NC0000272_Correction_20220520

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Mr. Wallace McDonald, General Manager
Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
dba Evergreen Packaging
P.O. Box 4000
Canton, North Carolina 28716
Dear Mr. McDonald:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 20, 2022
Subject: Error Correction Letter
Permit NC0000272
Canton Mill WWTP
Haywood County
Facility Grade IV
On March 25, 2022, the Division of Water Resources issued a Final Permit for Canton Mill WWTP. It has been
brought to our attention that the Footnote "11" on Page 5 incorrectly contains word "monthly".
Therefore, the Division made a correction to the appropriate page in the Permit. Please insert the enclosed
corrected sheet and discard the old sheet. This permit modification becomes effective on the effective date
of the permit.
All other terms and conditions in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. These
modifications are 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
October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this 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 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 11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and
binding. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Sergei Chernikov at telephone number
[phone].
cc: Central Files
NPDES Files
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
EPA Region Iv (e-copy)
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(Sincerely,
Richard. E. Rogers, Jr., Director
Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919,707.9000

Permit Number: NC0000272
3. Annual average color limit is 36,000 lb/day. See A. (8.) Color Analysis and Compliance Special Condition.
All color limits are measured as true color.
4. The daily average effluent dissolved oxygen concentration shall not be less than 6.0 mg/L. See A. (10.)
Dissolved Oxygen Special Condition.
5. The permittee shall report daily and monthly average effluent temperature.
6. The pH of the effluent shall not be less than 6.0 nor greater than 9.0 (on the standard units scale).
7. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) at 90% Effluent Concentration: March, June, September, December (see A.
(4.) Chronic Toxicity Permit Limit (Quarterly)).
8. Trichlorophenol and Pentachlorophenol limits and monitoring are provisionally waived since the facility has
certified that chlorophenolic biocides are not used at this facility. If the facility changes operations to include
chlorophenolic biocide, the Permittee shall notified the Division prior to use and the limits and monitoring
requirements shall become immediately effective.
9. See A. (9.) Dioxin Monitoring Special Condition.
10. See A. (5.) Instream Monitoring Special Condition.
11. The weekly average instream temperature measured at a point 0.4 miles downstream of the discharge location
shall not exceed 32°C during the months of July, August, and September and shall not exceed 29 °C during the
months of October through June. The weekly average instream temperature measured at this location shall not
exceed the weekly average instream temperature of the upstream monitoring location by more than 8.5°C. This
value can be adjusted based on the results of thermal modeling [See Special Condition A. (12.) Clean Water Act
Section 316(a) Thermal Variance.
12. Monitoring should be conducted in conjunction with Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing.
13. Monitoring should be conducted in conjunction with zinc and copper monitoring.
14. Monitoring shall be conducted upstream of the discharge (mile marker 63.8).
15. The permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application
system. Please See Special Condition A. (13.).
16. The facility shall report monthly average true color concentration and the difference between monthly average
true color concentration between UP and DN 1 (A Color). The facility shall meet the i Color of 50 PCU when
the Pigeon River flow at Canton is equal or above Monthly 30Q2 of 129 cfs. Samples taken when the river flow
at Canton is less than 129 cfs will not be included in the average for that month.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
See A. (6.) Best Management Practices (BMP) Special Condition.
See A. (11.) Town of Canton Inflow and Infiltration Special Condition.
Definitions:
MGD — Million gallons per day
mL — Milliliter
µg/L - Micrograms per liter
COD - Chemical oxygen demand
PCU — Platinum Cobalt Units
lb/day — Pounds per day
BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand
AOX - Adsorbable Organic Halides
pg/L - picograms per liter
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