NC0040070_SOC Fact Sheet_19780612

FACT SHEET
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SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT
NPDES PERMIT NO. NC 0040070
GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Applicant's Name: City of Gastonia
Applicant's Mailing Address: Post Office Box 1748
Gastonia, North Carolina 28052
Location of Facility: The water treatment plant is located at the corner of
East Falls Street and East Long Street in Gastonia.
Existing Facilities: There are no existing wastewater treatment facilities
located at the water treatment plant.
Proposed Facilities:. The City proposes to construct an equalization basin and
wastewater collection facilities and discharge all waste-
water to the City sewerage system.
Receiving Stream: Unnamed tributary to Long Creek.
Type of Wastewater: Filter backwash and alum sludge from settling basin.
Final Effluent Limitations:
Effective July 1, 1977
Parameter Limitations
Monthly Average Weekly Average
Flow 1.2 MGD
TSS 30 mg/1 45 mg/1
Settleable Matter 0.10 ml/l 0.15 ml/l
Dissolved Oxygen (Minimum) 5 mg/l S mg/l
Turbidity (Above background) 50 JTU's 50 JTU's
pH: Shall be such as to not cause a temperature in the receiving stream
of 50F above ambient stream water temperature.
Interim Effluent Limitations:
Specified in Special Order by Consent)
Parameter
TSS
Settleable Matter
pH
Temperature
Limitations
Monthly Average Weekly Average
600 mg/l 900 mg/l
75 ml/l 100 ml/l
6-9 s.u.
<050 Above ambient in the stream

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IPliance Schedule: (1) Submit final plans and specifications on or before
January 31, 1979.
(2) Upon approval by N. C. Division of Environmental
Management begin construction on or before April
30, 1979.
(3) Submit a progress report on or before Plovember 30,
1979.
(4) Complete construction and cease all discharges to
the surface waters of the State on or before May
31, 1980.
Other Pertinent Information:
The NPDES Permit Application was received in this Office on October 19,
1977. A site investigation was performed by personnel of this Office on
January 4, 1978, and the City was advised of the effluent limitations assigned
to this point of discharge by a letter dated January 9, 1978. The City was
also requested to submit a proposal for complying with the effluent limitations
and a time schedule for the construction of the facilities necessary to comply
with the limitations on or before March 15, 1978. The City did not submit
the information as requested and another letter was sent to the City on March
30, 1978. This Office received an undated letter on April 12, 1978, which
included a time schedule for complying with the effluent limitations; however,
the letter did not specify what facilities would be constructed in order to
achieve compliance. The City was requested to submit this information and by
letter dated May 7, 1978, the City advised that facilities would be constructed
in order to eliminate the discharge of wastewater to the surface waters and
discharge the wastewater to the City sewerage system for treatment. However,
this Office felt that the time schedule which had been submitted by the City
contained an excessive amount of time to accomplish the proposed work. A
meeting was held at this Office on June 12, 1978, with City officials and their
consulting engineers to discuss the time schedule. The City officials and their
consultants did not feel that the project could be completed in any less time
(two years) than had originally been proposed by the City.
The City has already received approval of grant funds from Clean Water
Funds from the Division of Health Services in the amount of approximately
$200,000 for this project. A bond referendum must be held to finance the
remaining estimated $600,000 required to complete the project.
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