NC0005363_Final Permit_20000623

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Bill Holman, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
June 23, 2000
John M. Ruble, Plant Mgr.
Carolina Power and Light Company
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton, North Carolina 28358
NCDENR
Subject: NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NC0005363
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
Robeson County
Dear Mr. Ruble:
Division staff have reviewed and approved your application for an NPDES discharge permit
renewal. Accordingly, the Division is forwarding the subject NPDES permit. This permit 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 May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently amended).
In response to comments regarding the DRAFT permit, the following modifications/ comments
are offered:
Outfall 001- Cooling Pond:
■ CP&L requested permit language to allow for flexible sampling during extreme weather
events. This flexibility is already provided by 15A NCAC 213 .0505 (c) (4), which allows
sampling to be discontinued when extreme weather conditions will result in substantial
risk to the samplers. Sampling shall be resumed at the first opportunity after the risk
period has ceased.
• CP&L requested a provision that exempts the effluent limits/monitoring requirements if the
discharge is the result of a rainfall event >25 -year, 24-hour event, based on the premise
that rain events of this magnitude will be beyond the control of CP&L and not
representative. The Division cannot incorporate this request. The only effluent -limited
parameter for this outfall will be for pH. Currently there are no exemptions for pH based
on storm magnitude listed in Effluent Guidelines (40 CFR423.12). DMR data submitted for
discharge events in September 1999 (Hurricane Floyd) and March 1998 show compliance
with the pH limit, and acute toxicity LC50 monitoring results were >99% for the listed
discharges. There is also no data available indicating that excessive rainfall would
adversely impact the temperature of the receiving stream. Thus, extreme weather events
monitored to date have not resulted in a noncompliance issue.
■ CP&L requested a compliance schedule to meet a new pH limitation, in order to allow for
evaluation of treatment or operational processes needed to comply with the new limit. The
new pH limit was added based on BPT Effluent Limitations per 40 CFR 423.12(b)(1). The
Division has added a one-year compliance schedule to the FINAL permit to allow for facility
evaluation.
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NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NC0005363
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
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■ In Footnote 1, 411, line, the word "exact" was deleted from the requirement to report "exact"
times of the beginning and end of a discharge.
Outfall 002- Non -Contact Cooling Water
■ The pH limit has been deleted, while the quarterly monitoring requirement is retained. This
limit was inappropriately added to the DRAFT permit, since it is not required for once
through cooling water per Effluent Guidelines.
Miscellaneous:
■ On the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet, the description of the wastewater treatment
facility was modified per CP&L request.
■ CP&L requested modification to the acute toxicity notification requirement. Since this
language has not posed a problem for other facilities with similar notification requirements,
the Division does not concur with the modification request. Notification can be made by
letter, email, or phone (Aquatic Toxicology Unit, 919-733-2136).
■ CP&L requested that the permit boilerplate definition of "bypass" be changed to the EPA
definition. The Division will interpret a "bypass" according to the EPA definition for
purposes of this permit.
■ The permit boilerplate language requiring a continual evaluation of wastewater alternatives
has been deleted, similar to other CP&L permits.
If any parts, measurement frequencies, or sampling requirements contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within
thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form of a written
petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the
office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-
6714. Unless such a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. Part
II, E.4. addresses the requirements to be followed in case of change in ownership or control of
this discharge. The Division may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the
permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may
be required by the Division of Water Quality, the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area
Management Act, or any other federal or local governmental permit.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Tom Belnick at telephone
number [phone], ext. 543.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By
®avid A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens
Enclosure: NPDES Permit No. NC0005363
cc: Mr. Roosevelt Childress, EPA
Fayetteville Regional Office, Water Quality
Point Source Compliance Enforcement Unit
Central Files
NPDES Unit.

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Permit No. NC0005363
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards and
regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, and the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
Carolina Power & Light Company
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton, North Carolina
Robeson County
to receiving waters designated as Lumber River in the Lumber River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, Il, III,
and IV hereof.
The permit shall become effective August 1, 2000
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This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31, 2004
Signed this day June 23, 2000
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Carolina Power & Light Company
is hereby authorized to:
Permit No. NC0005363
1. Continue to discharge recirculated cooling water, coal pile runoff, stormwater runoff, ash
sluice water, domestic wastewater, chemical metal cleaning wastewater, and low volume
wastewater from a 225 acre cooling pond (Outfall 001 -Cooling Pond) under extremely
severe weather conditions or during pond maintenance, and continue to discharge non -
contact cooling water from heat exchanger units (Outfall 002- Non contact cooling water),
from a facility located at Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant, 491 Power Plant Road,
Lumberton, Robeson County, and;
2. Discharge (from Outfalls 001 and 002) into the Lumber River, a Class C -Swamp water in the
Lumber River Basin, at the locations specified on the attached map.

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NC0005363

Permit No. NC0005363
SECTION A(1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge recirculated cooling water, coal pile runoff,
stormwater runoff, ash sluice water, domestic wastewater, chemical metal cleaning wastewater, and low volume wastewater from Outfall 001 under specified
conditions'. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample.
Location`
Flow
Each Event
Estimate
E
Oil and Grease
Each Event
Grab
E
Total Suspended Residue
Each Event
Grab
E
Total Copper
Each Event
Grab
E
Total IronGrab
Each Event
E
Total Arsenic
Each Event
Grab
E
Total Selenium
Each Event
Grab
E
PH'
Each Event
Grab
E
Temperature
Each Event
Grab
E
Acute Toxicity5
Episodic
Grab
E
Footnotes:
1. This discharge is permitted only in cases caused by extreme rainfall (in excess of the once in 25 -year hydrologic event); where unavoidable to prevent loss of life, severe
property damage, or damage to the cooling pond structure; or maintenance activities. In the event a discharge occurs, the permittee shall inform the North Carolina
Division of Water Quality by telephone within 48 hours after the discharge occurs. The permittee shall also provide the Division with the following written information
within ten (10) days of the discharge: a) a description and cause of the discharge; and b) the period of discharge, including approximate dates and times, the anticipated
period the discharge is expected to continue, and steps being taken to reduce, eliminate, and prevent recurrence of the discharge. The permittee shall take all reasonable
steps to minimize any adverse impact to navigable waters from the discharge, including such monitoring as is necessary to determine the environmental impact of the
discharge.
2. Sample Location: E= Effluent at discharge spillway.
3. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units, effective August 1, 2001.
4. The temperature of the effluent shall be such as not to cause an increase in the temperature of the receiving stream of more than 2.8°C and in no case cause the ambient
water temperature to exceed 32°C.
5. Acute Episodic Toxicity Testing (24-hour Fathead Minnow); refer to Section A(3).

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SECTION A(2). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Permit No. NC0005363
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge cion -contact cooling water from Outfall
002. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS"';.
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
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Sample
Location,,,,.,..
Flow
Weekly
Pump Logs
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Temperature
Quarterly
Grab
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Total_Residual_Chlorine'
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Grab
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Time of Chlorine Addition
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Daily
Logs
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PH
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Grab
E
Footnotes:
1. Sample Locations: E- Effluent; U- Upstream, approx. 1/4 mile above outfall, D- Downstream, approx. 1/4 mile below outfall.
2. The temperature of the effluent shall be such as not to cause an increase in the temperature of the receiving stream of more than 2.8°C and in no case cause the ambient
water temperature to exceed 32°C.
3. Monitoring requirements apply only if chlorine is added to the treatment system.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

Permit No. NC0005363
SUPPLEMENT TO EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
A (3). ACUTE TOXICITY MONITORING (EPISODIC)
The permittee shall conduct FIVE acute toxicity tests using protocols defined as definitive in E.P.A.
Document EPA/600/4-90/027 entitled "Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents to
Freshwater and Marine Organisms." The monitoring shall be performed as a Fathead Minnow
(Pimephales promelas) 24 hour static test. Effluent samples for self-monitoring purposes must be
obtained below all waste treatment. Sampling and subsequent testing will occur during the first five
discrete discharge events after the effective date of this permit. After monitoring of the first five toxicity
tests, the permittee will conduct one test annually, with the annual period beginning in January of the
next calendar year. The annual test requirement must be performed and reported by June 30. If no
discharge occurs by June 30, notification will be made to the Division by this date. Toxicity testing will
be performed on the next discharge event for the annual test requirement.
The parameter code for this test is TAE6C. All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit
condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Form (MR -1) for the month in which it was
performed, using the appropriate parameter code. Additionally, DWQ Form AT -1 (original) is to be sent
to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Environmental Sciences Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Branch no later
than 30 days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements
performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine
of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and, reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of
the waste stream.
Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements or tests performed by the North Carolina
` Division of Water Quality 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.

PART I
Section B. Schedule of Compliance
1. The permittee shall comply with Final Effluent Limitations specified for discharges in
accordance with the following schedule:
Permittee shall comply with Final Effluent Limitations by the effective date of the permit
unless specified below.
2. Permittee shall at all times p:
existing facilities at optimum
3. No later than 14 calendar
compliance, the permittee sh
actions being required by ide
In the latter case, the notice
taken, and the probability of
.de the operation and maintenance necessary to operate the
iciency.
ys following a date identified in the above schedule of
submit either a report of progress or, in the case of specific
ied dates, a written notice of compliance or noncompliance.
11 include the cause of noncompliance, any remedial actions
eting the next schedule requirements.

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PART II
STANDARD CONDITIONS FOR NPDES PERMITS
SECTION A. DEFINITIONS
1. Permit Issuing Authority
The Director of the Division of Water Quality.
2. DEM or "the Division"
Means the Division of Water Quality, Department of Environment, Health and Natural
Resources.
3. EMC
Used herein means the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
4. Act or "the Act"
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended,
33 USC 1251, et. seq.
5. Mass/Day Measurements
a. The "monthly average discharge" is defined as the total mass of all daily discharges
sampled and/or measured during a calendar inonth on which daily discharges are
sampled and measured, divided by the number of daily discharges sampled and/or
measured during such month. It is therefore, an arithmetic mean found by adding the
weights of the pollutant found each day of the month and then dividing this sum by the
number of days the tests were reported. The limitation is identified as "Monthly
Average" in Part I of the permit.
b. The "weekly average discharge" is defined as the total mass of all daily discharges
sampled and/or measured during the calendar week (Sunday - Saturday) on which
daily discharges are sampled and measured, divided by the number of daily discharges
sampled -and/or.. measured during such week: It is, therefore, an arithmetic mean found
by adding the weights of pollutants found each day of the week and then dividing this
sum by the number of days the tests were reported. This limitation is identified as
"Weekly Average" in Part I of the permit.
c. The "maximum daily discharge" is the total mass (weight) of a pollutant discharged
during a calendar day. If only one sample is taken during any calendar day the weight
of pollutant calculated from it is the "maximum daily discharge." This limitation is
identified as "Daily Maximum," in Part I of the permit.
d. The "average annual discharge" is defined as the total mass of all daily discharges
sampled and/or measured during the calendar year on which daily discharges are
sampled and measured, divided by the number of daily discharges sampled and/or
measured during such year. It is, therefore, an arithmetic mean found by adding the
weights of pollutants found each day of the year and then dividing this sum by the
number of days the tests were reported. This limitation is defined as "Annual Average"
in Part I of the permit.

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6. Concentration Measurement
a. The "average monthly concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the sum
of the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or measured during a
calendar month on which daily discharges are sampled and measured, divided by the
number of daily discharges' sampled and/or measured during such month (arithmetic
mean of the daily concentration values). The daily concentration value is equal to the
concentration of a composite sample or in the case of grab samples is the arithmetic
mean (weighted by flow value) of all the samples collected during that calendar day.
The average monthly count for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric mean of the
counts for samples collected during a calendar month. This limitation is identified as
"Monthly Average" under "Other Limits" in Part I of the permit.
b. The "average weekly concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the sum of
the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or measured during a calendar
week (Sunday/ Saturday) on which daily discharges are sampled and measured divided
by the number of daily discharges sampled and/or measured during such week
(arithmetic mean of the daily concentration values). The daily concentration value is
equal to the concentration of a composite sample or in the case of grab samples is the
arithmetic mean (weighted', by flow value) of all the samples collected during that
calendar day. The average, weekly count for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric
mean of the counts for samples collected during a calendar week. This limitation is
identified as 'Weekly Average" under "Other Limits" in Part I of the permit.
c. The "maximum daily concentration" is the concentration of a pollutant discharge during
a calendar day. If only one sample is taken during any calendar day the concentration
of pollutant calculated from it is the "Maximum Daily Concentration". It is identified as
"Daily Maximum" under "Other Limits" in Part I of the permit.
d. The "average annual concentration," other than for fecal coliform bacteria, is the sum of
the concentrations of all daily discharges sampled and/or measured during a calendar
year on which daily discharges are sampled and measured divided by the number of
daily discharges sampled and/or measured during such year (arithmetic mean of the
daily concentration values). ;The daily concentration value is equal to the concentration
of a composite sample or in ;the case of grab samples is the arithmetic mean (weighted
by flow value) of all the samples collected during that calendar day . The average yearly
count .for fecal coliform bacteria is the geometric mean of the counts for samples
collected ng Part
year. This limitation is identified as "Annual Average"under
Other Limits
art I of the permit.
The "daily average concentration" (for dissolved oxygen) is the minimum allowable
amount of dissolved oxygen !required to be available in the effluent prior to discharge
averaged over a calendar day. If only one dissolved oxygen sample is taken over a
calendar day, the sample is 1considered to be the "daily average concentration" for the
discharge. It is identified as j'daily average" in the text of Part I.
E The "quarterly average concentration" is the average of all samples taken over a
calendar quarter. It is identified as "Quarterly Average Limitation" in the text of Part I
of the permit.
g. A calendar quarter is defined as one of the following distinct periods: January through
March, April through June, July through September, and October through December.

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7. Other Measurements
a. Flow, (MGD): The flow limit expressed in this permit is the 24 hours average flow,
averaged monthly. It is determined as the arithmetic mean of the total daily flows
recorded during the calendar month.
b. An "instantaneous flow measurement" is a measure of flow taken at the time of
sampling, when both the sample and flow will be representative of the total discharge.
A "continuous flow measurement" is a measure of discharge flow from the facility which
occurs continually without interruption throughout the operating hours of the facility.
Flow shall be monitored continually except for the infrequent times when there may be
no flow or for infrequent maintenance activities on the flow device.
8. 2Mes of Samples
a. Composite Sample: A composite sample shall consist of.
(1) a series of grab samples collected at equal time intervals over a 24 hour period of
discharge and combined proportional to the rate of flow measured at the time of
individual sample collection, or
(2) a series of grab samples of equal volume collected over a 24 hour period with the
time intervals between samples determined by a preset number of gallons passing
the sampling point. Flow measurement between sample intervals shall be
determined by use of a flow recorder and totalizer, and the present gallon interval
between sample collection fixed at no greater than 1/24 of the expected total daily
flow at the treatment system, or
(3) a single, continuous sample collected over a 24 hour period proportional to the rate
of flow.
In accordance with (1) above, the time interval between influent grab samples shall be
no greater than once per hour, and the time interval between effluent grab samples
shall be no greater than once per hour except at wastewater treatment systems having a
detention time of greater than 24 hours. In such cases, effluent grab samples may be
collected at time intervals evenly spaced over the 24 hour period which are equal in
number of hours to the detention time of the system in number of days. However, in no
case may the time interval between effluent grab samples be greater than six (6) hours
nor the number of samples less than four (4) during a 24 hour sampling period.'
b. Grab Sample: Grab samples are individual samples collected over a period of time not
exceeding 15 minutes; the grab sample can be taken manually. Grab samples must be
representative of the discharge or the receiving waters.
9. Calculation of Means
a Arithmetic Mean: The arithmetic mean of any set of values is the summation of the
individual values divided by the number of individual values.
b. Geometric Mean: The geometric mean of any set of values is the Nth root of the product
of the individual values where N is equal to the number of individual values. The
geometric mean is equivalent to the antilog of the arithmetic mean of the logarithms of
the individual values. For purposes of calculating the geometric mean, values of zero (0)
shall be considered to be one (1).
c. Weighted by Flow Value: Weighted by flow value means the summation of each
concentration times its respective flow divided by the summation of the respective flows.

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10. Calendar Day
A calendar day is defined as the period from midnight of one day until midnight of the next
day. However, for purposes of this permit, any consecutive 24-hour period that reasonably
represents the calendar day may be used for sampling.
11. Hazardous Substance
A hazardous substance means any substance designated under 40 CFR Part 116 pursuant
to Section 311 of the Clean Water Act.
12. Toxic Pollutant
A toxic pollutant is any pollutant listed as toxic under Section 307(a)(1) of the Clean Water
Act.
SECTION B. GENERAL CONDITIONS
Duty to Comply
The permittee must comply with all conditions of this permit. Any permit noncompliance
constitutes a violation of the Clean Water Act and is grounds for enforcement action; for
permit termination, revocation, and reissuance, or modification; or denial of a permit
renewal application.
a. The permittee shall comply ,with effluent standards or prohibitions established under
section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act for toxic pollutants and with standards for sewage
sludge use or disposal established under section 405(d) of the Clean Water Act within
the time provided in the regulations that establish these standards or prohibitions or
standards for sewage sludge use or disposal, even if the permit has not yet been
modified to incorporate the requirement.
b. The Clean Water Act provides that any person who violates a permit condition is subject
to a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 per day for each violation. Any person who
negligently violates any permit condition is subject to criminal penalties of $2,500 to
$25,000 per day of violation; or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. Any
person who knowingly violates permit conditions is subject to criminal penalties of
$5,000 to -$50,000 per day, of: violation, or imprisonment for not -more than 3 years; or
both. Also, any person who violates a permit condition may. be assessed an
administrative penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation with the maximum amount
not to exceed $125,000. [Ref: Section 309 of the Federal Act 33 U.S.C. 1319 and 40
CFR 122.41 (a)]
c. Under state law, a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per
violation may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance
with the terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit. [Ref: North Carolina General
Statutes § 143-215.6A]
d. Any person may be assessed an administrative penalty by the Administrator for
violating section 301, 302, 306, 307, 308, 318, or 405 of the Act, or any permit
condition or limitation implementing any of such sections in a permit issued under
section 402 of the Act. Administrative penalties for Class I violations are not to exceed
$10,000 per violation, with the maximum amount of any Class I penalty assessed not to
exceed $25,000. Penalties for Class II violations are not to exceed $10,000 per day for
each day during which the violation continues, with the maximum amount of any Class
11 penalty not to exceed $125,;000.

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2. Duty to Mitigate
The permittee shall take all reasonable steps to minimize or prevent any discharge or sludge
use or disposal in violation of this permit which has a reasonable likelihood of adversely
affecting human health or the environment.
3. Civil and Criminal Liability
Except as provided in permit conditions on 'Bypassing" (Part II, C-4) and 'Power Failures"
(Part II, C-7), nothing in this permit shall be construed to relieve the permittee from any
responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties for noncompliance pursuant to NCGS 143-215.3,
143-215.6 or Section 309 of the Federal Act, 33 USC 1319. Furthermore, the permittee is
responsible for consequential damages, such as fish kills, even though the responsibility for
effective compliance may be temporarily suspended.
4. Oil and Hazardous Substance Liability
Nothing in this permit shall be construed to preclude the institution of any legal action or
relieve the permittee from any responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties to which the permittee
is or may be subject to under NCGS 143-215.75 et seq. or Section 311 of the Federal Act, 33
USG 1321. Furthermore, the permittee is responsible for consequential damages, such as
fish kills, even though the responsibility for effective compliance may be temporarily
suspended.
5. Property Rights
The issuance of this permit does not convey any property rights in either real or personal
property, or any exclusive privileges, nor does it authorize any injury to private property or
any invasion of personal rights, nor any infringement of Federal, State or local laws or
regulations.
6. Onshore or Offshore Construction
This permit does .not authorize or approve the construction of any onshore or offshore
physical structures or facilities or the undertaking of any work in any navigable waters.
7. Severability
The provisions of this permit are severable, and if any provision of this permit, or the
application of any provision of this permit to any circumstances, is held invalid, the
application of such provision to other circumstances, and the remainder of this permit,
shall not be affected thereby.
8. Duty to Provide Information
The permittee shall furnish to the Permit Issuing Authority, within a reasonable time, any
information which the Permit Issuing Authority may request to determine whether cause
exists for modifying, revoking and reissuing, or terminating this permit or to determine
compliance with this permit. The permittee shall also furnish to the Permit Issuing
Authority upon request, copies of records required to be kept by this permit.
9. Duty to Reapply
If the permittee wishes to continue an activity regulated by this permit after the expiration
date of this permit, the permittee must apply for and obtain a new permit.

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10. Expiration of Permit
The permittee is not authorized to discharge after the expiration date. In order to receive
automatic authorization to discharge beyond the expiration date, the permittee shall submit
such information, forms, and fees as are required by the agency authorized to issue permits
no later than 180 days prior to the expiration date. Any permittee that has not requested
renewal at least 180 days prior to expiration, or any permittee that does not have a permit
after the expiration and has note requested renewal at least 180 days prior to expiration, will
subject the permittee to enforciement procedures as provided in NCGS 143-215.6 and 33
USC 1251 et. seq.
11. Signatory Requirements
All applications, reports, or information submitted to the Permit Issuing Authority shall be
signed and certified.
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a. All permit applications shall be signed as follows:
(1) For a corporation: by a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of this
Section, a responsible corporate officer means: (a) a president, secretary, treasurer
or vice president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or
any other person who performs similar policy or decision making functions for the
corporation, or (b) the I manager of one or more manufacturing production or
operating facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales
or expenditures exceeding 25 million (in second quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to
sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with
corporate procedures.
(2) For a partnership or sole proprietorship: by a general partner or the proprietor,
respectively; or
(3) For a municipality, State, Federal, or other public agency: by either a principal
executive officer or ranking elected official.
b. All reports required by the permit and other information requested by the Permit
Issuing Authority shall be signed by a person described above or by a duly authorized
representative of that person. A person is a duly authorized representative only if:
(1) , The authorization is made in writing by a person described above;
(2) The authorization specified either an individual or a position having responsibility for
the overall operation of the regulated facility or activity, such as the position of
plant manager, operator of a well or well field, superintendent, a position of
equivalent responsibility, or an individual or position having overall responsibility
for environmental matters. for the company. (A duly authorized representative may
thus be either a. named -individual or any individual occupying a named position.);
and
(3) The written authorization is submitted to the Permit Issuing Authority.
c. Certification. Any person signing a document under paragraphs a. or b. of this section
shall make the following certification:
"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared
under my direction or supervision ision 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 those persons directly
responsible for 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 submitting false information, including the possibility of fines
and imprisonment for knowing violations."

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12. Permit Actions
This permit may be modified, revoked and reissued, or terminated for cause. The filing of a
request by the permittee for a permit modification, revocation and reissuance, or
termination, or a notification of planned changes or anticipated noncompliance does not
stay any permit condition.
13. Permit Modification, Revocation and Reissuance, or Termination
The issuance of this permit does not prohibit the permit issuing authority from reopening
and modifying the permit, revoking and reissuing the permit, or terminating the permit as
allowed by the laws, rules, and regulations contained in Title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations, Parts 122 and 123; Title 15A of the North Carolina Administrative Code,
Subchapter 2H .0100; and North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 et. al.
14. Previous Permits
All previous National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits issued to this facility,
whether for operation or discharge, are hereby revoked by issuance of this permit. [The
exclusive authority to operate this facility arises under this permit. The authority to
operate the facility under previously issued permits bearing this number is no longer
effective. ] The conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions of this' permit authorizing
discharge under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System govern discharges
from this facility.
SECTION C. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF POLLUTION CONTROLS
1. Certified Operator
Pursuant to Chapter 90A-44 of North Carolina General Statutes, and upon classification of
the facility by the Certification Commission, the permittee shall employ a certified
wastewater treatment plant operator in responsible charge (ORC) of the wastewater
treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a certification of the grade equivalent to or
greater than the classification assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities by the
Certification Commission. The permittee must also employ a certified back-up operator of
the appropriate type and any grade to comply with the conditions of Title 15A, Chapter 8A
.0202. The ORC of the facility must visit each Class I facility at least weekly and each Class
II, III, and IV facility at least daily,_ excluding weekends and holidays, and must properly
manage and document daily operation and maintenance of the facility and must comply
with all other conditions of Title 15A, Chapter 8A .0202. Once the facility is classified, the
permittee shall submit a letter to the Certification Commission which designates the
operator in responsible charge within thirty days after the wastewater treatment facilities
are 50% complete.
2. Proper Operation and Maintenance
The permittee shall at all times properly operate and maintain all facilities and systems of
treatment and control (and related appurtenances) which are installed or used by the
permittee to achieve compliance with the conditions of this permit. Proper operation and
maintenance also includes adequate laboratory controls and appropriate quality assurance
procedures. This provision requires the operation of back-up or auxiliary facilities or
similar systems which are installed by a permittee only when the operation is necessary to
achieve compliance with the conditions of the permit.

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3. Need to Halt or Reduce not a Defense
It shall not be a defense for a permittee in an enforcement action that it would have been
necessary to halt or reduce the; permitted activity in order to maintain compliance with the
condition of this permit.
4. Bypassing of Treatment Facilities
a. Definitions
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(1) "Bypass" means the known diversion of waste streams from any portion of a
treatment facility including the collection system, which is not a designed or
established or operating mode for the facility.
(2) "Severe property damagej' means substantial physical damage to property, damage
to the treatment facilities which causes them to become inoperable, or substantial
and permanent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected to occur
in the absence of a bypass. Severe property damage does not mean economic loss
caused by delays in production.
b. Bypass not exceeding limitations.
The permittee may allow any bypass to occur which does not cause effluent limitations
to be exceeded, but only if it also is for essential maintenance to assure efficient
operation. These bypasses are not subject to the provisions of Paragraphs c. and d. of
this section.
c. Notice
(1) Anticipated bypass. If the permittee knows in advance of the need for a bypass, it
shall submit prior notice, if possible at least ten days before the date of the bypass;
including an evaluation 6f the anticipated quality and affect of the bypass.
(2) Unanticipated bypass. The permittee shall submit notice of an unanticipated bypass
as required in Part II, E. 6. of this permit. (24 hour notice).
d. Prohibition of Bypass
(1) Bypass is prohibited and the Permit Issuing Authority may take enforcement action
against a permittee for bypass, unless:
(A) Bypass was unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury or severe property
damage;
(B) There were no feasible alternatives to the bypass, such as the use of auxiliary
treatment facilities, retention of untreated wastes or maintenance during normal
periods of equipment downtime. This condition is not satisfied if adequate backup
equipment should have been installed in the exercise of reasonable engineering
judgment to prevent a bypass which occurred during normal periods of equipment
downtime or preventive maintenance; and
(C) The permittee submitted notices as required under Paragraph c. of this section.
(2) The Permit Issuing Authority may approve an anticipated bypass, after considering
its adverse affects, if the Permit Issuing Authority determines that it will meet the
three conditions listed above in Paragraph d. (1) of this section.

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5. Upsets
a. Definition.
"Upset " means an exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary
noncompliance with technology based permit effluent limitations because of factors
beyond the reasonable control of the permittee. An upset does not include
noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment
facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or
improper operation.
b. Effect of an upset.
An upset constitutes an affirmative defense to an action brought for noncompliance
with such technology based permit effluent limitations if the requirements of paragraph
C. of this condition are met. No determination made during administrative review of
claims that noncompliance was caused by upset, and before an action for
noncompliance, is final administrative action subject to judicial review.
c. Conditions necessary for a demonstration of upset.
A permittee who wishes to establish the affirmative defense of upset shall demonstrate,
through properly signed, contemporaneous operating logs, or other relevant evidence
that:
(1) An upset occurred and that the permittee can identify the cause(s) of the upset;
(2) The permittee facility was at the time being properly operated; and
(3) The permittee submitted notice of the upset as required in Part II, E. 6. (b) (B) of this
permit.
(4) The permittee complied with any remedial measures required under Part II, B. 2. of
this permit.
d. Burden of proof.
In any enforcement proceeding the permittee seeking to establish the occurrence of an
upset has the burden of proof.
6. Removed Substances
Solids, sludges, filter backwash, or other pollutants removed in the course of treatment or
control of wastewaters shall be utilized/ disposed of in accordance with NCGS 143-215.1 and
in a manner such as to prevent any pollutant from such materials from entering waters of
the State or navigable waters of the United States. The permittee shall comply with all
existing federal regulations governing the disposal of sewage sludge. Upon promulgation of
40 CFR Part 503, any permit issued by the Permit Issuing Authority for the
utilization/ disposal of sludge may be reopened and modified, or revoked and reissued, to
incorporate applicable requirements at 40 CFR Part 503. The permittee shall comply with
applicable 40 CFR Part 503 Standards for the Use and Disposal of Sewage Sludge (when
promulgated) within the time provided in the regulation, even if the permit is not modified
to incorporate the requirement. The permittee shall notify the Permit Issuing Authority of
any significant change in its sludge use or disposal practices.
7. Power Failures
The permittee is responsible for maintaining adequate safeguards as required by DEM
Regulation, Title 15A, North Carolina Administrative Code, Subchapter 2H, .0124 Reliability,
to prevent the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated wastes during electrical power

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failures either by means of alternate power sources, standby generators or retention of
inadequately treated effluent. ,
SECTION D. MONITORING AND RECORDS
1. Representative Sampling
Samples collected and measurements taken, as required herein, shall be characteristic of
the volume and nature of the permitted discharge. Samples collected at a frequency less
than daily shall be taken. on a day and time that is characteristic of the discharge over the
entire period which the sample represents. All samples shall be taken at the monitoring
points specified in this permit and, unless otherwise specified, before the effluent joins or is
diluted by any other wastestream, body of water, or substance. Monitoring points shall not
be changed without notification to and the approval of the Permit Issuing Authority.
2. Reporting
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each
month and reported on a monthly Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form (DEM No. MR
1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director, DEM, postmarked no later than
the 30th day following the completed reporting period.
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. Duplicate signed copies of these, and all other reports required herein, shall be
submitted to the following address:
j Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
Post Office Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
3. Flow Measurements
Appropriate flow measurement
practices shall be selected and
of the volume of monitored d
maintained to -ensure that the
accepted capability of that typf
flows with a maximum devia
throughout the range of expel
water flow which is monitored 1
this permit and based on the
requirement.
4. Test Procedures
devices and methods consistent with accepted scientific
ised to ensure the accuracy and reliability of measurements
scharges. The devices shall be installed, calibrated and
accuracy of the measurements are consistent with the
of device. Devices selected shall be capable of measuring
ion of less than + 10% from the true discharge rates
ted discharge volumes. Once -through condenser cooling
y pump logs, or pump hour meters as specified in Part I of
manufacturer's pump curves shall not be subject to this
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants shall conform to the EMC regulations
published pursuant to NCGS 143-215.63 et. seq, the Water and Air Quality Reporting Acts,
and to regulations published pursuant to Section 304(8), 33 USC 1314, of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as Amended, and Regulation 40 CFR 136; or in the case of
sludge use or disposal, approved under 40 CFR 136, unless otherwise specified in 40 CFR
503, unless other test procedures have been specified in this permit.
To meet the intent of the monitoring required by this permit, all test procedures must
produce minimum detection and reporting levels that are below the permit discharge
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lower reporting level of the procedure. If no approved methods are determined capable of
achieving minimum detection and reporting levels below permit discharge requirements,
then the most sensitive (method with the lowest possible detection and reporting level)
Approved method must be used.
5. Penalties for Tampering
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly
renders inaccurate, any monitoring device or method required to be maintained under this
permit shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 per violation,
or by imprisonment for not more than two years per violation, or by both. If a conviction of
a person is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this
paragraph, punishment is a fine of not more than $20,000 per day of violation, or by
imprisonment of not more than 4 years, or both.
6. Records Retention
Except for records of monitoring information required by this permit related to the
permittee's sewage sludge use and disposal activities, which shall be retained for a period of
at least five years (or longer as required by 40 CFR 503), the permittee shall retain records
of all monitoring information, including all calibration and maintenance records and all
original strip chart recordings for continuous monitoring instrumentation, copies of all
reports required by this permit, for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the sample,
measurement, report or application. This period may be extended by request of the
Director at any time.
7. Recording Results
For each measurement or sample taken pursuant to the requirements of this permit, the
permittee shall record the following information:
a. The date, exact place, and time of sampling or measurements;
b. The individual(s) who performed the sampling or measurements;
c. The date(s) analyses were performed;
d. The individual(s) who performed the analyses;
e. The analytical techniques or methods used; and
f. The results of such analyses.
8. Inspection and Entry
The permittee shall allow the Director, or an authorized representative (including an
authorized contractor acting as a representative of the Director), upon the presentation of
credentials and other documents as may be required by law, to;
a. Enter upon the permittee's premises where a regulated facility or activity is located or
conducted, or where records must be kept under the conditions of this permit;
b. Have access to and copy, at reasonable times, any records that must be kept under the
conditions of this permit;
c. Inspect at reasonable times any facilities, equipment (including monitoring and control
equipment), practices, or operations regulated or required under this permit; and
d. Sample or monitor at reasonable times, for the purposes of assuring permit compliance
or as otherwise authorized by the Clean Water Act, any substances or parameters at
any location.

SECTION E. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Change in Discharge j
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All discharges authorized herein shall be consistent with the terms and conditions of this
permit. The discharge of any pollutant identified in this permit more frequently than or at a
level in excess of that authorized shall constitute a violation of the permit.
Planned Chanes
The permittee shall give noticeIto the Director as soon as possible of any planned physical
alterations or additions to the permitted facility. Notice is required only when:
a. The alteration or additions to a permitted facility may meet one of the criteria for
determining whether a facility is a new source in 40 CFR Part 122.29 (b); or
b. The alteration or addition could significantly change the nature or increase the quantity
of pollutants discharged. i This notification applies to pollutants which are subject
neither to effluent limitations in the permit, nor to notification requirements under 40
CFR Part 122.42 (a) (1).
c. The alteration or addition results in a significant change in the permittee's sludge use or
disposal practices, and such alternation, addition or change may justify the application
of permit conditions that are different from or absent in the existing permit, including
notification of additional use or disposal sites not reported during the permit application
process or not reported pursuant to an approved land application plan.
Anticipated Noncompliance
The permittee shall give advance notice to the Director of any planned changes in the
permitted facility or activity whiIch may result in noncompliance with permit requirements.
Transfers
This permit is not transferable to any person except after notice to the Director. The
Director may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permittee and
incorporate such other requirements as may be necessary under,the Clean Water Act.
Monitoring Reports
Monitoring results shall be reported at the intervals specified elsewhere in this permit.
a. Monitoring results must be eported on a Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) (See Part
II. D. 2 of this permit) or forms provided by the Director for reporting results of
monitoring of sludge use or disposal practices.
b. If the permittee monitors
using test procedures spe
use or disposal, approved
of this monitoring shall
submitted in the DMR.
c. Calculations for all limita
arithmetic mean unless o
6. Twenty-four Hour Reporting
pollutant more frequently than required by the permit,
d in Part II, D. 4. of this permit or in the case of sludge
ger 40 CFR 503, or as specified in this permit, the results
included in the calculation and reporting of the data
which require averaging of measurements shall utilize an
rise specified by the Director in the permit.

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a. The permittee shall report to the central office or the appropriate regional office any
noncompliance which may endanger health or the environment. Any information shall
be provided orally within 24 hours from the time the permittee became aware of the
circumstances. A written submission shall also be provided within 5 days of the time
the permittee becomes aware of the circumstances. The written submission shall
contain a description of the noncompliance, and its cause; the period of noncompliance,
including exact dates and times, and if the noncompliance has not been corrected, the
anticipated time it is expected to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce,
eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence of the noncompliance.
b. The following shall be included as information which must be reported within 24 hours
under this paragraph:
(1) Any unanticipated bypass which exceeds any effluent limitation in the permit.
(2) Any upset which exceeds any effluent limitation in the permit.
(3) Violation of a maximum daily discharge limitation for any of the pollutants listed by
the Director in the permit to be reported within 24 hours.
c. The Director may waive the written report on a case-by-case basis for reports under
paragraph b. above of this condition if the oral report has been received within 24
hours.
7. Other Noncompliance
The permittee shall report all instances of noncompliance not reported under Part II. E. 5
and 6. of this permit at the time monitoring reports are submitted. The reports shall
contain the information listed in Part II. E. 6. of this permit.
8. Other Information
Where the permittee becomes aware that it failed to submit any relevant facts in a permit
application, or submitted incorrect information in a permit application or in any report to
the Director, it shall promptly submit such facts or information.
9: Noncompliance Notification
The permittee shall report by telephone to either the central office or the appropriate
regional office of the Division as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on
the next working day following the occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of
the following:
a. Any occurrence at the water pollution control facility which results in the discharge of
significant amounts of wastes which are abnormal in quantity or characteristic, such as
the dumping of the contents of a sludge digester; the known passage of a slug of
hazardous substance through the facility; or any other unusual circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facility
incapable of adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical or electrical failures of
pumps, aerators, compressors, etc.
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility resulting in a by-pass
directly to receiving waters without treatment of all or any portion of the influent to
such station or facility.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in letter
form within 5 days following first knowledge of the occurrence.

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10. Availability of Reports
Except for data determined to be confidential under NCGS 143-215.3(a)(2) or Section 308 of
the Federal Act, 33 USC 1318, all reports prepared in accordance with the terms shall be
available for public inspection at the offices of the Division of Water Quality. As required by
the Act, effluent data shall not be considered confidential. Knowingly making any false
statement on any such report may result in the imposition of criminal penalties as provided
for in NCGS 143-215.1(b)(2) or iniSection 309 of the Federal Act.
11. Penalties for Falsification of Reports
The Clean Water Act provides that any person who knowingly makes any false statement,
representation, or certification in any record or other document submitted or required to be
maintained under this permit, j including monitoring reports or reports of compliance or
noncompliance shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 per
violation, or by imprisonment for not more than two years per violation, or by both.

PART III
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
A. Construction
No construction of wastewater treatment facilities or additions to add to the plant's treatment capacity
or to change the type of process utilized at the treatment plant shall be begun until Final Plans and
Specifications have been submitted to the Division of Water Quality and written approval and
Authorization to Construct has been issued.
B. Groundwater Monitoring
The permittee shall, upon written notice from the Director of the Division of Water Quality, conduct
groundwater monitoring as may be required to determine the compliance of this NPDES permitted
facility with the current groundwater standards.
C. Changes in Discharges of Toxic Substances
The permittee shall notify the Permit Issuing Authority as soon as it knows or has reason to believe:
a.That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in the discharge, on a routine or
frequent basis, of any toxic pollutant which is not limited in the permit, if that discharge will
exceed the highest of the following "notification levels";
(1) One hundred micrograms per liter (100 ug/1);
(2)Two hundred micrograms per liter (200 ug/1) for acrolein and acrylonitrile; five hundred
micrograms per liter (500 ug/1) for 2.4-dinitrophenol and for 2-methyl-4.6-dinitrophenol; and
one milligram per liter (1 mg/1) for antimony;
(3) Five (5) times the maximum concentration value reported for that pollutant in the permit
application.
b. That any activity has occurred or will occur which would result in any discharge, on a non -routine
or infrequent basis, of a toxic pollutant which is not limited in the permit, if that discharge will
exceed the highest of the following "notification levels";
(1) Five hundred micrograms per liter (500 ug/1);
(2) One milligram per liter (1 mg/1) for antimony;
(3) Ten (10) times the maximum concentration value reported for that pollutant in the permit
application.

PART IV
ANNUAL ADMINISTERING AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING FEE
REQUIREMENTS
A. The permittee must pay the annual administering and compliance monitoring
fee within 30 (thirty) days after being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the
fee in a timely manner in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H .0105(b)(4) may cause
this Division to initiate action to revoke the permit.

Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant p �M--�--
491 Power Plant Road U
Lumberton, NC 28358
JUN g 2000
Mr. David Goodrich
DEPdR - tVATER
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources p01v ©OAlLlly
Division of Water Quality JT S0!1P+cE BR .fVC8
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1617
JUN 5 2000
File No: WSPN 12520B
Re: Carolina Power & Light Company
NPDES Permit No. NC0005363
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
Robeson County, NC
Dear Mr. Goodrich:
This letter is to inform you that Carolina Power & Light Company's Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant (Plant) is in
the process of burning a coal product named SynFuel. SynFuel is a product that consists of coal with small
amounts of a petroleum-based emulsified binder. This product is being blended with regular coal in various
proportions and test burned in a boiler. Should this product be determined to be an acceptable fuel, the Plant may
utilize this product on a more permanent basis.
Any impacts to the ash sluice water should be negligible due to the absence of toxic materials in the product plus the
fact that any organic substances in the binder should be incinerated during combustion in the boiler. Any impacts to
the runoff from the coal pile should be negligible due to the absence of toxic materials in the product and the small
stockpiles of the product in relation to the overall drainage area of the coal pile. Additionally, both ash sluice water
and coal pile runoff at the Plant are ultimately conveyed to the recirculating cooling pond which discharges only
during extreme rainfall events.
Extracts of the binder have been analyzed for Volatile, and Semi -Volatile compounds, Polynuclear Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals. These test results indicate that none of the target compounds were detected.
Test results are attached. Additionally, a 48 hour acute toxicity test using Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas)
was performed on leachate from the SynFuel. A 50% dilution of the leachate was not considered toxic.
CP&L believes that use of this product will not change the nature of the discharges from this Plant. Consequently
CP&L believes that no NPDES permit modifications are needed at this time. We do request that this information be
added to the current NPDES permit application on file at your office.

Thank you for your attention. If you have any questions please contact Fred Holt at [phone] or Louise
England at [phone].
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 those persons directly responsible for 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 submitting false information,
including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Sincerely,
J. Mark Frederick
Plant Manager
c: CP&L Legal
Tom Belnick - NCDENR DWQ
CP&L ESS File

ROBESON COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Associate Editor, of THE ROBESONIAN, a news-
paper published in Robeson County, N. C_, being
duly sworn, says that at the time the attached
notice was published in THE ROBESONIAN, said
newspaper mgt all of the requirements and quali-
fications prescribed by North Carolina General
Statute 1-597; that said newspaper had a general
circulation to actual paid subscribers; and, was
admitted to the United States mail as second
class matter in Robeson County, N. C.; and fur-
ther, that the attached notice was published in
THE ROSESONIAN once a week for
secutive weeks on the following issue dates
�.
-Associate Editor
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the day of M t4 , LI 2600
NOT Y PUBLIC
My commission expires:
60, . j(,Vd- F
IPUBLIC NOTICE
State of North Carolina
Environmental Management
Commisilon/NPDES Unit
1617 Mall Sice Center
Raleigh, NC 2erv7699-1617
Notificationof Intent to Issue,
A NPDES Wastewater Permit
On the basis of thorough staff re=:
view and application of NC General
Statute 143.21, Public Law 92.500
and other lawful standards and regu-
lations, the North Carolina Environ-
mental -Management Commission
Proposes to issue a National Pollut-
ant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) wastewater discharge per -
ted he person(s) listed an the at-
tachpages effective 45 days from
the publish date of this notice.
Written comments regarding the pro -
Posed Permit will be accepted unlit
30 days after the publish date of
this notice. All comments received
prior to that date are considered in
the final determinations regarding
the proposed permit. The Director of
the NC Division of Water Quality
may decide to hold a public meeting
for the proposed permit should the
Division receive a significant degree
of public interest.
Copies of the draft permit and other
supporting information on file used to
determine conditions present in the
draft permit are available upon re-
quest and Payment of the costs of
reproduction. Mail comments and/or
requests for information to the NC
Division of Water Quality at the
above address or call Ms. Christie
Jackson at [phone], exten-
sion 538. Please include the NPDES
permit number (attached) in any
communication. Interested persons
may also visit the Division of Water
Quality at 512 N. Salisbury Street,
Raleigh, NC 27604-1148 between
the fours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
to review information on file.
NPDES Permit '' Number
NC0005363, ! CPSL- WEATHERS-
POON STEAM ELEC., 491
POWER PLANT ROAD, LUMBER.
TON, NC 28358 has applied for a
Permit renewal for a facility located
in. ROBESON-County- discha' ing
treated wastewater into LUMBER
RIVER in the LUMBER River Basin.
Currently no parameters are water
quality limited This discharge may
affect future allocations-in'this.Por-
tion of the rete' 'N stream
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Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
491 Power Plant Rd.
Lumberton, NC 28358
File No: WSPN - 12520B-1
Tom Belnick
NPDES Unit
Division of Water Quality
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Subject: NPDES Draft Permit
Permit No. NC0005363
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
Robeson County
Dear Mr. Belnick:
CAt O"noeW115
MAR 17 2000
k1iAR 2 0 2MMO
Attached are our comments on the subject draft NPDES permit. We appreciate the opportunity to
comment. We also request that you provide us with any fact sheets that have been developed for the
proposed permit.
If you have any questions please contact Louise England at [phone] or Fred Holt at (919) 362-
3558.
Sincerely,
i / /
J. Mark Frederick
Plant Manager
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
c: James Bodiford
Lisa Cooper
Ron Coats
Louise England
Fred Holt

- Comments on Weatherspoon February 23, 2000 Draft Permit -
Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet -
CP&L requests that item number 1 be deleted since it is not necessary for this permit and item 2
appears to capture the intent. If item 1 remains, CP&L requests that the description of the K
authorized wastewater treatment facility be expanded to include all other wastewater treatment
facilities on the site such as low volume, sanitary, ash pond, and metal cleaning.
Section A(1). - Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements
a • During recent extreme weather events such as hurricanes, CP&L has been required to monitor ref S
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the discharge from the Outfall 001. On these occasions the discharge is inundated and the
activity of gathering a sample has contained an element of danger. With this in mind, CP&L
requests that a footnote no. 6 be added and referenced to the measurement frequency heading.
This footnote no. 6 should state the timing of the sampling of each event may be at the
discretion of CP&L and CP&L shall take into account safety and the representative aspect of the
discharge when deciding when to sample.
• CP&L requests a provision that exempts the effluent limitations and monitoring requirements if
the discharge is the result of a rainfall event equal to or greater than the 25 year 24 hour event. Ag
CP&L requests this because most discharges that result from rain events of this magnitude will 6tudl!)
be beyond the control of CP&L, not representative and the data generated from such a discharge
would be of little use in any water quality impact correlation.
• CP&L notices a new effluent limitation for pH for this discharge. We assume the basis for this
limit is related to technology guidelines. The technology guidelines imply control and/or
treatment of discharges. CP&L requests that the numeric limits for pH from this discharge be
orestricted only to discharges that are within our control such as a discharge related to non
emergency maintenance activities (See above comment). Other discharges from this outfall
would be related to extreme weather events. During these extreme weather events, CP&L
cannot control the discharge from this pond as is contemplated by the technology guidelines and
therefore cannot control the pH of these discharges. If the limitation for pH remains in the
permit under any circumstance or with any qualification, CP&L insists upon a three year
schedule of compliance in either the permit or a consent order depending upon the rationale for
the limit. CP&L requests this schedule of compliance in order to evaluate the nature of possible
discharges and any treatment or operational processes needed to comply with this new pH
limitation.
Footnote 1., 4th line, CP&L requests the word "exact" be deleted since a requirement to report 0.1<-
66 exact"
.K."exact" times of the beginning and an end of a discharge is unreasonable.
Section A(2) Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements - N C. 4p� 14%J/ -t
CP&L notices a new effluent limitation and monitoring requirement for pH. CP&L does not know
the rationale behind this new requirement. An excerpt from the public notices states that the permit
does not contain any water quality based limits. This apparently restricts the basis of this limit to
the effluent guideline regulations at 40 CFR Part 423. However, these effluent guideline regulations
do not require a pH limit for once through cooling water such as that at Outfall 002. If the limit is
based on protection of water quality, we would request the technical rationale for doing so. It

' should be pointed out that the pH of the discharge at Outfall 002 will reflect the pH of the source
water at the intake. This source water is the Lumber River which is designated Class C Swamp
water. As you know, Swamp waters can have pH values below the minimum effluent limit of 6.0 oJ�
SU. Consequently, if a minimum limit of 6.0 SU is imposed on this discharge CP&L would be at
risk of violating this limit due to the pH of the intake water. Due to the lack of requirement for a
technology based pH limit and the potential low pH of the source water, we request the limit and 6t.
monitoring requirement be deleted from the permit. If the limit remains CP&L insists upon a
schedule of compliance of 3 years before the limit becomes effective. This schedule should be
coupled with a permit reopener that would allow a modification of the permit to reflect a net pH
limit if necessary. This time is needed to evaluate the discharge through various seasons and
meteorological events to determine if treatment is needed. If treatment is needed, additional time is
needed to design and construct the treatment facilities and to optimize the treatment process.
A(3). Acute Toxicity Monitoring (Episodic).
CP&L requests the next to last sentence in the first paragraph be rewritten as suggested below. This
rewrite will serve to reduce the inappropriate liability on CP&L as a result of the denial of our
request to allow the DMRs to serve as notification of a "no discharge" situation.
If no discharge occurs by June 30, notification will be made to the Division within mod
2 weeks after June 30.
Part I Section B Schedule of Compliance
If the pH limits as discussed above are imposed we may need a schedule of compliance in this
section.
Part II Page 8 of 14A a.
The DWQ defines a bypass as "the known diversion of waste streams from any portion of a
treatment facility including the collection system, which is not a designed or established or
operating mode for the facility." Since neither the NC Statutes nor the DENR regulations contain
a definition of bypass, (other than a bypass in reference to pretreatment) the definition of bypass
should default to the federal definition. The EPA defines bypass as "...the intentional diversion of
waste streams from any portion of a treatment facility." Although the difference between these
definitions may appear to be subtle, the meaning of the definition in the proposed permit in regard
to the reporting requirements and liabilities associated with the NPDES permit are, in CP&L's
belief, significant and excessive beyond that authorized by law and regulation. CP&L requests
that the proposed definition in the proposed permit be replaced by the EPA definition or that the ]Old
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DWQ inform CP&L that the proposed definition is to be interpreted as the EPA definition.
Part IIID Requirement to Continually Evaluate Alternatives to Wastewater Discharges.
This requirement is inappropriate for this facility and is essentially impossible to comply with since
a permittee cannot continually evaluate all wastewater disposal alternatives. CP&L requests that
this requirement be deleted from this permit as it has been from other permits.

Informal Request for time extension on reviewing draft NC NPDES permits.
EIA 6AIM44 -
Subject: Informal Request for time extension on reviewing draft NC NPDES permits.
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 16:41:31 -0500
From: Caroline Ogechi Ejimofor <[e-mail]>
Organization: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, Georgia
To: Mark McIntire <mark.mcintire @ ncmai 1. net>, Tom Belnick <[e-mail]>
CC: Dave Goodrich <[e-mail]>
Dear Sirs:
I would like to request a two week extension of the time allotted to
provide comments on the draft permits listed below:
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant - NC0005363
Murphy WWTP (Cherokee County) - NCO020940
Burlington Industries/Richmond WWTP - NCO043320
I plan to provide comments to you on these permits no later than April
5, 2000.
Thank you in advance for your consideration of my request.
Caroline Ejimofor
NPDES and Biosolids Permits Section
Water Management Division
U.S.E.P.A.
1 of 1 3/24/00 10:55 AM

Re: NCO005363; CP&L Weatherspoon
Subject: Re: NC0005363; CP&L Weatherspoon
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 09:08:54 -0400
From: Kevin Bowden <[e-mail]>
To: Tom Belnick <[e-mail]>
Tom, I would recommend leaving the language as is. NPDES permits issued with epis. tox. monitoring
requirements have always contained this language. Verbal notification by June 30 (preferably followed by
written notification) is acceptable as CP&L has done this in the past. kevin.
Tom Belnick wrote:
Kevin- The DRAFT permit for this facility includes an Acute Tox
Monitoring (Episodic) requirement. I got a comment from CP&L regarding
a reporting requirement within this tox language. They object to the
requirement to report by June 30 if no discharge occurs by June 30,
since it gives them no time to make such a notification. A bit picky,
but I can see their point. Can we change it to "report within 30
days..."
Mailto:[e-mail]
N.0 DENR-DWQ/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1617
Work: [phone] ext. 543
Fax: [phone]
1 of 1 5/22/00 12:51 PM

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=t NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL! RESOURCES
DIVISION OF'WATER;,,PUALITY
GROUNDWATER SECTION I !
Mr. Steve Davis, ORC
CP&L's W. H. Weatherspoon Plant
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton, NC 28358
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February 25, 2000 0=9 LJ
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Subject: Administrative Amendment
Reduction of Groundwater Monitoring Requirements
Permit No. NC0005363
Dear Mr. Davis:
The Fayetteville Regional Office Groundwater Section has reviewed the Weatherspoon
Plant's monitoring reports. Upon this review we would like to allow temporary closure of the
monitoring wells around the lagoon and no further groundwater monitoring at this time.
The procedures for temporary abandonment are -'outlined in the North Carolina
Administrative Code Title 15A 2C .0113 (a). For your reference, I have included this portion.
(1) Procedures for temporary abandonment of wells:
(A) Upon temporary removal from service or prior to being put into service, the
well. shall be sealed with a water -tight cap or seal compatible with casing and
installed so that it cannot be removed easily by hand.
(B) The well shall be maintained whereby it is not a source or channel for
contamination during temporary abandonment.
(C) Every temporarily abandoned well shall be protected with a casing.
On, Tuesday, February 22, 2000, the Fayetteville Regional Office staff contacted Brian
Wootton, of the Groundwater Central Office, to confirm the monitoring wells. do not need to be
sampled in March 2000.
Please notify this office in writing within thirty days anter the temporary abandonment
of the monitoring wells. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Phillips at
[phone]. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Stephen A. Barnhardt
Regional Groundwater Supervisor
c: Ms. Louise England, CP&L, 3932 New Hill -Holleman Rd, New Hill, NC 27562-0327
Mr. Brian Wootton, GW Central Office, 1636 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27669-1636
Mr. Charles Weaver, DWQ-NPDES Unit, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1 1`7
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FACT SHEET FOR NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
Carolina Power & Light Company
NPDES No. NC0005363
Facility Information
(1.) Facility Name:
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
(2.) Permitted Flow (MGD):
NA
(6.) County:
Robeson
(3.) Facility Class:
I
(7.) Regional Office:
Fayetteville
(4.) Facility Status:
(New or existing)
Existing
(8•) USGS Topo Quad:
I23SW
(SE Lumberton,
NC)
(5.) Permit Status:
(i.e., New, Modification,
or Renewal
Renewal
provides some break in monitoring
Stream Characteristics
(1.) Receiving Stream:
Lumber River
(2.) Subbasin:
030751
(8.) Drainage Area (mi2):
716.00
(3.) Index No.:
14-13
(9.) Summer 7Q10 (cfs)
177
(4.) Stream Classification:
C -Swamp
(10.) Winter 7Q10 (cfs):
192
(5.) 303(d) Listed:
YES
(11.) 30Q2 (cfs):
304
(6.) 305(b) Status:
(12.) Average Flow (cfs):
869.00
(7.) Use Support:
(13.) IWC (%):
Variable
Conditions Incorporated into Permit Renewal
Proposed Conditions
Parameters Affected
Basis for Condition(s)
Change monitoring frequency
Outfall 002 (Temperature)
This is more stringent than semi-
(E,U,D) from monthly to quarterly.
annual monitoring required in
General Permit NCG500000 (for
non -contact cooling water), but
provides some break in monitoring
based on recent instream track
record.
Add footnote requiring TRC
Outfall 002 (TRC)
Reflects General Permit
monitoring only when chlorine is
NCG500000 language.
added.
Add quarterly effluent monitoring
Outfall 002 (pH)
Reflects General Permit
and limit
NCG500000 language.

NPDES PERMIT FACT SHEET
Page 2
Carolina Power & Light Company
NPDES No. NC000.5363
Add effluent limit
Outfall 001 (pH)
Current permit has monitoring but
no limit. Chance is consistent with
other CP&L facility.
Add effluent monitoring.
y
Outfall 001 (temperature)
Chance is consistent with other
CP&L facility.
Change permit expiration date to
Permit Expiration
Reflects basin plan schedule
7/31/04
PROJECT NOTES
Summary
• This is a permit renewal for CP&L's Weatherspoon coal-fired steam electric plant. Facility consists
of 3 coal-fired units with a total net capacity of 176 MW, and 4 internal combustion turbines with a
total net capacity of 138 MW.
• Outfall 001 (recirculated cooling water, coal pile runoff, stormwater runoff, ash sluice water,
domestic wastewater. chemical metal cleaning wastewater) is permitted to discharge from a 225 acre
cooling pond (Class I rating) under extreme weather conditions or pond maintenance. This pond
does not discharge as part of normal operation. There was one discharge event in 1999 due to
Hurricane Floyd. and one discharge event in 1998 (refer to DMR Summary). There is no flow limit.
• Outfall 002 discharges non -contact cooling water from heat exchanger units. Chlorine is added as
needed to control biological fouling of heat exchanger; however, per EPA Form 2C, sodium
hypochlorite has not been added to Outfall 002 since 7/98. Between 98-99, monthly avg flows have
generally ranged from 2-7 MGD (IWC of 2-8%), with daily max flow of 9 MGD (IWC= 10%).
There were discharges on 255 days over 13 -month period. There is no flow limit.
• The facility discharges to the Lumber River (C -Swamp), which is listed on the 303(d) list due to
mercury fish advisories. For this facility, the EPA Form 2C data reports no detection of Hg (<0.2
ug/1) from 001/002 samples (n=1).
Permit Issues
• In the renewal application. CP&L requested four modifications:
1. Require Outfall 002 TRC monitoring oily when chlorine is added. [NPDES Response: Agreed.
This is consistent with current General Permit language for non -contact cooloing water].
2. Delete Outfall 002 monthly temperature monitoring (E, UD) because past monitoring has shown
no adverse effect. [NPDES Response: Reduce frequency to quarterly. Instream monthly data for
98/99 has shown limited influence on temperature (max of 1°C increase) between up/down
stations.]
3. Eliminate requirement to notify Division by June 30 if no discharge occurs from Outfall 001.
[NPDES Response: Disagree. This condition is within the tox test requirements, and AgTox
Unit needs this separate submission to track toxicity compliance].
4. Eliminate the requirement to conduct ash pond groundwater monitoring. Groundwater
monitoring over the past nine years has dennonstarted that the ash pond is not adversely
impacting groundwater. [NPDES Response: Although the NPDES permit includes boilerplate
that provides for groundwater monitoring when needed, the actual request and monitoring
requirements originated by letter from the Groundwater Section. Therefore, NPDES will alert
permittee to discuss directly with the GW Section].
• Facility regulated by effluent guidelines 40CFR423 (Steam Electric Power Generators). Outfall 002
TRC limit was previously inserted per 423.13(b) for once -through cooling water >25MW. Previous
parameters recommended for monitoring for 001/002 are based on guidelines and data. These will be
recommended again.
Page 2
Version: January 12. 2000

NPDES PERMIT FACT SHEET Carolina Power & Light Company
Page 3 NPDES No. NC0005363
DMR Data Summarv.
• Outfall 001 (Cooling Pond). There was one discharge event in 1999 in response to Hurricane Floyd
in September (5 day discharge; daily flow ranged from 44-51 MGD; pH 7.9; TSS 3 mg/1: O&G <5
mg/1; As 0.038 mg/l; Cu <0.010 mg/1; Fe 0.11 mg/l; Se 0.015 mg/l; Acute tox >99%). There was also
one discharge event in March 1998 (6 day discharge; daily flows ranged from 1.4-36 MGD; pH 7.1;
TSS 10 mg/l; O&G < 5 mg/1; As 0.006 mg/l; Cu 0.043 mg/1; Fe 0.13 mg/1; Se 0.004 mg/l; Acute tox
>99%). Acute tox test (24 -hr LC50, Fathead minnow) passed for all annual tests (n=3) between
1995-99. There was no discharge reported for 1996 and 97.
• Outfall 002(non-contact cooling water). Monthly discharge volumes generally range from 2-7 MGD.
TRC is generally 0. Max increase in downstream temp (relative to upstream) is 1°C, and this
increasing trend was reported for only 4/21 months; therefore, effluent does not appear to impact
instream temp. EPA Form 2C Pollutant Analysis (n=1) detected copper at 23 ug/l (NC Action Level
= 7 ug/1 x Dilution(9.75) = 68 ug/I allowable) and zinc at 15 ug/l (NC Action Level = 50 ug/l x
Dilution (9.75) = 487 ug/l allowable). Mercury was reported as < 0.2 ug/l. FRO- do you know
where the upstream/downstream samples are collected for Outfall 002 (e.g., 200 -feet
downstream)? I'd like to expand descriptions in the permit, site this is relevant to temp.
evaluation.. N'o rtis ex�c� ,S�-eue P� oris i5 PC, -1- c.c•.Y. 6—re O.z d J- ?to ��/- /. Ate,
WLA Data. b� ,+ eQpeck sJ- c,cce'" "-e, (:�,cck;S-� I.as i0L -- •Died do �.ci h�.ri (;���
• The last WLA was conducted 3/94. i U -d •t-G..:S ,- t -,.Q- uj,:�
Region Data.
• In a memo dated 6/7/99. the FRO (KK, PR) recommended permit reissuance with the following
comments:
1. FRO does not agree with CP&L request to delete temp monitoring currently performed at Outfall
002. FRO- are you comfortable with NPDES proposed change to quarterly?
4-L-
2. FRO suggests the CP&L request to eliminate ash pond groundwater monitoring be addressed
with DWQ GW Section. [Note: This issue to be resolved outside current permit, between
permittee and GW Section].
3. FRO o.k. with CP&L request to monitor TRC (at 002) only when chlorine is added.
4. FRO recommends permit renewal in keeping with basinwide strategy.
• FRO conducted CEI on 4/26/99. No deficiencies were reported.
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Version: January 12, 2000

` NPDES PERMIT FACT SHEET
Page 4
Proposed Schedule for Permit Issuance
Draft Permit to Public Notice: 2/9/00
Permit Scheduled to Issue: 3/27/00
State Contact
Carolina Power & Light Company
NPDES No. NC0005363
If you have any questions on any of the above information or on the attached permit,
please contact Tom Belnick at [phone], extension 543.
Copies of the following are attached to provide further information on the permit development:
• Reasonable Potential Analysis (majors only)
• Existing permit effluent sheets with changes noted (existing facilities only)
• Draft Permit
NPDES Recommendation bv:
Signature Date
Regional Office Comments (�h d -��- c� �P„� " '
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Regional Recommendation by:
Signature Date
Reviewed and accepted by:
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DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
Fayetteville Regional Office
Water Quality Section
June 7, 1999
MEMORANDUM
TO : Dave Goodrich, Supervisor
NPDES Permits
Archdale) Building
ALL
FROM :Kitty Kramer and Paulwl
Subject :Minor NPDES Permit Renewals
FA� --agte4�ltk
J U N - 8 1999
DENR - WATER QUALITY
POINT SOURCE BRANCH
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant WWTP, NC0005363
Town of Clarkton WWTP , NCO021610
Orrum High School WWTP , NCO034100
Deep Branch El. School WWTP , NCO034070
The following are comments for the subject minor permit renewals. If further
information is required please advised.
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant WWTP, NC0005363
- No rating sheet attached, no change in rating, Class I , Lagoon
- No special conditions, limitations or monitoring suggested other than
addressed below:
The permittee has asked for the following modifications of the NPDES
permit.
- "Require monitoring of TRC at Outfall 002 only when chlorine is added.
The FRO finds this request acceptable if consistent with other similar
facilities.
-Delete temperature monitoring currently performed at Outfall 002.
The FRO does NOT find this request acceptable. Temperature is
believed critical in the slow moving water of the Lumber River.
-Eliminate the requirement to conduct a,�nond groundwater monitoring.
This item should be addressed by the DWQ Groundwater Section.
- Recommend reissuance in keeping with basin wide strategy.
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Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
491 Power Plant Rd.
Lumberton, NC 28358
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File No: WSPN - 12520B-1 =`
May 21,1999
Mr. Kerr T. Stevens
North Carolina Division of Water Quality s
512 N. Salisbury Street
P. O. Box 29535
Raleigh, N. C. 27626-0535
Subject: Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. NC0005363
Renewal Application
Dear Mr. Stevens:
The current NPDES permit for Carolina Power & Light Company's Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
located in Robeson County expires on November 30, 1999. CP&L hereby requests that the NPDES
permit for the facility be reissued. The Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant is expected to continue to
operate over the next five years as it has previously, and no major changes are expected that might affect
the discharges from the plant that are identified in this application. Enclosed are the EPA Application
Form 1 - General Information and EPA Application Form 2C - Wastewater Discharge Information, both in
triplicate.
With reissuance of the NPDES permit, CP&L requests the following:
• Require the monitoring of total residual chlorine (TRC) at Outfall 002 only when chlorine is
added. Currently, CP&L monitors TRC weekly, regardless of chlorine addition.
• Delete the temperature monitoring currently performed at Outfall 002 - including upstream and
downstream monitoring. Temperature monitoring over the past years has demonstrated that
discharge from this outfall does not have an adverse effect on the temperature of the Lumber
River.
• Eliminate the requirement to notify the Division by June 30 if no discharge occurs from Outfall
001 as per Part III, Condition E of the current permit. Since the NPDES DMR for this outfall
already identifies that no discharge has occurred, the requirement to send in a separate letter
is redundant.
• Eliminate the requirement to conduct ash pond groundwater monitoring. Groundwater
monitoring over the past nine years has demonstrated that the ash pond is not adversely
impacting the groundwater at this facility.

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Descriptions of sludge disposal for the different waste streams are included in Attachment 3 of the EPA
Application Form 2C.
If there are any questions regarding the enclosed information, please contact Ms. Louise England at (919)
362-3522.
Sincerely,
vh ,
J M. Ruble
Plant Manager - Weathersppon Plant
Enclosures

Non -contact
Cooling Water
Discharge
(Outfall #002)
Cooling Pond
Discharge Spillway
(Outfall #001)
0 100 200 300
Meters
0 500 1000
Feet
Makeup Water Intake
1 Plant Intake
Plant Site
Plant Discharge
Weatherspoon Steam
Electric Plant
NORTH CAROLINA
Attachment 1 - Form 1 - Item XI - Map
Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
Robeson County
Page 2 of 2

Potable
Sanitary
Septic
10 Water
Waste
10 Tank
System
System
Plant
Low Volume
Wells I Systems
Wastes
Plant Drains
p Chemical Metal
See Note 2 F
Evaporation_PC
Cleaning Wastes
I
L
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Lumber A Riverintake Exchanger
—� Condenser
Ash Sluice
Oily Wastes
Structure (non contact '
River ----------------
System
See Note 1
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Plant �— — — — D
Ash Pond
Retention
Drains i
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Basin
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Fire Water
IfD
System St
Storm Water O
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Runoff
Oil/Water
Separator
Coal Pile
Secondary
Runoff
Settling
Basin
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K
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C Cooling Pond
Evaporation and Seepage
M N Outfall 001
CT Site OH/Water
Separator B Outfall 002
R
Note 1: Service water intake from the Cooling Pond is available but seldom used.
Note 2: Chemical Cleaning Wastes are normally evaporated. This is an alternate method of disposal.
&C
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Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Number NC0005363
ATTACHMENT 2
Form 2C - Item II -A Flows, Sources of Pollution, and Treatment Technologies
Stream
Estimated Average Flow
Comments
A
4.16 MGD
Make up water from Lumber River.
Maximum rate is 9.12 MGD
B
3.46 MGD
Non -contact cooling water discharge.
Maximum rate is 9.12 MGD
C
0.7 MGD
Make up for cooling pond. Maximum
rate is 9.12 MGD
D
193 MGD
Condenser cooling water - all three
units operating
E
2400 gpm
Maximum make-up rate for fire water
system
F
120 gpd
Low volume wastes to the ash pond
G
2.1 MGD
Ash pond discharge to cooling pond
H
191 MGD
Condenser discharge to cooling pond
I
120 gpm
Intermittent flow as required
J
0.14 MGD
Discharge to cooling pond from
oil/water separator
K
0.024 MGD
Estimated using average daily rainfall
L
0.14 MGD (estimated)
Flows variable due to intermittent
processes and runoff
M
0.7 MGD (estimated)
Maximum est. rate is 1.6 MGD
N
0
Pond does not normally discharge.
See Attachment 3 for details.
O
0.00125 MGD (estimated)
Sanitary wastes
P
50,OOOGal/event - Units 1 & 2
Chemical Metal Cleaning - estimated
42,000 Gal/event - Unit 3
(usually evaporated in boiler)
Q
0.19 MGD
Estimated using average daily rainfall
R
0.011 MGD
Estimated using average daily rainfall
2

Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Number NC0005363
Attachment 3
Form 2C - Item II -B Flows, Sources of Pollution, and Treatment Technologies
The Weatherspoon Plant is a coal-fired steam cycle electric generating plant with three units. Four
Internal Combustion (IC) Turbines are also located on the plant site. The plant has a 225 -acre off stream
cooling pond on the north side of the Lumber River in Robeson County, North Carolina. Water is
withdrawn from the Lumber River as required to make up evaporative and seepage losses from the
cooling pond. Water for plant use is also withdrawn from wells. Makeup pumping rates from the river are
highly variable depending upon natural weather conditions, generation load, plant operations, and cooling
pond water level.
Chemical constituents contained in both of these discharges will, in part, be representative of the naturally
occurring chemical quality of the intake water and will also have chemical constituents of such quality and
quantity associated with similar discharges for fossil generating facilities of this size, type, and in this
geographical location. Either all or part of the elements enumerated in the Periodic Table, either singularly
or in any combination, may from time to time be contained in this discharge. Each component of the
discharges is described below.
OUTFALL 001 - DISCHARGE FROM COOLING POND
Plant waste streams are routed directly or indirectly to the cooling pond and thereby recycled. Releases
from the cooling pond (Outfall 001) are rare, occurring usually when a major storm is expected and
additional freeboard is needed to prevent overtopping of the pond dikes. On other occasions, the pond
may need to be drawn down for maintenance purposes. The cooling pond last discharged to the Lumber
River in March of 1998. The permit required analyses were performed on the discharge and submitted in
the March 1998 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR). A description of the waste streams that discharge
into the cooling pond follows.
RECIRCULATED COOLING WATER
This flow provides condenser cooling water for the three generating units. The flow is discharged
into the pond and routed through the pond by baffle dikes to achieve maximum surface cooling
efficiency before reaching the condenser cooling water intake structure to be used again. Cooling
of the pond is achieved primarily by evaporation from the pond surface, which is estimated to
consume a maximum of approximately 1.6 MGD above natural evaporation rates during times the
units are in full operation. Control of biological fouling on condenser surfaces is accomplished by
chlorinating as required.
COAL PILE RUNOFF
Rainfall runoff from the coal pile (approximately 6 acres) is routed to the cooling pond, which
provides treatment by neutralization and sedimentation.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Rainfall runoff from the industrial portion of the site is ultimately routed to the cooling pond.
Sludges/sediments collected in sumps, catchment basins, etc. are disposed of in the ash pond or
by other appropriate methods.
ASH SLUICE WATER
Fly ash and bottom ash from all three units is hydraulically conveyed by an ash sluice pipeline to
the ash pond. In addition, water from washing the interior of the precipitators is sent to the ash
pond via the ash sluice pipeline. A stand pipe allows for overflow release to a small secondary
settling basin containing another stand pipe for release to the cooling pond.

Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Number NC0005363
DOMESTIC WASTES
Sanitary wastes are treated on-site by a septic tank and a sand and gravel drainage field which
discharges to the cooling pond. Flow from the system is dependent upon fluctuating demand due
to variations in the number of personnel on site. When needed, residuals are disposed of off-site
by a licensed contract disposal firm.
CHEMICAL METAL CLEANING WASTES
Wastes from the chemical cleaning of the boiler tubes are normally disposed of by evaporation in
boilers, either onsite or at another CP&L facility. Boiler cleaning is usually performed every 10
years. Units 2 and 3 boiler cleanings are scheduled for 2001 and 2004, respectfully. Should
chemical metal cleaning wastes not be evaporated, they will be treated by neutralization and
precipitation in portable holding tanks. The liquid fraction of the metal cleaning wastes will be
discharged to the ash pond. The sludge fraction of the metal cleaning wastes will be disposed of
in either the ash pond or by other appropriate methods.
IC TURBINE SITE
There are four Internal Combustion (IC) Turbines located at the Weatherspoon Plant. All drains
from the IC turbine site, including drains collecting rainfall, are routed through an oil -water
separator which discharges to the cooling pond. Sludges/sediments collected in sumps,
catchment basins, etc. are disposed of in the ash pond or by other appropriate methods.
LOW-VOLUME WASTES
Waste streams not identified above fall in the category of low volume wastes. All low volume
wastes described below are routed by gravity flow .to the cooling pond. Sumps convey
miscellaneous equipment leakage, equipment drainage for maintenance, equipment wash down
water, sampling streams, and closed cooling water system blowdown. Water treatment wastes
consist of solutions of sodium chloride, used for water softener regeneration, and sodium
hydroxide and sulfuric acid which are used in the regeneration of demineralizers. Demineralizer
regeneration wastes are routed to the ash pond via the ash sluice line. Water softener
regeneration wastes are routed directly to the cooling pond. Blowdown of boiler water to control
boiler chemistry is routed to a flash tank, which discharges to the cooling pond. Drains from areas
likely to contain oil filled equipment or storage are routed through an oil -water separator.
Sludges/sediments from sumps, catchment basins, etc. are disposed of in the ash pond or by
other appropriate methods. A summary of process chemicals is provided in Attachment 4.
In many cases, chemicals added during the plant processes are consumed or chemically altered.
Only trace amounts might be recoverable in water entering the cooling pond. Because the cooling
pond serves as a final treatment basin and receives significantly greater volumes of water from
other inflows, detectable levels of these chemicals should not occur in the cooling pond discharge.
OUTFALL 002 - SERVICE WATER
NON -CONTACT COOLING WATER
Non -contact cooling water is withdrawn from the Lumber River and passed through heat
exchangers to provide non -contact cooling for the Plant's closed cooling water system. Chlorine
is added, as required, to control biological fouling of the heat exchanger surfaces. After passing
through the heat exchanger, non -contact cooling water is routed either to the cooling pond or to
the Lumber River, depending on the need for cooling pond makeup water.
2

Carolina Power & Light Company
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Number NC0005363
Attachment 4
Form 2C - Item VI Potential Discharges Not Covered by Analysis
1
Quantity
Chemical
used per ear
Frequency
Purpose
Hydrazine
165 gals
Continuous - when
Oxygen scavenger
units are operational
in boiler
Trisodium phosphate
1,000 lbs
As required
pH control in boiler
Disodium phosphate
500 lbs
As required
pH control in boiler
Morpholine
275 gals
Continuous - when
pH control in boiler
units are operational
Sodium hypochlorite
12,950 gals
As required
Control of biological
fouling on heat
exchan ers
Sodium hydroxide
7,000 gals
As required
Demineralizer
re eneration
Sulfuric acid
2,000 gals
As required
Demineralizer
recieneration
Molybdenum trioxide
330 gals
As required
Corrosion control in
boiler
Sodium chloride
8,000 lbs
Twice per month
Water softener
regeneration
Sulfur - elemental
75 tons
Continuous - when
Flue gas
unit 3 isoperational
conditioning
Citric acid - 50%
Units 1, 2, & 3 -
Approximately once
Boiler cleaning
1460 gals per event.
per 10 years per
unit
Citric acid - dry
3500 lbs per Unit
Approximately once
Boiler cleaning - in
per event
per 10 years per
case 50 % citric
unit
acid needs to be
strengthened
Ammonium hydroxide
Units 1, 2, & 3 -
Approximately once
Boiler cleaning
1560 gals per event.
per 10 years per
unit
Sodium Nitrite
Units 1 & 2 - 1775
Approximately once
Boiler cleaning
lbs per event. Unit
per 10 years per
3 - 1450 lbs per
unit
event
Corrosion Inhibitor
Units 1, 2, & 3 - 55
Approximately once
Boiler cleaning
gals per event.
per 10 years per
unit
Ammonium bicarbonate
Units 1 & 2 - 475 lbs
Approximately once
Boiler cleaning
per event. Unit 3 -
per 10 years per
375 lbs per event
unit
1

Re: NC00Q5363; CP&L Weatherspoon; Robeson County
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Subject: Re: NC0005363; CP&L Weatherspoon; Robeson County
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 10:18:42 -0500
From: Kevin Bowden <[e-mail]>
To: Tom Belnick <[e-mail]>
Tom, we recommend that the facility conduct five acute tests, as stated in
the current permit language. After conducting the initial five tests (which
show no acute toxicity) they would revert to an annual monitoring
requirement. kevin
Tom Belnick wrote:
> Kevin- another tox question. I'm working on this CP&L renewal, and they
> currently have episodic acute tox monitoring. They have passed this
> test 3 of 3 times (>999) between 1995-99, while there was no discharge
> reported for 2 of the years. Discharge from Outfall 001 is supposed to
> occur only during extreme weather, pond maintenence, etc. Do we retain
> episodic acute, or switch to annual monitoring? Thanks.
> Mailto:[e-mail]
> N.0 DENR—DWQ/NPDES Unit
> 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1617
> Work: [phone] ext. 543
> Fax: [phone]
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Carolina Power & Light Company
John M. Ruble, Plant Mgr.
Mr. Ruble
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton
North Carolina
28358
Weatherspoon Steam Electric Plant
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton
North Carolina
28358
491 Power Plant Road
Lumberton
Robeson
Lumber River
C -Swamp
Lumber
030751
Existing
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Tom Belnick
543
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IWC Calculations
CP&L- Weatherspoon
NC0005363
Prepared By: Tom Belnick, NPDES Unit / �0
Enter Design Flow (MGD): 9
Enter s7Q10(cfs): 122
Enter w7Q10 (cfs): 192
Residual Chlorine
Ammonia (NH3 as N)
(summer)
7010 (CFS)
122
7Q10 (CFS)
122
DESIGN FLOW (MGD)
9
DESIGN FLOW (MGD)
9
DESIGN FLOW (CFS)
13.95
DESIGN FLOW (CFS)
13.95
STREAM STD (UG/L)
17.0
STREAM STD (MG/L)
1.0
UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL (I
0
UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL
2
IWC (%)
10.26
IWC (%)
10.26
Allowable Conc. (ug/1)
166
Allowable Conc. (mg/1)
.8
Ammonia (NH3 as N)
(winter)
7Q10 (CFS)
192
Fecal Limit
200/100ml
DESIGN FLOW (MGD)
9
(If DF >331; Monitor)
DESIGN FLOW (CFS)
13.95
(If DF <331; Limit)
STREAM STD (MG/L)
1.8
Dilution Factor (DF)
9.75
UPS BACKGROUND LEVEL
0.22
IWC (%)
6.77
Allowable Conc. (mg/1)
23.5
INPDES Servor/Current Versions/IWC
1/6/00

T-13
1998 303(d) LIST FOR THE LUMBER RIVER BASIN
Name of Stream
Description
Class
Index #
Wtrbdy Miles Problem Parameter(s)
Overall
Rating
Major Sources
(P,NP) I Subcategory Approach
Priority
Drowning Creek
From source to Naked Creek
WS -II Sw
14-2-(1)
30750
20.5 Fish Adv. -Hg a)
S
TMDL
Low
Drowning Creek
From Naked Creek to Horse Creek
WS -II Sw
14-2-(6.5)
30750
5.4 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
Drowning Creek
From Horse Cr to point .4 mi upstream of
WS -II Sw
14-2-(9)
30750
0.6 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
Drowning Creek
From a point .4 mi upstream of US Hwy 1
I C Sw
14-2-(10.5)
30750
6.9 Fish Adv. -Hg a
S
TMDL
Low
Quewhiffle Creek
From Source to SR -1214, Hoke Co./SR-1 2
C
14-2-14a
30750
2.8
PS
IPPI
Monitor
LUMBER RIVER
From NC Hwy 71 to SR 1303
C Sw
14-(4.5)b
30751
2.5 Fish Adv. -Hg a
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
SR -1303 to SR -1153, Robeson Co./SR-11 C Sw
14-(4.5)c
30751
2.4 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
SR -1153 to Seaboard Coast Line RR Brid C Sw
14-(4.5)d
30751
5.9 Fish Adv. -Hg a)
S
TMDL
Low
Gum Swamp
From source to Lumber River
C
14-5
30751
13.0
PS
PPI
Monitor
LUMBER RIVER
From Seaboard Coast Line RR bride to.
WS -IV Sw
14-(7)a
30751
20.01 Fish Adv. -Hg (a
S
TMDL
Low
Back Swamp
From Roberson Co SR 1157 to Lumber R WS -IV Sw
14-8-(2.5)
30751
7.71
PS
NP 71
SWMP
Monitor
Burnt Swamp
From NC Hwy 72 to point above RR, Rob WS -IV Sw
14-10-8-4-(o
30752
1.0
PS
SWMP
Monitor
Burnt Swamp
From point above RR to Richland Swam
WS -IV Sw
14-10-8-4-
30752
3.3
PS
SWMP
Monitor
LUMBER RIVER
From .5 mi upstream of Powell Br to Raw I
WS -IV Sw
14-(10.3)
0.7 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
From Raw Water Supply Intake for City
B Sw
14-(11)
30751
0.5 Fish Adv. -Hg a
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
HWY 301 to SR2289 /SR -2289, Robeson C Sw
14-(13)a
30751
2.7 Fish Adv. -Hg a
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
From SR 2289 to Lumber R above Alpha
C Sw
14-(13)b
0.7 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
ST
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
Lumber R. above Alpha Cell. at 2202 to a C Sw
14-(13)c
30751
0.6 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
ST
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
Above WWTP to below WWTP at SR -1 62 C Sw
14-(13)d
30751
1.3 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
SR 1620 to NC 74, Robeson Co
C Sw
14-(13)e
30751
16.6 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
LUMBER RIVER
From NC 74 to NC 904
C Sw
14-(13)f
30751
18.4 Fish Adv. -Hg a
S
TMDL
Low ,
Big Swamp
From source to NC 211
C Sw
14-22a
30753
15.4 Fish Adv. -Hg a
ST
TMDL
Low
Big Swamp
From NC 211 to Lumber River
C Sw
14-22b
30753
9.5 Fish Adv. -Hg a
ST
TMDL
Low
Porter Swamp
From source to Lumber River
C Sw
14-27
30751
16.4 Fish Adv. -Hg (a), Sed
NS
NP 11
TMDL, MS
Low v
LUMBER RIVER
From N.C. Hwy. 904 to North Carolina-
B Sw
14-(28)
30751
3.8 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
S
TMDL
Low
Ashpole Swamp
From source to Hog Swamp
C Sw
14-30a
30754
18.8 Fish Adv. -Hg a
PS
NP 10
SWMP
Monitor
Ashpole Swamp
From Hog Swamp to North Carolina-
C Sw
14-30b
30754
6.9 Fish Adv. -Hg (a), DO
NS
NP 10
SWMP
Monitor
Hog Swamp
From source to Ashpole Swamp
C Sw
14-30-7
30754
17.3
PS
SWMP
Monitor
Little Shoe Heel Creek
From source to Shoe Heel Creek
C Sw
14-34-3
30755
7.6
PS
PPI
Monitor
WACCAMAW RIVER
From source at dam at Lake Waccamaw t C Sw
15-(1)a
307561
0.2 Fish Adv. -Hg
PS
TMDL
Low
WACCAMAW RIVER
From 0.1 mile below dam to off SR 1930
C Sw
15- 1 b
30756
6.8 Fish Adv. -Hg
PS
TMDL
Low
WACCAMAW RIVER
From site off SR 1930 to SR 1928
C Sw
15-(1)c
30757
3.5 Fish Adv. -Hg
PS
TMDL
Low
WACCAMAW RIVER
From SR 1928 to NC 130
C Sw
15-(1)d
30757
8.9 Fish Adv. -Hg
PS
TMDL
Low
WACCAMAW RIVER
From NC 130 to NC 904
C Sw
15-(1)e
30757
18.1 Fish Adv. -Hg
PS
TMDL
Low
Big Creek
From source to Lake Waccamaw
C Sw
15-2-6
30756
5.0 Fish Adv. -Hg
PS
TMDL
Low
White Marsh
From source to Welch Creek
C Sw
15-4c
30758
5.2 Fish Adv. -Hg a
S
JTMDL
Low
White Marsh
Welch Creek to Richardson Swamp
C Sw
15-4a
30758
5.7 Fish Adv. -Hg (a)
ST
TMDL
Low
White Marsh
From Richardson Swamp to Waccamaw R
C Sw
15-4b
30758
12.6 Fish Adv. -Hg a)
S
TMDL
Low
Brown Marsh
From source to Red Hill Swamp
C Sw
15-4-1-1
30758
4.8
PS
NP 11
SWMP
Monitor
Toms Fork
From North Carolina -South Carolina borde
C Sw
15-17-1-10
30757
6.21
PS
SWMP
Monitor
Monie Swamp
From source to Grissett Swamp
C Sw
15-17-1-12
30757
7.81
IPS
INP 11,16
SWMP
Monitor
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director .
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ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
August 19, 1999
ATTN: Ms. Louise England
Carolina Power & Light
3932 New Hill - Holleman Road
New Hill, North Carolina 27562
Subject: Pilot Testing of -GAM - 60
CP&L Weatherspoon
NPDES Permit No. NC0005363
CP&L Cape Fear
NPDES Permit No. NCO003433
Dear Ms. England:
Based on your conversation with Ms. Susan Wilson and subsequent facsimile transmission
August 19, 1999, the Division understands that CP&L has requested approval for pilot testing GAM -60
at both the Weatherspoon and Cape Fear plants. GAM -60 (essentially boric acid) is to be used to
increase the heat transfer of the furnace walls at the facilities.
As stated in your facsimile, any residue of GAM -60 will be routed through the ash sluice lines
to the ash ponds at each facility. Any residue of GAM -60 or derivative compounds would essentially be
diluted to negligible levels (if detectable) in the final outfall to the receiving stream, when used at the
amounts proposed by CP&L.
This letter constitutes approval of the GAM -60 compound at both the Weatherspoon and Cape
Fear facilities.
If you ha-:-- questions regarding this request, you may contact Susan Wilson at [phone],
ext. 510.
Sincerely, -
G'L
David A. Goodrich, Supervisor
NPDES Unit
cc: Central Files
NPDES Unit Permit Files
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
919 733-5083, extension 510 (fax) 919 733-0719
Susan_Wilson @ h2o.enr.state.nc.us
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