NC0072699_Permit Issuance_20180214

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
February 14, 2018
The Honorable Richard L. Stanley, Mayor
Town of Beaufort
PO Box 390
Beaufort, NC 28516-0390
ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secrelary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Dire w
Subject: NPDES PERMIT ISSUANCE
NPDES Permit NCO072699
Pine Street WTP
Class PC-1
Carteret County
Dear Mayor Stanley:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit.
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached final 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).
The final permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
➢ Section A. (5) has been added to require electronic submission of effluent data, and a footnote
has been added in Section A. (1). Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all
discharge monitoring reports (DMRs).
➢ Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
➢ Parameter codes have been added to Section A. (1).
➢ The month of permit expiration has been changed to allow a 5-year permit cycle.
➢ The facility address has been updated on the cover sheet per the permit renewal application.
➢ Components list has been updated on the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet per the permit
renewal application.
➢ Outfall map has been updated.
➢ Language has been updated on the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet based on current NPDES
permit formatting.
➢ A footnote in Section A. (1) concerning logbooks has been added for flow monitoring.
➢ Flow monitoring in'Section A. (1) has been reduced to 2/month and the sample type has been
changed to instantaneous per the current water treatment plant strategy.
➢ Limits have been added for Total Copper, Total Lead, and Total Zinc based on a reasonable
potential to exceed water quality standards and monitoring has been changed to monthly.
➢ The sampling type for several parameters has been changed from grab to composite in Section A.
(1), and an associated footnote has been added.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
https: //deq.ne.govlaboutldivisions/water-resources/water-resources-permitslwwtcwater-bmcWnpdes-wastewater-permits

Mayor Richard Stanley
NCO072699 Issued Permit
➢ The footnote for aquatic toxicity monitoring has been updated in Section A. (1). Monitoring for
toxicity in conjunction with metals and total residual chlorine is no longer required.
➢ Language in Section A. (2) has been updated.
The final permit includes the following significant changes from the draft permit:
➢ Hydrofluorosilicic acid has been defined to be for fluoride addition on the Supplement to Permit
Cover Sheet.
➢ Discharge description updated on Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet and in Section A. (1).
➢ Footnote concerning composite sampling has been moved to become Section A. (3).
➢ A compliance schedule has been added for Total Copper, Total Lead, and Total Zinc limits as
Section A. (4).
➢ The limit for total residual chlorine in Section A. (1) has been made a daily maximum limit. It
was erroneously changed in the draft permit.
➢ The sample type for pH, turbidity, and Total Residual Chlorine have been changed to grab
samples per the current water treatment plant strategy and 15A NCAC 02B .0505(c)(3)(C).
These parameters were mistakenly changed to composite samples in the draft permit.
Comments were received on the draft permit from John Day, Town Manager of the Town of Beaufort.
Based on comments received, hydrofluorosilicic acid has been defined to be for fluoride addition and
the description of the discharge has been updated to state "water softener regeneration -backwash
wastewater" the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet. The description of the discharge has also been
updated to reference only "backwash" in Section A. (1). The language used in the Supplement to
Permit Cover Sheet is standard language used in all water treatment plant NPDES permits. The
maximum monthly average referenced in the draft permit is based on data in the Division's database
from November 2015. Per the Division's water treatment plant guidance, this language will remain in
the permit for consistency of water treatment plant NPDES permits across the state.
Concerning comments on instantaneous sampling for flow, as discharge from the facility is
intermittent, the sample type, per the current water treatment plant strategy, should be defined as
instantaneous. After speaking with staff in the Wilmington Regional office, the flow meter in place is
acceptable.
A compliance schedule has been added to the permit as Section A. (4) for Total Copper, Total Lead,
and Total Zinc. Monitoring will remain for all 3 parameters with a measurement frequency of
monthly. Please note that the practical quantitation limits (PQLs) for Total Copper and Total Lead are
2 µg/L, and the PQL for Total Zinc is 10 µg/L (per the Inorganic Chemistry Branch of the Division of
Water Resources Water Sciences Section) and monitoring data should be reportable down to these
levels. Per North Carolina 15A NCAC 02B Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters, the current
limits for class SC waters for copper are 4.8 µg/L (acute) and 3.1 µg/L (chronic), for lead are 210 µg/L
(acute) and 8.1 µg/L (chronic), and for zinc are 90 µg/L (acute) and 81 µg/L (chronic). Limits for
water treatment plants are determined by evaluating DMR data submitted to the Division, along with a
dilution factor (if applicable) and the maximum monthly average flow reported in the previous 3 years
at the time the review is completed.
Regarding Mr. Day's comments on composite sampling, please note that composite sampling will
remain in the permit. The language concerning this has been moved from the footnotes in Section A.

Mayor Richard Stanley
NCO072699 Issued Permit
(1) into the new Section A. (3). The Division has determined that two (2) months from the permit
effective date is sufficient time to complete the requirement.
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,
conforming 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 permit 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 any other Federal, State, or Local governmental permit that may be required.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Brianna
Young of my staff at [phone].
Xincely,
Linda Culpepper
Interim Director, Division of Water Resources
cc: NPDES Files
Central files
Wilmington Regional Office
ec: WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
Donovan H. Willis, Public Utilities Director, Town of Beaufort [[e-mail]]
Frank Sansone, Jr., ORC, Town of Beaufort [[e-mail]]
Gale Smith, Rivers & Associates Inc. [[e-mail]]
John Day, Town Manager, Town of Beaufort [e-mail]]

Permit NCO072699
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
PDES
In compliance with the provision 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 Beaufort
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Pine Street WTP
910 Pine Street
Beaufort
Carteret County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Town Creek in the White Oak 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 March 1, 2018.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on January 31, 2023.
Signed this day February 14, 2018.
L
da Culpepper
Interim Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO072699
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 Beaufort
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a drinking -water treatment plant with a discharge of water softener regeneration -
backwash wastewater from Ion Exchange units. This water treatment plant currently has a design
potable flowrate of 0.60 MGD and a maximum, monthly average wastewater discharge of 0.0156
MGD. This facility is located in Beaufort off Pine Street at the Pine Street WTP in Carteret County.
Water and wastewater treatment consists of:
• Four (4) softener units
• Chlorination (gas)
• Hydrofluosilicic acid for fluoride addition
• Dechlorination by sodium bisulfite
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an unnamed
tributary to Town Creek [Stream Segment: 21-33], a waterbody currently classified SC waters within
subbasin 03-05-03 [HUC: 0302030104] of the White Oak River Basin.
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Permit NCO072699
PART I.
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[I 5A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the
Permittee is authorized to discharge backwash from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and
monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
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Conductvity 00094
Monthly
Com osite 5
Effluent
H 00400
Not < 6.8 sm. nor > 8.5 s.u.
2/ Month
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Total Dissolved Solids 70295
Monthly
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Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530
30.0 m /L
45.0 m /L
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Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060
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2/ Month
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Turbidity NTU 00070
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Total Copper 01042.
3.70 /L 6
5.80 /L 6
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Com osite 5
Effluent
Total Lead 01051
8.50 PgIL6
' 220.80 /L 6
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Total Zinc 01092
85.6 /L 6
95.1 /L 6
Monthly
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Ammonia Wrogen m /L C0610
Monthly
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Whole Effluent Toxicity 4 TGE3E
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Footnotes:
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
application system [see A. (5)].
2. Duration of discharge should be noted in log books and a Total daily discharge reported in the DMR.
3. Limit and monitoring apply only if chlorine or chlorine derivatives are used for disinfection. The Division
shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with the permit.
However, the Permittee shall record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina certified
laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 jug/L.
4. Acute Toxicity 24-hour Pass/ Fail Monitoring: March, June, September and December. Permittee shall
use mysid shrimp as the test organism unless another organism of equal or greater sensitivity is deemed
more appropriate based on the characteristics of the discharge and receiving stream. See Special
Condition A. (2) for details.
5. See Section A. (3) for compliance schedule.
6. See Section A. (4) for compliance schedule.
All samples collected should be from a representative discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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Permit NCO072699
A. (2.) ACUTE TOXICITY PASS/FAIL MONITORING ONLY (QUARTERLY)
[ 15A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.]
The permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests on a quarterly basis using protocols defined in the North
Carolina Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology For Determining Acute Toxicity In A
Single Effluent Concentration" (Revised -December 2010 or subsequent versions). The monitoring shall
be performed as a Mysid Shrimp (Mysidopsis bahia) 24 hour static test. The effluent concentration at
which there may be at no time significant acute mortality is 90% (defined as treatment two in the
procedure document). The tests will be performed during the months of March, June, September, and
December. These months signify the first month of each three month toxicity testing quarter assigned
to the facility. Effluent sampling for this testing must be obtained during representative effluent
discharge and shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment
processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code
TGE3E. Additionally, DWR Form AT-2 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Water Sciences Section no later than 30
days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements
performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all doselresponse data. 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
Water Sciences Section at the address cited above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then
monthly monitoring will begin immediately. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements or tests performed by the North Carolina
Division of Water Resources 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 and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will
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Permit NCO072699
require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following
the month of the initial monitoring.
USE OF A DIFFERENT TEST ORGANISM
The permittee may request the use of a different test organism upon documentation that the alternate test
organism would provide an equal or greater level of protection and is appropriate based on the
characteristics of the discharge and receiving stream. Such documentation would consist of one of the
following:
1. For saltwater classified streams, a fathead minnow may be assigned as the acute testing species
if the salinity of the receiving stream at the point of discharge is < 5 ppt throughout the tidally
influenced cycle. This determination may be based on the best professional judgment of DWQ
staff or data collection provided by the permittee and approved by DWQ staff. This evaluation
should include vertical profiles of salinity/ conductivity measurements at both high tide and low
tide over several 24 hr. cycles.
2. Three consecutive "side -by -side" tests with results indicating that the alternate test organism is
as or more sensitive to the facility's effluent. Each test series would consist of two separate
toxicity tests conducted on the same sample of effluent with the length of exposure specified by
the permit, the only difference between the tests being the test organism.
3. An alternate plan developed by the permittee and approved by the Aquatic Toxicology Unit that
demonstrates an equal -level of protection is offered by the test organism.
For items 2 and 3, it must also be demonstrated that viable and standardized culture techniques are
available for that organism and standardized testing methodologies have been developed and validated.
This demonstration should meet guidance provided by EPA in Section 6 of EPA-821-R-02-012, Short
Term Methods for Estimating the Acute Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Freshwater
Organisms, Fifth Edition, 2002. Requests to use a different test organism and supporting documentation
should be sent to NC DWQ, ESS at the address listed above.
A. (3.) COMPOSITE SAMPLING (OUTFALL 001)
For parameters in Section A. (L) requiring composite sampling, a composite sampler must be installed
within two (2) months of the permit effective date, or another method must be approved by the
Wilmington Regional Office Water Quality Regional Operations Section within two (2) months of the
permit effective date in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B .0503(4).
A. (4.) SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE (OUTFALL 001)
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
1. Within one year from the effective date of the permit the Permittee shall submit to the Division of
Water Resources a Corrective Action Plan summarizing the actions or strategy to be taken to achieve
compliance with the Total Copper, Total Lead, and Total Zinc limits at Outfall 001. Specific dates
for completion or implementation of each action shall be included.
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2. Within two years from the effective date of the permit submit a report to the Division summarizing
actions taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan.
3. Within three years from the effective date of the permit submit a report to the Division summarizing
actions taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan.
4. Within four years from the effective date of the permit submit a report to the Division summarizing
actions taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan.
5. Achieve compliance with Total Copper, Total Lead, and Total Zinc limits specified in Section A. (1)
within five years of the permit effective date.
Upon approval of the Corrective Action Plan by the Division, the report and actions become an
enforceable part of this permit. Any modifications to the schedule shall be requested to the Division at
least ninety (90) days before the deadline. Modifications to the schedule in excess of four months will
be subject to public notice.
A. (5.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 143-215.1 (b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program
reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December
21, 2015.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this
permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring
data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's eDMR
application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR),
permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using
eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one
signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
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If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access,
then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and
discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.19 2,3) or alternative forms
approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above. See
"How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below.
Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the
issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the
commencement of discharge.
Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
• Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports;
• Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a
Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below).
2. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of
each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the initial
recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity
(EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity for
receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each
type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate
electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting
Rule is found at: hgps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-
pollutant-discharge-elimination-system-npdes-electronic:reportin -rule.
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to the
Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to the
Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required
under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a temporary waiver
shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be
submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new
temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not
transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data
and reports on paper to the Division for the period that the approved reporting waiver request is
effective.
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Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the
following web page:
h!W://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/Water-resources/edmr
4. Signatory Requirements (Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
All eDM[Rs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II,
Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section
B. (I 1.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting
purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user account
and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's eDMR
system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web
page:
http://deq.nc. gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the
following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL
BE ACCEPTED:
V 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
fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. "
5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions.
These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report.
This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41 ].
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Town of Beaufort
Pine Street VdTP
NPIDES Permit NCO072699
Receiving Stream: LIT to Town Creek Stream Class: SC
Stream Segment: 21-33 Sub -Basin #: 03-05-03
River Basin: White Oak HUC: 0302030104
County: Carteret
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DEQ/DWR
FACT SHEET FOR NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
NPDES No. NCO072699
Facility Information
Applicant/Facility Name:
Town of Beaufort/Pine Street Water Treatment Plant
Applicant Address:
PO Box 390 BeaufortNorth Carolina 28516
Facility Address:
910 Pine Street, BeaufortNorth Carolina 28516
Permitted Flow:
Not limited
Type of Waste:
Filter backwash and Ion Exchange regeneration
Facility/Permit Status:
Renewal
Facility Classification
PC-1
County:
Carteret
Miscellaneous
Receiving Stream:
UT to Town
Creek, White Oak
RB
Regional Office:
Wilmington
Stream Classification:
SC
USGS TooQuad:
Beaufort
303 d Listed?
No
Permit Writer:
Brianna Young
Subbasin:
03-05-03
Date:
2/9/2018
HUC
0302030104
Drainage Area mil :
N/A
Summer 7Q 10 cfs
Tidal
Winter 7Q 10 cfs :
Tidal
30 2 cfs
Tidal
Average Flow cfs :
Tidal
IWC (%):
100% capped at
90% for WET
Primary SIC Code:
N/A
SUMMARY
The Beaufort Pine Street WTP is an Ion Exchange (Softener) Water Treatment Plant to treat
ground water drawn from two wells. The facility is designed to provide 0.60 MGD of treated
potable water. After softening, the water is treated by gaseous chlorination and
hydrofluorosilicic acid. The backwash and softener regeneration wastewater is estimated to be
0.010 MGD average at plant capacity of 0.60 MGD potable water. Recent (March 2014 — April
2017 operating data) shows a monthly average discharge flowrate of 0.0065 MGD with a
maximum of 0.0156 MGD. The facility discharges the backwash wastewater after
dechlorination with sodium bisulfite (30/40%) to an unnamed tributary to Town Creek in the
White Oak River Basin. The discharge is to a dry ditch with no normal flow except the
discharge and storm water. Instream samples have been collected from the ditch; instream
sampling discontinued as discharge is to a dry ditch used as a stormwater conveyance.
The receiving stream (Town Creek) is classified SC waters in the White Oak River Basin. This
reach is not listed on the 2014 303(d) list.
Monitoring violations for TRC (1 NOV; many instances of BPJ as concentration <50 µg/1), 1
NOD each for frequency violation for chloride, total iron, total manganese, DO, and temperature.
Town of Beaufort, Pine Street WTP Fact Sheet
NPDES Pennit NCO072699 Renewal
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Permitting Strategy
Permitting Strategy for Ion Exchange Water Treatment Plants is followed for this facility except
where noted below. f
Discharge Data Review and RPA
DMR data for October 2012 through April 2017 was reviewed. RPA was performed for copper,
zinc, and lead. Copper, Zinc, and Lead all have reasonable potential to exceed water quality
standards.
Ammonia nitrogen monitoring maintained at monthly monitoring as concentrations were found
to be greater than 1 mg/L on several dates.
Whole Effluent Toxicity Testinc
The facility currently performs Quarterly Acute Toxicity monitoring using Mysid Shrimp at
90%. The facility has passed all 12 previous WET tests.
Chances from previous permit to draft:
• Address on cover page updated per renewal application
• Updated language on Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet to match current formatting
used
• Updated components list per renewal application
• Updated outfall map
• Added regulatory citations
• Added parameter codes
• Expiration month changed to allow full 5-year permit cycle
• Added eDMR language in A(1) and added Section A(5)
• Added flow footnote about log books in A(1) per 2012 WTP strategy
• Flow monitoring changed from weekly to 2/month and sample type from estimate to
Instantaneous per 2009 WTP strategy (discharge frequency is intermittent so
instantaneous flow monitoring is required; the monitoring frequency is as frequent as
the minimum frequency of monitoring for any parameter listed)
• TRC limit changed from daily max to both daily max and monthly average per 2009
WTP strategy
• The facility does discharge Fluoride, but there is no water quality standard for
fluoride in saltwater (per 2012 WTP strategy), so no monitoring is required
• Limits added for copper, lead, and zinc based on RPA and monitoring changed to
monthly
• Sample type for all parameters except flow changed from grab to composite based on
conversation with WiRO (see comments below)
o Compliance schedule to install composite sampler added as well based on e-
mail from WiRO (see comments below)
• Footnote added to A(1) stating that composite sample should be made of equal
volume collected every 15 mins during recharge cycle (per WiRO comments below)
• Removed requirement that monitoring for toxicity shall coincide with monitoring for
metals and TRC as this is no longer required
• Updated language in A(2) to most recent tox language
Town ot' Beautort, Pine Street WTP Fact Sheet
NPDES Pennit NC0072699 Renewal
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Changes from draft to final:
• Hydrofluorosilicic acid has been defined to be for fluoride addition on supplement to
permit cover sheet (per permittee's comments below)
• Discharge description updated on Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet and in Section
A. (1) (per permittee's comments below)
• Footnote concerning composite sampling has been moved to become Section A. (3)
for clarity (per WIRO comments below)
• Compliance schedule added as Section A. (4) for total copper, total lead, and total
zinc (per permittee's and WiRO comments below)
• TRC put back as a daily max limit in A(1); erroneously changed
• Monitoring for pH, turbidity, and TRC changed back to grab samples per 2009 WTP
strategy; mistakenly changed to composite with other parameters, but these require
grab sampling in order to be accurate (per 2009 WTP strategy)
PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE:
Draft Permit to Public Notice: November 1, 2017
Permit Scheduled to Issue: February 14, 2018
STATE CONTACT:
If you have any questions on any of the above information or on the attached permit, please contact
Brianna Young at [phone], or by email at [e-mail].
REGIONAL OFFICE COMMENT FOR DRAFT:
Per phone call (7/20/17) with Jim Gregson and Dean Hunkele in WiRO and John Hennessy and
Brianna Young in CO:
• Sample type for all parameters (except flow) has been changed from grab to composite
and a footnote added to A(1) regulating when samples should be collected based on
feedback received from Frank Sansone (ORC) that he samples only during the 1 st rinse
cycle of recharge cycle (process involves 20 min rinse, 50-55 min brine recharge, 20-30
min rinse; Entire cycle totals —2 hrs)
• Compliance schedule of 2 months added to install composite sampler or have another
method approved by WiRO in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B .0503 (4) (per Jim
Gregson's e-mail 10/19/17)
Per e-mail from Dean Hunkele 10/27/17 on Draft
• We just got the permit for the Laurel Rd WTP NCO086975 issued by Joe Corporon
whereby metal limits were given, but he gave them a permit cycle to figure out how to
meet them. Is that supposed to be in these as well?
o DWR Response: If concerns are raised about the facility meeting the new metals
limits, those concerns can be reviewed and the inclusion of a compliance schedule
in the final permit can be considered.
COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM PERMITTEE (VIA EMAIL 11/30/17; MAILED COPIES RECEIVED 12/6/17)
• The Town is amenable to the changes identified by the first eight bullets with only three
comments; please see sixth and eight bullets regarding "Supplement to the Cover Sheet."
• Sixth bullet (from draft cover sheet):
Town of Beaufort, Pine Street WTP Fact Sheet
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o Bullet states: Components list has been updated on the Supplement to Permit
Cover Sheet per the permit renewal application.
o Permittee response: The component we are using for addition of fluoride is
Hydrofluorosilicic Acid.
o DWR response: Hydrofluorosilicic acid has been defined to be for fluoride
addition.
• Eighth bullet (from draft cover sheet):
o Bullet States: Language has been updated on the Supplement to Permit Cover
Sheet based on current NPDES permit formatting.
o Permittee response: We suggest the discharge description on Page 2 of 8 and Page
3 of 8 be the same. On Page 2, one could state as "discharge of water softener
regeneration -backwash wastewater from Ion Exchange Units." On Page 3 one
should delete the phrase "filter backwash and" and state as "discharge water
softener regeneration -backwash from Outfal1001."
■ WiRO comments (Dean Hunkele via email 12/7/17): I do not know
enough about their system to comment but seems reasonable to me. The
word "filter" has been present going back to at least the 2003 issuance and
was probably a carryover from a shell document or a permit for another
water permit they borrowed from.
■ DWR response: The Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet has been updated
to state "water softener regeneration -backwash wastewater" and Section
A. (1) has been updated to remove "filter backwash and softener
regeneration backwash" and references only "backwash."
o Permittee response: On Page 2, Item 1 speaks of "a design potable flowrate of
0.60 MGD and a maximum, monthly average wastewater discharge of 0.0156
MGD". The previous permit states a maximum monthly average {wastewater
discharge} of 0.0176 MGD. These numbers do not seem relevant to data
covering the most recent 22 months which indicates an average daily flow of
0.0054 MGD and a maximum monthly average of 0.0094 MGD. These numbers
are dependent on a varying data -set, and the permit does not include a flow limit.
We would suggest deleting the reference to maximum daily average wastewater
discharge from "Supplement to the Cover Sheet."
■ DWR response: The language used in the Supplement to Permit Cover
Sheet is standard language used in all water treatment plant NPDES
permits. The maximum monthly average referenced in the draft permit is
based on data in the Division's database from November 2015. Per the
Division's water treatment plant guidance, this language will remain in the
permit for consistency of water treatment plant NPDES permits across the
state.
• The Town is unsure of intent and has concern regarding the ninth and tenth bullet.
o Ninth bullet (from draft cover sheet): A footnote in Section A. (1) concerning
logbooks has been added for flow monitoring.
o Tenth bullet (from draft cover sheet): Flow monitoring in Section A. (1) has been
reduced to 2/month and the sample type has been changed to instantaneous per
the current water treatment plant strategy.
o Permittee response: Footnote 2 refers to Effluent Characteristic — "Flow" with
Sample Type — "Instantaneous" and Sample Location — "Effluent". The Town is
unsure of intent for changes to flow monitoring. All of the softener backwash -
regeneration flow into the softeners passes through a meter; all of the softener
backwash -regeneration flow exits the softeners as effluent; the effluent flows
reported on the DMRs are based on those meter readings for flow into the
Town ol' Bcaufiort, Pine Street WTP Fact Sheet
NPDES Permit N00072699 Renewal
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•
softeners and subsequently out of the softeners to Outfall 001. The Town believes
its current method of measuring softener regeneration -backwash flow with the
meter in -place has an appropriate degree of accuracy and should be acceptable
without change.
o WiRO comments (Dean Hunkele via email 12/7/17): I have no idea where they
came up with limiting how flow can be measured or reported for any facility
unless continuous & recording is required. The old permit said "Estimate" which
I am guessing was based on the use of the meters but being an estimate wouldn't
require annual calibration. However, it could be calculated estimate as well based
on cycle time and pump rate. Instantaneous measurement typically requires a
weir and use of a staff gauge to measure water height to get a flow rate at that
instant, both of which they don't have and not sure how they would go about
it. Now I guess they could use the metered flow total for a single cycle and use
the cycle time to get at a calculated "instantaneous" flow value for that single
event if that is what permitting is looking for or just use the flow meters to give a
total for the 24-hr period.
o Permittee response to flow meter clarification request (via email 1/16/18): We
have spoken with Frank Sansone, Water ORC — Town of Beaufort; Frank
provided clarification by explaining that during softener backwash -regeneration
(recharge), all of the water used during softener backwash -regeneration
(recharge is measured by a meter. The brine solution used during softener
backwash -regeneration (recharge) is not measured by a meter. • Frank utilizes
meter readings for water used during recharge to calculate the number of
recharge events and total softener backwash -regeneration flow from the water
treatment plant. The meter measuring water used for backwash and fast rinse is a
1 %2-inch turbine meter manufactured by Neptune/Trident.
o WiRO comments (Tom Tharrington phone call 2/1/18): Tom felt the meter they
have in place is appropriate for now to do instantaneous monitoring. DWR will
assume the meter is appropriate for now unless it is deemed inappropriate in the
future. The meters are usually very accurate when used with clean water, which
is why they can be used in WTPs but not WWTPs.
o DWR response: As discharge from the facility is intermittent, the sample type,
per the current water treatment plant strategy, should be defined as instantaneous.
After speaking with staff in the Wilmington Regional office, the flow meter in
place is acceptable.
Eleventh bullet (from draft cover sheet):
o Bullet states: The total residual chlorine has been changed to both a daily
maximum and monthly average in Section A. (1).
o Permittee response: All things considered, the Town has no immediate concern
regarding the eleventh bullet. We believe appropriate the footnote stating, "The
Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 PPB to be in
compliance with the permit."
Twelfth bullet (from draft cover sheet):
o Bullet states: Limits have been added for Total Copper, Total Lead, and Total
Zinc based on a reasonable potential to exceed water quality standards and
monitoring has been changed to monthly.
o Permittee response (paraphrased): The Town is opposed to monitoring and limits
for total copper, total lead, and total zinc. Request to know how analysis done to
determine a reasonable potential to exceed water quality standards and how
determination made for value of numerical limits. Town believes there is
insufficient data to determine capability to comply with total copper limits but
Town cif Beaufort, Pine Street WTP Fact Sheet
NPDES Pennit N00072699 Renewal
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sufficient data to support discontinuance of limits and monitoring for Total Lead.
Town asks to do no more than monitor Total Copper and neither monitor nor set
limits for Total Lead and Total Zinc. Additional information provided in written
comments. Per permittee: "To continue sampling and testing the softener
regeneration -backwash discharge for metals that appear to be present only at very
low levels should not be a requirement of the permit issued to the Town of
Beaufort."
o DWR response: A compliance schedule has been added to the permit as Section
A. (4) for Total Copper, Total Lead, and Total Zinc. Monitoring will remain for
all 3 parameters with a measurement frequency of monthly. Please note that the
practical quantitation limits (PQLs) for Total Copper and Total Lead are 2 µg/L,
and the PQL for Total Zinc is 10 µg/L (per the Inorganic Chemistry Branch of the
Division of Water Resources Water Sciences Section) and monitoring data should
be reportable down to these levels. Per North Carolina 15A NCAC 02B Water
Quality Standards for Surface Waters, the current limits for class SC waters for
copper are 4.8 µg/L (acute) and 3.1 µg/L (chronic), for lead are 210 µg/L (acute)
and 8.1 µg/L (chronic), and for zinc are 90 µg/L (acute) and 81 µg/L (chronic).
Limits for water treatment plants are determined by evaluating DMR data
submitted to the Division, along with a dilution factor (if applicable) and the
maximum monthly average flow reported in the previous 3 years at the time the
review is completed.
■ WiRO comments (Dean Hunkele via email 12/7/17): Dean concurs with
the compliance schedule being added.
• Thirteenth bullet (from draft cover sheet):
o Bullet states: The sampling type for all parameters, other than flow, has been
changed from grab to composite in Section A. (1), and an associated footnote has
been added.
o Permittee response: The Town would prefer no change from grab to composite
sampling of the small discharge at the Pine Street WTP. However it understands
position of the NPDES Unit and would ask for assistance in making transition.
Beaufort is requesting that it not be required install a composite sampler within
two (2) months of the date of permit issuance. Instead the Town would request
twelve (12) months to utilize hand sampling as described by draft while
determining and evaluating "another method approved by Wilmington Regional
Office" as compared to installing a composite sampler. If evaluation determines it
best to install a composite sampler, time for planning and design will be needed to
ensure having a workable composite sampler for the old Pine Street WTP. It is not
a simple plug -in -play exercise. [additional information provided in letter]
o WiRO comments (Dean Hunkele via email 12/7/17): That whole Footnote is
confusing. Being an intermittent discharger, they could either use a sampler to
collect OR we can approve/accept them creating their own composite via multiple
grabs of at least 120 mL at a frequency of every 15 mins or less for the enter cycle
including recharge. They just need to make sure they collect enough sample for
all the required analyses. We can assist them with the latter method and shouldn't
take but any longer than 2 months. I agree it may take a little more discussion or
thought to install a composite sampler and sampling location and may include
adding a take to comingle the waste streams for sampling.
o DWR response: Composite sampling will remain in the permit. The language
concerning this has been moved from the footnotes in Section A. (1) into the new
Section A. (3). The Division has determined that two (2) months from the permit
effective date is sufficient time to complete the requirement.
Town of Beaufort, Pine Street WTI' Fact Sheet
NPDES Pennit NCO072699 Renewal
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• The Town is amenable to the changes identified by the fourteenth bullet and fifteenth
bullet.
o Fourteenth bullet (from draft cover sheet): The footnote for aquatic toxicity
monitoring has been updated in Section A. (1). Monitoring for toxicity in
conjunction with metals and total residual chlorine is no longer required.
o Fifteenth bullet (from draft cover sheet): Language in Section A. (2) has been
updated.
Town of Beaufort, Pine Street WTP Fact Shcet
NPDES Permit NCO072699 Renewal
Page 7

Young, Brianna A
From: Hunkele, Dean
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 4.41 PM
To: Young, Brianna A; Gregson, Jim; King, Morelia s
Subject: RE: Comments received on Pine Street WTP (NC0072699)
Importance: High
I imagine you will get same response from them for Glenda WTP
Discharge Description — I do not know enough about their system to comment but seems reasonable to me. The word
"filter" has been present going back to at least the 2003 issuance and was probably a carryover from a shell document
or a permit for another water permit they borrowed from.
Flow Monitoring— I have no idea where they came up with limiting how flow can be measured or reported for any
facility unless continuous & recording is required. The old permit said "Estimate" which I am guessing was based on the
use of the meters but being an estimate wouldn't require annual calibration. However, it could be calculated estimate
as well based on cycle time and pump rate.
Instantaneous measurement typically requires a weir and use of a staff gauge to measure water height to get a flow rate
at that instant, both of which they don't have and not sure how they would go about it. Now I guess they could use the
metered flow total for a single cycle and use the cycle time to get at a calculated "instantaneous" flow value for that
single event if that is what permitting is looking for orjust use the flow meters to give a total for the 24-hr period.
Composite Sampling —That whole Footnote is confusing. Being an intermittent discharger, they could either use a
sampler to collect OR we can approve/accept them creating their own composite via multiple grabs of at least 120 mL at
a frequency of every 15 mins or less for the enter cycle including recharge. They just need to make sure they collect
enough sample for all the required analyses. We can assist them with the latter method and shouldn't take but any
longer than 2 months. I agree it may take a little more discussion or thought to install a composite sampler and
sampling location and may include adding a take to comingle the waste streams for sampling.
Metals — I concur and think they should all be getting this. The Unit does need to find out what the lower detection
limits are for these metals and make sure the limit is not lower than that. I know the CFPUA has issues with their Copper
limit of 1.85 ug/L in light of the detection limit is 2.0 ug/L.
Let me know if I can help further.
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7380 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Dean.Hunkele(o)ncdenr.gov
Wilmington Regional Office
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From: Young, Brianna A
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 1:04 PM
To: Gregson, Jim <[e-mail]>; King, Morelia s <[e-mail]>
Cc: Hunkele, Dean <[e-mail]>
Subject: Comments received on Pine Street WTP (NC0072699)
Good afternoon,
I have received comments from the Town of Beaufort on the draft permit for Pine Street WTP (NC0072699). Below are a
few requests they have made that I would like WiRO feedback on. I have attached the comments in full to this email as
well.
Description of discharge
The Town states: We suggest the discharge description on Page 2 of 8 and Page 3 of 8 be the same. On Page 2, one
could state as "discharge of watersoftener regeneration -backwash wastewater from Ion Exchange Units." On Page 3
one should delete the phrase "filter backwash and" and state as "discharge watersoftener regeneration -backwash from
Outfall 001."
The permit currently refers to the discharge of "water softener -backwash wastewater from Ion Exchange units" on the
Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet and as "filter backwash and softener regeneration backwash" in Section A. (1). Does
WiRO agree to the changes proposed by the Town?
Instantaneous flow monitoring
The Town states: Footnote 2 refers to Effluent Characteristic— "Flow" with Sample Type — "Instantaneous" and Sample
Location — "Effluent". The Town is unsure of intent for changes to flow monitoring. All of the softener backwash -
regeneration flow into the softeners passes through a meter; all of the softener backwash -regeneration flow exits the
softeners as effluent; the effluent flows reported on the DMRs are based on those meter readings for flow into the
softeners and subsequently out of the softeners to Outfall 001. The Town believes its current method of measuring

softener regeneration -backwash flow with the meter in -place has an appropriate degree of accuracy and should be
acceptable without change.
Does WiRO agree the meter will suffice in instantaneous flow monitoring? Instantaneous monitoring is required for
intermittent flows per the current water treatment plant strategy.
Sampling change from grab to composite and compliance schedule
The Town states: The Town would prefer no change from grab to composite sampling of the small discharge at the Pine
Street WTP. However it understands position of the NPDES Unit and would ask for assistance in making
transition. Beaufort is requesting that it not be required install a composite sampler within two (2) months of the date
of permit issuance. Instead the Town would request twelve (12) months to utilize hand sampling as described by draft
while determining and evaluating "another method approved by Wilmington Regional Office" as compared to installing
a composite sampler. If evaluation determines it best to install a composite sampler, time for planning and design will be
needed to ensure having a workable composite sampler for the old Pine Street WTP. It is not a simple plug -in -play
exercise. [additional information describing challenges provided in written comments]
Per Jim's e-mail from October 19`^, the facility was given a 2 month compliance schedule to install a composite sampler
or have another method approved by WiRO. Would Wilmington like to maintain the 2 month compliance schedule, or
allow more time?
Metals monitoring
The Town is opposed to limits and increased monitoring for Total Copper, and all monitoring for Total Lead and Total
Zinc. They provided various reasons as to their opposition (see attached written comments). As one way to address
their concerns, if WiRO agrees, I will propose a 5 year compliance schedule to allow time to meet the new limits as they
address meeting compliance; however, monitoring will remain at a monthly rate for all 3 parameters.
Please let me know your thoughts or have any questions on the above matters.
Thanks!
Brianna
Brianna Young
Environmental Senior Specialist
Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
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Town of Beaufort
lot Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141. 252-728-3982 fax
www.beaufortnc.org
November 29, 2017
Ms. Brianna Young
NC DEQ/ DWQ— NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
RECEIVED/DEMROWR
DEC 0 5 2017
Water Resources
Permitting SecBon
RE: Town of Beaufort Pine Street WTP \ Renewal of NPDES Discharge Permit NC 0072699
COMMENT from the TOWN OF BEAUFORTfor DRAFT NPDES PERMIT NCO072699
Dear Ms. Young:
We received our copy of draft permit for the Town of Beaufort Pine Street WTP and cover letter
with fifteen bullets summarizing the changes proposed for the above -referenced NPDES Permit.
The subsequent review included input from Frank Sansone, WTP-ORC, Donovan Willis, Public
Utilities Director and our consulting engineer — Rivers & Associates. As we compare the current
permit to the draft permit in light of the capabilities of our existing WTP, we ask for consideration
of comments, suggestions and requests regarding the draft permit that follow:
The Town is amenable to the changes identified by the first eight bullets with only three
comments; please see sixth and eighth bullets regarding "Supplement to the Cover Sheet".
SIXTH BULLET — The component we are using for addition of fluoride is Hydrofluorosilicic
Acid.
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker . Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Town of Beaufort
701 Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141• 252-728-3982 fax
www.beaufortnc.org
EIGHTH BULLET —We suggest the discharge description on Page 2 of 8 and Page 3 of 8 be the
same. On Page 2, one could state as "discharge of watersoftener regeneration -backwash
wastewater from Ion Exchange Units". On Page 3 one should delete the phrase "filter
backwash and" and state as "discharge water softener regeneration -backwash from
Outfall 001".
On Page 2, Item 1 speaks of "a design potable flowrate of 0.60 MGD and a maximum,
monthly average wastewater discharge of 0.0156 MGD. The previous permit states a
maximum monthly average {wastewater discharge} of 0.0176 MGD. These numbers do
not seem relevant to data coveringthe most recent 22 months which indicates an average
daily flow of 0.0054 MGD and a maximum monthly average of 0.0094 MGD. These
numbers are dependent on a varying data -set, and the permit does not include a flow
limit. We would suggest deleting reference to maximum daily average wastewater
discharge from "Supplement to the Cover Sheet".
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker • Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Mn Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Town of Beaufort
701 Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141. 252-728-3982 fax
www.beaufortnc.org
The Town is unsure of intent and has concern regarding the ninth and tenth bullet.
NINTH BULLET and TENTH BULLET — Footnote 2 refers to Effluent Characteristic — "Flow' with
Sample Type — "Instantaneous" and Sample Location — "Effluent". The Town is unsure of
intent for changes to flow monitoring. All of the softener backwash -regeneration flow
into the softeners passes through a meter; all of softener backwash -regeneration flow
exits the softeners as effluent; the effluent flows reported on the DMRs are based on
these meter readings for flow into the softeners and subsequently out of the softeners to
Outfall 001. The Town believes its current method of measuring softener regeneration -
backwash flow with the meter in -place has an appropriate degree of accuracy and should
be acceptable without change.
All things considered, the Town has no immediate concern regarding the eleventh bullet.
ELEVENTH BULLET —We believe appropriate the footnote stating, "The Division shall consider
all effluent TRC values reported below 50 PPB to be in compliance with the permit".
In regard to twelfth bullet, the Town requests explanation regarding addition of limits for Total
Copper, Total Lead and Total Zinc. How is the analysis done to determine a "reasonable potential
to exceed water quality standards", and how is determination made for value of numerical limits?
Monitoring and associated testing over the past five years provides insufficient data to determine
our capability to comply with the proposed limits for Total Copper. However, we believe there
is sufficient data to support discontinuance of limits (as done), and monitoring for Total Lead. In
regard to Total Zinc the permit could require continuance of monitoring; however, there does
not seem to be enough conclusive data to support establishment of limits for Total Zinc. In June
2011, all new well testing was performed on raw water from the Castle Hayne Aquifer and
produced by the Sycamore Well for use in Pine Street WTP. Copper was "Not Detected' and
below the new well allowable limit, plus both lead and zinc were below the new well allowable
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker • Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Mn Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Town of Beaufort
701 Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141 •252-728-3982 fax
w .beaufortnc.ore
limit(s). The Town's water treatment process does not include chemical additives that would
increase copper, lead or zinc concentrations from that found in the raw water. We would ask to
do no more than monitor Total Copper and neither monitor, nor set limits for Total Lead and
Total Zinc as mentioned in twelfth bullet.
TWELFTH BULLET — The water treatment plant operation is unchanged and records of
monitoring over the past five years demonstrate that it might not be necessary to
continue sampling and testing at the current level or at a greater level than required by
the current permit. Enclosed are DMRs for the past 22 months, plus a Summary of those
DMRs covering four parameters shown by most recent test results. Specific requests
relevant to the DMRs and description of the water system with its Pine Street WTP follow:
With softener regeneration -backwash discharge from the Pine Street WTP at a location
distant from Town Creek being only an average of 5,400 GPD, the Town of Beaufort is
requesting it no longer be required to monitorthe discharge for Total Lead and Total Zinc.
The results of prior monitoring shown by the enclosed DMR's demonstrate there might
not be a reasonable potential to regularly exceed water quality standards with a
significant quantity of these elements.
COPPER: In regard to limits for copper, testing to -date has only been to discern and identify
its quantity as less than 10 parts per billion, and the DMRs show that Total Copper has
consistently been less than 10 parts per billion with only one (1) of the 21 most recent
test results having Total Copper greater than ten parts per billion. Ninety-five percent of
the DMRs show Total Copper less than 10 parts per billion. Total Copper might be less
than or more than 3.7 PPB; we simply do not know at this time. However, we would not
want establishment of a limit that causes issuance of NOVs if testing shows this
characteristic greater than 3.7 PPB.
LEAD: The DM Rs show that Total Lead has consistently been less than 10 parts per billion
and none (0) of the most recent 21 test results have Total Lead greater than 10 PPB.
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker • Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Town of Beaufort
701 Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141. 252-728-3982 fax
www.beaufortnc.org
ZINC: The DMRs show that Total Zinc has been less than 10 parts per billion for twelve
(12) of the 21 recent test results; the other nine (9) test result numbers are 13, 13, 14, 15,
17, 21, 31, 73 and 97 parts per billion. Nineteen (19) of the 21 recent test results are far
less than the proposed monthly average limit and only two of these number, exceed the
proposed maximum daily limit of 47.6 PPB.
SUMMARY: The Beaufort Water System including its Pine Street Water Treatment Plant
continues producing and delivering potable water meeting all required drinking water
standards. The stable Castle Hayne Aquifer continues to be the source of water; the water
conveyed from this aquifer to the water treatment plant only requires softening and
disinfection to become desirable potable -water that is enhanced by addition of fluoride.
To continue sampling and testing the softener regeneration -backwash discharge for
metals that appear to be present only at very low levels should not be a requirement of
the permit issued to the Town of Beaufort.
The Town would prefer no -change from grab to composite sampling of the small discharge at the
Pine Street WTP. However, it understands position of the NPDES Unit and would ask for
assistance in making transition identified in the thirteenth bullet.
THIRTEENTH BULLET — Beaufort is requesting that it not be required install a composite
sampler within two (2) months of the date of permit issuance. Instead the Town would
request twelve (12) months to utilize hand sampling as described by draft while
determining and evaluating "another method approved by Wilmington Regional Office'
as compared to installing a composite sampler. If evaluation determines it best to install
a composite sampler, time for planning and design will be needed to ensure having a
workable composite sampler for the old Pine Street WTP. It is not a simple plug -in -play
exercise.
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker • Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Town of Beaufort
Tor Front St. a P.O. Box 390 a Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141 a 252-728-3982 fax
www.beaufortnc.org
The inherent nature of the three -step softener regeneration -backwash process, with each
step having potential of different flow rates, times and salinity(s) provides a challenge for
gathering a truly representative composite sample. Considering the physical limitations
of the old Pine Street WTP, the details are a challenge. The sampler will need power and
a means of control, plus an appropriate location for taking the sample. The sample point
must be a sufficient distance downstream of de -chlorination and in the presence of
adequate flow to take samples. An existing small vault presently used only for sodium
bisulfite addition might not be adequate for injection of chemical, and taking samples. In
that case, it will be necessary to create a sampling point; the existing gravity flow line to
daylight does not readily lend itself to taking samples.
The Town understands the NPDES Unit requirement for taking a composite sample;
Beaufort is only requesting time to make appropriate choice for composite sampling that
works and provides a truly representative sample of the softener regeneration -backwash
wastewater discharge.
The Town is amenable to the changes identified by the fourteenth bullet and fifteenth bullet.
CLOSING COMMENT: The Town of Beaufort is serving approximately 4,000 people. These people
form a small base of 3,000 customers receiving potable water from the Pine Street WTP. We ask
that the NPDES Unit favorably consider the comments, suggestions, and requests being made by
the Town of Beaufort in regard to the NPDES Permit covering the small softener regeneration -
backwash discharge from the Pine Street WTP — part of the small water system providing potable
water to the public in the Town of Beaufort.
Thanks and call if you have any questions.
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle a Commissioner Sharon Harker a Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter a Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

Town of Beaufort
701 Front St. • P.O. Box 390 • Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252-728-2141 •252-728-3982 fax
w heaufortnc ore
Sincerely,
John Day Town Manager —Town of Beaufort
cc: Frank Sansone, Jr. WTP ORC —Town of Beaufort
Donovan H. Willis, Public Utilities Director —Town of Beaufort
Honorable Rhett Newton, Mayor —Town of Beaufort
Gale Smith, P.E. — Rivers & Associates, Inc
Mayor Richard Stanley
Commissioner John Hagle • Commissioner Sharon Harker • Commissioner Marianna Hollinshed
Commissioner Ann Carter • Commissioner Charles McDonald
Town Manager John Day

CARTERET COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
is efore the undersigned, a notary public of said County and State, duly commis-
sioned, tualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared
Judy F. Allred who being
first duly sworn, deposes and says that he (she) is Clerk
(Owner, partner, publisher or other officer or employee
authorized to make this affidavit)
of THE CARTERET PUBLISHING CO., INC., engaged in the publication of a
newspaper known as CARTERET COUNTY NEWS -TIMES, published, issued,
and entered as second class mail in the Town of Morehead City, in said County
and State; that he (she) is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement;
that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached here-
to, was published in CARTERET COUNTY NEWS -TIMES on the following
dates: 11/03/2017
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or legal adver-
tisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a news-
paper 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 mean-
ing of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This . 3rd day of November, 2017
(i nature o erson making affidavit)
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this:
'7.
9$
9* Notary Public
April 25, 2019
Public Notice
North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit
The North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater
discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written
comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted
until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The
Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may
hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of
public Interest. Please mail comments and/or Information
requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons
may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC
to review information on file. Additional Information on
NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our
webste:
http://deq. nc.gw/abouttdivisions/water-resourms/water-res
ourms-permits/wastewater-bramtVnpdes-wastewater/publi
c-notices,or by calling [phone]. The Town of
Beaufort requested renewal of NPDES permit NCO072702
for the Glenda Drive WTP In Carteret County. This
permitted discharge will be treated softener backwash' rinse
wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Turner Creek in the
White Oak River Basin. The Town of Beaufort has
requested renewal of NPDES permit NCO072699 for the
Pine Street WTP in Carteret County. This permitted
discharge will be treated softener backwash/rinse
wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Town Creek in the
White Oak River Basin.
N3
10104133
13580623

Saltwater RPA 95% Probablity/95% Confidence
MAXIMUM DATA POINTS = 58
:. REQUIRED DATA ENTRY
Table 1. Project Information Table 2.
❑ CHECK IF HQW OR ORW WQS
Facility Name
Pine Street WTP
WWTPNVTP Class
PC-1
NPDES Permit
NCO072699
Outfall
001
Flow, Qw (MGD)
0.016
Receiving Stream
UT to Town Creek
Stream Class
Sc
701 Os (cfs)
Tidal, IWC = 100%
7Q10w (cfs)
-=idal, IWC = 100%
30Q2 (cfs)
Tidal, IWC = 100%
CIA (cfs)
Tidal, IWC = 100%
Tidal, IWC = 100%
1Q10s (cfs)
Data Source(s)
lwater streams are tidal resuffing in a1I IWC % = 100%.
approved model is conducted then a chronic dilution
for is determined and can be applied to a discharge to
culate its IWC %. If stream is classified as a SA or
'W then its is also classified as a HQW. The appropriate
C % must be defined to properly calculate WQS-based
Par01
Par02
Par03
Par04
Par05
Paro6
Par07
Paro6
Paro9
Par10
Par11
Par12
Par13
Par14
Par15
Part
Par17
Parts
Par19
Par2o
Par21
Par22
Parameters of Concern
Name WQS Type Chronic Modifier Acute PQL Units
Arsenic
Aquatic Lire
C
36
SW
69
ug/L
Arsenic
Human Health
C
10
HH
ug/L
Cadmium
Aquatic Life
NC
8.9
SW
40.2
ug/L
Total Phenolic Compounds
Aquatic Life
NC
300
A
10
ug/L
Chromium VI
Aquatic Life
NC
50.4
SW
1107.8
ug/L
Chromium, Total
Aquatic Life
NC
N/A
SW
N/A
ug/L
Copper
Aquatic Life
NC
3.7
SW
5.8
ug/L
Cyanide
Aquatic Life
NC
1
SW
1
10
ug/L
Lead
Aquatic Life
NC
8.5
SW
220.8
ug/L
Mercury
Aquatic Life
NC
25
SW
0.5
ng/L
Molybdenum
Human Health
NC
2.0
HH
Nickel
Aquatic Life
NC
8.3
SW
74.7
—mg/L.
ug/L
Selenium
Aquatic Life
NC
71
SW
ug/L
Silver
Aquatic Life
NC
0.1
SW
2.2
ug/L
Zinc
Aquatic Life
NC
85.6
SW
95.1
ug/L
NOTE: The aquatic life chronic and acute WQS for several metals are calculated based on EPA conversif
see "Diss. SW stds. As TM" for more details and summary of calculated WQS..
NCO072699_9595 SALTWATER RPA w_diss factors 20167a,input
6/29/2017

Date
Data
BDL=112DL
Rosalie
10/2/2012
50
50
Std Dev.
11/20M12
110
110
Mean
12/4/2012
11
11
C.V.
1/8/2013
<
10
5
n
2/5/2013
23
23
NSM13
26
26
Mutt Factor=
4/1612013
49
49
Max. Value
5/21/2013
10
10
Max. Pred Qv
6/112013
13
13
7MM13
10
5
872013
<
10
5
10/1/2013
12
12
1/7/2014
0.01
0.005
2/18/2014
<
10
5
3/4/2014
<
10
5
4/8/2D14
10
5
5/272014
10
5
6f3/2014
10
5
7/23/2014
<
10
5
6/26/2014
<
0.01
0.005
91WM14
10
5
1021/2014
<
10
5
11/3/2014
<
-10
5
12/232014
<
10
5
1/20/2015
<
10
5
2/172015
<
10
5
32=15
<
10
5
4f72015
10
5
515/2015
<
10
5
W23/2015
<
10
5
7/14 115
<
5
2.5
8/42015
109
109
9/12015
<
10
5
10/62015
<
10
5
11/3/2015
<
7
3.5
12/12015
<
10
5
11612D16
0.01
0.005
=2016
10
5
3/8/2016
10
5
4/52016
10
5
SGM16
10
5
672016
10
5
7/52016
<
10
5
8/2/2016
10
5
9272016
<
10
5
10/112016
<
10
5
12/20/2016
10
10
1/3/2017
10
5
2/72017
<
10
5
WPM
<
10
5
4/42017
31
31
12.3532
1.8017
51
1.0500
110.00 uglL
118.80 uglL
REASONABLE POTENTIAL ANALYSIS - DATA
Date
Data
BDL-112DL
Results ONE-
1
10/2/2012
<
10
5
Sid Dev.
1.6179
2
1120/2012
<
10
5
Mean
4.9806
3
12/4/2012
<
10
5
C.V.
0.3248
4
1/8/2013
10
5
n
51
5
2/5/2013
<
10
5
6
3/5/2013
10
5
Mutt Factor =
1.02
7
4/162013
10
5
Max. Value
14.00 uglL
8
5/21/2013
<
10
5
Max. Prod Ow
14.28 u91
9
6/112013
<
10
5
10
7/912013
10
5
11
817/2013
10
5
12
10/1/2013
<
10
5
13
1/7/2014
0.01
0.005
14
2118=14
<
10
5
15
3/4/2014
10
5
16
4/8/2014
10
5
17
5/27/2014
<
10
5
18
6/3/2014
10
5
19
7123M14
<
10
5
20
626M14
<
10
5
21
9I92014
10
5
22
1021/2014
<
10
5
23
11f8/2014
<
10
5
24
12(232D14
<
10
5
25
1202015
<
10
5
26
21172DIS
<
10
5
27
322015
10
5
28
4/72015
10
5
29
5/5/2015
10
5
30
6232015
<
10
5
31
7/14/2015
<
10
5
32
8M/2015
<
10
5
33
9/1/2015
14
14
34
10/6/2015
<
10
5
35
11/3/2015
<
10
5
36
12/12015
<
10
5
37
1AM18
0.01
0.005
38
2/2/2016
<
10
5
39
3/8/2016
10
5
40
4/5/2016
10
5
41
5/32016
10
5
42
6/7/2016
10
5
43
7/512016
10
5
44
8/2/2016
10
5
45
9272016
<
10
5
46
10/11/2016
c
10
5
47
12202016
<
10
5
48
1/3/2017
<
10
5
49
27/2017
10
5
50
3/7/2017
10
5
51
4/4/2D17
<
10
5
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
Date
Data
BDL-12DL
Results
-
1
10/2/2012
<
20
10
Sid De,
25.7470
2
1120/2012
71
71
Mean
19.4600
3
12142012
12
12
C.V.
1.3947
4
1IM13
10
10
n
50
5
2/52013
23
23
6
3/5/2013
20
20
Mutt Factor=
1.0700
7
4/16/2013
36
36
Max. Value
135.0 u9/L
8
5121/2013
11
11
Max. Pred Qv
144.5 ug/L
9
6/112013
<
10
5
10
722013
18
18
11
87/2013
50
50
12
10112013
<
10
5
13
1/7/2014
19
19
14
2/18/2014
10
10
15
3/4/2014
<
10
5
16
4/8/2014
12
12
17
5/27/2014
<
10
5
18
6/32014
<
10
5
19
7/23/2014
<
10
5
20
812W2014
<
10
5
21
9SM14
<
10
5
22
10/21/2014
<
10
5
23
11/32014
<
10
5
24
12/23/2014
15
15
25
1202015
41
41
26
2/172015
24
24
27
32/2015
<
10
5
28
4/72015
<
10
5
29
5/5/2015
10
5
30
61232015
<
10
5
31
7/142015
<
10
5
32
8/42015
135
135
33
9/12015
18
18
34
10/6/2015
<
10
5
35
11/3/2115
12
12
36
12/12015
<
10
5
37
116=16
<
0.01
ERR
38
2122016
<
10
5
39
3182016
21
21
40
4/52016
<
10
5
41
5/3/2016
15
15
42
W72016
<
10
5
43
7/52016
10
5
44
8/2/2016
<
10
5
45
927/2016
14
14
46
10/112016
73
73
47
12/202016
97
97
48
1/3/2017
10
5
49
2/72017
<
10
5
50
372017
31
31
51
4/4/2017
<
10
5
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
NCO072699_9595 SALTWATER RPA w_diss (actors 20167a,dala
Date}

Pine Street WTP
NCO072699
Saltwater RPA 95% Probablity/95% Confidence
MAXIMUM DATA POINTS = 58
Qw(MGD)= 0.02
IQ10S (cfs)= Tidal, IWC = 100%
7QIOS (cfs)= Tidal, IWC = 100%
7QI0W (cfs)= Tidal, IWC = 100%
30Q2 (cfs)= Tidal, IWC = 100%
Avg. Stream Plow, QA (cfs) = Tidal, IWC = 100%
Receiving Stream: UT to Town Creek
WWTP/WTP Class: PC-1
IWC% @ IQI05 = 100
IWC%@7Q10S= 100
IWC%@ 7QIOW = 100
IWC%@3OQ2= 100
IWC%@QA= 100
Stream Class: SC
Outfall 001
Qw=0.0156MGD
PARAMETER
INC STANDARDS OR EPA CRITERIA
REASONABLE POTENTIAL RESULTS
TYPE
(1)
0
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Applied
Chronic Acute
/! Det. Max Pred Cw Allowable Cw
Acute: 5.80
RPA - Monthly monitoring with limit
Copper
NC
3.7 SW(7Q 105) 5.8
ug/L
51 12 118.80 _
-- _______________________
_ _____
Chronic: 3.70--
46 values > Allowable Cw
Acute: 220.80
RPA for non -AL - apply Monthly Monitoring
Lead
NC
8.5 SW(7QIOs) 220.8
ug/L
51 I
14.3
with Limit
_
Ch_ronic: _-_-8.50
1 values > Allowable Cw
Acute: 95.1
RPA - Monthly monitoring with limit
Zinc
NC
85.6 SW(7QIOs) 95.1
ug/I.
51 °a
144.45
_
Chronic: 85.6
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ______
RPA- Monthly monitoring with limit
2 values > Allowable Cw
NC0072699_9595 SALTWATER RPA w_diss factors 20167a,ipa
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Young, Brianna A
From: Gregson, Jim
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:12 PM
To: Young, Brianna A
Subject: RE: Pine Street WTP (NC0072699) and Glenda Drive WTP (NC0072702)
I would give them two months from the date of permit issuance to install a sampler or have another method approved
by the Regional Office in accordance with 213.0503 (4).
Jim Gregson
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7386 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Jim.gregson ,ncdenr.gov
Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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From: Young, Brianna A
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 1:53 PM
To: Gregson, Jim <[e-mail]>
Cc: Hunkele, Dean <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Pine Street WTP (NC0072699) and Glenda Drive WTP (NC0072702)
Hello Jim,
I am following up on the e-mail below concerning new composite sampling for two permits and whether a compliance
schedule is needed to allow time for installation of a sampler, or if WiRO would be willing to work with each facility on a
sampling procedure that would constitute composite sampling. If possible, I would like to submit these permits to public
notice on November 1'. Dean, I did not realize I accidentally left you off of the previous e-mail. I apologize. If either of
you could provide guidance on this, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Brianna
Brianna Young
Environmental Senior Specialist
Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit

Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
Office:919-807-6333
Bria nna.You ng (@ ncd en r.gov
Mailing address:
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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to third parties.
From: Young, Brianna A
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2017 2:32 PM
To: Gregson, Jim <iim.RreRson(a)ncdenr.Roy>
Subject: Pine Street WTP (NC0072699) and Glenda Drive WTP (NC0072702)
Good afternoon Jim and Dean,
I am currently working on the renewal for the Pine Street WTP (NC0072699) and Glenda Drive WTP (NC0072702) in
Carteret County. For these permit renewals, sampling is being changed from grab to composite for all parameters other
than flow based on a previous phone call between you, Dean, John, and myself. This is the first time composite
sampling is being required for these permits. Do you believe a compliance schedule should be added to the draft permit
to allow the permittee time to install a sampler? If so, what language or timeline would you like to see in the draft
permit?
Thanks,
Brianna
Brianna Young
Environmental Senior Specialist
Division of Water Resources
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Office: 919-807-6333
Brianna.Youngancdenr.gov
Mailing address:
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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to third parties.

Young, Brianna A
From:
Young, Brianna A
Sent:
Monday, July 03, 2017 3:19 PM
To:
'Frank Sansone'
Cc: [e-mail]'; Donovan Willis;'[e-mail]'
Subject: Request for additional information for Pine Street WTP (NC0072699)
Importance: High
Good afternoon Mr. Sansone,
In order to continue the review of the renewal application for Pine Street WTP, an updated schematic of the facility
must be submitted. This schematic should contain the locations of all sampling points, provide the flow of water
through the facility (from raw water intake to the outfall and distribution system), the locations of where chlorine,
hydrofluosilic acid, and sodium bisulfite are added to the water during treatment, and where the water used for
backwash comes from.
Please provide this information within 60 calendar days [per 15A NCAC 2H .0107(b)]. Please let me know if you have any
questions concerning this request.
Regards,
Brianna Young
Environmental Specialist
Division of Water Resources
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Office: 919-807-6333
Brianna.Young(a)ncdenr.cov
Mailing address:
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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to third parties.

Nell 2
(34.717845
-76.65535)
Well 5
(34.722405
r76.64184)
Brine
PinelStreet Water So
Finished Water (Softener Regeneration)
Aeration & 10,000gal Clearwell
ection
nt: Sodium
ulfite
chlorine Injection
Fluorosilicic Acid Injection
Sample Site j Discharge Point

Young, Brianna A
From:
Hunkele, Dean
Sent:
Thursday, June 29, 2017 4:37 PM
To:
Young, Brianna A
Cc:
Mairs, Robb L
Subject:
RE: NCO072699 Pine St WTP Renewal
Importance: High
The water treatment consists of 3 processes to make it into potable water and I think they are sequential for each
processing cycle. Each process has a backwash or dirty discharge out the same outfall pipe that is not placed into a pond
or tank to comingle or composite itself so it can be sampled altogether. They are only sampling the waste stream from
one of these processes for both monthly and toxicity purposes; Frank admitted the brine recharge is being overlooked
so not to fail toxicity and perhaps other thing. Glenda Drive NCO072702 is being done exactly the same.
So the question is should each process have its own Outfall in the permit for reporting as a grab and what one should
have the toxicity assigned to it or do they need to composite all 3 processes?
This is somewhat related to the West Carteret WTP NCO077143 that supposedly has composite sampling requirement
yet they have 3 distinct processing discharges on differing schedules between daily/weekly/monthly that has been
questioned about how do you composite it and ensure we are seeing the key results from the key process of concern. I
am not sure what dictates if composite or grab for these, do you know?
Most WTP's fail toxicity and the thought is that the ones that don't or only periodically is due to sampling protocol; this
is what Julie G and some of us were looking at several years ago. Most of the ones I am familiar have a common tank,
pond, or series of ponds this all goes to be mixed that is sampled from. I am just not that knowledgeable about WTPs.
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7380 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Dean.H unkeleCd ncdenr.eov
Wilmington Regional Office
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Wilmington, NC 28405
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Tracker. Using the Issue Date on top of the Engineer Certification Form is best way to ensure getting what you want especially for multi -version

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From: Young, Brianna A
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 3:37 PM
To: Hunkele, Dean <[e-mail]>
Cc: Mairs, Robb L <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: NCO072699 Pine St WTP Renewal
Dean,
I am currently working on the renewal for the Pine Street WTP (N00072699), and after reviewing the staff report you
provided, I had a question. You mentioned that there are 3 processes that result in a discharge but only one is being
sampled. Do you mean that there are 3 outfalls, and only one is being currently sampled? Or is sampling occurring at
only one process prior to the discharges of all processes combining and going to the outfall? Any guidance is much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Brianna
Brianna Young
Environmental Specialist
Division of Water Resources
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
Office: 919-807-6333
Brianna.YounoCcilncdenr.00v
Mailing address:
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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From: Hunkele, Dean
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 4:06 PM
To: Young, Brianna A <Brianna.Youn¢@ncdenr.gov>
Cc: Mairs, Robb L <[e-mail]>
Subject: NCO072699 Pine St WTP Renewal
Importance: High
Brianna,
See comment in summary about number of discharges and their sampling.
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist

Young, Brianna A
From: Hunkele, Dean
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 12:26 PM
To: Young, Brianna A
Subject: RE: UoMs for metals at NCO072702 and NCO072699
Importance: High
I just got your Add -Info letter for Pine Street and looks like it is sort of related to this.
They didn't start using a-DMR until November and no telling if data processing would have caught and changed their
reported UoM on previous submittals versus what BIMS was populating. The primary ORC Frank was out in Nov & some
of December and doesn't look like UoM were changed in 12-2016 from what BIMS was populating if they did indeed
measure in ug/L.
This has always a problem on parameter monitoring with no limits, the Permitee had no idea what uoM we were looking
for as it wasn't indicated in the tables. Same went for the codes not being provided and some using expired or wrong
codes.
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7380 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Dean. H unkeleCd ncdenr.gov
Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
http://deCi.nc.gov/contact/regional-officeS/Wilmington
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permits; using today's date only gives info on the latest permit version. Confirmation usina this method will replace letters and emails• it is
recommended that confirmation be printed andlor saved.
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From: Hunkele, Dean
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:56 AM
To: Young, Brianna A <[e-mail]>
Cc: '[e-mail]'<[e-mail]>; Donovan Willis (Beaufort) <[e-mail]>
Subject: UoMs for metals at NCO072702 and NCO072699
Importance: High
Brianna,
Currently, these permits have different UoMs for the metals and they are having them both analyzed in ug/L. However,
Pine St NCO072699 is being populated in mg/L every month in a-DMR because that is how BIMS is set up and they would
like them to be the same.
Is there any reason they would be different other than Glenda has a Lead limit in ug/L? If not, can we get Charles to
change current permit for Pine St to ug/L and have both renewals issued in ug/L?
Thanks
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7380 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Dean. [e-mail]
Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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Young, Brianna A
From:
Hunkele, Dean
Sent:
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:56 AM
To:
Young, Brianna A
Cc:
[e-mail]; Donovan Willis (Beaufort)
Subject:
UoMs for metals at NCO072702 and NCO072699
Importance: High
Brianna,
Currently, these permits have different UoMs for the metals and they are having them both analyzed in ug/L. However,
Pine St NCO072699 is being populated in mg/L every month in a-DMR because that is how BIMS is set up and they would
like them to be the same.
Is there any reason they would be different other than Glenda has a Lead limit in ug/L? If not, can we get Charles to
change current permit for Pine St to ug/L and have both renewals issued in ug/L?
Thanks W"11 "MVo-N
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7380 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Dean.H [e-mail]
Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
http://deg.nc.gov/contact/regional-offices/wilmington
Avm-n r'exwwtj
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Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
June 16, 2017
CERTIFIED MAIL 7010 2780 0003 4825 8599
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Honorable Richard L. Stanley
Town of Beaufort
PO Box 390
Beaufort, NC 28516-0390
Subject: Request for Additional Information
NPDES Application NCO072699
Town of Beaufort
for Pine Street WTP
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Stanley:
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
The Division has reviewed your application for the subject permit. To enable us to complete our review in
accordance with N.C.G.S. 143-215.1 and 15A NCAC 2H.0105, please provide additional or revised
information to address the following comments:
1. Please provide lab data sheets and revised DMRs for the following months:
a. May 2013
b. January 2014
c. August 2014
d. January 2016
e. August 2016
f. December 2016
g. January 2017
h. February 2017
i. March 2017
j. April 2017
In reviewing the DMR data for the Pine Street WTP, the values reported for Lead, Zinc, and Copper are
reported as both ug/l and mg/l. For example, DMR data for Lead in January 2016 reports <0.01 ug/l and
February 2016 reports <10 ug/l; data for Zinc in September 2015 reports 18 ug/l and January 2017 reports
<10 mg/l. If these values have been reported in error, please submit revised DMRs to the Division.
The NC 2007-2014 Water Quality Standard (WQS) Triennial Review was approved by the NC
Environmental Management Committee (EMC) on November 13, 2014. The US EPA subsequently approved
the WQS revisions on April 6, 2016 with some exceptions. The NC Division of Water Resources NPDES
Permitting Unit is required to implement the new dissolved metal standards in all permits public noticed after
April 6, 2016. The metals of concem for the Pine Street WTP permit are Total Copper, Total Lead, and
Total Zinc.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-9000

The Honorable Richard L. Stanley
June 16, 2017
Page 2 of 2
If no response is received within 60 calendar days [per 15A NCAC 2H.0I07(b)], the permit will be renewed
without the benefit of this updated information. Limits will be imposed for Total Copper (Daily maximum:
5.80 ug/L; Monthly maximum: 3.70 ug/L), Total Lead (Daily maximum: 220.80 ug/L; Monthly maximum:
8.50 ug/L), and Total Zinc (Daily maximum: 95.1 ug/L; Monthly maximum: 85.6 ug/L).
If you have any questions, please contact Brianna Young at 919-807-6333 or email at
brianna.vounizAncdennizov.
Sincerely,
&,,S. JaWL n,P.G., Du r
Division of Water Resources, DEQ
cc: NPDES Permit Files
Central Files
DWR/WiRO, Attn: Jim Gregson, Supervisor
cc: Donovan Willis, Public Utilities Director [[e-mail]]
Frank Sansone, Water Systems ORC [f [e-mail]]
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Young, Brianna A
From:
Hunkele, Dean
Sent:
Thursday, March 30, 2017 4:06 PM
To:
Young, Brianna A
Cc:
Mairs, Robb L
Subject:
NCO072699 Pine St WTP Renewal
Attachments:
CEI 3-29-2017.pdf
Importance: High
Brianna,
See comment in summary about number of discharges and their sampling.
Dean Hunkele
Senior Environmental Specialist
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
910.796.7215 Reception Desk
910.796.7380 Direct
910.350.2004 Fax
Dean.H unkeleta ncdenr.eov
Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Ext
Wilmington, NC 28405
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
Form Approved.
EPA Washington, D.C. 20460
OMB No. 2040-0057
Water Compliance Inspection Report
Approval expires 8-31-98
Section A: National Data System Coding (i.e., PCS)
Transaction Code NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type Inspector Fac Type
1 u 2 1s 1 3 I NCO072699 Ill 12 17/03/29 17 18 � j 191 s 20I
211111 1 1 I I I III 111 I I I I I III I I I I I I I I I I I I II 1 1 I I Lf
Inspection Work Days Facility Self -Monitoring Evaluation Rating B1 QA Reserved
67
7015 I 71 U 72 I NJ 73 LIJ74 751 I I I I I I I80
Section B: Facility Data
Name and Location of Facility Inspected (For Industrial Users discharging to POTW, also include
Entry Time/Date
Permit Effective Date
POTW name and NPDES Dermit Number)
11:OOAM 17/03/29
13/02/01
Pine Street WTP
Pine St At Hedrick St
Exit Time/Date
Permit Expiration Date
Beaufort NC 28516
11:45AM 17/03/29
17/07/31
Name(s) of Onsite Representative(s)fidtes(s)/Phone and Fax Number(s)
Other Facility Data
111
Donovan H WiIIW/252-838-0197 /2527283982
Frank James Sansone//252-728-2130 /
Frank James Sansone/ORC/252-728-2130/
Name, Address of Responsible Officialfride/Phone and Fax Number
Contacted
Donovan H Wiliis,PO Box 390 Beaufort NC 285160390/Public Utilties
Director/252-838-0197/2527283982 Yes
Section C: Areas Evaluated During Inspection (Check only those areas evaluated)
Permit E .Flow Measurement Operations & MaintenancE Records/Reports
Self -Monitoring Program N Facility Site Review Effluent/Receiving Waters Laboratory
Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
(See attachment summary)
Name(s) and Signature(s) of Inspector(s) Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
Dean Hunkele WIRO WQ//910-796-7215/
Robb Mairs WIRO WQ//910-796-7423/
Signature of Management Q A Reviewer Agency/Office/Phone and Fax Numbers Date
Morelia Sanchez -King WIRO WQ//910-796-7218/
EPA Form 3560-3 (Rev 9-94) Previous editions are obsolete.
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NPDES yr/mo/day Inspection Type
31 N00072699 (11 12 17/03/29 17 18 I C I
(Cont.)
Section D: Summary of Finding/Comments (Attach additional sheets of narrative and checklists as necessary)
This facility was planned to be replaced by a new RO facility at a different location serveral years ago,
but the cost was prohibitive. Portions of the facility date back to the late 1940s and aspects of it show
its age.
In discussiosn with the ORC, it appears there are actually 3 processes that result in a discharge but
only one is being sampled. This will be mentioned to the permit writer to determine if compositate
sampling or a comingled collection tank is needed to be sampled from as it may lead to toxicity failures
or have more constituents present or at higher levels than previosly thought. The Glenda Drive system
(NC0072702)is assumed to be similar since it is the same type of system but with less softeners.
A couple of minor sampling or reporting issues were detected and are described within the report.
Page#

Permit: NCO072699 Owner - Facility: Pine Street WTP
Inspection Date: 03/29/2017 inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Record Keeaina
Yes No NA NE
Are records kept and maintained as required by the permit?
0
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Is all required information readily available, complete and current?
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Are all records maintained for 3 years (lab. reg. required 5 years)?
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Are analytical results consistent with data reported on DMRs?
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Is the chain -of -custody complete?
0
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Dates, times and location of sampling
Name of individual performing the sampling
Results of analysis and calibration
Dates of analysis
Name of person performing analyses
Transported COCs
Are DMRs complete: do they include all permit parameters?
0
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Has the facility submitted its annual compliance report to users and DWQ?
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(If the facility is = or > 5 MGD permitted flow) Do they operate 24/7 with a certified operator
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on each shift?
Is the ORC visitation log available and current?
0
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Is the ORC certified at grade equal to or higher than the facility classification?
M
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Is the backup operator certified at one grade less or greater than the facility classification?
M
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Is a copy of the current NPDES permit available on site?
0
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Facility has copy of previous year's Annual Report on file for review?
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0
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Comment:
Laboratory
Yes No NA NE
Are field parameters performed by certified personnel or laboratory?
0
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Are all other parameters(excluding field parameters) performed by a certified lab?
0
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# Is the facility using a contract lab?
0
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# Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees
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Celsius)?
Incubator (Fecal Coliform) set to 44.5 degrees Celsius+/- 0.2 degrees?
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M
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Incubator (BOD) set to 20.0 degrees Celsius +/-1.0 degrees?
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0
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Comment: Use EnviroChem
Permit Yes No NA NE
Page# 3

Permit: NCO072699 Owner - Facility: Pine Street WrP
Inspection Date: 03/29/2017 inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Permit
Yes No NA NE
(If the present permit expires in 6 months or less). Has the permittee submitted a new
0
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application?
Is the facility as described in the permit?
0
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# Are there any special conditions for the permit?
0
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Is access to the plant site restricted to the general public?
0
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Is the inspector granted access to all areas for inspection?
0
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Comment:
De -chlorination Yes No NA NE
Type of system ? Liquid
Is the feed ratio proportional to chlorine amount (1 to 1)? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Is storage appropriate for cylinders? 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
# Is de -chlorination substance stored away from chlorine containers? M ❑ ❑ ❑
Comment:
Are the tablets the proper size and type? ❑ ❑ 0 ❑
Are tablet de -chlorinators operational? ❑ ❑ M ❑
Number of tubes in use?
Comment:
Effluent Samulina
Yes No NA NE
Is composite sampling flow proportional?
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0
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Is sample collected below all treatment units?
M
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Is proper volume collected?
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Is the tubing clean?
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MEI
# Is proper temperature set for sample storage (kept at less than or equal to 6.0 degrees
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Celsius)?
Is the facility sampling performed as required by the permit (frequency, sampling type
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representative)?
Comment: It was noted that TRC was not being measured on the day that toxicity samDles were
collected as required by the permit and this was discussed with the ORC. He was advsied
that other items may be required to be sampled with toxicity in the renewal as well. In
addition. the ORC was reporting TRC values under 20 as <20, but his annual calibration
curve was correctly done down to 10 ug/L to cover his actual limit of 13 uq/L, thus he was
advised that values less than 10 would be reported as <10 and actual values 10 or above
were to be reDorted.
Page# 4

Permit: NCO072699
Inspection Date: 03/29/2017
Owner - Facility: Pine Street WfP
Inspection Type: Compliance Evaluation
Operations & Maintenance
Is the plant generally clean with acceptable housekeeping?
Does the facility analyze process control parameters, for ex: MLSS, MCRT, Settleable
Solids, pH, DO, Sludge Judge, and other that are applicable?
Comment:
Yes No NA NE
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January 25, 2017
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: NPDES Permit No. NC0072702
w "D
JAIV 2' eta
Water
On"9 SeCuon
The Town of Beaufort is requesting renewal of the Glenda Drive Water Facility
NPDES permit NC0072702. There have been one changes since the issuance of
the last permit. Well 4 was added in November of 2012 to the Glenda Drive Water
Facility. This well has not changed the amount discharge from this facility.
Frank Sansone
Town of Beaufort
Water Systems ORC
[phone] (office)
[phone](cell)
[e-mail]

January 25, 2017
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: NPDES Permit No. NCO072699
RECEIMINCDEQUNR
JAN 2 7 2011
watorQuality
The Town of Beaufort is requesting renewal of the Pine street Water Facility
NPDES permit NC007699. There have been one changes since the issuance of the
last permit. Well 5 was added in April of 2013 to the Pine Street Water Facility.
This well has not changed the amount discharge from this facility.
l
Frank Sansone
Town of Beaufort
Water Systems ORC
[phone] (office)
[phone](cell)
[e-mail]

C j" •
NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORAM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number NC0072699
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up -- down arrows to move from one
field to the next To check the boxesy click your mouse on top of the box Othenvise, please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name Town of Beaufort
Facility Name Pine Street Water Facility
Mailing Address P.O. Box 390
City Beaufort
State / Zip Code North Carolina 285716
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
e-mail Address [e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 910 Pine Street
City Beaufort
State / Zip Code North Carolina 285715
County Carteret
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 Town of Beaufort
Mailing Address P.O. Box 390
City Beaufort
State / Zip Code North Carolina 28516
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public X❑
Page 1 of 4 - Version 5/2012

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
S. Type of treatment plant:
❑ Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
X❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (Le. groundwater, surface water)
Ground Water
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Raw water from two wells goes to Culligan softeners with post feed of Chlorine (gas) and
Hydrofluosilicic Acid (23 i6)
S. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Water is de chlorinated with sodium Bisulfite ( 38/40Q/o)
9. Number of separate discharge points: One 1
Outfall Identification number(s)
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Seven �7)
11. Plant design potable flowrate .60 MGD
Backwash or reject flow .010 MGD
Intermittent X❑
Duration: two ( 2) hours
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longiiuder
Unnamed tributary of Town Creek in the White Oak River Basin
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
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Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes No X
Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes No X
Fluoride Yes X No
Ammonia nitrogen Yes No X
Zinc -orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1336 Yes No X
List any other additives below:
Sodium Bi Sulfite
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑
No X❑
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15. Additionallnformation:
Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[s] of addition for
chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall --atormwater].
➢ Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Infonmation needed in addition to items 1-I S.
➢ New applicants are highly encouraged to contact a permit coordinator with the
NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
➢ Analyses of source water collected
➢ Engineering Alternative Analysis
➢ Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. 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.
Charles Burgess Jr. Town Manager
Printed name of Person Signing Title
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Signature of Applicant
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: Any person who knowhg{ makes any false stdament representation, or cet nation In any applicator,
record, report, plan, or other document files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or reguMions of the Environmental Management Comnlsslon Implementing that
Article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintabred under Article 21
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imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by bath. (18 U.S.C. Sectron 1001 provides a punishment by a fire of not more than $25,000 or Imprisonment not more than 5
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January 25, 2017
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: NPDES Permit No. NCO072699
RECEIVEDINCDEQIDWR
JAN 2 7 2017
Water Quality
permitting SectlOn
The Town of Beaufort is requesting renewal of the Pine street Water Facility
NPDES permit NC007699. There have been one changes since the issuance of the
last permit. Well 5 was added in April of 2013 to the Pine Street Water Facility.
This well has not changed the amount discharge from this facility.
Frank Sansone
Town of Beaufort
Water Systems ORC
[phone] (office)
[phone] (cell)
[e-mail]

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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number INCO072699
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to move from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box Otherwise, please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Town of Beaufort
Facility Name
Pine Street Water Facility
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 390
City
Beaufort
State / Zip Code
North Carolina 285716
Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
e-mail Address
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as
above ❑
Street Address or State Road 910 Pine Street
City
Beaufort
State / Zip Code
North Carolina 285715
County
Carteret
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 Town of Beaufort
Mailing Address P.O. Box 390
City Beaufort
State / Zip Code North Carolina 28516
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public X❑
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5. Type of treatment plant:
❑ Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
X❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater, surface water)
Ground Water
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Raw water from two wells goes to Culligan softeners with post feed of Chlorine (gas) and
Hydrofluosilicic Acid (23%)
S. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Water is de chlorinated with sodium Bisulfite ( 38/40%)
9. Number of separate discharge points: One 1
Outfall Identification number(s)
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Seven (7)
11. Plant design potable flowrate .60 MGD
Backwash or reject flow .01.0 MGD
Intermittent X❑
Duration: two ( 2) hours
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitudes
Unnamed tributary of Town Creek in the White Oak River Basin
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes No X
Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes No X
Fluoride Yes X No
Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines Yes No X
Zinc -orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1236 Yes No X
List any other additives below:
Sodium Bi Sulfite
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No X❑
15. Additional Information:
Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[s] of addition for
chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall [including stormwater].
Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15.
New applicants are highly encouraged to contact a permit coordinator with the
NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
Analyses of source water collected
Engineering Alternative Analysis
Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. 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.
Charles Burgess Jr. Town Manager
Printed name of Person Signing Title
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Signature of Applicant
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
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imprisonment not to exceed sic 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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