NCG520092_Permit (Issuance)_20060912

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
September 12, 2006
Mr. Douglas E. Harmon
Harmon's Dairy
335 Harmon's Dairy Lane
Columbus, NC 28722
Subject: General Permit No. NCG520000
Certificate of Coverage NCG520092
Harmon's Dairy
Polk County
Dear Mr. Harmon:
In accordance with your application for discharge, the Division is forwarding herewith the subject
Certificate of Coverage to discharge under the subject state-NPDES general permit. This permit is issued
pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statue 143-215 .1 and the Memorandum of Agreement
between North Carolina and the US Environmental Protection agency, dated May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently
amended).
The following information is included with your permit package:
• A copy of the Certificate of Coverage for your treatment facility
• A copy of General Wastewater Discharge Permit NCG520000
• A copy of a Technical Bulletin for General Wastewater Discharge Permit NCG520000
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this general permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to request an individual permit by submitting an individual permit
application. Unless such demand is made, the certificate of coverage shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this Certificate of Coverage is not transferable except after notice to the Division
of Water Quality. The Division of Water Quality may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the
certificate of coverage. 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 permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Agyeman Adu-Poku at telephone
number 919/733-5083, extension 508.
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Central Files
NPDES General Permit Files
Asheville Regional Office/Surface Water Protection
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
GENERAL PERMIT NO. NCG520000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE NO. NCG520092
TO DISCHARGE SAND DREDGING WASTEWATER AND SIMILAR WASTEWATERS 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, the
Harmon's Dairy
is hereby authorized to operate a treatment system consisting of a sediment basin and discharge channel
with the discharge of treated wastewater from a facility located at
Lyes Pond Road Site
Columbus, North Carolina
Polk County
to receiving waters designated as Broad River, classified C in the Broad River Basin in accordance with
the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV
hereof.
This certificate of coverage shall become effective September 12, 2006.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day September 12, 2006.
an W. Klimek, P.E., Director
ivision of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Harmon's Dairy
State Grid/Quad: F 11 SW / Rutherfordton South, NC
Latitude: 35° 15' 24.57" N Longitude: 81° 58' 6.57" W
Receiving Stream: Broad River Sub -Basin: 03-08-02
Drainage Basin: Broad River Basin Stream Class: C
North
NPDES Permit No. NCG520092
Polk County

SOC PRIORITY PROJECT: Yes No
IF YES, SOC NUMBER
TO: NPDES UNIT
WATER QUALITY SECTION
ATTENTION: Agyeman Adu-Poku
DATE: August 31, 2006
NPDES STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Polk COUNTY
PERMIT NUMBER NCG520092
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Facility and Address:
Mailing:
2. Date of Investigation:
3. Report Prepared By:
Lyes Pond Road Site
Broad River
Polk County
Douglas E. Harmon
335 Harmon's Dairy Lane
Columbus, North Carolina 28722
08/28/2006
Larry Frost
4. Persons Contacted and Telephone Number: Douglas Harmon
828.863.2104
864.978.1960
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SEp 1 1 2006
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POINT SOURCE BRANCH
5. Directions to Site: US Hwy 74 west of Columbus turn south on NC1326 to
east on NC1362 to east on NC1004 (Poors Ford Road) to
north on NC1356 (Lyes Pond Road) .8 miles then east on
farm road (dirt) for .7 miles, site is on the river.
6. Discharge Point(s), List for all discharge points:
Latitude: N35 degrees 15.02' Longitude: W81 degrees 58.44'
Attach a USGS map extract and indicate treatment facility site and discharge point on map.
U.S.G.S. Quad No. U.S.G.S. Quad Name Rutherford South
7 Site size and expansion area consistent with application?
XX Yes No If No, explain:
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8. Topography (relationship to flood plain included): Site is in the flood plain adjacent to
Broad River.
9. Location of nearest dwelling: 1000 feet west of the site
10. Receiving stream or affected surface waters:
a. Classification: C
b. River Basin and Subbasin No.: Broad River Basin
c. Describe receiving stream features and pertinent downstream uses: stream has
been dredged for sand at this site in the past
PART 11 - DESCRIPTION OF DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT WORKS
1. a. Volume of wastewater to be permitted
discharge from water sand separator/possible stormwater MGD (Ultimate Design
Capacity)
b. What is the current permitted capacity of the Wastewater Treatment facility? N/A
c. Actual treatment capacity of the current facility (current design capacity N/A
d. Date(s) and construction activities allowed by previous Authorizations to Construct
issued in the previous two years: N/A
e. Please provide a description of existing or substantially constructed wastewater
treatment facilities: NONE
f. Please provide a description of proposed wastewater treatment facilities: NONE
g. Possible toxic impacts to surface waters: NONE
h. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only):
in development approved
should be required not needed
2. Residuals handling and utilization/disposal scheme: N/A
a. If residuals are being land applied, please specify DWQ Permit Number
Residuals Contractor
Telephone Number
b. Residuals stabilization: PSRP PFRP OTHER
c. Landfill:
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d. Other disposal/utilization scheme (Specify):
3. Treatment plant classification (attach completed rating sheet): N/A
4. SIC Codes(s): N/A
Primary Secondary
Main Treatment Unit Code:
PART III - OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
1. Is this facility being constructed with Construction Grant Funds or are any public monies
involved. (municipals only)? N/A
2. Special monitoring or limitations (including toxicity) requests: None
3. Important SOC, JOC, or Compliance Schedule dates: (Please indicate)
Date
Submission of Plans and Specifications
Begin Construction
Complete Construction
4. Alternative Analysis Evaluation: Has the facility evaluated all of the non -discharge options
available. Please provide regional perspective for each option evaluated.
Spray Irrigation:
Connection to Regional Sewer System:
Subsurface:
Other disposal options:
5. Other Special Items:
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PART IV - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This is a sand dredge operation. The operator will uses a floating suction dredge to remove sand
from the river, runs it through a separator to remove the water, places sand on the stream bank
and returns the water to the river. The water and storm water drains from the wet sand drains back
to the river.
The regional office recommends the issuance of the permit, however the permittee should be
warned not to violate the water quality standards for turbidity, stable/vegetated stream banks must
be maintained, and dredging equipment must be maintained in a manner to prevent petroleum
Teaks and spills.
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Sign - re of Report Preparer
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Water Quality Regional Superviso
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NCG520000
Date Received
Year
Month
Day
Certificate o [Coerage Il
Check #
Amount
Permit Assigned to
NOTICE OF INTENT
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System application for coverage under General Permit
NCG520000: In -stream sand mining wastewater, associated stormwater and similar wastewaters
(Please print or type)
1) Mailing address of owner/operator:
Company Name: 1134 pa yn B n IS' e4,. R.
Contact Person: DoN7.4)45 , . / 14 /Zm ell
Street Address: 3 3 /4 /4R y110" `s 4i Rr ,Z 4 nF
City: Cai vpti b vs State: 4 C. ZIP Code: 7,21
Telephone No.: 82 F 2133 -.2 /O / 8G' q7Y / q6 O.
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2) Location of facility producing discharge:
Facility Name:
Contact Person:
Street Address:
City: State: ZIP Code:
County:
Telephone No.: Fax:
3) Permit Contact (complete this section if permit contact is different from facility contact) :
Contact Person:
Street Address:
City: State: ZIP Code:
County:
Telephone No.: Fax:
4) Physical location information:
A copy of an USGS quad map or county map with the facility clearly located on the map IS REQUIRED to
be submitted with this application.
Please provide a narrative description of how to get to the facility (use street names, state road numbers,
and distance and direction from a roadway in erse ion): FRDh1 /l C , /DO cp,
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5) This NPDES permit application applies to which of the following :
IlihiNew or Proposed 0 Modification
Please describe the modification:
0 Renewal
Please specify existing permit number and original issue date:
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6) Does this facility have any other NPDES permits, including stormwater general permits?
I(d No ❑ Yes
If yes, list the permit numbers for this facility:
7) Description of Discharge:
a) Will stormwater also be discharged? 0 Yes
If yes, does stormwater drain to a settling pond prior to discharge? 0 Yes 0 No
b) Is the sand washed or rinsed on the bank after removal from the stream? . 0 Yes ErAo
c) Is the discharge directly to the receiving water? l2'Yes 0 No
If no, submit a site map with the pathway to the potential receiving waters clearly marked. This
includes tracing the pathway of the storm sewer to the discharge point, if the storm sewer is the only
viable means of discharge.
d) Number of discharge points (ditches, pipes, channels, etc. that convey wastewater from the property):
e) Volume of discharge per each discharge point (in GPD):
#1: #2: #3: #4
f) Please describe the type of process the sand dredging wastewater is being discharged from, be
specific. /7f �(.A, c l w fl1Ei 1 S�ovn pEc/ F({00n $+4tErelth $Pp,�/4i97r,Ge/
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Is there anytreatment beingapplied to the wastewater before discharge(check the type of treatment
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in use).
❑ Settling pond 0 Lagoon ❑Other None
(Please describe "Other")
h) How much of the volume discharged is treated (state in percent)?
i) If any box in item (e) above, other than none, was checked, please include design specifics (Le.,
design volume, retention time, surface area, etc.) with submittal package. Existing treatment facilities
should be described in detail. Design criteria and/ operational data (including calculations) should be
provided to ensure that the facility can comply with the requirements of the General Permit. The
treatment shall be sufficient to meet with the limits set by the general permits. The trapping efficiency
should be greater than 75%. The surface area should be as large as possible to insure sedimentation
occurs. To secure optimum efficiency the flow length of the basin to the basin width should have a
ratio of 2:1
Note: Construction of any wastewater treatment facilities requires submission of three (3) sets of
plans and specifications along with the application. Design of treatment facilities must comply
with requirements of 15A NCAC 2H .0138. If construction applies to this discharge, include
the three sets of plans and specifications with this application.
8) Discharge Frequency:
a) The discharge is: 0 Continuous intermittent 0 Seasonal
i) If the discharge is intermittent, d scribe when the discharge will occur: Of i Sc. / /4
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(Viol, . 0 CG £ k t I ,%Girl, i E?
ii) If seasonal check the month(s) the dischar a occurs: 0 Jan. 0 Feb. 0 Mar. 0 Apr.
0 May ❑ Jun. 0 Jul. 0 Aug. 0 Sept. 0 Oct. 0 Nov. ❑ Dec.
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b) Please check the days discharge occurs:
0 Sat. 0 Sun. ©'Mon. aTue. ®'Wed. B'Thu. I2/Fri.
9) Receiving waters:
a) What is the name of the body or bodies of water (creek, stream, river, lake, etc.) that the facility
wastewater discharges end up in? If the site wastewater discharges to a separate storm sewer
system (4S), name the operator of the 4S (e.g. City of Raleigh). 040 A 4
b) Stream Classification (WS-IV, C, etc.):
10) Alternatives to Direct Discharge:
Address the feasibility of implementing each of the following non -discharge alternatives
a) Connection to a Regional Sewer Collection System
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 confirmation 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 "Guidance For the Evaluation of Wastewater Disposal Altematives".
11) 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.
a) 7.5 minute series USGS topographic map (or a photocopied portion thereof) with discharge location
clearly indicated.
b) Site map, if the discharge is not directly to a stream, the pathway to the receiving stream must be
clearly indicated. This includes tracing the pathway of a storm sewer to its discharge point.
c) 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 the application has
been designated an authorized Representative of the applicant.
d) 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".
e) Final specifications for all major treatment 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.
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: Do Ug,(145 E. /c/ AR il10 %r)
Title: O c &
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(Signature of Applicant) (Date Signed)
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