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Home My WebLink AboutNC0037001_Draft Permit_20220629 d;,„s`?ATE 0 ROY COOPER i , � Governor 1 '1 ELIZABETH S.BISER Secretary *�pw�vEr* RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA Director Environmental Quality June 29,2022 Sonja K.Parks Rockingham County Schools 511 Harrington Hwy Eden,NC 27288 Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NC0037001 Bethany Elementary School WWTP Grade WW-1 Biological WPCS Rockingham County Dear Permittee: The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit.Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft permit for your facility.Please review this draft carefully to ensure your thorough understanding of the information,conditions,and requirements it contains. The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit. ➢ Electronic data submission requirements have been updated in sections A. (1)and A. (2). The NPDES standard conditions(Parts II,III,and IV)that are a part of the permit are not included in this draft document(cover,map,and Part I).The conditions are the same as in your current permit except that agency and division names have been updated.The latest version is available at https://bit.ly/2BZ4xxx and can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF file. With this notification,the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing a notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Rockingham County area,per EPA requirements. Please provide your comments,if any,to me at the address below no later than 30 days after receiving this draft permit. Following the 30-day public comment period,the Division will review all pertinent comments and take appropriate action prior to issuing a fmal permit. If you have questions concerning the draft,please contact me at 919-707-3616,or via e-mail at charles.weaver@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, 1 i li g VIAN(47- Environmental Specialist II NPDES Compliance and Expedited Permitting D ?..i,:jNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center l Raleigh North Carolina 27699-1611 NORTH CARO,IN^ 919.707.9000 UeryMieel el Environment*,Oust\ Permit NC0037001 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM In compliance with the provisions 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 Rockingham County Schools are hereby authorized to discharge domestic wastewater from a facility located at the Bethany Elementary School WWTP 6371 NC Highway 65 Bethany Rockingham County to receiving waters designated as Huffines Mill Creek in subbasin 03-02-02 of the Roanoke River Basin in accordance with effluent limits,monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof. This permit shall become effective This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on May 31, 2027. If the permittee intends to continue to discharge at the facility beyond the term of this permit, a renewal application must be submitted no later than December 2, 2026(180 days before the expiration of this permit). Signed this day f ! AFrRichard E. Rogers,Jr., Direc Division of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Page 1 of 6 Permit NC0037001 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, any 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 Rockingham County Schools are hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.01 MGD wastewater treatment facility that includes the following . components: • Septic tank/pump tank • Dual pump system with flow meters and zone control • Recirculating sand filter system • UV disinfection system This facility is located off NC Highway 65 in Bethany at the Bethany Elementary School WWTP in Rockingham County. 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Huffines Mill Creek, currently classified C waters in hydrologic unit 03010103 of the Roanoke River Basin. I,I Page 2 of 6 Permit NC0037001 PART I Grade WW-1 Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G.0306] A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B.0400, et seq., 02B.0500 et seq.] During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated wastewater from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the permittee as specified below: PARAMETER EFFLUENT LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Daily Unit of Measurement Sample Parameter Description-PCS Code _ Average Maximum Measure Frequency Sample Type Location Flow- 50050 0.01 MGD Weekly Instantaneous Influent or Effluent BOD,5-Day(20 Deg. C) - C0310 30.0 45.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids - C0530 30.0 45.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent Ammonia Nitrogen(as N) - C0610 - Summer 14.0 35.0 mg/L Monthly Grab Effluent Ammonia Nitrogen(as N) - C0610 - Winter mg/L Monthly Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform(geometric mean) - 31616 200 400 #/100m1 2/Month Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine(TRC)2 - 50060 28 pg/L 2/Week Grab Effluent Temperature - 00010 degrees C Weekly Grab Effluent Dissolved Oxygen - 00300 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent pH-00400 >6.0 and<9.0 Standard units 2/Month Grab Effluent Winter: November 1 -March 31 Summer: April 1 -October 31 Footnotes: 1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring data electronically using the Division's eDMR system [see A. (2)]. 2. Limit and monitoring requirements apply only if chlorine or a chlorine derivative is added to the waste stream during the treatment process. The Permittee shall report all effluent TRC values reported by a NC-certified laboratory [including field-certified]. Effluent values below 50 µg/L will be treated as zero for compliance purposes. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. (2) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS [NCGS 143-215.1 (b)] Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December 21, 2015. Page 3 of 6 Permit NC0037001 NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this permit(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits): • Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements • Section D. (2.) Reporting • Section D. (6.) Records Retention • Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports 1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1 The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report(eDMR) internet application. Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. The eDMR system may be accessed at: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr. If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the following address: NC DEQ/Division of Water Resources/Water Quality Permitting Section ATTENTION: Central Files 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617 See"How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below. Regardless of the submission method,the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the commencement of discharge. Starting on December 21,2025, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance monitoring data and reports, when applicable: • Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports; • Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and • Clean Water Act(CWA) Section 316 (b)Annual Reports. The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division(see"How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below). 2. Electronic Submissions In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9),the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the initial recipient for the electronic submission. Page 4 of 6 Permit NC0037001 Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity (EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program)that is the designated entity for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2 (b)]. EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule is found at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015- 24954/national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the"Reporting Requirements" section above. 3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting g The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to the Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty(60) days prior to the date the facility would be required under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a temporary waiver shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time,monitoring data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re-applies for and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data and reports on paper to the Division for the period that the approved reporting waiver request is effective. Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the following web page: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr 4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1 All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section B. (11.) (a)or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.) (b). A person, and not a position,must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes. For eDMR submissions,the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's eDMR system,registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account,please visit the following web page: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED: "I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel Page 5 of 6 Permit NC0037001 properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations." 5. Records Retention (Supplements Section D. (6.)1 The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. 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