NC0028827_Permit (Issuance)_19970815

NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING: COVER SHEET
NC0028827
Snug Harbor WWTP
NPDES Permit:
Document Type:;
' Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Other [rating sheet]
Speculative Limits
Instream Assessment (67b)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
August 15, 1997
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
L EE --1 NJ
August 15, 1997
Mr. F. Patrick Ausband, Executive Director
The Sailor's Snug Harbor
272 Highway 70
Sea Level, North Carolina 28577
Subject: NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NC0028827
Sailor's Snug Harbor WWTP
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Ausband:
In accordance with your application for discharge permit received on January 22,
1997 by the Division, we are forwarding herewith the subject permit to discharge under the
subject state - 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. Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6, 1983 and as
subsequently amended.
Changes to your permit include the following:
• Monitoring frequencies for BOD, TSS, Fecal, and pH have been changed per updated
.0500 regulations.
• The upstream and downstream monitoring requirements were removed, except for one
downstream measurement for fecal coliform.
• A toxicity reopener was placed in your permit. This states that toxicity testing and/or
dechlorination may be required in the future if total residual chlorine effluent levels are
not reduced significantly.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this
permit are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicator), 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, Post Office Drawer 27447,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7447. Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be
final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the
Division of Water Quality. Part II, E.4. addresses the requirements to be followed in case
of change in ownership or control of this discharge. The Division of Water Quality may
require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit.
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NC0028827
Sailor's Snug Harbor WWTP
August 15, 1997
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 Mary Cabe at
telephone number [phone], extension 518.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard. Jr., P. E.
cc: Central Files
Mr. Roosevelt Childress, EPA
Wilmington Regional Office/Water Quality Section
Permits & Engineering Unit
Facility Assessment Unit
Mr. Calvin Dowty, ORC

Permit No. NC0028827
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, 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 Sailors' Snug Harbor
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
The Sailors' Snug Harbor
272 US Highway 70
northwest of Sea Level
Carteret County
to receiving waters designated as Salters Creek in the White Oak 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 September 1, 1997.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2002.
Signed this day August 15, 1997.
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No. NC0028827
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The Sailors' Snug Harbor
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a 0.02 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of flow equalization
with dual pumps and aeration, 5 aeration basins, dual clarifiers, dual high rate mixed media
tertiary filters, aerated sludge digester, recorder and flume, a hypochlorinator, aerated effluent
pump station and standby power located at The Sailors' Snug Harbor, northwest of Sea Level,
Highway 70 East, Carteret County (See Part III of this Permit), and
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Salter's
Creek which is classified Class SC waters in the White Oak River Basin.

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HARD SURFACE =AIM= UNIMPROVED ROAD
Latitude; 34°53'27" Longitude; 76°24'00"
Map # H33NW Sub -basin 030504
Stream Class SC
Discharge Class 11
Receiving Stream Salters Creek
Permit exp. 07/31/02 OW 0.02 MGD
SCALE 1:24 000
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CONTOUR INTERVAL 5 FEET
QUAD LOCATION
Sailors' Snug Harbor
NC0028827
Carteret County

A. (). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FINAL Permit No. NC0028827
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall
serial number 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
Measurement Sample *Sample
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Daily Max Frequency Type Location
Flow 0.020 MCA Weekly Instantaneous I or E
BOD, 5 day, 20°C 30.0 m g/ I 45.0 m g/ I Weekly Grab E
Total Suspended Residue 30.0 m g/ I 45.0 m g/ I Weekly Grab E
NH3 as N 2/Month Grab E
Dissolved Oxygen** Weekly Grab E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 14.0 /100 ml 28.0 /100 mi Weekly Grab E, D
Total Residual Chlorine*** Daily Grab E
Temperature, °C Weekly Grab E
* Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, D - Downstream at the Fish House.
** The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 5.0 mg/l.
*** Toxicity testing and/or dechlorination may be required in the future if Total Residual Chlorine effluent levels are not significantly reduced.
The pH shall not be less than 6.8 standard units nor greater than 8.5 standard units and shall be monitored weekly at the effluent and
downstream by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

PERMIT NOTES
NC0028827 The Sailor's Snug Harbor WWTP 03-05-04 Streamline Package
Class II SIC = 8052 White Oak
1/22/97 Received application, $200. Facility requests removal of U and D monitoring. The
discharge is to tidally influenced waters and Steve West, WiRO, commented that it may
not be needed. Wrote ack letter.
Receiving Stream: Salters Creek SC
WLA JCM 3/7/91 Tidally influenced
SR Ed Beck 4/25/91
14-I '11'
DMR's: No problems with Instream monitoring data. Will remov & D monitoring.
Compliance data: One Fecal violation 6/95.
Chlorine is high 2006 and 1861 average for last two years.
CF Notes:
4/22/96 Compliance Inspection Pat Durrett Status = Compliant
2/27 Drafting permit:
Changes to BOD, TSS, and Fecal monitoring frequencies per .0500 regs.
Removed U and D monitoring.
Would like RO comment on whether chlorine limit is needed due to close proximity
of SA waters.
To Steve Pellei for review.
Package to Dave Goodrich to review.
4/15 Went on a site visit with Pat Durrett. ORC was Calvin Dowty. Changes he will make:
Fix small leaks in the plant.
Aerate after chlorine contact.
Take the effluent sample farther down the effluent pipe.
Try to reduce the amount of chlorine added and not vilolate fecal limit.
4/29 Received SL report from RO.
Concur with removing U and D monitoring - DAG would like D monitoring for fecal
only due to proximity of SA waters.
Will add a toxicity reopener due to high chlorine levels.
Public Notice 5/24/97 Issue iP/97-
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Staff Review and Evaluation
NPDES Wastewater Permit
FACILITY INFORMATION
Facility Sailor's Snug Harbor WWTP
NPDES No. NC0028827
Design Flow (MGD) 0.02
Facility Class
STREAM CHARACTERISTICS
Stream Name Salter s Creek
Stream Class SC
Sub -basin 03-05-04
Drainage Area (mil)
S7Q10 (cfs) Tidally Influenced
W7Q10 (cfs)
30Q2 (cfs)
IWC (%)
Proposed Changes
Parameters Affected
Basis for change(s)
Removed U & D monitoring
DO, Fecal, Temp, Cond
Not relevant info.
Changed monitoring frequencies
BOD, TSS, Fecal, pH
.0500 regs
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Compliance Schedule: N/A
Special Condition(s): N/A
Permits & Engineering Comments:
Facility requested U&D monitoring be removed; the receiving waters are tidally influenced
and Steve West commented to ORC that instream data may not be relevant.
Removed U & D monitoring, past instream data is compliant and attached.
Chlorine limits are high (2006 and 1861 µg/1 avg for last two years).
Recommend renewal of NPDES permit with the above changes.
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