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NC0028746
Briarwood Subdivision WWTP
NPDES Permit:
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Document Date:
February 28, 2007
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
State of North Carolina
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
February 28, 2007
Mr. Michael J. Myers
Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
202 McKenan Drive
Cary, North Carolina 27511
Subject: NPDES PERMIT ISSUANCE
Permit Number NC0028746 — (avads�
Briarwood Subdivision WWTP
Stokes County
Dear Mr. Myers:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject
permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached final 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 permit shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. 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, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other
Federal or Local governmental permits which may be required.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact
Maureen Crawford of my staff at (919) 733-5083, extension 538.
Sincerely,
- 2C 2 Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
Director, Division of Water Quality
cc: Central Files
NPDES Unit Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Aquatic Toxicity Unit
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617 - TELEPHONE 919-733-5083/FAX 919-733-0719
VISIT US ON THE WEB AT http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES
Permit NC0028746
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 provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful
standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Briarwood Subdivision
NC Highway 66
Southeast of Mount Olive
Stokes County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Brushy Fork Creek in the Roanoke 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 April 1, 2007.
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This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on February 29, 2012.
Signed this day February 28, 2007.
tvr: Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Dire or
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit NC0028746
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked, and as of this 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.
Aqua North Carolina, Inc. is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.050 MGD activated sludge package — type wastewater treatment
facility with the following components:
• Influent sedimentation chamber
• Aeration basin
• Clarification basin
• Tablet chlorination
• Contact chambers
The facility is located at Briarwood Subdivision on NC Highway 66 southeast of Mount Olive in Stokes
County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an unnamed
tributary to Brushy Fork Creek, classified C waters in the Roanoke River Basin.
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Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
Briar wood Subdivision
County:
Receiving Stream:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Stokes Stream Class:
UT to Brushy Fork Creek Sub -Basin:
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NPDES Permit No. NC0028746
Permit NC0028746
A (2). CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QRTRLY)
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality to Ceriodaphnia
dubia at an effluent concentration of 49.0%.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in the `North Carolina
Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or subsequent versions or "North Carolina
Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions. The tests will be
performed during the months of July, October, January & April. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the
NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter results in a failure or ChV below the permit limit, then
multiple -concentration testing shall be performed at a minimum, in each of the two following months as described in "North
Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions.
The chronic value for multiple concentration tests will be determined using the geometric mean of the highest concentration
having no detectable impairment of reproduction or survival and the lowest concentration that does have a detectable
impairment of reproduction or survival. The definition of "detectable impairment," collection methods, exposure regimes, and
further statistical methods are specified in the "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure"
(Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form
(MR-1) for the months in which tests were performed, using the parameter code TGP3B for the pass/fail results and THP3B
for the Chronic Value. Additionally, DWQ Form AT-3 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: Environmental Sciences Branch
North Carolina Division of
Water Quality
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, accurate, include all supporting chemical/physical measurements and all concentration/response
data, and be certified by laboratory supervisor and ORC or approved designate signature. 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 the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, monitoring will be required
during the following month. Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina
--Division of Wifer Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may reopened 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,
minimum control organism reproduction, 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 NC0028746
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning April 1, 2007 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
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1. Downstream approximately 200 feet below discharge location.
2. The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be Less than 6.0 mg/L.
3. The TRC limit will become effective October 1, 2008, while monitoring is required beginning on
April 1, 2007.
4. See A. (2.).
5. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE FOAM IN OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS
NORTH CAROLINA
FORSYTH 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 D. H. Stanfield, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: that he is
Controller of the Winston-Salem Journal, engaged in the publishing of a newspaper
known as Winston-Salem Journal, published, issued and entered as second class mail
in the City of Winston-Salem, in said county and state: that he 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 Winston-Salem Journal on the
following dates:
December 22, 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
newspaper meeting all the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the
General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the
meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This 22th day of December, 2006
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(signature of pers
caking affidavit)
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 22th day of December, 2006.
My Commission expires: September 28, 2010
KINOTN
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FORSYTH COUNTY
STATE OF NORTH CARJQL1k1,��
MY COMMISSION EXPIRE
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION/
NPDES UNIT
1617 R
RALE GH, NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION Of 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 En-
vironmental Management Commission proposes to Issue
(NPDES) National
Pollutant
discharge permite tothenperrson(s)
listed below effective 45 days from the publish date of
this notice.
Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be
accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this no-
tice. All comments received prior to that date are consid-
ered In the final determinations regarding the proposed
permit. The Director of the NC Division of Water Quality
may decide to hold a public meeting for the proposed
permit should the Division receve a significant degree of
public interest.
Copies of the draft permit and other supporting In
tlon on file used to determine conditions present in
draft permit are available upon request and paym
the costs of reproduction. Mail comments and/or re
quests for Information to the NC Division of Water Quality
at the above address or call the Point Source Branch al
(919) 733.5083 extension 363. Comments can also be
emailed to CarQlvn.O Fantpq cmmai t. Please Inciudc
the NPDES permit number
(attached) i any conmu ica•
tInterested persons may
Division
of Wa
erQliiytNalisStreet, Raleigh. N(
27604-1148 between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m
to review information on file.
Aqua North Carolina, Inc., 202 McKenan Drive, Cry
North Carolina 27511 has applied for renewal of NPDE:
Segmt NC0028746 for its Bnarwood Subdvislon WWTP ii
tokes County. This pemitted facility discharges treatel
wastewater to and unnamed tributary to Brushy For
Creek In the
Roanoke River Basin. Currently CBOD and ammonia ni
trogen are water quality limited. This discharge may al
fect future allocations in this portion of the watershed.
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Stearns & Wheler, PLLC
Environmental Engineers and Scientists
September 1, 2006
NC DENR —DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
Point -Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Attn: Mrs. Carolyn Bryant
3128 Highwoods Boulevard
Suite 140
Raleigh, NC 27604
tel. (919) 790-6770
fax. (919) 790-9227
web. www.stearnswheler.com
RE: NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL
NC0028746 — AQUA NORTH CAROLINA, BRIARWOOD SUBDIVISION WWTP
S&W JOB No. 61117.0
Dear Mrs. Bryant:
On behalf of AQUA North Carolina, Stearns & Wheler hereby requests renewal of
NPDES permit number NC0028746 for the Briarwood Subdivision WWTP.
Thank you for your efforts with this renewal. If you have any questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact me at (919) 790-6770 or Mike Myers at (919) 467-7854.
Yours truly,
STEARNS & WHELER, PLLC
Mark McIntire, P.E.
Project Engineer
MDM/lch
cc: Mike Myers, Aqua North Carolina
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NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
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
IJC0o28746
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to move from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
Facility Name Briarwood Subdivision WWTP
Mailing Address 202 McKenan Drive
City Cary
State / Zip Code NC, 27511
Telephone Number (919)467-7854
Fax Number (919)460-1788
e-mail Address MJMyers@aquaamerica.com
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road NC Highway 66
City
State / Zip Code
County
Clemmons
NC, 27012
Stokes
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, public organization 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
Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
202 McKenan Drive
Cary
NC, 27511
(919)467-7854
(919)460-1788
1 of 3 Form-D 1/06
NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply):
Industrial 0 Number of Employees
Commercial 0 Number of Employees
Residential ® Number of Homes
School 0 Number of Students/Staff
Other 0 Explain:
127
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.):
Wastewater is generated by a residential subdivision.
Population served: approximately 400
5. Type of collection system
® Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
6. Outfall Information:
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes
® No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
Brushy Fork Creek
8. Frequency of Discharge: ® Continuous 0 Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
9. Describe the treatment system
List all installed components, including capacity, provide design removal for BOD, TSS, nitrogen and
phosphorus. If the space provided is not sufficient, attach the description of the treatment system in a
separate sheet of paper.
Treatment facility is a 0.05 mgd activated sludge package plant consisting of influent
screening, primary sedimentation chamber, aeration basin, secondary clarifier, and tablet
chlorination with chlorine contact chamber.
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.05 MGD
2 of 3 Form-D 1/06
Type
NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0.021 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.071 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
12. Effluent Data
Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform. Temperature and pH shall be grab samples, for all other
parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. Effluent testing data must be based on at least three samples
and must be no more than four and one half years old.
ParameterDaily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Number of
Samples
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(BOD5)
29,5
7.2
mg/L
26
Fecal Coliforrn
270
4
#/ 100 ml
26
Total Suspended Solids
22.4
7.6
mg/L
26
Temperature (Summer)
27
21
°C
161
Temperature (Winter)
16
12
°C
115
pH
7.42
6.9
Standard Units
29
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA)
UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
NC0028746 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
Special Order of Consent (SOC)
Non -attainment program (CAA) Other
NPDES
PSD (CAA)
14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
Permit Number
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.
Michael J. Myers Division Manager
Printed name of Person Signing Title
Signature orApplic
Date
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) states: 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 knowly 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 $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar
offense.)
3 of 3 Form-D 1/06
Sludge Management Plan
Aqua North Carolina, Briarwood Subdivision WWTP
NC0028746
Sludge is wasted from the secondary clarifier to an aerobic digestion tank. Aqua currently
contracts with Forsyth Rooter to pump out the sludge for disposal.
Michael J. My , Divis . Manager
-3o-06
Date
Aqua North Carolina - Briarwood Subdivision
NC0028746
Stokes County
Discharging to an Unnamed Tributary
Of Brushy Fork Creek
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Environmental Engineers and Scientists
FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS
Basic Information to determine potential for expedited permit renewal
Reviewer/Date
Gil 1%i n 2-a N c
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Permit Number
IV C &, 2 e 7 L
Facility Name
Ari arw ood Su t4
-
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
C30,�a1
Receiving Stream
('r -f v Brushy irk Creek'
Stream Classification in Permit
G.
Does permit need NH3 limits?
/(/d
Does permit need TRC limits?
Ye;
Does permit have toxicity testing?
y e S
Does permit have Special Conditions?
N 0
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Does permit have instream monitoring?
.kC�'S
Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)?
4/0
Any obvious compliance concerns?
iti 0
Any permit mods since last permit?
'V b
Existing expiration date
'W- 2Q1 zoo-7
Reissued permit expiration date
rob a$, 7-012
New proposed permit effective date
Miscellaneous Comments
This is a SIMPLE EXPEDITED permit renewal (administrative
renewal with no changes, or only minor changes such as TRC, NH3,
name/ownership changes). Include conventional WTPs in this group. •
YES_ This is a MORE COMPLEX EXPEDITED permit renewal (includes
Special Conditions (such as EAA, Wastewater Management Plan), 303(d)
listed, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance concerns, phased
limits). Basin Coordinator to make case -by -case decision.
YES_ This permit CANNOT BE EXPEDITED for one of the following reasons:
• Major Facility (municipal/industrial)
• Minor Municipals with pretreatment program
• Minor Industrials subject to Fed Effluent Guidelines (lb/day limits for BOD, TSS,
etc)
• Limits based on reasonable potential analysis (metals, GW remediation organics)
• Permitted flow > 0.5 MGD (requires full Fact Sheet)
• Permits determined by Basin Coordinator to be outside expedited process
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