NC0089451_Draft Permit_20240906

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR
Director
John B. Cates, President
Addis Cates Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 146
Parkton, North Carolina 28371-0146
Dear Mr. Cates:
NORTH CAACLINA
Enlrironmerrl!W gegalfty
September 3, 2024
Subject: NPDES Permit - DRAFT Review
Permit NCO089451
Addis Cates [former] Brinery (GW-REM)
2640 McIver Road, Parkton
Robeson County
The Division of Water Resources (DWR or the Division) received the Cates application to renew
the subject permit, received February 5, 2024. DWR has enclosed a renewal draft for your review
and comment.
Please review this draft carefully to ensure your understanding of the limits and monitoring
conditions, and to correct errors, if any. Concurrent with this notification, the Division will solicit
public comment on this draft by publishing a notice in newspapers having circulation in the general
Anson County area, as required by the NPDES Program. Please submit your written comments, if
any, to me at joe.corporon(a,deq.nc.gov. We welcome your written comments on the draft, but they
are not mandatory.
NPDES standard conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are part of this permit but are not included in the
draft (cover sheet, map, and Part I only). Standard conditions are the same as in your current permit
except that agency and division names have been updated. The latest version of these is available
at https://bit.ly/2BZ4xxx and can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF file.
Renewal Changes. The Division understands that Cates has made no significant alterations to
treatment processes since last renewal. We have therefore made only minimal updates to your
permit. Thes are guided by the EPA's reasonable potential analyses (RPAs) of databases you
submitted over the previous permit cycle. In accord with this analyses, we have update parameters
of concern to include revised limits and monitoring.
pEQ� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
�C/�a 512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 -- 919.707.3616

John B. Cates, President
Renewal — Draft Review
September 2024
Following the mandatory 30-day Public Comment period, the Division will review all pertinent
comments, if any, and take appropriate action prior to issuing an NPDES permit final.
If you have questions, please email me at fjoe.corporon(adeq.nc.govl.
Joe . Corpor n, P.G.#
D Q / DWR NPDES Permitting Unit
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0089451 (renewal draft and request for Hg test results)
ec: Laserfiche NPDES Program Files
DWR/FRO, Mark Brantley [[e-mail]]
DWR/OCU, Jeffery Talbott [e-mail]]
Revised Schedule of Issuance
Draft Permit to Public Notice:
Permit Scheduled to Issue: (estimated)
Effective Date (estimated)
November 15, 2023
February 2, 2024
March 1, 2024
If you have questions, please email me at [joe.corporonna,deg.nc.gov]. Much of NC state government
currently functions remotely therefore correspondence via email is preferred.
Respectfully.

John B. Cates, President
Renewal — Draft Review
September 2024
Joe R. Corporon, P.G.
DEQ / DWR / NPDES Permitting
ec: NPDES Permit Files [Laserfache]
DWR/WSRO, Gary Hudson [[e-mail]]; Jenny Graznak
DWR/Aquatic Toxicology Branch, Attn. Molly Nicholson [[e-mail]]
DWR / OCU, Jeffrey Talbot 'effre [e-mail]]
Nokia/John Galasso, Remediation Manager [e-mail]]
AECOM / Raleigh, Cristin Dolan, [[e-mail]]

Permit NCO089451
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
(NPDES)
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 Water Quality Commission, and the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
Addis Cates Company, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater
Former
Groundwater Remediati
2640 McI
to receiving waters designated as I
accordance with the discharge
Parts I, II, III, and IV here,pf. ,--
This permit shall become
This permit and the authorization to
Signed this day
, 2024.
24.
►,kyj 7J
located at
ite
O'fhe Lumber River Basin in
and other conditions set forth in
shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2029.
John E. Hennessy, Section Chief
Water Quality Regional Operations
Division of Water Resources
By the Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NC0089451
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked. As of this permit 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.
Addis Cates Company, Inc.
is hereby authorized to:
1. continue to operate a treatment system to remediate groundwater contaminated with sodium
chloride (NaCl) and other parameters of concern, these facilities to ed at the former brinery,
Addis Cates Company, Inc., 2640 McIver Road, Parkton, RobeXnyounty; and
2.
discharge from said
into Dunns Marsh [I
classified C; Sw wa
Lumber River Basin
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-cified on the attached map,
, a waterbody currently
HUC: 0304020306 ] of the

Permit NCO089451
PART I
A. (I.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq]
[15A NCAC 08G .0302 - Physical/Chemical WPCS Grade PC-1]
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to
discharge via Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited monitored, and reported 1 by the Permittee as
specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
[Parameter Code]
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location 2
Flow [MGD]
50050
0.025
Continuous
Recording
Effluent
pH [standard units]
00400
Not < 6.0 or > 9.0 s.u.
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Salinity 3
00480
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Chloride 3
00940
230 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Silver 3
01077
0.06 ug/L
0.30 ug/L
2/1\4o
Grab
Effluent
Total Copper 3
01119
7.88 ug/L
10.47 ug/L
th
ab
Effluent
Salinity
00480
thly
Gr
U & D
Chloride [as NaCI]
00940
Mo y
Grab
>U & D
Total Mercury 3
COMER
erl
Grab
Effluent
Acute WET Testing 4
TGE6C
a 4
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes,
1. Beginning on the pe effect
Conditions_
iv
1. Effluent samples collected shall accurately represent the physical and/or chemical
character of the discharge event.
2. The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam in other than trace amounts.
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Permit NCO089451
A. (2.) ACUTE TOXICITY - PAS S/FAIL - QUARTERLY
The Permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests on a quarterly basis using protocols defined in the North
Carolina Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology For Determining Acute Toxicity In A Single
Effluent Concentration" (Revised December 2010 or subsequent versions). The monitoring shall be performed
as a Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) 24-hour static test. The effluent concentration at which there may
beat no time significant acute mortality is 90 % (defined as treatment two in the procedure document). The tests
will be performed during the months of January, April, July and October. These months signify the first
month of each three month toxicity testing quarter assigned to the facility. Effluent sampling for this testing
must be obtained during representative effluent discharge and shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final
effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly
test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
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 TGE6C.
Additionally, DWR Form AT-2 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Watel"Qources
Water Sciences Section/Aqu 'c icology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Caroli�99- 662
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with th ater Sc' nces S t n no later than 30 days
after the end of the reporting period for which the rep is made. st to all be C'641ete and accurate and
include all supporting chemical/physical measuremen e ormed ' as ciation with th xicity tests, as well
as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the e toxic' ample must be measured and reported
if chlorine is employed for disinfection of aste s in.
Should there be no discharge of flow m e facile urin in t toxicity monitoring is required,
the Permittee will complete the informati cated t e to o the aqu 'c toxicity (AT) test form indicating
the facility name, permit numb , pie in un d th onth/year of the report with the notation of
"No Flow" in the comment ea the e po a e mitted to the Water Sciences Section at the
address cited above.
Should the Permittee fail to mon' o during a ont which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediatelyVmothat a single test is passed. Upon passing, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterlyspecified above. Assessment of toxicity compliance is based
on the toxicity testing quarter, whicmonth time interval that begins on the first day of the month in
which toxicity testing is required band continues until the final day of the third month.
Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements or tests performed by the North Carolina
Division of Water Resources 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 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.
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Permit NCO089451
A. (3.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (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 following sections within Part II of this permit
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Sectio . (5.) (a)]
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electrons ly sing the NC DWR's
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet a is
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month shall be summ for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR sy e allows ermittacilities to enter
monitoring data and submit DMRs electronics using me e The e system may be
accessed at: h s:Hde .nc. ov/about/division / r-reso r es/ mr.
If a permittee is unable to use the eD stem d to on ed hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in an are tha 0 p c t off households have broadband
access, then a temporary waiver o he NP S ele n' r o n equirements may be granted
and discharge monitoring data ma b submi e on pa DMR (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative
forms approved by the DjF6dFoY.,Qu i t 1 copse all be submitted to the following address:
NC DEQ / Division o ater Res es ater Q `Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27 1617
See "How to Request a Waive 1 tronic Reporting" section below.
Monitoring results obtained during f4eprevious 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 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;
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).
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Permit NC0089451
Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of
each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the initial
recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity (EPA
or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity for
receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
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 EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting
Rule is found at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-
nollutant-discharge- elimination-system-nodes-electronic-reporting-rule
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
2. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit a
Division.
Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers n st
written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the d e
permit to begin submitting monitoring data and orts. T
exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. A\rep
ime,
submitted electronically to the Division unlessit1
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temporary electronic reporting waiver Ditransferrable. Only permittees wit anapp and reports on paper to the Div ifor the pteffective.0
the Division. To obtain an
;eporting waiver request to the
submitted in writing to the Division for
faci 'ty woul required under this
ur, fa
tem ry waiver shall not
ton' ring data an ports shall be
e pplies for and is granted a new
v ctronic reporting waivers are not
re st may submit monitoring data
as v reporting waiver request is
Information on eD an ;nco
rate o e ectronic reporting waiver are found on the
following web page: //do t/divisio ater-resources/edmr
3. Signatory Requirements [Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)]
All eDMRs submitted to the pauthority shall be signed by a person described in Part II,
Section B. (I 1.)(a) or by a duepresentative of that personas described in Part II, 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: http://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
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10" M1,42[KIZ1n. Tdd&lu
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 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 thosepersons directly responsiblefor 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 submittingfalse information, including thepossibility offines and imprisonmentfor knowing
violations. "
4. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
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.
This period may be extended by the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41 ].
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Addis Cates Company, Inc.
GW-REM - Former Cates Brinery
2640 McIver Road, Parkton
Receiving Stream: Dunns Marsh [Hughes Mill Pond] Sub -Basin: 03-07-53
State Grid/Ouad: H23NW / Parkton, NC HUC: 0304020306
Stream Class: C; Sw Segment: 14-22-1-3-2
Drainage Basin: Lumber River Basin
Facility
Location
not to scale
NPDES Permit NCO089451
Noah Robeson County