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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0036935_Permit Issuance_20150717NC*DENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pat McCrory Donald vpn der Vaart Governor Secretary July 17, 2015 Ms. Patti Cline Mr. Jimmy C. Fredell Pine Mountain Property Owners Association 2885 Pine Mountain Drive Connelly Springs, North Carolina 28612 Subject: NPDES PERMIT ISSUANCE Pen -nit Number NCO036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP - Class I1 Burke County Dear Ms. Cline: Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached final NPDES discharge 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 October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended). Please also note that proposed federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and specify that, if a state does not establish a system to receive such submittals, then permittees must submit DMRs electronically to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Therefore, a requirement to begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report eDMR) internet application has been added to this final permit. [See Special Condition A. (3.)] For information on eDN% registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page: ft://portal.ncdenr.or. web/wq/admin/bogZipu/edmr. For information on EPA's proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, please visit the following web site: hqp://www2.ep . ova /compliance/proposed-npdes-electronic-reporting rule. 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 (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding. Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Water Resources or any other Federal, State, or Local governmental permits that may be required. 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Phone: 919-807-63001 Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal opportunity %Afmmative Action Employer— Made in part by recycled paper Pine Mountain Lakes W WTP NC0036935 July 17, 2015 . Page 2 If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Maureen Kinney of my staff at (919) 807-6388. 1 Sincer G S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G., Director Division of Water Resources, NCDENR cc: Central Files NPDES Unit Files DWR, Asheville Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section Permit N0003d935 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM In compliance with the provisions 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, the Pine Mountain Property Owners Association is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP off Wards Gap Road (NCSR 1901) Connelly Springs Burke County to receiving waters designated as Jacob Fork in the Catawba River Basin in accordance with effluent limits, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof. This permit- shall become effective September 1, 2015. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2020. Signed this day July 17, 2015. t S Zimmerman, P.G., Director xvision of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Page 1 of 7 Permit NCO036935 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein. The Pine Mountain Property Owners Association is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.020 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment facility with the following components: ♦ Influent pump station ♦ Manual bar screen ♦ Equalization tank w/airlift geyser pump ♦ Flow control box ♦ Aeration basin ♦ Dual hoppered clarifiers ♦ Aerobic digester ♦ Tablet chlorinator ♦ Chlorine contact tank ♦ Concrete junction box ♦ Polishing pond This facility is located at the Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP, off Wards Gap Road (NCSR 1901), in Connelly Springs in Burke County. 2. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division of Water Resources, construct and operate a wastewater treatment system not to exceed 0.0696 MGD, and 3. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Jacob Fork, currently classified WS-III ORW waters in sub -basin 03-08-35 the Catawba River Basin. _ Page 2 of 7 Permit NCO036935 PART I A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.] During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expansion above 0.020 MGD or until expiration, the permittee is authorized to discharge treated wastewater from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitoredi by the permittee as specified below: EFFL JLNT CHAtACTERISTICS EFFLUENT L113WTS MQ1MQ Cy REQUIREMENTS Daily Measurement .9ample Sample "Od.mii&.Code. MonthlyAverage Maximum_- Fre:`uenc' T e . Location Flow 50050 0.020 MGD Continuous Recorder Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-Day (20 Deg. C) h 00310 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Nitrogen, Ammonia (as N) C0610 2 /month Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) � 31616 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine2 4 50060 2g µg/L 2 / week Grab Effluent Temperature, Deg. Centigrade � 00010 Weekly Grab Effluent Total (as P) CO 65hosphorus Quarterly Grab Effluent Total Nitrogen (as N) , C0600 Quarterly Grab Effluent pH o Not < 6.0 nor > 9.0 00400 Standard Units Weekl y Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. No later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, begin submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application system. See Special Condition A.(3.). 2. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/L. THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE FOAM IN OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS. Page 3 of 7 Permit NCO036935 A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.] During the period beginning upon expansion to 0.0696 MGD and lasting until expiration, the permittee is authorized to discharge treated wastewater from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS EFFLUENT LIMITS MONITORING.REQUIREMENTS - Monthly ' ' Daily Measurement Sample Sample . Pdrameter Code Avera e_ Maximum Fre uenc � TLL a :. Location. Flow" Influent or 50050 0.0696 MGD Continuous Recorder Effluent BOD, 5-Day (20 Deg. C) C0310 30.0 m 45.0 TgIL Weekly Composite Effluent Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 m 45.0 m Weekly Composite Effluent Nitrogen, Ammonia (as N) C0610 2 / month Composite Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) ; 31616 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Chlorine, Total Residual2 50060 28 2 / week Grab Effluent Temperature, Deg. Centigrade 00010 Weekly Grab Effluent Total Phosphorus (as P) C0665 Quarterly Composite Effluent Total Nitrogen (as N) C0600 Quarterly Composite Effluent pH Not < 6.0 nor > 9.0 00400 Standard Units Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. No later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, begin submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application system. See Special Condition A.(3.). 2. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North Carolina certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 jig/L. THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE FOAM IN OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS. Page 4 of 7 Permit NCO03 693 5 A. (3.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS [G. S. 143-215.1(b)] Proposed federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and specify that, if a state does not establish a system to receive such submittals, then permittees must submit DMRs electronically to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part H of this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits): • . Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements • Section D. (2.) Reporting • Section D. (6.) Records Retention • Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports 1. Reporting [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)] Beginning no later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee shall begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application. Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address: NC DENR / DWR / Information Processing Unit ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above. Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements must be submitted in writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required under this permit to begin using eDMR. Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and shall thereupon expire. At such time, DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary waiver by the Division. Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements is found on the following web page: http://portal.ncdenr.or web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/edmr Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the commencement of discharge. Page 5 of 7 Permit NC0036935 2. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1 All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part H, Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part H, Section B. (I 1.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes. For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page: h!W://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wg,/admin/bog/ipu/edmr Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED: "I 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. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. " 3. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)1 The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. 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Facility Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP Location x Coun Burke Stream Class: WS-III, ORW Receiving Stream: Jacob Fork Sub -Basin: 03-08-35 Latitude: 36° 35' 17" Grid/Quad: E125E (Casar) (not to scale) ' Longitude: 81'34'58" HIJC#: 03050102 NORTH NPDES Permit: NCO036935 Morganton News Herald Advertising Affidavit PO Box 968 Hickory, INC 28603 NC-DENR-WATER WREN THEDFORD DWRNVQPS 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NC 27699-1917 Account Number 3153609 Date February 27, 2015 Date Category Description Ad Number Ad Size 03/05/2015 Legal Notices ter 27, 2015 on Mmu9ement Unit has applied Pine Moun- s permitted ar to Jacob Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Comi 0003428791 1 x 29 L Publisher of Morganton News Herald Burke County Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of Catawba County, North Carolina, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, in said County and State; that he/she is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement: that the notice or other legal advertisement, a copy of which is attached hereto, was published in the Morganton News Herald on the following dates: 02/27/2015 and that the said newspaper in which such notice, or legal advertisement was published, was a newspaper meeting all the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Assistant Bookkeeper Newspaper reference: 0003428791 Sworn to and subscribed before me, this a I day of �liyvr Notary Put _ \Q TA y �1, Commission expires. 14,1, 4 PL& Cou THIS IS NOT A BILL. PLEASE PAY FROM INVOICE. THANPPM00' m AR 14W NCDETIR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pat McCrory. Donald R. van der Vaart Governor Secretary February 25, 2015 MEMORANDUM To: James Adams Bill Conner NC DENR / DWR / Regional Engineer Asheville Regional Office From: Maureen Kinney 919-807-6388 Compliance & Expedited Permitting Subject: Review of Draft NPDES Permit NCO036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP Burke County Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the draft permit and return this form by. March 31, 2015. If you have any questions on the draft permit, please feel free to contact me at the telephone number shown above. RESPONSE:. (Check one) Concur with the issuance of this permit provided the facility is operated and maintained properly, the stated effluent limits are met prior to discharge, and the discharge does not contravene the designated water quality standards. F—I Concurs with issuance of the above permit, provided the following conditions are met: Opposes the issuance of the above permit, based on reasons stated below, or attached: a Date: 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 276994617 Phone: 919-807-63001 Internet: http://p6dal.nodenr.org/web/wg/dwr-home-page An Equal opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer —Made in part by recycled paper - FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS This form must be completed by Permit Writers for all expedited permits which do not require full Fact Sheets. Expedited permits are generally simple 100% domestics (e.g., schools, mobile home parks, etc) that can be administratively renewed with minor changes, but can include facilities with more complex issues (Special Conditions, 303(d) listed water, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance concerns). Basic Information for Exaedited Permit Renewals Permit Writer/Date Maureen Kinney 2/13/2015 Permit Number NCO036935 Facility Name Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP Basin Name/Sub-basin number Catawba 03-08-35 HUC # 03050102 Receiving Stream Jacob Fork Stream Classification in Permit WS-111, ORW Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits? No Does permit need TRC limits/lan a e? Yes No Does permit have toxicity testing? Yes No Does permit have Special Conditions? Yes No —E-Re ortin Does permit have instream monitoring? Yes No Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)? For whatparameter? Yes No Any obvious compliance concerns? No — See Attached Any permit mods since lastpermit? No Current expiration date 7/31/2015 New expiration date 7/31/2020 Comments received on Draft Permit? Please note the following modifications to this draft: The sample location for flow was changed to Influent or Effluent; see Section A. (L). • The sample type for BOD, TSS, NH3, TP and TN were changed from composite Dy�oS qb in Section A. (1.) based on flow less than 0.03 MGD (15A NCAC 2B .O�c)(3)(B)]. • A requirement to begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) intemet application has been added to this draft, see Special Condition A. (3.). For information on eDMR, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/adminfbog/ipu/edmr. 7/13/15: Phone conference with Linda Wiggs (ARO) regarding their sampling. Facility was NOVed for sampling at the package plant discharge for all parameters except TRC, (before the polishing pond). ORC should be sampling after the polishing pond (after all treatment components). Permit will be issued as drafted. Permittee will look into eliminating the polishing pond; if it is not required and taking the discharge to the creek. If eliminating the polishing pond is an option, they may request a permit modification in the future. Kinney, Maureen From: Wiggs, Linda Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 2:35 PM To: Kinney, Maureen; Hennessy, John Subject: ORW classification date HI Guys, Elizabeth Kountis got back with me and the ORW classification for this river took place in 1989, it specifically was effective 5-1-1989. _ /i i i �f. Lind a.W iees(EDncdenr.gov Environmental Senior Specialist North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office Division of Water Resources - Water Quality Regional Operations 2090 U.S. 70 Highway Swannanoa, NC 28778 Tel: 828-296-4500 Fax: 828-299-7043 Link to Division of Water Resources Home Page http://Porta1.ncdenr.org/web/wq Notice: E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and therefore may be disclosed to third parties. Kinney, Maureen Subject: DRAFT Permit: NC0036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP From: Wiggs, Linda Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 12:46 PM To: Kinney, Maureen Subject: RE: DRAFT Permit: NC0036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP Sounds good. Appreciate that. Linda. W iggs@ncdenr.aov Environmental Senior Specialist North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office From: Kinney, Maureen Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 7:44 AM To: Wiggs, Linda Subject: RE: DRAFT Permit: NC0036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP I do still have it in the hopper but I can hold it if you need me too. Typically we issue them when they are ripe for issuance. They are turning the crank on permits and unless there is a reason to hold off on issuance we issue them (with the proper effective date August 1, 2015), keeping the backlog down. I can hold off until mid -June at the latest, once it leaves my desk it goes up for signature and to be entered into BIMS, depending on folks being in the office it could take a week or two to come back signed. I flagged the file so I don't issue it and will check back with you in June if I don't hear from you before hand. Thanks for letting me know to hold it. Maureen From: Wiggs, Linda Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:59 PM To: Kinney, Maureen Subject: RE: DRAFT Permit: NC0036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP You're still sitting tight on this permit right? I am starting to get the data I requested on this facility and it is showing some variability, so I need another month, maybe two, of data from them. The permit expires July 2015. We are way ahead of the expiration date, so this shouldn't be an issue, should it? Linda.Wiees@ncdenr.eov Environmental Senior Specialist North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office From: Wiggs, Linda Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 3:56 PM To: Kinney, Maureen Subject: RE: DRAFT Permit: NC0036935 Pine Mountain Lakes WWTP Thanks for making those changes. I will make ARO final recommendation on this permit later. I can't find where I sent you my latest inspection report, but wanted to do that so you would know I have asked them to do extra sampling. This extra sampling will give me data so I can make my final recommendation for this permit. i "R Linda. W iggs@ncdenr.gov Environmental Senior Specialist North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office 2 Kinney, Maureen From: Wiggs, Linda Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 3:12 PM To: Kinney, Maureen Subject: RE: Pine Mtn Ik Ok thanks. I will have to get the inspection letter out pretty soon and would like to discuss with you how they are doing things (flow measurement, sampling) in relation to how the permit is written. If we can or can't change certain things in the permit then I would like to include in my inspection report how they should proceed. Did that make sense? O For example they are doing their flow measurements now at their influent pump station by counting the pump cycles. The permit reads flow continuous recording at effluent. If we can change the permit to read influent or effluent then I won't make a big deal out of making them get set up at the effluent. In the permit their sampling is typical, with composite sampling for BOD, TSS and nutrients, but they are doing grabs for all parameters. I am doubting this was some special permission granted to them and I will need to get them to buy and set up a composite sampler, but then the flow measurement comes back to us. This is a weird set up so the ORC is saying that the plant layout is why they do it this way. But when I go back to look at AROs comments on this facility during the last renewal, Wanda said nothing???? Maybe she didn't know they were doing things wrong. They are set up with a pump station which brings the water up to the package plant, it is one of those tall above ground types. Then it leaves the package plant and goes to a pond (referred to as a polishing pond) before discharging to the creek. Apparently this pond and its outfall are what is making the flow and composite sampling a problem for the ORC. 6#w�g Linda. W is¢s@ncdenr.eov Environmental Senior Specialist North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office Division of Water Resources - Water Quality Regional Operations 2090 U.S. 70 Highway Swannanoa, NC 28778 Tel: 828-296-4500 Fax: 828-299-7043 Link to Division of Water Resources Home Page http://Porta I. ncdenr.o r¢/web/wo Notice: E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and therefore may be disclosed to third parties. From: Kinney, Maureen Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 2:38 PM To: Wiggs, Linda Subject: RE: Pine Mtn Ik Hi Linda, I've had issues with BIMS this afternoon from my home office, I'll have a look at this tomorrow and give you a call. I haven't begun work on this draft yet and can't confirm whether we've received an application. I'll buzz you tomorrow. Maureen