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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISER
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RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
Colonial Pipeline
NPDES Permit #NC0090000 Summary
Colonial Pipeline has applied to the Division of Water Resources for a National
Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. The proposed permit is
required for full implementation of a fuel recovery and groundwater remediation plan
that would allow the discharge of treated groundwater to North Prong Clark Creek in
the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin.
The proposed permit is part of enforcement actions undertaken by the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) against Colonial Pipeline and outlined in a Consent
Order resulting from the August 14, 2020 fuel spill in Mecklenburg County, N.C.
Cleanup efforts and remediation have been ongoing, with oversight by DEQ's
Division of Waste Management. The Consent Order identifies Colonial Pipeline as
the responsible party for the spill and subsequent cleanup. The Consent order included
a $4.75 million-dollar civil penalty.
The permit application required an engineering alternatives analysis be undertaken to
ensure the best possible alternative for cleaning up the site is selected. Possible
alternatives included:
1) connection to a publicly owner treatment works (POTW),
2) pumping and hauling the treated effluent offsite,
3) land application of treated wastewater,
4) infiltration galleries,
5) closed-loop remediation wells,
6) and a surface water discharge.
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NORTHCAROLINA 919-707-9000
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Connection to Charlotte Water is prohibited by a sewer use ordinance. Pumping and
hauling the treated water would require approximately 115 trucks per day that will be
operating 24 hours a day in a residential area. The other alternatives were deemed
technically infeasible due to engineering restrictions, lack of available land, and
protection of groundwater. Thus, the identified best alternative would be a discharge
to surface waters.
The groundwater remediation system includes a recovery well system, an oil/water
separator with skimmed storage tank for recovered oil, a bag filter bank, an air
stripper unit, a thermal oxidizer unit or granular activated carbon units, liquid phase
granular activated carbon vessels, and an outfall structure.
The draft permit is crafted to protect all appropriate water quality standards by
treating for identified petroleum hydrocarbons, toxicants and chlorinated solvents
present in the groundwater post spill. Initial groundwater data reviewed for this
application indicated that PFAS was not present above practical quantitation limits.
Additional data is being collected and analyzed for PFAs contaminant prior to
possible issuance of a final permit. Comments received during the public hearing
process will be incorporated into the final analysis and decision-making process.
ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS PERMIT CAN BE FOUND BY
ACCESSING THIS QR CODE.
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512 N.Salisbury Street I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
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