NC0021849_Permit Issuance_19980302

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
March 2, 1998
Mr. John Christiansen
Town of Hertford
P.O. Box 32
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO021849
Hertford WWTP
Perquinians County
Dear Mr. Christiansen:
The Division received your application for a wastewater discharge permit on September 3, 1997.
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application. Accordingly, we are forwarding herewith
the attached NPDES discharge permit. This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of No rth
Carolina General Statute 143-215 .1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6, 1983, and as subsequently amended.
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 Carolina 27611-7447. Unless such demand is made, this
decision shall be final and binding. -
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. Complete and
submit the enclosed Permit Name / Ownership Change Form if a change in ownership or control of this
discharge occurs. The Division may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required
by the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area
Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Paul Clark at telephone number
[phone], extension 580.
Sincerely,
Original Signed by
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P. E.
cc: Central Files
Washington Regional Office/Water Quality Section
Mr. Roosevelt Childress, EPA
NPDES Unit
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 ' Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Permit No. NCO021849
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
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,
Town of Hertford
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Hertford Wastewater Treatment Plant
NCSR 1108
north of Hertford
Perquimans County
to receiving waters designated as Perquimans River in the Pasquotank River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts 1,
11, 111, and IV hereof.
The permit shall become effective April 1, 1998
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expireat m- idnight on February 28, 2003
Signed this day March 2, 1998 Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr.j P.E.-, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Town of Hertford
is hereby authorized to:
Permit No. NCO021849
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.4 MGD wastewater treatment system consisting of a grit
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chamber, aeration basin, clarifier, chlorine contact chamber, sludge digestor, and drying beds
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located at Hertford WWTP, on NCSR 1108, north of Hertford, Perquimanns County (See
Part III of this permit), and
2. Discharge wastewater from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into the Perquimans River (Class C-Swamp waters) in the Pasquotank River Basin.

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NCO021849
Perquimans County

A (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Permit No. NCO021849
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
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Month
Averaglye
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
M e a s u r e m enT--�S�-a—m
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Type
Sample
LOGation'
Flow
0.4 MGD
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Continuous
Recording
I or E
BOD, 5-day, 20OC2
30.0 mg/I
45.0 mg/I
2/month
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Total Suspended Residue
30.0 mg/I
45.0 mg/I
2/month
Composite
Ej
NH3-N
Monthly
Composite
E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 ml
2/month
Grqh
E
Temperature
Weekly
Grab
E
Total Residual Chlorine
Daily
Grab
E
Total Nitrogen (NO2+ NO3 + TKN)
Quarterly
Composite
E
Total Phosphor6s
QuarterIV
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E
Notes:
I Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent.
2 The monthly average effluent BOD5 concentration shall not exceed 15% of the respective Influe'nt value (85% removal).
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units.nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored 2/month at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.