NC0083941_Draft Permit_20240415

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Aqua North Carolina, Inc
Attn: Lauren Raup-Plummer
202 MacKenan Court
Cary, NC 27511
Dear Permittee,
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
04/ 16/2024
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NCO083941
Spring Creek WWTP
Grade II Biological WPCS
Davidson County
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft carefully to ensure a
thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and requirements it contains.
The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
• Section A. (3.) has been updated to require electronic submission of
effluent data reports (DMRs). Federal regulations require electronic
submittal of all discharge monitoring.
• New winter Ammonia Nitrogen limits added to be in compliance with
15A NCAC 2B .0404(c). New limits will go into effect January 1, 2029.
The NPDES standard conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) that are a part of the permit are not included in this draft
document (cover, map, and Part I). The conditions are the same as in your current permit except that agency and
division names have been updated. The latest version is available at ht1ps://bit.ly/3k5NFaL and can be viewed
online or downloaded as a PDF file.
With this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing a notice in
newspapers having circulation in the general Davidson County area, per EPA requirements. Please provide your
comments, if any, to me at the address below no later than 30 days after receiving this draft permit.
Following the 30-day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments and take
appropriate action prior to issuing a final permit. If you have questions concerning the draft, please contact me at
[phone] or via e-mail at kate.shadwell(c�r�,deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
Catherine Shadwell
NPDES Compliance and Expedited Permitting
cc: NPDES File [Laserfiche]
Winston Salem Regional Office [Laserfiche]
DE�- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
w aware 919.707.9000

Permit NCO083941
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
1=914 ir1
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NEDES)
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 ControJlAct, as amended,
Aqua North C
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewoFfrom�a facility lhted at the
Spring Cref
Central
lemmon
DCo� avnty
to receiving waters designated as F&es Creek n the dkin-Pee Dee River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and otlter conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV
hereof.
This permit shall becom
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on May 31, 2029.
Signed this day
John E. Hennessy, Section Chief Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO083941
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 described herein.
Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.08 MGD wastewater treatment
components: A
• Bar screen
• Flow equalization basins
• Dual aeration basins
• Dual Secondary clarifiers
• UV Disinfection
• Back up chlorination and de-cl
• Single aerated sludge digesters
• Effluent flow meter and wei
• Emergency generator
• Post aeration
The facility is
ty that includes the following
WWTP (Central Rd, Clemmons) in Davidson County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at the location specified on the attached
map, into Fryes Creek, a waterbody currently classified C [Stream Index: 12-94-15] within
subbasin 03-07-04 [HUC: 030401011308] of the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin.
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Permit NCO083941
PART I.
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Grade II Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee as
specified below:
PARAMETERS
Limits
Monitoring Requirements
Monthly
Daily
Measurement
Sample Type
Sample
eDMR Code
Average
Maximum
Frequency
Location
Flow MGD
(
50050
0.08 MGD
Continuous
RecordingInfluent
or
Effluent
BOD 5-Day (20°C)
C0310
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
C0530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
C0610
5.0 mg/L
25.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
April 1 to October 31
NH3 as N
November 1 to March 31
C0610
22.1 mg/L
35.0 mg/l
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N2
November 1 to March 31
C0610
10.0 mg/L
35.0 mg/l
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
00300
Monitor and Rf&ort
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Fecal (geometric mean rm
eometri
31616
/10 L
200/100 mLr28
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Chlorine
50060
pg/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
TRC)Residual
Temperature °C
00010
Monitor and Report
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen
00600
Monitor and Report
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorous
00665
Monitor and Report
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
pH
00400
> 6.0 and < 9.0 Standard Units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes
The Permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's
eDMR system [see A. (3.)].
New winter Ammonia Nitrogen limits will go into effect January 1, 2029.
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) — The Permittee shall monitor and report Total Residual Chlorine only if
chlorine is used to disinfect. TRC effluent concentrations reported below 50µg/L shall be deemed compliant
with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to submit all levels reported by NC -certified test
methods (including field certified), even if these concentrations fall below 50µg/L
THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE FOAM IN
OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS
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Permit NCO083941
A. (2.) NUTRIENT REOPENER FOR HIGH ROCK LAKE
[G.S. 143.215.1 (b)]
This permit may be reopened and modified to implement nutrient requirements in accordance with any future
TMDL and / or nutrient management strategy for High Rock Lake.
A.(3.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING - DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[G.S. 143-215.1 (b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring rAhorts (DMRs) and program reports.
The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December 21, 2015.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
1.
• Section B. (11.)
Signatory P
• Section D. (2.)
Reporting
• Section D. (6.)
Records Re
• Section E. (5.)
Monitoring
The permittee shall report discl
Discharge Monitoring Report (
Monitoring results obt;
monthly electronically
and submit DMRs elec
https://deq.nc.gov/abol
data
sectio within Part II of this permit
using the NC DWR's Electronic
month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted
Z system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data
tet. The eDMR system may be accessed at:
resources/edmr.
If a permittee is unable to use t3WMR 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 following address:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
See "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and reported
via the eDMR system no later than the last calendar day of the month following the completed reporting
period. Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the
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Permit NCO083941
issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the
commencement of discharge.
Starting on December 21, 2025, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
• Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports; and
• Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a Waiver
from Electronic Reporting" section below).
a. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the ' itial recipient at the time of each
electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website r ces to identify the initial recipient
for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from
the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES
electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
regulatedWilities means the entity (EPA or
that is the designated entity for receiving
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each type of
electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate electronic
reporting tool will be available as well. Information on's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule is found at:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/ 10/22/2015-210�54/national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-
Electronic submissions must
L3
"Reporting Requirements" section above.
The permittee may se temporary electro is reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an electronic
reporting waiver, a perm e must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to the
Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to the Division
for written approval at least sixt,460) days prior to the date the facility would be required under this permit to
begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a temporary waiver shall not exceed 5 years
and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the
Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the
Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an approved
reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data and reports on paper to the Division for the period that
the approved reporting waiver request is effective.
Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the
following web page:
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
c. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
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Permit NCO083941
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section
B. (I 1.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(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:
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the
following certification [40 CFR 122.221. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE
ACCEPTED:
"I cert�, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments v4re 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 per r persons who manage the system, or
those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, a in rmation submitted is, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am re that there are significant penalties for
submittingfalse information, including the possibility of
and imprisonmilwor knowing violations."
d. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Dischar onitoring rts, including eDMR submissions. These
records or copies shall be maintained for a perio of at least zea from the date of the report. This period
maybe extended by request of the Direct at anytime [40 CF122.41].
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Spring Creek WWTP
Receiving Stream: Fryes Creek Longitude: 80' 18' 10.1" W
Stream Index: 12-94-15 Latitude: 35' 58' 37" N
Stream Class: C Sub -basin: 03-07-04
Drainage Basin: Yadkin -Pee Dee HUC: 030401011308
Facility
Location
NPDES Permit NCO083941
North Davidson Count