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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0064734_Renewal (Application)_20230605 617 ,t ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S.BISER Secretory RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA Director Environmental Quality June 05, 2023 Carolina Water Service Inc of North Carolina Attn: Gary Peacock, Director of Operations 5821 Fairview Road, Ste 401 Charlotte, NC 28209 Subject: Permit Renewal Application No. NC0064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Cabarrus County Dear Applicant: The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the June 2, 2023 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. 150B-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://dea.nc.qov/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. Sincer , St" Wren Thedford Administrative Assistant Water Quality Permitting Section cc: Brent Milliron ec: WQPS Laserfiche File w/application Q . North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources ` ✓ Mooresville Regional Office 610 East Center Avenue.Suitt 301 Moorcsvilk.North Carolina 28115 .4' .•\ 704 6831699 Carolina Water Service of North Carolina" June 1, 2023 Wren Thedford Division of Water Resources Water Quality Permitting Section — NPDES Archdale Building — 91h Floor 512 North Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27604 Subject: NPDES Permit Renewal Application Bradfield Farms WWTP NPDES NCO064734 Cabarrus County Wren Thedford, Please find the enclosed application as our official request to renew the NPDES permit for the facility referenced above. If you should have any questions or need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Peacock, Larry Henry or myself. Sincerely, Brent Milliron Regulatory Compliance Manager cc: Gary Peacock — Director of State Operations, CWSNC Larry Henry — Area Manager, CWSNC • 5821 Fairview Rd., Suite 401 • Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 • 800-525-7990 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 Form NC Department of Environmental Quality - Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater MINOR SEWAGE FACILITIES (Before completing this form, please read the instructions. Failure to follow NPDES the instructions mgy result in denial of the a lication. SECTION•N INFORMATION FOR Facility name 1.1 Bradfield Farms WWTP Mailing address (street or P.O. box) PO Box 240908 City or town State ZIP code c Charlotte NC 28224 € Contact name (first and last) Title Phone number Email address .� Gary Peacock Director of Operatioins (828) 242-7588 Gary.Peacock@carolinawaters Location address (street, route number, or other specific identifier) ❑ Same as mailing address is 3822 Tearoyal Court U. City or town State ZIP code Harrisburg NC 28215 1.2 Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge? ❑ Yes 4 See instructions on data submission ❑ No requirements for new dischargers. 1.3 Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above? 0 Yes ❑ No SKIP to Item 1.4. Applicant name Carolina Water Service Inc. of North Carolina Applicant address (street or P.O. box) PO Box 240908 City or town State ZIP code Charlotte NC 28224 Contact name (first and last) Title Phone number Email address Gary Peacock Director of Operations (828) 242-7588 Gary. Peacock@@carolinawate 1.4 Is the applicant the facility's owner, operator, or both? (Check only one response.) ❑ Owner ❑ Operator 0 Both 1.5 To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence? (Check only one response.) ❑ Facility El Applicant ❑ Facility and applicant (they are one and the same) 1.6 Indicate below any existing environmental permits. (Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit number for each. € Existing Environmental Permlts a 0 NPDES (discharges to surface ❑ RCRA (hazardous waste) ❑ UIC (underground injection water) control) E NCO064734 0 ❑ PSD (air emissions) ❑ Nonattainment program (CAA) ❑ NESHAPs (CAA) e W m ❑ Ocean dumping (MPRSA) ❑ Dredge or fill (CWA Section ❑ Other (specify) 404) Collection: WQCS00253 Page 1 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 1.7 Provide the collections stem information requested below for the treatment works. Municipality Population Collection System Type Status Served Served indicatepercentage)Ownership 2853 100 % separate sanitary sewer EI Own El Maintain % combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain CO) % separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain 0 % combined stone and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain d% separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain % combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain E ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain % separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain y% combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain 0 Total 2853 Population EN c� Served Separate Sanitary Sewer System Combined Storm and Sanitary Sewer Total percentage of each type of 1.00 % % sewer line in miles Z' 1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country? e 0 ❑ Yes ✓❑ No 0 1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country? e ❑ Yes 0 No 1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces. Design Flow Rate 0.460 mgd Annual Average Flow Rates Actual aA Two Years Ago Last Year This Year 0.297 mgd0.277 mgd 0.292 mgd e o Maximum Daily Flow Rates Actual Two Years Ago Last Year This Year 0.750 mgd 0.656 mgd 0.478 mgd 1.11 Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the State of North Carolina by type. Total Number of Effluent Discharge Points b Type c m m � Combined Sewer Constructed Treated Effluent Untreated Effluent Overflows Bypasses Emergency Overflows c >. Page 2 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the State of North Carolina 1.12 Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins, ponds, or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14. 1.13 Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below. Surface Impoundmient Location and Discharge Data Average Daily Volume Continuous or Intermittent Location Discharged to Surface (check one) Impoundment ❑ Continuous gpd ❑ Intermittent ❑ Continuous gpd ❑ Intermittent gpd ❑ Continuous w -o ❑ Intermittent t 1.14 Is wastewater applied to land? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16. c 1.15 Provide the land application site and discharge data requested below. C Land Application Site and Discharge Data c Continuous or o Location Size Average Daily Volume Intermittent Q► Applied check one = acres d gpd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent c ❑ Continuous acres gpd❑ Intermittent acres gpd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent 1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge? 0 ❑ Yes © No + SKIP to Item 1.21. 1.17 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported (e.g., tank truck, pipe). 1.18 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20. 1.19 Provide information on the transporter below. Trans orter Data Entity name Mailing address (street or P.O. box) City or town State ZIP code Contact name (first and last) Titie Phone number Email address Page 3 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 1.20 In the table below, indicate the name, address, contact information, NPDES number, and average daily flow rate of the receivina facilitv. Recethvding IF dilty Data 71 Facility name Mailing address (street or P.O. box) 0 City or town State ZIP code Contact name (first and last) Title 0 Phone number Email address nNPDES number of receiving facility (if any) ❑ None Average daily flow rate mgd C c 1.21 Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do mnot have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina (e.g., underground percolation, underground injection)? il ❑ Yes El No 4 SKIP to Item 1.23. c 1.22 Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods. Information on Other Dis osal Methods Disposal Location of Size of Annual Average Continuous or Intermittent = Method Disposal Site Disposal Site Daily Discharge (check one) Description Volume ❑ Continuous acres gp d ❑ Intermittent ❑ Continuous acres gpd ❑ Intermittent acres gp d ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent 1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)? (Check all that apply. Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.) m I ❑ Discharges into marine waters (CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitation (CWA Section Cr Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2)) ✓❑ Not applicable 1.24 Are any operational or maintenance aspects (related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality) of the treatment works the responsibility of a contractor? ❑ Yes ❑ No +SKIP to Section 2. 1.25 Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractors operational and maintenance responsibilities. Contractor Information Contractor 1 Contractor 2 Contractor 3 Contractor name 0 $ (company name Mailing address e street or P.O. box City, state, and ZIP code Contact name (first and 0 last Phone number Email address Operational and maintenance responsibilities of contractor Page 4 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WVVTP Modified March 2021 SECTIONDD• •• • i o Outfalls to Waters of the State of North Carolina U. 2.1 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd? o� c ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3. `0 2.2 Provide the treatment works' current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of Inflow and Infiltration and infiltration. NSA gpd Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration. wIn 2022 20% of the sewer mains were either slip lined or repaired to address 1&I. 0 0 rz 2.3 Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information? (See instructions for LU C speck requirements.) oa a 21 Yes ❑ No 12 2.4 Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information? ca co (See instructions for specific requirements.) `L o ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 2.5 Are improvements to the facility scheduled? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3. Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements. = 0 c m E m a 2. E m 3. o m u w 4. v v 2.6 Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements. Scheduled or Actual Dates of Com letlon for Improvements Scheduled Affected Outfalls Begin End Begin Attainment of Operational m m > Improvement (nutmbber II Construction Construction Discharge el E (from above) (MMIDDNYYY) (MMIDDIYYYY) (MMIDD/YYYY) MMIDD 1. 2. • t y 3. 4. 2.7 Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained? Briefly explain your response. ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ None required or applicable Explanation: Page 5 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NC0064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 SECTION•• • ON DISCHARGES for each outfall. (Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.) 3.1 Provide the following information Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number Outfall Number State North Carolina County Cabarrus Aa 0 City or town Harrisburg 0 Distance from shore o ft. c T. Depth below surface N/A ft. z G Average daily flow rate 0.292 mgd mgd mgd Latitude 39' 15 32.7' N o' Longitude 80, 39 423' W o o "' 3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges? ❑ Yes 0 No + SKIP to Item 3.4. m W' 3.3 If so, provide the following information for each applicable outfall. r Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number c Number of times per year C z discharge occurs Average duration of each d `o discharge (specify units Average flow of each mgd mgd mgd o discharge H Months in which discharge occurs 3.4 Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser? ❑✓ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.6. 3.5 Briefly describe the diffuser type at each applicable outfall. m CL Outfall Number o01 Outfall Number Outfall Number m Post aeration tank c Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from cd m =j 3.6 one or more discharge points? 3 ❑ Yes ❑ No +SKIP to Section 6. Page 6 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 3.7 Provide the receiving water and related information if known for each outfall. Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number Outfall Number Receiving water name McKee Creek Name of watershed, river, Reedy Creek 0 or stream system U.S. Soil Conservation a z Service 14-digit watershed 030401050302 c code 3 Name of state management/river basin Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin U.S. Geological Survey 8-digit hydrologic 030401 cataloging unit code Critical low flow (acute) Unknown cfs cfs cfs Critical low flow (chronic) Unknown cfs cfs cfs Total hardness at critical mg/L of mg/L of mg/L of low flow unknown CaCO3 CaCO3 CaCO3 3.8 Provide the following information describing the treatment pr vided for discharges from each outfall. Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number Outfall Number Highest Level of E1 Primary ❑ Primary ❑ Primary Treatment (check all that ❑ Equivalent to ❑ Equivalent to ❑ Equivalent to apply per outfall) secondary secondary secondary El Secondary ❑ Secondary ❑ Secondary B Advanced ❑ Advanced ❑ Advanced ❑ Other (specify) ❑ Other (specify) ❑ Other (specify) c 0 Design Removal Rates by Outfall BOD5 or CBOD5 Unknown % % % m m c mi TSS Unknown % % % ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable Phosphorus Unknown % % % ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable Nitrogen Unknown % % % Other (specify) ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable Page 7 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 3.9 Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below. If disinfection varies by season, describe below. Ultraviolet System is used as primary disinfection. We have back-up tablet chlorination and tablet dechlorination in place in case the UV system goes down. 0 c a c 0 Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number Outfall Number a 0 .TL Disinfection type uv c Seasons used All m Dechlorination used? ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes E] No ❑ No ❑ No 3.10 Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package? 0 Yes ❑ No 3.11 Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points? ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.13. 3.12 Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge points. Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Acute Chronic w Number of tests of discharge Co water ig ig Number of tests of receiving = water m W 3.14 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection, use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process, or otherwise have reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent? ❑ Yes 4 Complete Table B, including chlorine. 0 No 4 Complete Table B, omitting chlorine. 3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application package? 0 Yes ❑ No Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and 3.18 attached the results to this application package? El Yes � No additional sampling required by NPDES permittingauthority. Page 8 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 Bradfield Farms WWTP Modified March 2021 3.19 Has the POTW conducted either (1) minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application or (2) at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years? ❑ Yes No 4 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.20 Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.21 Indicate the dates the data were submitted to our NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results. Date(s) Submitted Summary of Results (MMIDDIYYM m 0 e c 0 � 3.22 Regardless of how you provided our WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority, did an of the tests result in 9 Y P Y 9 P 9 ty� Y c toxicity? e ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.23 Describe the cause(s) of the toxicity: e m 3.24 Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation? ❑ Yes ❑ No + SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.25 Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted. 3.26 Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package? ❑ Yes S Not applicable because previously submitted information to the NPDES permitting authority. Page 9 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A NCO064734 L Bradfield Farms VVWTP Modified March 2021 SECTION• I In Column 1 below, mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application. For 6.1 each section, specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority. Note that not all applicants are required to provide attachments. Column 1 Column 2 Section 1: Basic Application ❑ w/ variance request(s) ❑ wl additional attachments Information for All A licants ❑ Section 2: Additional ❑ wl topographic map 0 w/ process flow diagram Information ❑ w/ additional attachments ✓❑ w/ Table A ❑ w/ Table D a Section 3: Information on ✓❑ w/ Table B ❑ w/ additional attachments m Effluent Discharges E ❑ w/ Table C Section 4: Not Applicable � 0 T Section 5: Not Applicable m � Section 6: Checklist and ❑ ❑ w/ attachments Certification Statement 6.2 Certification Statement I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. 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Z OwBradfield Farms CWSNC makes no guarantee, implicit or N implied, about the accuracy of this data. A Carolina \ A /� A /T P ° 20 Meters Sao 100 Map Produced By: CSC N Water Service V V V V Nui .1 Cdfc:U Id Date: 4/28/2023