NC0024392_Affidavit_20230525

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Attention: Wren Thedford North Carolina } ss
NCDENR/DWQ/POINT SOURCE Mecklenburg County }
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER Before the undersigned,a Notary Public of said
RALEIGH,NC 276991677 County and State,duly authorized to administer
[e-mail] oaths affirmations,etc.,personally appeared,
being duly sworn or affirmed according to law,
PUBLIC NOTICE doth depose and say that he/she is a
N.C.DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES representative of The Charlotte Observer
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT#NC0024392 Publishing Company,a corporation organized and
Public comment or objection to the draft permit is invited.All comments received doingbusiness under the laws of the State of
by July 3,2023 will be considered in the final determination regarding permit
issuance and permit provisions. Delaware,and publishing a newspaper known as
PERMIT APPLICATION The Charlotte Observer in the city of Charlotte,
Duke Energy Progress,LLC,526 South Church St.,Charlotte.N.C.,has applied Countyof Mecklenburg,and State of North
for renewal of its NPDES wastewater permit(N00024392)for McGuire Nuclear g
Power Plant. 12700 Hagers Ferry Rd.,Huntersville.Mecklenburg County The Carolina and that as such he/she is familiar with
facility discharges treated Industrial wastewater and stormwater to Catawba Riv-
er and Lake Norman in the Catawba River basin.Some of the parameters are the books,records,files,and business of said
water quality limited.This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion Corporation and byreference to the files of said
of the Catawba River basin.The location of Outfall 001 is:Latitude:35"26'03": p
Longitude:80'56'50".The location of Outfall 002 is:Latitude:35 25'57":Longi- publication,the attached advertisement was
tude:80'57'20".The location of Outfall 005 is:Latitude:35'25'57":Longitude:
8057.20". inserted.The following is correctly copied from
The thermal component of the discharge is subject to effluent limitations under the books and files of the aforesaid Corporation
the CWA sections 301/306 and North Carolina Administrative Code Section:15A and Publication.
NCAC 28.0211 (3)(j),which prohibits an exceedance of 2.8 degrees C(5.04
degrees F)above the natural water temperature,and in no case to exceed 32 insertion(s)C(89.6 degrees F).The permit holder has requested a Clean Water Act 1 inser ( )published on:
316(a)variance,which would impose an alternative less stringent limitations on 05/25/23
the thermal component of the discharge under Section 316(a).The proposed
variance imposes a monthly average limit of 35.0 degrees C(95.0 degrees F)
during winter and a monthly average bait of 37.2 degrees C(99.0 degrees F)
during summer.On the basis of the North Carolina Administrative Code Section:
15A NCAC 213.0208 (2) (b) (and other lawful standards and regulations).the
North Carolina Division of Water Resources proposes to grant the 316(a)vari-
ance in conjunction with the renewal of the permit.
The draft wastewater permit and related documents are available online at:
https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings. Printed copies of the draft permit
and related documents may be reviewed at the department's Mooresville Re- �.
gional Office.To make an appointment to review the documents, please call /+ .�/�� RffnrINJPC%1%jZt(Y/
704-663-1699. L�� lJ�
Public comment on the than permit modification should be mailed to:Wastewa- In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand
ter Permitting.1617 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,N.C.,27699-1617. and affixed my seal on the 25th day of May,2023
Public comments may also be submitted by email to:publiccommentsr2 ncdenr.
gov.Please be sure to include"McGuire"in the email's subject line.
IPL0123976
May 25 2023
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