NC0083828_Permit (Issuance)_20010425

NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0083828
J.D. Mackintosh WTP
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Document Date:
April 25, 2001
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Michael F. Easley
Governor
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Mr. Stephen Shoaf
Director of Utilities
P.O. Box 1358
Burlington, North Carolina 27216-1358
Dear Mr. Shoaf:
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
April 25, 2001
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0083828
Mackintosh WTP
Alamance County
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your 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).
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 Charles Weaver at telephone number (919) 733-
5083, extension 511.
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSAN A. WILSON
Kerr T. Stevens
Phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
DENR Customer Service Center: 1 800 623-7748

Permit NC0083828
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
City of Burlington
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
J.D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP
3400 Harris Road
near Burlington
Alamance County
to receiving waters designated as Big Alamance 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 June 1, 2001.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on June 30, 2006.
Signed this day April 25, 2001.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSAN A. WILSON
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0083828
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The City of Burlington is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a water treatment plant with a discharge of filter -backwash
wastewater. This facility is located at the J.D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP on Harris
Road near Burlington in Alamance County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into Big Alamance Creek, classified C-NSW waters in the Cape Fear River
Basin.

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Permit NC0083828
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of this 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:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
- MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily ' .
Maximum
,a Measurement' °
. Frequency:-
Sample Type
Sample Location
Flow
Weekly
Instantaneous
Effluent
Total Suspended Residue
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Solids
0.1 mVL
0.2 mVL
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Turbidity/
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Iron
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Aluminum
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The discharge from this facility shall not cause turbidity in the receiving stream to exceed 50 NTU. If the
instream turbidity exceeds 50 NTU due to natural background conditions, the discharge cannot cause
turbidity to increase in the receiving stream.
All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

CITY OF Burlington
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
P.O. Box 1358
Burlington, N.C. 27216-1358
STEPHEN R. SHOAF
DIRECTOR OF LTILMES
April 4, 2001
Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
NCDENR/DWQ/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit No. NC0083828
J.D. Mackintosh, Jr. Water Treatment Plant
Alamance County
Dear Mr. Weaver:
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APR 1 0 2001
DENR - WATER QUALITY
POINT SOURCE BRANCH
The City of Burlington takes no exception to the conditions of NPDES Permit No.
NC0083828 as drafted.
However, I would like to point out that the proper name for the facility in question if the
J.D. Mackintosh, Jr. Water Treatment Plant, not the Lake Mackintosh WTP. If you could
please change that in the permit and associated documentation, it would be appreciated.
If you have any questions, please contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Stephen Shoaf
Director of Utilities
City of Burlington

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Notice
State Of
North Carolina
AFFIDAVIT OF INSERTION OF ADVERTISEMENT.
The Times -News Publishing Company
Burlington, NC
Alamance, County
I, LINDA WHITAKER, Legal Advertising Manager of the Times -News
Publishing Co., do certify that the advertisement of
Entitled
NCDENR/DWQ/Budget
Public
Environmental Management
Cammid®isn!NPDge Unit
1617 Mall Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699.1617
Notification 0f Intent To
Issue A NPDES
Wastewater Permit
On the basis of thorough staff
review and application of NC
General Statute 143.21 Public
Law 92•500 and other lawful
standards and regulations, the
North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission pro-
poses to issue a National Pollu-
tant Discharge Elimination Sys-
tem (NPDES) wastewater dis-
charge permit to the person(s)
listed below effective 45 days
from the publish date of this no-
110e,
Written comments regarding
the proposed permit will be ac-
cepted until 30 days after the
publish date of this notice. Al'
comments received prior to that
date are considered in the Tina
determinations regarding the
proposed permit. The Directo,
of the NC Division of Watei
Quality may decide to hold
public meeting for the proposes
Notice State permit should the Division re
calve a significant degree o
North Carolina public interest,
Measuring 86 lines appeared in the Times -News, a newspaper
published in Alamance County, Burlington, NC, in issue of March
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Legal Advertising Manager
Sworn to and described before me this 1day of
My commission
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Copies of the draft permit anc
other supporting information or
tale used to determine condi
lions present in the draft permi
are available upon request ant
payment of the costs of repro
2011 duction. Mail comments and/o
requests for information to the
NC Division of Water Quality a
the above address or call Ms
Christie Jackson at (919
733-5083, extension 538
Please include the NPDES per
mit number (attached) in ant
communication. Interested per
sons may also visit the Divisior
of Water Quality at 512 N
Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC
27604.1148 between the houn
of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. tr
review information on file.
NPDES Permit
# NC0083828
City of Burlinc_ton (WTP), P.0
Box 1358, Burlington, NC
27216 has applied for a permi
renewal fpr a facility located it
Alamance County dischargini
treated filter -backwash into Bq
Alamance Creek in the Cap
Fear River Basin. Currently rx
parameters are water qualir
litriited. This discharge may al
fect future allocations in thi.
portion of the receiving stream. ' 20011
March 9, 2001
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CITY OF Burlington
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
P.O. Box 1358
Burlington, N.C. 27216-1358
STEPHEN R. SHOAF
DIRECTOR OF LTILmES
August 23, 2000
Mr. David A. Goodrich
NCDENR/DWQ/NPDES Permits Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: NPDES Permit Renewal Application
J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP, NPDES No. NC0083828
Burlington, Alamance County
Dear Mr. Goodrich:
The City of Burlington requests renewal of NPDES Permit No. NC0083828.
Enclosed are three (3) copies of the Short Form C NPDES permit application for the J. D.
Mackintosh, Jr. Water Treatment Plant.
If you have questions concerning the application or need additional information,
please contact me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Stephen R. Shoaf
Director of Utilities
Enclosures
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J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP Process Description
for NPDES Permit Application No. NC 0083828
The J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. Water Treatment Plant is a conventional water treatment
plant originally constructed in 1981. The plant was expanded in 1993 when the dam was
constructed to create Lake Mackintosh. Located on the shores of Lake Mackintosh at
3400 Harris Road, Burlington, this plant can treat up to 18 million gallons per day.
The water treatment process consists of coagulation, flocculation, settling,
filtration, chemical addition, disinfection, and pumping. The plant produces wastewater
from draining and cleaning the settling basins, and backwashing the filters. These
wastewaters have associated solids that have been chemically treated with aluminum
sulfate for coagulation. The filter backwash water can have a chlorine residual resulting
from disinfection of the filters and use of fmished water during the backwash procedure.
Both the wastewater generated from cleaning the settling basins and the filter backwash
water flow to settling lagoons to separate the solids from the liquid. There is no sanitary
waste included in this wastewater. Pumps located at the lagoon are used to remove the
water from the lagoon. The lagoon supernatant is the liquid discharged to Great
Alamance Creek behind the Lake Mackintosh dam, and the subject of this NPDES permit
application.
There are two means of monitoring the amount of water discharged. There is a
flow meter that can be compared against the pump run times to verify the volumes
discharged. Maintenance on the meter and the pumps is part of our regular preventive
maintenance program.
J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP, 3400 Harris Rd., Burlington, NC NPDES No. NC0083828

J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP Sludge Management Plan
for NPDES Permit Application No. NC 0083828
The J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP is a conventional water treatment plant consisting
of coagulation, flocculation, settling, filtration, disinfection, and pumping. The plant
produces wastewater from draining and cleaning the settling basins, and backwashing the
filters. These wastewaters have associated solids that have been chemically treated with
aluminum sulfate for coagulation. Both the wastewater generated from cleaning the
settling basins and the filter backwash water flows to settling lagoons to separate the
solids from the liquid. There is no sanitary waste included in this wastewater. The lagoon
supernatant liquid is the liquid discharged to Great Alamance Creek and subject to this
NPDES permit application.
Our method of disposal of the water treatment plant sludge satisfies the
requirements of the 40 CFR 503 biosolids regulations and the 40 CFR 257 solid waste
disposal regulations. The treatment plant participates in a land application sludge
management program under non -discharge permit number WQ0000520 issued by
NCDENR/DWQ to the City of Burlington.
The sludge management program includes disposal of the water plant sludge
(approximately 4,556,500 gallons in 1999) on participating farmland. The treatment plant
settling lagoons thicken the sludge by gravity. Thickened sludge can be combined with
wastewater plant biosolids for land application, or applied directly to farmland. Our
practice is to top dress the water plant sludge with either nitrogen fertilizer, potassium, or
biosolids to improve the nutrient value to the farmer.
The City has permitted over 2700 acres for the sludge management program. The
City contracts with a biosolids management company to perform the site applications and
assist with record keeping and reporting. Annual reports are submitted to the USEPA and
the NCDENR
J. D. Mackintosh, Jr. WTP, 3400 Harris Rd., Burlington, NC NPDES No. NC0083828

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Bill Holman, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
September 20, 2000
Mr. W.R. Baker
City of Burlington
P.O. Box 1358
Burlington, NC 27216
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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: NPDES Permit Modification
Permit NC0083828
Burlington WTP
Alamance County
Dear Mr. Baker:
The Division is beginning the cycle of permit renewals for the Cape Fear river basin. An examination of the Cape
Fear basin plan and the NPDES permit schedule has revealed that the existing expiration dates in Cape Fear NPDES
permits do not coincide with the revised permit expiration dates for the basin. This discrepancy could create unnecessary
delays in the processing of over 200 permit renewals. Accordingly, the Division is changing the permit expiration dates for
NPDES permits in the Cape Fear river basin.
This permit modification changes the expiration date of the subject permit in subbasin 30603 to June 30, 2001. Please
find enclosed the revised permit cover page. Insert the new cover page into your permit and discard the old page. All
other terms and conditions contained in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. This permit modification
is issued under the requirements of North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement
between North Carolina and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In accordance with the modification of the permit expiration date, the new due date for your renewal application is
January 1, 2001. Renewal application forms will be sent to you approximately 6-8 weeks in advance of the new due date
or you may download the forms from the NPDES web site at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES/documents.html.
You will need to download Short form C. If you have already submitted a permit renewal form, there is no need to
submit any other forms to the Division; the application will be processed during the renewal period for your subbasin.
If any part of this permit 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 a written petition conforming
to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, 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.
If you have any questions concerning this permit modification, please contact Natalie Sierra at [phone],
extension 551.
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
PDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
Sincerely,
A/g./kid•
Kerr T. Stevens
Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
VISIT US ON THE INTERNET @ http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES

Permit NC0083828
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,
City of Burlington
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Burlington WTP
3400 Harris Road
Burlington
Alamance County
to receiving waters designated as Big Alamance 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, 2000.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on June 30, 2001.
Signed this day September 20, 2000.
Kerr T. Stevens, r irector
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission