NC0048861_Permit (Issuance)_19980713

NPDES DOCU ENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0048861
Creswell WWTP
Document Type: :
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
Owner Name Change
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date:
July 13, 1998
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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
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Mayor Reginald D. Phelps
Town of Creswell
P.O. Box 115
Creswell, North Carolina
Dear Mayor Phelps:
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
July 13, 1998
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0048861
Creswell WWTP
Washington County
The Division received your application for a wastewater discharge permit on July 8, 1997. Division
personnel have reviewed and approved your application. Accordingly, 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 December 6, 1983, and as subsequently amended.
One major change appears in this permit. Flow monitoring has been changed from continuous to daily
instantaneous monitoring based on the recommendation of Mark Starr from the NC DENR Washington Regional
Office.
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 demand is made, this decision shall be final and
binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. Complete and submit
the enclosed Permit Name / Ownership Change Form if a change in ownership or control of this discharge
occurs. 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
Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Paul Clark at [phone], extension
580.
cc: Central Files
Washington Regional Office/Water Quality Section
Mr. Roosevelt Childress, EPA
NPDES Unit
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
Sincerely,
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P. E.
Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Permit No. NC0048861
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 Creswell
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Creswell WWTP
4th Street at NCSR 1155
Creswell
Washington County
to receiving waters designated as the Scuppernong River in the Pasquotank
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 August 1, 1998.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2002.
Signed this day July 13, 1998.
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Town of Creswell
is hereby authorized to:
Permit No. NC0048861
1. Continue to operate a 0.064 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of three lagoons
in series located at Creswell Wastewater Treatment Plant, 4th Street and NCSR 1155,
Creswell, Washington County (See Part III of this permit), and
2. Discharge wastewater from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map to the Scuppernong River which is classified Class C-Swamp waters in the Pasquotank
River Basin.

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NC0048861
Washington County

A (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Permit No. NC0048861
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outtalks) serial number
001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENTCHARACTERISTICS* ICS
LIMITS
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MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location1
-Flow
0.064 IVD
Daily
Instantaneous
1 or E
BOD, 5-day, 20°C2
30.0 mg/I
45.0 mg/i
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Composite
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Total Suspended Residue
90.0 mg/I
135.0 mg/I
2/month
Composite
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Composite
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Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
200/106 ml
400/100 ml
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pH3
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Grab
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Temperature
Weekly
Grab
E
Total Residual Chlorine4
Daily
Grab
E
Total Nitrogen (NO2+ NO3 + TRN)
Quarterly
Composite
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Total Phosphorus
Quarterly
Composite
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Notes:
1Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent.
2 The monthly average effluent BOD5 concentration shall not exceed 35% of the respective influent value (65% removal).
3 The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
4 Monitoring shall only be required if chlorine is used for disinfection.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

NC0048861 Summary
October, 1997
December, 1997 (revised)
Town of Creswell has applied to renew their permit to discharge 0.064 MGD treated
wastewater to the Scuppernong River (C-Swamp) in the Pasquotank River basin (030153).
The treatment system consists of flow measurement by staff gage and V-notch weir and
three lagoons in series. Wastewater source is individual septic tanks.Sludge from septic (3,41,4r,,
tanks is disposed of in first lagoon. Chlorine is not used - region please confirmved
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Compliance Summary
Effluent data reviewed from January 1995 through July 1997 indicated the following
violations: BOD5 (2/97, 1/97, 4/96, 3/96, 2/96, 1/96, 12/95), flow (10/96, 9/96, 6/95)
and pH (12/95-9/96, 3-9/95). Flow violations are a result of precipitation, not wastewater
effluent. Instream monitoring is not conducted at this facility.
WLA Summary
BOD and TSS are effluent limited and will remain unchanged in the proposed permit. The
facility uses a lagoon system for treatment and thus 90.0 mg/1 limit for TSS is appropriate
(WLA 5/30/91 - S. Bevington).
Other
M. Starr (WaRO) requested on behalf of permittee that flow measurement requirement be
changed from continuous recording to daily instantaneous. It is Division policy to require
continuous flow recording for any facilities with flows greater than or equal to 10,000
GPD. Town of Creswell's permitted flow (64,000 GPD) exceeds minimum for
instantaneous measurement. Currently, Town of Creswell's WWTP does not have any
electric power. Power of some type is needed at the facility to meet the continuous
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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
POST OFFICE BOX 29535
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27626-0535
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A STATE NPDES PERMIT
On the basis of thorough staff review and application of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of
North Carolina, Public Law 92-500 and other lawful standards and regulations, the North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a permit to discharge to the persons listed
below effective 5/25/98 and subject to special conditions.
Persons wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed determinations are invited to submit same in
writing to the above address no later than 5/8/98 . All comments received prior to that date will be
considered in the formulation of final determinations regarding the proposed permit. A public meeting may
be held where the Director of the Division of Environmental Management finds a significant degree of
public interest in a proposed permit.
A copy of the draft permit is available by writing or calling the Division of Environmental Management,
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535, [phone].
The application and other information may be inspected at these locations during normal office hours.
Copies of the information on file are available upon request and payment of the costs of reproduction.
All such comments or requests regarding a proposed permit sho d make reference to the NPDES permit
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number listed below. 4
Date ` / ` , I
A. Preston Howard Jr., P.E., Director
' Division of Environmental Management
Public notice of intent to issue a State NPDES permit to the following:
1. NPDES No. NC0027600. Town of Creswell, PO Box 115, Creswell, NC 27928 has applied for a
permit renewal for a facility located at the Town of Creswell on Palmetto Street, Creswell, Washington
County. The facility is permitted to discharge treated filter backwash from one outfall into an unnamed .
tributary to Scuppernong River, a Class C-Swamp stream in the Pasquotank River Basin. No parameters
are water quality limited, but this discharge may affect future allocations.
2. NPDES No. NC0048861. Town of Creswell, Post Office Box 115, Creswell, NC 27928 has applied
for a permit renewal for a facility located at the Creswell Wastewater Treatment Plant, 4th Street and
NCSR 1155, Creswell, Washington County. The facility is permitted to discharge 0.064 MGD of treated
domestic wastewater from one outfall into the Scuppernong River, a Class C-Swamp stream in the
Pasquotank River Basin. No parameters are water quality limited, but this discharge may affect future
allocations. f 043
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To: Permits and Engineering Unit SOC Priority Project: Yes _ No X
_Cater -Qua 'ty Section If "Yes," SOC No.
Attn: Paul Clark
:ust 1, 1997
NPDES STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Washington County
Permit No. NC0048861
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Facility and Address:
Creswell Wastewater Treatment Plant
104 South 6th Street
Creswell, NC 27928
2. Date of Investigation: June 27, 1997
3. Report Prepared by: Mark A. Starr
4. Person(s) Contacted and Telephone Number(s): James Davenport, ORC
[phone]
5. Directions to Site:
Off of 4th Street and SR1155 in Creswell, NC
6. Discharge Point(s), List for all discharge points:
Latitude: 35° 51' 30" N Longitude: 76° 23' 40" W
Attach USGS map extract and indicate treatment facility site and discharge point on map.
USGS Quad No. USGS Quad Name: Creswell, NC
7. Site size and expansion area consistent with application? Yes _ No _ If "No," explain:
8. Topography (relationship to flood plain included)
Site is approximately 4 feet above MSL with the lagoon dikes 7 feet above MSL. Riverine wetland
associated with the Scuppernong River is adjacent to the site.
9. Location of nearest dwelling:
Nearest dwelling is approximately 200 feet away from site.
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10. Receiving stream or affected surface waters:
a. Classification: C - Swamp
b. River Basin and Subbasin No.:
03-01-53
c. Describe receiving stream features and pertinent downstream uses:
The Scuppernong is one of the blackwater rivers of the eastern coastal plain of North
Carolina. The sources of the Scuppernong are the swamps of eastern Washington county and Lake
Phelps. The river ends at Bull Bay on Albemarle Sound. Riverine swamps line almost the entire
length, and approximately half the river is tidal. The Scuppernong and Bull Bay are used for
aquatic life propagation and survival, fishing, wildlife, secondary recreation, and agriculture.
Albemarle Sound has all of the preceding uses, and in addition, is intended to be used for primary
(contact) recreation.
PART II - DESCRIPTION OF DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT WORKS
1. a. Volume of Wastewater to be Permitted: 0.064 MGD (Ultimate Design Capacity)
b. Current permitted capacity: 0.064 MGD
c. Actual Treatment Capacity: 0.064 MGD (Current Design Capacity)
d. Date(s) and construction allowed by Authorizations to Construct issued in past two years:
not applicable
e. Description of existing or substantially constructed wastewater treatment facilities:
Flow measurement by staff gauge and V - notch weir, Three lagoons in series, Wastewater
source is individual septic tanks. Sludge from the septic tanks is disposed of in the first lagoon.
f. Description of proposed wastewater treatment facilities:
not applicable
g. Possible toxic impacts to surface waters: unknown
h. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only) :
In development Approved
Should be required Not needed X
2. Residuals Handling and Utilization/Disposal Scheme
a. If residuals are being land applied, specify DEM permit number:
Residuals Contractor:
Telephone Number:
b. Residuals Stabilization: PSRP PFRP Other
c. Landfill: Washington County
d. Other disposal/utilization scheme (specify):
Solids have never been removed from the lagoons.
3. Treatment Plant Classification (attach completed rating sheet): Class I
NPDES Permit Staff Report
Version 10/92 Page 2

4. SIC Code(s): 4952
Wastewater Code(s): Primary 01 Secondary 14
Main Treatment Unit Code: 300-0
PART III - OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
1. Is this facility being constructed with Construction Grant Funds or are any public monies involved
(municipals only)?
No
2. Special monitoring or limitations (including toxicity) requests:
None
3. Important SOC, JOC, or Compliance Schedule dates (indicate):
Activity Date
Submission of Plans and Specifications
Begin Construction
Complete Construction
4. Alternatives Analysis Evaluation: Has the facility evaluated all of the non -discharge options available?
Provide Regional perspective for each option evaluated.
The Town of Creswell is not considering any alternative to the present system.
Spray Irrigation:
Connection to Regional Sewer System:
Subsurface Disposal:
Other Disposal Options:
5. Other Special Items:
PART IV - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
During the inspection the lagoons, effluent and receiving waters were examined. Lagoon operations,
maintenance, sampling practices, records, and self -monitoring data were reviewed. In general, the plant and
grounds appear well maintained. The lagoons had over two feet of freeboard, as required. The effluent
appeared clear and free of visible solids. Although continuous monitoring of flow is required in the permit,
the lack of electricity at the lagoon site does not make this feasible. Flow is measured daily by staff gauge
and V - notch weir. Perhaps the permit can be modified to allow daily flow measurements, since the
town cannot afford to upgrade the facility. Self -monitoring data for the past four years revealed numerous
instances of noncompliance with permit limits. It is the nature of sewage lagoons in our climate to exhibit
excessive algae growth which cause the effluent to occasionally exceed pH and BOD limits. Due to these
violations of permit limits, the plant was found to be marginally compliant in the 1997 inspection, and non -
compliant in 1996. The facility was, however, compliant in 1995, 1994 and 1993.
It is the recommendation of the Washington Regional Office that the permit be renewed.
NPDES Permit Staff Report
Version 10/92 Page 3

Signature of report preparer
Water Quality Regional Supervisor
Date
NPDES Permit Staff Report
Version 10/92 Page 4

WLA Notes
SRB
5/30/91
Town of Creswell / Town of Creswell WWTP
NC0048861
- The Town of Creswell has applied for a permit renewal for
their 0.064 MGD facility. Over the past year, Creswell has
been out of compliance for BOD and pH. Monthly averages for
BOD exceeded 30 mg/1 five of theast twelve months and
monthly pH averages exceeded 9.0pnine times.
- The discharge is to the Scuppernong River, C-Swamp. A
conservative estimate of drainage area at the discharge is
10 square miles. The river is tidally influenced. The
previous assumption, that the river will have more than
adequate assimilative capacity for such a small facility,
seems valid. I believe that existing limits will protect
water quality in the Scuppernong River.
- The region is aware of the compliance problems. Roger
Thorpe of the WaRO stated that many lagoon systems have
similar BOD and pH compliance problems. He feels that the
region may need to get Creswell on an SOC.
- No chlorine is showing up in the effluent monitoring. It
is unclear if Chlorine is used at this facility. This issue
should be resolved to be sure that chlorine in the effluent
is not going undetected.
- I recommend that the permit be reissued with the existing
BOD limit and that compliance issues be addressed.
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