WQ0005207_More Information (Requested)_20231214

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary fssrQUAM,Ao t
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
December 14, 2023
L. CARR TYNDALL — PRESIDENT
JACKSON PAPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
152 WEST MAIN STREET
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA 28779
Subject: Application No. WQ0005207
Additional Information Request #1
Jackson Paper Manufacturing —
Sylva CLRS
Closed -Loop Recycle System
Jackson County
Dear Mr. Tyndall,
Division of Water Resources' Central and Regional staff has reviewed the application package
received on October 5, 2023. However, the Division requires additional information before completing our
review. Please address the items on the attached page no later than the close of business on January 15,
2023.
Please be aware that the Applicant is responsible for meeting all requirements set forth in North
Carolina rules and regulations. The Applicant is also responsible for any oversights that occur during the
review of the subject application package. The Division may return the application as incomplete pursuant
to 15A NCAC 02T .0107(e)(2) if any omissions are made when responding to the outstanding items in
Section A or the Applicant fails to provide the additional information on or before the above -requested date.
Please reference the subject application number when providing the requested information. The
Applicant shall sign, seal, and date (where applicable) all revised and/or additional documentation and
submit an electronic response to my attention via the Non -Discharge online portal.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at [phone] or
leah.parentendeq.nc.gov. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Leah H. Parente, Geologist/Hydrogeologist
Division of Water Resources
cc: Asheville Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section (Electronic Copy)
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Mr. Tyndall
December 14, 2023
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A. Cover Letter:
The submitted application for the Jackson Paper Manufacturing — Sylva Closed Loop Recycle
System lists three modifications to the facility: removal of a 12,400 gallon anaerobic selector tank;
replacement of a 500 gallon polymer mixing tank and one horsepower (hp) chemical feed pump
with a 330 gallon tote of concentrated polymer fed through a ready to use make -down unit used in
conjunction with a small metering pump; and replacement of two 500 gallon polymer mixing tanks
with two 200-gallon polymer tanks for the Advanced Polymer Activation System and a one hp
pump and spare 0.75 hp pump. Please provide the following:
a. Engineering plans that have been signed, sealed, and dated by a North Carolina licensed
Professional Engineer and meet all of the requirements listed in 15A NCAC 02U .0201 and
shall include at a minimum:
a. Table of contents with each sheet numbered.
b. A general location map with at least two geographic references and a vicinity
map.
c. A process and instrumentation diagram showing all flow, chemical, electrical
and wasting paths.
d. Plan and profile views of all treatment and storage units, including their piping,
valves, and equipment (i.e., pumps, blowers, mixers, diffusers, flow meters,
etc.), as well as their dimensions and elevations.
e. Details of all piping, valves, pumps, blowers, mixers, diffusers, recording
devices, fencing, auxiliary power, etc.
f. A hydraulic profile from the treatment plant headworks to the highest recycle
point.
g. Plans shall represent a completed design and not be labeled with preliminary
phrases (e.g., FOR REVIEW ONLY, NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION, etc.) that
indicate they are anything other than final specifications. However, the plans
may be labeled with the phrase: FINAL DESIGN - NOT RELEASED FOR
CONSTRUCTION.
b. Specifications that have been signed, sealed, and dated by a North Carolina Professional
Engineer and meet the requirements listed in 15A NCAC 02U .0201 and shall include at a
minimum:
a. Table of contents with each section/page numbered.
b. Detailed specifications for each treatment/storage/recycle unit, as well as all
piping, valves, equipment (i.e., pumps, blowers, mixers, diffusers, flow
meters, etc.), audible/visual high water alarms, liner material, etc.
c. Site Work (i.e., earthwork, clearing, grubbing, excavation, trenching,
backfilling, compacting, fencing, seeding, etc.)
d. Materials (i.e., concrete, masonry, steel, painting, method of construction, etc.)
e. Electrical (i.e., control panels, transfer switches, automatically activated
standby power source, etc.)
f Means for ensuring quality and integrity of the finished product, including
leakage, pressure and liner testing.
g. Specifications shall represent a completed design and not be labeled with
preliminary phrases (e.g., FOR REVIEW ONLY, NOT FOR
CONSTRUCTION, etc.) that indicate they are anything other than final
specifications. However, the specifications may be labeled with the phrase:
FINAL DESIGN - NOT RELEASED FOR CONSTRUCTION.