NC0025305_Correspondence_20231019

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 24, 2023
Matthew M. Fajack
Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
302 South Building CB # 1000
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1000
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit
Permit NCO025305
UNC Cogeneration Facility
Orange County
Facility Class I
Dear Mr. Fajack:
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft Permit for your facility. Please review the draft very
carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains.
The Draft Permit contains the following significant changes from your current permit:
1. The Whole Effluent Toxicity language was updated.
2. The Electronic Reporting requirement was added to the permit.
3. The Stormwater Requirements were updated.
Please provide any comments you have regarding the draft permit to this office by
December 8, 2023. At this time, the Division is also publishing a notice in the newspapers of
general circulation in Orange County, inviting public comment on the draft permit. Following the
30-day comment period, we will review all pertinent comments received and take appropriate action
on the permit modification.
The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can
be found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft permit.
https: / /bit.ly/2BZ4xxx
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
NORTH CAROLINA
v 512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919.707.9000
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If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the following e-
mail address: sergei.chernikov&deq.nc.gov, or telephone number: 919-707-3606.
Sincerely,
Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer III
Industrial NPDES Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
Raleigh Regional Office / Surface Water Protection Section (e-copy)
Raleigh Regional Office / Public Water Supply Section (e-copy)
ESS/Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
TACU (e-copy)
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