NC0086584_Approval_20070209

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
February 9, 2007
Tim Johnson
Town Manager
Town of Belhaven
PO Box 220
Belhaven, NC 27810
RE: Implementation of the Tar Pamlico Basin Association's Monitoring Coalition
NPDES Permit Modification for Instream Monitoring
NCO086584 Belhaven Water Treatment Plant (WTP)
Beaufort County
Dear Mr. Johnson:
As a member of the Tar Pamlico Basin Association's monitoring coalition, your facility and the NC Division of
Water Quality (DWQ) have entered into an agreement that provides both parties with an effective monitoring tool
within the Tar Pamlico River basin. By this letter the DWQ is waiving the instream monitoring requirements as
specified within your individual NPDES permit beginning March 1, 2007 when the association begins monitoring
of the basin as specified within the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). This agreement identifies the stations,
parameters, and frequency of monitoring required of the association in order that instream monitoring
requirements be waived for members. Should your membership in the association be terminated, you must notify
DWQ immediately and the instream monitoring requirements in your permit will be reinstated.
All other terms and conditions in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect. These modifications are
issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of
Agreement between. North Carolina and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
The DWQ appreciates the time and effort expended by all members of the Tar Pamlico Basin Association in the
development of the monitoring coalition. The data collected through the program will broaden our understanding
of the basin and aid in the development of better management tools to insure the health and quality of this natural
resource.
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the coalition, please contact Jennie Atkins at [phone] ext
260 or at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Alan W. Klimek, PE
Director, Division of Water Quality
cc: Washington Regional Office, Surface Water Protection
NPDES Eastern Unit
Jennie Atkins, Environmental Sciences Section
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
January 17, 2007
Tim Johnson
Town Manager
Town of Belhaven
PO Box 220
Belhaven, NC 27810
RE: Inclusion of the Belhaven Water Treatment Plant (WTP)
Tar -Pamlico Basin Association
Dear Mr. Johnson:
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
In the January 12, 2007 meeting, the Tar -Pamlico Basin Association (TPBA) voted to accept the Belhaven Water
Treatment Plant (permit number NC0086584) into their NPDES discharge monitoring coalition. As stated in the
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the TPBA and the Division of Water Quality (DWQ), the addition
of a discharger into the coalition requires a written amendment to the MOA signed by a representative of the
discharger, the TPBA chairman, and the DWQ.
To this point I have enclosed a revised MOA for your signature. The only difference between this revision and
the original is the inclusion of the Belhaven WTP. Please sign the document in the appropriate location of page
six and send the signature page back to me in the enclosed addressed envelope. After obtaining the other required
signatures, I will provide Belhaven and the other members of the TPBA with copies of the signed revised MOA.
The Belhaven WTP will be responsible for the instream monitoring required in its NPDES permit until all parties
sign the revised MOA and the TPBA begins monitoring. The association is scheduled to begin monitoring in
March 2007.
I look forward to working with the Town of Belhaven and all members of the TPBA. If you have any questions
or comments concerning this or other coalition matters, please contact either Carol Hollenkamp or myself at (919)
733-9960.
Sincerely.
Jennie R. Atkins, PhD
Monitoring Coalition Coordinator
cc: Barrett Lasater, TPBA
Gil Vinzani, DWQ, NPDES
Al Hodge, DWQ, WaRO, SWP
North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1621 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1621 Phone [phone]
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