NCG500657_Permit (Issuance)_20120803

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E. Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
August 3, 2012
Mr. Allen Stowe, Jr.
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
526 South Church Street / EC 13K
Charlotte, NC 28202
Subject: Renewal of coverage / General Permit NCG500000
Franklin Hydroelectric Station
Certificate of Coverage NCG500657
Macon County
Dear Permittee:
The Division is renewing Certificate of Coverage (CoC) NCG500657 to discharge under NPDES
General Permit NCG500000. This CoC 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 October 15, 2007 [or as subsequently amended].
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. The Division may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the certificate of coverage.
Contact the Asheville Regional Office prior to any sale or transfer of the permitted facility.
Regional Office staff will assist you in documenting the transfer of this CoC.
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 the requirements of the General Permit, please contact John
Hennessy [919 807-6377 or [e-mail]].
Sincerely,
Original signed by John Hennessy
for Charles Wakild, P.E.
cc: Asheville Regional Office / Surface Water Protection
NPDES file
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] / FAX [phone] / Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
GENERAL PERMIT NCG500000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE NCG500657
TO DISCHARGE NON -CONTACT COOLING WATER, COOLING TOWER AND
BOILER BLOWDOWN, CONDENSATE 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,
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
is hereby authorized to discharge Hydroelectric Dam Sumps & Non -contact Cooling Water
from a facility located at
Franklin Hydroelectric Station
564 Clyde Downs Rd
Franklin
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as the Little Tennessee River in subbasin 04-04-01 of the
Little Tennessee 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 August 3, 2012.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day August 3, 2012
Original signed by John Hennessy
for Charles Wakild, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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NCG500000
FOR AGENCY USE ONLY
Date Received
Year
Month
Day
Certificate of Coverage
NICIGI I I I I
Check #
Amount
Permit Assigned to
NOTICE OF INTENT
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System application for coverage under General Permit
NCG500000: Non -contact cooling water, boiler blowdown, cooling tower blowdown, condensate, and
similar point source discharges
(Please print or type)
1) Mailing address of owner/operator:
Company Name Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Owner Name Allen Stowe - Water Management
Street Address 526 South Church Street, Interoffice - EC13K
City Charlotte
Telephone No. [phone]
* Address to which all permit correspondence will be mailed
2) Location of facility producing discharge:
Facility Name
Facility Contact
Street Address
City
County
Telephone No.
Franklin Hydroelectric Station
State N.C.
Fax: (704)
ZIP Code 28202
382-1681
Gary Morgan
564 Clyde Downs Road
Franklin
Macon
State N.C. ZIP Code 28734
828 369-4605
Fax: NIA
3) Physical location information:
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 intersection). Take Highway 74 to Exit 81. Travel Highway 23/441 to Franklin,
tum right on Clyde Downs Road, Franklin Hydro will be on the left approximately 0.3 miles down Clyde Downs Road.
(A copy of a county map or USGS quad sheet with facility clearly located on the map is required to be submitted with this application)
4) This NPDES permit application applies to which of the following :
❑ New or Proposed
❑ Modification
Please describe the modification:
B Renewal
Please specify existing permit number and original issue date:
5) Does this facility have any other NPDES permits?
8 No
❑ Yes
If yes, list the permit numbers for all current NPDES permits for this facility:
6) What is the nature of the business applying for this permit? Electric Generation
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7) Description of Discharge:
a) Is the discharge directly to the receiving water? B 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.
b) Number of discharge points (ditches, pipes, channels, etc. that convey wastewater from the
property): One
c) What type of wastewater is discharged? Indicate which discharge points, if more than one.
B Non -contact cooling water
❑ Boiler Blowdown
❑ Cooling Tower Blowdown
O Condensate
❑ Other
(Please describe "Other")
Discharge point(s) #: 001
Discharge point(s) #:
Discharge point(s) #:
Discharge point(s) #:
Discharge point(s) #:
d) Volume of discharge per each discharge point (in GPD):
#1: 4.74E +8 #2: #3: #4
e) Please describe the type of process (i.e., compressor, A/C unit, chiller, boiler, etc.) the wastewater is
being discharged from, per each separate discharge point (if applicable, use separate sheet):
Hydroelectric generator
8) Please check the type of chemical added to the wastewater for treatment , per each separate discharge
point (if applicable, use separate sheet):
❑ Biocides Name: Manuf.:
❑ Corrosion inhibitors Name: Manuf.:
❑ Chlorine Name: Manuf.:
❑ Algaecide Name: Manuf.:
❑ Other Name: Manuf.:
8 None
9) If any box in item (8) above, other than none, was checked, a completed Biocide 101 Form and
manufacturers' information on the additive is required to be submitted with the application for the
Division's review.
10) Is there any type of treatment being provided to the wastewater before discharge (i.e., retention ponds,
settling ponds, etc.)? 0 Yes B No
If yes, please include design specifics (i.e., 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 the limits set by the
general permits.
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 the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H .0138. If construction applies to
this discharge, include the three sets of plans and specifications with this application.
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11) Discharge Frequency:
a) The discharge is: 8 Continuous ❑ Intermittent 0 Seasonalo
i) If the discharge is intermittent, describe when the discharge will occur:
ii) If seasonal check the month(s) the discharge occurs: 0 Jan. 0 Feb. 0 Mar. 0 Apr.
❑ May 0 Jun. 0 Jul. 0 Aug. 0 Sept. 0 Oct. ❑ Nov. 0 Dec.
b) How many days per week is there a discharge? Seven
c) Please check the days discharge occurs:
B Sat. B Sun. 8 Mon. B Tue. 8 Wed. B Thu. 8 Fri.
12) Pollutants:
Please list any known pollutants that are present in the discharge, per each separate discharge point (if
applicable, use separate sheet):
13) 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). Little Tennessee River
b) Stream Classification: Class C
14) Alternatives to Direct Discharge:
Address the feasibility of implementing each of the following non -discharge alternatives
a) Connection to a Municipal or Regional Sewer Collection System Not Available
b) Subsurface disposal (including nitrification field, infiltration gallery, injection wells, etc.) Too much flow
c) Spray irrigation Not justifiable, no significant thermal gradient or pollutant Toad
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"
15) 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
dearly 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".
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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: Carol S.Goolsby
Title: Vice President, Hydro Fleet
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(Signature o Applica t) (Date Signed)
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 b (i) 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 Article 21
or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, or who
falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method
required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental
Management Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed $25,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both. (18 U.S.C.
Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment not more
than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.)
Notice of Intent must be accompanied by a check or money order for $100.00 made payable to:
NCDENR
Mail three (3) copies of the entire package to:
NPDES Permits Unit
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Final Checklist
This application will be returned as incomplete unless all of the following items have been
included:
B Check for $100 made payable to NCDENR
B 3 copies of county map or USGS quad sheet with location of facility clearly marked on map
B 3 copies of this completed application and all supporting documents
❑ 3 sets of plans and specifications signed and sealed by a North Carolina P.E.
B Thorough responses to items 1-7 on this application
B Alternatives analysis including present value of costs for all alternatives
Note
The submission of this document does not guarantee the issuance of an NPDES permit
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