WQ0000484_Final Permit_19980304

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
Mr. John Wise, General Manager
Mountaire Farms, Inc.
P.O. Box 339
Lumber Bridge, NC 20357
Dear Mr. Wise:
D RLffCEWEUR
March 4, 1998 MAR 0 1998
FAYETTEVILLE
REG. OFFICE
Subject: Permit No. WQ0000484
Mountaire Farms, Inc.
Wastewater Spray Irrigation
Robeson County
In accordance with your application received November 25, 1997, we are forwarding herewith
Permit No. WQ0000484, dated March 4, 1998, to Mountaire Farms, Inc. for the construction and
continued operation of the subject wastewater treatment and spray irrigation facilities. This permit
modification is to include the new waste treatment system and add 130.31 acres of spray irrigation area.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until June 30, 1999, shall void Permit No.
WQ0000484 issued October 29, 1997, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified
therein. Please pay particular attention to the monitoring requirements in this permit. Failure to
establish an adequate system for collecting and maintaining the required operational information will
result in future compliance problems. Please note condition I.6 requiring proper sludge disposal. Prior
to the old lagoons being cleaned out, approval must be received from the Division for the disposal of the
material in the lagoons.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the
right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of
this permit. 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, P.O. Drawer
27447, Raleigh, NC 27611-7447. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding.
One set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you. If you need additional
information concerning this matter, please contact Mr. Randy Kepler at (9 9) 733-5083 extension 544.
Sincerel
,LA. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.
cc: Robeson County Health Department
Fayetteville Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Fayetteville Regional Office, Groundwater Section
Bob Cheek, Groundwater Section, Central Office
Technical Assistance and Certification Unit
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
SPRAY IRRIGATION SYSTEM PERMIT
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina as
amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
Mountaire Farms of North Carolina, Inc.
Robeson County
FOR THE
construction and operation of a process wastewater treatment facility to treat wastewater produced from
two kill shifts and one cleanup shift (maximum flow of 1.114 MGD). This new treatment system will
consist of the conversion of the grease trap to a flow equalization basin with a submersible pump for
circulation, three Gorman Rupp T6A60B self -priming pumps for transfer with high water alarms, two
DAF units with a nitrogen removal system (Sorin treatment unit), two new clarifiers, a 19.79 million
gallon aerated storage lagoon with a 30 mil synthetic unit, four 25 HP aerators, and 1.18 million gallons
of permanent storage, conversion of the first existing lagoon to an emergency overflow lagoon, a spray
irrigation pump station consisting of three vertical turbine pumps with the facilities designed to add an
additional two pumps, eight and twelve inch force main extensions, a 640 foot long Valley Model 8000
center pivot corner irrigation system with a 268 foot corner arm, a 298 foot long Valley Model 8000
center pivot irrigation system, a 527 foot Valley Model 8000 center pivot irrigation system, the addition
of 130.31 acres (for a total of 282.14 available acres), and all necessary pipes, pumps, valves, and
appurtenances required for proper operation.
Permission is also granted for the construction and operation of an infiltration gallery disposal system
consisting of 493 linear feet of eight inch gravity sewer, a 225 GPM pump station ("Field C") with
duplex pumps, high water alarms, manual power transfer switch and an emergency generator hookup
(See Condition I.8) and approximately 3,670 linear feet of six inch force main; a 35 GPM pump station
("Field F") with duplex pumps, high water alarms, manual power transfer switch and an emergency
generator hookup (See Condition I.8), five individual infiltration basins each with a square footage of
22,500 square feet with all necessary pipes, pumps, valves, and appurtenances required for proper
operation.
Permission is also granted to Mountaire Farms of North Carolina, Inc. for the continued operation of a
10,000 GPD extended aeration domestic wastewater treatment facility, and the continued operation of a
570,000 GPD industrial wastewater treatment system consisting of rotary screens, an air flotation/grease
trap unit, grit removal, a 1.6 MG two stage lagoon with stage two lined, chlorine disinfection facilities, a
4 MG lined storage lagoon, instrumented flow measurement, dual irrigation pumps, and 282.14 acres of
spray irrigation area (including the new sites) to serve Mountaire Farms of North Carolina, Inc., with no
discharge of wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to the applications for modification received
November 25, 1997, and in conformity with the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data
subsequently filed and approved by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and
considered a part of this permit.

This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until June 30, 1999, shall void Permit No.
WQ0000484 issued October 29, 1997, and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and
limitations:
I. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Upon completion of construction and prior to operation of this permitted facility, a
certification must be received from a professional engineer certifying that the permitted
facility has been installed in accordance with this permit, the approved plans,
specifications, and other supporting materials. If this project is to be completed in phases
and partially certified, you shall retain the responsibility to track further construction
approved under the same permit, and shall provide a final certificate of completion once
the entire project has been completed. Mail the Certification to the Non -Discharge
Permitting Unit, P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, NC 27626-0535.
2. The Fayetteville Regional Office, telephone number 910-486-1541, shall be notified at
least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of operation of the installed facilities so that an in -
place inspection can be made. Such notification to the regional supervisor shall be made
during the normal office hours from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday,
excluding State Holidays.
3. Upon completion of construction and submittal of the engineer's certification, Mountaire
Farms shall take appropriate steps in closing the existing industrial wastewater treatment
system and cleaning up the site. The wastewater and residuals remaining in the existing
treatment system shall be removed and disposed in accordance with all rules and
regulations concerning this type of operation.
4. The spray irrigation facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated at all tithes so
that there is no discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of ground waters
which will render them unsatisfactory for normal use. In the event that the facilities fail
to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of nuisance conditions or failure of the
irrigation area to adequately assimilate the wastewater, the Permittee shall take immediate
corrective actions including those actions that may be required by the Division of Water
Quality, such as the construction of additional or replacement wastewater treatment and
disposal facilities.
5. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for
damages to surface or groundwaters resulting from the operation of this facility.
6. The residuals generated from these treatment facilities must be disposed in accordance
with General Statute 143-215.1 and in a manner approved by the North Carolina Division
of Water Quality.
7. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the treatment facilities is
prohibited.
8. The following buffers shall be maintained:
a) 400 feet between wetted area and any residence or places of public assembly under
separate ownership,
b) 150 feet between wetted area and property lines,
c) 100 feet between wetted area and wells,
d) 100 feet between wetted area and drainageways or surface water bodies,
e) 50 feet between wetted area and public right of ways,
f) 100 feet between wastewater treatment units and wells, and
g) 50 feet between wastewater treatment units and property lines.
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Some of the buffers specified above may not have been included in previous permits for
this waste treatment and disposal system. These buffers are not intended to prohibit or
prevent modifications, which are required by the Division, to improve performance of the
existing treatment facility. These buffers do, however, apply to modifications of the
treatment and disposal facilities which are for the purpose of increasing the flow that is
tributary to the facility. These buffers do apply to any expansion or modification of the
spray irrigation areas and apply in instances in which the sale of property would cause
any of the buffers now complied with, for the treatment and disposal facilities, to be
violated. The applicant is advised that any modifications to the existing facilities will
require a permit modification.
9. The spray field expansions shall not be under -drained. Areas subject to ponding must be
excluded from irrigation.
10. Ponding of wastewater on any spray irrigation areas will indicate failure of the treatment
and disposal system and shall provide sufficient reason for the Division of Water Quality
to require remedial action.
11. After the initial operation of the pump stations and force mains for the infiltration
galleries, Mountaire Farms will perform a test to simulate a power failure. This test shall
determine the time interval between pump shut down, high level alarms and the rate at
which the wet well and groundwater levels reach unacceptable levels. Should this time
interval be shorter than the observed power outages reported by CP&L then Mountaire
shall install an emergency generator for the pump stations.
II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
1. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
2. Upon classification of the facility by the Water Pollution Control System Operators
Certification Commission (WPCSOCC), the Permittee shall employ a certified
wastewater treatment plant operator to be in responsible charge (ORC) of the wastewater
treatment facilities. The operator must hold a certificate of the type and grade at least
equivalent to or greater than the classification assigned to the wastewater treatment
facilities by the WPCSOCC. The Permittee must also employ a certified back-up
operator of the appropriate type and grade to comply with the conditions of 15A NCAC
8A .0202. The ORC of the facility must visit each Class I facility at least weekly and
each Class II, III, and IV facility at least daily, excluding weekends and holidays, and
must properly manage and document daily operation and maintenance of the facility and
must comply with all other conditions of 15A NCAC 8A .0202.
3. A suitable vegetative cover of Coastal Bermuda Grass and Winter Grain (Wheat, oats,
rye, etc.) shall be maintained on the spray irrigation area. Other crops may riot be grown
on the spray fields without first requesting and receiving a modification to this permit.
4. Irrigation shall not be performed during inclement weather or when the ground is in a
condition that will cause runoff.
5. Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent wastewater runoff from the spray field.
6. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge system to
prevent the discharge of any wastewater resulting from the operation of this facility.

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Application Rates -The application rate on the fields permitted herein shall not exceed
either rate listed below.
a. The application rate shall not exceed a cumulative loading over any twelve month
period_as listed below or an instantaneous application rate not to cause ponding or
runoff. The irrigation fields with associated acres and application rates are listed
below:
Field
Acres(wetted area)
Application Rate
A
8.25
78.0 inches / acre / year
B**
6.75
78.0 inches / acre / year
C
35.03
78.0 inches / acre / year
D
3.50
78.0 inches / acre / year
E
4.70
91.0 inches / acre / year
F
26.53
78.0 inches / acre / year
G
47.49
91.0 inches / acre / year
H
14.19
91.0 inches / acre / year
1
13.59
91.0 inches / acre / year
J
58.22
91.0 inches / acre / year
K
9.72
91.0 inches / acre / year
L
24.79
91.0 inches / acre / year
M 1
0.60
91.0 inches / acre / year
M2
3.80
91.0 inches / acre / year
M3
1.23
91.0 inches / acre / year
M4
5.12
91.0 inches / acre / year
M5
18.23
52.0 inches / acre / year
total acres - 282.14
* The loading rates for these fields will be effective for these sites after
completion of stormwater conveyance improvements. Until the
improvements have been made the loading rate should be 78.0 inches
per acre / year. Please notify the Fayetteville Regional Office for
approval to increase the loading rate.
** The site designated as B1 is an extension of Site B. Based on the
Division's site evaluation of B 1 and it proposed spray acreage of 7.72
acres are unsuitable. B 1 has not been included as usable acreage and
shall not be used for spray irrigation.
b. The application rate shall also be limited by Nitrogen per acre per year as listed in the
table below:
Crop PAN (lb./acre/yr.)
Bermuda Grass (Hay) 300
Milo 100
Small Grain (Wheat, barley, oats) 100
Timothy, Orchard, & Rye Grass 200
If the approved spray irrigation sites are to be double cropped (i.e., a crop in the spring
and a second crop in the fall, with BOTH crops to receive wastewater), then the second
crop shall receive an application of nutrients at a rate of no greater than 50 lb./acre/yr.
This practice will be allowed as long as the second crop is to be harvested. If the second
crop is to be planted for erosion control only, and is to be tilled into the soil, then no
wastewater shall be applied to these fields because the nitrogen will essentially be
returned to the soil.

No type of wastewater other than that from Mountaire Farms of North Carolina, Inc.,
shall be sprayed onto the irrigation area.
No traffic or equipment shall be allowed on the disposal area except while installation
occurs or while normal maintenance is being performed. At no time shall equipment be
allowed on the rapid infiltration basins.
10. Public access to the land application sites shall be controlled during active site use. Such
controls may include the posting of signs showing the activities being conducted at each
site.
11. A flow measuring device shall be installed for influent or effluent wastewater prior to the
storage lagoon for this facility. The flow measuring device shall be calibrated annually.
When reporting flow in Condition III.3 below, please include both the industrial waste
and domestic waste flows.
12. The rapid infiltration basins shall be operated and maintained to prevent the surface of the
beds from becoming sealed and vegetative growth from becoming established.
Vegetative growth must be kept out of the bottom of the rapid infiltration basins at all
times. All vegetation must be removed manually so that minimal disturbances will occur
to the disposal area. At a minimum the basins shall be raked once per month.
13. The application of chemicals to the rapid infiltration basins is expressly prohibited.
14. Freeboard in the storage lagoons shall not be less than two feet at any time.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, soil or plant tissue analyses)
deemed necessary by the Division of Water Quality to insure surface and ground water
protection will be established and an acceptable sampling reporting schedule shall be
followed.
2. Adequate records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking the amount of wastewater
disposed. These records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following
information:
a. date of irrigation,
b. volume of wastewater irrigated,
c. field irrigated,
d. length of time field is irrigated,
e. continuous weekly, monthly, and year-to-date hydraulic (inches/acre) loading for each
field,
f. weather conditions, and
g. maintenance of cover crops.
The effluent from the subject facilities shall be monitored monthly by the Permittee at the
point prior to irrigation for the following parameters:
BOD5
TSS
pH
Fecal Coliform
% Solids
Phosphorous
NH3 as N
TKN
Nitrate -Nitrite Nitrogen
PAN (by calculation)
Copper
Zinc
Calcium
Magnesium
Sodium
Cadmium
Lead
Nickel
Flow (influent or effluent
as determined in Condition II.11 above)
Sodium Adsorption Ratio by Calculation

4. A representative annual soils analysis (Standard Soil Fertility Analysis) shall be
conducted on each site receiving wastewater in the respective calendar year and the
results maintained on file by the Perinittee for a minimum of five years. The Standard
Soil Fertility Analysis shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following
parameters:
Acidity Manganese Potassium
Calcium Percent Humic Matter Sodium
Copper pH Zinc
Magnesium Phosphorus
Cation Exchange Capacity Base Saturation (by calculation)
The Standard Soil Fertility Analysis (see above) and an analysis for the following
pollutants shall be conducted once prior to permit renewal on soils from each site which
has received wastewater during the permit cycle.
Nickel Cadmium Lead
A report from a Soil Scientist shall accompany the above required analysis to determine
site soils efficiency.
5. Scheduled maintenance (cleaning) of the air floatation/grease trap shall be performed
quarterly. A written report shall be submitted to the Fayetteville Regional Office, Water
Quality Supervisor, 225 Green Street, Suite 714, Fayetteville, NC 28301, at the end of
each quarter. Upon completion and initial operation of the new DAF unit, the existing
trap shall be removed and this maintenance will no longer be required.
6. Scheduled maintenance of the spray acreage shall be performed as needed. The
maintenance shall include actions on the permitted acreage to ensure that ponding does
not occur and shall include an annual report by an agronomist or agricultural expert
concerning crops and operation for the up coming year. A written report including this
information shall be submitted to the Fayetteville Regional Office, Water Quality
Supervisor, 225 Green Street, Suite 714, Fayetteville, NC 28301, by March 1st of each
year.
7. Three copies of all operation and disposal records as specified in condition I1I 2, I1I 3, III
4, III 5 and III 6 and any other data as may be required shall be submitted on or before the
last day of the following month to the following address:
NC Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
PO Box 29535
Raleigh, NC 27626-0535 _
Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Fayetteville Regional Office, telephone
number 910-486-1541 as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on the
next working day following the occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of
the following:
a. Any occurrence at the wastewater treatment facility which results in the treatment of
significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in quantity or characteristic, such
as the dumping of the contents of a sludge digester, the known passage of a slug of
hazardous substance through the facility, or any other unusual circumstances;

IV.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that renders the facility
incapable of adequate wastewater treatment, such as mechanical or electrical failures
of pumps, aerators, compressors, etc.;
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility resulting in a by-
pass directly to receiving waters without treatment of all or any portion of the influent
to such station or facility; or
d. Any time that self -monitoring information indicates that the facility has gone out of
compliance with its permit limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in letter
form within five (5) days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report must
outline the actions taken or proposed to be taken to ensure that the problem does not
recur.
GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
1. The interior surface of the new aerobic storage lagoon shall be completely lined with a 30
mil thick liner. Following installation and inspection of the lagoon liner, and prior to
waste disposal operations, certification of the liner's compliance with approved
construction specifications and the liner's integrity must be provided to the Division of
Water Quality, Groundwater Section, by the project engineer.
2. Prior to beginning waste disposal operations on spray fields J, K, L or M, six new
monitor wells, three upgradient (MW-31, MW-32, MW-33) and three downgradient
MW-34, MW-35 and MW-36) shall be installed to monitor groundwater quality. The
new wells shall be constructed such that the water level in the well is never above or
below the screened (open) portion of the well at any time during the year. The general
location and name for each well is marked on Attachment A. Each monitoring well shall
be located at the review boundary, constructed in accordance with this permit, and
approved by the Fayetteville Regional Office.
3. All wells that are constructed for purposes of groundwater monitoring shall be
constructed in accordance with 15A NCAC 2C .0108 (Standards of Construction for
Wells Other than Water Supply) and any other state and local laws and regulations
pertaining to well construction.
4. The Fayetteville Regional Office, telephone number 910-486-1541, shall be notified at
least forty-eight hours prior to the construction of any monitoring well so that an
inspection can be made of the monitoring well location. Such notification to the regional
groundwater supervisor shall be made during the normal office hours from 8:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays.
Within thirty days of completion of all well construction activities, a certification must be
received from a professional engineer certifying that the monitoring wells are located and
constructed in accordance with the Well Construction Standards (15A NCAC 2C) and
this permit. This certification should be submitted with copies of the Well Completion
Form (GW-1) for each well. Mail this certification and the associated GWA forms to the
Permits and Compliance Unit, Groundwater Section, P.O. Box 29578, Raleigh, NC,
27626-0578.
6. For the initial sampling of the well as specified elsewhere in the permit, the permittee
shall submit a copy of the GWA Form (Well Completion Form) with the Compliance
Monitoring Form (GW-59) for that well. Compliance Monitoring Forms that do not
include copies of the GW-1 form will be returned to the permittee without being
processed. Failure to submit these forms as required by this permit may result in the
initiation of enforcement activities pursuant to NC General Statutes 143-215.6.

7. Within sixty days of completion of all monitoring wells, the permittee shall submit two
original copies of a scaled topographic map (scale no greater than 1 ":100') signed and
sealed by a professional engineer or a state licensed land surveyor that indicates all of the
following information:
a. the location and identity of each monitoring well,
b. the location of the waste disposal system,
c. the location of all property boundaries,
d. the latitude and longitude of the established horizontal control monument,
e. the relative elevation of the top of the well casing (which shall be known as the
"measuring point"), and
f. the depth of water below the measuring point at the time the measuring point is
established.
The survey shall be conducted using approved practices outlined in North Carolina
General Statutes Chapter 89C and the North Carolina Administrative Code Title 21,
Chapter 56. The surveyor shall establish a horizontal control monument on the property
of the waste disposal system and determine the latitude and longitude of this horizontal
control monument to a horizontal positional accuracy of +/- 10 feet. All other features
listed in a. through e. above shall be surveyed relative to this horizontal control
monument. The positional accuracy of features listed in a. through e. above shall have a
ratio of precision not to exceed an error of closure of 1 foot per 10,000 feet of perimeter
of the survey. Any features located by the radial method will be located from a minimum
of two points. Horizontal control monument shall be installed in such a manner and
made of such materials that the monument will not be destroyed due to activities that may
take place on the property. The map shall also be surveyed using the North American
Datum of 1983 coordinate system and shall indicate the datum on the map. All bearings
or azimuths shall be based on either the true or NAD 83 grid meridian. If a Global
Positioning System (GPS) is used to determine the latitude and longitude of the
horizontal control monument, a GPS receiver that has the capability to perform
differential GPS shall be used and all data collected by the GPS receiver will be
differentially corrected.
The maps and any supporting documentation shall be sent to the Groundwater Section,
N.C. Division of Water Quality P.O. Box 29578 Raleigh, N.C. 27626-0578.
8. The new monitoring wells MW-31, MW-32, MW-33, MW-34, MW-35, and MW-36
shall be sampled initially after construction (and prior to waste disposal operations) and
thereafter with monitoring wells MW-8, MW-13, MW-14, MW-15, MW-16, MW-17,
MW-18, MW-19, MW-20, MW-24, MW-25, MW-26, MW-27, MW-28, and MW-29
every April, August, and December for the following parameters:
Water Level pH
Ammonia Nitrogen Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Fecal Coliform
Nitrate (NO3)
Volatile Organic Compounds - In December only
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) by one of the following methods:
(A) Standard Method 6230D, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(B) Standard Method 6210D, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(C) EPA Method 8021, Low Concentration, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(D) EPA Method 8260, Low Concentration, PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less
(E) Another method with prior approval by the Groundwater Section Chief

Any method used must meet the following qualifications:
(1) A laboratory must be DWQ certified to run any method used.
(2) The method used must, at a minimum, include all the constituents listed in
Table VIII of Standard Method 6230D.
(3) The method used must provided a PQL at 0.5 ug/L or less which must be
supported by laboratory proficiency studies as required by the DWQ
Laboratory Certification Unit. Any constituents detected above the MDL
but below the PQL at 0.5 ug/L must be qualified (estimated) and reported.
If any volatile organic compounds are detected by the methods listed, then the
Fayetteville Regional Office Groundwater Supervisor, telephone number 910-486-1541,
must be contacted immediately for further instructions regarding any additional follow-up
analyses required. The results of all initial and follow-up analyses must be submitted
simultaneously.
The measurement of water levels must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters. The depth to water in each well shall be measured from the surveyed point
on the top of the casing.
The measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed to
provide the relative elevation of the measuring point for each monitoring well.
If TOC concentrations greater than 10 mg/1 are detected in any downgradient monitoring
well, additional sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify the individual
constituents comprising this TOC concentration. If the TOC concentration as measured
in the background monitor well exceeds 10 mg/l, this concentration will be taken to
represent the naturally occurring TOC concentration. Any exceedances of this naturally
occurring TOC concentration in the downgradient wells shall be subject to the additional
sampling and analysis as described above.
The results of the sampling and analysis must be received on Form GW-59 (Groundwater
Quality Monitoring: Compliance Report Form) by the Groundwater Section, Perniits and
Compliance Unit, P.O. Box 29578 Raleigh, N.C. 27626-0578 on or before the last
working day of the month following the sampling month.
9. The COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified by regulations in
15A NCAC 2L, Groundwater Classifications and Standards. The Compliance Boundary
is for the disposal system constructed after December 31, 1983 is established at either (1)
250 feet from the waste disposal area, or (2) 50 feet within the property boundary,
whichever is closest to the waste disposal area. An exceedance of Groundwater Quality
Standards at or beyond the Compliance Boundary is subject to immediate remediation
action in addition to the penalty provisions applicable under General Statute 143-
215.6A(a)(1).
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2L, a REVIEW BOUNDARY is established around the
disposal systems midway between the Compliance Boundary and the perimeter of the
waste disposal area. Any exceedance of standards at the Review Boundary shall require
remediation action on the part of the permittee.
10. Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division,
shall be provided.
V. INSPECTIONS
Adequate inspection, maintenance, and cleaning shall be provided by the Permittee to
insure proper operation of the subject facilities.

2. The Permittee or his designee shall inspect the wastewater treatment and disposal
facilities to prevent malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors and discharges which
may cause or lead to the release of wastes to the environment, a threat to human health, or
a nuisance. The Permittee shall keep an inspection log or summary including at least the
date and time of inspection, observations made, and any maintenance, repairs, or
corrective actions taken by the Permittee. This log of inspections shall be maintained by
the Permittee for a period of three years from the date of the inspection and shall be made
available upon request to the Division of Water Quality or other permitting authority.
3. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division of Water Quality
may, upon presentation of credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or place
on or related to the disposal site or facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of
determining compliance with this permit, may inspect or copy any records that must be
maintained under the terms and conditions of this permit, and may obtain samples of
groundwater, surface water, or leachate.
VI. GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in accordance with
the conditions of this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting
data.
2. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes described in
the application and other supporting data.
3. This permit is not transferable. In the event there is a desire for the facilities to change
ownership, or there is a name change of the Pernittee, a formal permit request must be
submitted to the Division of Water Quality accompanied by an application fee,
documentation from the parties involved, and other supporting materials as may be
appropriate. The approval of this request will be considered on its merits and may or may
not be approved.
4. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit may subject the
Permittee to an enforcement action by the Division of Water Quality in accordance with
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6(a) to 143-215.6(c).
5. The issuance of this permit does not preclude the Permittee from complying with any and
all statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances which may be imposed by other government
agencies (local, state, and federal) which have jurisdiction.
6. A set of approved plans and specifications for the subject project must be retained by the
Permittee for the life of the project.
7. The annual administering and compliance fee must be paid by the Permittee within thirty
(30) days after being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee accordingly may cause
the Division to initiate action to revoke this permit as specified by 15A NCAC 2H .0205
(c)(4).
8. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this permit, shall request
its extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will review the adequacy of
the facilities described therein, and if warranted, will extend the permit for such period of
time and under such conditions and limitations as it may deem appropriate.
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Permit issued this the Fourth day of March, 1998
NORTH C OLINA EN RONM NTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit Number WQ0000484

Permit No. WQ0000484
March 4, 1998
ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATION
I, , as a duly registered Professional Engineer in the State of North
Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically, weekly, full time) the construction of the
proj ect,
Project Name Location
for the
Permittee hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation
of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and
intent of this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature
Date
Registration No.
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