NC0085812_Renewal Application_20180227

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL GUALITY
February 27, 2018
Andrew Neff
Union County
500 N Main St Ste 500
Monroe, NC 28112
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC008$812
Grassy Branch WWTP
Union County
Dear Applicant:
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XJICHAEL S- BEGAN
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Interim Director
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the February 26, 2018 receipt of your permit renewal application
and supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW
permitting branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit.
The permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond
in a timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and
renewal of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deg.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
cc: Central Files w/application
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-807-6300

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit NCO085812
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up — down arrows to move from one
field to the next To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box Otherwise, please print or type
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Union County Public Works
Facility Name
Grassy Branch WWTP
Mailing Address
Union County Public Works, 500 North Main Street, Suite 500
City
Monroe
State / Zip Code
NC 28112
Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
e-mail Address
bart famer@unioncountync gov
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 1629 Old Fish Road (off NCSR 1610)
City
Monroe 1=n 1r)rWWDV
State / Zip Code NC 28110 'RE
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3. Operator Information: perm
Name of the firm, public organization or other entity that operates the facility (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator- in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name Union County Public Works
Mailing Address 500 North Main Street, Suite 500
City Monroe
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
NC 28112
[phone]
[phone]
4. Population served: 355
1 of 3 Form -A 1/06

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
5. Do you receive industrial waste?
® No ❑ Yes (if you have an approved pre-treatment program, must complete Form 2A)
6. Type of collection system
® Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
7. Outfall Information:
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes ® No
S. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
Crooked Creek in the Yadkin/Pee Dee River Basin
9. Frequency of Discharge:
If intermittent
Days per week discharge occurs,
Continuous ❑ Intermittent
Duration
10. Describe the treatment system
List all installed components, including capacities, provide design removal for BOD, TSS, nitrogen and
phosphorus If the space provided is not sufficient, attach the description of the treatment system in a
separate sheet of paper
Influent Pump Station
Manual Bar Screen
Equalization Basin
2 Aeration Tanks
2 Clarifiers
Aerated Sludge Digester
2 Tertiary Filters
Ultra Violet Disinfection
Backup Chlorination
Continuous Flow Recording
Standby Power
11. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0 050 MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0 036 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0 068 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
12. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
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NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned 'Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < ®.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
13. Effluent Data
Provide data for the parameters lasted Fecal Coliform, Temperature and pH shall be grab samples, for all other
parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used Effluent testing data must be based on at least three samples
and must be no more than four and one half years old
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Number of
Samples
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(BODS)
2 2
0 55
mg/1
4
Fecal Coliform
14
1 9
#/ 100ml
4
Total Suspended Solids
<2 9
<2 6
mg/l
4
Temperature (Summer)
269
248
C
4
Temperature (Winter)
206
16 4
C
4
pH
7 9
7 1
PH
4
14. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
UIC (SDWA)
NPDES NCO085812
PSD (CAA)
Non -attainment program (CAA)
15. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
Type
NESHAPS (CAA)
Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
Special Order of Consent (SOC)
Other
Permit Number
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
Andrew Neff W/WW Division Director
Printed name of Person Signing Title
1q/(k
Signature of Applicant Date
North Carolina General Statute 143-215 6 (b)(2) states Any person who knowingly makes any false statement
representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document files or required to be
maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that
Article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method
required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management
Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
$25,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both (18 US C Section 1001 provides a
punishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar
offense )
3 of 3 Form -A 1/06