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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0077968_Correspondence_20090925r AWA NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Beverly Eaves Perdue Governor Tim Horner 3073 Beaver Hill Drive Burlington, North Carolina 27215 Dear Mr. Horner: Division of Water Quality Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman Director Secretary September 25, 2009 Subject: Notification of Jordan Lake Nutrient Requirements NPDES Permit NC0077968 Homers Mobile Home Park Alamance County Governor Bev Perdue recently signed legislation to complete passage of rules for the Jordan Lake Nutrient Management Strategy. The Strategy includes a Wastewater Discharge rule (T15A NCAC 02B .0270) that applies to your wastewater treatment facility. Pursuant to Sub -Item (6)(d) of the rule, I am writing to notify you of the nutrient allocations assigned to your facility. This letter addresses only certain provisions of the Jordan Lake Wastewater Discharge rule. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the remainder of this rule. Nutrient Allocations. The Wastewater Discharge rule establishes the maximum loads of nitrogen and phosphorus that can be released from wastewater treatment facilities into the Jordan Lake watershed. The rule provides that these wasteload allocations are to be divided among the existing facilities in proportion to (with specific exceptions) their 2001 permitted flows. It also provides that facilities permitted to discharge 100,000 gpd or more are to receive nitrogen and phosphorus limits equivalent to their individual allocations. Your facility has been assigned nitrogen and phosphorus allocations. The allocations are expressed as annual mass loadings delivered to the lake. Due to foreseeable losses between the discharge point and the lake, they are also expressed as the equivalent discharge loads at the point of discharge. The delivered and the corresponding discharge allocations assigned to your facility are as follows: NC0077968 Delivered Allocation (lb/yr) Transport Factor (%) Discharge Allocation (lb/yr) Total Nitrogen 847 58 1,461 Total Phosphorus 119 49 244 2001 Permitted Flow: 0.04 MGD 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919.807-63001 FAX: 919-807-64921 Customer Service:1-877-623-6748 Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer NorthCarolina Naturally Tim Horner Notification of Jordan Lake Nutrient Requirements September 25, 2009 Nutrient Limits. Your facility will not receive new nutrient limits at this time. However, any nutrient limits already in your NPDES permit will remain in effect. If the facilities permitted for less than 100,000 gpd, as a group, approach their allocations for nitrogen or phosphorus, the Division will consider whether nutrient limits are necessary to protect water quality at that time. In the event that nutrient limits become necessary, the limits would equal your facility's discharge allocations. Nutrient Trading. The rule provides that, when one utility connects to another, the allocations held by the closing facility are transferred to the remaining facility. The rule also provides for the trading of allocations among dischargers within each of the major Jordan subwatersheds. Be sure to consult with the Division's NPDES staff before you consider selling allocation: transactions can have profound implications for your facility and its permit. If you have any questions regarding these allocations, please contact me at (919) 807-6402 or at mike. templeton@ncdenr.gov. CC: Winston-Salem Regional Office NDPES Files Central Files Sincerely, Coleen H. Sullins 2 • AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION State of North Carolina County of Durham Jennifer Lloyd being duly sworn says that she is the Principal Clerk of The Durham Herald Co., Inc., publishers of The Herald -Sun a newspaper published in And of general circulation in said County, and that a notice of which the annexed is a True copy, was published in said newspaper one time on the 21 s1, day of March, 2006. ncipal Cler Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20 day of March, 2006. )-((,01tit Notary Public My Commission Expires Durham County, North Carolina `• (�P j-t. l f�� •d i0 Epp AR). r _ • t T. PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION- /NPDES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NC 27699-1617 NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT On the basis of thorough staff review and applica- tion of NC General Statute 143.21, Public law 92- 500 and other lawful standards and regulations, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a National Pollu- tant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) list- ed 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 notice. All comments received prior to that date are considered in the final determination 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 receive a significant degree of public interest. Copies of the draft permit and other supporting in- formation on file used to determine conditions present in the draft permit are available upon re- quest and payment of the cost of reproduction. Mail comments and/or requests for information to the NC Division of Water Quality at the above ad- dress or call the Point Source Branch at (919)733- 5083, extension 520. Please include the NPDES Permit number (attached) in any communication. Interested persons may also visit the Division of Water Quality at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-1148 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to review information on file. The City of Graham, NPDES permit NC0021211, has applied discharging to the Haw River in the Cape Fear River Basin, BOD, ammonia, totoal re- sidual chlorine and total phosphorus are water quality limited. The discharge may affect future al- locations in this portion of the receiving stream. Homers Mobile Home Park (3073 Beaver Hill Drive, Burlington, NC 27215) has applied for re- newal of NPDES permit NC0077968 in Alamance County. This permitted facility discharges 0.040 MGD of treated wastewater to Reedy Fork in the Cape Fear River Basin. Some parameters may be water quality limited, which may affect future allo- cations in this portion of the Cape Fear River Ba- sin. H-S: March 21, 2006