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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0087866_Permit Issuance_20060718Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director Division of Water Quality July 18, 2006 Mr. John F. Kime, Executive Director Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority 2216 W. Meadowview Road Greensboro, North Carolina 27407-3480 Subject: NPDES Permit Issuance Permit No. NCO087866 Randleman Lake WTP Randolph County Dear Mr. Kime: 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.) This permit authorizes the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority to discharge up to 1.5 MGD of decant wastewater from the Randleman Lake Water Treatment Plant to Randleman Lake, a class WS-IV CA water in the Cape Fear River Basin. The permit includes discharge limitations and/or monitoring for flow, settleable solids, total suspended solids (TSS), aluminum, calcium, pH, total residual chlorine and chronic toxicity. 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 a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding. Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. 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, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other Federal or Local governmental permits may be required. W7�0ytItCaro¢¢''p, v/VatUrUP North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone (919) 733-7015 Customer Service Internet: wwwmcwateroualitv.orn Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh,NC 27604 Fax (919)733-2496 1-877-623-6748 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer— 50% Reeydedll0% Post Consumer Paper If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mr. Agyeman Adu-Poke at telephone number (919) 733-5083, extension 508. Sincerely, CfL/ , 171u` Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Attachments cc: Central File Winston Salem Regional Office / Surface Water Protection Division of Environmental Health EPA/Region IV NPDES Unit/Permit File Permit NCO087866 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 Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at Randleman Lake Water Treatment Plant 7297 Adams Farm Road Randleman, North Carolina Randolph County to receiving waters designated as the Randleman Lake in the Cape Fear River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions* set forth in Parts I, H, III and IV hereof. This permit shall become effective September 1, 2006. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on August 31, 2011. Signed this day July 18, 2006. Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director Division of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission , Permit NCO087866 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued tothis 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. Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority is hereby authorized to: 1. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division of Water Quality, construct and operate facilities necessary to treat up to 1.5 MGD of decant wastewater, located at Randleman Lake WTP, Randleman, Randolph County. 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Randleman Lake, classified WS-IV CA waters in the Cape Fear River Basin. 1, I I' r �I � I I I 1 1 ' I ��. t;• r I Outfall 001 (flows south) IA`. III 1.. ? s� • I'I ( .'. �., ,-.��. '1: l f `,'•! y- / tl/'t'� �.�U • II.,. I� I � 1 I j' i r � �- � , r13j1 I I IY � '7�z ��`� •. 1Y �I Y .rA. `��-; , � � R! �b.1 f ��. ' .. i` • r ~I,r-.I r rr{ A� f�rl r �, y,. �iti rf � _�1 Jr�fr l^yllt l• I I - f:` l �I i -lot- J 3�-;,i}+ % i1,� _ •^ . �`` pry (Ir �� i 2 ,. � �•� c aft i4r ,: r la v` � '✓ . ~ ��' C;'�` �•�1! ! 0; ' Ali ti. US Hwy 220�r ff}I 7 r� �IllSar-0Uif'^ fr ., i r [ a \S h 4'� � 911 R'r 1 'i+r qii '`l �.. 15 �t1 +•M1H. +Ci#V �' /ice- l�wl ,l{ ?' • :�' -\, �S f{ ':f �1�/?�� _A t Y Randleman Lake WTP Facility Location State Grid/Ouad: ED19SE / Randleman, NC Permitted Flow: 1.5 MGD not to scale Latitude: 35' 51' 43.13" N Longitude: 790 49' 25.59" W NPDES Permit No. NCO087866 Receiving Stream: Randleman Lake (Deep River) Sub -Basin: 03-06-08 North Drainage Basin: Cape Fear River Basin Stream Class: WS-1V CA Randolph Count Permit NCO087866 A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning on the effective date of the 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: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS - LIMITS>- - MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Weekly. Average'- Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type 'I 'Sample Locationl - - Flow 1.5 MGD Weekly Continuous Effluent Aluminum 2/Month Grab Effluent Calcium 2/Month Grab Effluent Copper 2/Month Grab Effluent Iron 2/Month Grab Effluent Magnesium 2/Month Grab Effluent Manganese 2/Month Grab Effluent Turbidity Weekly Grab Effluent Settleable Solids 0.1 MVI 0.2 ml/I Weekly Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids 30 m /1 45 m /I 2/Month Grab Effluent H2 Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine 28 /L Weekly Grab Effluent Total Nitrogen I/Monthly Composite Effluent Total Phosphorus 11/Monthly Composite Effluent Chronic Toxicity 3 Quarterly Composite Effluent Footnotes 1. Sample location: Effluent 2. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units. 3. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) Monitoring at 23%; January, April, July, and October; See Special Condition A. (2). There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. (2.) PERMIT RE -OPENER: SUPPLEMENTARY MONITORING The Division may, upon written notification to the Permittee, require additional effluent monitoring that it deems necessary to support its water quality protection and restoration efforts in the receiving stream. -Permit NCO087866 SUPPLEMENT TO EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS SPECIAL CONDITIONS A. (3.) CHRONIC TOXICITY MONITORING (QRTRLY) The permittee shall conduct quarterly chronic toxicity tests using test procedures outlined in the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or subsequent versions. The effluent concentration defined as treatment two in the procedure document is 23%. The permit holder shall perform ouarierlr� monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the permit condition. The tests will be performed during the months of January April July October. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all. treatment processes. All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it -was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B. Additionally, DWQ Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address: . Attention:- North Carolina Division of Water Quality Environmental Sciences Branch 1621 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1621- Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response, data. Total residual chlorine -of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream. Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Environmental Sciences Branch at the address cited above. Should the permittee fail to .monitor_ during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a valid test is submitted. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above. Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits. NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring. DWO POINT SOURCE Fax:9197330719 �4� Transmit Conf_ ReF-iOf t »cAc P. 1 Jul 12 2006 8:28 Fax/Phone Number Mode Start Time Page Result Note 913368510720 NORMAL 12, 8:28 6'30" 6 * 0 K NORTH CAROL.INA DEPARTMENT AF. ENVIRONMFJWrAL AND NATURAL RFSOURAXS AIWVON OF WATER gUAIL Y" 1617 Mall Semco Coniez W60,, INC 87690-1417 " PhSin� 910-79"083 . 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Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director Division of Water Quality Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Permit NCO087866 Randleman Lake WTP Randolph County Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft permit for your facility. Please review the draft very carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains. The permit contains the following significant changes from your current permit: ➢ Total nitrogen and phosphorus monitoring have been changed from quarterly to monthly to comply with the Cape Fear River Basin permitting strategies. ➢ Permit Re -Opener condition has been added to this permit. Submit any comments to me no later than July 17, 2006. Comments should be sent by fax. If no adverse comments are received from you, this permit will likely be issued in July, with an effective date of September 1, 2006. If you have any questions or comments concerning this draft permit, contact me at the telephone number or e-mail address listed below. Sincerely, 2Agye&maAn eu-Poku Environmental Engineer NPDES Western Program cc: NPDES Unit Winston-Salem Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section t Carolina ura!!rf North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone (919) 733-7015 Customer Service Internet: www.ncwaterqualit +Lorg Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax (919) 733-2496 1-877-623-6748 An Equal Opportunity/Af rmadve Aatton Employer— 50°% Recyded110°% Post Consumer Paper Permit NCO087866 A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning on the effective date of the 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: E FLU_ _, � # � �N. aHA�tA4��TiERISTiC�S; 1 _J w. j f' t. � EL�II�,.I .�$ � z M T, �1 �' `QNI �O�NG�� 12. lonh�� ;Wr�agea lVy s Aieia aMax`tr�umas �s easu(=Saiiy F, den, cY arnip el °Yz Zye x r �` f npt"e�Lzocatt�n _ <ry Flow 1.5 MGD Weekly Continuous Effluent Aluminum 2/Month Grab Effluent Calcium 2/Month Grab Effluent Copper 2/Month Grab Effluent Iron 2/Month Grab Effluent Magnesium 2/Month Grab Effluent Manganese 2/Month Grab Effluent Turbidity Weekly Grab Effluent Settleable Solids 0.1 ml/l 0.2 ml/I Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids 30 m /l 45 m /l -Weekly 2/Month Grab Effluent H2 Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine 28 /L Weekly Grab Effluent Total Nitrogen 1/Monthly Composite Effluent Total Phosphorus 1/Monthly Composite Effluent Chronic Toxicity 3 Quarterly Composite Effluent Footnotes 1. Sample location: Effluent 2. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units. 3. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) Monitoring at 23%; January, April, July, and October; See Special Condition A. (2). There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. A. (2.) PERMIT RE -OPENER: SUPPLEMENTARY MONITORING The Division may, upon written notification to the Permittee, require additional effluent monitoring that it deems necessary to support its water quality protection and restoration efforts in the receiving stream. Permit NCO087866 SUPPLEMENT TO EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS SPECIAL CONDITIONS A. (3.) CHRONIC TOXICITY MONITORING (QRTRLY) The permittee shall conduct quarterly chronic toxicity tests using test procedures outlined in the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or subsequent versions. The effluent concentration defined as treatment two in the procedure document is 23%. The permit holder shall perform gyarterlr� monitoring using this procedure to establish compliance with the permit condition. The tests will be performed during the months of January April July October. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes. All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B. Additionally, DWQ Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address: Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Quality Environmental Sciences Branch 1621 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1621 Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream. Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Environmental Sciences Branch at the address cited above. Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a valid test is submitted. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above. Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits. NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring. NORTH CAROLINA RANDOLPH COUNTY AFFIDAVIT OF PUSUCATION Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Maria Shaw who being first duly sworn, deposes and says, that he (she) is Business Manager of The Courier -Tribune, engaged in the.publication of a newspaper known as The Courier -Tribune, published, issued, and entered as second class mail in the City of Asheboro, in said County and State; and the he (she) is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in the Courier - Tribune on the following dates: May 26, 2006 and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a newpaper meeting all of the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, 1943, as amended, and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. This 26th day of May, 2006 Sworn o and subscribed before me this 26th day of May, 2006 r"" 1 1 Notary Public My commission expires: 6-19-06 PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ., -ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION r MPDES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NC 276W1617 _: ' NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ?ISS ithNPbES r WASTEWATER_ PERMIT On the basis,bf thiorbu6 staff, review andjapplicatlon of NO General Statute`.14321, -Public Law' 92-s00' and other lawful standards amid regulatlons,,the North Carolina Environmental ManagemenC Commission pro- poses - issue a `National Pollut- ant Discharge Elimination Sys ;te'm (NPDES) wastewater dis- ,charlJ4: eirnit tofthe persons) listed below effective 45 days from: the. publish. -date of this no- ttCe , Kjff„a,.wcsnn,,+yrtc-jp s r `s comments=received prior to that.} date are considered the;finat deter"minatibn"s' Fegarding: the' proposed,permit.The Director:of_ the NO Division of Water Quality may-declde:`to hold a -publW meeting for the proposed permit should the Division.receive,a: sigriif�cant.degree of public inter-; est. Copies of. the draft permit ,and other suppor$ng information "on file used to determine conditions present in -the, draft permit are available upon requests and payrient.of the costs'of repro- ductlon Mail, comments, and/or .requests for Information to the.- NO Division of. Water Ouallty'at the above addressor call Ms. Carolyn Bryant-919-733-5083 extension'363' or Ms. Frances' Cadelaria,919-733-5083, eaten-: sion 520 ai the: Point ,Source Branch.' Please lnclud6 the NPDES permit -number attached in any communication.Anter-. ested persons may also visit the Division of .Water (duality at 512 N. Salisbury Street,. Raleigh: NC- 27604,1143 between the hours of 8:ogarn and 5:00 to review in- -fonnatibn onfile. City of Asheboro (NCO02t3123) has applied to revlew its permit discharging to. Hasketts Creek' -located within, the Cape Fear River Basin. -The parameters -fe- cal. coliform, Total Residual Chlorine and total:tnercury are water'4uatity limited-. This dis- charge may'affecf future waste - load allocations. to the receiving stream ;� Hidden'Fore§t Mobile Home Park ' WWTP,.6602: Holder- In- Mari Road Ext.; .Randleman, North Carolina -has; applied for renewal ;of NPDES permit NCO065358 .for. its'Hidden For= est Mobile Horhe`Park WWTP in Randolph County..This permit - ,,led facility "discharges treated wastewater l6' the Deep River in the Cape- Fear, River Basin: Cur- rently,• CBOD and ammbnia ni . trogen 'are -water, quality limited. This discharge, may `affect lutuie allocations' ri this portion of the Watershed. x �.�c •;: Hart s.00d Fashion Country Hams, .,(NP.661407 •,ties ap-. plied16. reneig-1ts permit Als- charging"to,Zandy Creek'lo-' cated' within--the=Cape``Fear.' River Basln�,The parameter chloride` Is'wate�rlquality limited: Thld discharge may:.aiiect future wasteload aliocations'to there-." calving stream The Piedmont Triad Reglonal Water Authority (2216; West, Meadowv14w Road,,•.Greens-, boro, NC-27407) has applied for' renewal' df-permit: NCO087866 for its Randleman Lake Water Treatment Plant -in Randolph. Couniy.,Thls permitted facility will discharge treated decant' wastewater -to the Randleman Lake to tie Cape Fear. River Ban sin..Currentiy.settleable solids, total'suspended solids and total residual: chlorine are water qual- ity'Ilmited: This discharge may affect future- allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. 1t•5/26It)6 i. -- i U!" ,rn III i U 2006 f DEIVR - WATER QUALITY -POINT SOURCE BRANCH :5b A G1 IxJ�Q RECEIVED N.C. Dept. of ENR QFMA � MAY ) S 2006 NCDENR Winston-Salem Regional Off Ice North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director March 23, 2006 MEMORANDUM To: Lee Spencer NC DENR / DEH / Regional Engineer Winston-Salem Regional Office From: Agyeman Adu-Poke NPDES Western Program Subject: Review of Draft NPDES Permit NC0087866 Piedmont Triad regional Water Authority Randolph County R -- Ir ij r i JUN i DENR - WATER DUALITY Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the draft permit and return this form by April 16, 2006. 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) 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, North Carolina 27699-1617 919 7335083, extension 508 (fax) 919 733-0719 VISIT US ON THE INTERNET@hftp:/lh2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES Agyeman.adupoku@ncmail.net An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer —50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper PIEDMONT TRIAD REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY February 8, 2006 Mrs. Carolyn Bryant NC DENR / DWQ / Point Source Branch 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Re: NPDES Permit NCO087866 Dear Mrs. Bryant: I am writing on behalf of the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority (PTRWA) to request renewal of NPDES Permit NC0087866. While no wastewater will be discharged from the Randleman Lake Water Treatment Plant in FY06-07, the PTRWA wishes to renew the permit. I have enclosed Short Form C — WTP as required. The narrative description of the sludge management plan for the facility is unchanged from its original submittal date (5/12/03). If you have questions, please feel free to call. Sincerely, Xohn. �Kime Executive Director JFK:js Enclosure Wilmington Building, Suite 204 • 2216 West Meadowview Road • Greensboro, North Carolina 27407-3480 Telephone: (336) 547-8437 . Fax: (336) 851-0720 NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP For discharges associated with water treatment plants Mail the complete application to: N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources :_ r `1 0 Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 NPDES Permit Number INCO087866 If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up — down arrows to move from one field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type. 1. Contact Information: Owner Name Facility Name Mailing Address City State / Zip Code Telephone Number Fax Number e-mail Address Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority Randleman Lake Water Treatment Plant 2216 West Meadowview Road, Suite 204 Greensboro North Carolina / 27407 (336)547-8437 (336)851-0720 ptrwa@infionline.net 2. Location of facility producing discharge: Check here if same as above ❑ Street Address or State Road City State / Zip Code County 7297 Adams Farm Road Randleman North Carolina / 27317 Randolph 3. Operator Information: Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC) Name To Be Determined After Construction Mailing Address City State / Zip Code Telephone Number ( ) Fax Number ( ) 4. Ownership Status: Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ _4) Page 1 of 3 C-WTP 03/05 NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP For discharges associated with water treatment plants 5. Type of treatment plant: ® Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by filtration and disinfection) ❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange) ❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge) ® Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration) Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑ 6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater, surface water) Randleman Lake / Surface Water 7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water: Treatment processes include raw water intake, raw water pump station, flash mix, clarification, dual media granular filter, ultra -filtration membrane, granular activated carbon contactor, clear water storage, disinfection and finish water pumping 8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the facility: Wastewater includes backwash from filtration units and sludge blowdown from clarification units. Wastewater treatment processes include backwash equalization lagoon, sludge thickener, centrifuge and sludge storage 9. Number of separate discharge points: 1 Outfall Identification number(s) 10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ® Intermittent ❑ If intermittent: Days per week discharge occurs: Duration: 11. Plant design potable flowrate 12 MGD Backwash or reject flow 1.5 MGD 12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outf414 including latitude and longitudet Randleman Lake / Deep River Page 2 of 3 C-WTP 03/05 NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP For discharges associated with water treatment plants 13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals, that have the potential to be discharged. Aluminum Sulfate Organic Polymers Chlorine Residual 14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one) Yes ❑ No ED 15. Additional Information: Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in the treatment process, and point of addition of chemicals. Solids Handling Plan 16. NEW Applicants Information needed in addition to items 1-15. New applicants must contact the NCDENR Customer Service Center. Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No Analyses of source water collected Engineering Alternative Analysis Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a water quality model. 17. Applicant Certification I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate. John F. Kime Executive Director North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: Any person who knowingly makes any false statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $25,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both. (18 U.S.C. Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.) Page 3 of 3 C-WTP 03/05