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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0031828_Permit Issuance_20031103NPDES DOCUWENT SCANNING COVER :SLEET NPDES Permit: NC0031828 Vanceboro WWTP 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: November 3, 2003 This document is printed on reuse paper - ignore any content on the rezrerse side NCDENR Ms. Carol Ipock, Town Clerk Town of Vanceboro P.O. Box 306 Vanceboro, North Carolina 28586 Dear Ms. Ipock: Michael F. Easley Governor William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director Division of Water Quality November 3, 2003 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0031828 Vanceboro \W\`GTP Craven County Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit. .\ccordingly, we are forwarding 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 May 9, 1994 (or as subsequendy amended). This final permit includes the following changes from the draft permit sent to you on August 27, 2003. • Monitoring frequencies for nitrogen and phosphorous have been changed to 2/Month to reflect the requirements of the Neuse River Basin Nutrient Management Strategy. • Weekly average limits for ammonia nitrogen have been corrected to reflect the proper ratio to the monthly average of 3:1. This permit issuance is based on the original authorization to operate a 0.25 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant. The request for re -rating for this facility that the Town of Vanceboro submitted is still under consideration, and the division will advise on this matter under separate cover. If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicators 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 tiled 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 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 the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area Management .\ct or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Dawn Jeffries at telephone number (919) 733-5083, extension 595. Sincerely, ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Mark McIntire cc: Central files \\ .uhington Regional Office/Water Quality Section NPDFIS Unit N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center. Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us .\lan W. Klimek. P.E. Phone: (919) 733-5083 fax: (919) 733-0719 DENR Customer Service Center. 1 800 623-7748 Permit NC0031828 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, Town of Vanceboro is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Vanceboro WWTP South Main Street Vanceboro Craven County to receiving waters designated as Swift Creek in the Neuse 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 December 1. 2003 This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on April 30. 2008. Signed this day November 3, 2003. ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Mark McIntire Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director Division of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NC0031828 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, arty 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 Vanceboro is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.250 MGD wastewater treatment system with the following components: • Manual bar screen a1�a�,t � a..� ��d. '2`ida�', Grit removal a (A_ lie' rye G-�1 '1 664114( Two parallel secondary clarifiers ✓ Tertiary sand filters • Alum feed for phosphorus removal Polymer feed for alum sludge conditioning i Gas chlorination • Chlorine contact chamber Dechlorination Cascade post aeration • Automatic samplers Flow meter ✓ Aerobic sludge d'esters • Sludge drying beds • Standby power The facility is located in Vanceboro at the Town of Vanceboro WWTP on South Main Street in Craven County. 2. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division of Water Quality, expand existing facility from 0.250 MGD to 0.300 MGD, and 3. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Swift Creek, classified C-SW-NSW waters in the Neuse River Basin. Latitude: Longitude: USGS Quad #: River Basin #: Receiving Stream: Stream Class: 35° 17' 42" 77° 09' 00" F30SW 03-04-09 Swift Creek C SW NSW Nt Town of Vanceboro Vanceboro WWTP Craven County NC0031828 Permit NC0031828 A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expansion above 0.25 MGD or expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Weekly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location1 Flow 0.25 MGD Continuous Recording Influent or Effluent Total Monthly Flow Monitor & Report Monthly Calculated Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C)2 (April 1 - October 31) 5.0 mg/L 7.5 mg/L Weekly Composite Influent & Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C)2 (November 1- March 31) 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Influent & Effluent Total Suspended Solids2 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Influent & Effluent NH3 as N (April 1- October 31) 2.0 mg/L 6.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent NH3 as N (November 1 - March 31) 4.0 mg/L 12.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent . Dissolved Oxygen3 Weekly Grab Effluent, Upstream & Downstream Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200 / 100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine4 28 pg/L 2/Week Grab Effluent Temperature (12C) Daily Grab Effluent Temperature (°C) Weekly Grab Upstream & Downstream TKN (mg/L) Monitor & Report 2/Month Composite Effluent NO2-N + NO3-N (mg/L) Monitor & Report 2/Month Composite Effluent TN (mg/L)5 Monitor & Report 2/Month Composite Effluent TN Loads Monitor & Report (lb/ma) Monitor & Report (Ib/yr) Monthly Annually Calculated Calculated Effluent Effluent Total Phosphorus'2.0 m /L (quarterly average) 2/Month Composite Effluent pH8 1 Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: I. Upstream = at NCSR 1440. Downstream = approximately 2 miles downstream from the outfall. 2. The monthly average effluent BOD5 and TSS concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective influent value (85% removal). 3. The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 5.0 mg/L. 4. This limit will become effective June 1. 2005. 5. For a given wastewater sample. TN = TKN + NO2-N + NO3-N. where TN is Total Nitrogen and TKN is Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen. 6. TN Load is the mass load of Total Nitrogen discharged in a given period of time. See special condition A. (3.). Calculation of TN Loads. 7. The quarterly average for total phosphorus shall be the average of composite samples collected during each calendar quarter (January -March. April -June. July -September. October -December). 8. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Permit NC0031828 A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning upon expansion to 0.30 MGD and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Weekly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location1 Flow 0.30 MGD Continuous Recording Influent or Effluent Total Monthly Row Monitor & Report Monthly Calculated Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C)2 (April 1— October 31) 5.0 mg/L 7.5 mg/L Weekly Composite Influent & Effluent BOD, 5-day (202C)2 (November 1— March 31) 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Influent & Effluent Total Suspended Solids2 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Influent & Effluent NH3 as N (April 1 — October 31) 2.0 mglL 6.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent NH3 as N (November 1— March 31) 4.0 mg/L 12.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent Dissolved 0xygen3 Weekly Grab Effluent, Upstream & Downstream Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200 / 100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine4 28 pg/L 2/Week Grab Effluent Temperature (°C) Daily Grab Effluent Temperature (2C) Weekly Grab Upstream & Downstream TKN (mg/L) Monitor & Report 2/Month Composite Effluent NO2-N + NO3-N (mglL) Monitor & Report 2/Month Composite Effluent TN (mg/L)5 Monitor & Report 2/Month Composite Effluent TN Loads Monitor & Report (Ib/mo) Monitor & Report (Ib/yr) Monthly Annually Calculated Calculated Effluent Effluent Total Phosphorus' 2.0 (quarterly average) 2/Month Composite Effluent pH8 IL Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. Upstream = at NCSR 1440. Downstream = approximately 2 miles downstream from the otitfall. 2. The monthly average effluent BOD5 and TSS concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective influent value (85% removal). 3. The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 5.0 mg/L. 4. This limit will become effective June 1, 2005. 5. For a given wastewater sample. TN = TKN + NO2-N + NO3-N. where TN is Total Nitrogen and TKN is Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen. 6. TN Load is the mass load of Total Nitrogen discharged in a given period of time. See special condition A. (3.). Calculation of TN Loads. 7. The quarterly average for total phosphorus shall be the average of composite samples collected during each calendar quarter (January -March. April -June. July -September. October -December). 8. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Permit NC0031828 A. (3). CALCULATION OF TOTAL NITROGEN LOADS 1. The Permittee shall calculate monthly and annual TN Loads as follows: (1) Monthly TN Load (lb/mo) = TN x TMF x 8.34 where: TN = the average Total Nitrogen concentration (mg/L) of the composite samples collected during the month TMF = the Total Monthly Flow of wastewater discharged during the month (MG / mo) 8.34 = conversion factor, from (mg/L x MG) to pounds (2) Annual TN Load (lb/yr) = Sum of the 12 Monthly TN Loads for the calendar year 2. The Permittee shall report monthly Total Nitrogen results (mg/L and lb/mo) in the discharge monitoring report for that month and shall report each year's annual results (lb/yr) in the December report for that year. Vanceboro EAA Subject: Vanceboro EAA Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:08:21 -0400 From: Christie Jackson <christie.jackson@ncmail.net> Organization: NC DENR DWQ To: Mike Templeton <Mike.Templeton@ncmail.net> CC: Kristin Jarman <Kristin.Jarman@ncmail.net> Mike - Kristin asked about an EAA for Vanceboro. I just drafted the renewal....but no EAA info was in the file. She thinks she spoke to you about it at one point. Do you have any info? If not, let me know and we'll try to figure out who has it. Thanks - Christie q /23/03 !)LL ERR rnik'i Ow F1os htticL he; 1sjuinik.1- +/to/at gct fticitA4'.ct kin � � . �o-� ���y Ais ,c IOLJ I, M s-s /k?ccrpora ?L i v-J& RroJ Pi',ri'- 1 of 1 9/23/03 10:08 A1V AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICA NORTH CAROLINA.l Wake County. ) Ss. PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION/ NPDES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NC 27699.1617 NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT On the basis of thorough staff review and application of NC General Statute 143.21, Public law 92-500 and other lawful standards and regulations, the North Carolina Environ- mental Management Commission proposes to issue a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below effective 45 days from the publish date of this notice. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days offer the publish date of this notice. All comments received prior to that dote are considered In the final determinations regarding the proposed permit. The Director of the NC Division of Water Quality may decide to hold a public meeting for the proposed permit should the Division receive a significant degree of public interest. Copies of the draft permit and other supporting informa- tion on file used to determine conditions present in the draft permit are available upon request and payment of the costs of reproduction. Mail comments and/or requests for infor- mation to the NC Division of Water Quality at the above address or call Ms. Volery Stephens at (919) 733-5083. extension 520. Please include the NPDES permit number (attached) in any communication. Interested persons moY also visit the Division of Water Quality at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-1148 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 P.M. to review information an file. NC0056714 Tradewinds Homeowners Association, NCSR 2227, Raleigh, NC has applied for a Permit renewal of ifs facility located in Wake County discharging treated waste- water into Harris Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Current• Iv Ammonia as N, Fecal Coliform, and Total Residual Chlorine ore water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. N00062715, Heater Utilities, Inc. (Crooked Creek Subdivi- sion) has applied for a permit renewal of its facility located in Wake County discharging treated wastewater into Middle Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Currently 8005, Ammonia as N, Fecal Coliform, Total Residual Chlorine and Total Phosphorus are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. NC0061638 Nero Utility Services, Inc. (Amherst WWTP), off of NCSR 1404, NC has applied fora permit renewal of its facility located in Wake County discharging treated waste- water into Middle Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Current. ly 8005, Ammonia as N, Fecal Coliform, Total Residual Chlorine and Total Phosphorus are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. N00031828 Town of Vanceboro has applied for o permit renewal of its facility located in Craven Cunty dishcarging treated wastewater into Swift Creek in the Neuse River Basin. Currently BODS, Ammonia as N. Fecal Coliform, Total Residual Chlorine and Total Phosphorus are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future afloca•7 the books and files of the aforesaid Corporation and publication. Hans in this portion of the receiving stream. N&0: August 30, 2003 N SEP - 8 2003 SEAL DENR-WATER QUALITY POINT SOURCE BRANCH Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of Johnston County North Carolina, duly commissioned and authorized to administer oaths, affirmations, etc., personally appeared Ivy Marsch, who, being duly sworn or affirmed, according to law, doth depose and say that she is Billing Manager -Legal Advertising of The News and Observer a corporation organized and doing business under the Laws of the State of North Carolina, and publishing a newspaper known as The News and Observer, in the City of Raleigh , Wake County and State aforesaid, 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, and that as such she makes this affidavit; that she is familiar with the books, files and business of said corporation and by reference to the files of said publication the attached advertisement for NC DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY was inserted in the aforesaid newspaper on dates as follows: 08/30/03 Account Number: 73350831 Billing Manager -Legal Advertising Sworn or affirmed to, and subscribed before me, this 02 day of SEPTEMBER , 2003 AD In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year aforesaid. n Notary Public t5 c (' L' ram- (~� +� i�i l i. My commission expires 2nd day of July, 2005. Residual Chlorine and Ammonia Toxicity Assessment Residual Chlorine s7Q10 (CFS) DESIGN FLOW (MGD) DESIGN FLOW (CFS) STREAM STD (UG/L) UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL IWC (%) Allowable Concentration (ug Fecal Limit Ratio of 1.9 :1 Ammonia as NH3 (summer) 0.75 s7Q10 (CFS) 0.75 025 DESIGN FLOW (MGD) 0.25 0.3875 DESIGN FLOW (CFS) 0.3875 17.0 STREAM STD (MG/L) 1.0 0 UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL 0.22 34.07 IWC (%) 34.07 49.90 Allowable Concentration (rr 2.51 Ammonia as NH3 (winter) w7Q10 (CFS) 200/100mI DESIGN FLOW (MGD) DESIGN FLOW (CFS) STREAM STD (MG/L) UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL IWC (%) Allowable Concentration (rr 5:'. 0.25 0.3875 1.8 0.22 7.19 22.19 8/21/03 CRJ NC0031828 Residual Chlorine and Ammonia Toxicity Assessment Residual Chlorine s7Q10 (CFS) DESIGN FLOW (MGD) DESIGN FLOW (CFS) STREAM STD (UG/L) UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL IWC (%) Allowable Concentration (ug Fecal Limit Ratio of 1.6 :1 Ammonia as NH3 (summer) 0.75 s7Q10 (CFS) 0.3 DESIGN FLOW (MGD) 0.465 DESIGN FLOW (CFS) 17.0 STREAM STD (MG/L) 0 UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL 38.27 IWC (%) 44.42 Allowable Concentration (rr Ammonia as NH3 (winter) w7Q10 (CFS) 200/100mI DESIGN FLOW (MGD) DESIGN FLOW (CFS) STREAM STD (MG/L) UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL IWC (%) Allowable Concentration (rr 0.75 0.3 0.465 1.0 0.22 38.27 2.26 5 0.3 0.465 1.8 0.22 8.51 18.79 8/21/03 C RJ NC0031828 0 6 48 . SLUDGE TRANSFER PUMP S TA TION #2 ALUM / POL YMER - \ 19 SLUDGE DRYING BEDS ( 34 3 OXIDATION DITCH 11 PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OXIDATION DITCH /2 AEROBIC BUILDING (1-5) L1)FLOW SPLITTER R 40 f 41 42 SLUDGE DRYING BEDS (6- 7) 16 r 17 SLUDGE TRANSFER PUMP STATION 11 AEROBIC DIGESTER 11 LAB AND YANTINANC( BtAOlND 0 CHLORINA TION BUILDING SECONDARY CLARIFIER 11 TERTIARY FL TER 11 TERTIARY FIL TER /2 RE TURN SLUDGE PUMP STATION /2 C1,/SO, FEED ZBUILDING DECHL OR/NA TION BUILDING EFFL UEN T PUMP STA TION 10 CHLORINE CONTACT OROMM1 POST AERATION (CASCADE TYPE) LEGEND FLOW THROUGH PIPING SLUDGE PIPING DRAIN PIPING CHEMICAL PIPING WATER PIPING VANCEBORO WWTP PLANT L A YOU T-PIPING & VALVE NUMBERING FIGURE 1.5-1 valteetw,c, y.0). 5,140,00 306 VeLpicetio441„ t.Alattfi (?..opktteitia., 28586 xwrikr4)rt.,1 ,finattitomL.gii4hJE/Dia'al CIMALI¢C: C193101, 1011,4"Lt:M. lit14,7Binatla 0174.903.174 uri p 64110.14.11.DAY 0111:1VAN DAVittl, IrfIllATHOP..1411/4.7: VE:11111',,Xxr CLAYTON votukarr DECEVCBER. 17, 2002 N. C. DIVISION OF WATER. QUALM NPDES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALocia, N. C. 27699-1617 AT1N: VALERY STEPHENS WE RECEIVED YOUR REQUEST FOR 2 COMES OF OUR NPDES APPLICATION'S THIS MORNING, DECEMBER 17 YOUR. NOTICE WAS DATED NOVEMBER., 13 THEY }TORE THESE ARE LA IE. SORRY. SINCERELY, CAROL C. 'MOCK 1.1? \'111 DEC g 2002 ffothi cif Vanceliteita ,9)„0. atm 306 Van liatiA &mew' et 28586 PlAT Oli.: JI L. I llsO 1.IL1 CLIO f! C*acaa. C. Wet CZ Truce IKON= z I4 .i .o► ` A�)It3lti�f: 31Y s:naysrr224: SIMILIXT mYAN DAV YJLW OAJIZ AZ. VIDIIIILY OCTOBER. 25, 2002 THE TOWN OF VANCEBOR REQUEST RENEWAL FOR NPDES NC0031828 THE PLANT DESIGN FLOW IS 2500,000 GIPD. THE PLANT CONSISTS OF: (1) MANUAL BAR SCREEN AND GRIT REMOVAL CHAMBER. (2) ALUM I# SYSTEM FOR PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL. (3) CLARIFIER. WITH A VOLUME OF APPROX.. 63,000 GALLONS. (4) 'TE.TLARY FILTER CAPABLE OF 540 GPM (5) CL2 SYSTEM (6) DECLORINATION SYSTEM WHERE SULFUR DIOXIDE IS USED. (7) CHLORINE CONTACT CHAMBER (8) TWO EFFLUENT PUMPS CAPABLE OF 521 GPM EACH (9) POST AERATION UNIT USING THE CASCADE AND ONE AT (10)TWO AUTOMATIC SAMPLERS , ONE ATINFLUENT El -FLUENT . (11)TWO RETURN SLUDGE PUMPS RATED AT 234 GPM. (12)TWO SLUDGE/TRANSFER PUMPS RATED AT 300 GPM. (13 )POLYMF".R FEED SYSTEM (14)DIGESTE WITH A VOLUME AF APPROX. 50,800 GALLONS. (15)DECANT SYSTEM WITH DIGESTS. (16)DRYTNG BEDS DLUDGE DISPOSAL IS HANDLED BY BELt4G HAULED TO THE LANDFILL IN CRAVEN COUNTY (PERMIT #25-03). TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE LAB. AS RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN RECEIVED THEY W.Q. BE FORWARDED TO THE STATE WITH COVER LETTER .AS SOON AS RECEIVED. SINCERIMY, CAROL C. IPOCR TOWN CLERK