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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0047597_Wasteload Allocation_19910322erio State of North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources Division of Environmental Management 512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 James G. Martin, Governor William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary March 22, 1991 Mr. A. T. Roland, Director Department of Water Resources City of Durham 101 City Hall Plaza Durham, NC 27701 George T. Everett,Ph.D. Director AMR 2 6 1991 51.1E t trlj BRANCH Subject: NPDES Permit No. NC0047597 Farrington Road WWTP Durham County Dear Mr. Roland: Staff of the Division's Water Quality Section has reviewed your comments regarding the NPDES Permit issued February 7, 1991. The following explanations are offered in response to your concerns: Biological Oxygen Demand - According to our Laboratory Section, the accuracy of this analysis should be to two (2) significant figures. The City of Durham may r6port the data in whole numbers such as 5 or 7, however we will continue to enter this date onto our computer database as 5.0 and 7.0, respectively. Total Phosphorus - As you are aware, the Level C modeling analysis we conducted in response to the City's request in 1989 to expand the facility clearly documented the need for a more stringent, localized effluent limitation for phosphorus. The permit limit of 0.5 mg/1- shall remain. In response to your concerns regarding the quarterly limit calculation, Part II-A(6)(g) sets forth the definition of the quarters and these periods will be utilized for compliance determinations. Pollution Prevention Pays P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone 919-733-7015 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer Mr. A. T. Roland Page 2 March 20, 1991 Chromium, Nickel, Cadmium and Lead - A review of the analytical data supports a reduction in monitoring frequencies. However, since allocated metal loadings to industrial users served by the Farrington Road WWTP exceed ten percent of those levels necessary to exceed the waters quality standard of the receiving waters, we must keep the effluent limits for these parameters . The monitoring frequeny for Chromium and Nickel will be reduced from daily to monthly. The monitoring frequency for Cadium and Lead will be reduced from daily to weekly. Attached you will find revised effluent sheets that you should insert into your NPDES permit. Long Term Monitoring - We agree that the previously submitted Long Term Monitoring Plan is acceptable and fulfills the requirements of this permit condition. Please be aware that the Division will need to notified of any modifications to this plan during the life of this permit. Your assumption that the JOC supersedes the NPDES Permit is correct relative to the parameters and terms addressed by the Order. Hopefully, our letter of March 7, 1991, addressed the topic of sludge removal and toxicity. If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit modification are unacceptable to you, you have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within 30 days following receipt of this permit. This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, P. O. Drawer 27447, Raleigh, NC 27611-7447. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding. If you have any questions relating to this matter, please contact Mr. Donald Safrit, Supervisor of the Permits and Engineering Unit or Mr. Steve W. Tedder, Chief of the Water Quality Section at 919/733-5083. Sincerely, George T. Everett cc: Permits and Engineering Unit facilities Assessment Unit finical Support Unit Raleigh Regional Offices Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA Division of Environmental Management March 19, 1991 To: Don Safrit From: Mike Scoville SOS Through: Ruth Swanek gc.s Trevor Clements Subject: Comments on the Draft Permit for Durham's Farrington Road WWTP (NPDES No. NC0047597, Durham County) I have reviewed A. T. Rolan's comments regarding the subject permit and offer the following responses in the order of his requests: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) - It is acceptable to Technical Support that the BOD5 limits contained in the permit be listed as 5 mg/1 and 7 mg/1 instead of 5.0 mg/1 and 7.0 mg/1, but recommended that the limits remain as they are and the city choose it's own rounding and reporting convention based on standard operating procedure. Total Phosphorus - The City of Durham had earlier accepted the summertime 0.5 mg/1 TP limit and has been aware of it well before now. This limit is necessary to offer protection of the sensitive New Hope Creek arm of Jordan Lake against eutrophication, characteristics of which are well documented in the past. This limit should remain unchanged; it is especially necessary to control TP loading after the expansion to 20 MGD given the 99% IWC at 7Q10 flow conditions. Chromium - The City has reported 364 chromium samples since April 1989, none of which has been over the 50 ug/I permit limit (detection level used was 5 ug/l). Since the load of chromium permitted from the facility through its pretreatment program is less than one -tenth of the allowable effluent load, it would be acceptable to reduce the monitoring frequency for chromium to a monthly basis. The limit should stay the same, but the City will have the freedom to decide the monitoring necessary to stay in compliance. However, if the additional capacity provided by the plant expansion facilitates the addition of any industrial or other sources of chromium it is important that DEM is notified and the requirements revised if necessary. Nickel - The same comments as for chromium apply for nickel, although the permitted nickel load is greater than 10 % of the allowable effluent nickel load. The effluent nickel data shows very low concentrations and no violations; a monthly monitoring requirement is satisfactory at the existing limitations.. Cadmium and Lead - Cadmium and lead data from the same metals monitoring reveal several violations of the proposed permit limits, and several values very close to exceeding the limits. These limits should not be changed, although it may be preferable to include just the limits and not the extra monitoring language. Long Term Monitoring - This issue should be addressed by the Pretreatment or Permits & Engineering Unit. If you have any questions or comments regarding this matter, please contact me. cc: Steve Tedder State of North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources Division of Environmental Management 512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 James G. Martin, Governor William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary March 7, 1991 Mr. A. T. Roland, Director Department of Water Resources City of Durham 101 City Hall Plaza Durham, North Carolina 27701 George T. Everett, Ph.D. Director 'i'i 0 7 1991 Subject: NPDES Permit No. NC0047597 Farrington Road WWTP Durham County Dear Mr. Roland: The Division is in receipt of your letter of February 12, 1991, received by the Division on February 25, 1991. According to our records, the draft permit for the Farrington Road Wastewater Treatment Facility was sent to the City of Durham approximately December 24, 1990. Since no comments were received by January 23, 1991, as required by the notice, we proceeded to issue the permit on the scheduled issue date of February 7, 1991. Since your comments appear to be general in nature, I feel confident that we should be able to resolve these concerns without a formal petition at this time. However, if we are unable to reach an agreement with your suggested changes, any objections to our decision will need to be filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings at that time. Once these items have been reviewed by the Raleigh Regional Office and the other appropriate staff from the Water Quality Section, we will proceed to prepare the appropriate response to your concerns. We will attempt to provide this response within approximately forty-five (45) days. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 919/733-5083. cc: Raleigh Regional Office Technical Support Branch Permits and Engineering Unit Pollution Prevention Pays P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone 919-733-7015 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer Steve W. Tedder, Chief Water Quality Section cp©ggQ a '18 C3 69 a ©�T � AR©©Q© CITY OF MEDICINE February 12, 1991 CITY OF DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA Mr. Steve Tedder, Chief Water Quality Section Division of Environmental Management Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 SUBJECT: Dear Mr. Tedder: FEB 28 1991 PERMS h EN fN:_E NG DEPARTI\IX:NT OF WATER RESOURCES 101 CITY HALL PLAZA DURIIAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27701 (919) 560-4381 FEE 25 1991 .. Draft Permit Comments NPDES No. NC0047597 Farrington Road WWTP City of Durham After reviewing the draft •ermi for the City of Durham's Farrington Road Waste - reatment Plant, the City wishes to su•mit the following comments. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) - this limit is extremely low, and is virtually at the limit of technology, both for the capability of treatment technology and for analytical techniques. We request that the limit be given as 5 mg/1 (summer) and 7 mg/1 (winter) rather than 5.0 mg/1 and 7.0 mg/l. Anything to the right of the decimal has no arithmetic significance. Laboratory analysis cannot produce a significant digit in the tenth of a part and therefore it is not valid mathematics to list a digit which is not significant. Total Phosphorus - this limit will be extremely difficult to meet with biological phosphorus removal techniques. It will be necessary to use chemical removal technology (alum feed) to consistently comply with a 0.5 mg/1 limit. Because this limit leaves very little margin for error a treatment plant must of necessity, overfeed a chemical coagulant in order to insure continued compliance. Pleaseconsider the effect on the effluent of dissolved chemical salts as well as the accumulation of coagulants in the sludge. The introduction of chemical salts into the environment may not be a legitimate trade off for the extra phosphorus reduction. We would request that the phosphorus limit remain at 2.0 mg/1 for the entire year. We feel we can meet a 2.0 mg/1 limit with reasonable consistency using biological removal techniques. 3 2 :D 1991 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER Mr. Steve Tedder February 12, 1991 Page 2 If the limits remain as written in the draft, we would request some guidance on how the quarterly limit is to be calculated. Is this limit a moving average or are the quarters specified? Chromium - the City has performed and submitted analysis on a weekly basis since April 1989 using atomic absorption spectroscopy with graphite furnace. This technique produces an analytical detection limit of 50 ug/l. This detection limit is the same as the proposed permit limit. During this period of almost two years, we have not seen any effluent sample with a chromium concentration above the detection limit. We know of no known source of chromium within our service area. We request that this parameter be deleted as a permit requirement. Nickel - the same facts as detailed for chromium are true for nickel. We have detected no levels of nickel above detection levels and request that this parameter also be deleted. Cadmium and Lead - as with chromium and nickel, we have conducted regular analyses at the analytical detection levels. For both these metals we have found very few cases of concentrations in excess of the detection level. Both parameters showed only seven (7) individuals which were higher that the detection or permit limit. Please note that these analyses are very expensive and time consuming to perform. We would request that these parameters be deleted also. Long Term Monitoring - pretreatment requirements - Part III, B. 2. of the draft permit requires the City to draft and submit a monitoring program for the collection of facility specific data for use in headworks analysis within 120 days of the effective date of the permit. On April 11, 1990, we submitted a Long Term Monitoring Plan for site specific removal efficiencies for three City plants, including Farrington in order to meet the terms of the JOC. After receiving a letter of approval (dated July 27, 1990), we began implementing the plan. To date, we have conducted two (2) monitoring events at the plant and the third event is scheduled to commence on February 17,1991. Therefore, we have already completed this requirement for the permit. We request verification from your office that the current program will satisfy the requirements of Part III, B. and that the requirement be deleted from the permit. Mr. Steve Tedder February 12, 1991 Page 3 Finally, we assume that the JOC continues in force and supercedes this permit until the JOC expires. We are also still awaiting a response to our request for a modification to our JOC for sludge removal and toxicity (See attached letters). Your favorable response to all of the above will be appreciated. Sincerely, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES A. T. Rolan Director ATTACHMENTS cc: Orville W. Powell, City Manager, City of Durham, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina 27701. Cecil A. Brown, Senior Assistant City Manager, City of Durham, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina 27701. William W. Telford, Superintendent of Plants II, Department of Water Resources, City of Durham, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina 27701. Karen Sindelar, City Attorney's Office, City of Durham, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, North Carolina 27701. Arthur Mouberry, Regional Supervisor, Raleigh Regional Office, Division of Environmental Management, Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27611-7687. wo As; State of North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources Division of Environmental Management 512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 James G. Martin, Govemor George T. Everett Ph.D. Wiliam W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director February 7, 1.991 Mr. A. Terry Rolan 101 City Hall Plaza Durham, NC 27701 Subject: Permit No. NC0047597 Durham (Farrington Road WWTP) Durham County Dear Mr. Rolan: In accordance with your application for discharge permit received on July 27, 1990, we are forwarding herewith the subject State - NPI)ES 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 US Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6, 1983. 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, Post Office Drawer 27447, Raleigh, North Carol inn 2761 1-74,47.. Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding. Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. Part II, E.4. addresses the requirements to be followed in case of change in ownership or control of this discharge. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Environmental Management or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management: Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required. If you have any questions concerning t.h i s permit, please contact Mrs. Rosanne Barons at telephone number 919/733-5083. Sincerely, Original Signed By Donald SMNit for George T. Everett cc: Mr. Jim Patrick, EPA Raleigh Regional Office Pollution Prevention Pays nn a,,Y 77eR7_ Raleigh. North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone 919-733-7015 • Permit No. NC0047597 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 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 Durham is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at Farrington Road Wastewater Treatment Plant 6605 Farrington Road Durham Durham County to receiving waters designated as New Hope Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and III hereof. This permit shall become effective April 1, 1991 This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on February 29, 1996 Signed this day February 7, 1991 Original Signed By Donald Saftit for George T. Everett, Director Division of Environmental Management By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission •• K► '' , • Permit No. NC0047597 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET City of Durham is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate the existing 10.0 MGD wastewater treatment facility, and upon completion of construction operate at a total flow of 20.0 MGD for the facility located at Farrington Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, 6605 Farrington Road, Durham, Durham County (See Part III of this Permit), and 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into New Hope Creek which is classified Class C-NSW waters in the Cape Fear River Basin. 780 000 FEET J972 Q 71.2 lii N 35' 52'30"t• . `'•: t 79'°00' 681 1682 Mapped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey Control by USGS, NOS/NOAA, and North Carolina Geodetic Survey Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1972, Field checked 1973 Projection and 10,000-foot grid ticks: North Carolina coordinate system (Lambert conformal conic). 1000-meter Universal Transverse Mercator grid ticks, zone 17, shown in blue: 1927 North American f To place on the predicted North American Datum 1983 move the projection Tines 11 meters south and 22 meters west as shown by dashed 'ornr+r r 683 2 010 000 FEET R6-1Joril f igh Sch c.y: * MN 1' 'I\ 124 MILS ke: .9 A. (). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS SUMMER (April 1- October 31) Permit No. NC0047597 During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the pennittee as specified below: Effluent Characteristics Discharge Limitations Monthly Avg, Flow 20.0 MCA BOD, 5 day, 20°C** 5.0 mg/I Total Suspended Residue** 30.0 mg/I NH3asN 1.0 mg/1 Dissolved Oxygen*** Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200.0 /100 ml Total Residual Chlorine Temperature Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Total Phosphorus Chronic Toxicity***** 0.5mg/I**** Weekly Avg. 7.5 mg/I 45.0 mg/I 1.5 mg/I 400.0 /100 ml pally Max Monitoring Measurement Frequency Continuous Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily 17.0 ug/I Daily Daily Monthly Weekly Quarterly Requirements Sample *Sample TVDe Location Recording I or E Composite E, I Composite E, 1 Composite E Grab E, U, D Grab E, U, D Grab E Grab E,U,D Composite E Composite E Composite E *Sample locations: E - Effluent; I - Influent; U - Upstream 50 feet (existing site); D = D 1 + D2 + D3; Di - Downstream at DN2, above channelized section above the lower subimpoundment, D2 - Downstream at NCSR 1107, D3 - Downstream at DN5 (5 miles downstream) Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples for temperature, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform and conductivity shall be collected three times per week during June - September, and weekly during the remaining months of the year. Stream samples for total phosphorus, PO4, TKN, NH3 as N, and NO2 + NO3 shall be collected weekly. **The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15 % of the respective influent value (85 %) removal. *** The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 6.0 mg/l. **** Quarterly Average Limit ***** Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at 99%; January, April, July and October; See Part III, Condition F. ****** See Part III, Condition G. ******* Samples for this metal shall be taken five days per week. The first sample shall be analyzed and if the results are at or above the weekly average limit, all five samples shall be analyzed and reported. Otherwise, if the sample results are below the weekly average limits, the remaining four samples need not be analyzed. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. ( ). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS SUMMER (April 1- October 31) Permit No. NC0047597 During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number 001. (Continued) Effluent Characteristics Pollutant Analysis Conductivity Cadmium Chromium Nickel****** Lead Cyanide Mercury Copper Zinc Silver PO4' TKN* NO2+NO3* Total Phosphorus* NH3 as N* * Discharge Limitations Units (specify) Monthly Avg, Weekly Avg, Daily Max 2.0 ug/I 50.0 ug/I 88.0 ug/I • 25.0 ug/! 4.5 ug/I 75.0 ug/I 132.0 ug/I 34.5 ug/I Monitoring Measurement Frequency Annually * Daily Daily Daily Daily Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Requirements Sample Type Grab Composite Composite Composite Composite Grab Composite Composite Composite Composite Grab Grab Grab Grab Grab *Sample Location E U, D E E E E E E E E E U,D U,D U,D U,D U,D A. ( ). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS WINTER (November 1 - March 31) Permit No. NC0047597 During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) 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 20.0 MCD Continuous Recording I or E BOD, 5 day, 20°C** 7.0 mg/I 10.5 mg/I Daily Composite E, I Total Suspended Residue** 30.0 mg/I 45.0 mg/1 Daily Composite E, 1 NH3 as N 2.0 mg/1 3.0 mg/I f Daily Composite E Dissolved Oxygen*** 4 Daily Grab E, U, D Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200.0 /100 ml 400.0 /100 ml Daily Grab E, U, D Total Residual Chlorine 17.0 ug/I Daily Grab E Temperature Daily Grab E,U,D Total Nitrogen (NO2 + NO3 + TKN) Monthly • Composite E Total Phosphorus 2.0 m g / I * * * * Weekly Composite E Chronic Toxicity Quarterly Composite E *Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent, U - Upstream 50 feet (existing site), D - Downstream at NCSR 1107 Upstream and downstream samples shall be grab samples. Stream samples shall be collected once per week. **The monthly average effluent BODS and Total Suspended Residue concentrations shall not exceed 15 % of the respective influent value (85 %) removal. *** The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 6.0 mg/l. **** Quarterly Average Limit ***** Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at 99%; January, April, July and October, See Part III, Condition F. ****** See Part III, Condition G. ******* Samples for this metal shall be taken five days per week. The first sample shall be analyzed and if the results are at or above the weekly average limit, all five samples shall be analyzed and reported. Otherwise, if the sample results are below the weekly average limits, the remaining four samples need not be analyzed. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored daily at the effluent by grab sample. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. (). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS WINTER (November 1- March 31) Permit No. NC0047597 During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall(s) serial number 001. (Continued) 4 Effluent Characteristics Pollutant Analysis Conductivity Cadmium Chromium Nickel Lead Cyanide Mercury Copper Zinc Silver • • . • Discharge Limitations Units (speclfyl Monthly Avg: Weekly Avgi Daily Max Frequency Annually 2.0 ug/I 4.5 ug/I 50.0 ug/I 75.0 ug/I 88.0 ug/I 132.0 ug/I 25.0 ug/I 34.5 ug/I Monitoring Measurement Daily Daily Daily Daily Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Monthly Requirements ample 0 Grab Composite Composite Composite Composite Grab Composite Composite Composite Composite *Sample Location E U, D E E E E E E E E E • ,r 1 01 F:(e J UG -r mOD ** ayF a a 18 69t a © ,- a yu, *•r �©© 8 CAR( CITY OF MEDICINE CITY OF DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA November 28, 1990 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 101 CITY HALL PLAZA DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA 27701 (919)560-4381 Dr. George T. Everett, Director Division of Environmental Management Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 SUBJECT: Final Phase B Report for the City of Durham Toxicity Reduction Evaluation Dear Dr. Everett: The City of Durham is pleased to submit two (2) copies of the referenced Final Phase B Report in accordance with the approved plan for toxicity reduction evaluation as provided for under JOC #89-03. As shown in the report, the simulation studies indicates that the proposed level of treatment to be provided at Farrington Road and Northside should eliminate toxicity from these effluents. After you and your staff have had an opportunity to review the enclosed reports, we would be happy to meet with you during the week of December 17, 1990 if necessary, to discuss the report. Based on the work to date, we would recommend that no further work on toxicity reduction be carried out other than a continuation of the quarterly monitoring requirements required under Attachment B of the JOG. In order to accomplish this, we request that the JOC be amended to delay the effective date of enforcement of toxicity limits from January 1, 1991 until three (3) months after completion of construction of the new facilities. Your favorable consideration of this requested modification will be appreciated. Sincerely, A. T. Rol an Director ATR/cbt 1190281 cc: Mr. Gordon Ruggles Mr. John A. Botts Mr. William W. Sun AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER W CITY OF' MEDICINE CITY OF DURHAM NORTH CAROLINA November 6, 1990 Dr. George T. Everett, Director Division of Environmental Management Post Office Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Dear Mr. Everett: DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES 101 CITY HALL PLAZA DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27701 (919) 560-4381 This is in reference to your letter of May 18, 1990 concerning the City of Durham's short term sludge management plan and compliance with Consent Judgement (J0C #89-03). The City of Durham hereby requests an extension of the completion date of February 7, 1991 as indicated in the last paragraph of your letter. We understand that the completion date was set so as to comply with paragraph 9-b-2-iv of the Consent Judgement and was based on Arthur Mouberry's approval letter dated February 7, 1990. We assume that this completion date was predicated on your assumption that the City of Durham was in a position to immediately begin land application of sludge. The City was ready to begin land applying sludge, having entered into a contract with AMSCO, Inc. in July, 1989 for them to carry out our sludge management program, but we were not able to submit an acceptable permit application package until May 7, 1990, as indicated in your letter. Please refer to my letter of March 23, 1990 to you which highlights new and additional requirements and delays which were imposed during the preparation of our permit application package. The City of Durham finally received an approved land application permit dated August 10, 1990. AMSCO, Inc. immediately, properly and adequately notified involved County Managers, mobilized their equipment and began land application on August 20, 1990. Through September, approximately 12,500 cubic yards of sludge have been land applied. The total estimated amount of stored sludge in our short-term sludge plan was 56,000 yards of dry sludge and approximately 2,000,000 gallons of liquid sludge. AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER Dr. George T. Everett Page Two November 6, 1990 The City also began investigating the application of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) to stabilize sludge with the goal that the final product could be used as a daily cover material supplement in the solid waste landfill. An application was submitted in January, 1990 to the Solid Waste Section (Mr. Gordon Layton) for approval to utilize the CKD stabilized sludge product as a daily cover supplement. Approval of this application was finally received on October 3, 1990. Approximately 12,000 cubic yards of CKD stabilized sludge product have been produced at our Northside WWTP and approximately 4,000 cubic yards of this product has been delivered to the landfill for use as cover material supplement. A request to increase the daily allowable mix ratio of CKD product and regular soil filed on October 2, 1990 has yet to be answered. Based on the quantities of sludge that have been processed since required permits have been received, the City of Durham cannot complete the short-term sludge management plan by February 9, 1991. Additionally, AMSCO advised us that considering an average amount of inclement weather, we can expect only 180-190 days during a year as good "land application days." Based on the above extenuating circumstances and conditions, the City of Durham respectfully requests that the completion date for our short-term sludge management plan be extended to August 20, 1991. ATR/TKB : c bt 1190061 cc: Mr. Arthur Mouberry Mr. Dennis Ramsey Mr. Kent Wiggins Si ncer.el y, A. T. Rolan Director REQU PERMIT NO.: NC0047597 NPDES WASTE LOAD ALLOCATION PERMITTEE NAME: City of Durham / Farrington Road WWTP Facility Status: Existing Permit Status: Renewal Major �1 Pipe No.: 001 Minor Design Capacity: 20.0 MGD Domestic (% of Flow): 99.15 % Industrial (% of Flow): .85 % Comments: in process of expanding (copy of engineering proposal attached) RECEIVING STREAM: New Hope Creek Class: C-NSW Sub -Basin: 03-06-05 Reference USGS Quad: D " ' " "Da 31\1 k) (please attach) County: Durham Regional Office: Raleigh Regional Office Previous Exp. Date: 1/31/91 Treatment Plant Class: Class 4 Classification changes within three miles: none Requested by: Prepared by: Reviewed by: Wail, C. u Spi(]nte ie-- / 30u (A. IK . 5 S) 3 (K) Rosanne Barona Date: Date: 9/13/90 Modeler Date Rec. # \, s Q tL O 50 sat sG Drainage Area (mil ) 75,0 Avg. Streamflow (cfs): 77.0 7Q10 (cfs) c�1 S Winter 7Q10 (cfs) 1,0,0 30Q2 (cfs) 3,60 Toxicity Limits: IWC qq % Acut_, Ohroa:c Ccr:oSa(1 n.a Q r1. t Instream Monitoring: -feud s I vk k (erh¢era1tn�C j D0, -ut e.t.PorM G„J„c�+vr�.� €, ►/✓eek Parameters -CP4 PoL{ , 'c1Csl3 NIA, r N0, < NoT once per .'iek St4 "'"'e catty Upstream Y Location 50 CI- Is4t1 M (ex:sa:n, s:{e) ,)A+ on2, Ab.vt swb:MPe�ndncnf Downstream Y Location z' A+ stk. no/ 3) A+ DIJSi 5 0,.45 .4ownsf rt* t Effluent Characteristics Summer Winter BOD5 (mg/1) S 7 NI-I3-N (mg/1) - D.O. (mg/1) 6 TSS (mg/1) 30 3 v F. Col. (/100 ml) zoo zoc.. pH (SU) 6 -9 6-9 TP (milt 0.5 2.0 to-61 Res. wl el' (imi4) tl , 17 C MuAM ("5i4 I. 14. $ ell 50 , 1S 1Lhrom4u+n V;ckel 1-49fl IS t �z , I.ea� (VI) 2.5 311.5 C�rtAI.t (4) IilDn:i-or fl<roAcy ("1/t) Mon;46( Ex:s+:n •Aio.tifi.cki ;+�tu141. :A +ln PLC c.1ian oat. ltvtt reiv..rt 4.n+s for RetDMMt.Ari e414.4.e44- roe+et5 should be me) nriat ne ec- Comments: ciNet.c z: n . 1 out Z S, lw r o s welt. -f�is �Qra►. is a wr f 1, e_ dune-5 '�"�1_'`- n - � II •o7}rvxn'l fvtJA.Zo(`�rk� ` SiT'�s S�ul,� B� Mon.�ore� .r1 X� SUMnM.rr CkP +( Wtnic< <r.S�1-ptwnt ntion.i�^J (d,v-14.c-cM) pt1C0rn4.1 ves+tta" aci" S(Z 1107 (It2) orl`y. loISr,Ic Mi.ntrr Request No.: 5856 WASTELOAD ALLOCATION APPROVAL FORM Facility Name: NPDES No.: Type of Waste: Status: Receiving Stream: Classification: Subbasin: County: Regional Office: Requestor: Date of Request: Quad: CITY OF DURHAM - FARRINGTON ROA5pEbrfl 1990 NC0047597 99.15% DOMESTIC, 0.85% M/1T_TF TC ET TON i1 rrrri � � i � c .rt i i c rya 1�lJ�P.M/ NEW HOPE CREEK C-NSW 030605 Drainage area: DURHAM Summer 7Q10: RALEIGH Winter 7Q0: ROSANNE BARONA Average f1 w: 9/13/90 30Q2: D23NW INDUSTRIAL rgAtfc e OCTi)p; 75.000 sqy mi 0.15 cfs 2.00 cfs 77.00 cfs 3.60 cfs RECOMMENDED EFFLUENT LIMITS Summer Winter Weekly Daily Wasteflow (mgd): 20 20 Avg. Max. BOD5 (mg/1): 5 7 Cadmium (ug/l): 2 4.5 NH3N (mg/1) : 1 2 Chromium (ug/1) : 50 75 DO (mg/1) : 6 6 Nickel (ug/1) : 88 132 TSS (mg/1) : 30 30 Lead (ug/1) : 25 34.5 Fecal coliform (#/100m1): 200 200 Cyanide (ug/l): 5 15 pH (su) : 6-9 6-9 Mercury (ug/l) : 0.012 0.018 TP (mg/1): 0.5 2 Effluent should be sampled daily Tot. Resid. CL (ug/l): 17 17 for metals. Toxicity Testing Req.: Chronic/Ceriodaphnia/Qrtrly MONITORING Upstream (Y/N): Y Location: 50 Feet upstream of discharge point Downstream (Y/N): Y Location: 1) AT DN2, above channelized section above the lower subimpoundment 2) At SR 1107 3) At DN5, 5 miles downstream COMMENTS Recommend effluent monitoring of copper, zinc, and silver as well. The existing analytical detection level requirements for metals should be included in the permit. Recommend instream monitoring of cadmium, nickel, lead, cyanide, mercury, copper (weekly), and zinc (weekly). Metals limits and monitoring requirements based on pretreatment and effluent data. Recommend instream monitoring of temperature, DO, fecal coliform, pH, and conductivity 3/week in the summer (Apr. -Oct.) and weekly in the winter. Weekly instream monitoring of TP, PO4, TKN, NH3, and NO2+NO3 should be required in the summer months as well at all sites. Winter instream monitoring is required only at the upstream site and downstream site (2). Recommended by: Reviewed by Tech Support Supervisor: Regional Supervisor: Permits & Engineering: RETURN TO TECHNICAL 'tau, L C. axiiviL Date: (ii/w Date: Q/!$1g0 §-q1WAt_ /O/h'//ia Lee ►c) Date: wrw SERVICES BY: TtDate: OCT 2 5 199C Facility Name DtiAtkam Farrirt1bn RockWWjip Permit # f .00'175q 7 CHRONIC TOXICITY TESTING REQUIREMENT (QRTRLY) The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit chronic toxicity in any two consecutive toxicity tests, using test procedures outlined in: 1.) The North Carolina Ceriodaphnia chronic effluent bioassay procedure (North Carolina Chronic Bioassay Procedure - Revised *June 1988) or subsequent versions. The effluent concentration atwhich there may be no observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality is qa % (defined as treatment two in the North Carolina procedure document). The permit holder shall perform quarterly monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the permit condition. The first test will be performed after thirty days from issuance of this permit during the months of Oct San, Apr, 3u I . Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes. All toxicity testing results required as part of this pernut condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B. Additionally, DEM Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address: Attention: Environmental Sciences Branch North Carolina Division of Environmental Management P.O. Box 27687 Raleigh, N.C. 27611 Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream. Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits, then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above. Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened 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 and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate retesting(within 30 days of initial monitoring event). Failure to submit suitable test results will constitute noncompliance with monitoring requirements. 7Q10 0. 15 cfs Permited Flow 240 MGD IWC% it Ca, Basin &Sub -basin o30605 ��� S. Receiving Stream New l-1ope Cn►ck cr at, County -Due Inane Date 4 17( O Recommended by: **Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/F at elel %, Oc4) Tan;A?r) 3tAI , See Part 3 , Condition .I . ,C11(S/9d 4/ E i D rLfti,v E1 r (.5c (ASS (bn 1 ff )) l) iv :II,‘T/v �o r e 1 cr C� ) �-a d.�C t,af{,d j 1 4 tr rod t v, r -"{,u Cl o t ti f_t c M t i— 'E' cc _el ue.i ^^{fic 1S P{ �. rY1 t S r i-�,,` rm i t:r 5t v, (1- be re we� 4.S e`5 . I � � tt et cm t t A4ut c.�t..• r� �. J JccLIti monLi-e) f� n r'✓t i r !! E vk� I n 1 c� o n t7,� -rek..i ✓Vt 1i eS fe w* etc ct f -:o A Q 1 tn:y �G 1 I S 7 y ae_ca. �S-e aNer s.v1eUC f 5 0 11 J, VA r a M r d IM ( �G�� /� �" ( 7 �v+ ✓►,\ /v1 v 4 t 7 0/ iVt oft ; +k a_ IC rvi.v r� , cvi V l ad- c v /15 Lc& r +e, ref ck a NANA iL J1n14 (S li-tv1 4 we // �S aft._ a �� d o � a biSc/I -- �C CL of (it.��cOn Eby r r M refu_ Wa I 1-r�Prr �P 5 • 09/17/90 ver 3.1 T OXICS REVIEW Facility: Farrington Road WWTP NPDES Permit No.: NC0047597 Status (E, P, or M) : E Permitted Flow: 20.0 mgd Actual Average Flow: 10.0 mgd Subbasin: 030605 Receiving Stream: New Hope Creek I ---------PRETREATMENT DATA--------------I----EFLLUENT DATA---- I Stream Classification: C-NSW I ACTUAL PERMITTED' I 7Q10: 0.2 cfs I Ind. + Ind. + I FREQUENCY I IWC: 99.52 4 I Domestic PERMITTED Domestic 1 OBSERVED of Chronic' Stn'd / Bkg I Removal Domestic Act.Ind. Total Industrial Total 1 Eflluent Criteria I Pollutant AL Conc. I Eff. Load Load Load Load Load ' Conc. Violations' (uq/1) (ug/1) I % (#/d) (#/d) (#/d) (#/d) (#/d) 1 (ug/1) (#vio/#sam)I _______-- -_ -------- I Cadmium S 2.0 I 924 0.2 0.0 0.18 0.0 0.200 1 23.3 I Chromium S 50.0 I 89% 3.1 0.1 3.14 0.2 3.240 1 6.7 I I Copper AL 7.0 I 904 3.8 0.2 3.92 0.0 3.770 1 80.0 I N Nickel S 88.0 1 394 1.3 0.0 1.30 0.3 1.610 1 65.3 I P Lead S 25.0 I 81% 3.1 0.0 3.09 0.1 3.140 1 146.0 I U Zinc AL 50.0 I 84% 10.8 0.5 11.27 0.1 10.860 1 302.0 I T Cyanide S 5.0 I 59% 2.5 0.0 2.53 0.0 2.530 1 18.0 I Mercury S 0.012 I 864 0.0 0.0 0.03 0.0 0.020 1 0.2 I S Silver AL 0.06 I 944 0.3 0.0 0.31 0.0 0.340 1 I E Selenium S 5.00 I 04 1 I C Arsenic S 50.00 I 0% 1 I T Phenols S NA I 95% 1 I I NH3-N C I 0% 1 10 T.R.Chlor.AL 17.0 I 0% 1 I N I 1 I I 1 I I 1 I I--------------- ALLOWABLE PRDCT'D PRDCT'D PRDCT'D--------MONITOR/LIMIT--------- 1--ADTN'L RECMMDTN'S-- 1 Effluent Effluent Effluent Instream 1 Recomm'd Conc. using using Conc. Based on Based on Based on 1 FREQUENCY INSTREAM 1 ' Allowable CHRONIC ACTUAL PERMIT using ACTUAL PERMITTED OBSERVED 1 Eff. Mon. Monitor. 1 Pollutant 1 Load Criteria Influent Influent OBSERVED Influent Influent Effluent 1 based on Recomm'd ? 1 (#/d) (ug/1) (ug/1) (ug/1) (ug/1) Loading Loading Data 1 OBSERVED (YES/NO) 1 1---------I --------- -------- 1 Cadmium S 1 2.10 2.010 0.175 0.193 23.22 Monitor Monitor Limit 1 NCAC YES 1 A Chromium S I 38.11 50.242 4.155 4.292 6.63 Monitor Monitor Limit I NCAC NO 1 N Copper AL 1 5.87 7.034 4.722 4.540 79.61 Monitor Monitor Monitor 1 Weekly YES I A Nickel S I 12.10 88.426 9.528 11.828 64.94 Limit Limit Limit 1 NCAC YES I L Lead S I 11.03 25.121 7.064 7.185 145.30 Limit Limit Limit 1 NCAC YES 1 Y Zinc AL 1 26.20 50.242 21.709 20.927 300.55 Monitor Monitor Monitor I Weekly YES I S Cyanide S I 1.02 5.024 12.493 12.493 17.91 Limit Limit Limit I NCAC YES I I Mercury S 1 0.01 0.012 0.047 0.034 0.20 Limit Limit Limit I NCAC YES 1 S Silver AL I 0.08 0.060 0.225 0.246 0.00 Monitor Monitor I Selenium S 1 0.42 5.024 0.000 0.000 0.00 1 I R Arsenic S 1 4.19 50.242 0.000 0.000 0.00 I I E Phenols S I 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.00 I I S NH3-N C I 0.000 0.00 I I U T.R.Chlor.AL I 17.082 0.00 I I L I I IT i i iS DfriftlaAt\ J Roq OM) S„mM# C(i)c) (f)5 z? 50 Ds ("1,R) 5 0:43 . ,.i (,uj/ ) 7o (1511, ) (M9/t) Fe v.{ Coil if M (�/fA ) 7c) 7 2 30 30 700 zov I' , (SU) G- q 6-/ V (M)It) 0,` z.O l' Ch(o(:/tt (-^)/t) 11 t7 1)01:I Ilkx:.YL4f 2 50 Z5 5 0,01Z vt riSevtsci DvAvert 1 �Sc�airt IMon� 'or�n (-Co 'L I'-J11 S(AM fe) ? ?o,.r 11(N) N 3-n1) d02tN`3 F? 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SRUul DAC Fey I 4 Alsz F`LCo rnmAf I not c-O (l �?� n i If a (t n s r CJt ;MI 1, /itjul) /eatY) C an`LJ ,cri Me ((,tA / ) a Ude.,07 t 43 I man)nnwn10 f �2/ -�� r Cor r and- r1 C on � I Mrtn gfiuyrtf I"t4>,j. f a<< (ty e,vec Y MooS fk r% a-- tt✓‘. 141 S C;141 ` e,1ct G L `17 deft,JL A s -Cr of '7 'f u S� fr S'i / cm is Sac Keel v_c.om n JC L rytA; re. r►ui fs kc4,4 se_ c ar reirl A(NAJ7 tvift New Hope Creek Instream Monitoring June - September Temp DO % Sat pH BOD5 Fecal Coli TP TKN NH3-N NOx Cond Upstream N= 80 80 80 79 36 78 36 9 37 9 24 Mean= 22.53 5.50 0.63 7.05 2.25 1063.83 0.45 1.11 0.12 0.81 175.67 Std Dever 3.61 1.09 0.12 0.27 0.87 1635.97 1.06 0.28 0.05 1.17 82.43 CV= 16.01 19.81 18.65 3.77 38.85 153.78 236.31 24.83 43.60 144.10 46.93 Downstream #1 N= 39 39 39 39 13 39 13 9 13 9 24 Mean• 23.28 6.24 0.73 7.09 2.38 775.95 1.40 1.21 0.15 10.78 364.75 Std Dev= 2.58 0.76 0.08 0.20 1.04 1019.41 0.62 0.66 0.17 4.01 78.26 % CV= 11.10 12.10 10.77 2.86 43.78 131.38 44.22 54.53 113.86 37.20 21.46 Downstream #2 N= 68 68 68 67 32 66 32 18 33 19 24 Mean= 23.46 6.04 0.71 7.06 2.56 1083.71 1.21 1.59 0.17 10.85 373.75 Std Dev= 2.75 0.92 0.11 0.34 1.41 1678.55 0.57 0.83 0.18 4.27 69.32 % CV= 11.73 15.24 15.80 4.87 55.13 154.89 47.22 51.92 103.64 39.32 18.55 Downstream #3 N= 27 27 27 27 9 27 9 9 9 9 24 Mean= 24.37 4.93 0.59 7.05 2.22 261.44 1.18 1.23 0.10 10.17 366.21 Std Dev= 2.00 0.51 0.06 0.25 0.83 154.33 0.47 0.74 0.00 3.12 77.67 % CV= 8.22 10.32 9.43 3.55 37.50 59.03 39.77 60.27 0.00 30.67 21.21 0) E 0 New Hope Creek D0, June -September, 1988-90 8 1- 4: \IP it=62 0 0 0 rI=27 Upstream DN2 SR 1 107 5 Miles Down is This facility is currently implementing a Please include the following conditions: 'po11NPDES PRETREATMENT INFORMATION R X UFST FORM (� i /Ole. FACILITY NAVE: i i i,x C ;AE f DU"' 2a4 NPES DNO. NCO 0 7 9 ' pO R QUES'rr�t : / A i/ e — — �Cci^O DATE : 8 / / O RFrJcN: /P4/e i�9Li PERMIT CONDITIONS OOVERING PRETREAThWNT This facility has nc fU; and should net have pretreatment la a This facility should and/or is developing ge' Please include the following F' S a pretreatment program. g conditions: Program Deve lopraen t Phase I due / / Phase II due --/--/ Additional Conditions (attached) pretreatment program. Program Implementation Additional Conditions (attached) SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS' (SIUs) CONTRIBUTIONS SIU FLOW - 'DOTAL: - COITION: 11,oT 11'1.F C&€r stole TFTICTILE : METAL FINISHING: OTHER: Past Two AC7uh-1-- 0.(3. 0 A PGD 02g 0 a 0 MGD MGD MGD MCZ MGD MGD HEADWORKS REVIEW PARAMETER i---------DAILY • . IN LBS/ ALLOWBLE DOMESTIC MIMED Cd 1.43. 0.1S D.oa Cr q . 9$ 3.0 g (5. 1 (,) Cu 9.4 a 3 .?.6 0.01 Ni a . I 1 1. a9 _00 , Pb $.S6 3.0g 0.0 6 Zn 114.1Lf l0.79 0.0a CN 0.9C, a.s3 O Phenol l s/ 1 g O Other A-5 10 . 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