NC0021709_Draft Permit_20171108

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
November 8, 2017
Mr. Tim Church, Water Resources Director
Town of Jefferson
P.O. Box 67
Jefferson, North Carolina 28640
Dear Mr. Church:
ROY COOPER
Gove„mr
MICHAEL S REGAN
Secr etar),
S JAY ZIMMERMAN
Dtr ectoi
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Renewal
Permit NCO021709
Jefferson WWTP, Class 3
Ashe County
SIC Code 4952
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft NPDES permit renewal for your facility. Please
review this draft carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the requirements and conditions it
contains. There are several changes from the existing permit, including the following:
• Facility classification was reassigned from Class 2 to Class 3. The plant's permitted flow
of 0.60 MGD and usage of activated sludge match the characteristics for Class 3 facilities
(as "Grade III Biological Water Pollution Control System") under Rule 15A NCAC 08G
.0302(c).
The NC 2007-2014 Water Quality Standard (WQS) Triennial Review was approved by the
NC Environmental Management Committee (EMC) on November 13, 2014. The US EPA
subsequently approved the WQS revisions on April 6, 2016 with some exceptions. The NC
Division of Water Resources NPDES Permitting Unit is required to implement the new
dissolved metal standards in all permits public noticed after April 6, 2016. The new
standards for most metals include acute standards. Further, the freshwater standards for
several metals are expressed as the dissolved form of the metals, and seven metals have
hardness -dependent equations. As a result, the NPDES Permitting Unit will need site-
specific effluent hardness data and instream hardness data, upstream of the discharge, for
each facility monitoring these metals in order to calculate permit limitations. Effluent
hardness and instream hardness sampling, upstream of the discharge, has been added to
this permit at a monitoring quarterly frequency. [See Specific Condition A. (1.) Effluent
Limitations and Monitoring Requirements.]
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 707 9000

Limits and monitoring for Total Cadmium have been removed from the permit, but
quarterly monitoring shall continue as part of the Long -Term Monitoring Program. Results
of a reasonable potential analysis (RPA) on submitted data indicated there was no
reasonable potential to exceed the water quality standard in the receiving stream.
• Based on the new WQS approved on April 6, 2016, a monthly average limit of 25.0 gg/L
and a daily maximum limit of 32.0 gg/L for Total Copper have been added to the permit
and samples shall be taken monthly. Results of an RPA on submitted data indicated there
was reasonable potential to exceed the instream WQS.
• Limits and monitoring for Total Lead have been removed from the permit, but quarterly
monitoring shall continue as part of the Long -Term Monitoring Program. Results of an
RPA on submitted data indicated there was no reasonable potential to exceed the water
quality standard in the receiving stream.
Review of submitted effluent data found no detects for Total Lead (one at < 50 gg/L, 53 at
< 10 gg/L and three at < 5 gg/L). In accordance with 15A NCAC 2B .0500, all test
procedures must produce detection and reporting levels that are below the permit discharge
requirements and all data generated must be reported to the approved detection level of the
lower reporting level of the procedure. Currently, DWR's laboratory identifies the Practical
Quantitation Limit (PQL) for Total Lead at < 2.0 gg/L. The allowable discharge
concentration for your facility is 11.3 gg/L Total Lead. Therefore, effluent sampling and
effluent pollutant scans for Total Lead shall be analyzed down to < 5.0 or < 2.0 gg/L to
demonstrate compliance with instream standards. Additional monitoring and limits may be
added in the next permit renewal if such compliance is not demonstrated.
Limits and monitoring for Total Mercury have been removed from the permit. Since the
issuance of the previous permit, a statewide mercury TMDL was approved by the US EPA
in 2012 to protect human health via fish consumption. Results of a TMDL evaluation
analysis on submitted data indicated no exceedences of either the WQS in the receiving
stream of 20.2 ng/L or the technology-based standard of 47 ng/L. Therefore, monitoring in
the required Effluent Pollutant Scans and as part of the Long -Term Monitoring Program is
sufficient. All Total Mercury samples shall be analyzed using EPA Method 1631E.
• Based on the new WQS approved on April 6, 2016, a monthly average limit and daily
maximum limit of 358 gg/L Total Zinc has been added to the permit and samples shall be
taken monthly. Results of a reasonable potential analysis on submitted data indicated there
was reasonable potential to exceed the instream WQS.
A four-year Compliance Schedule has been added to the permit to allow time and actions
toward meeting the new Total Copper and Total Zinc limits. [See Special Condition A.
(5)•]
• Frequency of the Effluent Pollutant Scan have been reduced from annually to three years
within the permit term per 40 CFR 122. Effluent Pollutant Scans shall be sampled in years
2018, 2019 and 2020. [See Special Condition A. (3.).]
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• Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports
(DMRs) and program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted
and became effective on December 21, 2015. The requirement to begin reporting discharge
monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring
Report (eDMR) internet application has been added to your final NPDES permit. [See
Special Condition A. (4.).]
For information on eDMR, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account,
please visit the following web page: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-
resources/edmr.
For more information on EPA's final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, please visit the
following web site: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-
24954/national-pollutant-discharge-elimination-systein-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule.
Please note that the receiving stream is listed as impaired for fish community on the North Carolina
2014 303(d) Impaired Waters List. Addressing impaired waters is a high priority with the Division,
and instream data will continue to be evaluated. If there is noncompliance with permitted effluent
limits and stream impairment can be attributed to your facility, then mitigative measures may be
required.
Concurrent with this notification the Division is publishing a notice in a newspaper having
circulation in the general Ashe County area, soliciting public comments on this draft permit.
Please provide any written comments you may have to the following: NCDEQ/DWR, NPDES
Permitting Branch, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 no later than 30 days after
receipt of this draft permit.
Following the 30 -day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments and
take appropriate action prior to issuing a final permit. If you have questions concerning this draft
permit, please call me at [phone] or by email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
FZ
/ e:
Gary Perlmutter, Environmental Senior Specialist
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
Hardcopy: NPDES Files
eCopy: US EPA Region 4
DWR / Operator Certification Unit / Maureen Kinney
DWR / Aquatic Toxicology Branch / Susan Meadows
DWR / Winston-Salem Regional Office / Water Quality Operations
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Permit NCO021709
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards
and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
Town of Jefferson
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Jefferson WWTP
1233 NC Highway 16 South
Jefferson, NC 28640
Ashe County
to receiving waters designated as Naked Creek in the New River Basin in accordance with effluent
limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective Moilt17 1. 20 i°v.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on March 31, 2021.
Signed this day %loiali 1, 201 x.
k:A
S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G.
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0021709
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked. As of this permit issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer
effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the
permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein.
The Town of Jefferson is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.600 MGD wastewater treatment system consisting of the following:
♦ Wet well with automatic bar screen
♦ Raw pumps
♦ Oxidation ditch
♦ Flow splitter
♦ Two secondary clarifiers
♦ Two traveling bridge tertiary filters
♦ Chlorination (disinfection)
♦ Dechlorination (sodium thiosulfate)
♦ Aeration basin
♦ Two sludge basins
♦ Aerobic digester
♦ Belt press
♦ Sludge dryer
The facility is located at Jefferson Wastewater Treatment Plant, 1233 NC Highway 16 South,
Jefferson, NC 28640, in Ashe County;
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Naked Creek,
classified C+ waters in the South Fork New River Watershed, New River Basin.
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Permit NCO021709
PART I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (0.6 MGD)
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
a. During the period beginning on the effective date and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge treated wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and
monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample Location 2
Flow
0 6 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5 -day, 20°C (Summer
between April 1 through October
31) 3
5 0 mg/L
7 5 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Influent & Effluent
BOD, 5 -day, 20°C (Winter
between November 1 through
March 31) 3
10.0 mg/L
15 0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Influent & Effluent
Total Suspended Solids3
20 0 mg/L
30 0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Influent & Effluent
NH3 as N (Summer between
April 1 through October 31)
2 0 mg/L
6 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (Winter between
November 1 through March 31)
4 0 mg/L
12.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
Daily Average >_ 6 0 mg/L
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
200/100 mL
400/100 mL
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) a
28 µg/L
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
pH
Between 6 0 and 9 0 Standard Units
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
Monitor and Report
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen (mg/L) 5
Monitor and Report
Semi-annually
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorus (mg/L)
Monitor and Report
Semi-annually
Composite
Effluent
Total Cyanide 6
8 4 µg/L
32 8 µg/L
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Total Copper 7
25 0 µg/l_
32 0 µg/L
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Zinc 7
358 µg/L
358 µg/L
Monthly
Composite
Effluent
Total Hardness as [CaCO3 or
(Ca + Mg)] (mg/L) e
Monitor and Report
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Chronic Toxicity 9
Cenodaphnia dub►a Pass/Fad at 30% effluent
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Effluent Pollutant Scan
Monitor and Report
Footnote 10
Footnote 10
Effluent
Total Hardness as [CaCO3 or
(Ca + Mg)] (mg/L)2, 11
Monitor and Report
Quarterly
Grab
Upstream
Temperature (°C) 2
Monitor and Report
Variable 2
Grab
Upstream,
Downstream
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 2
Monitor and Report
Variable 2
Grab
Upstream,
Downstream
Footnotes on next page.
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Footnotes:
1. Submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application system. See
Special Condition A (4.).
2. Upstream is at just below the NC Highway 16 bridge (100 feet above discharge). Downstream is dust
beyond the end of the aerobic digester (100 yards downstream of discharge). Upstream and
Downstream samples shall be grab samples. Samples shall be collected three times per week from
June 1 through September 30 and once per week from October 1 through May 31.
3. The monthly average effluent BODS and Total Suspended Solids concentrations shall not exceed
15% of the respective influent value (85% removal).
4. The facility shall report all effluent TRC values reported by a NC certified laboratory (including
field -certified). Effluent values below 50 µg/L shall be treated as zero for compliance purposes.
5. Total Nitrogen = TKN + NO3-N + NO2-N, where TKN is Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, NO3-N is Nitrate
Nitrogen, and NO2-N is Nitrite Nitrogen.
6. The quantitation limit for Cyanide shall be 10 µg/L (10 ppb). Levels reported at less than 10 µg/L
shall be considered zero for compliance purposes.
7. Limits for Total Copper and Total Zinc shall become effective four (4) years from the effective
permit date of this permit. See Total Copper and Total Zinc Compliance Schedule under Special
Condition A. (5.).
8. Effluent Total Hardness sampling should be performed in conjunction with testing for hardness -
dependent metals (cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, silver and zinc).
9. Whole Effluent Toxicity shall be monitored using the Pass/Fail Chronic Toxicity test using
Ceriodaphnia dubia at 30% effluent. Samples shall be taken in February, May, August and
November; see Special Condition A. (2.).
10. The Permittee shall perform three Effluent Pollutant Scans during the term of this permit; see Special
Condition A. (3.).
11. The Permittee shall sample instream Total Hardness, upstream of the facility's discharge. The sample
shall be representative of the hardness in the receiving stream.
b. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts
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A.(2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (Quarterly) [15A NCAC 02B.0200 et seq.]
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant
mortality to Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 30%.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using test procedures outlined in
the "North Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised December 2010, or
subsequent versions or "North Carolina Phase II Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure"
(Revised- December 2010) or subsequent versions. The tests will be performed during the months of
February, May, August and November. These months signify the first month of each three-month
toxicity testing quarter assigned to the facility. Effluent sampling for this testing must be obtained during
representative effluent discharge and shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge
below all treatment processes.
If the test procedure performed as the first test of any single quarter results in a failure or Chronic
Value (ChV) below the permit limit, then multiple -concentration testing shall be performed at a
minimum, in each of the two following months as described in "North Carolina Phase II Chronic
Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedure" (Revised -December 2010) or subsequent versions.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form (MR -1) for the months in which tests were performed, using the parameter
code TGP3B for the pass/fail results and THP311 for the Chronic Value. Additionally, DWR Form AT -
3 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Water Sciences Section no later than 30
days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete, accurate, include all supporting chemical/physical measurements and all
concentration/response data, and be certified by laboratory supervisor and ORC or approved designate
signature. Total Residual Chlorine of the effluent toxicity sample must be measured and reported if
chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is
required, the permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test
form indicating the facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report
with the notation of "No Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the
Water Sciences Section at the address cited above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, monitoring
will be required during the following month. Assessment of toxicity compliance is based on the toxicity
testing quarter, which is the three-month time interval that begins on the first day of the month in which
toxicity testing is required by this permit and continues until the final day of the third month.
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Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division
of Water Resources indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and
modified to include alternate monitoring requirements or limits
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control
organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls,
shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later
than the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring.
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A.(3.) EFFLUENT POLLUTANT SCAN (Municipal POTWs) [G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
The Permittee shall perform a total of three (3) Effluent Pollutant Scans for all parameters listed below.
One scan must be performed in each of the following years: 2018, 2019, and 2020. Analytical methods
shall be in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136 and shall be sufficiently sensitive to determine whether
parameters are present in concentrations greater than applicable standards and criteria. Samples should be
collected with one quarterly toxicity test each year, and must represent seasonal variation [i.e., do not
sample in the same quarter every year]. Unless otherwise indicated, metals shall be analyzed as "total
recoverable."
Ammonia (as N)
Chlorine (total residual, TRC)
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrate/Nitrite
Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Oil and Grease
Phosphorus
Total Dissolved Solids
Hardness
Antimony
Arsenic
Beryllium
Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Mercury (EPA Method 1631 E)
Nickel
Selenium
Silver
Thallium
Zinc
Cyanide
Total Phenolic Compounds
Volatile organic compounds:
Acrolein
Acrylonitrile
Benzene
Bromoform
Carbon tetrachloride
Chlorobenzene
Chlorodibromomethane
Chloroethane
2-chloroethylvinyl ether
Chloroform
Dichlorobromomethane
1, 1 -dichloroethane
1,2-dichloroethane
Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
1,1-dichloroethylene f
1,2-dichloropropan�%
1,3-dichloropropylene
Ethylbenzene,
Methyl bron ide
Methyl chloride
Methylene chloride
1,1,2,2 -tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene ,
Toluene
1,1,1-tnchloroethane
1,1,2 -trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Vinyl chlonde.,
Acid -extractable compounds:
P -chloro -m -cresol '
2 -chlorophenol
2,4-dichlorophenol
2,4 -dimethylphenol
4,6-dmitro-o-cresol
2,4-dmitrophenol
2-mtrophenol
4-mtrophenol
_ Pentachlorophenol
Phenol
2,4,6-tnchlorophenol
Base -neutral compounds:
Acenaphthene
Acenaphthylene
Anthracene
Benzidme
Benzo(a)anthracene
Benzo(a)pyrene
3,4 benzofluoranthene
Benzo(ghi)perylene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane
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Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether
Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
4-bromophenyl phenyl ether
Butyl benzyl phthalate
2-chloronaphthalene
4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether
Chrysene
Di -n -butyl phthalate
Di-n-octyl phthalate
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene
1,2 -dichlorobenzene
1,3 -dichlorobenzene
1,4 -dichlorobenzene
3,3-dichlorobenzidine
Diethyl phthalate
Dimethyl phthalate
2,4-dmtrotoluene
2,6-dmitrotoluene
1, 2-diphenylhydrazme
Fluoranthene
Fluorene
Hexachlorobenzene
Hexachlorobutadiene
Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene
Hexachloroethane
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
Isophorone
Naphthalene
Nitrobenzene
N-nitrosodi-n-propylamme
N-mtrosodimethylamme
N-nitrosodiphenylamine
Phenanthrene
Pyrene
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene

Permit NCO021709
Reporting. Test results shall be reported on DWR Form -A MR-PPA1 (or in a form approved by the
Director) by December 31' of each designated sampling year. The report shall be submitted to the
following address: NC DEQ / DWR / Central Files, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-1617.
Additional Toxicity Testing Requirements for Municipal Permit Renewal. Please note that
Municipal facilities that are subject to the Effluent Pollutant Scan requirements listed above are also
subject to additional toxicity testing requirements specified in Federal Regulation 40 CFR 122.210)(5).
The US EPA requires four (4) toxicity tests for a test organism other than the test species currently
required in this permit. The multiple species tests should be conducted either quarterly for a 12 -month
period prior to submittal of the permit renewal application, or four tests performed at least annually in
the four and one half year period prior to the application. These tests shall be performed for acute or
chronic toxicity, whichever is specified in this permit. The multiple species toxicity test results shall be
filed with the Aquatic Toxicology Branch at the following address:
North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Water Sciences Section/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
Contact the Division's Aquatic Toxicology Branch at 919-743-8401 for guidance on conducting the
additional toxicity tests and reporting requirements. Results should also be summarized in Part E
(Toxicity Testing Data) of EPA Municipal Application Form 2A, when submitting the permit renewal
application to the NPDES Permitting Unit.
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A.(4.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS [G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program
reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December
21, 2015.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this
permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter
monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's
eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation
(CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state
electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing,
signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the
following address:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband
access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted
and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative
forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address
above. See "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below.
Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following
the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the
commencement of discharge.
Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
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Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports;
Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a
Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below).
2. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time
of each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the
initial recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity
(EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity
for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for
each type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the
appropriate electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES
Electronic Reporting Rule is found at:
https://www.federalre ig ster.gov/docuinents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-discharge-
elimination-system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule.
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
3. How to Request a.Waiver from Electronic Reporting
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to
the Division. - Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to
the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be
required under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a
temporary waiver shall not exceed five (5) years and shall thereupon expire. At such time,
monitoring data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the Permittee re-
applies for and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved
electronic reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting
waiver request may submit monitoring data and reports on paper to the Division for the period that
the approved reporting waiver request is effective.
Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on
the following web page:
http://deq.ne.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
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4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part
I1, Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part 11,
Section B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR
reporting purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user
account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's
eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following
web page:
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make
the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION
WILL BE ACCEPTED:
"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel
properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or 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. "
5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR
submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least three (3) years from
the date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR
122.41].
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Permit NCO021709
A. (5.) SCHEDULE OF COMPLIANCE FOR TOTAL COPPER AND TOTAL ZINC
LIMITATIONS [G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
1. Within one (1) year from the effective day of the permit, the Permittee shall submit to the
Division of Water Resources a Corrective Action Plan summarizing the strategy or actions to be
taken to achieve compliance with the Total Copper and Total Zinc limitations listed in Special
Condition A. (1.), which includes specific dates for completion or implementation of each action.
2. Within two (2) years from the effective date of the permit, the Permittee shall submit a report to
the Division summarizing actions taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan.
3. Within three (3) years from the effective date of the permit, the Permittee shall submit a report
to the Division summarizing actions taken in accordance with the Corrective Action Plan.
4. The Permittee shall achieve compliance with Total Copper and Total Zinc limitations specified
in Section A. (1.) within four (4) years of the effective date of this permit. [give specific date in
final permit].
Upon approval of the Corrective Action Plan by the Division, the report and actions become an
enforceable part of this permit. Any modifications to the schedule shall be requested to the Division at
least ninety (90) days before the deadline. Modifications to the schedule in excess of four (4) months
will be subject to public notice.
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