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WATF9Q Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
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Co r Coleen H. Sullins Director
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STAFF REVIEW AND EVALUATION
NPDES Stormwater Permit
Facility Name: Military Ocean Terminal — Sunny Point
NPDES Permit Number: NCS000208
Facility Location:
Type of Activity:
SIC Code (if applicable):
Receiving Streams:
River Basin:
Stream Classification:
Proposed Permit Requirements
Monitoring Data:
Facility Location:
Response Requested by (Date):
Central Office Staff Contact:
Special Issues:
6280 Sunny Point Road, Southport, NC (Brunswick County)
Packing and shipping of munitions for overseas transport
N/A
Cape Fear River & Nigis Creek
Cape Fear River Basin, Sub -basin 03-06-17
SC; Sw, HQW
See attached draft permit.
See Table 1
See Figure 1
January 18, 2008
Robert Patterson, (919) 733-5083, ext. 360
Issue
Rating Scale: 1 eas to 10 hard
Compliance history
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Benchmark exceedance
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Location (TMDL, T&E
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species, etc)
Other Challenges:
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pollutant sources
Difficult Rating:
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Description of Onsite Activities:
Package and shipping of munitions. Ship via truck and ocean vessels. Munitions storage on paved and gravel pads.
Various ship, rail, and vehicle maintenance.
Documents Reviewed:
• NPDES Stormwater Permit Application Materials
• Draft October 2006 permit renewal by Aisha Lau
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• Stormwater Permit File
• 1999 Central File
• Cape Fear River Basinwide Plan
• Final 2006 303(d) List
• Draft 2008 303(d) List
• TMDL list
• EPA Sector -Specific Permit, 2006 draft
• Natural Heritage Program's Federal Threatened and Endangered Species Database
• Check 40 CFR Subchapter N, Stormwater Effluent Guidelines
History:
• August 31, 1994: Permit first issued
• November 19, 1999: Permit re -issued
• July 7, 2004: Permittee submitted renewal application.
• March 23, 2006: Changed facility linked to permit & Owner name changed
• September 12, 2006: Owner name changed
• October 9, 2006: Draft permit renewal sent to WiRO for staff report
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Central Office Review Summary:
1. Owner's Other Permits: (If applicable)
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2. General Observations: Import/export/storage of ammunitions for DOD via truck, rail, and ship. Onsite rail, vehicle,
and heavy equipment fueling, maintenance and repair. Have been making modifications to reduce potential for
exposure to stormwater. Many various potential sources for exposure.
3. Impairment: The stream segment is not listed on the final 2006 303(d); but it is listed on the draft 2008 303(d)
list as impaired for aquatic life. Basinwide Plan states that DWQ is currently developing a TMDL to address
low dissolved oxygen.
4. Threatened and Endangered: Federal endangered: Shortnose Sturgeon; Federal threatened: American Alligator
and Green Turtle
5. Location: see page 1
6. Industrial Changes Since Previous Permit: Outsourced maintenance on heavy equipment. Replaced some heavy
equipment with new — lowered exposure potential. New railroad equipment repair facility allows for all repair
work to be contained under roof; no repairs conducted outside now. New terminal -fueling point, all trains fueled
directly from mobile fuel truck; rain guards to protect area during non-use; mobile fuel truck stored under a shed,
Now over 85% containerized cargo movement; resulted in reduced equipment and material usage — lessening
stormwater exposure. Added canopy over vehicle gas station. Replaced locomotive fuel station.
7. Analytical Monitoring_ Notes: Did not follow sampling schedule in permit; and missing data. At least one
sample over benchmark for all parameters except pH, Total N, TKN, and N+N.
8. Qualitative Monitoring Notes: No observations of significance. Some solids and turbidity observed in some
samples.
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Revised Permit Recommendations: Analytical Monitoring:
1. Remove Total N. Based on sampling, add back in Cadmium, COD, Lead, MBAS, and oil & grease. Add BOD
due to the draft 303d listing of the river for low dissolved oxygen.
2. pH will remain in the analytical monitoring requirements as per current DWQ monitoring strategy.
3. Due to a potential lag time between the expiration of this permit and its renewal, I have specified in the permit
that the permittee is responsible for all monitoring until the renewal permit is issued. See Footnote 1 of Tables
1, 4, and 5. This approach is recommended because there has been a significant lag time since the expiration of
the previous cycle. This will provide testing if there is a lag in future timeframes. "Measurement Frequency: All
monitoring will be performed two times per year for each year until either another permit is issued for this
facility or until this permit is revoked or rescinded. If at the end of this permitting cycle, the permittee has
submitted the appropriate paperwork for a renewal permit before the submittal deadline, the permittee will be
considered for a renewal application. The applicant must continue semi-annual monitoring until the renewed
permit is issued. See Table 2 for schedule of monitoring periods through the end of this permitting cycle."
4. Benchmarks have been added to this draft permit.
5. All analytical monitoring has been set to semi-annually.
6. The flow reporting requirement has been removed per DWQ revised strategy. (The total rainfall parameter is in
this permit, however.)
7. The permittee is required to collect all of the analytical and qualitative monitoring samples during representative
storm events as defined in this permit.
Other Proposed Changes to the Previous Permit:
1. Part II Section A has been revised. It now specifies all of the items to include on the site map.
2. Vehicle maintenance has been revised to semi-annually in order to coincide with analytical and qualitative
monitoring.
Discussions with permittee: David Von Kolnitz, 910-457-8485, December 10, 2007
1. Q: Any facility changes since the renewal application was submitted in 2004?
a. ANSWER: Yes, sending SPPP updated March 2007.
2. Q
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Recommendations: Based on the documents reviewed, the application information submitted on July 7, 2004
sufficient to issue an Individual Stormwater Permit.
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