NC0058297_Owner Name Change_20001212

NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0058297
Elizabethtown Co-gen facility
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
'Owner Name Change
Report
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date:
December 12, 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
December 12, 2000
Mr. Mark Casper
Cogentrix Eastern Carolina, LLC
9405 Arrowpoint Blvd.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: NPDES Permit Modification — Name/Ownership Change
Permit NC0058297
Cogentrix Eastern Carolina, LLC
(Formerly Cogentrix Elizabethtown)
Bladen County
Dear Mr. Casper:
In accordance with your request received November 21, 2000, the Division is forwarding the subject permit
modification. This modification documents the change in name at the subject facility. All other terms and conditions in the
original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. This permit modification is issued under 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.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in 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, Post Office Drawer 27447, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7447.
Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
This permit does not affect the legal requirement to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of
Water Quality, the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other Federal or Local government
permit that may be required. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Valery Stephens at the
telephone number or address listed below.
Sincerely,
cc: Central Files
Fayetteville Regional Office, Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699.1617
VISIT US ON THE INTERNET @ http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/
919 733-5063, extension 520 (fax) 919 733-0719
[e-mail]

Permit NC0058297
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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,
Cogentrix Eastern Carolina, LLC
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Cogentrix - Elizabethtown
3100 West Broad Street
Elizabethtown
Bladen County
to receiving waters designated as the Cape Fear River in the Cape Fear River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts
I, 11, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective December 12, 2000.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2001.
Signed this day December 12, 2000.
rr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0058297
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SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Cogentrix Eastern Carolina, LLC, is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a 0.312 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of dual 150,000 gallon
settling basins located at Cogentrix Eastern Carolina, LLC at 3100 West Broad Street,
Elizabethtown, in Bladen County.
2. Discharge low volume waste including demineralized water, boiler blowdown, coal pile runoff, and
miscellaneous plant sumps from said treatment works at outfall 001, and
3. Discharge cooling tower blowdown from outfall 002, and
4. Discharge combined wastewater from outfall 001 and outfall 002 through outfall 003 at the location
specified on the attached map into the Cape Fear River which is classified Class C waters in the
Cape Fear RiverBasin.

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
December 6, 2000
Mr. Peter McGrath Jr.
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Suite 4700
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4003
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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: NPDES Name & Ownership Change Request
Permit NC0058301 & NC0058297
Cogentrix Eastern Carolina LLC
Robeson & Bladen County
Dear Mr. McGrath:
The Division received the name and ownership change request and your check (#286937 &
286936) for $100.00. Thank you for submitting this package.
Changes in the permitting fees for NPDES facilities took effect on January 1, 1999. Among
those changes was the elimination of fees for all name & ownership changes. I am returning the check
you submitted with the naive/ownership change request.
If you have any additional questions concerning this request, please contact me at (919) 733-
5083, extension 520.
Sincerely,
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Valery Stephens
SWGPUnit
cc: Stormwater and General Permits File
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 919 733-5083, extension 520 (fax) 919 733-0719
VISIT US ON THE INTERNET @ http://h2o.enr.state.nc.Us/ [e-mail]

[Fwd: FW: Cogentrix E-town NC0058297 Outfall 001 Sample location]
Subject: [Fwd: FW: Cogentrix E-town NC0058297 Outfall 001 Sample location]
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:42:17 -0400
From: Tom Belnick <[e-mail]>
To: Kitty Kramer <[e-mail]>
Kitty- I took a quick look at this request. Although the permit mod
stated that Outfall 001 should be sampled before the settling basin,
this location does not give credit for the treatment that the low volume
waste undergoes in the settling basin. Therefore, I can see why they
continued to sample for 001 after the settling basin. The problem is
that now 001 and 002 comingle before the settling basin, therefore we
might have to calculate some mass limits for the 001 parameters (which
would account for the dilution provided by 002), and which would be
effective at Outfall 003. An effluent sheet for Outfall 001 might be
totally removed from the new permit. I'll have to think about it
further. Anyways, since this permit is due in for renewal next month
(with an expiration of 5/31/01), I'd prefer to make the necessary
corrections at permit renewal. The 002 sample point prior to the
settling basins will remain the same, since they can get a separate
sample and the wastestream is not dependent on the settling basin to
comply with effluent limits. I don't think its that big a deal, since
the facility said they have been meeting the TSS and O&G limits for 001
without much problem. Let me know if you have any questions.
Mailto:[e-mail]
N.0 DENR-DWQ/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1617
Work: [phone] ext. 543
Fax: [phone]
Subject: FW: Cogentrix E-town NC0058297 Outfall 001 Sample location
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:26:24 -0400
From: "Hester, Johnny" <[e-mail]>
To: "'[e-mail]'" <[e-mail]>
CC: "Casper, Mark" <[e-mail]>,
"'[e-mail]"" <[e-mail]>
Atolf 4-0
NeK
Tom: I haven't heard from you on this and I wanted to make sure you did get
this e-mail; please let me know as soon as you can because Kitty has
requested a flow diagram that reflects the proper sample points. If you need
to call me, my work phone no. is 910-739-1300 and my cell phone no. is
910-608-1347.Thanks, Johnny.
> Original Message
> From: Hester, Johnny
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 2:35 PM
> To: '[e-mail]'
> Cc: '[e-mail]'
> Subject: Cogentrix E-town NC0058297 Outfall 001 Sample location
> Tom: In March of 1998, our Elizabethtown facility was granted a minor
> permit modification to allow our cooling tower blowdown to discharge to
> the front of the low volume waste basin to allow for self neutralization
> and this has worked very well by the way.
> Recently, we made some changes on our computer DMRs ie. the new Raleigh
> address,etc and while reviewing the effluent limitations and monitoring
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[Fwd: FW: Cogentrix E-town NC0058297 Outfall 001 Sample location]
> requirements, we noticed that the sample location for 001 was upstream of
> the basins instead of downstream. An upstream sample would be an untreated
> influent sample and would not be representative of the treated low volume
> waste stream.
> I have talked to Kitty Kramer about this and she said that I needed to
> discuss this with you for clarification. Would you please look into this
> for us?
> Thanks, Johnny.
2 of 2 10/24/00 4:42 PM

-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
October 4, 2000
Mr. Ron Varnadoe
Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
P.O. Box 1899
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: NPDES Permit Modification
Permit NC0058297
Cogentrix — Elizabethtown
Bladen County
Dear Mr. Varnadoe:
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 30616 to October 31, 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
May 4, 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
Fayetteville Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Point Sourc,,e Compliance Enforcement Unit
`DES Uri'
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
Sincerely,
Kerr T. Stevens
Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
VISIT US ON THE INTERNET @ http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES

Permit NC0058297
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,
Cogentrix Energy, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Cogentrix - Elizabethtown
3100 West Broad Street
Elizabethtown
Bladen County
to receiving waters designated as the Cape Fear River 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 November 1, 2000.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2001.
Signed this day October 4, 2000.
Kerr T. Stevens, irector
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission