NC0074454_Permit (Issuance)_20060828

NPDES DOCUHENT !;CANNING COVER SHEET
NC0074454
Ramseur WTP
NPDES Permit:
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Staff Report
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental
Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
August 28, 2006
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
August 28, 2006
Mr. Hampton L. Spivey
Town of Ramseur
P.O. Box 545
Ramseur, North Carolina 27316-0545
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0074454
Ramseur WTP
Randolph County
Dear Mr. Spivey:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved yolu application for renewal of the subject
permit. 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 May 9, 1994
(or as subsequently amended).
This final permit includes the following changes from your current permit:
This permit includes a TRC limit that will take effect on April 1, 2008. If you wish to install
dechlorination equipment, the Division has promulgated a simplified approval process for such
projects. Guidance for approval of dechlorination projects is attached.
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
demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note 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 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 Agyeman Adu-Poku at telephone number [phone], extension 508.
Sincerely,
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Central Files
NPDES File
Winston-Salem Regional Office / Surface Water Protection
o `Carolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
Internet: www.ncwateraualitv.org Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax [phone]
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Permit NC0074454
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, the
Town of Ramseur
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Ramseur Water Treatment Plant
797 Hwy 22 North
Ramseur, North Carolina
Randolph County
to receiving waters designated as Sandy Creek 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.
This permit shall become effective October 1, 2006.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2011.
Signed this day August 28, 2006.
4c 9A afac„,
OP -Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0074454
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 Town of Ramseur is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing drinking water treatment facility that includes the following
components:
• Sedimentation basins
• Flocculator
• Circular gravity sludge thickener
♦ Clarifier
• Sludge drying beds
♦ Pumps
The facility is located at the Ramseur Water Treatment Plant (797 Highway 22 North, Ramseur) in
Randolph County.
2. Discharge filter backwash wastewater from said treatment works at the location specified on the
attached map into the Sandy Creek, classified C waters in the Cape Fear River basin.

Town of Ramseur WTP
State Grid/Ouad:
Latitude:
Receiving Stream:
Drainage Basin:
E 20 NW / Ramseur, NC
35°44'23"N
Sandy Creek
Cape Fear River Basin
Permitted Flow: 0.480 MGD
Longitude: 79° 40' 43" W
Sub -Basin: 03-06-09
Stream Class: C
NPDES Permit No. NC0074454
Randolph County

Permit NC0074454
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as
specified below:
PARAMETERS
EFFLUENT LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type.
Sample Location
Flow
Weekly
Instantaneous
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Solids
0.1 ml/L
0.2 m1/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Turbidity
Weekly
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream'`
Iron
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine'
17 ug/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Aluminum
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The discharge shall not cause the turbidity of the receiving water to exceed 50 NTU. If the turbidity exceeds
these levels due to natural background conditions, the discharge level cannot cause any increase in turbidity
in the receiving water.
2. Upstream= At least 100 feet upstream above the outfall. Downstream = At least 100 feet downstream below
the outfall.
3. TRC limit takes effect on April 1, 2008. Until then, the Permittee shall monitor TRC with no effluent limit.
All samples collected should be of a representative discharge.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

NORTH CAROLINA
RANDOLPH COUNTY
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said
County and State, duly commissioned, qualified, and
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared
Maria Shaw
who being first duly sworn, deposes and says, that
he (she) is
Business Manager
of The Courier -Tribune, engaged in the publication
of a newspaper known as The Courier -Tribune,
published, issued, and entered as second class
mail in the City of Asheboro, in said County and
State; and the he (she) is authorized to make this
affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or
other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is
attached hereto, was published in the Courier -
Tribune on the following dates:
July 7, 2006
and that the said newspaper in which such notice,
paper, document, or legal advertisement was
published was, at the time of each and every such
publication, a newpaper meeting all of the
requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of
the General Statutes of North Carolina, 1943, as
amended, and was a qualified newspaper within the
meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes
of North Carolina.
This 7th day of July, 2! 06
1
MAIA-
Sworn to attM subscribed before me this 7th
day of July, 2006
s t
otary public
My commission expires: 6/19/11
pUBUC"NOTICE . ...
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
s J EI�IHIRONMENTAt. ;;i
• MANAGEMENT.'
•.COMMISSION/NPDEStfNIT. r
-1617 MAIL. SERVICE CENTER
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NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
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•General -Statute •143.21,, Public
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standardb end regu atfens,.the
North .;Carolina' Envtroginental
Management; Comrilssion`. pro-
posestto;fssue a:Nationat Poltut-
ant pischargQ'AlmihatIoh.*s-
teiri (NPDES)tivastev%dter
charge.' permit'to'tha- persons)
'Meted beldvw.effeative:45-days
froRi the art OgteOl ttliis.no-
Written cormgserlts regarding che
'.proposed'1fermit'•kvilf'be ac'
''cepted until. 30 days after the
publish bate of.tlils r:otice::All;
. recelved prior to;that
dada `o• sidereftn the final
de erfr'(onrsi'f`egardinghe
pi'oposedtp m ,c'J'lio- rDtre to of
the; NC sibn :of Water Aua*ty
may :decide to'hold :a public
meeting • for the proposed permit
should the Division receive a
significaitt degjee; of, public iriter-
EIS,
Copiers of ; ie, dfaft. permit,and
other supporting Information'!on
file used. fa' 4etermine„conditions •
presene,,tn'the tlra1tpermit
availabloiopotn request •arid •ray=
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affect fu-
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(2222 € Fayet%evltlo St Asi �,
born; NR 1,27203);•has applled-
f or. renewal'of NPDES permit
NC0040975 foj the goferidge
Efementary`Sc)iool wwn,. .'In
Randolph County? rh perrnit-
to t facility discharges treated
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appliedfor renewal of permit,
NC0074454 for r its WTP in Ran-
dotph County.. Ttls permitted fa-
ciElty'dischargeefitter-backwash
wastewater to Sandy" Creek in
the Cape Fear River Basin Cur
rently.'total residual •chlorine Is
Wafer quality limited: -,This die
charge may affect future atloca- -
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COMMISSIONERS
D.4NNY R. SIIAW
RANDY L. BROOKS
KEVIN P. FRANKLIN
CHARLES D. LANE, JR.
MORRIS J. RUDICK
May 9, 2006
TOWN OF RAMSEUR
PO BOX 545
RAMSEUR NORTH CAROI ,INA 27316
MAYOR
HAMPTON L. SPIVEY
NC Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27999-1619
Dear Sir/Madam:
TOWN CLERK
FREIDA C. WAISNER
TREASURER &
TAX COLLECTOR
FREIDA C. WAISNER
a... -... roar
mg 1 2 2006
C-,s; QUALITY
RE: Ramseur NPDES 0074454
We are enclosing the original and two copies requesting renewal for NPDES Permit
number NC0074454 for the Town of Ramseur.
Should you have any questions or need further information please feel free to call.
Sincerely,
TOId,
OF RAM
./ McIntosh
' . 'lie Works Director
CC: File
Hydro management

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number
,NC0074454
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to moue from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type.
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Town of Ramseur ',
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Facility Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
Ramseur WTP
PO Box 545
Ramseur
NC, 27316-0545
[phone]
[phone]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
797 Hwy 22 North
Ramseur
NC, 27316
Randolph
3. Operator Information:
Name of the Finn, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑
United Water Hydro Management
PO Box 1279
Clemmons
NC 27012
[phone]
[phone]
State ❑
Private ❑ Public
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
5. Type of treatment plant:
® Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
O Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (Le. groundwater, swface water)
surface water
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Run a thousand' gallons a minute, apply precaustic when necessary, always apply 20 to 60
ppm of alum, use half a part of potassium permanganate, 1/3 of part of polymer when
needed, 4 ppm of carbon seasonally.
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Water goes to a clarifier where solids settle out and are pumped to drying beds and
supernate is gravited to the discharge point to the receiving stream
9. Number of separate discharge points: 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Frequency of discharge:
Continuous ❑ Intermittent El
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 3 Duration: 1 hour
11. Plant design potable flowrate 1.5 MGD
Backwash or reject flow .020 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfail, including
latitude and longitude):
Sandy Creek
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals, that have the
potential to be discharged.
Chlorine, Caustic, Alum, Polymer
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No El
15. Additional Information:
n Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the treatment process, and point of addition of chemicals. A jfeo-K J
• Solids Handling Plan pto.
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
• New applicants must contact the NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? 0 Yes ❑ No
> Analyses of source water collected
• Engineering Alternative Analysis
• Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. Applicant Certification
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
‘1-0-47//sAciiitafG-7/r- P0,94?..- /wail Peliwz--/Q,2_.
e of Person i q tie
Signatur Applicant Date
North C olina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: Any person who knowingly makes any false
statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document files 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.)
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C-WTP 03/05

TOWN OF RAMSEUR
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
NPDES PERMIT NO. NC0074454
SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Solids are generated at the water treatment plant by the backwash operation. Sludge is
dewatered on sand drying beds. Current the sludge is stockpiled on the drying beds. The Town
is in the process of modifying the surface disposal permit, . WQ0010528 for the WWTP to
include the disposal of the sludge generated at the water plant.

TOWI`
SANDY CREEK
RESERVOIR
OF RAMSEUR WATER FILTRATION PLANT
ALUM
CAUSTIC
KMNO4
L
FLASH
MIXER
ELEVATED
STORAGE
ELEVATED
STORAGE
0.5 MG
CARBON CHLORINE
POLYMER CHLORINE CAUSTIC
CALGON
FLOC- SEDIMENTATION
ULATOR BASIN FILTERS
HIGH
SERVICE
PUMPS
SLUDGE
HANDLING
CLEARWELL
0.5 MG
SAND
DRYING BEDS