NC0033111_Draft Permit_20180207

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
February 7, 2018
Mr. Bryce Mendenhall
Carolina Water Service of North Carolina
P.O. Box 240908
Charlotte, NC 28224-0908
Subject:
Dear Permittee:
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Intenm Du ector
Draft NPDES Permit NCO033111
Fairfield Harbour S/D WWTP
Craven County
Class WW -3
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft
carefully to ensure your thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and
requirements it contains.
The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
• Instream monitoring requirements have been consolidated and moved to
Section A. (6.).
• Section A. (9.) has been added to require electronic submission of effluent data.
reports (DMRs). Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge
monitoring.
• Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
• An updated outfall map has been included.
Please note that the Neuse River is listed as an impaired waterbody on the North Carolina
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.
With this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by
publishing a notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Craven County area, per
EPA requirements. Please provide your comments, if any, to me no later than 30 days
after receiving 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 any questions
concerning this permit, please contact Emily Phillips at [phone].
Sincer
S
Emily Phillips
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
https•//deq nc gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater-branch/npdes-wastewater-permits

Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES files

Permit NCO033111
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
Carolina Water Service, Inc. of NC
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from facilities located at the
Fairfield Harbour Subdivision WWTP
200 Broad Creek Road
New Bern
Craven County
to receiving waters designated as the Neuse River in the Neuse River Basin
in accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions
set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on June 30, 2023.
Signed this day
DRAFT
Linda Culpepper
Interim Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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.
Carolina Water Service, Inc. of North Carolina
is hereby authorized:
1. to continue discharging 0.600 MGD of treated, 100% -domestic wastewater from a
treatment facility consisting of parallel extended -aeration -type treatment plants with the
following components:
• static bar screen
• flow equalization tank (.150 MGD)
• splitter box
• 2 - extended air (0.300 MGD each)
• 2 - clarifiers
• chlorine contact chamber
• UV disinfection w/liquid chlorination back up
• Effluent holding tank w/pumps
• 2 - aerated digesters (0.80 & 0.85 MGD)
• chemical -feed phosphorous removal
• effluent flow meter
• 5 - blowers
• backup standby generator
• Hach DO sensors 8v controllers for each aeration basin (to control TN reduction
process)
located at the Fairfield Harbour Subdivision WWTP (200 Broad Creek Road), Craven
County, and;
2. After receiving an Authorization to Construct from the Division, construct and operate
additional facilities needed to expand the 0.600 MGD facility to 1.0 MGD (see Part III of
this permit), and
3. to discharge from said wastewater treatment works at Outfall 001 into the Neuse River
(see attached map), a stream currently classified SB; Sw; NSW waters in sub -basin 03-04-
10 of the Neuse River Basin.
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Permit NCO033111
Part I.
A. (1.) EFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS -
(0.6 MGD)
[15A NCAC 02B..0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expansion above 0.6 MGD, the
Permittee is authorized to discharge treated domestic wastewater through Outfall 001. Such
discharges shall be limited and monitored6 by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location
Flow 50050
0 600 MGD
Continuous
Recording
E
Total Monthly Flow (MG) 82220
Monitor & Report
Monthly
Calculated
E
BODS, 20° C 00310
30 mg/L
45 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
Total Suspended Solids 00530
30 mg/L
45 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
NH3 as N 00610
3/Week
Composite
E
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC)2
50060
28 µg/L
3/Week
Grab
E
Enterococci (geometric mean)
61211
35 / 100 mL
276 / 100 mL
3/Week
Grab
E
pH 00400
Not < 6 8 nor > 8 5
Standard Units
3/Week
Grab
E
Temperature 00010
Daily
Grab
E
Total Nitrogen (TN) 3
00600
QM600
QY600
Monitor & Report (mg/L)
Weekly
Composite
E
Monitor & Report (lbs/month)
Monthly
Calculated
E
11,263 lbs/year
(Annual Mass Loading) a
Annually
Calculated
E
TKN (mg/L) 00625
Monitor & Report
Weekly
Composite
E
NO2-N + NO3-N (mg/L) 00630
Monitor & Report
Weekly
Composite
E
Total Phosphorus (TP) 5 C0665
2.0 mg/L (quarterly average)
Weekly
Composite
E
Footnotes:
1. E = effluent
2. Monitoring and limits apply only if chlorine is used in the treatment system. The facility shall report all
effluent TRC values reported by a NC certified laboratory including field certified. However, effluent
values below 50 ug/1 will be treated as zero for compliance purposes.
3. See Special Condition A. (3) TOTAL NITROGEN MONITORING.
4. Compliance with this limit shall be determined in accordance with Special Condition A. (4) and A. (5.) of
this permit.
5. The quarterly average for Total Phosphorus shall be the average of composite samples collected weekly
during the calendar quarters January -March, April -June, July -September, October -December.
6. The Permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the Division's eDMR
system [see A. (3.)].
Units:
MGD =
BOD =
mg/L =
lbs/month =
lbs/year =
million gallons per day
biochemical oxygen demand
milligrams per liter
pounds per month
pounds per year
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Permit NCO033111
Effluent shall contain no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.
A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS —
(1.0 MGD)
[15A NCAC 02B..0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Beginning after approved expansion above 0.6 MGD, the Permittee is authorized to discharge
up to 1.0 MGD of treated domestic wastewater through Outfall 001 until the expiration date
of this permit. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored? by the Permittee as specified
below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Mcnthly
Average
Daily Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location'
Flow 50050
1.0 MGD
Continuous
Recording
E
Total Monthly Flow MG 50050
Monitor & Report
Monthly
Calculated
E
BODS, 20° C (Apr 1— Oct 31)
C0310
5 0 mg/L
7.5 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
BODS, 20° C (Nov 1— Mar 31)
C0310
10 0 mg/L
15.5 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
Total Suspended Solids
'C0530
30.0 mg/L
45 0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
Enterococci (geometric mean)
61211
35 / 100 ml
276 / 100 ml
3/Week
Grab
E
NH3 as N (Apr 1— Oct 31)
00610
10 mg/L
5 0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
NH3 as N (Nov 1— Mar 31)
00610
2 0 mg/L
10 0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
E
Total Residual Chlorine 2 (TRC)
50060
28 Ng/L
3/Week
Grab
E
pH 00400
Not < 6 8 nor > 8 5
Standard Units
3/Week
Grab
E
Dissolved Oxygen 50060
Daily average > 6 0 mg/L
3/Week
Grab
E
Acute Toxicity 3 00187
Quarterly
Composite
E
Temperature 00010
Daily
Grab
E
Total Nitrogen (TN)
(NO2- N + NO3 -N + TKN) 4
C0600
Monitor & Report (mg/L)
Weekly
Composite
E
Monitor & Report (lbs/month)
Monthly
Calculated
E
11,263 lbs/yr (Annual Mass Loading)5
Annually
Calculated
E
TKN (mg/L) 00625
Monitor & Report
Weekly
Composite
E
NO2- N + NO3 —N (mg/L)
00630
Monitor & Report
Weekly
Composite
E
Total Monthly Flow (MG) 50050
Monitor & Report
Monthly
Calculated
E
Total Phosphorus C0665
1.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
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Permit NCO033111
Fnntnntas
1. Facility Sample Locations•
E = Effluent
For Instream Monitoring Report requirements, See Special Condition A.(5 )
2 Monitoring and limits apply only if chlorine is used in the treatment system The facility shall report all
effluent TRC values reported by a NC certified laboratory including field certified However, effluent values
below 50 ug/1 will be treated as zero for compliance purposes.
3. Acute Toxicity - during the months of March, June, September, and December, a 24-hour static test
(Pimephales promelas) at 90%. See Special Condition A (8 ) Acute Toxicity Pass/ Fall Limit
4. See Special Condition A. (3.) TOTAL NITROGEN MONITORING.
5 Compliance with this lmut shall be determined in accordance with Special Condition A. (4.) and A.(5.) of this
permit.
6. Permittee shall make instantaneous measurements from grab samples collected at discrete depth intervals of
one (1) foot throughout the water column
7. The Permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the Division's eDMR
system [see A. (3.)].
Units:
MGD = million gallons per day
BOD = biochemical oxygen demand
NH3 = ammonia
TSR = total suspended residue
mL = milliliters
mg/ L = milligrams per liter
µg/l, = micrograms per liter
lbs/month = pounds per month
lbs/year = pounds per year
Effluent shall contain no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.
A. (3.) CALCULATION OF TOTAL NITROGEN LOADS
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
a. The Permittee shall calculate monthly and annual TN Loads as follows:
i. Monthly TN Load (pounds/month) = TN x TMF x 8.34
where: TN = the average Total Nitrogen concentration (mg/L) of the
composite samples collected during the month
TMF = the Total Monthly Flow of wastewater discharged during the
month (MG/month)
8.34 = conversion factor, from (mg/L x MG) to pounds
ii. Annual TN Load (pounds/year) = Sum of the 12 Monthly TN Loads for the calendar
year
b. The Permittee shall report monthly Total Nitrogen results (mg/L and pounds/month) in
the appropriate discharge monitoring report for each month and shall report each year's
results (pounds/year) with the December report for that year.
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Permit NC0033111
A. (4.) ANNUAL LIMITS FOR TOTAL NITROGEN
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
a. Total Nitrogen (TN) allocations and TN Load limits for NPDES dischargers in the Neuse
River basin apply on a calendar year basis.
b. For any given calendar year, the Permittee shall be in compliance with the annual TN
Load limit in this Permit if:
i. the Permittee's annual TN discharge is less than or equal to its TN Load limit, or
ii. the Permittee is a co -permittee member of a compliance association.
C. If the Permittee is not a co -permittee member of a compliance association and the
Permittee's cumulative annual TN discharge exceeds the effective TN Load limit in this
permit at any point during the calendar year, the Permittee is in violation of its TN Load
limit, and each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.
d. The TN Load limit in this Permit (if any) may be modified as the result of allowable
changes in the Permittee's TN allocation.
i. Allowable changes include those resulting from purchase of TN allocation from the
Wetlands Restoration Fund; purchase, sale, trade, or lease of allocation between
the Permittee and other dischargers; regionalization; and other transactions
approved by the Division.
ii. The Permittee may request a modification of the TN Load limit in this Permit to
reflect allowable changes in its TN allocation. Upon receipt of timely and proper
application, the Division will modify the permit as appropriate and in accordance
with state and federal program requirements.
iii. Changes in TN limits become effective on January 1 of the year following permit
modification. The Division must receive application no later than August 31 for
changes proposed for the following calendar year.
iv. Application shall be sent to:
NCDWR / NPDES Programs
Attn: Neuse River Basin Coordinator
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
e. If the Permittee is a member and co -permittee of an approved compliance association,
its TN discharge during that year is governed by that association's group NPDES permit
and the TN limits therein.
i. The Permittee shall be considered a Co -Permittee Member for any given calendar
year in which it is identified as such in Appendix A of the association's group
NPDES permit.
ii. Association roster(s) and members' TN allocations will be updated annually and in
accordance with state and federal program requirements.
iii. If the Permittee intends to join or leave a compliance association, the Division must
be notified of the proposed action in accordance with the procedures defined in the
association's NPDES permit.
(A) Upon receipt of timely and proper notification, the Division will modify the
permit as appropriate and in accordance with state and federal program
requirements.
(B) Membership changes in a compliance association become effective on January
1 of the year following modification of the association's permit.
f. The TN monitoring and reporting requirements in this Permit remain in effect until
expiration of this Permit and are not affected by the Permittee's membership in a
compliance association.
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Permit NCO033111
A. (5.) TOTAL NITROGEN ALLOCATIONS
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
a. The following table lists the Total Nitrogen (TN) allocation(s) assigned to, acquired by, or
transferred to the Permittee in accordance with the Neuse River nutrient management
rule (T15A NCAC 02B .0234) and the status of each as of permit issuance. For
compliance purposes, this table does not supersede any TN limit(s) established
elsewhere in this permit or in the NPDES permit of a compliance association of which
the Permittee is a Co -Permittee Member.
Footnote: 1. Transport Factor = 100%
b. Any addition, deletion, or modification of the listed allocation(s) (other than to correct
typographical errors) or any change to Active status of any of the listed allocations shall
be considered a mayor modification of this permit and shall be subject to the public
review process afforded such modifications under state and federal rules.
A. (6.) INSTREAM MONITORING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.]
The Permittee shall record instream-monitoring data on a Division -approved form and
summarize these data in an annual report due by January 1 of the year immediately
following the summer sampling period. Send Yearly Instream Monitoring Reports to:
Attention: Modeling Unit
NC DENR / Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement
Frequency
ALLOCATION AMOUNT 1
Temperature
ALLOCATION
TYPE
SOURCE
DATE
D1 D2 D3 D4
STATUS
Estuary
Discharge
Instantaneous6
D1 D2 D3 D4
Salinity
(Ib/yr)
(Ib/yr)
Instantaneous6
Base
Assigned by Rule
12/7/97,
11,263
11,263
Active
TKN
(T15A NCAC 02B .0234)
4/1/03
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
NH3
TOTAL
11,263
11,263
Active
Footnote: 1. Transport Factor = 100%
b. Any addition, deletion, or modification of the listed allocation(s) (other than to correct
typographical errors) or any change to Active status of any of the listed allocations shall
be considered a mayor modification of this permit and shall be subject to the public
review process afforded such modifications under state and federal rules.
A. (6.) INSTREAM MONITORING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.]
The Permittee shall record instream-monitoring data on a Division -approved form and
summarize these data in an annual report due by January 1 of the year immediately
following the summer sampling period. Send Yearly Instream Monitoring Reports to:
Attention: Modeling Unit
NC DENR / Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement
Frequency
Sample Samples
Type Location
Temperature
00010
Weekly
Instantaneous6
D1 D2 D3 D4
Dissolved Oxygen
00300
Weekly
Instantaneous6
D1 D2 D3 D4
Salinity
00480
Weekly
Instantaneous6
D1 D2 D3 D4
H 2
00400
Seasonal
Instantaneous6
D1 D2 D3 D4
TKN
00625
Seasonal3
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
NH3
C0610
Seasonal3
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
NO2 + NO3
00630
Seasona13
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
TN
C0600
Seasonal3
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
TP
C0665
Seasonal3
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
Chloro h II -a
32230
Seasonal3
Com osite4
D1 D2 D3 D4
Enterococci 5
61211
Seasonal3
Grab
D1 D2 D3 D4
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Permit NCO033111
Footnotes:
1. Instream Sampling Locations (see attached map, Instream Monitoring Points):
D 1 = offshore of Outfall 001 piping within the Neuse River
D2 = in the channel at the Northwest Creek Channel Marker No. 1
D3 = in the channel at the Upper Broad Creek Channel Marker No. 2
D4 = in the channel at the Upper Broad Creek Channel Marker No. 3
at a point 300 feet from the marker
2. Instream pH to be taken concurrently with instream Chlorophyll -a sampling only.
3. Seasonal Sampling - the Permittee shall collect instream samples two times per month
(2/month) during the summer months of June, July, August, and September only.
4. Instream sample shall be collected via a spatial composite through the photic zone defined as
twice the Secchi depth.
5. Enterococci instream sample shall be a grab sample collected approximately six (6) inches
below the water surface.
6. Permittee shall make instantaneous measurements from grab samples collected at discrete
depth intervals of one (1) foot throughout the water column.
A. (7.) PHASED CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS
[NCGS 143-215.1(a)]
Influent volume shall at no time exceed the design capacity of the existing facility. Because
this facility is permitted to expand in phases, the Permittee shall submit an Engineering
Alternatives Analysis (EAA) plus any and all up -grade plans and specifications for the next
phase before influent flow reaches 80 % of the currently permitted design capacity (0.600
MGD), i.e. at a flow approaching 0.480 MGD. The EAA, plans, and specifications shall be
submitted to:
Attention NPDES Unit
NC DENR / Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
A. (8.) ACUTE TOXICITY PASS/FAIL PERMIT LIMIT (QRTRLY)
[15A NCAC 02B .0200 et seq.]
The permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests on aguarterlbasis using protocols defined
in the North Carolina Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology For Determining
Acute Toxicity In A Single Effluent Concentration" (Revised December 2010 or subsequent
versions). The monitoring shall be performed as a Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) 24-
hour static test. The effluent concentration at which there may be at no time significant
acute mortality is 90% (defined as treatment two in the procedure document). The tests will
be performed during the months of March, June, September and December. 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.
Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits, then
monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed.
Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months
specified above.
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All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the
Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR -1) for the month in which it was performed, using
the parameter code TGE6C. Additionally, DWR Form AT -2 (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, North Carolina 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 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 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,
then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed.
Upon passing, this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified
above. 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 either these monitoring requirements 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 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.
A. (9.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 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):
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• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.1 and Section E. 5.(all
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 DENR / 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.
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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 federalregister. Dov/ documents/ 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 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: / / deg.nc. gov /about/ divisions /water -resources / edmr
4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B.
11. d
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: / /deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
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Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system
shall make the following certsfication [40 CFR 122.221. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF
CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED:
7 certify, under penalty of lata, 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. (6.11
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 122.411.
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