NC0003417_Correspondence_20220808

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 9, 2022
Ms. Jessica Bednarcik, Senior Vice President
Environmental, Health and Safety
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Mail Code EC13K
P.O. Box 1006
Charlotte, North Carolina 28201-1006
Dear Ms. Bednarcik:
Subject: Draft NPDES Major
Modification
Permit NC0003417
H.F. Lee Energy Complex
Wayne County
Facility Class I
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft Major Modification for your facility. Please review
the draft very carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it
contains.
The Draft Major Modification contains the following significant changes from your current
permit:
• Include 21 minor seeps adjacent to the cooling pond in the list of the permitted discharges.
• Add updated compliance boundary map approved by the NCDWR on 2/23/2022.
Please provide any comments you have regarding the draft major modification to this office
by September 12, 2022. At this time, the Division is also publishing a notice in the newspapers of
general circulation in Wayne County, inviting public comment on the draft major modification.
Following the 30-day comment period, we will review all pertinent comments received and take
appropriate action on the permit modification.
The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can
be found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft permit.
https: / /bit.ly/2BZ4xxx
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NORTH CAROLINA
Department of Environmental Duali�
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919.707.9000

If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the following e-
mail address: [e-mail], or telephone number: 919-707-3606.
Sincerely,
Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer III
Complex NPDES Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
EPA Region IV (e-copy)
Washington Regional Office / Surface Water Protection (e-copy)
Washington Regional Office / Public Water Supply (e-copy)
Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
TACU (e-copy)
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NORTH CAROLINA
Department of Environmental Deellry
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919.707.9000