NC0061638_Approval_20060310

Mr. Kerry Walton
Carolina Water Service, Inc. of North Carolina
Whispering Pines Branch Office
2924 Niagara -Carthage Road
Whispering Pines, North Carolina 28327
Dear Mr. Walton:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
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Subject: Engineering Alternatives Analysis
Permit NC0061638
Amherst WWTP
Wake County
In January 2005, Division personnel reviewed the Engineering Alternatives Analysis (EAA) dated
November 9, 2004 and submitted to this office by Withers & Ravenel, Inc. on behalf of FMRK, LLC (Brighton
Forest) and Aqua North Carolina (Heater Utilities). We have now received your letter dated February 23, 2006
requesting that the requirement in your permit to conduct a similar analysis be satisfied by this same EAA.
As indicated at the time of the most recent renewal for permits NC0066150 (Brighton Forest),
NC0062715 (Heater Utilities -Crooked Creek), NC0061638 (Carolina Water Service -Amherst), and NC0035181
(NC Center for Mature Adults), the Division is interested in the possibility of some or all of these four facilities
consolidating or connecting to other existing facilities due to their close proximity to one another and to concerns
that the receiving stream may be nearing its assimilative capacity. The analysis submitted by Withers & Ravenel,
Inc. examined seventeen alternatives, including those pertaining to Amherst WWTP.
Submittal of this EAA satisfies the requirement of permit NC0061638. After careful review of the
alternatives and costs presented in the analysis and consideration of your facility's good compliance history, the
Division has concluded that the continued operation of the Amherst Wastewater Treatment Plant is the most
environmentally sound alternative from all reasonable cost-effective options. No other actions are required of you
at this time.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Dawn Jeffries at telephone number [phone],
extension 595.
Sincerely,
cc: Central Files
Raleigh Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section
NPDES Unit
Michael Wicker - Withers & Ravenel, 111 MacKenan Drive Cary, North Carolina 27511
North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us 512 N. Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27604 FAX [phone]
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CAROLINA WATER SERVICE, INC. of NORTH CAROLINA
an affiliate of Utilities, Inc.
Whispering Pines Branch Office
2924 Niagara -Carthage Road
Whispering Pines, North Carolina 28327
800-348-2383(in NC) or 910-949-2010
Garner, NC 919-662-7007 Fax [phone]
2-23-2006
Dawn Jeffries
NCDENR
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Re: EAA Middle Creek. Compiled by Withers & Ravenel for Brighton Forest and Crooked
Creek. Including Amherst WWTP.
Dear Dawn:
It has come to the attention of Carolina Water Service/Nero Utilities that an EAA has been
completed for Middle Creek by Withers & Ravenel. Crooked Creek, Brighton Forest, and
Amherst WWTP are included.
Carolina Water Service/Nero Utilities would like to use this EAA for our compliance purposes.
I have spoken with Michael C. Wicker at Withers & Ravenel about sharing the cost with the
other two entities. Mr. Wicker has agreed to contact all parties involved for cost distribution.
Is it possible for Carolina Water Service/ Nero Utilities to use that document?
We look forward to your response.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely
Kerry Walton
Area Manager
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