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PUBLIC NOTICE
N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE
PERMIT #NC0004979
Public comment or obiection to the draft permit is invited.
All comments received by September 27, 2024 will be consid-
ered in the final determination regarding permit issuance
and permit provisions.
PERMIT APPLICATION
Duke Energy Progress, LLC, 526 South Church St., Char-
lotte, N.C., has applied for renewal of its NPDES wastewa-
ter permit (NC0004979) for Allen Steam Station, 253 Plant
Allen Rd., Belmont, Gaston County. The facility discharges
treated industrial wastewater and stormwater to Catawba
River and South Fork Catawba River in the Catawba River
basin. Some of the parameters are water quality limited.
This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion
of the Catawba River basin. The location of Outfall 001 is:
Latitude: 35°11'23"; Longitude: 81000'45". The location of
Outfall 002 is: Latitude: 35010'30"; Longitude: 81°00'23". The
location of Outfall 003 is: Latitude: 35011'23"; Longitude:
81000'45". The location of Outfall 004 is: Latitude: 35°11'35";
Longitude: 81000'22". The location of Outfall 006 is: Lati-
tude: 35010'55"; Longitude: 81°00'24". The thermal compo-
nent of the discharge is subiect to effluent limitations under
the CWA sections 301/306 and North Carolina Administrative
Code Section; 15A NCAC 213.0211 (3) (i), which prohibits
an exceedance of 2.8 degrees C (5.04 degrees F) above the
natural water temperature, and in no case to exceed 32
degrees C (89.6 degrees F). The permit holder has requested
a Clean Water Act 316(a) variance, which would impose an
alternative less stringent limitations on the thermal compo-
nent of the discharge under Section 316(a). The proposed
variance imposes a monthly average limit of 38.9 degrees
C (102.0 degrees F) during summer and a monthly average
limit of 35.0 degrees C (95.0 degrees F) during winter. On
the basis of the North Carolina Administrative Code Section:
15A NCAC 213.0208 (2) (b) (and other lawful standards and
regulations), the North Carolina Division of Water Resourc-
es proposes to grant the 316(a) variance in coniunction with
the renewal of the permit.
The draft wastewater permit and related documents are
available online at: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hear-
ings. Printed copies of the draft permit and related docu-
ments may be reviewed at the department's Mooresville
Regional Office. To make an appointment to review the docu-
ments, please call 704-663-1699.
Public comment on the draft permit modification should be
mailed to: Wastewater Permitting, 1617 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, N.C., 27699-1617.
Public comments may also be submitted by email to:
[e-mail]. Please be sure to include
"Allen" in the email's subiect line.
August 21 2024
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