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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
interim Director
July 25, 2018
Mr. John R. Townson, Director
Environmental Management Division
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
12 Post Lane
Camp Lejeune,NC 28547-2540 .
Subject: Draft New NPDES Permit NC0089745
Camp Lejeune WTP
Onslow County
Dear Mr. Townson:
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft permit for the proposed nanofiltration and green sand filter
water purification plant. Please review this draft carefully to ensure your thorough understanding of the
information, conditions, and requirements it contains.
The requirement to begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC•DWR's
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report(eDMR) internet application has been added to your NPDES
permit [See Section A. (4)]. For information on eDMR, registering for eDMR, and obtaining an eDMR
user account, please visit the following website:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
For information on EPA's proposed NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule,please visit the following
website:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-discharge-
elimination-system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
919.807.6300

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The Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune dilution model was found to be acceptable, and to minimize the
mixing zone impact an Instream Wastewater Concentration of 10%was determined. This assumes that
the discharge will be pumped to Wallace Creek at a constant rate regardless of the potable flow capacity.
Upon permit renewal, if enough samples have been collected, instream and effluent(metals)monitoring
can be reduced or eliminated provided no violations or demonstration of reasonable potential to violate
Water Quality Standards has occurred.
The discharge data and toxicity results provided with the permit application were from the City of
Jacksonville's Nanofiltration WTP and not from a pilot study of the source water for the proposed Camp
Lejeune WTP. It is DWR's understanding that you felt the City of Jacksonville's data was representative
enough of the proposed Camp Lejeune WTP discharge. As stated in previous correspondence,please
note that the proposed WTP will be located on the Camp Lejeune base, and you will be taking the risk of
not passing the appropriate toxicity test by not sampling the proposed water treatment plant's source
water. Given this information, the Camp Lejeune WTP will be responsible for passing the test or risk
shutting down. •
With this notification,the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing a
notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Onslow 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 919-707-3619, or via e-mail [[e-mail]].
Sincerely,
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Brianna Young
Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
Wilmington Regional Office
Wastewater Operator Certification Group
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
US Fish and Wildlife Service
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
David Cotnoir,NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic
James Marshall-Zank,MCB Camp Lejeune
Travis Voorhees,MCB Camp Lejeune
Jonathan Casey,MCB Camp Lejeune
Steven Whited,MCB Camp Lejeune
Erik K. Howard,NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic
Robert A. Lowder,MCB Camp Lejeune

Permit NC0089745
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE EfLIMINATION SYSTEM
N( PDES)Y
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In compliance with the provision of North Carolina,General Statute 1`43-2.15.1, other lawful standards
and regulations promulgated and adopted by theNorth Carolina Environmental Management
Commission, and the Federal Waterl'ollution Control Act, as amended,the
Commanding Officer ter,Marine C ps,Base Camp Lejeune
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is hereby authorized to dischargwastewater°from a facility loeated a
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Marine Corps,Base CampLejeune Consolidated WTP
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to receiving-waters designatedcas„Wallace°Creek in the White Oak River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations,�monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV
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This permit shall become effective ,4 , 2018.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on , 2023.
Signed this day , 2018.
Linda Culpepper
Interim Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NC0089745
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.
Commanding Officer Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
is hereby authorized to:
1. Operate a water treatment plant with a permi 'discharge of nanofiltration membrane concentrate,
nanofiltration membrane feed-to-waste/flush, greensand filter backwash;,and�strainer backwash. This
WTP will have a design potable flowrate of 8.0 MGD,and a design wastewater/fiowrate of 2.1 MGD,
which will be pumped to discharge at"-a rMate of 2.4 D.,,via a,diffuser. This facility is located on the
west side of Holcomb Boulevard in Camp',Lejeune in Onslow County.Wastewater treatments consists
of:
• Oxidation using 3'p odium h ochlbrite
• One(1)2.0 MG"clarifi r`for sedimentation , "
• Post-aeration, �7 �
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• Discharge via\di fuser ,h
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2. Discharge.from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Wallace
Creek in'Onslow County, a,‘waterbodv,.urrently classified SB,NSW [Stream Segment:19-20] in
subbasin 03405-02 [HUC: 0302030202]min he White Oak River Basin.
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Permit NC0089745
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 filter backwash from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and
monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Parameter Codes Monthly Daily Measurement Sample Sample
Average Maximum Frequency Type Location 2
• Flow(MGD) 50050 /!' ,-Continuous Recording Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060 _ 13 NgIL ' '\:Weekly Grab Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mgIL 45 O'mg1L Weekly Grab Effluent
00400 Not less than '8 s u'nor Weekly �' Grab Effluent
pHgreater than-$.5 s.u. y��=
pH (s.u.) 00400 2/Month '-, Grab U &D
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Dissolved Oxygen(mg/L) 00300 `` ,,N ° 2/Month '"Grab.
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Salinity 00480 , `.; - . 2/Month Grab U&D
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Conductivity 00094 '��y � �;. '`v2 nth Grab U&Dt
Total Dissolved Solids(mg/L)/, '70295.'\ °' "`tix;;,;'`N,„ 2/Month Grab Effluent
Turbidity(NTU) (` >?'/ 00070` \v: :-7 -- ,H 21Month Grab Effluent
Total Arsenic(pg/L) 'v01002 } : ,7 Monthly Grab Effluent
Total Copper(NgIL) ``4/042 /1 -----.�_ Monthly Grab Effluent
Total Chloride,(mg/L) :',;•>,.,-,,,, 00940 . 7--------„,'-,‘:,,, , ti, Monthly Grab Effluent
Total Zinc,(pig/L)" 'C,,,;„ ..011002-.1, ''"\,,x � „`' 7`'” Monthly Grab Effluent
Total Manganese(pg/L) N,01055 `a,` `` --...../--...../� ' Quarterly Grab Effluent
Ammonia Nitrogen>( mg/L) CC0610,, \ ` ; Monthly Grab Effluent
Total Nitrogen(mg/L) ., C0600`\ N. Quarterly Grab Effluent
Total Phosphorus(mg/L);:z` , C06655,' Quarterly Grab Effluent
�Y / 50, pCi/L Average Annual
Gross Beta Radiation z.•03520; Quarterly Grab Effluent
�, Activity Level
WET Testing 4 TGP3E Monitor&Report Quarterly Grab Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's
eDMR application system [see Section A. (4)].
2. U=Upstream of the discharge at least 100 feet; D=Downstream of the discharge at least 200
feet.
3. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 p g/L to be in compliance
with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported
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by a North Carolina certified'laboratory(including field certified), even if these values fall
below 50 µg/L.
4. Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity(WET) testing of Mysidopsis bahia shall be performed at 10%
effluent concentration during January, April, July, and October [see Section A. (2)].
All samples collected shall be from a representative discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (2) CHRONIC TOXICITY PASS/FAIL PERMIT MONITORING(QUARTERLY)
[15A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.]
The effluent discharge shall at no time exhibit observable inhibition of reproduction or significant
mortality to Mysidopsis bahia at an effluent concentration of 10 %.
The permit holder shall perform at a minimum, quarterly monitoring using procedures described below
to establish compliance with the permit condition. The tests will be performed during the months of
January,April, July, and October. 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. The test procedure will be based on EPA Method 1007.0,Mysid,
Mysidopsis bahia, Survival, Growth, and Fecundity Test, as described in Short-Term Methods for
Estimating the Chronic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving/Water,..!'to Marine and Estuarine Organisms,
Third Edition, EPA-821-R-02-014. The procedure will be-perforrned'aswritten with the following
exceptions:
• The test treatments will consist of 4a control and a 10 % effluent concentration.
• Mortality for pass/fail tests will be evaluated using-the t test described in Section 11.3 in
Methods for Measuring the Acute Toxicity of Effluents to Freshwater and Marine
Organisms, Fifth Edition.`EPA-821-R-02-012,,October 2002, applying an alpha level
of 0.05. `
• The growth endpoint for pass/fail tests will be determined using Appendix G of Short-
Term Methods for Estimating'the Chrdnic Toxicity of Effluents and Receiving Waters to
Marine and Estuarine Organisins,'Third"Edition;EPA-821-R-02-014, October 2002,
applying,an alpha level of 0.01. '',
• Mortality and growth endpoints for multiple-concentration tests will be determined using
hypothesis testing as described in EPA,Method 1007.0, Mysid,Mysidopsis bahia,
Survival, Growth,sand Fecundity Test, as described in Short-Term Methods for
/ Estimating,the-Chronic Toxicity`of Effluents and Receiving Waters to Marine and
t.` •Estuarine Organisms, Third Edition,EPA-821-R-02-014, October 2002.
• Fecundity will not be evaluated.
All toxicity testing'resiilts requiredas part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form(MR-1) for the months in which tests were performed. For pass/fail results,
report using the parameter code TGP3E and the DWR Form AT-4 (original), which is to be sent to the
address below. �.
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.
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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 tokicity monitoring is required,Monitoring
will be required during the following month. Upon submission of a;valid test, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above. Should any test data from this
monitoring requirement or tests performed by the Nortl a?olina 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,minimum control organism reproduction;-and appropriate envirbnmental 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. (3) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF DISCHARGE
In accordance with 40 CFR.I22.21(k)(5)(vi), no later than 2 years after the commencement of discharge
from the proposed_facility the applicant is required tocomplete and submit items V and VI of NPDES
application Form 2C. Please note that all-data,generated must be reported to the approved detection level
or lower reporting levet of the,procedure. Practical Quantitation Limit levels can be found on the DWR
website at:'https://deq.nc.gov/ about/divisions/water-`resources/water-resources-data/water-sciences-
home-page/microbiology-inorganics-branch/methods-pqls-qa. Two copies of items V and VI of NPDES
application Forin,2,C shall be submitted to:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Wastewater Branch/NPDES
1617 Mail'Service Center
Raleigh;North Carolina 27699-1621
A. (4) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF 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.
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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 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),‘ll,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-MediaFElectr'onic Reporting Regulation(CROMERR),
permittees will be required to submit all dischargemonitoring data to the state electronically using
eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submissiony printing, signing, and submitting one
signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address: ,•,
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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 demonstrated hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in`an area where less than 190 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 fir`st_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,.he 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
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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.federalregister.gov/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 report's. The duration`ofa.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 waivei'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://deq.(nc you/about/divions/water-resou es/.edmr
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4. Signatory,Requirements[Supplements..Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
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, arid 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:
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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:
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"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."
5. 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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