NC0047759_Permit Issuance_19970902

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary ®�'_ _� N R
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
September 2, 1997
Mr. Donald Copeland
Sea Level Extended Care Facility
Highway 70 East
Sea Level, North Carolina 28577
Subject: NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NCO047759
Sea Level Extended Care Facility
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Copeland:
In accordance with your application for discharge permit received on January 23,
1997 by the Division, we are forwarding herewith the subject permit to discharge under the
subject state - NPDES permit. This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North
Carolina General Statute 143-215 .1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North
Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated December 6, 1983 and as
subsequently amended.
Changes to your permit include the following:
Monitoring frequencies for BOD, TSS, NH3, Fecal, and pH have been changed per
updated .0500 regulations.
A toxicity reopener was placed in your permit. This states that toxicity testing may be
required in the future if total residual chlorine effluent levels are not reduced
significantly.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this
permit are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written
request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the
form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General
Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer 27447,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7447. Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be
final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the
Division of Water Quality. Part. II, EA. addresses the requirements to be followed in case
of change in ownership or control of this discharge. The Division of Water Quality may
require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit.
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NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NC0047759
Sea Level Extended Care Facility
September 2, 1997
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may
be required by the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land
Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental
permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Mary Cabe at
telephone number [phone], extension 518.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P. E.
cc: Central Files
Mr. Roosevelt Childress, EPA
Wilmington Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Permits Unit
Facility Assessment Unit

Permit No. NCO047759
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT'
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1,
other lawful standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended,
Sea Level Extended Care Facility
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Sea Level Extended Care Facility
US Highway 70
in Sea Level
Carteret County
to receiving waters designated as Nelson Bay in the White Oak River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in
Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective October 1, 1997.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2002.
Signed this day September 2, 1997.
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No. NCO047759
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Sea Level Extended Care Facility
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing wastewater treatment plant (Outfall 001) consisting of three
septic tanks each followed by an influent pump station, a flow splitting unit, a 0.014 MGD
extended aeration package plant (dual 0.007 MGD units), dual tertiary filters, chlorination
facilities, and a flow measuring device located at Sea Level Extended Care Facility, US
Highway 70, in Sea Level, Carteret County (See Part III of this Permit), and
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Nelson
Bay which is classified Class SC waters in the White Oak River Basin.

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A. ().EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FINAL Permit No. NCO047759
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall
serial number 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Flow"
BOD, 5 day, 200C
Total Suspended Residue
NH3 as N
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
Total Residual Chlorine***
Temperature
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Discharge Limitations
Monthly Avg.
0.01 4 MGD
30.0 mg/l
30.0 mg/I
14.0 /100 ml
Weekly Avg.
Monitoring
Requirements
Measurement
Sample
*Sample
Daily Max
Frequency
Type
Location
Continuous
Recorder
I or E
45.0 m g / I
Weekly
Grab
E
45.0 mg/I
Weekly
Grab
E
2/Month
Grab
E
28.0 /100 ml
Weekly
Grab
E
Daily
Grab
E
Weekly
Grab
E
Sample. locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent
** No increase in wasteflow will be allowed for this facility and more stringent limits may apply in the future due to the proximity of SA
waters.
*** Toxicity testing may be required in the future if Total Residual Chlorine effluent levels are not significantly reduced.
The pH shall not be less than 6.8 standard units nor greater than 8.5 standard units and shall be monitored weekly at the effluent by grab
sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

Staff Review and Evaluation
NPDES Wastewater Permit
2/18/97
FACILITY INFORMATION
Facility Sea Level Hospital WWTP
NPDES No. NCO047759
Design Flow (MGD) 0.014 (001)
Facility Class II
STREAM CHARACTERISTICS
Stream Name
Nelson Bay
Stream Class
SC
Sub -basin
03-05-04
Drainage Area (mil)
S7Q10 (cfs)
Tidally Influenced
W7Q10 (cfs)
30Q2 (cfs)
IWC M
Proposed Changes
Parameters Affected
Basis for change(s)
Added monitoring and
frequencies to 002 outfall
Flow, TSS, SS, Turbidity
Iron, TRC
For compliance purposes per
Coleen Sullins memo 9/30/92.
Moved to 001 eff. page footnote.
Part III Condition D
Easier to read.
Changed 001 monitoring
frequencies
BOD, TSS, NH3, Fecal, pH
.0500 regs
Compliance Schedule: N/A
Special Condition(s): N/A
Permits & Engineering Comments:
Compliance inspection 4/11/96 Pat Durrett Facility is in compliance. More sludge holding is
needed at the facility. Pat suggested that they submit plans and specs and receive an ATC.
Request RO comment: Is the facility working toward submitting an ATC ?
Chlorine levels are high - max last 2 years = 3236 and 2561 µg/l, avg last year = 2404 µg/1.
One Fecal fail 10/96, two BOD fails 4 & 5/95.
The facility stopped monitoring outfall 002 in Sept. '90. Has this outfall ceased discharge?
Facility discharges to Nelson Bay, are there any U & D monitoring locations for turbidity?
Recommend renewal of NPDES permit with the above changes.
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PERMIT NOTES mlc
NCO047759 Sea Level Hospital 03-05-04 Streamline Package
Class II Facility White Oak River Basin
1/23/97 Received application, Short form D, and $200.
Wrote ack letter.
Receiving Stream: Nelson Bay SC
WLA: 10/31/91 NJB
The facility stopped monitoring outfall 002 in Sept. '90.
BOD and Fecal are WQ limited.
SR: Dave Adkins 12/23/91
Technical services has recommended the discharge be eliminated if possible.
CF Notes:
Compliance inspection 4/11/96 Pat Durrett Facility is in compliance. More
sludge holding is needed at the facility. Pat suggested that they submit plans and
specs and receive an ATC
Chlorine limits are high - max last 2 years = 3236 and 2561, avg last year = 2404 µg/l.
One Fecal fail 10/96, two BOD fails 4 & 5/95.
2/20 Drafting permit:
The following are Streamline form changes to permit and requested RO comments.
Proposed Changes
Parameters Affected
Basis for change(s)
Added monitoring to 002 outfall
Flow, TSS, SS, Turbidit
For compliance purposes.
Moved to 001 eff. page footnote.
Part III Condition D
Easier to read.
Changed 001 monitoring
frequencies
BOD, TSS, NH3, Fecal, pH
.0500 regs
Request RO comment: Has an ATC been submitted for sludge holding?
Should chlorine monitoring be changed to a limit?
Should monitoring be reimplemented for outfall 002 or not?
2/27 To Steve Pellei for review.
Package to Dave Goodrich to review.
4/15 Went on a site visit with Pat Durrett. ORC was Don Copeland, Jr. Changes he will make:
Take the effluent sample farther down the effluent pipe.
Try to reduce the amount of chlorine added and not vilolate fecal limit.
002 is not a discharge, the flows were combined. I will take out the 002 eff page.
4/29 Received SL report from RO.
Concur with putting a toxicity reopener in the permit.
Also request that facility submits an ATC for additional sludge holding.
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