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Division of Water Resources
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Application for Coverage Under General Permit
NCG530000
Seafood packing, fish packing and fish farms
NOTICE OF INTENT
Required by 15A NCAC 02H .0127(d); term definition see 15A NCAC 02H .0103(19)
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1) Mailing address of applicant:
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2) Location of facility producing discharge:
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3) This Application applies to which of the following activities:
❑ Seafood packing / rinsing
❑ Fish farms [aquaculture]
Describe the activities to be permitted in detail:
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4) Description of Discharge: [Required by 15A NCAC 02H .0105(c)(1)] /
a. Volume of discharge (in GPD): /. 4/ /t�l./I, e.•t �. //ow T ay.
b. The discharge is: [Continuous 0 Intermittent
If the discharge is intermittent, describe when the discharge occurs:
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d. What percentage of the discharge is treated? J O O'o
e. Describe the type of wastewater being discharged (including any known pollutants ,c ,,, £ llutants present in the/discharge):
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Describe the nature of the business applying for coverage under the General Permit: 1
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f. Identify the treatment methods in use at the facility (check all that apply): ❑ None
rSettling Ponds ❑ Screens* (Floor Screens* ❑ Treatment Equipment*
Other (describe): 4 ��c 3 Geri Z O ► e S ?' 1/a440VM Sy s &A ►
*If checked, attach a description of all component specifications ,(design volume, retention time,
surface area, etc.). Describe existing treatment facilities in detail and provide design criteria or
operational data (including calculations) showing the facility can meet the requirements far coverage
under the General Permit, as required by 15A NCAC 02H .0127. 35-, oZo?AS% D91
Describe the discharge location (bay, stream, etc.): 5f �+�nn �rJ -��� at�z'
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h. A USGS topographic map (1:24000 scale) identifying the exact discharge location(s) must be submitted with
this application. Identify all discharge points (outfalls) on this site map.
i. Is the discharge directly to the receiving water? L Yes 0 No - If no, mark the path taken by the
discharge from the outfall to the receiving stream
on the site map (including the pathway of any
/ storm sewers, ditches, canals, etc.).
j. Name of receiving water(s): 6.o hi 5pr ;11,1, 3 Creek
5) Alternatives to Direct Discharge:
[Evaluation required by G.S. § 143-215.10)(5 a and ISA NCAC 02H .0105(c)(2)]
Address the feasibility of implementing each of the following non -discharge alternatives:
a. Connection to a Regional Sewer Collection System - if the facility is existing and currently discharges
to a POTW, when will connection not be allowed?
b. Subsurface disposal (including nitrification field, infiltration gallery, injection wells, etc.)
c. Spray irrigation
The alternatives to discharge analysis should include boring logs and/or other information indicating that a
subsurface system is neither feasible nor practical as well as written evidence indicating that connection to a
POTW is not an option. It should also include a present value of costs analysis as outlined in the Division's
Engineering Alternatives Analysis (EAA) Guidance Document.
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NCG530000 New Application
Additional Application Requirements:
For new or proposed discharges, the following information must be included in triplicate with this application or it
will be returned as incomplete; per 15A NCAC 02H .0105(c)
a. USGS topographic map (or photocopied portion thereof) with discharge location clearly indicated. If the
discharge is not directly to a stream, the pathway to the receiving stream must be clearly indicated.
b. If this application is being submitted by a consulting engineer (or engineering firm), include documentation from
the applicant showing that the engineer (or firm) submitting this application has been designated an Authorized
Representative of the applicant; per 15A NCAC 02H .0138(b)(1).
c. Final plans for the treatment system (if applicable). The plans must be signed and sealed by a North Carolina
registered Professional Engineer and stamped "FINAL DESIGN - Not Released for Construction;" per 15A
NCAC 02H .0139.
d. Final specifications for all major treatment system components (if applicable). The specifications must be signed
and sealed by a North Carolina registered Professional Engineer and shall include a narrative description of the
treatment system to be constructed; per 15A NCAC 02H .0139.
I 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.
Printed Name of Person Signing: �oliat fei t� B!'r, u� a
Title: r/ e$ e Jorr o G. ero'Ala �idGe c%'fe3 1 r7e-.
(Please reviety 15A NCAC 02H 6.O e) for authorized signing officials)
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(Sign lure ofAppiicant) (Date Signed)
North Carolina General Statute 4143-215.6E provides that:
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or
required to be maintained under this Article or a rule implementing this Article; or who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in a
rulemaking proceeding or contested case under this Article; or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring
device or method required to be operated or maintained under this Article or rules of the Commission implementing this Article, shall be guilty of a Class 2
misdemeanor which may include a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars (S10,000). 18 U.S.C. Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine or
imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.
Design of treatment facilities must comply with requirements in 15A NCAC 02H .0138.
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Mail this application and one copy of the entire package to:
NC DENR / DWR / Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Attn: Charles Weaver
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Effluent Treatment: Quiescent Zones
At the end of each raceway an area of 12% of the total volume of the raceway is screened of to
prevent fish from entering this zone. This area is large enough to allow the majority of the solid waste
from the fish to settle. If the solid waste is allowed to spill over into the next raceway it will break up
into much smaller pieces and be more difficult to remove.
Depending on the time of year and the amount of feed fed determines how often these zones are
vacuumed. Generally, they are vacuumed every 2 weeks to 4 weeks.
We vacuum these zones with a system we developed years ago for speed and efficiency.
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The easier it is to vacuum the quiescent zones the more apt it will be for the farmer to keep these
zones clean. So years ago we began working on systems for zone cleaning. The following is a brief
description of the system we presently use.
A high efficiency vacuum pump is connected to two 300 gallon tanks. A series of valves opening and
closing automatically fills one of the 300 gallon tanks from the quiescent zones while the other tank
empties into the solids separation System. When the tank that is filling reaches a certain level the valves
switch and the tank that was filling begins to empty into the Solids Separation system and the tank that
was previously emptying begins to fill from the quiescent zones.
Advantages:
Vacuum very powerful (Quiescent zone cleaned in a matter of minutes)
Vacuum never lost (Operator can lay hose down on ground and come back later to continue without
doing anything except pick up the hose and begin vacuuming again.
No fuel —no pump to lose prime- almost impossible to plug (3 inch hose, piping, and valves)
Greatly increases the farmer's efficiency. BUT MAINLY THE FREQUENCY THAT THEY WILL VACUUM THE
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Effluent Treatment: Solids Separation System
Once the quiescent zone is vacuumed the waste stream travels by pipe through the vacuum system,
then to the Solids Separation System. The idea behind the Solids Separation System is three fold. First,
to remove the water from the solid waste. Next, to end up with a final produce that can be easily
handled with some type of mechanical front end loader, and then finally, end up with a product that can
serve a useful environment purpose. This is a perfect product to compost.
To do all of this we simply use a fairly fine sawdust from a local chipper mill as the filter medium.
About 8 inches of sawdust is placed on the tank floor with a front end loader: The watery material from
the quiescent zone is flooded overtop the sawdust. The tank is large enough to handle the product from
several quiescent zones. It is then allowed to sit and usually overnight most of the water will travel
through the sawdust, flow out through the perforated pipe in the floor slots to a pump that pressurizes
a geo tube, and then to the settling ponds.
5 years ago we built one of these systems for our Cherokee Trout Farm. We built it to be 2 sq feet of
sawdust per 1000 Ib of swimming inventory. The maximum inventory there is about 500,000 Ib. This
1,000 square foot system has worked very well for us.
So from empirical evidence we would think it wise and safe to raise the square footage to 2.5 square
feet per 1000 Ib of inventory on smaller systems. Since the maximum inventory on this farm would be
about 60,000 Ib then the filter area would need to be 150 sq feet.
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Effluent Treatment: Settling Ponds
After the water leaves the raceways and geo-tube it then goes to the two settling ponds. These ponds
are 120 feet long, 16 feet wide, and about 2.5 feet deep. In the colder months when we are not feeding
very much we can we can take either pond off line for a day to clean the off line ponds. The dwell time
for the water through the two ponds is about 1 hour.
The effluent then leaves the ponds and goes to a pump station that has the option to allow the water
to pass on through to the discharge point in the creek or be pumped back to the intake if the natural
flow of the water falls below a certain point.
Army Corps of Engineers April 30, 2019: Action ID. 2017-00911 Macon County Quad: Wayah Bald
"In order to prevent de -watering of the stream reach below the intake structure and to minimize
significant Toss of stream functions due to water withdraws from Cold Springs Creek, the permittee can
withdraw up to 1,000gpm from Cold Springs Creek, but must maintain at least 600gpm in the bypass
reach (i.e. stream reach between the intake and discharge points). When flows in Cold Springs Creek at
the intake structure fall below 600gpm, the permittee must pass all the stream flow into the by-pass
reach.
If the permittee returns the diverted flows to Cold Springs Creek adjacent to the intake structure,
resulting in no significant de -watering of the stream reach below the water intake structure, then the
above noted withdraw rates will not need to be followed.
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