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Home My WebLink AboutNC0021709_Electronic Reporting Requirements_20160425Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY April 25, 2016 D Hightower Town of Jefferson PO Box 67 Jefferson, NC 28640-0067 PAT MCCRORY Goi ei ow DONALD R VAN DER VAART Subject NPDES Electronic Reporting Requirements and Sixty Day Notice of Minor Modification of the NPDES Permit Jefferson WWTP NPDES Permit Number NCO021709 Dear NPDES Permittee Secs elm � S JAY ZIMMERMAN Director 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 For more information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, visit htto //www2 epa Rov/compliance/final-national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-system-nodes electronic -reporting -rule For more information on electronic reporting to NC DWR, visit htto //dea nc eov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr/nodes-electronic-reporting or contact Vanessa Manuel at 919-807-6392 or via email at Vanessa Manuel@ncdenr gov State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1617 919 807 6300 Sixty Days' Notice of Minor Modification of the Subject NPDES Permit 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 To bring your permit up-to-date with the new reporting requirements, this letter serves to notify you that in sixty days your NPDES permit will be modified to incorporate the new electronic reporting requirements The modification will require electronic reporting in place of paper-based reporting Electronic reporting will be required beginning as indicated above for Phases 1 and 2 reporting Please attach the enclosed NPDES Permit Standard Conditions Part W —Addendum to your permit This permit modification becomes effective on August 1, 2016 All other terms and conditions in the original permit remain unchanged and in full effect This modification 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 October 15, 2007 If any parts contained in this modification are unacceptable to you, then you have the right to file a petition for a contested case with the Office of Administrative Hearings within thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter This petition must conform to the requirements of Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes Petitions must be timely filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer 11666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 If you do not file a petition within the required time, the agency decision shall be final and binding If you have questions concerning this permit modification, please contact John Hennessy at telephone number 919-807-6377 Sincerely, Jo f fre.y O pawpa + for Jay Zimmerman, P G Enclosure NPDES Permit Standard Conditions Part III -Addendum Cc NPDES File Central Files Winston-Salem Regional Office/Water Quality Program