NC0048861_Fact Sheet_20231215

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DEQ/DWR/NPDES
EXPEDITED FACT SHEET - NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
NPDES Permit NCO048861
Sara Bassett, Compliance&Expedited Permitting Unit/919-707-3600 November 2023
Facility Information
Applicant/Facility Name Town of Creswell Wastewater Treatment Plant(WWTP)
Applicant Address P.O. Box 68, Creswell,NC 27928
Facility Address Cherry Road(NCSR 1155), Creswell,NC 27928
Permitted Flow(MGD) 0.20 MGD
Type of Waste 100%Domestic Wastewater Discharge I
Facility Class WW-2 (upgraded) County Washington
Permit Status Renewal Regional WaRO
Office
Stream Characteristics
Receiving Stream Scuppernong Stream Classification C-Swamp
River
Stream Segment 30-14-4-(1) Drainage basin Pasquotank
Summer 7Q10 (cfs) Tidal Subbasin 03-01-53
Winter 7Q 10 (cfs) Tidal Use Support Aquatic Life,
Recreation
30Q2 (cfs) Tidal 303(d)Listed NR
Average Flow(cfs) Tidal State Grid D33SW
IWC (%) 100% USGS Topo Quad Creswell,NC
Outfall Lat. 35.8581N Outfall Long. 76.3942W
HUC 301020502
Facility Summary
This facility is a minor municipal facility(flow<1 MGD)that receives 100%domestic waste. The design
capacity of the treatment system is 0.2 MGD. The facility consists of a membrane bioreactor(MBR)
wastewater treatment system with the following wastewater treatment units:
♦ one(1) flow equalization lagoon
♦ influent flow splitter box structure
♦ influent pump station with two(2) 350 gpm pumps
♦ influent flow meter
♦ three (3) 350 gpm mechanical fine(2 mm)bar screens
♦ one(1) screenings compactor
♦ two (2)22,400 gallon anoxic tanks with two 2.3 hp submersible mixers
♦ two (2)42,300 gallon aerobic basins with fine bubble diffusers
♦ two (2)278 gpm NRCY recycle pumps and three (3)245 scfm aeration process blowers
♦ two (2) 34,800 gallon membrane bioreactor basins containing at total of 8 membrane units rated
and three(3) 630 scfm MBR process(scour)blowers
♦ two (2) 195 gpm permeate pumps with two(2) flow meters
♦ two (2)208 gpm RAS pumps with two(2)flow meters
♦ one(1) 150 gpm WAS pump with flow meter
♦ a sodium hydroxide storage and feed system
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♦ an alum storage and feed system
♦ two (2)bank UV disinfection system, each rated for 0.50 MGD peak flow
♦ cascade aeration
♦ effluent pump station consisting of two(2) 350 gpm pumps with effluent flow meter
♦ two (2) 65,000 gallon(each) aerobic digesters with coarse bubble diffusers and two(2)285 scfm
blowers
♦ one(1) 500 gpm sludge transfer pump
♦ a sludge loading station
♦ a 450 kW emergency generator
♦ an administration and control building
♦ associated yard piping, electrical work and control systems
Stream—Discharge from WTP for outfall 001 is into an unnamed tributary to the Scuppernong River
[Stream Segment 30-14-4-(1)]. The segment is not currently listed in the 2012 North Carolina 303(d)
List. The 2012 North Carolina Integrated lists use support for aquatic life and recreation.
In-stream Monitoring—No changes since previous permit.
RPA—A Reasonable Potential Analysis(RPA)was not applicable for any parameters for this permit
renewal.
Implementation of 2012 Statewide Mercury TMDL—The Town of Creswell WWTP was required to sample
for mercury quarterly in the previous permit. This has been updated to once per permit cycle.
Renewal Summary
This renewal contains the following changes:
➢ Removal of"two lagoons in series"from the facility components list as they have been abandoned
➢ Correction from two(2)to three(3) "mechanical fine bar screens"in the facility components list
according to application
➢ Correction to remove"two 42,300 anoxic basins each with a 2.3 hp submersible mixer"from the
facility components list as there is not a second set of anoxic basins according to application
➢ Correction from 8 to 6 membrane units on the component item"two(2)34,800 gallon membrane
bioreactor basins"
➢ Mercury monitoring reduction to once per permit cycle as requested per the Division's "Mercury
Post-TMDL Permitting Strategy(September 12,2012)"
➢ TRC footnote removed because the facility no longer has TRC monitoring or limit since installation
of UV disinfection system
➢ A(2)UV disinfection special condition added
➢ A(3) eDMR text updated
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Public Notice
North Carolina Envi-
NORTH CAROLINA ronmental Manage-
WASHINGTON COUNTY. ment - Commission(
NPDES Unit
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Cent Mail Service
Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and 1617
State,duly commissioned,qualified,and authorized by law to Notice of Intent
administer oaths,personally appeared to Issue a NPDES
Mary R.Wayt Wastewater Permit
NCO048861 Creswell
who being first duly swom,deposes and says: that she is pub- WWTP
lisher of The Roanoke Beacon engaged in the publication of a The North Carolina
newspaper known as The Roanoke Beacon,published,issued, Environmental Man-
ned entered as periodical mail in the Town of Plymouth,in said agement Commission
County and State; that she is authorized to make this affidavit proposes to issue a
and sworn statement;that the notice or other legal advertisement, NPDES wastewater
a true copy of which is attached hereto,was published in The discharge permit to
Ro oke Beacon on the following dates: the person(s) listed
fl below. Written com-
ALI, Q ments regarding the
proposed permit will
be accepted until 30
days after the publish
date of this notice.The
and that said newspaper in which such notice,paper,document, Director of the NC Divi-
or legal advertisement was published was,at the time of each sion of Water Resourc-
and every such publication,a newspaper meeting all of the re- es (DWR) may hold a
quirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General public hearing should
Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within there be a significant
the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina. degree of public inter-
est. Please mail com-
This day of Zps J ments and/or informa-
tion requests to DWR
OA at the above address.
Interested persons
Sworn to and subscribed before me,this o may visit the DWR
at 512 N. Salisbury
day of 20 23 Street, Raleigh, NC
27604 to review the
4�� information on file. Ad-
tary Public U QZ 2fQ ditional information on
� _ �FF NPDES permits and
My Commission expires: this notice may be
�C found on our website:
https://deq.nc.gov/
public-notices-hear-
ings, or by calling
��T p R (919) 707-3601. The
Town of Creswell ap-
plied to renew NPDES
permit NCO048861 for
the Creswell WWTP
11F G,UU (Cherry Road (NCSR
111IM11s�� 1155) in Washington
County. This facili-
ty discharges to the
Scuppernong River in
the Pasquotank Riv-
er Basin. Currently,
biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD), am-
monia nitrogen, fecal
coliform,and dissolved
oxygen are water
auality limited. This

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From: Talbott,Jeffrey
To: Bassett,Sara;Tankard.Robert
Subject: RE: Draft Permit Renewal-Creswell WWTP(NC0048861)
Date: Monday,October 16,2023 4:33:37 PM
Attachments: imaae001.png
Hello Sara—
Operator certification notes that this facility is classified as a WW-2, with the ORC and all Backup
ORC's active and in good standing with the program.
We have no comments at this time.
Thank you.
Jeff Talbott
Supervisor, NC Operator Certification Program
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
Phone: [phone]
Email:Jeff [e-mail]
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From: Bassett, Sara <[e-mail]>
Sent:Thursday, October 5, 2023 9:44 AM
To:Talbott,Jeffrey<[e-mail]>; Tankard, Robert<[e-mail]>
Subject: Draft Permit Renewal -Creswell WWTP (NC0048861)
Hello,
The draft permit renewal for Creswell WWTP (NC0048861) in Washington county is ready for review
and comment. It will be submitted to public comment 10/10/2023. Please return any comments or
concerns to me by 11/10/2023.
Thank you!
Sara Bassett (she/her/hers)
Environmental Specialist I
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
sara.bassett(@deq.nc.gov

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