NC0033227_Draft Permit_20180109

Water Resources
Environmental Quality
January 9, 2018
Mr. Glen L. Foster
Director, Global Environmental
TE Connectivity Corporation
P.O. Box 3608
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
ROY COOPER
Govenior
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Renewal
Permit NCO033227
TE Connectivity Corporation
Buncombe County
Class 2 Facility
SIC Code 4952
Dear Mr. Foster:
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:
• Monitoring frequency for upstream and downstream temperature has been reduced from
monthly to semiannually based on exceptional facility performance [See A. (1)].
• Some of the wording has changed in Special Condition A. (3) Chronic Toxicity Permit
Limit, please review each paragraph carefully.
• Some of the wording has been revised in Special Condition A. (4) Biocide Condition,
please review each paragraph carefully.
• Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports
(DMRs) and program reports. The requirement to continue 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. (6)]
• Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
• The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft.
They can be found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction
with this draft permit.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mad Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

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Concurrent with this notification the Division is publishing a notice in a newspaper having
circulation in the general Buncombe 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,
Bing Bai, Engineer
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
Hardcopy: NPDES Files
Ecopy: US EPA Region 4
DWR/Aquatic Toxicology Branch/Susan Meadows
DWR/Asheville Regional Office / Water Quality
DWR/Operator Certification Program/Maureen Kinney

Permit NCO033227
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,
TE Connectivity Corporation
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
TE Connectivity Corporation
1396 Charlotte Highway
Fairview, North Carolina
Buncombe County
to receiving waters designated as Cane Creek in the French Broad River Basin in accordance with effluent
limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, H, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective xxxx.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2022.
Signed this day xxxx.
Draft
Linda Culpepper, Interim Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO033227
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as
of this 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.
TE Connectivity Corporation is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.0175 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment system, combined
with cooling tower blowdown, discharging from Outfall 001, with the following components:
• Bar screen
• Aeration basin with dual blowers providing diffused air
• Hopper -style rectangular clarifier with skimmer and sludge returns
• Tablet chlorinator
• Chlorine contact chamber, and
• Tablet dechlormator.
2. Continue to discharge groundwater remediation wastewater from Outfall 004 from a GWR facility with
the following components
• Six Extraction wells
• Dual air strippers
• Four carbon filters
• Groundwater monitoring wells.
3. The facility (with all outfalls) is located at the TE Connectivity Corporation WWTP on 1396 Charlotte
Highway in Fairview, Buncombe County
4. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Cane Creek,
currently classified as C -Trout waters in subbasin 04-03-02 [HUC: 06010105] of the French Broad River
Basin
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Part I
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to
discharge treated wastewater and cooling tower blowdown from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited
and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Parameter Code
Limits
Monitoring Requirements
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample Location 2
Flow 50050
0 0175 MGD
Weekly
Instantaneo
us
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5 -day, 20°C C0310
30 0 mg/L
45 0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530
30 0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N C0610
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen 00300
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform
31616
(Geometric mean)
200/100 mL
400/100 mL
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060
28 µg/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C) 4 00010
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C) 4 00010
2/Year
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream
pH 00040
Between 6 and 9 Standard Units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
application system [see A. (6)].
2. Upstream is approximately 300 feet upstream of Outfall 001. Downstream is approximately 150 feet
downstream of Outfall 001. Upstream and Downstream samples shall be grab samples.
3. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with
the permit. However, the permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North
Carolina certified laboratory
4. The effluent temperature shall not cause an increase in the temperature of the receiving stream of more
than 0.5 °C. In no case shall the effluent temperature cause the receiving stream temperature to exceed
20 °C.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
There shall be no chromium, zinc or copper added to the cooling water. The permittee shall obtain approval
from the Division's Environmental Sciences Section prior to the use of any biocide in the cooling water (See A.
(4))•
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A. (2) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
II 15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to
discharge groundwater remediation wastewater from Outfall 004. Such discharges shall be limited and
monitored 1 by the Permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Parameter Code
Limits
Monitoring Requirements
Monthly
Average
Daily
I Maximum
Measurement Sample Sample Location
Frequency Tvne
Flow
50050
0.288 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or Effluent
Carbon Tetrachloride
32102
Semiannually
Grab
Effluent
1,1-Dichloroethene
34501
Semiannually
Grab
Effluent
1,2-Dichloropropane
34541
Semiannually
Grab
Effluent
Tetrachloroethene (PCE)
78389
Semiannually
Grab
Effluent
Trichloroethene (TCE)
78391
Semiannually
Grab
Effluent
Chronic Toxicity 3
TGP3B
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
application system [see A. (6)].
2. If the discharge is not continuous, flow may be monitored weekly by an instantaneous flow estimate.
3. Chronic Toxicity (Ceriodaphnia) limit at 5.6% with testing in February, May, August and November [see A.
(3)]. Semiannual monitoring should correspond with the quarterly toxicity testing requirement.

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A. (3) CHRONIC TOXICITY PERMIT LIMIT (QUARTERLY)
[15A NCAC 02B.0200]
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant mortality to
Ceriodaphnia dubia at an effluent concentration of 5.6%.
The perimt 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 efflued 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 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. t
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 THP3B 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
7699-1621:
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.
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, mimmum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls, shall constitute an
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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
A. (4) BIOCIDE CONDITION
[G.S. 143-215,143-215.1]
The permittee shall obtain approval from the Division prior to the use of any biocide in the coolmg water
discharged from this facility. Approval should be requested at least 90 days in advance of the planned use of any
biocide which may be toxic to aquatic life (other than previously approved compounds). The request should be
submitted to the Aquatic Toxicology Unit of the Division's Environmental Sciences Section at the following
address: /
NC DEQ / DWR / Environmental Sciences Section
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina. 27699=1621
[phone] 3-8400
Consult the Aquatic Toxicology Unit for specific item's that should be submitted with each request (such as
Biocide Worksheet Form 101, MSDS documentation, etc.). Completion of Biocide Worksheet Form 101 is not
necessary for those outfalls with toxicity testing requirements. �
Concentrations of chromium, copper or zinc added to biocides shall not/exceed applicable water quality standards
(or action levels) in the receiving stream. These concentrations should be calculated using the Biocide Worksheet
Form 101 with the Supplemental Metals Analysis Worksheet.
A. (5) REOPENER CLAUSE-
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
If the Permittee makes piping changes m -order to reuse cooling tower blowdown and not discharge it as a heated
water was:estream, the Division may reopen the permit and remove the temperature discharge limits and instream
temperature.monitonng requirements from Section A. (1). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS (Outfall 001).
A. (6) 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 Il of this permit
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
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.
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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
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 Dov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-discharge-elimmation-
system-nRdes-electronic-reporting-rule.
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
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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 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:
htti):Hdeg.ne.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section -B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)l
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section
B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, 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:
7 certify, underpenalty 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 orpersons 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 offines 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 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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