WQ0006085_Correction_20010917

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Divisions of Water Quality
Michael F, Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
September 17, 2001
Ms. DAISY L. IVEY, TowN ADMDUSTRATOR
TOWN OF OCEAN ISLE BEACH
3 WEST T�In2I7 STREET
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA 28469-7506
Dear Ms. Ivey:
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NORTH CAROL.INA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: Permit No. WQ0006085 Correction
Town of Ocean Isle Beach
Town of Ocean Isle Beach Wastewater
Treatment Plant Upgrade
Wastewater Treatment and
Spray Irrigation / Reclaimed Water
Utilization System
Brunswick County
In accordance with a telephone request received on August 20, 2001 from Mr. J.F.
Boney, acting on the Town of Ocean Isle Beach's (Town) behalf, we are forwarding herewith a
corrected Page 11 of Permit No. WQ0006085, issued August 13, 2001, for the subject
wastewater treatment and spray irrigation/reclaimed water utilization systern.
The following correction has been made to the pen-
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1. Condition IV. 1. of the permit requires that irrigation of wastewater effluent or
reclaimed water shall not be performed when the separation between the seasonal
high water table and the land surface is less than three feet. During adjudicatory
negotiations following a 1997 permitting action, the Town and the Division of Water
Quality (Division) agreed that the phrase "seasonal high" would be stricken from this
condition. At that time, the Division provided guidance regarding this condition as
follows: "[t]he intent of the condition is to prohibit the spray irrigation of wastewater
onto the land when the actual water table is less than three feet below the land surface
[and] not when evidence of a seasonal high water table is present within three feet of
the Iand surface." In this most recent permitting action, the Division mistakenly
included the "seasonal high" phrase in this condition once again. With this
correction, the language of this condition is being amended to rectify this oversight by
reflecting the language agreed to by the Town and the Division in 1997.
Please replace Page 1.1 with the corrected Page 11 into Permit No. WQ0006085,
issued August 13, 2001.
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If you need any additional information concerning this matter, please contact Ms.
Shannon Mohr Thornburg at [phone], bxtension 353.
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
CC' Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, P.A.
Brunswick County Health Department
Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Section
Wilmington Regional Office, Groundwater Section
Central Office, Groundwater Section
Technical Assistance and Certification Unit
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
Permit File WQ0006085

Three copies of all operation and spray irrigation/reclaimed water utilization records, as specified in
Condition III. 6., shall be submitted on Form NDAR-1 on or before the last.day of the month following
the spray irrigationlreel aimed water utilization event. Three copies of all reclaimed water monitoring
data, as specified in Condition III. 2. and Condition III. 5., shall be submitted on Form NDMR-1 on or
before the last day of the month following the monitoring/sampling month. All monitoring and
reporting forms shall be submitted to the following address:
NC Division of Water Quality
Water Quality Section
Non -Discharge Compliance/Enforcement Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
8. Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Wilmington Regional Office, telephone number (910)
395-3900, as soon as possible, but in no case more than 24 hours or on the next working day following
the occurrence or first knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following:
a. Any occurrence at the facilities that results in the treatment of significant amounts of wastes which
are abnormal in quantity or characteristic, such as the dumping of the contents of a sludge digester;
the known passage of a slug of hazardous substance through the facility; or any other unusual
circumstances.
b. Any process unit failure, due to known or unknown reasons, that render the facilities incapable of
adequate wastewater treatment, such as mechanical or electrical failures of pumps; aerators;
compressors; etc.
c. Any failure of the facilities that results in a bypass directly to receiving waters without treatment of
all or any portion of the influent to the facilities.
d. Any time that self -monitoring information indicates that the facilities have gone out of compliance
with its permit limitations.
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in letterform within five
days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report shall outline the actions taken or
proposed to ensure that the problem does not recur.
IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
No irrigation of wastewater effluent/reclaimed water on the spray irrigation/reclaimed water utilization
facilities shall be undertaken when the water table is less than three feet below the land surface.
2. Until the existing spray irrigation facilities are modified such that they receive wastewater effluent
meeting the reclaimed water quality criteria only (i.e., following the Phase III construction), the six
existing groundwater monitoring wells (i.e., MWA, MW-2, MW-3, MW-4, MW-5, and MW-6) shall
be sampled every March, July, and November for the following parameters:
PH Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Total Ammonia -Nitrogen (NH3-N) Water Level
If TOC concentrations greater than 10 milligrams per liter are detected in any downgradient
groundwater monitoring well, additional groundwater sampling and analysis shall be conducted to
identify the individual constituents comprising the TOC concentration. If the TOC concentration in the
background (i.e., upgradient) groundwater monitoring well exceeds 10 milligrams per liter, this
concentration shall be taken to represent the naturally -occurring TOC concentration in the
groundwater. Any exceedance of this naturally -occurring TOC concentration in downgradient wells
shall be subject to additional groundwater sampling and analysis as described above.
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