HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0035939_Draft Permit_20180711 ROY COOPER
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Secretory
LINDA CULPEPPER
Water Resources Intel un Du ector
ENVIRONMENTAL DUALITY
July 11, 2018
Reverend Paul Pruitt
Bethel Colony of Mercy
1675 Bethel Colony Rd
Lenoir, NC 28645
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NC0035939
Bethel Colony Women's Campus WWTP
Class WW-2, Grade I-IV Biological WPCS
Caldwell County
Dear Reverend Pruitt:
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft carefully to
ensure a thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and requirements it contains.
The draft permit includes no significant changes from the existing permit.
> Ownership and facility name were updated
> HUC and Stream Index numbers were added
> Map updated
With this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing a notice in
newspapers having circulation in the general Caldwell 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 questions concerning the draft, please contact
me at the telephone number listed at the bottom of this page, or via e-mail [emily.delduco@ncdenr.gov].
Sincerely,
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Emily DelDuco
Environmental Specialist II
NPDES program
cc: NPDES Unit
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
919 707 9125 919-807-6389 FAX
haps://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater-branch/npdes-wastewater-permits
Permit NC0035939
Grade I-IV Biological Water Pollution Control System[15A NCAC 08G .0302]
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,
Bethel Colony of Mercy Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Bethel Colony Women's Campus WWTP
1181 Camp Carolwood Rd
Caldwell County
to receiving waters designated as Cove Branch in the Yadkin-Pee Dee 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 , 2018.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2023.
Signed this day , 2018
Linda Culpepper, Interim Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Grade I-IV Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
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.
Bethel Colony of Mercy, Inc. is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.0054 MGD wastewater treatment facility that
includes the following components:
• Septic tank
• Dosing tank with dual alternating siphons
• Dual surface sand filters
• Tablet chlorination 86 dechlorination
• Chlorine contact basin with post-aeration
This facility is located at the Bethel Colony Women's Campus WWTP off Camp
Carolwood Road in Caldwell County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into Cove Branch [Stream Index: 12-19-14], currently classified C-Trout
waters in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin [HUC: 030401010101].
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Permit NC0035939
Grade I-IV Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
Part I
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 02B.0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration,
the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited
and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
PARAMETER LIMITS - MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[PCS Code] Monthly Daily Measurement Sample Type Sample Location
Average Maximum Frequency
Flow 0.0054 MGD Weekly Instantaneous Influent or Effluent
[50050]
BOD,5-day(20°C) 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent
[00310]
Total Suspended Solids 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent
[00530]
NH3 as N [00610] 20.0 mg/L 35.0 mg/I Monthly Grab Effluent
(April 1 —October 31)
NH3 as N [00610] Monthly Grab Effluent
(November 1 —March 31)
Fecal Coliform [31616] 200/100 ml 400/100 ml 2/Month Grab Effluent
(geometric mean)
Total Residual Chlorine(TRC)1 28 pg/L 2/Week Grab Effluent
[50060]
Temperature(°C) Weekly Grab Effluent
[00010]
pH >6.0 and<9.0 standard units Weekly Grab Effluent
[00400] —
Notes
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the
Division's eDMR application system [see A. (3)].
2. Limit and monitoring requirements apply only if chlorine is used for disinfection. The
Permittee shall report all effluent TRC values reported by a NC-certified laboratory
[including field-certified]. Effluent values < 50 pg/L will be treated as zero for
compliance purposes.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2) NUTRIENT REOPENER FOR HIGH ROCK LAKE
[NCGS 143.215.1 (b)]
This permit may be reopened and modified to implement nutrient requirements in
accordance with any future TMDL and / or nutrient management strategy for High Rock
Lake.
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Grade I-W Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
A. (3) 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):
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting [Supersedes Section D. (2.) 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 / Information Processing Unit
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.
Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements 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 using eDMR.
Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and,shall thereupon expire. At
such time, DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee
re-applies for and is granted a new temporary waiver by the Division.
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Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic
reporting requirements is found on the following web page:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/edmr
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.
2. 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://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/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."
3. Records Retention (Supplements Section D. (6.)1
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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River Basin:Yadkin Pee-Dee HUC:030401010101 SCALL NC Grid:C12SE
County:Caldwell 1:20,000 USGS Quad:Buffalo Cove