NC0047759_Fact Sheet_20240222

NCDEQ / DWR / NPDES
EXPEDITED FACT SHEET - NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL
NPDES Permit NCO047759
Sydney Deuterman / Compliance & Expedited Permitting Unit / sydney.deuterman&deq.nc. oovv / Dec 2023
FACILITY INFORMATION
Applicant/Facility Name
Pruitthealth-Sealevel LLC / Attn: Nena Hancock, Administrator
Pruitt Health WWTP
Applicant Contact Email
NHancockkpruitthealth.com
Applicant Mailing Address
468 HWY 70 East, Sealevel, NC 28577
Facility Physical Address
468 HWY 70 East, Sealevel, NC 28577
Permitted Flow (MGD)
0.014 MGD
Type of Waste
100% Domestic, < 1 MGD
Facility Class
WW-2
County
Carteret
Permit Status
Renewal
Regional Office
WiRO
STREAM CHARACTERISTICS
Receiving Stream
Nelson Bay
Stream
Classification
SC
Stream Segment
21-35-7-10-(1)
Outfall Lat.
340 52' 59" N
7Q10 - Summer (cfs)
Tidal
Outfall Long.
760 23' 46" W
7Q10 - Winter (cfs)
Tidal
Drainage basin
White Oak
30Q2 (cfs)
Tidal
Subbasin
03-05-04
Average Flow (cfs)
Tidal
HUC
030201050402
IWC (%)
N/A
303(d) List
Not listed as Impaired,
however nearby waterbodies
are classified as SA and are
on the 303(d) for Shellfish
Growing Area
BASIC INFO FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWAL
Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits?
Already present in permit.
Does permit need TRC limits/footnote?
Already present in permit.
Does permit have toxicity testing?
No — not a complex wastestream
Does permit have any Special Conditions?
Yes — Permit Re -opener for Toxicity
Does permit have instream monitoring?
No
New expiration date:
July 31, 2027
FACILITY SUMMARY
Pruitt Health- Sea Level LLC operates an extended care facility with a private system sending 100%
domestic wastewater to the Pruitt Health WWTP nearby. The Pruitt Health WWTP is a minor facility (flow
< 1 MGD) with a design capacity and permitted wastewater discharge of 0.014 MGD. This facility utilizes
the following treatment components:
• influent pump station
• manual bar screen
• equalization basin w/ aerated flow
• flow splitter
• dual (2) package plants (0.014 MGD) extended aeration units, [0.007 MGD each with extended
air -activated sludge basin, clarifier, and aerobic digester]
• dual (2) tertiary filters
Fact Sheet for Permit Renewal
Dec 2023 - NPDES Permit NCO047759 - Page 1

• liquid chlorination
• chlorine contact basin
• liquid sodium bisulfite dechlorination
• flow measuring device
• clearwell
• mudwell
RENEWAL SUMMARY
This renewal contains the following changes:
• Added the facility grade to A. (1.).
• Updated the eDMR parameter codes in the effluent table in A. (1).
• Updated the A. (2) Permit Re -opener condition language.
• Updated A. (3) to reflect current federal requirements for Electronic Reporting of Discharge
Monitoring Reports.
COMPLIANCE HISTORY
Pruitt Health WWTP has had no enforcement cases since 2009. The facility has been issued eight NOVs for
Enterococci and BOD limit violations and one NOV for BOD, Enterococci, Ammonia and TSS monitoring
violations during the previous permit cycle.
Most recent inspection (December 2021) showed the facility to be in compliance, but maintenance repairs
were needed.
Fact Sheet for Permit Renewal
Dec 2023 - NPDES Permit NCO047759 - Page 2

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
CARTERET COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
NCDEQ-DWR
1617 Mail Service Center
RALEIGH NC 27699
Before the undersigned, a notary public of said County and State,
duty commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer
oaths, personally appeared:
Debbie Scott
first duty sworn, deposes and says that lie (she) is:
(Owner, partner, publisher or other officer or employee
authorized to make this affidavit)
Clerk of THE CARTERET PUBLISHING CO., INC., engaged in
the publication of a newspaper known as CARTERET COUNTY
NEWS -TIMES, published, issued, and entered as second class
mail in the Town of Morehead City, in Carteret County, North
Carolina; that he (she) is authorized to make this affidavit and
sworn statement; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true
copy of which is attached here -to, was published the following
publication and dates:
Carteret County News -Times: 12/10/2023
and that said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or
legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and ev-
ery such publication, a new paper meeting all of the requirements
and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of
North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning
of section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
Date: 12/ 18/2023
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Order Number
14591
Order Date
12/5/2023
Number Issues
1
First Issue
12/10/2023
Last Issue
12/10/2023
Order Price
$68.16
Publications
Carteret County News -Times
PUBLIC NOTICE
North Carolina
Environmental Management
Commission/NPDES unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Notice of Intent to Issue a
NPDES Wastewater Permit
NCO047759 Pruitt Health
WWTP
The North Carolina
Environmental Management
Commission proposes to issue
a NPDES wastewater
discharge permit to the
person(s) listed below. Written
comments regarding the
proposed permit will be
accepted 30 days after the
publish date of this notice. The
Director of the NC Division of
Water Resources (DWR) may
hold a public hearing should
there be a significant degree of
public interest. Please mail
comments and/or information
requests to DWR at the above
address. Interested persons
may visit the DWR at 512 N_
Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC
27604 to review the information
on file. Additional information
on NPDES permits and this
notice may be found on our
w e b s 1 t e .
https://deq.nr.gov/public-notice
s-hearings,or by calling (919)
707-3601. Pruitt Health —
Sealevel LLC [468 Hwy 70
East, Sealevel, NC 28577] has
requested renewal of NPDES
permit N00047759 for Pruitt
Health Wastewater Treatment
Plant [468 Hwy 70 East) in
Carteret County. This permitted
facility discharges treated
wastewater to Nelson Bay in
the White Oak River Basin.
Currently, total residual chlorine
and enterococci are water
quality limited. This discharge
may affect future allocations In
this segment of the White Oak
River Basin.
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