
system to meet Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 128)
promulgated in response to Section 307(b) of the Act. The permittee
shall provide semi-annual reports to the permitting agency regarding the
pre-treatment requirements which have been imposed on each major contri-
buting industry and the results achieved therefrom. Other information
may be needed regarding new industrial discharges and this will be
requested from the permittee after the permitting agency has received
notice of the new industrial discharge.
A major contributing industry is one that: (1 ) has a flow of 50,000
gallons or more per average work day; (b) has a flow greater than five
percent of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(c) has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in
standards issued under Section 307(a) of the Act; (d) has significant
impact either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment works or the quality of its effluent.
Any change in the definition of a major contributing industry as a
result of promulgations in response to Section 307 of the Act shall
become a part of this Permit.
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PART III OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. Requirements for Effluent Limitations on Pollutants Attributable to
Industrial Users
1. Effluent limitations from this discharger are listed in Part I of this
permit. It is apparent that other pollutants attributable to inputs
from major contributing industries using the municipal system may also be
present in the permittee's discharge. At such time as sufficient infor-
mation becomes available to establish limitations for such pollutants ,
this permit may be revised to specify effluent limitations for any or
all of such other pollutants in accordance with best practicable technology
or water quality standards.
2. Under no circumstances shall the permittee allow introduction of the following
wastes into the waste treatment system:
a. Wastes which create a fire or explosion hazard in the treatment works.
b. Wastes which will cause corrosive structural damage to treatment works.
c. Solid or viscous substances in amounts which cause obstructions to the
flow in sewers or interference with the proper operation of the treatment
works.
d. Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant discharge rate which is
excessive over relatively short time periods so as to cause a loss of
treatment efficiency.
3. With regard to the effluent requirements listed in Part I of this permit,
it may be necessary for the permittee to supplement the requirements of the
Federal Pretreatment Standards (40 CFR, Part 128) to ensure compliance by
the permittee with all applicable effluent limitations. Such actions by
the permittee may be necessary regarding some or all of the major contri-
buting industries discharging to the municipal system.
The permittee shall require each major contributing industry subject to
pre-treatment standards or any other applicable requirements promulgated
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act to submit to the permittee periodic
notice (at intervals not to exceed 9 months) regarding specific actions taken
to achieve full compliance with the requirements of Section 307. Starting
on the permittee shall submit semi-annually to the permit
issuing authority a report summarizing the progress of all known major con-
tributing industries subject to the requirements of Section 307 towards full
compliance with such requirements. Such report shall include at least the
following information:
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a. A narrative summary of actions taken by the permittee to ensure
that all major contributing industries comply with the requirements
of Section 307.
b. The number of major contributing industries using the treatment
works , 'divided into SIC group categories.
c. The number of major contributing industries in full compliance
with the requirements of Section 307, or not subject to these
requirements (e.g. , discharge only compatible pollutants).
d. A list identifying by name those major contributing industries
presently in violation of the requirements of Section 307.
4. Immediately upon issuance of this permit, the permittee shall establish
and implement a procedure to obtain from all major contributing indus-
tries specific information on the quality and quantity of effluents intro-
duced by such industrial users. The following information shall be
reported to the permitting agency on a quarterly basis beginning
; quarterly reports reflecting no change from the previous quarter
may simply relate this fact, without submitting repetitive data.
a. Section IV, Standard Form A shall be completed and submitted for
each major contributing industry.
b. Information on the municipal facility as a whole is to be reported
on the monthly Monitoring Report Form (DEM - No. MR 1 .0, 1 .1 , 1 .2, and
1 .3).
Once the specific nature of industrial contributions has been identified,
data collection and reporting requirements may be levied for other
parameters in addition to those included on Form (DEM No. 1 .0, 1 .1 ,
1 .2, and 1 .3).
5, Based on the information regarding industrial inputs reported by the
permittee pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the permittee will be
notified by the permitting authority of the availability of industrial
effluent guidelines on which to calculate allowable inputs of incompatible
pollutants based on BAT for each industry group. Copies of guidelines
will be provided as appropriate. Not later than 120 days following
receipt of this information, the permittee shall submit to the permitting
authority calculations reflecting allowable inputs from each major con-
tributing industry. The permittee shall also require all such major
contributing industries to implement necessary pre-treatment requirements
(as provided for in 40 CFR, Part 128), providing the permitting authority
with notifications of specific actions taken in this regard. At that time,
the permit may be amended to reflect the municipal facility's effluent
requirements for incompatible pollutants.
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B. Previous Permits
All previous State water quality permits issued to this facility,
whether for construction or operation or discharge, are hereby revoked
by issuance of this permit. The conditions, requirements, terms, and
provisions of this permit authorizing discharge under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System governs discharges from this
facility.
C. Construction
No construction of wastewater treatment facilities or additions thereto
shall be begun until Final Plans and Specifications have been submitted
to the Division of Environmental Management and written approval and
Authorization to Construct has been issued. If no objections to Final
Plans and Specifications has been made by the DEM after 30 days following
receipt of the plans or issuance of this permit, whichever is latter, the
plans may be considered approved and construction authorized.
D. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A of North Carolina General Statutes, the permittee
shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator in responsible
charge of the wastewater treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a
certification of the grade equivalent to the classification assigned to
the wastewater treatment facilities.
E. This Permit shall be modified, or alternatively, revoked and reissued,
by September 27, 1979 (or September 27, 1980, as appropriate) to incorporate
an approved POTW Pretreatment Program or a compliance schedule for the
development of a POTW Pretreatment Program as required under Section
402(b)(8) of the Clean Water Act and implementing regulations or by the
requirements of the approved State pretreatment program, as appropriate.
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.- , DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - • - r
. April 9, 1979 • •
Mr. Wi 11 i am Jerry Teti ggs .
Director of Public Utilities - .
City of Hickory - ,
Post Office Box 398 -
Hickory, forth Carolina 28601-
Subject: NPDES Permit No. NC 0020401 . - .
Hickory Uortheast Wastewater '
Treatment Plant - -
. . Catawba County
Dear Mr. Triggs:
This letter will confirm our telephone conversation of April 5. 1979
concerning the IPDES Permit application for the Hickory Northeast Wastewater .
Treatment Plant. This Office has received' the final effluent limitations
for the existing discharge point and for the discharge point as proposed in .
the Hickory-Newton 201 Facilities Plan. -
Listed below,are the effluent limitations for eack'discharge point: •
. Existing Discharge Point Proposed Discharge Point -
(Cove of Lake Hickory) (Center of Lake Hickory)
Parameters Monthly Avg Weekly Avg. -'Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. .
Flow - 5.0 MOD ' 5.0 ROD
• BOAS 5 mg/1 .7.5 gig/1 " 13 mg/1 '19.5 mg/1
fH as N 2 mg/1 3 m9/1 - 4 mg/1 6 mg/1 -
TS$ ' . 30 mg/1 _ 45 mg/1 30 mg/1 45 mg/1
Fecal Coliforr Bacteria 200/100 ml 400/100 ml 200/100 ml 400/100 ml
(Geometric Mean)
Effluent Dissolved Oxygen 5 mg/1 5 mg/1 5 mg/i • " 5 mg/1
(Minimum) '
pH 6. 9 s.u. 619 s.u.
Since the existing wastewater treatment plant cannot comply with the final -
effluent limitations for the current discharge point, the State, NPDES Permit
will be drafted with interim effluent limitations which the plant can meet .
until the proposed 201 modifications are completed. ' The final effluent
limitations for the Lake Hickory discharge will be included in the Permit.
The fol l owi ng time schedule for the construction of the proposed modi f i ca
will also be included in the new Permit: ` 7

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Mr. William Jerry Twiggs
Page Taro
April 9, 1979
1. Submit a Step II Grant Application on or before October 1_, 1979;
2. Submit a Step III Grant Application and final plans and specifications
within 12 months following receipt of Step II Grant;
3. Begin construction of proposed facilities within six months after
receipt of Step III Grant.
4. Complete construction and attain operational level (meet final effluent
limitations) on or before July 1, 1983.
The new GPDES Permit will be drafted by this Office within the next two
weeks. If you have any questions concerning, this matter, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Sincerely,
B. Keith Overcash, P. E.
Associate Chief Wastewater Engineer
cc: Mr. Vernon Harris
Mr. W. C. Mills
Mooresville Regional Office
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• NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
FACT SHEET
APPLICATION FOR
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
PERMIT TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTEWATER
Application No. NC 0020401 Date April 9, 1979
1 . SYNOPSIS OF APPLICATION
a. Name and Address of Applicant
City of Hickory
Post Office Box 398
Hickory, North Carolina 28601
b. Description of Applicant' s Operation
The operation of a municipally-owned wastewater treatment plant to
serve the northeastern portion of the City of Hickory and its environs.
c. Nature of Wastewater
Domestic and industrial , including textile wastes
d. Applicant's Receiving Waters
Falling Creek and Lake Hickory (Catawba River); classified C and A-II, B,
respectively; the 7-day, 10-year low flow of Falling Creek is approximately
•0.8 cfs ; the average minimum release from Lake Hickory is 40 cfs.
e. Description of Existing and Proposed Pollution Abatement Facilities
The existing wastwater treatment facility is a 5.0 MGD: activated sludge
type consisting of bar screens and barminutor, grit chamber, primary
clarifiers, aeration basins, secondary clarifiers, chlorination
facilities, anaerobic digesters, sludge holding tank, and vacuum
filters. Additional wastewater treatment facilities necessary to
achieve compliance with final effluent limitations will be constructed
• at the Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.
f. Description of Discharges
The following data were compiled from self-monitoring reports for the
months of February, 1978 - January, 1979.
Pollutants which are present in significant quantities or which are
subject to effluent limitation are as follows:

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Effluent Characteristic Reported Load
(Specify Units)
Average Maximum
Flow 1 .85 MGD 1 .99 MGD
BOD5 20 mg/1 22 mg/1
NH3 as N 41 mg/1 46 mg/1
TSS 21 mg/1 . 23 mg/1
Effluent Dissolved Oxygen 5.5 mg/1
pH range 6.1-7.9 s.u.
2A. PROPOSED INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
The following interim effluent limitations are proposed for the existing
wastewater treatment plant:
Effluent Characteristic Discharge Limitation
kg/day(1bs/day) Other Limitations
(Specify Units)
Monthly Weekly Monthly Weekly
Average Average Average Average
Flow 5.0 MGD
BOD5 567.4(1251 .0) 851 .2(1876.5) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1
TSS 567.4(1251 .0) 851 .2(1876.5) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1
Fecal Coliform Bacteria 200/100 ml 400/100 ml
(Geometric Mean)
pH 6-9 s.u.
Temperature • *
*The temperature of the effluent shall be such as to not cause a temperature
in the receiving stream of more than 5oF above ambient stream water
temperature.
2B. PROPOSED FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
The following final effluent limitations are proposed to become effective
upon completion and attainment of operational level of the upgraded
wastewater treatment plant.
Effluent Characteristic Discharge Limitation
kg/day(lbs/day) Other Limitations
(Specify Units)
Monthly Weekly Monthly Weekly
Average Average Average Average
Flow - 5.0 MGD
BOD5 245.9(542.1 ) 368.8(813.2) 13 mg/1 19.5 mg/1
NH3 as N 75.7(166.8) 113.5(250.2) 4 mg/1 6 mg/1
TSS 567.4(1251 .0)851 .2(1876.5) 30 mg/1 45 mg/1
Fecal Coliform Bacteria 200/100 ml 400/100 ml
(Geometric Mean)
Dissolved Oxygen (Minimum) 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1
pH 6-9 s.u.
Temperature
*The temperature of the effluent shall be such as to not cause a temperature
in the receiving stream of more than 50F above ambient stream water
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3. MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
The applicant will be required to monitor regularly for flow and those
parameters limited in Section 2 above with sufficient frequency to insure
compliance with the permit conditions. Frequency, methods of sampling,
and reporting dates will be specified in the final permit.
4. PROPOSED COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE FOR ATTAINING EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
•
a. Submit a Step II Grant Application on or before October 1 , 1979;
b. Submit a Step III Grant Application and final plans and specifications
within 9 months following receipt of a Step II Grant offer;
c. Begin construction of proposed wastewater treatment facilities within
6 months following receipt of a Step III Grant offer;
d. Submit a progress report every 9 months beginning on October 1 , 1979,
and continuing until attainment of final effluent limitations as given
in Part I. A. of the Permit;
e. Attain operational level (meet final effluent limitations) within 27
months following receipt of a Step III Grant offer, but no later than
July 1 , 1983.
5. PROPOSED SPECIAL CONDITIONS WHICH WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
DISCHARGE
(a) The Permit shall be modified, or alternatively, revoked and reissued;
by September 27, 1979 (or September 27, 1980, as appropriate) to
incorporate an approved POTW Pretreatment Program or a compliance
schedule for the development of a POTW Pretreatment Program as required
under Section 402 (b) (8) of the Clean Water Act and implementing
regulations or by the requirements of the approved State program,
as appropriate.
6. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND EFFLUENT STANDARDS APPLIED TO THE DISCHARGE
Effluent limitations are based on best practicable control technology
currently available and will meet State and Federal water quality
standards of Class A-II, B, and C waters.
7. PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMULATION OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS
a. Comment Period
The Division of Environmental Management proposes to issue an NPDES Permit
to this applicant subject to the effluent limitations and special conditions
outlined above. These determinations are tentative.

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Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the permit
application or on the Division of Environmental Management' s proposed
determinations to the following address:
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
POST OFFICE BOX 27687
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27611
All comments received prior to will be considered in the
formulation of final determinations with regard to this application.
b. Public Hearing
The Director of the Division of Environmental Management may hold a public
hearing if there is a significant degree of public interest in a proposed
permit or group of permits. Public notice of such a hearing will be
circulated in newspapers in the geographical area of the discharge and to
those on the Division of Environmental Management's mailing list at least
thirty days prior to the hearing.
Following the public hearing, the Director of the Division of Environmental
Management may make such modifications in the terms and conditions of the
proposed permit as may be appropriate and shall issue or deny the permit.
Notice of issuance or denial will be circulated to those who participated in
the hearing and to appropriate persons on the Division of Environmental
Management's mailing list.
If the permit is issued, it will become effective 30 days following date of
issuance and will be the final action of the Division of Environmental
Management unless an appeal hearing is granted.
c. Appeal Hearings
An applicant whose permit is denied, or is granted subject to conditions '
he deems unacceptable, shall have the right to a hearing before the
Commission upon making written demand to the Director within 30 days
following notice of final decision to deny or grant the permit.
d. Issuance of the Permit When No Hearings Are Held
If no public hearing or appeal hearing is held, and after review of the
comments received, the Division of Environmental Management' s determinations
are substantially unchanged, the permit will issue and become effective
immediately. This will be the final action of the Division of Environmental
Management.
If no hearings are held, but there have been substantial changes, public
notice of the Division of Environmental Management's revised determinations
will be made. Following a 30-day comment period, the permit will issue and
become effective immediately and will be the final action of the Division of
Environmental Management, unless a public or appeal hearing is granted.

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STAFF REPORT AND RECI. ` ENItATIGNS
Part I - INSPECTION OF EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE
1. Place visi . : City of Hickory
Northeast Nast liter Treatment Plat
Catawba County
2. Date: March 20, 1979
3. By: B. Keith vercash* *
4. Person contacted: Jerry Twiggs, Director of Public Utiliti
5, Directions to site: Take N. C. Highway 127 north out of Hickory;
turn right onto S. R. 1400; the treatment plant is located at the
intersection of Falling Creek and S. R. 1400.
6. The . ring and distance to the existing point of effluent discharge
is: Approximately 1 I r feet north of the was tewater t w M t p1 m .,t
at Longitu.:* 810l8'30" and Latitude 35047'15".
Th bearing and distance to the proposed point of effluent discharge is
approxi tely 3 feet north of the wastewater t tment plant at
Longitude 81018'04" and Latitude 35047'55".
7. Size: lea is available at the site for the additional waste-
water treatment facilities.
8. Topography: Rolling, 3-10% slopes.
9. Location of Nearest Dwelling: Approximately 500 f t.
10. 0; :ceiving Stream: (1) Existing Discharg Point: Mouth of Falling
Creek
(2) Proposed Discharge Point: Center of Lake
Hickory
(a) Classification (1) C (2) A-II, B
) Mini 7-Day, 10-Year dische, to at site: (1 ) 0.8 cfs
(2) 40 cfs ini rel se
(c) Usage: (1) Suitable for fish and wildlife propagation as well
as boating, wading, and any other usage except for bathing or as
a source of water supply for drinking, culinary, and food.
processing purposes. (2) Suitable for bathing and as a source
of water supply for drinking, culinary, and food-pros ssing
pu, ,.,ses after approved tr tment as 11 as any other usage
requiring waters of a 1 er quality.
Part II DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED TREATMENT WORKS
The existing wast ater tr nt facility is a 5.0 MGO activated sludge
type consisting of an influent bar screen, barminutor, grit ch ,ti" r,
primary clarifiers, aeration basins, s ondary clarifiers, chlorination
facilities, anaerobic digesters, sludge holding tank, and vacuum filters.
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Planning was included in the Hickory-Newton 201 Facilities Plan for the
upgrading of the Hickory Northeast Wastewater Treatment Plant and for the
extension of the existing outfall to the center of Lake Hickory. The
City plans to construct additional wastewater treatment facilities
adequate enough to comply with the effluent limitations for that discharge
point.
The existing wastewater treatment facility appears to be generally well
maintained and adequately operated. The facility produced an average
monthly effluent 80D5 of 20 mg/1 and TSS of 21 mg/1 for the months of
February, 1978 - January, 1979, at an average daily flow of approximately
1 .85 MGD. These figures would seem to indicate that the existing facility
could maintain compliance with secondary effluent limitations.
Part III - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that a new State NPDES Permit be issued to the City of
Hickory for the continued operation of the existing Northeast Wastewater
Treatment Plant and for the construction and operation of additional
wastewater treatment facilities necessary to achieve compliance with the
following set of final effluent limitations:
Parameters Discharge Limitations
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg.
Flow 5.0 MGD
BOD5 13 mg/1 19.5 mg/1
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1
NH3 as N - 4 mg/1 6 mg/1
Fecal Coliform Bacteria 200/100 ml 400/100 ml
(Geometric Mean)
Effluent Dissolved Oxygen 5.0 mg/1 5.0 mg/1
(Minimum) -
pH 6-9 s.u.
It is further recommended that the following set of interim effluent
limitations be included in the Permit which the existing facility will be •
required to comply with until the additional facilities are constructed.:
Parameters . - Discharge Limitations
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg..
Flow 5.0 MGD
BOD5 30 mg/1 45 mg/I
TSS 30 mg/i 45 mg/1
Fecal Coliform Bacteria ,200.%100 ml 400/100 ml
(Geometric Mean) ~`y
pH 6-9 s.u.
The followirng compliance time schedule will be included in the new Permit:
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(1) Submit a Step II Grant Application on or before October 1 , 1979;
(2) Submit a Step III Grant Application and final plans and specifications
within 9 months following receipt of a Step II Grant offer;
(3) Begin construction of proposed wastewater treatment facilities within
6 months following receipt of a Step III Grant offer;
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(4) Submit a progress report every 9 months beginning on October 1, 1979,
and continuing until attainment of final effluent limitations as
given in Part I. A. of the Permit;
(5) Attain operational level (meet final effluent limitations) within
27 months following receipt of a Step III Grant offer, but no later
than July 1 , 1983.

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. . '' NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF NATURAL & ECONIMIC RESOORCES
\i''-- z.,P)V ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ..._
FOR AGENCY USE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM ,
VO-4'4.:' APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER
- STANDARD FORM A - MUNICIPAL
SECTION I. APPLICANT AND FACILITY DESCRIPTION -
Unless otherwise specified on this form all Items are to be completed. If an Rem Is not applicable indicate'NA.'
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS APPEAR IN SEPARATE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AS INDICATED. REFER 70
BOOKLET BEFORE FILLING OUT THESE ITEMS.
Please Print or Type
1. Legal Name of Applicant t111: City of Hickory
(see instructi)ns)
2, Mailing Addriesli of Applicant
(see instructions)
Number& Street :to**: ' P 0 Box 398
7. .!. .. - _____
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City ;:1024 JLIi rY *
state , i3O:4:4, North C rolina„„ _
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Zip Code J:fiiiH 28601
3, ApPilcant's Authorized Agent
(see instructions) 1, !
Name and'Title ', 103e 1 William Jer : Twi
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Director of Public Utilities, _
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Number 8,., Street OS P. O. Box 398
City . .. ',.:
I taiIe,, Hickory -
State, , ' 14.34 North Carolina
Zip Code„, 28601
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Telephone „, , E 103i 704 322-2605
Area Number
4. Previous Application Code
If a previous application:for a„poi,
mit under the NationetiRbliutaht
Discharge Elirninatiort system has :
been made.gaze the date of :;:s : 74 12 30
application, i 104 YR MO DAY
I certify that I are familiar with the information contained in this aapilCatttan and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such information
is true,complete,and accurate,
YilliWP_STgra_71VdgS., _. ,H462.1, —DirQc f 11Q_Utilities .
Printed Name of Person Signing Title
1021 YR MO DAY
Si nature t Applicant G' :U orized Agent Date Application Signed
North Carolina Ceneral Statute 143-215.6(b) (2) provides that: Any person who knowingly makes
any false statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan,
or other docent files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the
Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, or who falsifies, tampers with,
or knowlv renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be
operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission
implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
510,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both. (18 U.S.C. Section 1001 provide
a punishment by a fine of not more than S10,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both,
for a similar offense.)

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5. Facility (see instructions)
Give the name, ownership,and physi-
cal location of the plant or other
operating facility where discharges)
presently occur(s) or will occur.Name mallortheast Wastewater Treatment Plant
Ownership (Public,Private or
Both Public and Private). 1 O5D [3PUB ❑ARV ❑BPP
Check block if a Federal facility 10ba ❑FED
and give GSA Inventory Control
Number 105d
Location:
Number& Street 10Se
City 1051 Hickory
county 1041 Catawba
State 105.11 North Carolina
6. Discharge to Another Municipal
Facility (see instructions)
a. Indicate if part of your discharge 106a ❑Yes rallo
Is Into a municipal waste trans-
port system under another re-
sponsible organization. If yes,
complete the rest of this item
and continue with Item 7. If no,
go directly to Item 7.
b. Responsible Organization •
Receiving Discharge N/A
Name '1061a
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Number&Street 106c
City 106d
State 1061
Zip Code 106E
c. Facility Which Receives Discharge '106g N/A
Give the name of the facility
(waste treatment plant)which re •
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selves and is ultimately respon-
sible for treatment of the discharge
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from your facility.
d. Average Daily Flow to Facility '1(16h N/A mgd
(mgd) Give your average daily
flow Into the receiving facility.
7. Facility Discharges, Number and
Discharge Volume (see Instructions)
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Specify the number of discharges
described In this application and the
volume of water discharged or lost
to each of the categories below.
Estimate average volume per day In
million gallons per day. Do not in-
clude intermittent or noncontinuous
overflows,bypasses or seasonal dis-
charges from lagoons,holding
ponds,etc.
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11. Average Daily Industrial Flow �5
Total estimated average daily waste 11 t, mgd
flow from all industrial sources.
Note: All major industries(as defined in Section IV)
discharging to the municipal system must be
listed In Section IV. •
12. Permits,Licenses and Applications
List all existing, pending or denied permits, licenses and applications related to discharges from this facility.(see Instructions)
.
For Type of Permit Date Date Date Expiration
Issuing Agency Agency Use or License ID Number Filed Issued Denied Date
YR/MO/DA YR/MO/DA YF/MO/DA YR/MO/DA
112 (a).,. (13) (C) ids ... . red. ,; (f): (9)` ; (ti)
' FPA NPDF4 N00020401 74/8/-- 75/2/13 79/6/30
2.
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3.
13. Maps and Drawings
Attach all required maps and drawings to the back of this application. (see instructions)
14. Additional Information
114 Item Information
Number
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Numbet of Total Volume Discharged,
Discharge Points Million Gallons Per Day
To: Surface Water I07a1 1 107a2 2.0 MGD
Surface Impoundment with
no Effluent 107b1 •107b2
Underground Percolation 107c1 107c2
Well (Injection) 107d1 107d2
Other 107e1 10702
Total Item 7 10711 107f2
If 'other'is specified, describe 107g1
If any of this discharges from this
facility are intermittent,such as from
overflow or bypass points, or are
seasonal or periodic from lagoons,
holding ponds,etc.,complete Item 8.
8. Intermittent Discharges
a. Facility bypass points
Indicate the number of bypass 1004, 0
points fcr the facility that are
discharge:points.(see Instructions)
b. Facility Overflow Points
indicate the number of overflow 108b 1
points to a surface water for the
facility(see Instructions).
c. Seasonal or Periodic Discharge
Points Indicate the number of 10ets
points where seasonal discharges
occur from holding ponds,
lagoons,etc.
9. Collection System Type
Indicate the type and length(in 109*
miles) of the collection system used
by this facility. (see instructions) -
Separate Storm ❑SST
Separate Sanitary aSAN
Combined Sanitary and Storm ❑CSS
Both Separate Sanitary and
Combined Sewer Systems D BSC
Both Separate Storm and
Combined Sewer Systems 109b ❑SSC
Length _miles
10. Municipalities or Areas Served Actual Population
(see instructions) Name Served
110a North Hickory & areas in 11'eb 14,000
Ilea Catawba County um, (Estimated)
Ilea ftab
11 Oa 110b
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110a 1:1 Gb'
Total Population Served •
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STANDARD FORM A-MUNICIPAL
FOR AGENCY USE
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SECTION II. BASIC DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION .
Complete this section for each present or proposed discharge Indicated In Section I,Items 7'and 8,that is to surface waters. This includes
discharges to other municipal sewerage systems In which the waste water does not go through a treatment works prior to being discharged to
surface waters. Discharges to wells must be described where there are also discharges to surface waters from this facility. Separate
descriptions of each discharge are required even if several discharges originate In the same facility. All values for an existing discharge should
be representative of the twelve previous months of operation. If this Is a proposed discharge,values Should reflect best engineering estimates.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELECTED ITEMS APPEAR IN SEPARATE INSTRUCTION BOOKLET AS INDICATED. REFER TO
BOOKLET BEFORE FILLING OUT THESE ITEMS.
1. Discharge Serial No.and Name ���
a. Discharge Serial No. I $0:1d
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(see instructions)
b. Discharge Name 2016 N/A
Give name of discharge, if any•
(see instructions)
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c. Previous Discharge Serial No :2O14 001—
lf a previous NPDES permit `
application was made for this dis-
charge I Item 4,Section I) provide
previous discharge serial number.
2. Discharge Operating Dates
a. Discharge to Begin Date goga NIA_
If the discharge has never YR MO
occurred but is planned for some ..
luhire date,give the date the
discharge will begin. •
b. Discharge to End Date I f the dis- 2o2 N/A
charge is scheduled to be discon- r YR MO
tinued within the next 5 years,
give the date(within best estimate) •
the discharge will end. Give rea-
son for discontinuing this discharge
in Item 17.
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3. Discharge Location Name the
political boundaries within which • Agency Use
the point of discharge is located:
State 203, North Carolina . - e
County E zo3b Catawba 203. ,.
(If applicable) City or Town E 034 Hickory 203f
4. Discharge Point Description
(see instructions)
Discharge is into (Check one) •
Stream (Includes ditches,arroyos, 2848.: ❑STR ' •
and other watercourses)
Estuary ❑EST
Lake ®LKE
Ocean ❑OCE
Well (Injection) ❑WEL •
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Other E.
, . ❑OTH
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If'other'is checked,specify type •:.204b
k ..f
5. Discharge Point—Lat/Long. •
State the precise location of the •
point of discharge to the nearest
second. (see instructions)
Latitude ii . • 35 DEG. 47_MIN. "I Cl SEC
Longitude <._'actiku`, 81 DEG. 18 MIN. 29 SEC
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6. Discharge Receiving Water Name
Name the waterway at the point of $H, Lake Hickory @ Falling Creek •
discharge.(see Instructions)
For Agency Use For Agency Use
8.4 Or Minor Sub 206a 303e
It the discharce Is through an out- 20Gb
fall that extends beyond the shoreline • - --
or is below the mean low water line,
complete Item 7.
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7. Offshore Discharge
a. Discharge Distance from Shore 2098 N/A _ feet
b. Discharge Depth Below Water
Surface 207b feet
If discharge is from a bypass or an overflow point or is a seasonal discharge from a lagoon,holding pond,etc.,complete Items 8,9 or 10,
as applicable,and continue with Item 11.
8. Bypass Discharge (see instructions)
a. Bypass Occurrence
Check when bypass occurs
Wet weather 20tact ❑Yes [, No
Dry weather 20.0.iag ❑Yes [JNo
b. Bypass Frequency Give the
actual or approximate number
of bypass incidents per year.
Wet Weather 2011b1 _times per year
Dry weather ,<200bt 0 times per year
c. Bypass Duration Give the •
average bypass duration in hours.
Wet weather 20101 0 hours
Dry weather 261C2 0 hours
d. Bypass Volume Give the
average volume per bypass incident,
In thousand gallons.
Wet weather 20fd1 0 thousand gallons per incident
Dry weather 20802 0 thousand gallons per incident
e. Bypass Reasons Give reasons
why bypass occurs. 201i
Proceed to Item 11.
9. Overflow Discharge(see Instructions)
a. Overflow Occurrence Check
when overflow occurs.
Wet weather 209a1 UtYes 0 No
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Dry weather 2034Z ❑Yes ❑No
b. Overflow Frequency Give the
actual or approximate incidents
per year.
Wet weather 209b1 4 times per year
Dry weather 2011b2 times per year
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b. Discharge Treatment Codes S SC, ,G CID, AS, PG
Using the codes listed in Table I 21lb a
• of the Instruction Booklet,
describe the waste abatement
- processes applied to this dis-
charge in the order In which
they occur, if possible.
. Separate all codes with commas
except where slashes are used
to designate parallel operations.
If this discharge is from a municipal waste
treatment plant(not an overflow or —
c, bypass), complete Items 12 and 13
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12. Plant Design and Operation Manuals
Check which of the following are
currently available .
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a. Engineering Design Report 212. 0
b. Operation and Maintenance
Manual 33',$i11 ❑
13. Plant Design Data(see instructions)
a. Plant Design Flow(mgd:) 13 ; ' O mgd
b. Plant Design BOD Removal (%) 213b %
c. Plant Design N Removal (%) 211e %
d. Plant Design P Removal (%) -213d _%
e. Plant Design 5S Removal(%) 212e %
f. Plant Began Operation (year) 21311 1965
g. Plant Last Major Revision(year) 212g None
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x
e
c. Overflow Duration Give the
average overflow duration In
hours.
Wet weatherwool.: hours .
Dry weather 4WMA. Hours
d. Overflow•Volume Give the
average volume per overflow
incident in thousand gallons.
Wet weather ii1 ;, _thousand gallons per incident
Dry weather 1 _thousand gallons per Incident
Proceed to Item 11
10. Seasonal/Periodic Discharges
a Seasonal,gPeriodic Discharge
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Frequency If discharge is inter- jibe':` times per year
mittent from a holding pond,
lagoon,etc.,give the actual or
approximate number of times
this discharge occurs per year.
b. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
Volume Give the average 21 _ thousand gallons per discharge occurrence
volume per discharge occurrence
in thousand gallons.
C. Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
Duration Give the average dura- ECM Z' days
Lion of each discharge occurrence
In days.
d• Seasonal/Periodic Discharge
Occurrence—Months Check the 210:: ❑JAN (]FEB ❑MAR
months during the year when
the discharge normally occurs. ❑APR ❑MAY ❑JUN
❑JUL ❑AUG ❑SEP
❑OCT ❑ NOV ❑DEC
11. Discharge Treatment
a. Discharge Treatment Description
Describe waste abatement prac-
tices used on this discharge with
a brief narrative. (See instruc-
tions) 2I1i. TY'Pa±!)P.]1t ronsi sts of removal of large solids by bar
screen and barminutor, followed by grit removal,
followed by primary. sedimentation using clarifiers,
followed by biological treatment using activated
sludge, followed by secondary clarification and
chlorination. Sludge is treate1 by digestion and
spread on land.
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14. Description of Influent and Effluent(see instructions) (Continued)
• Influent — Effluent
d m a. a,
Parameter and Code a lii o '8 o °
i` 14 d d w 2m
e o
o
'8 ' . a
a, o.G0
3 d
d 4t da> > , . d w Z n
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Total Solids
P
mg/1
00500 402.4 273 553 1/7 52 24
Total Dissolved Solids
mg/I
70300 931.0
Total Suspended Solids
mg/I
00530 130 20.4 17 18 1/7 52 24
Settleable Matter(Residue)
ml/1
00545 13.3
Ammonia(as N)
mg/1 60.9 46.3 35 107 1/7 52 24
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00610
(Provide if available) 4
Kjeldahl Nitrogen
mg/1
00625
(Provide if available)
Nitrate(as N)
mg/I
00620
(Provide if available)
Nitrite(as N)
mg/1
00615
(Provide if available)
Phosphorus Total(as P)
mg/I
00665
(Provide if available)
Dissolved Oxygen(DO)
mg/1
00300
5.6 5.2 7.5 1/7 52 1
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14. Description of Influent and Effluent(see Instructions) •
Influent Effluent
bb CO
et, .3 «�1
Parameter and Code y c o ' °, a.
214 ' Q a' ' a � v m . ° y F-
w. 6
3 0 a m A 6) 06 0 }. a >1 a
c '4 c "4 o a .fi > °' o e 51
Q > < > • aQ 5ca: w .� Z < co
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5} (6) (7)
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Flow
Million gallons per day
5u050 2,7 N
2 2.4 3.0 7/7 360 24
III 7
tini[.
004uu N. 6.8 7.4 7/7 360 24
Temperature(winter)
of
74028 560 520 1/7 52 l
Temperature.summer)
" E'
74027 74.50 760 1/7 52 1
Fecal Streptococci Bacteria
Number/100 irl
74054 •'
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(Provide if available)
Fecal Coliform Bacteria
Number/100 ml
74055
(Provide if available)
711,000 7/7 360
Total Coliform Bacteria
Number/100 nil
74056 • . ,
• (Provide if available)
BOD 5-day
mg/1
00310 303 19.9 13 26 7/7 360 24
Chemical Oxygen Demand(COD) _ _
mg/1
00340
(Provide if available)
OR 121.1 1 213 92 1/7 52 24
Total Organic Carbon(TOC)
mg/1
00680
(Provide if available) .
(Either analysis is acceptable)
Chlorine—Total Residual
mg/1
50060
.94 0.8 - 1.3 - 7/7 360 24
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16. Plant Controls Check if the follow- FOR AGENCY USE
ing plant controls are available 1
for this discharge ##J
Alternate power source for major
- pumping facility including those
for collection system lift stations 0 APS
Alarm for power or equipment
failure ❑ALM
17. Additional Information
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Number - information
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15.Additional Wastewater Characteristics
Check the box next to each parameter If It Is present In the effluent.(see Instructions)
Parameter c , -Parameter C Parameter 6.
(215) _ (215) (215) a
a
Bromide Cobalt Thallium
71870 01037 01059
Chloride Chromium Titanium
00940 01034 01152
Cyanide Copper Tin
00720 01042 01102
Fluoride Iron Zinc •
00951 01045 01092
Sulfide Lead Algicides*
00745 01051 74051
Aluminum Manganese Chlorinated organic compounds*
01105 01055 74052
Antimony Mercury Oil and grease
01097 71900 00550
Arsenic Molybdenum Pesticides*
01002 01062 74053
Beryllium Nickel Phenols
01012 01067 32730
Barium Selenium Surfactants
01007 01147 38260
Boron Silver Radioactivity*
01022 01077 74050
Cadmium
01027
*Provide specific compound and/or element in Item 17,if known.
Pesticides(Insecticides,fungicides,and rodenticides)must be reported in termsof the acceptable common names specified in Acceptable Com-
mon Names and Chemical Names for the Ingredient Statement on Pesticide Labels, 2nd Edition,Environmental Protection Agency,Washington,
D.C. 20250,June 1972,as required by Subsection I62.7(b)of the Regulations for the Enforcement of the Federal Insecticide,Fungicide,and
Rodenticide Act.
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` STANDARD FORM A—MUNICIPAL ..
f - SECTION III. SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENTS AND SCHEDULES OF IMPLEMENTATION
This section requires information on any uncompleted implementation schedule which has been imposed for construction of waste treatment
facilities. Requirement schedules may have been established by local,State,or Federal agencies or by court action. IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO
SEVERAL DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES,EITHER BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AUTHORITY IMPOSING
DIFFERENT SCHEDULES(ITEM lb)AND/OR STAGED CONSTRUCTION OF SEPARATE OPERATIONAL UNITS(ITEM 1c),SUBMIT A
SEPARATE SECTION III FOR EACH ONE.
FOR AGENCY USE
1. Improvements Required
a. Discharge Serial Numbers
Affected List the discharge
serial numbers,assigned in Sec-
lion if,that are covered by this
implementation schedule
b. Authority Imposing Requirement 3011 n ,
Check the appropriate item indi-
cating the authority for the im-
plementation schedule If the
identical implementation sched-
ule has been ordered by more
than one authority,check the
appropriate items. (see in-
structions) No improvements scheduled
Yld. ❑LOC
Locally developed plan ❑ARE
Areawide Plan 0 BAS
Basin Plan
State approved Implementation ❑SQS
schedule
Federal approved water quality ©WQS
standards implementation plan
Federal enforcement procedure ❑ENF
or action ❑CRT
State court order 0 FED
Federal court order
c. Improvement Description Specify the 3-character code for the
General Action Description in Table II that best describes the
improvements required by the implementation schedule. If more
than one schedule applies to the facility because of a staged con-
struction schedule,state the stage of construction being des.:ribed
here with the appropriate general action code. submit a separate
Section III for each stage of construction planned. Also,list all
the 3-character(Specific Action).codes which describe in more
detail the pollution abatement practices that the implementation
schedule requires.
3-character general action
description e1.
3-character specific action
descriptions 30:1l*' / / - / /
2. Implementation Schedule and 3. Actual Completion Dates
Provide dates imposed by schedule and any actual dates of completion for implementation steps
listed below. indicate dates as accurately as possible. (see instructions)
Implementation Steps 2. Schedule(Yr/Mo/Day) 3- Actual Completion(Yr/Mo/Day)
a. Preliminary plan complete 302a •
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b. Final plan complete
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c. Financing complete&contract 302c'
awarded
d. Site acquired $ 3'l :
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e. Begin construction 302• �I-1•-- f# '', --I-�
f. End construction zogif
g. Begin Discharge /-
h. Operational level attained 302h ":1031C -/-�
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STANDARD FORM A--MUNICIPAL
SECTION .C' '. INDUSTRIAL WASTE CONTRIBUTION TO MUNICIPAL SYSTEM
Submit a description of each major industrial facility discharging to the municipal system, using a separate Section IV for each facility descrip-
tion. Indicate the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification(SIC) Code for the industry, the major product or raw material, the flow(in thou-
sand gallons per dayl, and the characteristics of the wastewater discharged from the Industrial facility into the municipal system. Consult Table
III for standard rleasures of products or raw materials„ (see instructions)
1, Major Contributing Facility
(see instructions)
Name 401a Ellis Mills
Numbers Street 401b Old Lenoir Road
City 401c rY
County 401d ®P Catawba
State 401e North ; ina
Zip Code � 401f _ 28601
2. Primary Standard Industrial 402 2281
Classification Code (see
instructions)
Units(See
3. Principal Pratt uct or Raw Quantity Table III)
Material (se( instructions)
Product 403a Socks 46' a+> `�©—r- 0
Raw Material 403b .........._ ._. d ":403f;.
4 Flow Indicate the volume of„water
.discharged into the municipal's vs•` 404a 96,000 _thousand gallons per day
fern in thousand gallons per da"
and''whether this discharge is°inter- 404b El Intermittent (int)©Contdnuous(con)
mittent or continuous,'"^
5. Pretreatment Provided Indicate if 405 ©Yes KJNo
pretreatment is provided prior to
entering the municipal system
e. Characterletlet of Wastewater
(see instructions)
Parameter
meter ..Name Total SS TeTrip Ph F30D
406f Parameter
Number' }SS 00310. _� _.
4O1b Value ~
8 l 18.9QG . 7.9 _ 195crg/1.
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LUG::T LIMTTA:o::3 AND MO ITO2ING REQUIREMENTS
. The concentration ration of pollutants in the discharge' will be limited
as indicated ed by the table(s) labeled "Effluent Limitations. " The
effluent sh:.11 meet the reouirements in the table or the conditions
in paragraph (a) below, whichever yields the highest quality
effluent.
(:_ ) For BCC, and sus eended solids , the arithmetic mean of
the varies of the effluent samples collected in a period of
30 consecutive days shall not exceed 15 percent of the
arithmetic mean of values for influent samples collected
at a,prcximately the same times during the same period
(85 pal-cent removal).
(b) Fecal coliform bacteria will be reported as the geometric
mean of the values for the samples collected
(c) Chemical oxygen de::and (COD-) or total organic demand (TOC)
may be substituted for biochemical oxygen demand (BOB) when
a ions term BOD:COD or BOD:TOC correlation has been •
demonstrated.
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13.. SCEILDULE OF COMPLIANCE - .
1. The permittee shall take action to improve the
operation of the facility as needed for compliance • -
with the - effluent limitations and monitoring . :!
requirements, . s
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Effluent limitations Necessary to meet -water ;
Quality Standards in the receiving stream are
. not presently available but will he forwardecd
at a later date_ Upon receipt, the permittee 1
• should initiate planning to meet the final
effluent_ limitations . -
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For each r:easureme2i7 of . iretrients of this
permit , the Del-mite Email the
a. T1.-1,2 (.;ate, ani of
D. The dates the :. :1•:,_lyseg
c . The person(s) -nerfor:
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nore 1
f:-ezentl:r than -.1.t:::!uivera this usin=7, ,I.nproved analytical
shall be included
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Report (EPA frequenoy shall
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- this perr.iit more frectly th,In or at a in of
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ized shall c:.-:.nstitu%o 7ioiatin of tho
productf:7.,1 irtcreaf;=.:.s, or procc-s13 will re-
in • different , or inc reed ();. .tants must be re-
ported by subzlission of a new n?Dm .e :-,ns will
not violate the eff1;.;ent lii tics specifled in -(715-
to the per-it issuing '2.mthority :if such chan..7es. notice,
the permit 34ay be Dtodified to specify and limit ii: Ltants not 15re-
viously limited. .
2. NoncomPliance Notificati.on
an:, reason, the -nermitte does not coply will be unable
to comply with any daily maximi-2!ft effluent in this
1-..ermit, the permittee shall proiido the Regional f--.(:--:' ;... rator and the
State. with the followIng inforr:.n.tion, in writing five (5) days of
becoming aware of condition:
a. A description of the dischare and cauF,e r,f noriance; and
b.- The rJeriod of noncompliance, including e-Kact cnd times; :or, if
not corrected, the anticipated time the nonco::4Thce is expected to '
continue, and steps being taken to reduce, and prevent recur-
rence of the nonccIT-Plying discharge.
3- Facilities Oreration
. The permittee Shall at all times naintain in good order and operate
as efficiently az.- possible all treatment or c()ntrol fP.-ilities or systems
installed or used by the permittee to achir!vc comnii : with the terms and
condition; of this permit .
4_ Adverse Intact
The termite shall t.7.k.e all reaon:nable stp to mirliize any adverse impact
to na.! n1e waters frer nor:comp:lir:nee w i ,:ny effluent limita-
t-rons in t:ILO
13 -of the noncomplyin
dff:2har--7,e.
. - •
. .
:!.aint,d2 compliance
_r except (1) where
provv::' properE (ii ) wher,2,
t

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B_L .j -.-. o _. .C: • :�::=+�''' .. •1 --•J '1=_C $e$S "
..for .L3rc? _ t: 4'.i _` .: r' :t :__.+'�? r_. i this S
nerri-it_ ?he 17.. r:Lile--• •
- - . - -
.ilt ;o)'w in• l'.`d'itis
,7ithi_.- �curs 1- '.��,. .. 1 �!'^. �' � ..::ram.. ,.:c with 1
,.i,Cl the
>roCeC' _`love 1r .:.. . = The v lr i ttee
shall 30 sifter 71• " ..__:1:.i:__ L'. _ _ ._. .1 for a rs'r'-`LOvta L a plan
to cr reeurrt.:n.7e of 5u,'±:t
6. .
•
Solids, sLudges, :_ . �?' lac":: :�:1; or C' _ i1 i _.! _ .,:•emiciVed' in the course
of treat__ant or ` ' -:l of a;:,o.: ::er. ! be sed of in a manner
such as : . prevent po t''ut.c_:V from -. .:i. .:.:?tc:: 1 _1. front entering navigable� i�FI.-� e
:at£3rs-
T. Po we- _ _i] 'ires
The pthe__�ittee is responsible foi- !taint: i:_ .�a 1C;' ,:'. safeguards to pre-
vent
L . discharge of untreated orin1.•..� �..te1y ._ ....___d wastes during
electrical poer __...res either •5 mc.—':-. alp: e power sources , stand-
by generators or retention of in :CLta.{ ▪r `. _ _ f 1uent. Should the '
area Ten c works net include the . I:_ : _ �k.�i i.? _ the of Dermit
issuance, t - F�:.:.'?ish _•2 t. _ to thpermitting
�s �e �er�i c must �-.-� � e
-
authority, for a.. ;o,:?.l, an imoieraentat . _ s-i•hodu_ . for their installing.
6. Onshore or Offshore 0tnstruction.
pe_ni „ does not authorize or ▪ CO:1:-:r?ictian of any n �a s lore
or offshore✓here physical tructu-ces or faciily.ieS or Li c undertaking ng of any
work in a-ly na igabi_ waters.
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E. _. Y_ J ;SIBaL i T=ES ,1
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1 . Right of =.r try
The pertittee she1 - .__now the b` a;; of t ,' ..ate i.'3'. er f)oiiution control
agency,y the Eesicnol Administrator, an&:or their authorized representatives ,
up:',n the _ .'.3e__tations of C?"ede i,1
F . To enter uron i,__ rel' ....ti =` 1;':'C'=:.• _. where effluent source
.. .. ,i . ....er the terms
is
A- to 11`.... t:c . . ._:i: eco1'c.c, 1'Lau.ired to
, i..a -n- ; to 1!i: 'cc t. any
__. .i...__t or ? .,;1!'j:,, !'. i' t :ed in this permit-,
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Transfer of Ownership or Contrbl
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In the event .._ any chs -`c_ in control or ownership or _aci 3 i Tics fro :1t:i.:51
the auu'iori._.ed discharg.es emanate , the peeimi tee shall notify the ':'+'_v..,.eri_n
cn;hel' or controller of the existence of this Rermit by le't'..r,, a cop:,.- cL
which shall be forwarded to the Regional Administrator and the State water
pollution control agency.
Availability of Reports
Except for data deterni ied to be confidential under Section "iO3 of the Act,
all reports prepared in accordance with the terms shall be available for
pub' is i G 2 e t� SStete .tom pollus;' trr
31 ?'Ls2;2CC•i �l t �GrtE Oif1C s O.•. � e e, i ,t •tl' �.v'.'. iron � -1
agency and the Regional Administrator. As required by the Act, effluent
data shall not be considered confidential. Enotri-gl,f making any f �_..a sF'statement on any such re,;ort may result in the 1rm xs tiori of criminal
penalties as ,rovided for in Section' 309 of the Act.
o Permit Nodil'ication
After notice and opportunity for a hearing, this permit may be modified ,
suspended, or revoked in whole or in part during its term. for cause in
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eluding, but not limited to, the following:
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a. Violation of any terms or conditions of this permit;
b. Obtaining this peririt by misrepresentation or failure to disclose fully
all relevant facts ; or
c . A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent '
reduction or elimination of the authorized discharge.
Toxic Po?lutatlts l
i7 t ' hst� , r: Part IT, B-4 above, .i i; a toxic effluent standard r prohibition
.a..4�'.i.L__.- ..^ci_l�_. �.. ��=aent s,,,.ac�a._d or p_o31ib_ta:on
-_•_lu,x_ __"_ nn-f, s ateemu'e of comn.Li'r!noe pecif ied in such effluent standard 1 .
or prohibition) is ot..abiishtdyundi .' Section 301(a) of the Act for a Lexie
-oollutant .._._.-h i ,_„ in the dischllrioe and suchdw or' prohibition
to.o.nt _. •i o.tiiut:Ili.- in this permit ,
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• -• •c._-,-- .. _ _i :e =t _ . . : or Scd._. vt ._ `Corianie withthe toxic et-
C. ., . 4 oo• .rnnit Lho r r:L I , :ee so notified.
• Civil and l x'iulna l Liability -
!_: ("'at ;. TT , A-5) and
�. .. S !r• `. i;e .i :h:11i be construes
rl .'� 1_!!t' 2.'1':. I:i.!: 1,': :h 4' l lr i L U.1' i:. .:4__-•; penult-des for noncompliance .

FART
of 2
.5, .. 04 r.,
a
Permit . . 0 0 3 •i
Oil ?' d Hazar:.. .,.s substance Liability
::oth-_. in this _=.=!_t shall be construed to prct:=tude the institution o_
any ac�.,ien -- relieve ti]•.. per 4 from y ibii ' ti -
-='7 ..tt•i'B O s.27� 7`c_':i�s.r�l4,._ ..it. :.s� lia-
bilities, or oc'_ _-,._et to Which the pernittee is or may be subject undo
Seca 311 o_ th,e
:tom .'s
Nothing in this oe :i t shall be construed to preclude the institution of
any _ 1 action or relieve the permittee from any responsibilities,
Ha-
a= _-�_vies, or p� _t=es esLai.:.fished pursuant to any applicable State law J '
or regulation tion under authority preserved by Section 510 of the Act.
j.._o-oe 'v?i Rights
Theistuance of this peermit L.ces not convey any property rights in either
real .r personal rrorerty, £'. any exclusive privileges, nor does it author-
ize any injury to '_"_ .''ate yocer Vy or any invasion of personal rights, nor
any infringement zor 7ede^a1 , State or local
1.8.w£ or regulations.
Se-:e - •i l:ty •
The _provisions of tiIis permit are severable, and if any provision of this
'
fie '-__ , or the _ I-".•-
.olication of any provision of this permit to any circu
*' 1
stance, is held invalid, the application of such provision to other cir-
ce'-as_-_-ces, and tr_e remainder of this permit shall not be affected thereby.
Expiration of Permit r t
Permit tee shall not discharge after the expiration date. In order, to re-
ceive _:_.Thorization to discharge beyond the expiration date, the Permit tee
sh.'__ :. ::it :su._h rr a i n , forms, and fees as are reauired by the agency
-niatherfosed to isS = _er its no later than 180 days prior to the c;ipiration
Fret_ ._-.e=!t Standards
into ..h•. L:'i:a ..d ._ ••7
• • _..t_ — - C :.._:2� :>....... C'..-. (�10 } Tla -L 123) :rnnul.f-'Li:ed in
' - _. 1, (: ... - .t'.. _ .._.. _ _.... ._ '.-.)',•z l:_• sl.Ja
- _ • ..• t` . ..• -.i:i; in ..:!t: .it,
. 4... _ _ •f�.,.. 'ii.11!'I' i S...y. ')z� 1:1r i e-z ,T1f�iFS' 1'�i
. - 1r,>` , .�..n,+ -
.. . . ..._ ... • - • - - : • .•�_:F•. :fir . . �.; eta ;;. . Cy the
,,.,r.

: 2 u
industoy 1,93 one taa's : (a) loo: 9 Clcw
-r avoaoo -.Tool,: day; (tfl has a riow
flo,„1-J a.so.iod by Cso aytstorn rcloiV:ra7
t,;(1.'9 its eaote a to:ic pllutaJ; in toxic att:o.,nt .a,
utlar Sectioo 307(a) cf the Aczo:,
nao o! in combin:vsin
on tho wDrks or qual:o" y or
a ma.:,orItfllaustiv as a
ooaca::' :aolon3 in :,:o.-.sranse to .::,iaction 30? of zhe kot, shall
beco' a -pare of th'is permit,

al' I I
L LVVV VV
Fd:lri: 4VV -17-nlOO;
henuire me-as non 7=1" ht IhdeLatisoa oe 'ente 1h7,heen.
In-noon' efern
1. iifrlueht limitntrehe for Inolown Hc,ers are listo,n": in Part 1 coi
cerai',, . *It is eHnsoIV thdt t,nthor pollh! natn attributable iV innuts
from mr contrilot.toi„; duttres wn.*LnenIue mehielpal system nhl:l d„7 -t,' le
present in the postdttoets discherge. At nuan tibe os sufficient ih-
foration Occuaes available to entab] ish limitatiens for stir pol211t,o,,1:-', ,
this perrit may ue revised to CTO:Afy oflltent iltnitt.tIonn nor any or
all of nnch other bollutohtn in nceordenot with best peactichhie .-e.eed-
nolo;ey or wator quality sLandreds ,
Under no ciroun:stances shall the permittee hlice introduction of the follovirc,
wanton into the waste trcatmoht
Wastes which crtute a fire or explosion hozho'd in the treatment worit ,
Westes which will cdune corrosive struetnral dassime to trettett worho.
Solid or viscous oubstoncon I amountt which cause obstructions to the
flow in sowers or interference with tne propn oeration of the, treat-
ment worhs.
Wantewaters at o flow rate and/or pollutant cischaricc rate which is
excessive over relatively short timo periods so as to cause a loss of
treatment efficiency.
2. With rec,ard to the effluent requtremchtn listed in Part I of this
permit, it may be necosnary for the permittee to nupplemoat the require
rcents of the Federn1 Pretreatment Standards 01,0 (TR, Part l26) to ensdrc
compliance by the werdittee with all enplieahle effluent :limitations,.
Coot actions by the pormittec ray be necessary recardin6 soe or ail of
the najor conrlohtinE, inSestries discharging to the municiumi system.
The permittee nhaIl require caeh major contributing ludustr:„.' subject to
re-trenast sh : rd or any nehor ont',,oneolc redhreonts hromulmonLed
ursuaoL '7e VU V V LV of the ,17'emt to su'Lait to the permittte perc
notice (h', Intonn le hmt to exceed 9 aon- hs) reoLomiing suceiflo actions
adt - - 'Hut t VV - V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVs er 'deat7lon
Otate,Ma e 'the t -orha, - on eSalt iv
toVVVVV I LI VV .Jo 1V VV VVV VVVVV V Lo
r ,; .2 "Lo o(H Of
ivw11,:de ot LVV VVtV t'oo fetlowin isferatics:'

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on tIco .313.1t.hly HouinGorinof, ',F :ort ic'c cm (Form 3 0— _)
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