NC0039152_Application_20200207

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Ohio Electric Motors Inc.
Attn: Katie Grow, General Manager
30 Paint Fork Rd
Barnardsville, NC 28709
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCO039152
Ohio Electric Motors WWTP
Buncombe County
Dear Applicant:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 07, 2020
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the February 6, 2020 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150E-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deq nc gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely
Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number INCO039152
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Facility Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
Please print or type.
Katie Grow, General Manager
Ohio Electric Motors, Inc. r C E\
30 Paint Fork Rd
Barnardsville
North Carolina / 28709 KDEO/DW ES
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
Countv
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name Ohio Electric Motors, Inc.
Mailing Address 30 Paint Fork Rd
City Barnardsville
State / Zip Code North Carolina / 28709
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ® Public ❑
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Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
5. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code(s): 3621
6. Number of employees: 72
7. Describe the treatment system List all installed waste treatment components with capacities,
describe the processes that generate wastewaters. If the space provided is not sufficient attach a
separate sheet of paper with the system description.
Outfall 001: Septic System - Waste water system consists of a 0.0025MGD Domestic
Waste Treatment System with the following components. Two Tanks, Subsurface Sand
Filter, and Tablet Chlorination System followed by a De -Chlorination System. This rarely
discharges, usually in times of high rainfall, and is closely monitored and analyzed per
permit requirements. This outfall discharges into Paint Fork Creek.
Outfall 002: Cooling Water Discharge - This discharge is clean water only that has been
used for circulation through machine cooling systems. Nothing is added or required to be
removed from this discharge. Monitoring consists of checking temperature and pH levels
as required by permit.
S. Is facility covered under federal effluent limitation guidelines? No ® Yes ❑
If yes, specify the category?
9. Principal product(s) produced: Electric Motors
Principal raw material(s) consumed: N/A
Briefly describe the manufacturing process(es):
End covers, shells, and shafts are machined. Shafts are stacked with steel laminations and
insulation epoxy applied. This core is then assembled as an armature by winding magnet wire into the
slots, connecting the wires to the comm, fusing the wires to the comm, and applying varnish. The
covers and shells are processed into subassemblies and all components are assembled as a complete
motor. The manufacturing process produces no discharged waste.
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Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
10. Amount of principal product produced or raw material consumed
Lists eci c amounts consumed and/or units of roduction over the last three ears
Product Produced or Raw Material
Consumed
AVERAGE
Product Produced or Raw Material
Consumed
PEAK
per Day
180 Motors Produced
300 Motors
per Month
3,520 Motors Produced
4,000 Motors
per Year
42,240 Motors Produced
45,000 Motors
11. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 7
OUTFALL 002 - 10 hrs per day
Intermittent
Duration: OUTFALL 001 - Occasional
12. Types of wastewater discharged to surface waters only
Discharge
Flow
GALLONS PER DAY
Sanitary - monthly average
< 1 gallons per day average - Outfall 1
Utility water, etc. - monthly average
4,000 gallons per day - Outfall 2
Process water - monthly average
0
Stormwater - monthly average
0
Other - monthly average
Explain:
0
Monthly Average
total discharge (all types)
4,001 Gallons per day total
13. Number of separate discharge points: 2 Outfall Identification number(s) 001 8v 002
14. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Paint Fork Creek in the French Broad River Basin Map Attached.
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Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
15. Effluent Data [for new or proposed discharges]
Provide data for the parameters listed. Temperature and pH shall be grab samples, for all other parameters 24-hour
composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported, report daily maximum and monthly average.
If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum.
NOTE: Permittees requesting renewal should complete the table ONLY for the parameters
currentlu monitored. Summarize the ast 3 uears of e uent data.
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
12.5
4.02
Mg/L
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
Total Organic Carbon
Total Suspended Solids
62.3
4.7
mg/L
Ammonia as N
1.7
0.4
mg/L
Temperature (Summer)
22.8
20.2
Celsius
Temperature (Winter)
15.3
11.2
Celsius
pH
8.6
6.5
pH
Fecal Coliform (If sanitary waste is
present)
1
1
ug/ L
Total Residual Chlorine (if chlorine is
used)
34
13.5
ug/ L
16. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications (check all that apply and provide permit
numbers or check none if not applicable):
Type Permit Number Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
UIC (SDWA)
NPDES
PSD (CAA)
Non -attainment program (CAA)
NCO039152
NESHAPS (CAA)
Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
Other
11-757-10 Air Quality
NC0111460 Drinking
17. List any chemicals that may be discharged (Please list and explain source and potential
amounts.)
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Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
18. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
19. Applicant Certification
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
A"CIl� Gi-oW
Printed name of Person Signing
P L-A,N'r MA-T4 Pr&4EP--
Title
02 � oy-'2o2D
Date
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: Any person who knowingly makes any false
statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document files or
required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission
implementing that Article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or
monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the
Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed $25,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both. (18 U.S.C. Section
1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both,
for a similar offense.)
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