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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0088536_Permit (Issuance)_20140404NPDES DOC /WENT SCANNING COVER :SKEET NC0088536 Bannertown Hills WTP NPDES Permit: Document Type: / Permit Issuance Wasteload Allocation Authorization to Construct (AtC) Permit Modification Complete File - Historical Engineering Alternatives (EAA) Staff Report Instream Assessment (67b) Speculative Limits Environmental Assessment (EA) Permit History Document Date: April 4, 2014 This document is printed on reuse paper - ignore any content on the row -erne side ATA NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pat McCrory John E. Skvarla, III Governor Secretary April 4, 2014 Thomas J. Roberts, President & CEO Aqua North Carolina, Inc. 202 Mackenan Court Cary, North Carolina 27511 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0088536 Bannertown Hills Subdivision, Well #2 WTP Town Lane, Mt Airy 27030 Surry County Dear Mr. Roberts: The Division of Water Resources (DWR of the Division) has approved your application to renew the subject permit. Accordingly, we hereby forward the attached NPDES discharge 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended). Changes for Renewal - Changes to the Permit Draft. The Division updated your permit in accord with permitting strategies (amended in 2009) for potable water treatment plants (WTPs) consistent with similar permits statewide. We have also has updated your facility description and site map, adding parameter codes to permit Section A. (1.) for your convenience. For the final, we have removed monitoring for Total Copper inadvertently included in the permit draft. Please note that monitoring for Total Fluoride and Total Zinc is required only if these additives are included in finish -water used to backwash filters, thereby creating their potential to concentrate in the wastestream [see Footnote 4, Section A (1.)]. Implementing Electronic Discharge Monitoring Reports (eDMRs). Please be advised that the Division will implement an electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) program, in accord with pending requirements by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We have included the details required to implement the eDMR program in this permit [see permit Special Condition A. (2.)] . Proposed federal regulations require electronic submittal of all DMRs and specify that, if North Carolina does not establish a program to receive such submittals, Permittees must then submit eDMRs directly to EPA. For more information on eDMRs, registering for eDMR submittal, and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit DWR's webpage: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/edmr. 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-807-63001 FAX: 919-807-64921 Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal Opportunity l Affirmative Action Employer For information on EPA's proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, please visit EPA's website: http://www2.epa.gov/compliance/proposed-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding. Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may modify or revoke and reissue this permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits required by the Division of Water Resources or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local government. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Joe Corporon [joe.corporon@ncdenr.gov] or call his direct line (919) 807-6394. Thomas -A. Reeder, Dire or Division of Water Resources Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0088536 (issuance final) hc: Central Files WSRO/WQPS Supervisor, Corey Basinger NPDES Program Files ec: WSRO/WQPS, Corey Basinger Aqua North Carolina, Inc., Thomas J. Roberts [tjroberts@aquaamerica.com] 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-807-63001 FAX: 919-807-64921 Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 Internet www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer NPDES Permit NC0088536 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) 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, the Aqua North Carolina, Inc. is hereby authorized to discharge treated wastewater from a facility known as Bannertown Hills Subdivision — Well #2 Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Town Lane, Mt Airy 27030 Surry County to receiving waters designated as unnamed tributary to Faulkner Creek in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin, in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof. The permit shall become effective May 1, 2014. This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2018. Signed this day April 4, 2014. Tho s A. Reeder, Director ision of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Page 1 of 5 NPDES Permit NC0088536 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions described herein. Aqua North Carolina, Inc. is hereby authorized to: 1. continue to operate a filter -backwash treatment system in support of potable water production utilizing green sand treatment technology, located at the Bannertown Hills Subdivision, Well #2 WTP, Town Lane, Mt Airy, Surry County; and 2. discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001 at a location specified on the attached map, into an unnamed tributary to Faulkner Creek [Stream Segment 12-72-6], a waterbody currently classified C waters within Subbasin 03-07-03 of the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin. Page 2 of 5 NPDES PermitNC0088536 PART I A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMIITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge filter backwash via Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored 1 by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTIC [PARAMETER CODES] LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS 1 Monthly Average Dai ly Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location Flow 50050 Weekly Estimate Effluent Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L 2/month Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine 2 50060 28 µg/L 2 2/month Grab Effluent pH [standard units] 00400 Not < 6.0 or > 9.0 2/month Grab Effluent Turbidity 3 .00070 2/month Grab Effluent Total Manganese 01055 Quarterly Grab Effluent Total Iron 01045 Quarterly Grab Effluent Total Fluoride 4 00951 Quarterly Grab Effluent Total Zinc 4 01092 Quarterly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. No later than January 1, 2015, 270 days from the permit effective date, begin submitting discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NCDWR's eDMR application system, or apply for a waiver [See Special Condition A. (2.)]. 2. The Division shall consider compliant all TRC effluent values reported below 50µg/L. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values detected by North Carolina -certified test methods (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50µg/L. 3. Discharge from this facility shall not cause receiving -stream turbidity to exceed 50 NTU. If instream background conditions exceed 50 NTU, this discharge shall not cause instream turbidity to increase. 4. Monitoring required only if this parameter is added to finish -water used as filter -backwash, thereby creating its potential to concentrate in the wastestream. A. (2.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING - DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS Proposed federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and specify that, if a state does not establish a system to receive such submittals, then Permittees must submit DMRs electronically to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Division anticipates that these regulations will be adopted and will begin implementing this program in 2013. Page 3 of 5 NPDES Permit NC0088536 NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits): • Section B. (11.) • Section D. (2.) • Section D. (6.) • Section E. (5.) Signatory Requirements Reporting Records Retention Monitoring Reports 1. Reporting [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1 Beginning on January 1, 2015 (no later than 270 days from the permit effective date), the Permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NCDWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application. Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), Permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address: NC DENR / DWR / Information Processing Unit ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 If a Permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship, or due to the facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above. Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements must be submitted in writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required under this permit to begin using eDMR. Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and shall thereupon expire. At such time, DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the Permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary waiver by the Division. Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements is found on the following web page: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/edmr Page 4 of 5 NPDES Permit NC0088536 Regardless of the submission method, 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. 2. Signatory Requirements 'Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1 All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(a), or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(b). A person, not an assigned position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes. For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/edmr Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED: "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 belief, 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." 3. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)1 The Permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41]. Page 5 of 5 Aqua North Carolina, Inc. Bannertown Hills Subdivision - Well #2 WTP Latitude: State Grid / Ouad: Receiving Stream: Drainage Basin: HUC: 36° 29' 57" N A16SE / Mt. Airy N, NC UT to Faulkner Creek Yadkin River Basin 03040101 Longitude: 80° 33' 14" W Stream Class: C Stream Segment: 12-72-6 Sub -Basin: 03-07-03 Facility Location not to scale North NPDES Permit NC0088536 Mt Airy, Surry County NORTH CAROLINA SURRY COUNTY AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Ferris W. Simpson who being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that he (she) is Business Manager (Publisher or other officer or employee authorized to make affidavit) of CIVITAS MEDIA, LLC, engaged in the publication of a newspaper known as MOUNT AIRY NEWS, published, issued, and entered as periodicals class mail in the city of Mount Airy in said County and State; that he (she) is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in MOUNT AIRY NEWS on the following dates: ittclt.w and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document or legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. This / day of Signature of person making affidavit Swo p toand subscribed before me, this , s , 2014 day of , 2014 My Commission expires: January 15, 2018 BRIDGET HENDERSON NOTARY PUBLIC Yadkin County North Carolina My Commission Expires January 15, 2018 — Raleigh, NC 27699- 617. — Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit The North Carolina Environ- mental Management Commis- sion proposes to issue a NP- DES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments re- garding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hear- ing should there be a signific- ant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Inter- ested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC to review information on file. Additional information on NPDES per- mits and this notice may be found on our website: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq /swp/ps/npdes/calendar, or by calling (919) 807.6390. Cent- ral Care, Inc. requested renew- al of permit NC0038822 for its WWTP/Surry County. Facility discharges to an unnamed trib- utary to Stewarts Creek/Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin, Currently ammonia ni- trogen, fecal coliform and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. Aqua North Carolina, Inc. (of Cary 27511) applied to renew NPDES per- mit NC0088536 for the Ban- nertown Subdivision WTP, Well #2, Town Lane, Mt Airy 27030, discharging to UT to Faulkner Creek, Yadkin River Basin, Surry County. Aqua North Carolina, Inc., Surry County, has applied to renew NPDES permit for the Mitchell Bluff Subdivision Well #1 WTP [NC0088498] discharging filter - backwash wastewater to Mitchell River, Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin. Aqua North Caro- lina, Inc., Surry County, has applied to renew NPDES per- mit for the Windgate Subdivi- sion Well #1 WTP (NC0086609) discharging filter backwash wastewater to Fish- er River, Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin. Aqua North Caro- lina, Inc. (of Cary) applied to renew NPDES permit NC0088528 for the Hillcrest Subdivision WTP, Well #3, Lynnwood Dr., Mt Airy 27030, — discharging to UT to Champ Creek, Yadkin River Basin, Surry County. Surry County Schools requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0041947/North Surry High School WWTP. Facility dis- charges to Stewarts Creek/Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently fecal coliform and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. Surry County Schools requested re- newal of NPDES permit NC0041939/J. Sam Gentry Middle School WWTP. Facility discharges to Stewarts Creek/Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. Currently fecal coliform and total residual chlorine are water'quality limited. Publish February 7, 2014 DENR / DWR / NPDES EXPEDITED FACT SHEET - NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT NPDES Permit NC0088536 Joe R. Corporon, L.G., Expedited Permitting and Compliance Unit Updated 03Apr2014 Facility Information Facility Name Bannertown Hills Subdivision WTP — Well #2 Applicant AQUA North Carolina, Inc. Contact Thomas J. Roberts, President &CEO [tj roberts@aquaamerica.com] Applicant Address 202 Mackenan Court, Cary 27511 Facility Address Town Lane, Mt Airy 27030 Permitted Flow (MGD) Not limited Type of Waste potable WTP filter backwash (green sand filter technology). Facility Class County Surry Facility Status Renewal Regional Office WSRO Stream Characteristics Receiving Stream / Basin UT to Faulkner Creek Stream Classification C Stream Segment 12-72-6 Drainage Basin Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin Summer 7Q10 (cfs) — Subbasin 03-07-03 Winter 7Q10 (cfs) ... Use Support Yes 30Q2 (cfs) — 303(d) Listed No Average Flow (cfs) — State Grid B 16NE IWC (%) 100% USGS Topo Quad Mt Airy North, NC Facility Summary / Renewal Strategy — This WTP employs greensand filter technology to generate potable water at a rate of 0.005472 MGD while generating wastewater (filter -backwash) at a rate consistently reported as 0.0008 MGD for discharge to Waters of the State. According to the application, this facility does not add fluoride or zinc orthophosphate (corrosion inhibitor). Therefore, monitoring in accord with WTP strategy shall be required only if Fluoride and Zinc are added to finish -water used as filter -backwash, thereby creating their potential to concentrate in the wastewater [see added Footnote 4, Section A (1.)]. Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing_— In accord with current WTP renewal strategy (revised 2009), WET testing is not required of facilities employing greensand filter technology. No changes to the permit. Summary of Renewal Changes: 1. By January 1, 2015 (within 270-days of the permit effective date), the Permittee shall begin electronic submittal of monthly DMRs (eDMRs), or apply for a variance. 2. Updated facility description [Supplement to Cover Sheet] and Vicinity Map. 3. Added parameter codes to table, Section A. (1.). 4. Discontinued in BIMS monitoring for Fluoride and Zinc [appears in permit as "only if."]. Fact Sheet Renewal 2014 -- NPDES Permit NC0088536 Page 1 of 1 iL 6 14s I , YADKIN RIVER BASIN Name of Stream Subbasin Stream Index Number Map Number Class Faulkner Creek YADO3 12-72-6 A16SE8 C Featherbed Branch YAD17 13-42-2-3 H18NE8 C Ferreltown Creek (Ferreltown Lake) YAD11 13-17-4-3 F15NE8 C Fiddlers Creek YADO4 12-94-13-3 C18SE4 C Fifth Creek (Five Mile Branch) YADO6 12-108-13 D15SW3 C Fish Dam Creek (Fishtrap Creek) YADO1 12-35 C13NE6 WS-IV Fisher Creek YADO2 12-84-2-4 C16SW5 WS-III Fisher River YADO2 12-63-(1) A15SE4 WS-II;Tr,HQW Fisher River YADO2 12-63-(7) B15NE6 WS-II;HQW Fisher River YADO2 12-63-(8.5) B16NW7 WS-II;HQW,CA Fisher River YADO2 12-63-(9) B16NW7 C Fishers Branch YADO4 12-94-12-2-2-(1) C18SE1 WS-III Fishers Branch YADO4 12-94-12-2-2-(2) C18SW3 WS-III;CA Fishing Creek YAD01 12-44 C14NE7 C Fivemile Branch YADO4 12-94-7-1 C18NW4 C Flag Branch YAD14 13-17-36-8-2 H17NW4 C Flag Branch YAD14 13-17-40-18-1 G17SE6 C Flag Branch (Tobacco Branch) YAD14 13-17-36-9-5-1-(1) G16SE6 WS-III Flag Branch (Tobacco Branch) YAD14 13-17-36-9-5-1-(2) G17SW4 WS-III;CA Flat Branch YAD01 12-11-1 C12SE5 C;Tr Flat Branch YADO1 12-19-3 C12NE7 C;Tr Flat Branch YAD01 12-24-8-4 C12NE9 C;Tr,ORW Flat Branch YADO2 12-62-13-3 B15SE1 C Flat Creek YADO8 12-128-(1) E17SE6 WS-IV Flat Creek YADO8 12-128-(2) E18SW4 WS-IV;CA Flat Fork YAD10 13-20-18 G18SE8 C Flat Lick Branch YAD15 13-25-36-8 G19NW6 C Flat Rock Branch YADO6 12-108-16-6-6 C15SE3 WS-III Flat Rock Branch (South Branch Grants Creek) YADO4 12-110-1-(1) E165W6 WS-IV Flat Rock Branch (South Branch Grants Creek) YADO4 12-110-1-(2) E16SW6 WS-IV;CA (Lake Corriher) Flat Rock Creek YAD15 13-25-20-8-0.3 F19NW8 C;HQW Flat Shoal Creek YADO3 12-72-13 B16NE6 C Flat Swamp Creek YADO4 12-123 D18SW9 C Fletcher Creek YADO1 12-31-2-3 C13NW3 C;Tr Forbush Creek YADO2 12-83-(0.3) C16NW6 C Forbush Creek YADO2 12-83-(1.5) C16NE7 WS-IV Fourmile Branch YADO4 12-124 D18SW8 C Fourth Creek YADO6 12-108-20 D14SE3 C Fox Branch YADO1 12-26-4 C13NW8 C;Tr Frazier Creek (Winston Lake) YADO4 12-94-12-6-1 C18NW8 C Fries Creek YADO2 12-80 C17NW5 WS-IV Frost Creek YADO4 12-106-1 D17SW8 WS-IV Frost Mill Creek YADO5 12-102-11 D16NE1 C Fryes Creek YADO4 12-94-15 D18NW4 C Fuda Creek YAD11 13-17-7-1 F16SW6 C Fulton Creek (Carter Creek) YADO4 12-97-(1) D17NW8 C Fulton Creek (Carter Creek) YADO4 12-97-(2) D17NW5 WS-IV Funderburks Lake YAD12 13-17-9-3 F16NE4 C Gaddys Goose Ponds YAD10 13-20-16-1-2 G18SE1 C Gambill Creek YAD01 12-46-1-7 B14SW2 C Garden Creek YAD01 12-46-4-6 B14NE4 C;Tr,HQW Garr Creek YADO8 12-131-(1) E18SW9 WS-IV Page 9 of 28 2013-12-19 11:17:52 NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP For discharges associated with water treatment plants Mail the complete application to: N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 NPDES Permit Number ,NC0088536 If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to move from one field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type. 1. Contact Information: Owner Name Aqua North Carolina, Inc. Facility Name Bannertown Hills Subdivision - Well #2 WTP Mailing Address 202 Mackenan Ct City Cary State / Zip Code NC/27511 Telephone Number (919) 653-5770 Fax Number (919) 460-1788 e-mail Address TJRoberts@aquaamerica.com 2. Location of facility producing discharge: Check here if same as above ❑ Street Address or State Road Town Lane City State / Zip Code County Mt. Airy NC/ 27030 Surry 3. Operator Information: Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC) Name Aqua North Carolina, Inc. Mailing Address 4163 Sinclair Street City Denver State / Zip Code NC / 28037 Telephone Number (704)489-9404 Fax Number (704)489-9409 Page 1 of 4 Version 5/2012 NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP For discharges associated with water treatment plants 4. Ownership Status: Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ® Public ❑ 5. Type of treatment plant: El Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by filtration and disinfection) Cl Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange) ® Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge) ❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration) Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener 6. Description of source water(s) (Le. groundwater, surface water) Groundwater Well 7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water: Raw water is treated by greensand filters in series with a 0.0016 MGD discharge of filter backwash wastewater. Chemicals utilized during this process consist of: • Potassium Permanganate • Chlorine • Caustic soda 8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the facility: Wastewater discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an unnamed tributary to Faulkner Creek, classified C waters in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River. 9. Number of separate discharge points: 1 Outfall Identification number(s) 001 10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent CE If intermittent: Days per week discharge occurs: 7 Duration: 80 minutes -- _11: -- Plant -design iotable-'flow rate` "0:0t 54`72 '..1VIGI? Backwash or reject flow 0.00080 MGD 12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfalI, including latitude and longitude): Unnamed Tributary to Faulkner Creek (Yadkin Pee Dee Basin) Page 2 of 4 Version 5/2012 NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP For discharges associated with water treatment plants 13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection treatments, that have the potential to be discharged. Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes No X Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes No X Fluoride Yes No X Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines Yes No X Zinc -orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1236 Yes No X List any other additives below: Chlorine Potassium Permanganate Caustic Soda 14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one) Yes ❑ No Eg 15. Additional Information: > Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[s] of addition for chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall [including stormwater]. z Solids Handling Plan 16. NEW Applicants Information needed .in addition to items 1-15: • New applicants must contact a permit coordinator with the NCDENR Customer Service Center. Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No • Analyses of source water collected • Engineering Alternative Analysis • Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a water quality model. 17. Applicant Certification I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate. Tho berts e:,of Person.. President, Aqua North Carolina, Inc. Title /19 Signature of Applicap D 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 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 $25,000, or by Page 3 of 4 Version 5/2012