NC0039586_Correspondence_20210903 (3)

ROY COOPER
Governor
JOHN NICHOLSON
Interim Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Ms. Kim E. Maza, Vice President
Harris Nuclear Plant
5413 Sharon Harris Road
New Hill, NC 27562
Dear Ms. Maza:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 31, 2021
Subject: Final NPDES Permit
Permit NC0039586
Harris Nuclear Plant
Wake County
Facility Class II
The Division of Water Resources is forwarding herewith the Final Permit for Harris Nuclear Plant.
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 U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
The Final Permit contains the following significant changes from your Draft Permit:
1). Monitoring for Total Zinc was removed from the permit to correct an error (Outfall 006).
2). The language in Special Condition A. (17) was updated to eliminate inconsistency with the Fact
Sheet.
The Final Permit maintains the following significant changes contained in the Draft
Permit:
1). Special Condition A. (9) was edited to reflect completion of the Water Effect Ratio (WER) study.
2). The limits for Cu and Zn were eliminated from the permit based on the results of the WER study
and the Reasonable Potential Analysis (Outfall 006).
3). The monitoring for As and Se were added to the permit based on the results of the Reasonable
Potential Analysis (Outfall 006).
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000