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LINDA CULPEPPER NORTH CAROLINA
Dirertar Environmental Quality
February 04, 2019
Grant Cheek, Water Commissioner
Town of Ramseur
PO Box 545
Ramseur, NC 27316-0545
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCG590019
Ramseur WTP
Randolph County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the January 31, 2019 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deq.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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TOWN OF RAMSEUR
PO BOX 545
RAMSEUR, NORTH CAROLINA 27316
COMMISSIONERS MAYOR TOWN CLERK,
Adam Smith TREASURER
Grant Cheek DANNY R SHAW Bobbie Halley
Vicki Caudle
David Overman
Randy Cox
January 18, 2019
RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources JAN 31 2019
Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center Water Qssourcea
Permitting Section
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1617
To Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed you will find the NPDES Permit Application for the Town of Ramseur. We are requesting
the renewal of our current permit NCG590019.
If you have any further questions, please contact Town Hall at 336-824-8530.
Sincerely,
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Danny R. Sitw, Mayor
Town of Ramseur

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number NCG590019
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to move from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise,please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name Town of Ramseur
Facility Name Ramseur WTP
Mailing Address PO Box 545
City Ramseur
State / Zip Code NC 27316-0545
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
e-mail Address
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 797 Hwy 22 North
City Ramseur
State / Zip Code NC 27316
County Randolph
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name SUEZ
Mailing Address PO Box 1279
City Clemmons
State / Zip Code NC 27012
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private D Public El
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
5. Type of treatment plant:
® Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater, surface water)
Surface Water (Sandy Creek)
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
The raw water is withdrawn from Sandy Creek into the flash mixer where the ferric, sodium
hydroxide is added. On an as needed basis, carbon and polymer are introduced at the
flocculator prior to the sedimentation basin. Prior to filtration the water is chlorinated. After
filtration, chlorine, caustic, and a corrosion inhibitor is added to the water. The treated water is
stored in a 0.5 MG clearwell.
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Water goes to the clarifier where solids settle out and the supernate gravity flows to the discharge
point to the receiving stream. Sludge is pumped from clarifier by pump trucks and hauled to
lagoon at waste treatment plant.
9. Number of separate discharge points: 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 3 Duration: 1 hour
11. Plant design potable flowrate 1.5 MGD
Backwash or reject flow 0.038 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Sandy Creek
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes No X
Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes X - No
Fluoride Yes X No
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines Yes No X
Phosphate Yes X No
Chlorine Yes X No
Carbon Yes X No
Caustic Yes X No
List any other additives below:
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
15. Additional Information:
• Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[s] of addition for
chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall [including stormwater].
• Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
• New applicants are highly encouraged to contact a permit coordinator with the
NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
• Analyses of source water collected
• Engineering Alternative Analysis
• Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. Applicant Certification
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
Grant Cheek Water Commissioner
P ' t d name of Person Signin Title
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Signature of Applicant Date
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6(b)(2)provides that Any person who knowingly makes any false statement representation,or certification in any application,
record,report,plan,or other document files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that
Article,or who falsifies,tampers with,or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21
or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article,shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed$25,000,or by
imprisonment not to exceed six months,or by both. (18 U.S.C.Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than$25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5
years,or both,for a similar offense)
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Town of Ramseur Facility
Ramseur WTP Location
State Grid/Quad: E 20 NW/Ramseur,NC Stream Segment: 17-I6-(4) not to scale
Latitude: 35°44'23"N Longitude: 79°40'43"W
Receiving Stream: Sandy Creek Stream Class: C
Drainage Basin: Cape Fear River Basin Sub-Basin: 03-06-09 NPDES COC NCG590019
HUC: 03030003 North Randolph County

TOWN OF RAMSEUR
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
NPDES PERMIT NO. NCG590019
SLUDGE MANAGEMENT PLAN
Sludge is pumped from clarifier by pump trucks and hauled to lagoon at waste treatment plant.