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Michael F. Easley, Governor
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William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment Natural Resources
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Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
December 20, 2004
Timothy G. Broome, A.E., Director of Infrastructure and Engineering
Johnston County
Department of Public Utilities
PO Box 2263
Smithfield, NC 27577
Subject: Permit No. WQ00I 9631
Johnston County
Conjunctive Use at the Johnston County Landfill
Reclaimed Water Utilization System
Johnston County
Dear Mr. Broome:
In accordance with your modification request received March 22, 2004, and subsequent additional
information received May 27, 2004, we are forwarding herewith Permit Number. WQ0019631, dated
December 20, 2004, to Johnston County for the continued operation of the subject wastewater treatment
and reclaimed water utilization system. This permit modification is for the purpose of adding two (2)
additional spray fields and 135,000 GPD to the already existing spray system -
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until March 31, 2007, shall void Permit No.
WQ0019631 issued June 13, 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 infortmation 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 mast 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.
One set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you. If you need additional
information concerning this matter, please contact Michelle McKay at [phone].
Sincerel
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
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NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH
WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RECLAIMED WATER UTILIZATION PERMIT
In accordance with the provisions of Article 2I of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina as
amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
Johnston County
Johnston County
FOR THE
construction and continued operation of a 401,918 GPD (266,918 GPD previously permitted and an
additional 135,000 GPD) reclaimed water utilization system, consisting of spray irrigation onto 17 (15
previously permitted) individual spray fields/zones totaling 286.24 acres at the Johnston County LandfilI,
to serve Johnston County with no discharge of wastes to the surface waters, pursuant to the application
received March 22, 2004 and subsequent additional information received by the Division, and i11
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 March 31, 2007, shall void Permit No.
WQ0019631 issued June 13, 2003, and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and
limitations:
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
l . 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 or the Division of
Waste Management, Solid Waste Section, such as:
a, the temporary or permanent termination of those spray irrigation zones not performing satisfactorily,
causing nuisance conditions, or failing to assimilate the wastewater, and
the construction of additional or replacement wastewater treatment and disposal facilities.
2. The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility for damages to
surface water or ground water resulting from the operation of this facility.

3. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the treatment facilities is prohibited.
4_ 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 Iines.
Some of the buffers specified above may not have been included in previous permits for this
waste treatment and disposal system. These buffers are not intended to prohibit or prevent
modifications, which are required by the Division, to improve performance of the existing
treatment facility. These buffers do, however, apply to modifications of the treatment and
disposal facilities that are for the purpose of increasing the flow that is tributary to the facility.
These buffers do apply to any expansion or modification of the irrigation areas and apply in
instances in which the sale of property would cause any of the buffers now complied with, for the
treatment and disposal facilities, to be violated. The applicant is advised that any modifications
to the existing facilities will require a permit modification.
5. 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 clubhouse showing these activities.
6. This permit shall become void if the Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section terminates the
spray irrigation modification of Permit 51-02. This permit in no way alleviates the Permittee from any
additional spray irrigation restrictions and/or obligations placed on them by the Solid Waste Section in the
form of future permit modifications.
i. This permit cannot be altered in any way (with the exception of simple permit renewal) without prior
approvals from the Division of Water Quality and from the Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste
Section.
11. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
1. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
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 SG .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.
3. A suitable, year-round vegetative cover shall be maintained on the irrigation areas. The reclaimed
wastewater may also be utilized on non -vegetative areas to establish seed beds or sprig beds, to
nurture vegetative growth and to expedite and enhance land restoration/reclamation/and erosion
control efforts.
4. Irrigation shall not be performed during inclement weather or when the ground is in a condition
that will cause runoff.
5. Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent wastewater runoff from the irrigation field.

6. The application rate shall not exceed a cumulative loading of over any twelve (12) month period
as given by the following table. The instantaneous application rate not to exceed 0.3 inches per
hour.
Field #
Crop
Max. Irrigation
Rate (inl r)
Acres
Max. Annual
Application
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1
Trees
20
32.35
17,568,800
2
CB*
20
54.73
29,723,100
3
CB*
16
10.44
4,535,900
4
CB*
16
6.03
2,619,800
5
Grass
16
24.11
10,475,000
6
Grass) Frees
14
8.82
3,353,000
7
Grass/Trees
14
5.15
1,957,800
8
Grass/Trees
14
28.97
11,013,200
9
Grass/Trees
15
2.35
957,200
10
Grass/Trees
15
6.91
2,814,500
Livestock Area & Forest
Service Area
Grass
15
5.9
2,403,200
Roadway Dust Control
Area
Grass/Dirt
Road
15
6.7
2,729,000
Closed LF Cells i & 2
Grass
5
15.9
2,158,800
Closed LF Cell 3
Grass
5
11.26
1,528,800
Closed LF Cell 4
Grass
5
26.42
3,587,100
Closed LF Cell 5
Grass
5
27.52
15,695,000
Borrow Area C
Grass
8
12.68
33,580,000
Totals:
286.24
146,700,200
CB* Coastal Bermuda hay, overseed with annual rye as a winter crop
Only those spray irrigation fields (zones) specified above and delineated in the approved Plans can be
irrigated with reuse quality wastewater. Spray irrigation of reuse quality wastewater onto tracks of land
not specified above is not approved, and can only be approved with permit modification.
7. No type of wastewater other than that from the Central Johnston County Regional wastewater
treatment facility shall be irrigated onto the irrigation area.
8. If a spray irrigation field has been modified such that the ground topography has been altered (from
borrow operations, for example) compared to the approved Plans, then spray irrigation activities may only
be reinstated at the altered field with permit modification because of the altering of the ground
topography. Such a permit modification application must be accompanied by a re-evaluation of the soils
and groundwater of the altered field.

III. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
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. Adequate records shall be maintained by the Pennittee 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, and
g. maintenance of cover crops.
3. Three (3) copies of all operation and disposal records (as specified in condition III 2) on Form NDAR-1
shall be submitted monthly on or before the last day of the following month to the Division of Water
Quality at the address below. One (1) copy of all operation and disposal records (as specified in condition
III 2) on Form NDAR-1 shall be submitted monthly on or before the last day of the following month to
the Division of Waste Management at the address below:
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Attn: Information Processing Unit
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
4. Noncompliance Notification:
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Compliance Hydrogeologist
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27699-1646A
The Permittee shall report by telephone to the Raleigh Regional Office, telephone number (919)
571-4700, 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 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.
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IV. GROUNDWATER REQUIREMENTS
1. The following monitoring wells shall be sampled every month proceeding through the start-up of waste
disposal operations, and thereafter every month for the parameters listed below:
DWQ monitoring wells: DWQ-MW-1
DWQ-MW-2
DWQ-MW-3
Landfill monitoring wells: CDLMW-5
MW-3
MW-5-1
MW-5-2
MW-5-10
PZ-3
Sampling Parameter List: Water Level
The depth to water in each well shall be measured from the surveyed point on the top of the casing. The
measuring points (top of well casing) of all monitoring wells shall be surveyed relative to a common
datum.
All reports and documentation GW-59 shall be mailed to the following two addresses:
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Attn: Information Processing Unit
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
Division of Waste Management
Solid Waste Section
Compliance Hydrogeologist
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
(Note: Updated blank forms (GW-1 and GW-59) may be downloaded from the Groundwater Section's
website at http://gw.ebnr.state.nc.us/ or requested from the Aquifer Protection Section at 1636 Mail
Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1636.
The results of the sampling and analysis must be received on Form GW-59 (Groundwater Quality
Monitoring: Compliance Report Form) by the Division of Water Quality, Information Processing Unit
and the Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section, on or before the Iast working day of the
month following the sampling month. The data of all groundwater sampling analyses required by the
permit conditions trust be reported using the most recent GW-59 form along with attached copies of the
laboratory analyses.
2. Waste application activities shall not occur when the vertical separation between ground surface and the
water table is less than one (1) foot. Verification of the water table elevation can be confirmed by water
level readings obtained from the monitor wells near the site or auger boring(s), which must be done
within 24 hours, prior to application of wastewater. Any open borings must be properly filled with native
soil, prior to application to decrease the chance of any waste contaminating the groundwater.
3. The compliance boundary and review boundary for wastewater disposal systems are specified by 15A
NCAC 2L. For systems utilizing reclaimed water, 15A NCAC 2H .0219(k) specifies that both the
compliance boundary and review boundary shall be established at the property line. An exceedance or
groundwater quality standards at or beyond the compliance boundary is subject to immediate remediatior.
action in addition to the penalty provisions under North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6A(a)(1).
4. Any groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the Division of Water Quality,
Groundwater Section or by the Division of Waste Management, Solid Waste Section, shall be provided.

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 least 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 Pennittee 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 deten-pining 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.
VI. 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. 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 nrerits and may or may not be approved.
4. Failure to abide by the conditions and Iimitations 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.
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 2B.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.
6. The Penmittee shall retain a set of approved plans and specifications for the subject facility for the
life of the project.
7. The Penmittee shall pay the annual administering and compliance fee within thirty days of 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).

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.
Permit issued this the 20th day of December, 2004
NORTH ROLINA VIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
-Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit Number WQ0019631

Permit No. WQ0019631
December 20, 2004
ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATION
Partial Final
1, , 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,
Project NaMe
Localion 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 permit, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting
materials.
Signature
Date
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