NC0040070_SOC (Amendment) Unsigned_19791220

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North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources.:.., ommunity Development
James B ;Hunt, J,r,�ic�yerl�i! Howard N. Lee, Secretary
P. o• DIVISION OF ENVIRONMETNAL MANAGEMENT
1979 December 20, 1979
Mr. Thebuad Jeffers, M4NAKER AND AIR
P. 0. Box 1748 QUALITY.
Gastionia, North Carolina 28052
Subject: Amended Special Order by Consent
City of Gastonia
Gaston County
Dear Mayor Jeffers:
As requested, enclosed are an original and three (3) copies of an
Amended to Special Order by Consent Number EMC WQ 79-33. The Amended
to Special Order by Consent Number EMC WQ 79-33 will be put on the agenda
of the next Environmental Management Commission Meeting, if executed by
the city. Appropriate representatives of the city must be present at the
Environmental Management Commission Meeting to request the Amendment, The next
Commission meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on January 10, 1980 in the
Archdale Building in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The enclosed Amended to Special Order by Consent Number EMC WQ 79-33
should be signed and returned by noon January 8, 1980 so that the Commission
meeting's agenda may be completed.
If you have any questions about the terms or conditions of the Amended,
please call Mr. Bill Ross, Office of Legal Affairs, at telephone number 919/
733-7247.
Yours very truly,
Neil 4S.rigga�
Director
Enclosure
cc: Mr. Sanford Harvey - EPA
Enforcement and Emergency Response
nformation Services
ooresville Regional Office
P. O. Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
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NORTH CAROLINA
AMENDED SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT
EMC WQ 79-3 3
GASTON COUNTY
IN THE MATTER OF THE DISCHARGE OF
INADEQUATELY TREATED WASTEWATER FROM THE
CITY OF GASTONIA, WATER TREATMENT PLANT
GASTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
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This ORDER BY CONSENT is made and entered into y the City of Gastonia,
hereinafter referred to as the CITY, with the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission, an agency of the State of North Carolina, hereinafter
known as the COMMISSION.
WITNESSETH:
I. _The CITY does hereby stipulate as follows:
A. The CITY owns and operates a water treatment plant located in Gaston
County, North Carolina, and in operating said water treatment plant
does_ discharge_filter backwash Seater and alum sludges to. an unnamed.
tributary to Long Creek in the Catawba River Basin.
B. The CITY will be unable to comply with final effluent limitations
required by the COMMISSION to.protect water quality in the receiving
stream without the construction of wastewater treatment facilities.
II. The CITY and the COMMISSION recognize the following:
A. The wastewater from the water treatment plant receives no treatment
prior to discharge to the surface waters of the State.
B. The CITY shall achieve compliance with the final effluent.limitations
contained in NPDES Permit No. NC 0040070 by ceasing all discharges
to the surface waters and discharging the wastewater to the City
sewerage system for treatment.
III. The CITY, desiring to comply with the legal requirements of the COMMISSION
regarding waste disposal and with all pertinent provisions of the law
and applicable rules and regulations of the COMMISSION, does hereby
agree to do and perform all of the following things:
A. Comply with the following interim effluent limitations and monitoring
requirements:

A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING, REQUIREMENTS - INTERIM
During the period bog inning on Lhe ei'Ferti ve c.lato of Order and lasting Until May 31, '1980,
the perm-ittee is authorizea 'to discharge from outfall serial number 001.
Monitoring and reporting of the wastewater treatment plant influent, effluent, and surface
waters shall be in compliance with Title 15, NCAC,;Chapter 2, Subchapter 26, Section .0505,
.0506, and .0508 (Surface Water Monitoring, Reporting).
Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Flow
TSS
Settleable Matter
Temperature
Turbidity
Dissolved Oxygen
Total Residue
Discharge Limitations Monitoring Requirements
kg/day(lbs/day) Other Units (Specify) Measurement Sample Sample
Monthly Avg Weekly Avg., Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg �_ Location
Weekly Instantaneous E
600 mg/l 900 mg/l Monthly Composite E
75 ml/l 100 ml/l Weekly Grab E
*** Weekly Grab E, U, D
Weekly Grab U, D
Weekly Grab U, D
Monthly Composite E
*Sample Locations: I -Influent, E-Effluent, U-Upstream, and D-Downstream **All stream samples shall be grab.
***The temperature of the effluent shall be such that it will not cause a temperature in the receiving stream of more than
50F above ambient stream water temperature.
The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units and shall be monitored weekly by
grab samples at E, U, D.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or, visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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B. Construct wastewater collection facilities in order to cease all
discharges of wastewater to the surface waters from the water treat-
ment plant in accordance with the following time schedule:
(1) Submit a progress report on or before January 18, 1980;
(2) Complete construction and cease all discharges of wastewater to
the surface waters on or before May 31, 1930.
IV. Any violation of the terms and conditions of this Order, including failure
to comply with interim effluent limitations and to meet the compliance
schedule shall subject the CITY to enforcement action pursuant to N.C.G.S.
143-215.6, including the assessment of civil penalties.
This the
day of
1979.
CITY OF GASTONIA
The Honorable Thebaud Jeffers, Mayor
City of Gastonia
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION
BY:
airman
CERTIFICATION:
This Special Order by Consent was approved by the City Council of the City
of Gastonia on the day of 1979, and the Mayor was
authorized to execute the Order for the Council.
Certified by:
Nell B. Kinley, City Clerk
Approved and Accepted
Date: