NC0060844_Renewal (Application)_20221213

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ROY COOPER 5 A
Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
December 15, 2022
Laurel Hills HOA
Attn: Lynn Olson, Community Manager
17 Misty Meadow Lane
Franklin, NC 28734
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0060844
Laurel Hills WWTP
Macon County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the December 13, 2022, receipt of your permit renewal application
and supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW
permitting branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deo.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely,i 1
Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
cc: Mark Teague-Environmental, Inc.
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Department of Environmental Quality Modified Application Form 2A
Division of Water Resources Revised March 2021
Modified Application
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
Form NC Department of Environmental Quality-Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater
MINOR SEWAGE FACILITIES(Before completing this form,please read the instructions.Failure to follow
NPDES the instructions result in denial of the a,•ication.
SECTION 1.BASIC APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS(40 CFR 122.21(j)(1)and(9))
1.1 Facility name
Laurel Hills WWTP DEr 1 3 ZOZZ
Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
17 Misty Meadow Lane ��(��(� A'p C
City or town State QfPe""®W�'vrDr
o Franklin North Carolina 28734
Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address
Lynn Olson Community Manager [phone] [e-mail]
Location address(street,route number,or other specific identifier) ❑ Same as mailing address
Pete Mccoy Rd
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City or town State ZIP code
Franklin North Carolina 28734
1.2 Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge?
❑ Yes 4 See instructions on data submission ❑ No
requirements for new dischargers.
1.3 Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above?
❑ Yes E No 4 SKIP to Item 1.4.
Applicant name
= Applicant address(street or P.O.box)
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City or town State ZIP code
Q
Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address
1.4 Is the applicant the facility's owner,operator,or both?(Check only one response.)
O Owner ❑ Operator ❑ Both
1.5 To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence?(Check only one response.)
D Facility ❑ Applicant 0 Facility and applicant
(they are one and the same)
1.6 Indicate below any existing environmental permits.(Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit
number for each.)
EExisting Environmental Permits
a ✓❑ NPDES(discharges to surface ❑ RCRA(hazardous waste) ❑ UIC(underground injection
water) control)
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❑ PSD(air emissions) ❑ Nonattainment program(CM) ❑ NESHAPs(CM)
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H ❑ Ocean dumping(MPRSA) ❑ Dredge or fill(CWA Section ❑ Other(specify)
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i NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
i 1.7 Provide the collection system information requested below for the treatment works.
Municipality Population Collection System Type Ownership Status
Served Served (indicate percentage)
Laurel Hills HOA Private facility No %separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own 0 Maintain
not POTW %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
a, ❑ Unknown ❑ Own 0 Maintain
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c %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own ❑ Maintain
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R %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
= 0 Unknown 0 Own IDMaintain
a %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
c %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
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0 Unknown 0 Own 0 Maintain
Y %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
%combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain 1
c 0 Unknown 0 Own 0 Maintain
O Total
Private Facility
CU Population
o Served
Separate Sanitary Sewer System Combined Storm and
Sanitary Sewer
Total percentage of each type of 100 % o
sewer line(in miles)
.. 1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country?
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o ❑ Yes ❑r No
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c 1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country?
c ❑ Yes 0 No
1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces. Design Flow Rate
0.0090 mgd
w Annual Average Flow Rates(Actual)
11 v Two Years Ago Last Year This Year
c 3 0.0015 mgd o.0015 mod 0.0016 mgd
CO
)`L Maximum Daily Flow Rates(Actual)
cu
o Two Years Ago Last Year This Year
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0.005 mgd o.0os mgd 0.002 mgd
cn 1.11 Provide The tonal number of effluent discharge points to waters of The State of North Carolina by type.
c Total Number of Effluent Discharge Points by Type
• a. Constructed
CO rn> Combined Sewer
• A Treated Effluent Untreated Effluent Overflows Bypasses Emergency
c Overflows
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
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1.12 Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins,ponds,or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets
for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina?
❑ Yes ❑r No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14.
1.13 Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below.
Surface Impoundment Location and Discharge Data
Average Daily Volume Continuous or Intermittent
Location Discharged to Surface
Impoundment (check one)
❑ Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
0 Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
"'' 1.14 Is wastewater applied to land?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16.
1.15 Provide the land application site and discharge data requested below.
Land titnSitiandDarge: ata
0 �Ct � AverageDaily lmi tttent
c= . s
acres gpd 0 Continuous
0 Intermittent
acresgpd 0 Continuous
❑ Intermittent
0 acres d 0 Continuous
gp 0 Intermittent
', 1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge?
❑ Yes © No 4 SKIP to Item 1.21.
1.17 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported(e.g.,tank truck,pipe).
1.18 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20.
1.19 Provide information on the transporter below.
Entity name Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
City or town State ZIP code
Contact name(first and last) Title
Phone number Email address
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
1.20 In the table below,indicate the name,address,contact information,NPDES number,and average daily flow rate of the
recelvin facility
Facl ��-, ... '. . •Rsceiv4ng Facil if,.�v,' '
lity name Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
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Contact name(first and last) Title
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Phone number Email address
NPDES number of receiving facility(if any) 0 None Average daily flow rate mgd
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1.21 Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do
'r not have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina(e.g.,underground percolation,underground injection)?
� ❑ Yes ❑� No 4 SKIP to Item 1.23.
P` ;F: 1.22 Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods.
'' ,a information on Other Disposal Methods
k§k Disposal I t ocatian of Size of Annual Average 'il Continuous or intermittent
y Method i Daily Discharge
', Disposal Site ' Disposal Site (check one)
Description Volume
10
acres d 0 Continuous
gP 0 Intermittent
0 Continuous
acres gPd ❑ Intermittent
Irj' acres 9Pd El Continuous
l 0 Intermittent
1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)?(Check all that apply.
Consult withyour NPDES permittingauthorityto determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
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Discharges into marine waters(CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitation(CWA Section
Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2))
❑ Not applicable
1 . 1.24 Are any operational or maintenance aspects(related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality)of the treatment works
..f the responsibility of a contractor?
❑r 4
Yes ❑ No-)SKIP to Section 2.
1.25 Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractor's operational
1 and maintenance responsibilities
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Contractor name
(company name) Environmental,Inc
Mailing address
(street or P.O.box) PO BOX 954
City,state,and ZIP
Code Cullowhee,NC 28723
Contact name(first and
last) Mark Teague
P:II Phone number szs s86-5588
Email address [e-mail]
Operational and All operations&maintenance
maintenance
i responsibilities of
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1 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
SECTION 2.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION(40 CFR 122.21(j)(1)and(2))
Outfalls to Waters of the State of North Carolina
2.1 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd?
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o ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
0 2.2 Provide the treatment works'current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of Inflow and Infiltration
and infiltration.
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gpd
Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration.
0
2.3 Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information?(See instructions for
specific requirements.)
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to ❑ Yes ❑ No
E 2.4 Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information?
(See instructions for specific requirements.)
0 Yes ❑ No
2.5 Are improvements to the facility scheduled?
0 Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements.
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g 2 6 Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements.
Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for Improvements
Affected Attainment of
Scheduled Begin End Begin
Outfalls Construction Construction Discharge Operational
Improvement
(list outfall Level
(from above) (MMIDD/YYYY) (MM DDIYYYY) (MM/DDIYYYY)
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number) (MWDD/YYYY)
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2.7 Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained?Briefly explain your
response.
❑ Yes 0 No 0 None required or applicable
I Explanation:
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
SECTION 3.INFORMATION ON EFFLUENT DISCHARGES(40 CFR 122.21(j)(3)to(5))
3.1 Provide the following information for each outfall. (Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.)
Outfall Number Om Outfall Number Outfall Number
State North Carolina
County Macon
5
City or town Franklin
0 Distance from shore ft. L. ft.
Depth below surface ft. ft. ft.
Average daily flow rate mgd mgd mgd
Latitude 35° 07' 46"
Longitude 83° 22' 22"
3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges?
o ❑ Yes ✓❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.4.
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a' 3.3 If so,provide the followinginformation for each applicable outfall.
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Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number
Number of times per year
0 discharge occurs
Average duration of each
discharge(specify units)
Average flow of each
discharge mgd rIgc mgd
cn Months in which discharge
occurs
3.4 Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser?
❑ Yes ❑r No 4 SKIP to Item 3.6.
3.5 Briefly describe the diffuser t,"pe at each applicable outfall
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Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number__. Outfall Number_
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ui 3 6 Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from
one or more discharge points?
❑r Yes ❑ No 4SKIP to Section 6.
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
3.7 Provide the receiving water and related information(if known)for each outfall,
Outfall Number o01 Outfall Number Outfall Number
Receiving water name Little Tennessee River
Name of watershed,river,
= or stream system Little Tennessee River Basin
0
o- U.S.Soil Conservation
Service 14-digit watershed
o code
d Name of state
management/river basin Little Tennessee River Basin
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.- U.S.Geological Survey
.ir, 8-digit hydrologic 0601020202
cc cataloging unit code
Critical low flow(acute) cfs cfs cfs
Critical low flow(chronic) cfs cfs cfs
Total hardness at critical mg/L of mg/L of mg/L of
low flow CaCO3 CaCO3 CaCO3
3.8 Provide the following information describing the treatment provided for discharges from each outfall.
Outfall Number o01 Outfall Number Outfall Number
Highest Level of 0 Primary ❑ Primary ❑ Primary
Treatment(check all that ❑ Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to ❑ Equivalent to
apply per outfall) secondary secondary secondary
❑ Secondary 0 Secondary ❑ Secondary
❑ Advanced ❑ Advanced ❑ Advanced
O Other(specify) ❑ Other(specify) 0 Other(specify)
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0
a. Design Removal Rates by
o Outfall
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CI BODS or CBODs % % %
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P. TSS % % %
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❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable
Phosphorus %
❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable
Nitrogen % % %
Other(specify) ❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable
% %
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
3.9 Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below.If disinfection varies by
season,describe below.
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c Outfall Number 00i Outfall Number Outfall Number
0
-2: Disinfection type Ultraviolet Disinfection
Seasons used Continious Year Round
Dechlorination used? ❑✓ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable
❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes
❑ No ❑ No ❑ No
3.10 Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package?
El Yes ❑ No
3.11 Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's
discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points?
❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Item 3.13.
3.12 Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's
discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge points.
Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number
Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Acute Chronic
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Number of tests of discharge
water
Number of tests of receiving
water
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3.14 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection,use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process,or otherwise have
reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent?
❑ Yes 4 Complete Table B,including chlorine. r❑ No 4 Complete Table B,omitting chlorine.
3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application
package?
❑ Yes El No
Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and
3.18 attached the results to this application package?
El Yes Elsampling required by
No additional NPDES
permitting authority.
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
3.19 Has the POTW conducted either(1)minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application
or(2)at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years?
❑ Yes 0 No 4 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.20 Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority?
❑ Yes 0 No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.21 Indicate the dates the data were submitted to your NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results.
Date(s)Submitted Summary of Results
(MM.DDIYYYY)
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R 3.22 Regardless of how you provided your WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority,did any of the tests result in
toxicity?
❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.23 Describe the cause(s)of the toxicity:
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3.24 Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation?
❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.25 Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted.
3.26 Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package?
El Yes 0 Not applicable because previously submitted
information to the NPDES •ermittin• authorit .
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP Modified March 2021
SECTION 6.CHECKLIST AND CERTIFICATION STATEMENT(40 CFR 122.22(a)and(d))
6.1 In Column 1 below,mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application.For
each section,specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority.Note that not
all applicants are required to provide attachments.
Column I Column 2
Section 1: Basic Application
Information for All Applicants ❑ w/variance request(s) ❑ w/additional attachments
❑ Section 2:Additional 0 w/topographic map ❑ w/process flow diagram
Information w/
w/additional attachments
ua w/Table A ❑ w/Table D
❑ Section 3:Information on ❑ w/Table B ❑ w/additional attachments
Effluent Discharges
❑ w/Table C
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Section 4:Not Applicable
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Section 5:Not Applicable
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m ❑ Section 6:Checklist and ❑ w/attachments
Certification Statement
Y 6.2 Certification Statement
CI
/certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in
accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information
submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system,or those persons directly responsible
for gathering the information,the information submitted is,to the best of my knowledge and belief,true,accurate,and
complete.I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,including the possibility of fine
and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Name(print or type first and last name) Official title
Lynn Olson Community Manager
Signature Date signed
(1-14-rh 12/07/2022
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Modified Application Form 2A
NC0060844 Laurel Hills WWTP 001 Modified March 2021
TABLE A. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR ALL POTWS
Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge
_ Analytical ML or MDL
Pollutant Number of
Value Units Value Units Method (include units)
Samples
Biochemical oxygen demand
o BODE or❑CBODs 56 Mg/L 4.3 Mg/I 52 sm5210B-2011 CI ML
O MDL
re.ort one
Fecal coliform 216 CFU/100m1 33.5 CFU/100m1 52 sm9222D-1997 ❑ML
O MDL
Design flow rate 0.0024 MGD 0.0016 MGD Continious
pH(minimum) 6.4 su
pH(maximum) 7.4 su
Temperature(winter) 23 Celcius 10.4 Celcius 26
Temperature(summer) 27 Celcius 21.2 Celcius 26
ID ML
Total suspended solids(TSS) 21.5 Mg/I 3.5 Mg/I 52 sm2540D ❑MDL
I Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures(i.e.,methods)approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or
required under 40 CFR chapter I,subchapter N or 0.See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3).
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