NC0077763_Permit Issuance_20010912

Mr. Barry L. Webb
City of Belmont
P.O. Box 431
Belmont, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Webb:
Michael F. Easley
Governor
—� William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
NCCDMRNorth Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
Division of Water Quality
28012
September 12, 2001
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO077763
Belmont WTP
Gaston County
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit.
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached 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 May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently amended).
Your facility is discharging high amounts of total residual chlorine (TRC). The average TRC concentration
in the effluent should be below 28 jug/L. This facility discharged an average of 850 µg/L in 2000 and 510 µg/L
per month in the first quarter of 2001. Unless these concentrations are reduced, the Division may include a
chlorine limit in future permits.
If any pans, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this pemiit 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 decision 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 Quality or permits required by the Division of Land
Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be
required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Charles Weaver at telephone number (919)
733-5083,extension 511.
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSS N A. WILSON
Gregory . Thorpe, Ph.D.
cc: Central Files
Mooresville Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit Phone: [phone]
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699.1617 fax: [phone]
Internet: h2o.enr.stale.nc.us DENR Customer Service Center.1800 623.7748

Permit NCO077763
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision 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
City of Belmont
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Belmont WTP
301 North Tenth Street
Belmont
Gaston County
to receiving waters designated as the Catawba River in the Catawba River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other
conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective October 1, 2001.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2005.
Signed this day September 12, 2001.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSAN A. WILSON
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO077763
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The City of Belmont is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a water treatment plant with a discharge of filter -backwash
wastewater. This facility is located at the Belmont WTP (301 North Tenth Street,
Belmont) in Gaston County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into the Catawba River, classified WS-III & B waters in the Catawba River
Basin.

Latitude: 35°14'27"
N C 00 7 7 7 6 3 Facility
Longitude: gi°00'59" Location }�
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Stream Class: WS-111 & B
Subbasin: 30g34
Receiving Stream: Catawba River NoRrIl SCALE L24000

Permit NC0077763
A. (1.) EFFLUENT MUTATIONS AND MONITORING REQU REMENTS
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:
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Footnotes:
1. The discharge from this facility shall not cause turbidity in the receiving stream to exceed 50 NTU. If the
instream turbidity exceeds 50 NTU due to natural background conditions, the discharge cannot cause
turbidity to increase in the receiving stream.
All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

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STATE OF NO
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ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
/ NPDES KNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699-1617
IF INSERTION OF ADVERTISMEN' NOTIFICATION OF INTENS
TO ISSUE A NPDES
WASTEWATER PERMIT
The Gaston Gazette On the basis of thorough start
review and application of NC
General Statute 14321, Publk
law 92-500 and other lawfu
standards and regulations, the
North Carolina Environmenta
Management Commission pro
poses to Issue a National Pollu
tant Discharge Elimination Sys
tem (NPDES) wastewater dis
charge permit to the person(s
listed below effectivve 45 day:
from the publish date of this no
tice.
Written comments regarding
ER Legal Advertising Manager of the The Gaston Gazett
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;ement of NCDENR
publish date of this notice. A
comments received prior to the
NCPDES PERMIT NCO077763
date are considered In the tine
determinations regarding the
proposed permit. The Directo
of the NC Division of Wate
Quality may decide to hold s
public meeting for the propose'
permit should the Division re
es appeared in The Gaston Gazette, a newspaper published in
oeive a significant degree t
public Interest. '
NC, in issues
Copies of the draft permit ar►
other supporting information d
file used to determine cond
tions present in the draft perm
are available upon request an
payment of the costs of repro
duction. Mail comments and/c
requests for information to th
NC Division of Water Quality F
the above address or call Mt
Christie Jackson F
[phone] extension 531
Please Include the NPDES psi
mit number (attached) in an
communication. Interested peg
sons may also visit the Divlsio
of Wafer Quality at 512 N
Salisbury Street, Raleigh, N+
27604-1148 between the how
of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. t
review Information on file.
SHEILA RANBURGER
NPDES PitBBminC07
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760cy of
Legal Advertising Manager
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P)t3012 has
N(C applied
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permit renewal for a facility It
cated In Gaston Count
)efore me this 1j0__ day o -
discharging filter-backwas
,2001
wastewater into the CatawC
River In the Catawba River BI
sin. Currently no parameter
are water quality limited. Th
discharge may affect future a
locations In theis portion of T
Notary Public receiving stream.
1C-July 20, 2001

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
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July 5, 2001
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To: Britt Setzer
NC DENR / DEH / Regional Engineer
Mooresville Regional Office
From: Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
NPDES Unit
Subject: Review of Draft NPDES Permit NCO077763
City of Belmont WTP
Gaston County
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
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Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the draft permit and return this form by August 6,
2001. If you have any questions on the draft permit, please contact me at the telephone number or e-mail address
listed at the bottom of this page.
RESPONSE: (Check one)
j 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.
❑ 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:
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, With Carolina 27699.1617 919 733-5083, extension 511 (fax) 919 733-0719
Visrrus ONTHE INTERNET @ http://h2o.enr.state.nc.ustNPDES Charles.Weaver@ ncmail.net

City of Belmont
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April 6, 2001
NC DENR/ DWQ/ NPDES Unit
Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
RE: Application for Renewal of NPDES Permit NCO077763
Mr. Weaver:
116 N. MAIN STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 431
BELMONT, N.C. 28012
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The City of Belmont Water Plant wishes to renew its NPDES permit to discharge treated wastewater.
This application package includes this cover letter with a narrative description of the sludge
management plan, changes to the current permit and completed application. Thank you for your review
and consideration of this application.
Since the issuance of the last permit, the City of Belmont Water Plant (NC0077763) has received a
modification of our permit removing the requirement for pH monitoring and an exemption from
certification to perform Settleable Solids and Residual Chlorine analysis onsite.
The City of Belmont Water Plant dewaters the Alum sludge produced at the plant by pumping the
sludge through a centrifuge and disposes of the sludge at the Gaston County landfill. We currently have
an application in Raleigh for review that would allow us to land apply our sludge, but plan to keep the
Gaston County landfill as a back-up site for our sludge disposal.
Sincerely,
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• Barry L. Webb 61
City Manager