NC0082546_Permit (Issuance)_20000619

NPDES DOCIMENT SCANNING: COVER :SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0082546
Granite Falls WTP
Document Type: („1.)ermit
Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
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Instream Assessment
(67b)
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Permit
History
Document Date:
June 19, 2000
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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
June 19, 2000
Mr. M. Shuford Wise
Water Resources Director
P.O. Drawer 10
Granite Falls, North Carolina 28630
AtWA
NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0082546
Granite Falls WTP
Caldwell County, -
Dear Mr. \Vise:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your permit renewal application. 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.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Permit NC0082546
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 Granite Falls
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Granite Falls WTP
100 Lakeside Avenue
Granite Falls
Caldwell County
to receiving waters designated as Lake Rhodhiss (the Catawba River) in the Catawba
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 August 1, 2000.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on February 28, 2005.
Signed this day June 19, 2000.
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0082546
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The Town of Granite Falls 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 Granite Falls WTP (in Granite Falls at
100 Lakeside Avenue) in Caldwell County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into Lake Rhodhiss (the Catawba River), classified WS-IV & B CA waters in
the Catawba River Basin.

Latitude: 35°47' 1 1"
Longitude: 81 °26'28"
Quad # D13SW
Stream Class: WS-IV & B CA
Subbasin: 30831
Receiving Stream:
Lake Rhodhiss (Catawba River)
NC0082546
Town of Granite Falls
WTP
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SCALE 1:24000

Permit NC0082546
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS — FINAL
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
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample Location
Flow
Weekly
Instantaneous
Effluent
Total Suspended Residue
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mglL
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Solids
0.1 mVL
0.2 ml/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Turbidityi
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 25 NTU. If the
instream turbidity exceeds 25 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.

Re: DEH.approval for permit renewals
Subject: Re: DEH approval for permit renewals
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 09:41:06 -0400
From: Harold Saylor <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC DENR - Asheville Regional Office
To: Charles Weaver <[e-mail]>
Charles, we concur with renewal of these three permits. Harold Saylor
Charles Weaver wrote:
> Harold, we're still awaiting DEH approval far the renewal of 3 NPDES
> permit.:
> NC0082546 - Town of Granite Fallr IMP f
> NC0041157 - Ca/dwell County Schools / Gateway Alternate School
> NC0035211 - Shuford Mills / Dudley Shoals Plant
> The draft permits were sent to you via courier on February 2nd of this
>year. To date, we've had no response from anyone in DEH on these
> renewals. If the drafts didn't reachyou (oryou'd like an additional
> copy to review), let me know and I'II send the drafts toyou
> electronically. A113 permits were to be renewed with essentially the
> same limits as in the last permit, as no significant changes have
> occurred at the facilities (or in the streams to which they discharge).
> As always, thanks foryour help.
> CHW
Harold Saylor - [e-mail]
North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Asheville Regional Office - Merrimon Ave. Office
Division of Environmental Health - Public Water Supply
852 Merrimon Ave.
Asheville, NC 28804
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Harold Saylor <[e-mail]>
NC DENR - Asheville Regional Office
Division of Environmental Health - Public Water Supply
1 of 1 6/6/00 9:11 AM

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES
UNIT
1617 MAIL SFRVICE
NPDES Permit Num-
ber NC0082546, 699-
Town of Granite Falls
(WTP), P.O. Drawer OF
10, Granite Falls, NC IE A
28630 has applied for
a permit renewal for a 1
facility located in
Caldwell County dis- hor-
charging treated and
wastewater into Lake NC
Rhodhiss (the Cata- tute
wba River) in the Cat- 'law
awba River Basin. aw-
Currently no parame- eg-
ters are water quality 'Oh
limited. This dis- en -
charge may affect fu- ent
ture allocations in this Ds -
portion of the receiv- ial
ing stream. Toe
NPDES Permit Num- 'm
ber NC0035211, Shu- ter
ford Mills (Dudley Ni to
Shoals plant), 5100 Aed
Burns Road, Granite 3a-
Falls, NC 28630 has s
applied for a permit `;; <de
,i, renewal for a facility
located in Caldwell
3` County discharging d
— treated wastewater i ti-
into the Upper Little a'
River in the Catawba ),If
River Basin. Currently let';
no parameters are hilt
water quality limited.
This discharge may
affect future alloca- nd;
tions in this portion of 8I'
the receiving stream. .".
_NPDES Permit Numz.
-
ber NC0047627,
Sealed Air Corpora-;
tion (Warrior plant),
P.O. Box 1018, Le-
noir, NC 28645 has',
applied for a permit
renewal for a facility
located in Caldwell
County discharging
treated wastewater
into Blair Fork Creek
in the Catawba River
Basin. Currently no
parameters are water
quality limited. This
discharge may affect
future allocations in
this portion of the re-
ceiving stream.
ninr+rn rs ____ ,
NORTH CAROLINA,
CALDWELL 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
Elaine Klipfel
who being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that
he is
of Lenoir Newspapers, Inc., engaged in the publication
of a newspaper known as Lenoir News -Topic, pub-
lished, issued, and entered as second class mail in the
City of Lenoir, in said County and State; that he is
authorized to make this affidavit and sworn state-
ment; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a
true copy of which is attached hereto, was published
in Lenoir News -Topic on the following dates:
Advertising Director
............ .April 11
and that the said i ewspaper in which such notice,
paper, document, or 1egei'tisement \vas published
was, at the time of each and every publication, a
newspaper meeting hit -of -thee -requirements and quali-
fications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of
of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within
the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes
of North Carolina.
This
llth day of .. ,?e it
ke,t1c,
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this l lth
day of April
Notary Public
My Commission expires:

Town of Granite Falls
Water Treatment Plant
Alum Sludge Facility
Management Plan
NPDES Permit # NC0082546
1. All alum sludge is held and thickened in the alum sludge holding tank.
2. When the thickened sludge reaches the desired level the sludge is pumped into tanker
trucks and transported to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
3. The alum sludge is unloaded into an aerobic digester where it is blended with domestic
wastewater sludge.
4. The blended sludge is thickened and lime stabilized to meet vector and pathogen reduction.
5. The blended sludge is pumped into tanker trucks and land applied by a Sludge Management,
Biosolids Application Company as class B sludge onto permitted area farm land at agronomic
rates under the provisions of Land Application Permit Number WQ0001618.