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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0004961_Electronic Reporting_20160331Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY March 31, 2016 Michael Ruhe Duke Energy Carolinas LLC PO Box 1006 Charlotte, NC 28201-1006 PAT MCCRORY Governor DONALD R. VAN DER VAART Subject: NPDES Electronic Reporting Requirements and Sixty'Day Notice of Minor Modification of the NPDES Permit Riverbend Steam Station NPDES Permit Number: NC0004961 Dear NPDES Permittee: Sectclru c S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Diieclo] 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 December2l, 2016, regulated entities that are required to submit Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) will begin submitting these reports electronically, instead of on paper. 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, instead of on paper. 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 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.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr/npdes-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 1611 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611 919 707 9000 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. Underthe 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 Part111—Addendum to your permit. This permit modification becomes effective on July 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 Tom Belnick at telephone number 919-807-6390. Sincerely, Jeffrey O. Po-upa+-f for S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G. Enclosure: NPDES Permit Standard Conditions Part III -Addendum Cc: NPDES File Central Files Mooresville Regional Office / Water Quality Program