NC0074306_Renewal (Application)_20230212

To whom it may concern,
The Town of Forest City would like to request permission
to renew its NPDES permit NC0074306. Enclosed you will find
the Application Form 2A and required paperwork for renewal.
Thank you for your consideration.
Signed:�¢�
RECEIVED
FEB 21 2023
NCDEQ/DWF/NPDES

Program Information
All of the residuals produced from the Town of Forest City's Water Treatment plant are
stored in the two (2), one million (1,000,000) gallon sludge storage lagoons. The residuals are
produced from the treatment of raw water from the Second Broad River. The residuals come
from two places during the treatment process.
The first location during the treatment that the residuals are produced is from the
sedimentation basins, from where the residuals are allowed to settle out. The return water left in
the sedimentation basin is pumped to the sludge holding lagoons.
The second place in the treatment process that produced residuals are from the filters.
The filters are backwashed and the residuals from the backwash process are sent to the sludge
holding lagoons. Also residuals are sent to the lagoons when a filter is rewashed during plant
start-up.
Once the residuals reach the sludge holding lagoons, they are stored until the lagoons are
full enough to need a distribution event. Once it is determined that a distribution event is needed,
the residuals are allowed to dry and they are removed from the lagoon with front end loadcrs and
dump trucks. The residuals are given to local landowner's for use as a soil amendment.
All of the residual are stored in the sludge holding lagoons along with any leachate or run
off the may be present.
All land owners that receive the residuals are given an information sheet that will
explain all of the requirements and regulations for the material. This information sheet will'also
highlight any nutrients that will be the limiting parameter for determining the residuals loading
rate. In most cases, the limiting parameter for determining the loading rate will be nitrogen.

Town of Forest City WTP
PWSID # NCO181010
Sludge Lagoon Operation
The Town of Forest City Water Treatment is an 8 MGD
Conventional Water Treatment Plant with Flash Mixer, Flocculation,
Sedimentation and Filtration. After filters are backwashed, water is
disposed into two holding lagoons. After solids settle, supernatant is
recycled back to the head works (flash mixer) of the plant. Once
remaining solids are dewatered and dried through natural causes, solids
are hauled from the lagoon by private contractor and properly disposed
of through land application.
The Sludge Lagoons have a total holding capacity of two million
gallons. The recirculation pump located in the combined wet well is a 5
Horsepower Non -Clog Pump with an operating capacity of
approximately 200 gallons per minute with a maximum daily flow of
288,000 gallons. The plant averaged a daily raw flow of 3.35 million
gallons per day during January to December of 2022.
The Town of Forest City policy for the Sludge Lagoon Operation
requires recycle flow only during regular operation of the Water
Treatment Plant to insure adequate dilution and mix with river water
flow. The treatment process is monitored through hourly laboratory
residual checks and visual inspection.

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Town of Forest City Facility
Town of Forest City WTP Location
Latitude: 350 20' 56" N State Grid: Forest City not to scale
Longitude: 81 ° 51' 53" W Permitted Flow: 0.09 MGD
Receiving Stream_: UT to Second Broad River Drainage Basin: Broad River Basin NPDES Permit No. NCO074306
Stream Class: WS-v Sub -Basin: 03-08-02 North Rutherford County

NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Modified Application Form 2A
NCO074306
Forest City Water Treatment
Modified March 2021
Form
NC Department of Environmental Quality - Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater
MINOR SEWAGE FACILITIES (Before completing this form, please read the instructions. Failure to follow
NPDES
the instructions may result in denial of the application.)
SECTION
1. BASIC
APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS (40 CFR 122.21(j)(1) and (9))
1.1
Facility name
Town of Forest City Water Treatment Facility
Mailing address (street or P.O. box)
PO Box 728
City or town
State
ZIP code
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Forest City
NC
28043
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Contact name (first and last) Title
Phone number
Email address
1102
Jason Webb ORC/Superintendent
[phone]
jasonwebb@townofforestcity.
Location address (street, route number, or other specific identifier) ❑ Same as mailing address
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581 Vance Street
City or town State
ZIP code
Forest City NC
28043
1.2
Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge?
❑ Yes + See instructions on data submission 0 No
requirements for new dischargers.
1.3
Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above?
❑ Yes ❑r No + SKIP to Item
1.4.
Applicant name
Applicant address (street or P.O. box)
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or town
State
ZIP code
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Contact name (first and last) Title
Phone number
Email address
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1.4
Is the applicant the facility's owner, operator, or both? (Check only one response.)
❑ Owner ❑ Operator ❑✓
Both
1.5
To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence? (Check only one response.)
❑ Facility ❑ Applicant
Facility and applicant
(they are one and the same)
1.6
Indicate below any existing environmental permits. (Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit
number for each.
Existing Environmental Permits
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r❑ NPDES (discharges to surface
❑ RCRA (hazardous waste) ❑
UIC (underground injection
water)
control)
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NCO074306
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❑ PSD (air emissions)
❑ Nonattainment program (CAA)
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NESHAPs (CAA)
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❑ Dredge or fill (CWA Section
❑ Ocean dumping (MPRSA)
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Other (specify)
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NPDES Permit Number
NCO074306
1.7 Provide the collection system information
Facility Name
Forest City Water Treatment
below for the treatment works.
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
Municipality Population Collection System Type Ownership Status
Served Served indicate percent e)
None 0 % separate sanitary sewer ❑Own
combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑Own
I] Unknown I El Own
❑ Maintain
❑ Maintain
❑ Maintain
% separate sanitary sewer I ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
% combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
separate sanitary sewer
I ❑
Own
❑
Maintain
% combined storm and sanitary sewer
❑
Own
❑
Maintain
❑ Unknown
1 ❑
Own
❑
Maintain
% separate sanitary sewer
1 ❑
Own
❑
Maintain
% combined storm and sanitary sewer
❑
Own
❑
Maintain
❑ Unknown
❑
Own
❑
Maintain
Total 0
Population
0 Served
Separate Sanitary Sewer System
Total percentage of each type of °
sewer line in miles)�0
z' 1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country?
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Combined Stone and
Sanitary Sewer
1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country?
c ❑ Yes 0 No
1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces.
H Annual Average Flow Rates Actual
a Two Years Ago Last Year
c 0 mgd 0 mgd
y " Maximum Daily Flow Rates Actual
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Two Years Ago Last Year
0 mgd 0 mgd
H 1.11 Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the State of North Carolina
oTotal Number of Effluent Discharge Points by Type
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CID F Treated Effluent untreated Effluent Combined Sewer Bypasses
Overflows
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ign Flow Rate
09 mgd
This Year
0 mgd
This Year
0 mgd
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Constructed
Emergency
Overflows
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name
Modified Application Form 2A
NCO074306 Forest City Water Treatment
Modified March 2021
Outfalls
Other Than to Waters of the State of North Carolina
1.12
Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins, ponds, or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets
for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina?
❑ Yes © No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14.
1.13
Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below.
Surface Im oundment Location and Discharge Data
Average Daily Volume
Continuous or Intermittent
Location
Discharged to Surface
(check one)
Impoundment
❑ Continuous
gpd
0 Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd
❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd
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❑ Intermittent
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1.14 Is wastewater applied to land?
❑ Yes © No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16.
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Land Annlicatien Site and Dischame Data
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acres
acres
acres
1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge?
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❑ Yes ❑✓ No + SKIP to Item 1.21.
1.17 1 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported (e.g., tank truck, pipe).
1.18 1 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant?
ElYes ElNo 4 SKIP to Item 1.20.
1.19 i Provide information on the transporter below.
gpd
❑ Continuous
❑
Intermittent
❑
Continuous
gpd ❑
Intermittent
❑
gpd
Continuous
❑
Intermittent
Transporter Data
Entity name Mailing address (street or P.O. box)
City or town State ZIP code
Contact name (first and last) Title
Phone number Email address
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NCO074306 Forest City Water Treatment Modified March 2021
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1.20 1 In the table below, indicate the name, address, contact information, NPDES number, and average daily flow rate of the
Receiving Facility Data
Facility name
Mailing address (street or P.O. box)
0
City or town
State ZIP code
0
Title
Contact name (first and last)
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Phone number
Email address
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Average daily flow rate mgd
NPDES number of receiving facility (if any) ❑ None
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1.21
Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do
not have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina (e.g., underground percolation, underground injection)?
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❑ Yes ❑✓ No + SKIP to Item 1.23.
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1.22
Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods.
Information on Other Dis osal Methods
c Disposal
AnnualLocation of Size of
Average Continuous or Intermittent
a Method
Daily D ischarge
Disposal Site Disposal Site Daily D(check one)
De tion
Volume
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❑ Continuous
acres gpd
❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
acres gp
❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
acres gpd
❑ Intermittent
1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)? (Check all that apply.
Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
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❑ Discharges into marine waters (CWA El quality related effluent limitation (CWA Section
Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2))
❑✓ Not applicable
1.24 Are any operational or maintenance aspects (related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality) of the treatment works
the responsibility of a contractor?
❑ Yes 0 No +SKIP to Section 2.
1.25
Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractor's operational
and maintenance responsibilities.
Contractor Information
Contractor 1
I Contractor 2
Contractor 3
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Contractor name
(company name
oMailing
address
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street or P.O. box
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City, state, and ZIP
code
Contact name (first and
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last)
Phone number
Email address
Operational and
maintenance
responsibilities of
contractor
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NCO074306 Forest City Water Treatment Modified March 2021
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Outfalls
to Waters of the State of North Carolina
2.1
Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd?
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❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
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2.2
Provide the treatment works' current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of Inflow and Infiltration
and infiltration.
gpd
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Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration.
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2.3
Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information? (See instructions for
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specific requirements.)
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❑ Yes ❑ No
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2.4
Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information?
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(See instructions for specific requirements.)
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❑ Yes ❑ No
2.5
Are improvements to the facility scheduled?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
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Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements.
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Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements
Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for Improvements
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Scheduled
Affected
Begin End Begin
Attainment of
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Improvement
Outfalls
Construction Construction Discharge
(list outfall
Operational
Level
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(from above)
number) (MM/DD/YYYY) (MM/DD/YYYY) (MM/DD/YYYY)
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3.
4.
2.7 +
concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained? Briefly explain your
Have appropriate permits/clearances
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response.
❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ None required or applicable
Explanation:
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R
ES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NCO074306 i Forest City Water Treatment Modified March 2021
3.1 Provide the following information for each ouffall. (Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.)
1 Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number _ Outfall Number
State North Carolina
County Rutherford
City or town Town of Forest City
Distance from shore 200 ft. ft.
Depth below surface 15 ft. ft.
Average daily flow rate o mgd mgd
Latitude 35° 2d 56' NEI °
Longitude 81 51 53" va
3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges?
❑ Yes 0 No -* SKIP to Item 3.4.
3.3 If so, provide the following information for each applicable outfall.
Outfall Number I Outfall Number I Outfall Number
Number of times per year
discharge occurs
Average duration of each
discharge (specify units
Average flow of each mgd mgd
dischar e
Months in which discharge
occurs
3.4 Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.6.
3.5 Briefl describe the diffuser a at each applicable outfall.
Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number
vS 3 6 Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from
a one or more discharge points?
❑ Yes ❑ No +SKIP to Section 6.
mgd
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1 3.7 1 Provide the
NPDES Permit Number Facility Name
NCO074306 Forest City Water Treatment
Outfall Number Outfall Number
Receiving water name 1 I
Name of watershed, river,
or stream system
U.S. Soil Conservation
Service 14-digit watershed
code
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Name of state
management/river basin
U.S. Geological Survey
8-digit hydrologic
cataloging unit code
Critical low flow (acute)
cfs
Critical low flow (chronic)
cfs
Total hardness at critical
mg/L of
low flow
CaCO3
3.8
Provide the following information
describing the treatment
Outfall Number
Highest Level of
❑ Primary
Treatment (check all that
❑ Equivalent to
apply per outfall)
secondary
❑ Secondary
❑ Advanced
❑ Other (specify)
Design Removal Rates by
Outfall
BOD5 or CBOD5
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%
TSS
%
❑ Not applicable
Phosphorus j
°,
❑ Not applicable
Nitrogen °
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Other (specify) ❑ Not applicable
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
Outfall Number
cfs
cfs
cfs
cfs
mg/L of
mg/L of
CaCO3
CaCO3
-ovided for discharges from each outfall.
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
❑
Primary
❑ Primary
❑
Equivalent to
❑ Equivalent to
secondary
secondary
❑
❑
Secondary
Advanced
❑ Secondary
❑ Advanced
❑
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Other (specify)
❑ Other (specify)
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
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❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable
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3.9
3.10
3.11
3.12
NPDES Permit Number j Facility Name + Modred Application Form 2A
NCO074306 f Forest City Water Treatment Modified March 2021
Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below. If disinfection varies by
season, describe below.
1 Outfall Number I Outfall Number 1 Outfall Number
Disinfection type
Seasons used
Dechlorination used? ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable
❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes
❑ No I ❑ No ❑ No
Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package?
❑ Yes ❑ No
Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's
discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.13.
Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's
dischames by outfall number or of the receivina water near the discharce points.
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Acute
Chronic
Acute
Chronic
Acute
Chronic
Number of tests of discharge
water
Number of tests of receiving
water
3.14 1 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection, use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process, or otherwise have
reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent?
❑ Yes 4 Complete Table B, including chlorine. ❑ No 4 Complete Table B, omitting chlorine.
3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application
package?
❑ Yes ❑ No
Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and
3.18 attached the results to this application package?
❑ Yes ❑ No additional sampling required by NPDES
permitting authorily.
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name
NCO074306 + Forest City Water Treatment
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
3.19 Has the POTW conducted either (1) minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application
or (2) at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.20
Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority?
❑ Yes ❑
No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.21
Indicate the dates the data were submitted to your NPDES permitting
authori and provide a summary of the results.
Date(s) Submitted
Summary of Results
MM1DD
3.22
Regardless of how you provided your WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority, did any of the tests result in
toxicity?
❑ Yes ❑
No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.23
Describe the cause(s) of the toxicity:
3.24
Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted.
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Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package?
3.25
3.26
❑ Yes ❑
Not applicable because previously submitted
information to the NPDES permitting authority.
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NCO074306 Forest City Water Treatment Modified March 2021
6.1 In Column 1 below, mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application. For
each section, specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority. Note that not
all applicants are required to Drovide attachments.
Column 1
Column 2
Section 1: Basic Application
ElInformation
w/ variance request(s)
0
w/ additional attachments
for All A licants
Section 2: Additional
0
w/ topographic map
0
w/ process flow diagram
Information
0
w/ additional attachments
❑
w/ Table A
❑
w/ Table D
Section 3: Information on
❑
w/ Table B
❑
w/ additional attachments
Effluent Discharges
❑
wl Table C
6.2
Section 4: Not Applicable
Section 5: Not Applicable
Ei Section 6: Checklist and
Certification Statement ❑ w/ a
Certification Statement
1 certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in
accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information
submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible
for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and
complete. l am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine
and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Name (print or type first and last name) Official title
Jason P. Webb Superintendent / ORC
Signature I Date signed
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