NC0083275_Permit Issuance_20081024

Michael F. Easley
Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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October 24, 2008
Charles R. Summey II, Town Manager
Town of Forest City
P.O. Box 728
Forest City, NC 28043
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO083275
Harris Plant on NC SR 1111
Rutherford County
Dear Mr. Summey:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit.
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This permit is issued pursuant to the
requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North
Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
This final permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on August 27, 2008.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are unacceptable to
you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this
letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition, confomvng to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may require
modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain
other permits which may be required by the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land
Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be
required. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Sergei Chernikov at telephone number
[phone].
Sincerely.g
�J Cole
en H. Sullins
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office, Surface Water Protection
EPA Region IV
NPDES Files
N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit Phone: [phone]
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-16V fax: [phone]
Internet: h2o.encstate.nc.us DENR Customer Service Center: 1800 623-7748

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Permit NCO083275
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful
standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
Town of Forest City
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Harris Plant WWTP
NCSR 1111 south of Rutherfordton
Rutherford County
to receiving waters designated as Broad River in the Broad River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III
and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective December 1, 2008.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2013.
Signed this day October 17, 2008.
etc
C en H. Sullins, Director
ppision of Water Quality
y Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO083275
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of this permit
issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate
and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein.
The Town of Forest City is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.91 MGD wastewater treatment facility consisting of:
• three static bar screens
• equalization/neutralization basin
• dual aeration basins with fine bubble diffusers
• two final clarifiers
• Parshall flume effluent meter
• sludge digester
• sludge holding tank
• standby generator
This facility is located at the Harris Facility on NCSR 1111, south of Rutherfordton in
Rutherford County.
2. Discharge wastewater from said treatment works at the location specified on the
attached map into the Broad River, currently classified C waters in the Broad River
Basin.

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NPDES Permit No. NCO083275
Rutherford County

Permit NCO083275
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the
Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored
by the Permittee as specified below:
PEER
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r Limits
Montoring Regnireazeats 5 , v
Monthly.
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Average
Daily Maximum
Measureyment
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Frequency >>
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Flow
0.91 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
140 pounds/day
272 pounds/day
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
COD
2219 pounds/day
3440 pounds/day
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
322 pounds/day
726 pounds/day
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Sulfide
7.0 pounds/day
8.2'pounds/day
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Phenols
3.5 pounds/day
8.2 pounds/day
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Chromium
3.5 poundstday
8.2 pounds/day
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Oil and Grease
30.0 mg/L
60.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Temperature
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
pH
> 6.0 and <9.0 standard units
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen
Semi -Annually
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorus
Semi -Annually
Composite
Effluent
Conductivity
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Copper
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Total Zinc
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Color2 (April -October)
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Color2 (April -October)
Monthly
Grab
U & D
Chronic Toxicity3
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Notes:
1. U: at least 100 feet upstream from the outfall. D: at least 500 yards downstream from the outfall.
2. See A. (2) for details regarding color monitoring.
3. Chronic toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) P/ F at 0.75 %; March, June, September and December [see A. (3)].
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2) COLOR MONITORING
The permittee shall monitor color on a monthly basis during the summer season (April -October).
Monitoring will include effluent and instream sampling for ADMI color at natural pH. Effluent samples
shall consist of 24-hour composites, while stream samples shall be collected as grab.
If data shows that water quality standards for color are being violated by the discharge permitted by
the terms of this permit, then the Director may reopen this permit for the purpose of imposing a
requirement to perform a color reduction study pursuant to 15 A NCAC 2H. 0114.

Permit NCO083275
A. (3) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (Quarterly)
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant
mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 0.75 %.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterlu monitoring using test procedures outlined in
the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or
subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure"
(Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed during the months of
March, June, September and December. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the
NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter results in a failure or ChV below
the permit limit, then multiple -concentration testing shall be performed at a minimum, in each of the
two following months as described in "North 'Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test
Procedure" (Revised -February 1998) or subsequent versions.
The chronic value for multiple concentration tests will be determined using the geometric mean of the
highest concentration having no detectable impairment of reproduction or survival and the lowest
concentration that does have a detectable impairment of reproduction or survival. The definition of
"detectable impairment," collection methods, exposure regimes, and further statistical methods are
specified in the "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -
February 1998) or subsequent versions.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the months in which tests were performed, using the parameter
code TGP3B for the pass/fail results and THP3B for the Chronic Value. Additionally, DWQ Form AT-3
(original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: NC DENR / DWQ / Environmental Sciences Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Branch no later
than 30 days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete, accurate, include all supporting chemical/ physical measurements and all
concentration/response data, and be certified by laboratory supervisor and ORC or approved designate
signature. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if
chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is
required, the permittee will complete ,the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test
form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the
report with the notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted
to the Environmental Sciences Branch at the address cited above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required,
monitoring will be required during the following month.
If the Permittee monitors any pollutant more frequently then required by this permit, the results of
such monitoring shall be included in the calculation & reporting of the data submitted on the DMR &
all AT Forms submitted.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina
Division of Water Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re-
opened and modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control
organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls,
shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later
than the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring.

Permit NCO083275
A. (4) CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
No later than May 29, 2009, the Permittee shall submit the following to the Division:
1. a statement indicating whether any physical alterations or additions to the permitted facility
are planned which meet the notice requirements of Section E. 2 of Part II, Standard Conditions
for NPDES Permits.
2. a complete flow justification for the proposed discharge and an Engineering Alternatives
Analysis (EAA).
If the Town is not employing the facility for wastewater treatment by the next permit renewal,
the Division of Water Quality will rescind the Permit.

DENR/DWQ
FACT SHEET FOR NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
NPDES No. NCO083275.
Facility Information
Applicant/Facility Name:
Town of Forest City — Harris Facility
Applicant Address:
P.O. Box 150, Harris, NC 28074
Facility Address:
1843 Jack McKinney Rd., Rutherford, NC 28139
Permitted Flow (MGD):
0.91 MGD
Type of Waste:
100 % Industrial
Facility Classification:
III
Permit Status:
Renewal
County:
Rutherford
Miscellaneous
Receiving Stream:
Broad River
Regional Officer
ARO
Stream Classification:
C
State Grid / USGS Quad:
Fingerville
303(d) Listed?
Yes
Permit Writer:
Sergei Chemikov
Basin/Subbasin:
030802
Date:
08/18/2008
Drainage Area (mi):
548
Lat. 350 12' 23" N Long. 81 ° 53' 15" W
Summer 7Q10 (cfs)
186
Winter 7Q10 (cfs):
285
30Q2 (cfs)
436
Average Flow (cfs):
946
IWC (%):
0.75
SUMMARY
The Harris Facility was a textile plant that finished Broadwoven fabrics of cotton and manmade fabrics of fibers
and silk. The operations at the facility include desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerizing, and resin treatment.
Some fabric was dyed. The discharge was regulated under 40 CFR 410, Subpart D, Part 410.45 (New Source
Performance Stanards). The facility has a wastewater treatment plant on site to provide treatment for the
industrial process wastewaters. Domestic wastewater was treated separately from industrial wastewater in an
on -site system.
The Town of Forest City has purchased the plant after the textile plant was shut down. The Ownership
Change Permit Modification was completed on January 23, 2008. Currently the facility is no longer in
operation. The Town wishes to keep the permit active.
Broad River is listed on the 303(d) list (2008 Draft integrated report) for Aquatic Life impairment due to the
turbidity violations.
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES
Special condition A. (4) CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP was added to the permit to insure that permit is modified
to reflect it's current status within reasonable time period..
PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE
Draft Permit to Public Notice: Aug. 27, 2008 (est.)
Permit Scheduled to Issue: Oct. 20 2008 (est.)
NPDES DIVISION CONTACT
If you have questions regarding any of the above information or on the attached permit, please contact Sergei
Chemikov at [phone].
Fact Sheet
NPDES NCO083275
Renewal
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Dan River - Harris PhAt, NCO083275
Subject: Dan River - Harris Plant, NCO083275
From: [e-mail]
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:15:59 -0400
To: [e-mail]
EPA has no comments on this permit.
1 of 1 9/8/2008 10:04 AM

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
RUTHERFORD COUNT
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County a�d� te,( ;
commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to admint aths, personally
appeared }
sEP 1 7 2008
Erika Meyer --
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who being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that they afe'`
Classified Manager
(Owner, partner, publisher, or other officer or employee authorized to make this
affidavit) of THE DAILY COURIER, a newspaper published, issued and entered as
second class mail In the town of FOREST CITY, In said County and State; that they
are authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other
legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in THE
DAILY COURIER on the following dates:
September 4, 2008
and that said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or legal
advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a
newspaper meeting all of the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the
General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning
of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
T ' ,the 12th d y of September, 2008.
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Erika Meyer, Classified Man
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Sworn to and subscribed before��•`y'L,' �,pY• e' 1����✓�'�. me this the 12th day of SeptemWer , fib&
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAJGEMENT. COMMISSIONINPDES UNIT
1617 (NAIL SERVICE CENTER
'' RALEiGH, NC 27699-1617. ,
NOTIFICATION OF INTENt TO ISSUE A. NPDES' WASTEWATER PERMIT n ,
On the: bass of.thorough staff review and application of NC General Statute,
143.215.1. and'15A
1NCAC 02H.0109 -and-other law(ul standards and regulations, the'NoM.Carolina Environmental
Management Commission proposes to issue:a National .Pollutant sschargeElimination System
(NPDES) waMewatedischarmittpsos) on(s)Al fctihewve 45 days from the
publisF date of this notice.
,WrItten cpmmentsregarding the ,proposed• permit will be acoepted until` 30 days -after., tlje publish
date of: this nofiee %. All commerits received, prior tq, that date are considered in the final
determinations regarding'the proposed perinit.� The'Director of'the NC Division of Water"Quality
may..declde , to ,hold , a publl meeting for. the proposed permit, : should the': Division lecei►re a
slgriltcani degree of public interest.
Cap#es of the `draft permit and othersuptforting.lnfnrmation`on file used'to de'tecmine pond#tortt.
present iri the' graft permh are availaliie upon .request and 'payment of-t#le-costs of rep'tldiO '..
a • ,-
it mans and/or requests �fa� nfo �atiorS to the NC:lvision of ilyater Qual at the above
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` orr�caliU Spiirilder"(9' .d07' 304 at the P6Ihf-Source• biahch. ;Me"ase' ir;cl'ude Ifie'.
N DES perrrtft'rtuin`fi�r {6eiow) in ahyi mmunication. ' fntere'sted`'persons may°alse'ti{5ff�
D si jofWatdt-Quatity,at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC-27604=1146 between, the hours -
of 8:00 a".m. and 5:40 p.m. to review information on file.
The Tfth, of , Rutherfordtpn; 129% North . Maln ; Street;, -:Rutherrordton, `.North Carolina 39; has
appliedlor renewal*of Its jl PDES permit NC0025909 for the Rutherfordton WWTP.-: This knitted:
fadlity discharges` treated--. municipal. wastewater to Cleghom Creek rn` the Broad . Riv r Basin.
Currentiyr. ammonia, fecal., colIform, ' copper, cyanide, total- residual chlorine and .zinc 're water
quality limited;'..Thls'discharge, may affect future.allocationt in tIlls .po",Mon of the:.basln.
Dan- River incorporat6d.- PDES Permit No.-NC0083275 has applied ,for renewal • of 1 pen
discharging_ to the Broad River in the Broad River Basin. _ Noparameters are water qualit y limited,
ift discharge may affecA future discharges.
s ` "° Inc has ' a lied
CivA Hoktirigst .pp for :renewal of its TiP6E pertti' i`or, the ircora Faculty:
(NC0004952) In •Sheltiy; NC,'.Cieve)and County; discharging a maximum a "0� MGD gf:treated
donieWkind industrial Wastewater to. Buffalo Creek; a class C water In the Broad River Basin. No
parameters are water quality limited; however,- this discharge may,lmpsct future' allocatlon' of this
aquatic resource..

STAFF REPORT
TO: Susan Wilson
FROM: Roy Davis
DATE: May 30, 2008
SUBJECT: NPDES Permit Renewal
DRG Harris Plant
Wastewater Treatment Plant
NPDES Permit Number NCO083275
Rutherford County
The former Dan River Harris Plant WWTP has been purchased by the Town of
Forest City. The Harris Pant is closed and the WWTP is no longer treating
wastewater. The WWTP has a nominal capacity of 0.91 MGD and consists of the
following units:
• Parshall flume
• Influent pump station
• Static screen
• Two flow equalization basins
• Two aeration basins
• Two circular secondary clarifiers
• Three aerobic digestors
The Town of Forest City wishes to maintain the NPDES Permit. The Asheville
Regional Office is in agreement. I recommend that the NPDES permit be
reissued.
Xc: Keith Haynes
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February 1, 2008
Mrs. Frances Candelaria
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Point Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Dear Mrs. Candelaria:
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RE: NPDES Permit No. NC0083275
Harris Plant WWTP
Town of Forest City
Rutherford County, North Carolina
The Town of Forest City is hereby requesting renewal of our existing NPDES Permit
No. NC0083275 for the wastewater treatment plant that formerly served the Harris Plant. In
support of this request, please find enclosed one (1) original and two (2) copies of NPDES Form
2A and pertinent enclosures.
This treatment plant as well as the facility it serves is no longer in operation. The Town
recently purchased this facility and desires to keep this permit active as we weigh our options for its
future use. Because the treatment plant is currently not treating any flow, no effluent testing
information has been provided with the application package.
We have authorized McGill Associates, P.A. of Asheville, North Carolina to prepare the
renewal package included in this submittal but have taken the opportunity to review and certify the
materials before submitting them.
Thank you for your consideration of our request. Please call if you have any questions or
need additional information. /IN
OF FOREST CITY
R. SUMMEY, II
Enclosures
CC: Keith Webb, P.E.
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