NC0006190_More Information Requested_20180308

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ROY COOPER
Goveinoi
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secrelaq
LINDA CULPEPPER
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March 8, 2018
Mr. Everette Owens
Plant Manager
South Fork Industries, Inc.
100 W. Pine St
Maiden, NC 28650
Subject: Request for a Revised NPDES Application
NPDES Application NC0006190
South Fork Industries, Inc. Malden Plant
Dear Mr. Owens:
Delta Apparel submitted its application for renewal of NPDES permit NC0006190 on November 4, 2015,
and the permit was administratively continued based on timely receipt of the completed application. In
2016, you corresponded with Julie Grzyb, NPDES Branch supervisor, to discuss what South Fork
Industries needed to do to obtain an ownership change and to maintain the NPDES wastewater permit at
the former Delta Apparel facility. On June 28, 2016, and again on August 10, 2016 (via an email to Mike
Stanforth), Julie Grzyb outlined the basic information South Fork Industries was to submit in order for the
permit to be renewed and modified to address wastewaters particular to South Fork Industries. The
NPDES Branch has yet to receive your application.
In accordance with N.C.G.S. 143-215.1, 15A NCAC 211.0 105, and 40 CFR 122, the Division requires a
revised application from South Fork Industries which specifically characterizes its wastewaters,
operations, process flows, and production rates, so that proper effluent limitations and other permit
conditions can be established. The standard letter sent with the Name & Ownership change in 2016
recognized receipt of Delta Apparel's renewal application which is clearly not representative of South
Fork Industries specific wastewaters.
In order for the Division to renew and modify this permit, and to establish appropriate limitations relevant
to South Fork Industries, a revised application must be submitted within 60 days to NPDES Complex
Permitting Branch. The application must include, at a minimum, the following information:
1. Complete and accurate application forms, EPA Form 1 and EPA Form 2C1 with information
relevant to South Fork Industries' current production operations and process wastewater
discharges. These forms can be found on the DWR website at:
https.//deq.nc gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permltting/npdes-
wastewater/npdes-permitting-0
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 707 9000

2 A detailed flow schematic showing all processes in the facility that have a wastewater discharge,
including any floor drains for various tank overflows or equipment washings, along with
estimated flow volumes and wastewater characteristics.
3. Updated estimates of summer and winter 7Q10 of the receiving stream (Clark Creek). Estimates
can be obtained from USGS at no charge. (USGS contact: Curtis Weaver, [e-mail])
4. Instream (Clark Creek) and effluent hardness data. The Division has adopted new dissolved
metal standards for the state, and the NPDES branch is required to implement the standards in all
permits advertised for public review after April 6, 2016. The new standards for seven metals are
hardness -dependent. As a result, the NPDES branch requires site-specific effluent hardness data
and instream hardness data for each facility monitoring these metals in order to calculate permit
limitations. South Fork Industries must collect five effluent hardness samples and five instream
hardness samples (as CaCO3), upstream of the discharge, and submit this data with its
application. If no hardness data is submitted, a conservative default value of 25 mg/L (as CaCO3)
will be used in the limits calculations
5. Identification of applicable effluent guidelines. Operations performed by the previous owner were
subject to Federal Regulations covered under 40 CFR 410 Subpart E, Knit Fabric Finishing
Subcategory. Limits for COD in the permit were based on average cloth production rates from the
most recent 5 years. South Fork Industries shall submit cloth production data, including total
annual production (lbs/year) and average daily rates (lbs/day) for the past five years (2013
through 2017 plus the beginning of 2018) clong with the revised application. South Fork
Industries shall identify what Federal Effluent Guidelines and Subparts their production is subject
to.
Failure to provide a complete and accurate applmca:mon within 60 calendar days (or by May 14th, 2018)
may be grounds for enforcement action or termination of NPDES permit NC0006190. If you have any
questions, please contact me at 919-807-6389 or email at Bin .Bal ,ncdenr.gov,
Sincerely,
Bing Bam, Engineer
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
Division of Water Resources/NCDEQ
Hardcopy: NPDES Files
Wayne Kelly, South Fork Industries / ORC ([e-mail])
Wes Bell, DWR / Mooresville Regional Office / Water Quality Operations
Corey Basinger, DWR / Mooresville Regional Office / Water Quality Operations
Central Files