WQ0012821_Final Permit_20040301

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O�� 9QG Michael F. Easley. Governor
William U. Ross Jr., Secretary
t r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p ^' Alan W. Klimek, P,E., Director
Nll� Division of Water Quality
March 1, 2004
GEORGE W. RADFORD, ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, CHERRY POINT
C/o ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
BUILDING 4223 ACCESS ROAD
CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA 28533
Subject: Permit No. WQ0012821. (Modification)
MCAS Cherry Point Golf Course
Wastewater Treatment and Reclaimed
Water Utilization System
Craven County
Dear Mr. Radford:
In accordance with a request for modification received September 23, 2003, we are forwarding herewith
Permit Number WQ0012821, slated March 1, 2004, to Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point for the
construction and continued operation of the subject wastewater treatment and reclaimed water utilization system.
This modification is being issued in accordance to a request made by Glenn Hartzog, Environmental Engineer of
MCAS. Please note the following:
✓ The monitoring requirements for residual chlorine, total organic carbon, and nitrate have been
removed from Condition 111(2). Language has been added for implementation scheduling of the
newly required parameters.
A notation has been added to Condition III(2) concerning the monitoring requirements for total
dissolved solids and chloride.
✓ Additional language has been added to Condition III(3)f, which limits the reporting of weather
conditions to irrigation days only.
✓ Additional language has been added to Condition (3)g, which limits the crop maintenance record
keeping to annual fertilizer and pesticide totals only.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until July 31, 2006, shall void Permit No.
WQ0012821 issued July 31, 2003, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
Please pay particular attention to the monitoring requirements in this permit. Failure to establish an
adequate system for collecting and maintaining the required operational information will result in future
compliance problems.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the right to
request an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this permit. This
request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General
Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-
6714. Unless such demands are made this permit shall be final and binding.
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RE,CLAIlMED WATER UTILIZATION PERMIT
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina as amended,
and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point
Craven County
FOR THE
construction and operation of approximately 17 acres of newly approved irrigation area, and
continued operation of a 1,650,000 GPD reclaimed water utilization system consisting of the spray irrigation of
treated wastewater authorized under NPDES Permit No. NC0003816, operation of a continuous on-line
monitoring and recording, for turbidity, a spray irrigation flow meter, a hydropneumatic tank, a 650 GPM
irrigation pump; the continued use of approximately 114 acres of an on -site golf course, and all teeters, valves,
fittings, piping, instrumentation/control systems, electrical items, structural units, and other related appurtenances
to serve the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point with no discharge of wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to
the application received June 3, 2000 and subsequent additional information received by the Division, and in
conformity with the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data subsequently filed and approved by the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources and considered a part of this permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until July 31, 2006, shall void Permit No.
WQ0012821 issued July 31, 2003, and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
I. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Upon completion of the modifications to the irrigation system and prior to operation of this permitted
facility, a certification must be received from a professional engineer certifying that the permitted
facility has been installed in accordance with this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and
other supporting materials. If this project is to be completed in phases and an itially certified, you
shall retain the responsibility to track further construction Approved under the same permit, and shall
provide a„ final certificate of completion once the entire project has been completed. Mail the
Certification to the Non -Discharge Permitting Unit, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-
1617.
2. The Washington Regional Office, telephone number [phone], shall be notified at least forty-
eight (48) hours in advance of operation of the installed facilities so that an in -place inspection can be
made. Such notification to the regional supervisor shall be made during the normal office hours from
8:00 a.m. until 5:00 pan. on Monday through Friday, excluding State Holidays.

3. The reclaimed water utilization facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated at all times so
that there is no discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of ground waters which will
render them unsatisfactory for normal use. In the event that the facilities fail to perform
satisfactorily, including the creation of nuisance conditions or failure of the irrigation area to
adequately assimilate the wastewater, the Permittee shall take immediate corrective actions including
those actions that may be required by the Division of Water Quality (Division), such as the
construction of additional or replacement wastewater treatment and disposal facilities.
4. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for damages to surface
or groundwaters resulting from the operation of this facility.
Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the treatment facilities is prohibited.
6. The following buffers shall be maintained:
a. 100 feet between wetted areas and water supply wells,
b. 100 feet between wetted areas and waters classified as SA,
c. 25 feet between wetted areas and surface waters not classified as SA,
d. 100 feet between wastewater treatment units and wells,
e. 50 feet between reclaimed water storage/irrigation ponds and property lines, and
f. 50 feet between wastewater treatment units and property lines.
7. Public access to the irrigation sites shall be controlled during active site use. Such controls may
include the posting of signs showing the activities being conducted at each site. A sign shall be
posted in plain sight in the club house showing these activities.
II. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
2. Upon classification of the wastewater treatment and irrigation facilities by the Water Pollution
Control System Operators Certification Commission (WPCSOCC), the Permittee shall designate and
employ a certified operator to be in responsible charge (ORC) and one or more certified operator(s) to
be back-up ORC(s) of the facilities in accordance with 15A NCAC 8G .0201. The ORC shall visit
the facilities in accordance with 15A NCAC 8G .0204 or as specified in this permit and shall comply
with all other conditions specified in these rules.
A suitable, year-round vegetative cover shall be maintained on the irrigation areas.
4. Irrigation shall not be performed during inclement weather or when the ground is in a condition that
will cause runoff.
Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent wastewater runoff from the irrigation field.
6. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge system to
prevent the discharge of any wastewater resulting from the operation of this facility.

7.' The application rates onto the wetted area of the spray irrigation facilities shall not exceed the
following:
Approximate
Instantaneous
Cumulative
Wetted Area
Application Rate
Application Rate
Field No. °'�
(acres)
(inches per hour)
(inches per ear)
1
105.5
0.3
10.0
2
25.7
0.3
10.0
Each field shall be closely monitored during any spray irrigation event. Should the applied
wastewater effluent be observed to accumulate on the ground surface, the application rates shall
be reduced or irrigation shall be ceased accordingly.
b Field No. I includes the 9.1 acres of the driving range area.
The cumulative application rate shall be equivalent to the loading of wastewater effluent over any
12-month period
8. No type of wastewater other than that from Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point shall be irrigated
onto the irrigation area.
III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
1. Any monitoring (including groundwater, surface water, soil or plant tissue analyses) deemed
necessary by the Division to insure surface and ground water protection will be established and an
acceptable sampling reporting schedule shall be followed.
2. As an indicator of proper operation and maintenance, the facility shall produce an effluent in
compliance with the following limitations:
Parameter Monthly Average" Daily (Instantaneous) Maximumc
Flow
1,650,000 GPD
BOD5 (5-day, 20°C)
10 mg/1
15 mg/1
NH3 as N
4 mg/1
6 mg/1
TSS
5 mg/l
10 mg/l
Fecal Cofiform
b
14 per 100 mil
25 per 100 ml
Turbidity
10 NTU
The effluent pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
Monthly averages for all but fecal coliform shall be the arithmetic mean of all samples collected
during the reporting period.
b
Monthly average for fecal coliform shall be the geometric mean of all samples collected during the
reporting period.
C Daily maximum shall be the maximum value of all samples collected during the reporting period.
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Within ninety (90) days of permit issuance, the effluent from the subject facilities shall be
monitored, by the Permittee, at the point prior to irrigation for the following parameters:
Parameter Samoline Point Samoline Freauencv Tvt)e of Samole
Flow
Influent or Effluent
Continuous
Recording
Turbidity
Effluent
Continuous
Recording
BOD5 (5-day, 20°C)
Effluent
*2/Month
Composite
NH3 as N
Effluent
*2/Month
Composite
Total Suspended Residue
Effluent
2/Month
Composite
Fecal Coliform
Effluent
2/Month
Grab
TDS'
Effluent
Triannually
Grab
Chloride'
Effluent
Triannually
Grab
pH
Effluent
�Triannually
Grab
Parameter sampling as required by Permit NC0003816 at a frequency greater than or equal to
that listed above shall not be additionally required.
T 21Month sampling frequency only during the months of April through October. During the
remainder of the year, these parameters shall be monitored monthly.
Triannually sampling shall be conducted during the months of March, July, and November.
' If concentrations of TDS are not over 500 mg/L and concentrations of chloride are not over
250 mg/L in two consecutive years of triannual monitoring, a permit modification request
shall be made in order to suspend monitoring of the subject parameters.
If Groundwater sampling indicates or predicts problems with the compliance with Groundwater
Standards, this permit will be modified to include additional and/or more restrictive limitations.
Adequate records shall be maintained by the Permittee tracking the amount of wastewater disposed.
These records shall include, but are not necessarily limited to the following information:
a. date and time of irrigation,
b. volume of wastewater irrigated,
c. zone irrigated,
d. length of time zone is irrigated,
e. continuous weekly, monthly, and year-to-date hydraulic (inches/acre) loadings for each zone,
f. weather conditions (for irrigation days only), and
g. maintenance of the vegetative cover (annual fertilizer and pesticide totals).
4. Three (3) copies of all monitoring data (as specified in condition III 2.) on Form NDMR-1 and three
(3) copies of all operation and disposal records (as specified in condition 1113.) on Form NDAR-1
shall be submitted monthly on or before the last day of the following month. All information 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
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. 5. A maintenance log shall be maintained at this facility inclriding but not limited to the following items:
a. Visual observations of the entire irrigation site.
b. Record of preventative maintenance (changing pumps, tanks, alarm testing, irrigation systern
inspections, equipment cleanings, etc.).
c. Date of calibration of flow measurement device.
6. - Noncompliance Notification:
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Washington Regional Office, telephone number (919-
946-6481, 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 wastewater treatment facility which 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 facility incapable of
adequate wastewater treatment such as mechanical or electrical failures of pumps, aerators,
compressors, etc.
c. Any failure of a pumping station, sewer line, or treatment facility resulting in a by-pass directly to
receiving waters without treatment of all or any portion of the influent to such station or facility.
d. Any time that self -monitoring information indicates that the facility has gone out of compliance
with its permit limitations.
Occurrences outside normal business hours may also be reported to the Division's Emergency
Response personnel at telephone number [phone], [phone], or [phone].
Persons reporting such occurrences by telephone shall also file a written report in letter form within
five (5) days following first knowledge of the occurrence. This report must outline the actions taken
or proposed to be taken to ensure that the problem does not recur.
IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division, shall be
provided.
2. The COMPLIANCE BOUNDARY and REVIEW BOUNDARY for the disposal system is specified
by regulations in 15A NCAC 2H, Waste Not Discharged to Surface Waters, specifically
.0219(k)(1)(C)(1)(HI). The Compliance Boundary and the Review Boundary for groundwater shall be
established at the property boundary. An exceedance of Groundwater Quality Standards at or beyond
the Compliance Boundary is subject to immediate remediation according to 15A NCAC 2L
.0106(d)(2).
V. INSPECTIONS
Adequate inspection, maintenance, and cleaning shall be provided by the Permittee to insure proper
operation of the subject facilities.

2. The Permittee or his designee shall inspect the wastewater treatment and disposal facilities to prevent
malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors and discharges which may cause or lead to the release
of wastes to the environment, a threat to human health, or a nuisance., The Permittee shall keep an
inspection log or summary including at Ieast the date and time of'inspection, observations made, and
any maintenance, repairs, or corrective actions taken by the Permittee. This log -of inspections shall
be maintained by the Permittee for a period of three years from the date of the inspection -and shall be
made available upon request to the Division or other permitting authority.
3. Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Division may, upon presentation of
credentials, enter and inspect any property, premises or place on or related to the disposal site or
facility at any reasonable time for the purpose of determining compliance with this permit; may
inspect or copy any records that must be maintained under the terms and conditions of this permit,
and may obtain samples of groundwater, surface water, or leachate.
V1. GENERAL CONDITIONS
This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in accordance with the
conditions of this permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting data.
2. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes described in the
application and other supporting data.
3. The Operational Agreement between the Permittee and the Environmental Management Commission is
incorporated herein by reference and shall be a condition of this permit. Noncompliance with the terms
of the Operational Agreement shall subject the Permittee to all sanctions provided by North Carolina
General Statutes §143-215.6A to §143-215.6C for violation of or failure to act in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this permit.
4. This permit is not transferable. In the event there is a desire for the facilities to change ownership, or
there is a name change of the Permittee, a formal permit request must be submitted to the Division
accompanied by an application fee, documentation from the parties involved, and other supporting
materials as may be appropriate. The approval of this request will be considered on its merits and may
or may not be approved.
5. Failure to abide by the conditions and limitations contained in this permit may subject the Permittee to
an enforcement action by the Division in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A
to 143-215.6C.
6. The issuance of this permit does not exempt the Permittee from complying with any and all statutes,
rules, regulations, or ordinances which may be imposed by other government agencies (local, state, and
federal) which have jurisdiction, including but not limited to applicable river buffer rules in 15A NCAC
213:0200, erosion and sedimentation control requirements in 15A NCAC Chapter 4 and under the
Division's General Permit NCG010000, and any requirements pertaining to wetlands under 15A NCAC
2B .0200 and 2H .0500.
7_ A set of approved plans and specifications for the subject project must be retained by the Permittee for
the life of the project.
8. The annual administering and compliance fee must be paid by the Permittee within thirty days after
being billed by the Division. Failure to pay the fee accordingly may cause the Division to initiate
action to revoke this permit as specified by 15 NCAC 2H _0205 (c)(4).
9. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this permit, shall request its extension.
Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will review the adequacy of the facilities described
therein, and if warranted, will extend the permit for such period of time and under such conditions and
limitations as it may deem appropriate.
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Permit issued this the I" day of March 2004
NORTH OLINA NVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
.IZ-Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit Number WQ0012821

Permit No. WQ0012821
March 1, 2004
ENGINEER'S CERTTFICATIGN
Partial Final
L , as a duly registered Professional Engineer in the State of
North Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically, weekly, full time) the construction of the project,
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Project Name
Location and County
for the Permittee hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation
of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and intent of
this perrrdt, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature
Date
Registration No.

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