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NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING COVER :SHEET
NC0086819
NE Brunswick Regional WWTP
NPDES Permit:
Document Type:
Permit Issuance ''),
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Speculative Limits
Instream Assessment (67b)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
May 21, 2002
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
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> P William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p C Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
Division of Water Quality
May 21, 2002
Mr. Lee Smith
Director of Public Works
P.O. Box 249
Bolivia, North Carolina 28422
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0086819
NE Brunswick Regional WWTP
Brunswick County
Dear Mr. Smith:
Division staff have reviewed and approved your renewal application for an NPDES discharge permit. Accordingly,
the Division is forwarding the subject NPDES 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.
En-vironmer;id Protection Agency dated May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently amended).
A :,pecial condition has been added to your permit that requires additional effluent monitoring. The effluent
sampling shall be performed during the first 18 months after the facility starts discharging. Results shall be
submitted to the Division for evaluation. The Division may re -open the permit to require additional monitoring or
to implement limits based on the results of the sampling. The total set of samples collected during the 18-month
period shall represent seasonal variations. The requirement to monitor for these pollutants is part of the
information required by Federal regulations for municipal dischargers.
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, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-6714. Unless such a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. 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, the Division of Land Resources, the
Coastal Area Management Act, or any other federal or local governmental permit.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Teresa Rodriguez at telephone number (919) 733-
5083, extension 595.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
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Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality
EPA Region 4
Technical Assistance & Certification Unit
Aquatic Toxicology Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Permit NC0086819
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,
Brunswick County
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
NE Brunswick County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility
10480 Royster Road NE (NCSR 1431)
Leland
Brunswick County
to receiving waters designated as the Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof.
The permit shall become effective July 1, 2002.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November 31, 2006.
Signed this day May 21, 2002.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSAN A. WILSON
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0086$19'
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SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Brunswick County is hereby authorized to:
1. Construct and operate a 1.65 MGD wastewater treatment facility to be located at 10480
Royster Road NE (NCSR 1431), near Leland in Brunswick County. The facility will
discharge via outfall 001 and include the following wastewater treatment components.
• Bar Screen and grit removal
• 3-stage anaerobic selector
• Two clarifiers
• Effluent sand filter
• UV disinfection system
• Parshall flume effluent flow meter
• Cascade aeration
• Sludge thickening
• Aerobic sludge digester
2. Discharge from said treatment works (Outfall 001) into the Cape Fear River, a Class SC
water in the Cape Fear River Basin, at the location specified on the attached map.
3. After obtaining the non -discharge permit (Permit No. WQ0019702) reuse a portion of the
effluent for irrigation at the Magnolia Greens Golf Course.

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State Grid/Quad: Leland Latitude: 35° 16' 29" N
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Receiving Stream: Cape Fear Drainage Basin: Cape Fear
Stream Class: SC Sub -Basin: 03-06-17
OUTFALL 001
NPDES Permit No. NC0086819
Brunswick County

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Permit NC0086819 ,
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
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
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample Location'
Flow
1.65 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day, 20°C 2
(April 1- October 31)
5.0 mg/I
7.5 mg/I
3/Week
Composite
Influent and Effluent
BOD, 5-day, 20°C 2
(November 1 - March 31)
10.0 mg/I
15.0 mg/I
3/Week
Composite
Influent and Effluent
Total Suspended Solids2
30.0 mg/I
45.0 mg/I
3/Week
Composite
Influent and Effluent
NH3 as N
(April 1- October 31) 3
1.0 mglh
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(November 1— March 31) 3
2.0 mg/1
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine4
28 pg/I
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform
(geometric mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 ml
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature °C
Daily
Grab
Effluent
pH5
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen&
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Conductivity
3Mleek
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen
(NO2+NO3+TKN)
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorus
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Acute Toxicity?
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
(June 1- September 30)
3/Week
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Dissolved Oxygen
(October 1- May 31)
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Temperature °C
(June 1- September 30)
3/Week
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Temperature °C
(October 1- May 31)
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Conductivity
(June 1- September 30)
3Mfeek
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Conductivity
(October 1- May 31)
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Notes:
1. Upstream = 50 feet above the discharge. Downstream = at the railroad bridge near the confluence of Cartwell Branch and the Cape Fear
River.
2. The monthly average effluent BODS and TSS concentrations shall not exceed 15% of the respective influent value (85% removal)-
3. The Division may re -open this permit to require weekly average limits for ammonia. After calculating allowable concentrations, the Division
will perform an analysis of past ammonia data to determine if there is a reasonable potential for this discharge to exceed these potential limits.
If there is, this permit will be re -opened. If there is not, the permit will not be re -opened, but will contain weekly average limits for ammonia
upon renewal.
4. The monitoring requirements and effluent limitarion for total residual chlorine is only required if chlorine or chlorine -derived disinfection is
employed.
5. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
6. The daily effluent dissolved oxygen concentration shall not be less than 5.0 mg/1.
7. Acute Toxicity (Fathead minnow) at 90 % with testing in January, April, July and October; refer to Special Condition A. (2).
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

Permit NC0086819
A. (2) ACUTE TOXICITY PASS/FAIL PERMIT LIMIT (Quarterly)
The permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests on a quarterly basis using protocols defined in the North Carolina
Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology For Determining Acute Toxicity In A Single Effluent
Concentration" (Revised -July, 1992 or subsequent versions). The monitoring shall be performed as a Fathead Minnow
(Pimephales promelas) 24-hour static test. The effluent concentration at which there may be at no time significant acute
mortality is 90% (defined as treatment two in the procedure document). Effluent samples for self -monitoring purposes
must be obtained during representative effluent discharge below all waste treatment. The tests will be performed during
the months of January, April, July and October.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge
Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGE6C. Additionally,
DWQ Form AT-2 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: NCDENR / DWQ / Environmental Sciences Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Branch no later than 30 days
after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed in
association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity
sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the
permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the facility
name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No Flow" in the
comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Environmental Sciences Branch at the address cited
above.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits, then monthly monitoring will begin
immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert to
quarterly in the months specified above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly monitoring
will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will
revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of
Water Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to include
alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism
survival and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up
testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring.

Permit NC0086819
A. (3) Effluent Pollutant Scan
Within 18 months of starting the discharge, the permittee shall perform and submit to the Division at least
three (3) pollutant scans of the effluent for the following parameters:
Oil and grease
Total dissolved solids
Hardness
Antimony
Arsenic
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Selenium
Silver
Thallium
Zinc
Cyanide
Total phenolic compounds
Volatile organic compounds:
Acrolein
Acrylonitrile
Benzene
Bromoform
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
Chlorodibromomethane
Chloroethane
2-chloroethylvinyl ether
Chloroform
Dichlorobromomethane
1,1-dichioroethane
1,2-dichloroethane
Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
1 ,1 -dichloroethylene
1,2-dichioropropane
1,3-dichloropropylene
Ethylbenzene
Methyl bromide
Methyl chloride
Methylene chloride
1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
1,1,1-trichloroethane
1,1,2-trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chloride
Acid -extractable compound:s
P-chloro-m-creso
2-chlorophenol
2,4-dichlorophenol
2,4-dimethylphenol
4,6-dinitro-o-cresol
2,4-dinitrophenol
2-nitrophenol
4-nitrophenol
Pentachlorophenol
Phenol
2,4,6-trichlorophenol
Base -neutral compounds:
Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Anthracene
Benzidine
Benzo(a)anthracene
Benzo(a)pyrene
3,4 benzofluoranthene
Benzo(ghi)perylene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane
Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether
Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
4-bromophenyl phenyl ether
Butyl benzyl phthalate
2-chloronaphthalene
4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether
Chrysene
Di-n-butyl phthalate
Di-n-octyl phthalate
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
1,2-dichlorobenzene
1,3-dichlorobenzene
1,4-dichlorobenzene
3,3-dichiorobenzidine
Diethyl phthalate
Dimethyl phthalate
2,4-dinitrotoluene
2,6-dinitrotoluene
1,2-diphenylhydrazine
Fluoranthene
Fluorene
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene
Hexachloroethane
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
Isophorone
Naphthalene
Nitrobenzene
N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine
N-nitrosodimethylamine
N-nitrosodiphenylamine
Phenanthrene
Pyrene
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
➢ Samples must be representative of seasonal variations.
➢ Samples shall be collected and analyzed in accordance with analytical methods approved under 40 CFR Part 136.
➢ Unless otherwise required metals must be reported as total recoverable.
➢ The effluent data provided must include the following information:
(a) Maximum daily discharge expressed as concentration or mass, based upon actual sample values;
(b) Average daily discharge for all samples, expressed as concentration or mass, and the number of samples used to obtain this value.
(c) The analytical method used, and;
(d) The threshold level (i.e., method detection limit, minimum level or other designated method endpoints) for the analytical method
used.
➢ As part of the permit application submittal, the permittee must provide to the Division the results of at least three
sampling events.
➢ The Division may re -open this permit to require additional monitoring of the effluent or to implement limits based on the
results of the effluent sampling.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
REGION 4
ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER
61 FORSYTH STREET
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8960
MAY 0 2 2002
Ms. Teresa Rodriguez
North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
SUBJ: NPDES Permit for NE Brunswick Regional WW'TP
Permit No. NC0086819
Dear Ms. Rodriguez:
In accordance with the EPA/NCDENR MOA, we have completed review of the permit
referenced above and have no comments. We request that we be afforded an additional review
opportunity only if significant changes are made to the permit prior to issuance or if significant
comments objecting to the permit are received. Otherwise, please send us one copy of the final
permit when issued.
Sincerely,
Marshall Hyatt, Environmental Scientist
Permits, Grants and Technical Assistance Branch
Water Management Division
Internet Address (URL) • http://www.epa.gov
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DENR / DWQ / NPDES Unit
FACT SHEET FOR NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMEN
NPDES Permit No. NC0086819
- 8 2002
Facility Information
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Applicant/Facility Name
Brunswick County / NE Brunswick County WWTP
Applicant Address
P.O. Box 249, Bolivia, NC 28422
Facility Address
10480 Royster Road, Leland, NC 28451
Permitted Flow (MGD)
1.65
Type of Waste
Domestic ( 93 %) / Industrial (7 %)
Facility Class
III
County
Brunswick
Facility Status
Under Construction
Regional Office
Wilmington
Stream Characteristics
Receiving Stream
Cape Fear River
Stream Classification
SC
Drainage Area (sq. mi.)
NA
Drainage Basin
Cape Fear
Summer 7010 (cfs)
600 (Tidal)
Subbasin
03-06-17
Winter 7010 (cfs)
NA
Use Support
PS
30Q2 (cfs)
NA
303(d) Listed
Yes
Average Flow (cfs)
NA
State Grid
J 26 SE
IWC (%)
NA
USGS Topo Quad
Leland
Summary This facility is under construction and is expected to be finished in January 2003.
The permit was issued on February 2000. The ATC was issued on May 2001. Brunswick
county will reuse part of the effluent on the Magnolia Greens Golf Course. The non -
discharge requirements for the reuse of reclaim water were included in the NPDES permit
because they didn't have a non -discharge permit. The County has an application for the
non -discharge permit with the Construction Grants and Loan Section. Permit No.
W00019702 is in the draft stage. This permit will contain all the requirements for the reuse
of reclaim water.
Facility Description When completed the facility will consist of screening, grit removal,
anaerobic selector, oxidation ditches, two secondary clarifiers, effluent filtration, ultraviolet
disinfection, cascade aeration, sludge thickener and sludge digestion.
Compliance Review This facility is not built yet, therefore there is no compliance history.
Basin Plan The Cape Fear River Estuary is listed as impaired in the 2000 303(b) list. The
reason for impairment is low DO. The wastewater management strategy for this sub -basin
was followed when the permit was developed. As a new municipal discharge above 1 MGD
the strategy calls for summer BOD limit of 5 mg/I and ammonia limit of 1 mg/I.
Fact Sheet
Renewal -- NPDES Permit NC0086819
Page 1
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PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS
• Correct the toxicity test organism requirement in the effluent limitations page. This page
indicated Ceriodaphnia as the testing organism, it should be Fathead Minnow.
• Eliminated the page containing the non -discharge requirements for the reclaimed water.
Non -discharge permit No. WQ0019702 will be issued for the reuse of reclaimed water at
the Magnolia Greens Golf Course.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF ISSUANCE
Draft Permit to Public Notice: February 20, 2002.
Permit Scheduled to Issue: April 12, 2002.
NPDES UNIT CONTACT
If you have questions regarding any of the above information or on the attached permit,
please contact Teresa Rodriguez at [phone] ext. 595.
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Regional Office Comments
DATE:
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Fact Sheet
Renewal -- NPDES NC0086819
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Comments on NE Brunswick County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility - NCQ026573
Subject: Comments on NE Brunswick County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility -
tcltO 6 — Ncoog'6
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:15:05 -0500
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
CC: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]
Caroline reviewed this and I've finalized the comments. Pls respond to
me and copy her.
1) No NPDES permit application was provided. Was one submitted to NC?
If not, shouldn't one have been, even if it only contained estimated
effluent concs?
Because this is a new discharge, shouldn't the permit require that
monitoring to complete the Form 2A be conducted and submitted within,
say, 18 months of discharge? Shouldn't the permit also contain a
specific reopener to be able to modify/add limits based on that data?
Lacking such requirements would lead to an EPA objection because 40 CFR
122.21(j) was not met.
2) The permit does not contain a weekly average limit for total ammonia.
We recognize this is a global issue.
3) Pls explain how the values for pH in the draft permit are consistent
with the NC WQS applicable to class SC waters. To EPA, 6.0-9 0 seems
outside the range expressed in NC's standards.
4) Based on the fact sheet, this facility is a new discharge to a water
that apparently is impaired for DO. I assume it is NC's rationale that
new discharges to such DO -impaired waters can be allowed if the most
stringent treatment is provided. I assume that is why BOD5/NH3 summer
limits of 5/1 are being required. Are these assumptions correct? If
so, how is NC's rationale or its wastewater management strategy
consistent with 40 CFR 122.4(i) - how does this new discharge not cause
or contribute to ongoing DO impairment? It is Region 4's policy that
offsets or variances must be obtained before a new discharge can be
allowed to a DO -impaired water. If NC does not provide a sufficient
rationale, this facility would be causing or contributing to further DO
impairment and EPA would have to object because 40 CFR 122.4(i) was not
met.
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Re: Comments on NE Brunswick County Regi...Wastewater Treatment Facility- NC0026573 .
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Subject: Re: Comments on NE Brunswick County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility-
NC0026573
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:41:56 -0500
From: Teresa Rodriguez <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC DENR DWQ
To: [e-mail]
CC: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]
The following is in response to your comments on the draft permit for
Brunswick County:
1. The application was sent to Caroline's attention, the flow diagram was
sent separate to your attention.
On your second point, I read through section 122.21 (j) which is extensive
and it is not clear to me why 122.21 (j) is not met if this requirement is
not included. Could you explain?
2. I understand this is a global issue so I will not address it here.
3. The normal pH of the receiving water is closer to the range of 6 to 9.
The Cape Fear Monitoring Coalition has collected instream data in sampling
stations upstream and downstream of the discharge. The waters upstream are
classified as C Sw and pH values are lower than 6, which could be natural
for swamp waters. The downstream samples have pH values around 6. The pH
limit of 6 to 9 will still met the narrative part of the standard which
specifies that the pH should be normal to the waters of the area.
4. The approach used when the permit was developed was that since this plant
will connect three facilities that were already discharging to the same
stream the load would not be increased. In the old fact sheet there is a
breakdown of the loads from each facility and the load of the combined
effluent. Since I don't have an electronic version, I will fax this
information. Basically the total load of the existing facilities was 165.1
lbs/day BOD, the future load after the three facilities connect to Brunswick
and the reuse program is implemented is 134.1 lb/d of BOD.
If you have any questions, feel free to call me.
Teresa
[e-mail] wrote:
> Caroline reviewed this and I've finalized the comments. Pls respond to
> me and copy her.
> 1) No NPDES permit application was provided. Was one submitted to NC?
> If not, shouldn't one have been, even if it only contained estimated
> effluent concs?
> Because this is a new discharge, shouldn't the permit require that
> monitoring to complete the Form 2A be conducted and submitted within,
> say, 18 months of discharge? Shouldn't the permit also contain a
> specific reppener to be able to modify/add limits based on that data?
> Lacking such requirements would lead to an EPA objection because 40 CFR
> 122.21 (j) was not met.
> \
> 2) The permit does not contain a weekly average limit for total ammonia.
> We recognize this is a global issue.
> 3) Pis explain how the values for pH in the draft permit are consistent
> with the NC WQS applicable to class SC waters. To EPA, 6.0-9.0 seems
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Re: Comments on NE Brunswick County Regi...Wastewater Treatment Facility- NCQ026573
> outside the range expressed in NC's standards.
> 4) Based on the fact sheet, this facility is a new discharge to a water
> that apparently is impaired for DO. I assume it is NC's rationale that
> new discharges to such DO -impaired waters can be allowed if the most
> stringent treatment is provided. I assume that is why BOD5/NH3 summer
> limits of 5/1 are being required. Are these assumptions correct? If
> so, how is NC's rationale or its wastewater management strategy
> consistent with 40 CFR 122.4(i) - how does this new discharge not cause
> or contribute to ongoing DO impairment? It is Region 4's policy that
> offsets or variances must be obtained before a new discharge can be
> allowed to a DO -impaired water. If NC does not provide a sufficient
> rationale, this facility would be causing or contributing to further DO
> impairment and EPA would have to object because 40 CFR 122.4(i) was not
> met.
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4/23/02 8:04 AM

Re: Comments on NE Brunswick County Regi...Wastewater Treatment Facility- NC0026573
Subject: Re: Comments on NE Brunswick County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility-
NC0026573
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:19:44 -0500
From: [e-mail]
To: Teresa Rodriguez <[e-mail]>
re our first comment, if you look at just the title of 40 CFR 122.21(j)
and the first sentence, I interpret that to say that even new facilities
must complete and submit Form 2A. Although that application was
submitted, because it doesn't contain effluent data since the facility
is new, I believe that to properly implement this that the permit must
require that 3 effluent samples based on seasonal variation be conducted
once the facility is discharging.
I'm satisfied with your other responses - thanks for clarifying for me.
I'll be glad to send a no comment letter for this once the ammonia issue
is resolved. Marshall
1 of 1 4/23/02 8:03 AM

Re: Brunswick permit
Subject: Re: Brunswick permit
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 13:45:14 -0400
From: [e-mail]
To: Teresa Rodriguez <[e-mail]>
thanks for sending and giving me the opportunity to review. I like
the way you presented this requirement and the conditions associated
with such monitoring. I do have 2 concerns:
1) the permit doesn't specify when the monitoring is to be completed and
submitted by. I understand this is a new facility that hasn't begun to
discharge. I have no problem with NC giving 12-18 months after
discharge begins for submittal, but we will not accept taking the entire
term of the permit to get these data or if a requirement for submittal
remains unspecified. Will ou'pdd language that requires submittal of
results withinAl2-18 months!of.4the beginning of discharge?
2) We request that a specific reopener be added to the permit that says
NC may modify the permit to include limits or monitoring based on the
data submitted.
r
ease let me know your reaction to these concerns. thanks Marshall
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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
TO ISSUE A NPDES
WASTEWATER PERMIT
On the basis of thorough
staff review and applica-
tion of NC General Stat-
ute 143.21, Public law 92-
500 and other lawful
standards and regula-
tions, the North Carolina
Environmental Manage-
ment Commission pro-
poses to issue a National
Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System
(NPDES) wastewater dis-
charge permit to the per-
son(s) listed below effec-
tive 45 days from the
publish date of this no-
tice.
Written comments re-
garding the proposed
permit will be accepted
until 30 days after the
publish date of this no-
tice. All comments re-
ceived prior to that date
are considered in the final
determinations regarding
the proposed permit. The
Director of the NC Divi-
sion of Water Quality may
decide to hold a public
meeting for the proposed
permit should the Divi-
sion receive a significant
degree of public interest.
Copies of the draft permit
and other supporting in-
formation on file used to
determine conditions
present in the draft per-
mit are available upon
request and payment of
the costs of reproduction.
Mail comments and/or
requests for information
to the NC Division of Wa-
ter Quality at the above
address or call Ms.
Christie Jackson at (919)
733-5083, extension 538.
Please include the NPDES
permit number (attached)
in any communication.
Interested persons may
also visit the Division of
Water Quality at 512 N.
Salisbury Street, Raleigh,
NC 27604-1148 between
the hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. to review
information on file.
NPDES Permit Number
NC0086819, Brunswick
county, 45 Courthouse Dr
NE, Bolivia, NC 28422 has
applied for a new permit
for a facility located in
Brunswick county dis-
charging wastewater into
the Cape Fear River in the
Cape Fear River Basin.
Currently BOD, ammonia,
and dissolved oxygen are
water quality limited. This
discharge may affect fu-
ture allocations in this
portion of the receiving
stream
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of Said County and State,
DIANE P. KEENAN
Who, being duly sworn or affirmed, according to the law, says that he/she is
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MANAGER
of THE WILMINGTON STAR -NEWS, INC., a corporation organized and doing business under
the Laws of the State of North Carolina, and publishing a newspaper known as WILMINGTON
MORNING STAR & SUNDAY STAR -NEWS in the City of Wilmington
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT On the basis
of thorough staff review and application of NC
was inserted in the aforesaid newspaper in space, and on dates as follows:
2/171x
And at the time of such publication Wilmington Star -News was a newspaper meeting all the
requirements and qualifications prescribed by S No. 1-597 G.S. of N.C.
Title: CLASSIFI ADVER. MGR
S orn or affirmed to, and ubscrib before me this day of
, A.D
In Testimony hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and
year aforesaid.
61 CigfaZi
Notary Public
My conunission expires ! / day of G(.(,� , 200_6
g
aforegoing affidavit with the advertisement thereto annexed it is adjudged by the Court that the said
roperly made, and that the summons has been duly and legally served on the defendant(s).
f,
Clerk of Superior Court

Table 2 http://www.uncwil.edu/crosr/aquaticecology/LCFRP/WQ%a20Reports/98-99/Sec%202%20tables/2.4%20pH.h
Table 2.4 pH data for the 1998-99 monitoring period at the Lower Cape Fear River Program stations.
DWQ# 72 73 I 75 86 87 88 89 I 90 91
month NAV i1B BRR M61 i M54 M42 M35 M23 I M18
JUN 6.8 6.7 7.0
JUL 71 7.1 1 7.1
7.2 7.3
7.4
7.5
7.4 '
7.6
7.6
7.9
7.9
8.0
7.9
8.0
93 DWQ#1 59
SPD ! month NC11
JUN
7.7
7.6 JUL
7 AUG
SEP
AUG 7.0 !
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC -j
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
5.8
7.1 I 7.3 7.4 i 7.6 7.7 78
5.9 1f 5.9 1 5.6 i 5.9 6.2 6.4
6.8
7.3
7.2 '� 7.3
7.3 7.4
7.6
7.4
7.9
7.4
7.5
7.8 7.8
7.6
8.0
7.7
7.9
7.9
7.1
7.8 7.6
7.1 r 7.0
7.9
8.0
7.9 7.5
8.0
7.8
74
LVC
61 92
AC DP
6.4 6.9
6.4 Ir6.7
71 85 70 84
BBT IC ' NCF6 ' 13210 NCF117
6.8 6.7 5.7 6.3
6.7 6.7
6.8 I 6.8
6.7
6.8
6.7
6.6
6.4
6.9
7.2 6.8
6_3 5.8
6.7 �� 6.8
6.5 j 6.3
6.7 6.8
5.8 6.0
6.6 5.9 6.9
5.6 5.3 5.6
OCT 6.2
NOV 7.2-1
6.6 6.7 6.7
6.8
6.7 r 7.0 7.0 7.0
6.8 6.4
6.9 6.7 I 6.6
5.2 6.4
6.9
7.4
7.9
7.9
6.8
6.5 I
6.9 7.1
6.9 l 7.3
7.6
8.0
7.9
8.0
8.0
7.9
8.2
6.5
6.7
7.1
7.8 I
7.3 7.8
6.5
7.2
7.7
8.0
7.4 1 7.9
8.1
8.0
8.2
8.0
8.2
8.0
8.0
8.1
7.3
r
r
MAY 6.3
median 6.9
8.0 7.6
6.2 6.5
7.1 7.2
max 7.8 8.0 7.9
min 5.8 5.9 5.9
DWQ# 69 79
month ANC ° SAR " GS
JUN
5.4
6.6
7.5
6.9
7.4
7.8
5.6
78 94
7.7
7.9
7.0
7.5
7.9
5.9
8.0
8.1
8.0
7.3
6.9
7.6 7.6 7.7 7.4 5.7
DEC 6.2
JAN 6.9
FEB 6.0
MAR
. APR
MAY
6.7
6.6
6.2
6.8
6.8
7.1
7.3
6.4
6.9
7.1
6.7 6.2
6.8
6.5
6.1
6.8
7.0 i
7.0 1 5.5 1 6.5
6.4
6.2
5.3
6.5
6.1 1 6.3 6.3 6.4 1
6.5
6.5 6.6 ; 5.5
6.1
no no I
no data data no data data
5.6 5.5 6.4 6.3
7.7 7.9 8.0 8.0 7.6 median I 63
6.6
8.1 8.0 . 8.2 8.2 8.1 max 7.2 6.9
6.2 6.4 7.1 7.1 5.7 min 5.6 i 5.5
77 80 81 83 82
NC403
6.4
6.1
PB rLRC I ROC
6.3
rJUL
6.4
6.9
6.2
6.5
8.5 Ir7.4
8.4 ' 7.8
BC117 BCRR
7.6 7.0
8.1 7.5
AUG5.9
rSEP 4.5
OCT 4.7
6.3
6.7
6.0
6.1
5.9 I 6.2
6.0 6.3 8.7
6.2
6.1
6.5 1 7.0 !.
6.2
7.4
7.8 7.5 { 7.6
6.5 6.8 6.5
7.0 7.4 I 7.4
DWQ#
month
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
65 64
6RC LCO
6.7 6.2
no
data
no data
6.1
6.3
no
data
5.9
5.9 ` 6.1
no
data
no data
6.7 6.7 6.7 6.8 6.6 5.7 6.5
7.1 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.0 I 6.6 6.9
6.3 6.3 5.8 6.0 S.6 5.2 1 5.6
63 62 66 67 68
GCO
6.3
SR BRN IIA\1 COL
7.2 1
6.5
6.8
6.6 ;E 6.6 7.0
5.9 5.6 r 6.1
6.4
6.0
6.5
6.0
6.7
6.7
6.7
All
Stations
IMedian
6.9 4.0 6.7
6.9
4.1 6.9
7; 1J 4.0
6.5 ( 6.2 3.8
6.9
6.1 I
[ OCT I 6.2 6.2 6.3
5.8
6.4 6.5 3.6
6.7
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NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
NIAR
APR
MAY
median
max
min
58
62
6.2 16.1
60
7.1
69
[ 77 1
77
5.5 {
6.0
I
5.8
6.0 6.1
7.1 I
6.8
7.3
7.2
no data
no
data
no
data
no data °0
I data
7.2 1
7.0
6.5
6.2
5.1 IL
5.7
5.9
5.9 6.1
6.3 i
6.4
5.8
6.4
6.5
6.5 1
[
[ 6.5
6.6
47
t 5.5 4
5.8
5.8 6.0
6.1
5.1
5.4
6.4
4.5
6.2
5.7
6.0
6.7
5.5
6.5
5.9
6.2
6.9
5.8
6.5 6.3
6.5 1
( 6.5
[ 7.1
8.7
6.3
6.3
6.4
6.0
5.7
r
r
5.8 6.1
6.5
7.1
8.1
6.0
6.5
6.8
7.7
5.7
6.1 6.2
6.5 j 6.5
5.8 . 6.0
6.9
7.8
5.8
NO
DEC
6.6
5.9
6.5 6.4 I 5.9 6.5
6.7 4.1
6.9
JAN 6.5
FEB �5.9 5.3
rMAR 5.4 5.4
5.9
5.8 1 6.0
6.2
5.7
6.4
6.5 t 3.7
6.8
6.0
6.1
5.8 1 3.9
6.9
5.7
5.7
5.6
5.5
6.1 6.1
6.0
5.9
3.7
3.6
6.2
6.4
APR 6.5 6.2
6.3
MAY ' 5.8 ' 5.6 [ 5.9
median 6.4
max 7.2
min 5.4
6.1 6.3
6.0
5.8
6.0
6.6
6.6
6.1
6.5
6.1
6.5
3.6
3.4
3.8
6.5
6.1
6.6
6.6 7.0 6.5 6.7 7.2 4.1 8.7
5.3 5.7 5.5 6.0 5.8 3.4 3.4
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Table 2 http://www.uncwil.edukmsdaquaticecology/LCFRP/WQ%20Reports/99-00/Secc/0202%20tables/2.467021:1pH.h
73 ; 75 -1 86
FIB [Biu 1M61
7.4 7.3
7.3
87 88 89 I 90 91 93
M54 [M42 M35 r M23 M18 I SPD
7.4 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.6
7.9 7.9 7.6
7.2 7.6 7.2 7.6 7.7 7.8
7.4 7.4 ! 7.5 17.7 • 7.9 7.9
7.9 8.0 7.9
7.0 7.5 7.2 7.7 7.7 7.6
5.7
7.8
DWQ# 59 74 61 92 71 = 85 70 84
month NC11 LVC I AC DP Bwr IC NCF6 B210 NCE117
JUN6.1 ! 6.3 F 6.6 6.6 I 6.4 6.6 6.6 6 3 6 5
1 JUL 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.5 I 6.5 6.7
! AUG 6.2 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.2 6.3
7.8 6.9 SEP 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.5
6.4
5.8
6.2
6.2
6.4
7.1
6.7
6.1 6.4 7.2 6.9 7.0 7.2
7.3 1 7.7 7.3 7.7 j 7.8 7.8
7.3 7.7 7.3 7.6 7.8 7.8
7.5
7.8
7.8
8.1
8.0
7.9
6.6
6.6 6.5 6.7
6.8
7.1 1 7.3
6.9 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.7
6.6
MAY 7.8 7.5
Table 2.4 pH at the Lower Cape fear River Program stations for the 1999-2000 monitoring period.
; 72
month NAV
JUN 7.0
JUL ! 7.2 ;
AUG ! 7.1
SEP 6.9
OCT 5.6
NOV 6.2 ;
DEC ! 7.2
JAN , 7.2
FEB I-6.5
R 6 6
APR 6.6
7.5 6.4 7.7
7.5
7.4
7.7
6.0
6.9
7.5
6.9
8.3 8.0
8.0 8.0 MAR
7.9 7.5 APR
7.5 r 7.1 7.51 7.6 7.8
7.9 F7.6
median 7.0 7.1 7.5 7.2 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.9 7.6
std dev 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 . 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6
max 7.8 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.0
I--
, min 5.6 5.7 6.4 5.8 6.2 6.2 6.4 I 7.1 6.7 6.0
7.7
7.7
7.7
DWQii ' 69 79 78 ! 94. 77 80 81 83 82
month , ANC SAR 1; GS NC403 P11 !AC ROC BC117 BCRR
JUN 5.6 6.6 6.6 [ (2 7.0 7 5 6.8 7.2 6.4
JUL 5.5 161 6.1 6.0 6.5 7.0 6.9 7.3 7.0
AUG . 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.0 6.2 7.8 7.1 7.4 7.0
SEP 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.2 • 7.0 6.2 6.9 ; 6.9
OCT 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.6 6.2 r 5.8
NOV ! 4.8 5.7 5.9 ! 5.9 ! 6.2 6.0 i 5.8 ! 5.9
DEC , 4.1 ; 5.2 ! 5.3 5 6 5.8 5.9 ! 5.9 6.5 6.4
JAN 3.8 5.6 i 5.6 5.8 5.8 6.06.Ij6.4 6.2
FEB 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.6
INIAR 5.8 6.4 6.5 6.4 ! 6.8 ;r78 6.9 7.6 7.1
APR 5.8 ! 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.6 7.0 [-6.7 7.3 7. I
MAY 5.3 ! 6.2 6.4 ; 6.2 6.5 6.8 ; 6.9 6.8 6.8
6.4
6.4 6.0 6.1
OCT 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.2
5.1
5.2
5.0 5.7
6.3
6. I
NOV 5.5
DEC 5.5 5.9 5.9 6.1 I 6.1
5.9 5.7 5.7
6.2
6.1 6.3 6.1 6.6
JAN 1 5.2 5.6 15.7 ,1:1 6.0
FEB1 5.4 5.4 5.6 15.7 1 5.5
6.7 7.0 6.9 6.9 ; 6.7
6.1 6.1 6.0 6.7
5.7 5.6
5.5
6.8 6.6
6.1
6.1
6.0
6.1 6.4 . . 6 6 6 7 6 4
6.6 1 6.4
MAX 1 6.7 - 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.7
median 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.5
std dev 0.4 ; 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
max • 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.8
min ; 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.2
DWQ#
5.8
6.2
6.3 6.0
6.3 6.1
0.5 0.3
6.7 6.5
5.0 5.5
65 64 ; 63 62 66 67 ; 68
month 6RC LC() GCO SR BRN IIA M COL
JUN 6.2 6.0 6.2 5.8 6.2 6.3 3.4
JUL 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.3 ! 4 2
AUG 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.3 5 I
SEP 5.6 5.5 r 5.7 5.3 r 5.9 6.0 3.4
OCT 5.2 4.4 4.9 5.0 5.5 5.6 3.1
NOV ! 5.6 : 5.0 5.4 5.2 ! 5.6 5.8 3.3
DEC : 5.3 5 F 5.4 5.1 5.6
JAN 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.7 5.7 3.4
I FEB 5.2 5.0 5.2 . 5.1 5.0 5.7 7.2
[-MAR 6.7 5.7 r 6.4 6.1 6.7 6.9 3.8
APR 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.5 3 9
MAY : 5.9 6.0 6.2 (572 6.0 6.3 :1.7
6.2
6.3
0.2
6.7
6.0
All
Stations
rmedian
1 6.6
6.5
6.5
6.3
5.6
5.9
6.1
6.0
5.9
6.8
6.5
6.7
5 72.
6 9 -4
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I edian, 15.6 ' ! 6:1 I 6:2 6.0 1 63 6.9 ' 6.5 I 6.9 I 6.6 1 median I 5.6 1 5.5
rstd dev,r 0.8 0.5 I 0.4 03 0.4 0.7 0.5 r 0.6 0.5 ! std dev 1 0.4 [ 05
max 5.9 6.6 I 6.6 6.4 7.0 7.8 7.1 7.6 [ 7.1 r max 1 6.7 I 6.1
min f' 3.8 I 5.0 I 5.3 1 „5.5 F 5.8 ( 5.9, 1 5.6 ( 5.9 r 5.6 in 5.2 1 4.4
5.8 5.6 'I 6.0 ''j 6.2 ' 'I 3.5
0.5 0.4 0.4 i 0.4 10.5
6.4 6.2 6.7 6.9 i 5.1
4.9 5.0 5.0 53 j 3.1
6.3
0.9
8.3
3.1 J
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NE Brunswick County WWTP
NC0086819
Upon completion of the Northeast Brunswick County facility three discharing facilities will be taken off-line. They are
Clairmont Shopping Center (NC0058599), Creekside Town Homes (NC0064700), and Leland Industrial Park
(NC0065676).
Clairmont Shopping Center Existing Permitted Load
Flow (MGD) = 0.1
BOD (mg/L) = 15
NH3-N (mg/L) = 4
CBOD Mult = 1.5
NBOD Mult = 4.5
Load (lbs/day) = 33.8
Creekside Town Homes Existing Permitted Load/
Flow (MGD) = 0.027
BOD (mg/L) = 30
NH3-N (mg/L) = 3.4
CBOD Mult = 1.5
NBOD Mult = 4.5
Load (lbs/day) = 13.6
Leland Industrial Park Existing Permitted Load /
Flow (MGD) = 0.25
BOD (mg/L) = 30
NH3-N (mg/L) = 0 Not Limited
CBOD Mult = 1.5
NBOD Mult = 4.5
Load (lbs/day) = 93.8
}
J
Total
141.2 lbs/day
NE Brunswick County Permitted Load (after connection of above three facilities)
Flow (MGD) = 1.65
BOD (mg/L) = 5
NH3-N (mg/L) = 1
CBOD Mult = 1.5
NBOD Mult = 4.5
Load (lbs/day) = 165.1
Flow (MGD) = 1.34
BOD (mg/L) = 5
Before Reuse NH3-N (mg/L) = 1
CBOD Mult = 1.5
NBOD Mult = 4.5
Load (lbs/day) = 134.1
After Reuse
It is the facility's intent to reuse, initially. up to 0.31 MGD as golf course irrigation water. Additional reuse opportuniti
will be implemented as they become available. After reuse, the receiving stream will see a 7 lb/day decrease in permitt'
load with that number increasing as reuse increases.
March 2. 2000
Mark McIntire. NPDES

p WK
MEMORANDUM WIDICKSON
Engineers . Planners • Suntuon
Landscape Archiircu
909 Market Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401 910-762-4200
TO: Mr. Charles Weaver
FROM: T. Carter Hubard
DATE: December 6, 2001
RE: NE Brunswick Regional WWTF
WKD# 90727.81
On November 30, 2001, we sent to you a Permit Renewal Application for the referenced
project. We inadvertently omitted sending the Process Flow Diagram and Schematic as
indicated on EPA Form 3510-2A B.3.
Attached you will find the Vicinity Map, Process Flow Diagram, Hydraulic Profile, Site
Layout Plan, and Site Piping and Utility Plan and another copy of the entire permit
application package sent to you at that time; thus making this submittal a complete
package.
/pb
fur)
Pjtri
fJ Cl
r-n-t1
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Summary of Residuals Management Plan
The proposed Northeast Brunswick Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility currently under
construction is a tertiary treatment facility with non -discharge effluent and superior quality
residuals for land application. This residuals treatment process will produce Class A
residuals that will be land applied for soil conditioning and landscaping fertilization.
The wastewater treatment facility includes the following processes:
• Vortex grit removal
• Anaerobic Selection
• Closed loop oxidation
• Secondary clarifier treatment
• Filtration
• Ultraviolet disinfection
• Aeration
The residuals will be thickened and treated by an autothermal aerobic digestion (ATAD)
process. Residuals from the secondary clarifiers will be pumped to the rotary drum
thickener via waste activated residuals pumps. Waste activated residuals will be pumped
from the RAS/WAS building to a rotary drum belt thickener (single drum). Polymer will be
fed to the thickener influent. The output solids content from the rotary drum thickener will
be 4 to 6 percent which is desired for optimal performance of the residuals treatment
process. The ATAD process is an enclosed reactor with solids aerated via aspirating
aerators. The aerated organic matter results in an exothermic reaction, thereby releasing
energy in the form of heat with major end products of carbon dioxide and water. The
reactor operates within the thermophilic temperature range (55 to 70°C). The process and
heat generated results in effective degradation rates and pathogen destruction such that the
ATAD process is classified as a process to further reduce pathogens (PFRP). Furthermore,
the ATAD system will process domestic residuals to meet the performance criteria of the Class
A Residuals Pathogen Requirements of 40 CFR §503.32(a)(8) and the Vector Attraction
Reduction Requirements of 40 CFR §503.33 (b)(1), (3), or (4), as amended February 19, 1993.
The exceptional quality residual solids produced is a nutrient rich material that is an
attractive soil improvement and fertilizing material that offers multiple reuse opportunities.
Brunswick County Public Utilities Department is planning on land applying the residual
solids on county properties.
As a backup plan, the existing facility has a contract for residuals land application by a land
application contractor that may be amended to include the residuals handling for the
Northeast Brunswick Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. The reuse opportunity that is
being utilized for the existing facility is land application on private property by a land
application contractor. The residuals are transported and land applied under S & B
Maintenance, Inc. permit No. WQ 0000783.

, Nov 29 01 11:31a BCPU 910 253 4304 p.2
COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK J
PUBUC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Administration Division 3 I
44.
PO BOX 249
BOLIVIA, NC 28422
[phone]
[phone] FAX
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Carter Hubard, P.E.
WK Dickson
909 Market Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
RE: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION
NORTHEAST BRUNSWICK REGIONAL WWTP
Dear Carter:
By submittal of this letter, I hereby delegate authority to you and to WK Dickson to complete and
submit the NPDES permit renewal application for the Northeast Brunswick Regional Wastewater
Treatment Plant (NPDES No. NC0086819) on behalf of Brunswick County.
If you have any questions regarding this correspondence please give me a call.
incerely,
Lee S
Director
cc: Marty Lawing, County Manager
Donald Dixon, WWTP Supervisor

permit corrections
Subject: permit corrections
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 12:26:59 -0400
From: Kristie Robeson <[e-mail]>
To: Charles Weaver <[e-mail]>
Charles I happen to run across 2 permits that I think maybe we could
just maybe issue a correction letter for instead of a mod, I don't
know. They are NE Brunswick Co. WWTP NC0086819 and Aurora NC0021521.
NE Brunswick- The problem with this one was on the limits page
Ceriodaphnia was the organism and the conditions page had fathead
minnow. We would suggest changing the limits page to fathead minnow.
At least I think it should be fathead. Is this discharge tidal? We
didn't get the draft so I don't know. If the 7Q10 is tidal, then
fathead minnow at 90%.
Aurora -The issue is the limits page assigns them a limit but the
condition page says monitoring requirement(or no limit). This presents
a problem with evaluating compliance for them so the condition A(3)
should be changed to say Limit.
Let me know what y'all can do with these. Thanks.
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NC DENR - DIVISON OF WATER QUALITY 2B .0300
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CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN
Name of Stream
Description
Class
Classification
Date Index No.
Natmore Creek
Rollins Branch
Bear Swamp
Field Creek
Bulldog Cut
Catfish Creek
Indian Creek
Clabber Branch
Cherry Tree Prong
Mulberry Branch
Otter Branch
Mill Branch
CAPE FEAR RIVER
Cartwheel Branch
rToomers Creek
Toomers Creek
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Northeast Cape Fear
River
Barlow Branch
Lewis Branch (Williams
Millpond)
Horse Pen Branch
Rattlesnake Branch
From Hydrologic Unit line
to White Oak Canal (HU
located 0.5 mile upstream
of of mouth)
From source to Buckle Swamp
Creek
From source to Rollins
Branch
From Black River to Lyon
Thorofare
From Cape Fear River to
Black River
From source to Cape Fear
River
From source to Cape Fear
River
From source
From source
From source
From source
Branch
to Indian
to Indian
to Indian
Creek
Creek
Creek
to Mulberry
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
From soruce to Indian Creek C Sw
(!)
From upstream mouth of
Toomers creek to a line
across the river from Snow
Point (through Snows Marsh
to Federal Point
rom source to Cape Fear
River
From upstream mouth to a
point 0.8 mile upstream of
mouth
From a point 0.8 mile
upstream of mouth to mouth
(City of Wilmington water
supply intake)
From source to Muddy Creek
From source to Northeast
Cape Fear River
From source to Northeast
Cape Fear River
From source to Lewis Branch
From source to Northeast
Cape Fear River
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SC Sw
WS-IV
WS-IV CA
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
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09/01/74
09/01/74
04/01/59
04/01/59
09/01/74
04/01/59
04/01/59
04/01/59
04/01/59
04/01/59
04/01/59
08/09/81
18-68-22-1-2-3
18-68-22-1-2-3-1
18-68-22-2
18-68-23
18-69
18-70
18-70-1
18-70-2
18-70-3
18-70-3-1
18-70-4
18-(71)
04/01/59 18-72
08/03/92 18-73-(1)
08/03/92 18-73-(2)
09/01/74
09/01/74
09/01/74
18-74-(1)
18-74-2
18-74-3
09/01/74 18-74-3-1
09/01/74 18-74-4

�► WK
r DICKSON
Engineers • Planners • Surveyors
Landscape Architects
November 29, 2001
Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
NC DENHR / Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: NPDES Permit Renewal Application
Permit Number NC0086819
NE Brunswick Regional WWTF
Brunswick County
Dear Mr. Weaver:
E C E l W E
DEC - 5 2001
DENR-WATER QUALITY
POINT SOURCE BRANCH
The enclosed NPDES Permit Renewal Application is for the referenced conjunctive use
facility currently under construction on the current site of the Leland Industrial Park WWTP
discharging under NPDES (permit number NC0065676). The NPDES permit NC0065676
was issued on February 23, 2000. The construction of the subject facility began on October
26, 2001 and is scheduled to be completed on January 19, 2003. Anticipated discharge is
estimated to be around February 28, 2003. Since construction began only recently, there
are no changes to the facility since issuance of the last permit and no effluent has been
generated.
Attachments to the renewal application include:
• Topographic Map
• Documentation Authorizing WK Dickson to prepare the renewal application
• Summary of Residual Management Plan
Please direct any inquiries regarding this permit renewal to my attention.
Sincerely,
W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc.
l'L
T. Carter Hubard, P.E.
Cc: Mr. Lee Smith, Utilities Director, Brunswick County
909 Market Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
910.762.4200
Fax [phone]
www.wkdickson.com
Other ORrce :
Asheville, NC
Atlanta, GA
Boca Raton, FL
Charlotte, NC
Columbia, SC
Hickory, NC
Raleigh, NC

CAPE FEAR RIVER BASIN
Name of Stream
Subbasin Stream Index Number Map Number Class
Bulldog Cut
Bullhead Branch
Bulltail Creek
Bulltail Creek
Burdens Creek
Burdens Creek
Burgaw Creek
Burn Coat Creek (Maxwell Millpond)
Burnt Mill Creek
Burris Creek
Bush Creek
Bush Creek
Bush Creek
Bush Creek
Butler Branch
Butler Creek
Buttermilk Creek
Buxton Branch
Buzzard Bay
Buzzard Branch
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER
CAPE FEAR RIVER (excluding area described
below)
Cabin Branch
Cabin Branch
Cabin Branch
Cabin Creek
Cabin Creek
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CPF20
CPF20
CPF20
CPF22
CPF05
CPF05
CPF23
CPF22
CPF23
CPF17
CPF05
CPF05
CPF09
CPF07
CPF14
CPF24
CPF02
CPF20
CPF17
CPF15
CPF07
CPF11
CPF07
CPF07
CPF07
CPF07
CPF07
CPF13
CPF07
CPF13
CPF14
CPF07
CPF14
CPF15
CPF15
CPF15
CPF15
CPF16
CPF16
CPF16
CPF16
CPF16
CPF16
CPF17
CPF17
CPF20
CPF17
�CPF17
CPF15
CPF21
CPF22
CPF10
CPF10
18-68-23
18-68-18-1
18-68-18-2
18-74-29-3-1
16-41-1-17-1-(0.3)
16-41-1-17-1-(0.7)
18-74-39
18-74-17
18-74-63-2
18-88-8-2-3
16-41-4-(0.3)
16-41-4-(0.7)
17-15
18-6
18-23-16-8-3
18-87-18
16-14-5
18-68-18-9
18-88-8-2
18-28-3
18-(1)
18-(1)
18-(4.5)
18-(5.5)
18-(10.5)
18-(16.3)
18-(16.7)
18-(16.7)
18-(20.3)
18-(20.3)
18-(20.3)
18-(20.7)
18-(20.7)
18-(20.7)
18-(23.5)
18-(25.5)
18-(26)
18-(26)
18-(49)
18-(53.5)
18-(58.5)
18-(59)
18-(62.5)
18-(62.5)
18-(63)
18-(63)
18-(71)
18-(87.5)
18-31-8
18-74-8-3
18-74-24-1-1-1
17-26-5-(1)
17-26-5-(7)
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D23NW9
I27SW6
G27SE5
K27NW2
L27NW7
D22SE5
D22SE5
D2OSW7
E22SE9
F22SW4
J28SW4
C2ONE3
I26SE4
L27NW7
G23SE7
E22SE2
E22SE2
E22SE6
E22SE6
E23SW8
F23NE8
F23NE8
F23NE8
F24SW5
F24SW5
F24SW5
F24SW5
F24SW5
F24SW5
G24NW4
G23SE1
G23SE4
G23SE4
I25SW4
I25SW8
J25NE8
J25NE8
J26SW1
J26SW1
J26SW1
J26SW1
J27SW7
L27NW1
G21SE5
G27NW6
H26SE3
F20SW1
F2ONE4
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
C NSW
WS-IV NSW
C Sw
C Sw
C Sw
SA HQW
WS-IV NSW
WS-IV NSW CA
C
C
WS-III
SA ORW
WS-II HQW NSW
C Sw
SA HQW
C
WS-IV
ws-IV
WS-IV CA
WS-V
WS-IV
WS-IV CA
WS-IV
WS-IV
WS-IV CA
WS-IV CA
WS-IV CA
ws-V
WS-V
WS-V
WS-IV
WS-IV CA
C
C
WS-V
WS-IV
WS-IV CA
WS-IV Sw
WS-IV Sw CA
WS-IV Sw CA
C Sw $ ----
C Sw
SC
SA HQW
C
C Sw
C Sw
WS-III
WS-III CA
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