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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0004260_Draft Permit_20181016 ROY COOPER Governor ye10-11-1� � MICHAEL S.REGAN Secretary LINDA CULPEPPER , Interim Director NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality October 16, 2018 Mr. C. William McGlocklin SKF USA Inc. 890 Forty Foot Road PO Box 352 Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446 Subject: Draft NPDES Permit Renewal Permit NC0004260 Former CR Industries GWR Site Gaston County Grade IPC SIC Code 3053 Dear Mr. McGlocklin: Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft NPDES permit renewal for your facility. Please review this draft carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the requirements and conditions it contains. There are several changes from the existing permit, including the following: • Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program reports. The requirement to continue 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 Special Condition A. (6.)]. • Parameter codes have been added to the Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements [ See A. (1.)]. • Regulatory citations have been added to the permit. • Special Condition A. (3.)Reporting of Operation has been revised and renamed as Special Condition A. (3.)Reactivation of Discharge and includes additional language to ensure the proper maintenance and operation of the facility. • Special Condition A. (4.) Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane Special Monitoring has been added in the event of a system restart to account for lack of pollutant monitoring due to inactivity of the facility. • Special Condition A. (5.) Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane Monitoring and Limits Reopener has been added in the event additional pollutants are detected because of Special Condition A. (4.) £ DEQNORTH o.wm,w of rnwmme,mi auniry North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1611 919.707 3601 The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can be found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft permit. http://ncd enr.s3.amazonaws.com/s 3 fs- public/Water%20Quality/Surface%20Water%20Protection/NPDES/MIS C/NPDES%20Standard %20Conditions-Boilerplate-DWR-S WP-NPDES-20150410.pdf Concurrent with this notification the Division is publishing a notice in a newspaper having circulation in the general Gaston County area, soliciting public comments on this draft permit. Please provide any written comments you may have to the following: NCDEQ/DWR,NPDES Permitting Branch, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh,NC 27699-1617 no later than 30 days after receipt of 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 this draft permit,please call me at(919) 707-3609 or by email at nick.coco@ncdenr.gov. Sincceerely, ' / ,—_ Nick Coco, Engineer NPDES Complex Permitting Unit Hardcopy: NPDES Files Ecopy: DWR/Mooresville Regional Office/Water Quality/Corey Basinger DWR/Operator Certification Program/Maureen Kinney DWR/Aquatic Toxicology Branch/Susan Meadows Page 2 of 2 Permit NC0004260 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, SKF USA Inc. is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at 4328 South York Street Gastonia Gaston County to receiving waters designated as Crowders Creek in the Catawba River Basin in accordance with the discharge limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, Ill, and IV hereof. This permit shall become effective -, -r�. This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on August 31, 2022. Signed this day Month xx, 2018. DRAFT Linda Culpepper, Interim Director Division of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission • Permit NC0004260 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility,whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as of this 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. SKF USA Inc. is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate and maintain an existing 0.0072 MGD'groundwater treatment facility consisting of the following components: '' e 73\:\ • Surge tank with transfer pump • Bag filter /:,.„.„-,,, ,..„ \ • Multi-tray air stripper unit with blower �� `'v • Flow meter with recorder ` 2. To discharge from said treatment,works from Outfallllf001 into Crowders`Creek, a Class C water in the Catawba River Basin,at the,location specified on the attached map. , : �.,'4; 'ty+`�,� ^`� .' t 1. (( \' �� # moi/ , . ml S Page 2 of 10 Permit NC0004260 • A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (0.0072 MGD) [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B .0500 et seq.] Grade I Physical/Chemical Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0306] Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration,the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated groundwater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below: ' PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS EFFLUENT LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - Parameter Code Monthly - Weekly Daily Measurement Sample Sample Average Average Maximum Frequency Type Location2 Flow(MGD) 50050 0.0072 // ' / Instantaneous Recorder2 Effluent pH 00400 / °/',f-,,'v Quarterly Grab Effluent Methylene Chloride, Iz µg/ 34423 ° ;� �Quarterly Grab Effluent 1,2-trans-Dichloroethene, 38676 ,�, Quarterly Grab Effluent lag/I ;:4, , t,\ .,�r om*Sr� 1,2-Dichloropropane, pg/1 34541 ° Quarterly i Grab Effluent Tetrachloroethene (PCE), '�� `� °,`z•� µg/I 78389 . Quarterly Grab EffluentTrichloroethene (TCE), 391 �`\ �v 78 / - Quarterly Grab Effluent µg/ ,r°` , ., / ° /1 �. � Acute Toxicity' °\ '� �-y° °/� �� Quarterly Grab Effluent TGE6C y �yP, Special Monitoring4 �.°° °, /7 � `-'-, \ ��� Footnote 4 Grab Footnote 4 7 - yr =µ Footnotes: / y �� 1. The p re mittee shall subniitDischargeMonitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application`'system. See Spe'cial;Condition'A. (6.). 2. The permittee-,may utilize a flow totalizer to measure flow. 3. Acute Toxicity (Fathead minno° w), P/F at 90%, February, May,August, and November; See Special Condition A`'(2) Toxicity sample to be collected at same time as monitored pollutants samples. '`'\ �. 4. See Special Condition A. (4.) Volatile Organic Compounds an 1,4-Dioxane Special Monitoring. In accordance with Part II Section C-1,the ORC or back-up ORC of the facility shall visit the facility at least weekly. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 3of10 Permit NC0004260 A. (2.)ACUTE TOXICITY PASS/FAIL PERMIT LIMIT(QRTRLY) [15A NCAC 02B .0200 et seq.] The permittee shall conduct acute toxicity tests on a quarterly basis using protocols defined in the North Carolina Procedure Document entitled "Pass/Fail Methodology For Determining Acute Toxicity In A Single Effluent Concentration" (Revised December 2010 or subsequent versions). The monitoring shall be performed as a Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) 24-hour static test. The effluent concentration at which there may be at no time significant acute mortality is 90% (defined as treatment two in the procedure document). The tests will be performed during the months of February, May,August and November. 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 an Shall be performed at the NPDES permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes. Should any single quarterly monitoring indicate a failure to meet specified limits,then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time.that a single testis passed. Upon passing,this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterlyAn the months specified:,above. ,,\ `N;x fin, N N All toxicity testing results required as part of this perit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge Monitoring Form (MR-1)for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGE6C. Additionally, DWR Form' T=2,('original) is to'be sent to the following address: Attention: North Carolina Division of`Water Resources Water Sciences,Section/Aquatic,Toxicology Branch et 11621 Mail Service,Center `A= ti Ralei h North,Carolina 27699-1621 Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test FT1s shall be filed with the Water Sciences Section no later than 30 days after/the-end of the reporting period:,for whichrthe report is made. t .' ! `'4 i\ \ \ *..` Test data`'shall be completeean`d accurate,and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. 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 dischar "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 toxicity monitoring is required,then monthly monitoring will begin immediately until such time that a single test is passed. Upon passing,this monthly test requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above. Assessment of toxicity compliance is based on the toxicity testing quarter,which is the three- month time interval that begins on the first day of the month in which toxicity testing is required by this permit and continues until the final day of the third month. Page 4 of 10 Permit NC0004260 Should any test data from either these monitoring requirements or tests performed by the North Carolina 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 and appropriate environmental 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.) REACTIVATION OF DISCHARGE [G.S. 143-215.1(a)] The Permittee and/or Permittee representative shall'contact the'Mooresville Regional Office Water Quality Regional Operations staff (phone: (704) 6634699, during normal business hours), at least 90 days prior to resuming operation and discharge, to request a Compliance Inspection. Contact information shall include the Permittee's (1) contact person name and phone number, (2) NPDES permit number,-(3) planned date and time of resumption%of operation, and (4) expected date discharge is to resume. Additional information may b�e,requested by Regional staff. Regional staff will perform a Compliance Inspection and the,Permittee wilVbe required to confirm (1) treatment equipment has been serviced and is functioning•properly . vrecovery well pumps have been serviced and are functioning adequately and\( 3)th'eRou ,(2)a tfall is accessible and adequately maintained. In addition, a list of chemicals used or stored at the facility" shiall'-'be provided to the Regional r. .� \ sem .. . inspector. Operation and discharge`from the facility can commence provided the inspection report shows the facility is compliant with°th'e inspection items and tlie•"items listed above. Upon start up, any previous monitoring/reporting waivers are no longer applicable. % r , \, r i' ., \ Page 5 of 10 Permit NC0004260 ' A. (4.) VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND 1,4-DIOXANE SPECIAL MONITORING [G.S. 143-215.66] Within 30 days of commencing discharge, the Permittee shall perform one (1) Pollutant Scan for all parameters listed below at their designated sample locations. Analytical methods shall be in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136 unless otherwise specified and shall be sufficiently sensitive to determine whether parameters are present in concentrations greater than applicable standards and criteria. PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS - Sample PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS Sample Parameter Code ` Location Parameter Code Location Influent and Methylene die, pg/I Influent and Acrolein, gel 34210 s oz 34423 Effluent Effluent Acrylonitrile, µg/I Influent and 1,1,22-tetrachloroethane, 34215 µg/I 34516 Influent and Effluent /''', N Effluent Benzene, µg/I 34030 Influent and Tetrachloroethylene,µg/Is 85814 Influent and Effluent '- .` Effluent Bromoform, µg/1 Influent and Toluene, µg%I",; � 34010 Influent and 32104 `:Effluent y / -\,..:-/ Effluent Carbon tetrachloride, µg/I 32102 Influentand, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, µg/I 34506 Influent and Effluent-Z..;: �, ,'�' ;"�, Effluent Chlorobenzene, µg/I Influent and ,1;2=tiichloroethane, µg/I 34511 Influent and /„,-,-9-4-,301 �, �. �-. - /, :�---*-: Effluent�> A,/,,,,, ,,,':---,,,,, -'' Effluent µg� ` Influent and Tric loroethylene, µg/I 39180 Influent and Chlorodibromomethane ' I�. ...,r 34306 1 Effluent ' ', v.r, Effluent Chloroethane,,µg//I y�w,�� ` ,�Influent-and Vinyl,,chloride, µg/I 39175 Influent and 8-5,�811 4 .;,,, -- -------<;2.;-\_2 Effluent ',:.) Effluent 2-chloroethyl vinyl ether, µg/1'34576'"Influent and P chloro-m-cresol, µg/I 82627 Influent and ,,, �,---\ ',Effluent Effluent Chloroform, gel ' '. V:",';,\, Influent�and 2-chlorophenol, pg/I 34586 Influent and 43210 '4 , . „„ Effluent Effluent Dichlorobromomethane µg/I .O Influent and 2,4-dichlorophenol, µg/I 34601 Influent and ,3210 Effluent Effluent 1,1-dichloroethane, µg/I ''i'7 Influent and 2,4-dimethylphenol, µg/I 34606 Influent and 34496 Effluent Effluent 1,2-dichloroethane, pg/I 32103 Influent and 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol, gel 34657 Influent and Effluent Effluent Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, Influent and 2,4-dinitrophenol, pg/I 34616 Influent and 85810 µg/I Effluent Effluent 1,1-dichloroethylene, pg/I 34501 Influent and 2-nitrophenol, µg/I 34591 Influent and Effluent Effluent Page 6 of 10 Permit NC0004260 A. (4.)VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND 1,4-DIOXANE SPECIAL MONITORING (continued) PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS Sample , PARAMETER CHARACTERISTICS • 'Sample ` Parameter Code Location . Parameter Code Location 1,2-dichloropropane, pg/1 34541 Influent and 4-nitrophenol, µg/I 34646 Influent and Effluent Effluent 1,3-dichloropropylene, µg/I 51044 Influent and Pentachlorophenol, µg/I 39032 Influent and Effluent Effluent Ethylbenzene, µg/I Influent and Phenol, pg/1 „ '' ) 03604 Influent and 34371 • e;/ Effluent ;°:V' Effluent Methyl bromide, µg/I Influent and 2,4,6trichlorophenol, µg/l 34621 Influent and 34413 Effluent ,�, ��• v\t' Effluent Methyl chloride, µg/I Influent and/ 1,4-Dioxane, µg/I (EPA Method 82388 Effluent 34418 Effluent ',:,624.1) Reporting. Sample results shall be submitted by the,erid,,ofrthe/following month commencing discharge to the following addresses: NC DEQ/ DWR/Central Files, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 and NC(OKI! DWR I NP.DES Complex Permitting, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina`27699-1617,; Results shall also be reported through the eDMR system [See•,Special/Condition A. (6.)] r / �. V,/ �- A. (5.)VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND 1,4,-DIOXANE MONITORING AND LIMITS-REOPENER \ ' , .. •' `, ,�\ [GAS. 143=215 1]= �- �• ' \ ,�;n,'�;, `, Pursuant ;=C. General Statutes Sec toNtion'143-215.1 and the implementing rules found in the North Carolina,Administrative Code at 15A NCAC 2H.0112 (b) (1) and 2H.0114 (a) and Part II sections B-12 and,B-13 of this permit,the Director of DWR may reopen this permit to require additional monitor'ing:or effluent limitations for the discharge based on the sample results required by Special Condition Ai('4`.) Volatile Organic Compounds and 1,4-Dioxane Special Monitoring. Page 7 of 10 Permit NC0004260 A. (6.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS [G.S. 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 ,�a 1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D.,(2.)and Section E. (5.) (a)t Upon reactivation of the facility, the permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring'Report (eDMR) internet application. "•=ti . 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 usinthe 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 sub"m`itt.all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and,will be required to'.complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submi tin- original and ac py of t computer printed eDMR to the following address:"<„:X \ •-t NC DEQ/ Division of Water Resources/Water Quality Permitting Section ATTENTION:.-Central Files 1617 Mail Service Center v`` - Raleigh,.North Carolina}27699-1617 If a permittee is unable to'use\the eDMRsystem due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility being located•yin 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 nd discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternativejorms 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 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. Starting on December 21, 2020, the 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. Page 8of10 Permit NC0004260 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 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.fed era Iregister.gov/docu ments/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-poll utant- 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. , f 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 reports. The duration of a 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 i's granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver 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.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr 4. 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 Page 9 of 10 Permit NC0004260 Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following web page: 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: "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 forr knowing violations." 5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)1 `/ \ \\° \ The permittee shall retain records of all ,Discharge Monitdring.,•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 t ie,\Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41]. 2 / f -!fes.^`•-ti `• �`•�,`�f!� .: `'�+� �/ l C `� \ \ti N; \, \ \ '.y O t t N. - J • Page 10 of 10 r r Oh..AI, . i . .``trl'ilth{;a:-, )rtia • ', a - , l I._ r N. ;1 1 . �. :1 fr• '1_ SKF USA r :): GWR Facility • . t 4` = /1 NC0004260 + •its f(ii V. . ,'' 01 } 1, ' ) t .� � �• '`� _1SR 1103 '� I T i •,y' n I A„,.$4' 5 NC0004260 - Discharge • ` ,4h' \ a . - .. 7 ,. • li "I . Atl — — — — — ¢ i ,,. ., • • , t la 5 . . • _ . „ . • r - - t • •J/ �, 4b. . - x % " .i, USGS Quad: G14NW Gastonia South,NC ' Outfall Facility Latitude: 35° 11'44.4"N 35° 12'6.5"N --____*, Longitude: 81° 13'23.3"W 81° 12'45.2"W Stream Class: C i North Facility Location Subbasin: 03-08-37 HUC: 03050101 SKF USA GWR NC0004260 Receiving Stream Crowders Creek Gaston County