NC0025453_Permit (Modification)_20220301

ROY COOPER.
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. Richard Cappola
Interim Town Manager
111 E Second St
Clayton, NC 27520
Dear Mr. Cappola:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 1, 2022
Subject: NPDES Permit NC0025453
Minor Modification / Facility Name Change
Sam's Branch Water Reclamation Facility
Wake County
The Division has approved your request to change the name of the subject facility. Please
insert the attached pages into you permit and discard the old pages.
This permit modification is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General
Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended). Insert
the attached pages into your permit and discard the old pages.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this
modification 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.
This permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may
require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the
legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by any other Federal, State, or
Local governmental regulation. If you have any questions concerning these changes, please
contact Charles H. Weaver [[e-mail]].
ec: NPDES Unit (Laserfiche)
Sincerely,
S. Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
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

Permit NC0025453
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
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, the
Town of Clayton
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Sam's Branch Water Reclamation Facility
1000 Durham Street Extension
Clayton
Johnston County
to receiving waters designated as the Neuse River in the Neuse River Basin
in accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other applicable conditions
set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective March 1, 2022.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on March 31, 2024.
Signed this day March 1, 2022.
for S. Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0025453
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of
this permit 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 included herein.
The Town of Clayton
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate and maintain an existing 2.5 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of
the following components:
• mechanical screening and grit removal system,
• influent pump station
• 214,500 gallon anaerobic basin,
• 300,000 gallon anoxic tank,
• oxidation basin No. 2,
• 200,000 gallon anoxic tank
• oxidation basin No. 1,
• three (3) secondary clarifiers,
• two tertiary filters,
• ultraviolet disinfection with back-up chlorination/dechlorination,
• 90,000 gallon aerated digester/sludge stabilization tank,
• 360,000 gallon sludge holding tank,
• sludge loading station,
• sludge thickening building with rotary drum thickener
• non -potable water system using reclaimed treated wastewater
• reclaimed water pump station
This facility is located at the Sam's Branch Water Reclamation Facility (Durham Street Extension,
Clayton) in Johnston County, and
2. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division and submitting an engineer's
certification, construct and operate a 6.0 MGD wastewater treatment facility.
3. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division and submitting an engineer's
certification, construct and operate a 10.0 MGD wastewater treatment facility.
4. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map via Outfall 001
into the Neuse River, classified WS-IV NSW CA waters in the Neuse River Basin.
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NC0025453 - Sam's Branch WRF
USGS Quad Name: Clayton, N.C.
Receiving Stream: Neese River
Stream Class: WS-IV NSW CA
Hydrologic Unit Code: 03020201
Latitude:
35°39'50"
Longitude:
78°25'26"
Facility
Location
AAA.
[Map not to scale]
Wake County