NC0023965_Electronic Reporting Requirements_20160525

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
May 25, 2016
James Flechtner
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
235 Government Center Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403
Subject NPDES Electronic Reporting Requirements
Wilmington Northside WWTP
NPDES Permit Number NCO023965
Dear NPDES Permittee
PAT MCCRORY
Got ei not
DONALD R VAN DER VAART
sec, era, t
S JAY ZIMMERMAN
Da ectot
The U S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Electronic Reporting Rule The rule requires NPDES regulated facilities to
report information electronically, instead of filing written paper reports The rule does not change what
information is required from facilities It only changes the method by which information is provided (i e,
electronic rather than paper-based)
EPA is phasing in the requirements of the rule over a 5 -year period The two phases of the rule, and their
key milestones, are
• Phase 1—Starting on December 21, 2016, regulated entities that are required to submit Discharge
Monitoring Reports (DMRs) will begin submitting these reports electronically If you are currently
reporting your DMR data electronically using eDMR, then you simply need to continue reporting
in the same way as you are now The key change is that, starting on December 21, 2016,
electronic reporting of DMRs will be required, instead of voluntary
• Phase 2—Starting on December 21, 2020, regulated entities that are required to submit certain
other NPDES reports will begin submitting these reports electronically Reports covered in the
second phase include Notices of Intent to discharge in compliance with an NPDES general permit,
Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports, and a number of other NPDES program reports
Upcoming NPDES Permit Reissuance
The NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule requires authorized NPDES programs to incorporate electronic
reporting requirements into NPDES permits beginning December 21, 2015 Under the new rule, the
electronic reporting process supersedes the paper reporting process outlined in your existing permit
According to our records, your NPDES permit is up for renewal If you have submitted your renewal
application, or you are in the process of doing so, and are awaiting your reissued NPDES permit, then this
letter serves to notify you that your reissued permit will include the new electronic reporting
requirements The reissued permit will require electronic reporting in place of paper-based reporting
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1617
919 807 6300

Regardless of when you receive your reissued NPDES permit, electronic reporting will be required
beginning as indicated above for Phases 1 and 2 reporting
In addition to requiring permittees to report information electronically, the rule also requires permittees
to identify the initial recipient for the NPDES electronic reporting data [see 40 CFR 122 41(1)(9)] Initial
recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities (Initial recipient) 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)] Permittees are required to electronically
submit the required NPDES information to the appropriate initial recipient, as determined by EPA By July
18, 2016, EPA must identify and publish on its web site and in the Federal Register a listing of initial
recipients by state and by NPDES data group Once available, you should use EPA's web site to identify
the initial recipient of your electronic submission
NC DWR has requested to be the initial recipient for the following NPDES data groups
1 Discharge Monitoring Reports,
2 General Permit Reports [Notices of Intent to discharge (NOls), Notices of Termination (NOTs)],
3 Pretreatment Program Reports, and
4 Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports
EPA's web site will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each type of electronic
submission for each state Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate electronic reporting
tool will be available as well
For more information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, visit
http //www2 epa gov/compliance/final-national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-system-npdes-
electronic-reporting-rule For more information on electronic reporting to NC DWR, visit
http //deg nc goy/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr/npdes-electronic-reporting or contact Vanessa
Manuel at 919-807-6392 or via email at Vanessa Manuel@ncdenr gov
Sincerely,
Jeffrey O Po oci. -
for S Jay Zimmerman, P G
Cc NPDES File
Central Files
Wilmington Regional Office / Water Quality Program