NC0086011_Permit (Issuance)_19990614

NPDES DOCIMENT SCANNIN`: COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0086011
Winston-Salem / Neilson WTP
Document Type:
Permit Issuance .
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
June 14, 1999
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
June 14, 1999
Mr. David Saunders. P.E.
City of Winston-Salem
Post Office Box 251 1
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27102
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit Number NC0086011
Neilson Water Treatment Plant
Forsyth County
Dear Mr. Saunders:
In accordance with the application for discharge permit received on February 20, 1998, the Division is
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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6, 1983.
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, Post Office
Drawer 27447, Raleigh. North Carolina 27611-7447. Unless such a demand is made. this permit shall be
final and binding.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by
the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area
Management Act, or any other Federal or Local governmental permits which may be required.
If you have any questions or comments regarding these speculative limitations, please do not hesitate
to contact Mark McIntire at telephone number [phone], extension 553.
Sincerely
Original signed BY
David A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens
Cc: Central Files
NPDES Permit File
Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality
EPA. Roosevelt Childress
Point Source Compliance/Enforcement Unit
P.O. Box 29535, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27626-0535 TELEPHONE [phone]/FAX [phone]
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
50% RECYCLED/ 10% POST -CONSUMER PAPER

Permit No. NC0086011
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision 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 Winston-Salem
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Robert Neilson Water Treatment Plant
Frye Bridge Road
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Muddy 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.
This permit shall become effective July 1, 1999
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on May 31, 2004
Signed this day June14, 1999
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No. NC0086011
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
City of Winston-Salem
is hereby authorized to:
1. Operate, After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division of Water Quality, a
filter backwash treatment system located at the Robert Neilson Water Treatment Plant on
Frye Bridge Road. Winston-Salem. Forsyth County; and
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an
unnamed tributary to Muddy Creek, a class C water in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin.

SCALE 1:24000
Latitude: 35°59'45" Sub -Basin: 03-07-04
Loneitude: 80°2110"
Ouad #: D17NE
Stream Class: C
Receivine Stream: Unnamed Tributary to Muddy Creek
Permitted Flow: No Limit
Facility
Location
City of Winston-Salem
NC0086011
Neilson Water Treatment Plant

A (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS — FINAL Permit No. NC0086011
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 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified
below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS
DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly Average
Daily Maximum
Measurement
Frequency.
Sample
Type
Sample
Location'
Flow (MGD)
Weekly
Estimate
1 or E
Total Suspended Residue
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
E
pH2
Weekly
Grab
E
Settleable Solids
0.1 ml/L
0.2 ml/L
Weekly
Grab
E
Turbidity'
Weekly
Grab
U. D
Total Residual Chlorine
Weekly
Grab
E
Iron
Weekly
Grab
E
Aluminum
Weekly
Grab
E
NOTES:
Sample Locations: 1 — Influent. E — Effluent. U — Upstream 50 feet above outfall. D — Downstream 100 feet below outfall
2 The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units or greater than 9.0 standard units.
b The discharge shall not cause the turbidity of the receiving water to exceed 50 NTU. If the turbidity exceeds these levels due to natural
background conditions, the discharge cannot cause any increase in the turbidity in the receiving stream.
THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE FOAM IN OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS.

To: [e-mail]
Subject: Draft permit reviews
Date sent: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:46:16
NC0086011 - Neilson WTP - No comments. Looks O.K.
NC0063720 - Forrest Ridge/Rayco Utilities -
Note new address:
107 Commercial Park Drive, SW
Concord, N.C. 28027
The downstream sample location should be listed as Harper Road
instead of Peace Road. Harper Road is located approx. one mile
downstream. Peace HAVEN Road is located approx. three miles
downstream.
Conductivity monitoring (U&D) is still shown on the Effluent
Limitations and Monitoring Requirements page. Comments in the
Instream Monitoring Requirements of the Fact Sheet indicated that
conductivity was going to be dropped. WSRO concurs with dropping.
Do you need anything else back from WSRO? There were no signature
sheets for these two drafts. Thanks. MMM.
VP
Mike Mickey -- 1 -- Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:46:16

DENR/DWQ FACT SHEET FOR NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
NPDES No. NC0080011
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Applicant/Facility Name:
Winston-Salem, Neilson WTP
Applicant Address:
P.O. Box 2511, Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Facility Address:
5725 Frye Bridge Road, Winston-Salem
Permitted Flow
No Limit
Type of Waste:
WTP Backwash
Facility/Permit Status:
Existing renewal without expansion
County:
Forsyth
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Receiving Stream
UT to Muddy Creek
Stream Classification
C
Subbasin
03-07-04
Drainage Area (mi2):
NA
Summer 7Q10 (cfs)
NA
Winter 7Q10 (cfs):
NA
Average Flow (cfs):
NA
IWC (%) @ 0.08 MGD:
NA
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Regional Office:
Winston-Salem
USGS Topo Quad:
D17NE
Permit Writer:
Mark McIntire
Date
December 1, 1998
Background
This will be a discharge of backwash water from a conventional alum water
treatment. The facility was originally permitted in 1997 and has not yet been
constructed.
Wasteload Allocation Summary
This facility was most recently permitted in accordance with the Division's guidance
for water treatment plant backwash discharges dated September 30, 1992.
Compliance Review
This facility does not have a compliance history as operation has not begun.
Toxicity
Type of Toxicity Test: None
Existing Limit: None
Recommended Limit: None
Monitoring Schedule: None

The Division does not currently require toxicity testing for conventional water
treatment plant backwash discharges.
Proposed Changes
A flow limit was installed in the original permit. The Division does not currently
limit flow from water treatment plant discharges. This flow limit will therefore be
dropped. Additionally, upstream and downstream turbidity monitoring was required
but no locations were specified. These locations will be specified with this renewal.
Summary and Recommendations
It is recommended that this permit be renewed in accordance with the Division's
guidance for water treatment plant backwash discharges.
Special Conditions
None
Instream Monitoring Requirements
Turbidity
Proposed Schedule for Permit Issuance
Draft Permit to Public Notice: February 27, 1999
Deadline for public comments: March 29, 1999
Permit Scheduled to Issue: April 12, 1999*
*Assuming a public hearing is not held
State Contact
If you have any questions regarding any of the above information or the attached
permit, please contact Mark McIntire at [phone] ext. 553.

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
David Saunders
City of Winston-Salem
P.O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
Dear Permittee:
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NC DENR
September 21, 1998
Subject: Modification of NPDES Permit No. NC0086011
R.A. Thomas WTP
Forsyth County
The Division is beginning the second five-year cycle of river basin planning and permit renewals. An
examination of the basin planning schedule has revealed that the timing of permit renewals does not
allow an evenly distributed workload as first envisioned. This results in problems with the efficiency
and effectiveness of the NPDES program. In an effort improve customer service, and after thorough
review of the water quality issues in your area, the Division is changing the permit renewal schedule for
all NPDES permits in your sub -basin.
This permit modification changes the expiration date of the subject permit to May 31, 1999. Please find
enclosed the revised permit cover page. Insert the new cover page into your permit and discard the old
page. All other terms and conditions contained in the original permit remain unchanged and in full
effect. This permit modification is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General
Statutes 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
If you have already submitted a permit renewal application for the subject facility, the Division will
retain the application until your permit is due for renewal. No additional forms or fees will be required.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit 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 a written petition conforming to
Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings,
Post Office Drawer 27447, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7447. Unless such demand is made, this
decision shall be final and binding.
If you have questions about this modification, please contact Charles Weaver of my staff at the
telephone number or address listed below.
Sincerely,
Preston Howard, d`., P.E.
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Roosevelt Childress, EPA
NPDES Unit Files
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 919 733-5083, extension 511 (fax) 919 733-0719
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer [e-mail]

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Permit No. NC0086011
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE •
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision 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 Winston-Salem
is hereby authorized to discharge treated wastewater from a facility located at
R.A. Thomas WTP
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
to receiving waters designated as subbasin 30704 in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River basin.
in accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth
in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective September 21, 1998.
The permit and authorization to discharge shall expire on May 31, 1999.
Signed this day September 21, 1998.
. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
David Saunders
City of Winston-Salem
P.O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
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NC DENR
July 27, 1998
Subject: Status of NPDES Permit NC0086011
Forsyth County
Dear Permittee:
After a thorough review of the Yadkin -Pee Dee River basin management plan and water quality issues relevant to
the subject facility, the Division of Water Quality has decided to extend the duration of the subject permit. The
expiration date of your permit will be changed in order to allow the Division to review all NPDES discharge
permits in the Yadkin River Basin during calendar year 1999.
All terms and conditions in the existing permit will apply until a new expiration date is assigned by the Division.
Extension of existing Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements does not exempt the subject facility from
the new Enforcement Policy recently enacted by the Division.
Attached to this letter is a copy of the Public Notice that is being published to announce the planned extension of
your permit. After Public Notice has been made by the Division, the expiration date of your permit will be
changed via a permit modification. No draft permit will be sent out with the Public Notice, as none of the
conditions in the existing permit will be modified.
The Division appreciates your patience and understanding to date regarding the rescheduling of the subject
permit. If you have already submitted your renewal application package, no additional fees or documentation will
be required as a result of this change to your permit's expiration date.
If you have questions about this proposed modification or about the permit renewal process, contact Charles
Weaver of my staff at the telephone number or address listed below.
rfre;
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. Preston Howar
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality Section
NPDES File
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 919 733-5083, extension 511 (fax) 919 733-0719
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer [e-mail]

NORTH CAROLINA
FORSYTH 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 D.H. Stanfield, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: that he is
Controller of Piedmont Publishing Company, Inc., engaged in the publishing of
a newspaper known as Winston-Salem Journal, published, issued and entered as
second class mail in the City of Winston-Salem, in said county and State: that he
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
Winston-Salem Journal on the following dates.
April 7,1999
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 the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of
the General Statues of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the
meaning of Section 1-597 of the general statues of North Carolina.
This 9 day of April 1999
(signature of pe making affidavit)
Sworn to and sub ribed before me, this 9 day of April 1999
My Commission expires: September 28, 2000
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COUNTY OF FORXYTH j
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POST OFFICE BOX-29535
_f.41,0 RAU]GH, NORTH CAROUNA 27628-0535 .tIghri�•rt7A.
NOTIFICATION OF,INTENT:T0 ISSUER STATE NPDES PERMIT: ,
On ,the.jiasiebitholougtrataff review and application of Article 21 of
Chaptect43.Geileral Stahrtes i f NorthDaio6cw Pubfic Law 92.500 and
other fawful.stamaideand fegulation{ `aNprtirCaraine.ErNcomnen•'
tal ManagementCommssioripidpdsesiotgiue apeimit to di3drerge to
the persons llsted beiow•ef edlve'5125/99 end subject to apedal condl-
bonS.&153��:i,;.:. £{.'i-«`^�.-?.i`�:; :.Y-:t :`.:'-:'i�t: ••ri'l.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to -the -proposed determina-
tions are invited to aubmitsame in writing to the above address no later
than 511.0/99. All comments received prior to that date will be conaidered
El the farmulatidli of final detenninationsregarding the proposed perrnit-
A public -in eeting may be held where the Direcbr of the Division of Envi-'
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ronmental Management finds a significant. degree 0f public interest in a ,Y `_r -:- T-- -
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A copy of the draft permit a available by writing or tailing the Dlvision'of F r.: - , . _
Environmental Management, P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina ' -
2782643515, [phone]. r ..+
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available upon request and payment of the costs of reproduction. All
suit comments or requests regarding a proposed permrt-sthotdd make __.,_ •
reference to the NPDES permit number fisted below-: .zit � ; >'^
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1." NPDES No. NC0055093. R.J. Reynolds Toh�� Company, P.Q. Box
2959, WrrstanSalem, N.C. 27102 has applied for a permit renewal fora f •� `.
feat located ' abaccovhlfe Facitafes,�U_ Itatei robacso: -� .,•
vile, ,Forsyth.C�y.The fatty discharges treatedindustrial wastewa-
ter irtrrt,0oaqutfaLlnteaarkers;Creelc'a Class Cstreem in *lean- g i
Pee Deefli ier eesrl.?Fdr-eaele parameters',illie available'load tapecnyvy
at the immediate receiving water may be mistimed. This may affect fu- -_
lure water quality based effluent fimita6ons for additional dischargers
within this portion of the watershed. lt.h `
2 NPDES No. NC0050342, Wi Forsyth County LIWGN Com-
mission, P.O. Box 2511, WinstonSaleni, NC 27102 has applied for re-
newal of its NPDES permit for a facility located at Muddy Creek WWTP,
oft Cooper Road. sotdhwest of W stonSalem, Forsyth County. The fe-
alty is permitted to discharge up to 21.0 MGO of treated domestic and
industrial wastewater tom two outtalk into Yadkin River (001) and Mud-
dy Creek (002), CIassWS-IV streams in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin.
The Yadkin Rorer has a 7010 flow of 554 its and Muddy Creek has a
7010 flaw of 55 cis. CBODS, ammonia and dissolved eaygen are water
quality limited. For some parameters, the available load capacity of the
immediate receiving wale will be consumed. This may affect furore wa-
ter quality based effluent limitations for additional dischargers within this
parson of the watershed. •
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3. NPDES Permit NC0084212 Davie County (728 Sparks Road, Mock -
sae, NC 27028) has applied for renewal of the NPDES permit for the
Sparks Road Water Treatment Plant, located at 728 Sparks Road north-
east of Farmington in Davie County. The fealty discharges filter back-
wash from one outfall into the Yadkin River, a Class WS-N stream in the
Yadkin-Pee.Dee River Basin. Turbidity Is water quality limited. This may
affect future water quality based effluent limit tons for additional dis-
chargers within this portion of the watershed,
4. NPDES No. NC1086011.The City of Winston-Salem; P.O. Boa 2511,
Winston-Salem, NC 27102, has applied for renewal of its NPDES permit
for a fealty located at the Aobert Neilson Water Treatment Plant Frye
Bridge Road, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County. The facility discharges
treated filter backwash from one outfall into an unnamed tributary to
Muddy Creek, a Class C stream in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin. No
parameters are water quality limited, but this discharge may affect future
allocations. t-
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