WQCS00005_Renewal Application_20180808

WATER MANAGEMENT
CITY OF DURHAM
2018 WASTEWATER COLLECTIONS
PERMIT WQCS00005
RENEWAL APPLICATION

WATER MANAGEMENT
CITY OF DURHAM
August 8, 2018
Deborah Gore, Unit Supervisor
PERCS Unit, Division of Water Quality
NC Department of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Dear Ms. Gore:
Enclosed is the City of Durham's renewal application for Collection System Permit WQCS00005. The binders
contain the following:
• Signed permit application form
• Section IV.3 Pump Station List
• Section IV.4 High Priority Lines List
• Section V.4 Annual Budget for Collection System
• Section V.6 Capital Improvement Plan
• Section VI.2 Response Action Plan (CMOM)
• Section VI.4 Contingency Plan (CMOM)
• Section VI.6 Comprehensive Collection System Map
Please feel free to contact me (don. reele durhamnc. ov) or the Collection System ORC Junior Mobley
([e-mail]) if you have any questions regarding this submittal.
Sincerely,
Donald F. Greeley, P. E., PLS
Director, Water Management
Attachments
Cc: Gurvis G. Mobley Jr., Superintendent, Water and Sewer Maintenance, Water Management
Timothy Segard, Assistant Superintendent, Water and Sewer Maintenance, Water Management
Kenny Willard, Assistant Superintendent, Water and Sewer Maintenance, Water Management

State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality
9W Division of Water Resources
15A NCAC 02T .0400 - SYSTEM -WIDE WASTERWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS
Division of Water Resources INSTRUCTIONS FOR FORM CSA 04-16 & SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Documents shall be prepared in accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0100, 15A NCAC 02T .0400, and all relevant
Division Policies. Failure to submit all required items will necessitate additional processing and review time.
For more information, visit the System -wide Collection S stem Permittin website:
General — When submitting an application to the Pretreatment, Emergency Response, & Collection Systems (PERCS)
Unit, please use the following instructions as a checklist in order to ensure all required items are submitted. Adherence to
these instructions and checking the provided boxes will help produce a quicker review time and reduce the amount of
requested additional information.
The Applicant shall submit one original and one copy of the application and supporting documentation.
A. Cover Letter
® Submit a cover letter listing all items and attachments included in the permit application package
B. No Application Fee Required
➢ No application fee is necessary. The permittee will be billed an annual fee upon issuance of the permit
➢ The appropriate annual fee for systemwide wastewater collection system permits may be found at:
➢ Annual Non-Disch a Fees
C. System -Wide Wastewater Collection System (FORM: CSA 04-16) Application:
® Submit the completed and appropriately executed System -wide Wastewater Collection System (FORM: CSA 04-
16) application. Any unauthorized content changes to this form shall result in the application package being
returned. If necessary for clarity or due to space restrictions, attachments to the application may be made, as long
as the attachments are numbered to correspond to the section and item to which they refer.
❑ If the Applicant Type in Section I.3 is a Privately -Owned Public Utility, provide the Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from the North Carolina Utilities Commission demonstrating the Applicant
is authorized to hold the utility franchise for the area to be served by the wastewater collection system, or
❑ Provide a letter from the North Carolina Utilities Commission's Water and Sewer Division Public Staff stating an
application for a franchise has been received and that the service area is contiguous to an existing franchised area
or that franchise approval is expected.
❑ If the Applicant Type in Section I.3 is a corporation or company, provide documentation if it is registered for
business with the North Carolina Secre of State.
D. General Information:
➢ The Authorized signing official listed in Section I.4 should match with that of the Applicant certification page in
accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0106(b). Per 15A NCAC 02T .0106(c), an alternate person maybe designated
as the signing official if a delegation letter is provided from a person who meets the criteria in 15A NCAC 02T
.0106(b).
➢ NOTE - Public Works Director's are not authorized to sign this permit application according to the rule
unless they are delegated.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION CSA 04-16 & SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION Page 1 of 5

E. Summary of Attachments Required:
®
Instruction A: Cover Letter
®
Instruction C: Application
❑
Instruction C: Ownership Documentation (i.e. CPCN) (If necessary)
❑
Instruction D: Delegation Letter (If necessary for signing official)
®
Section IV.3 Pump Station List
®
Section IVA High Priority Lines List
®
Section VA Annual Budget for Collection System (Updated and Approved)
®
Section V.6 Capital Improvement Plan (Updated and Approved)
®
Section VI.2 Response Action Plan
®
Section VIA Contingency Plan
®
Section VI.6 Comprehensive Collection System Map
❑
Section VII Note Any Potential Compliance Issues
THE COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKAGE INCLDING ALL SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND
MATERIALS, SHOULD BE SENT TO:
NCDEQ-DWR
Water Quality Permitting Section
PERCS UNIT
Bv U.S. Postal Service:
Attn: PERCS Unit Supervisor
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617
TELEPHONE NUMBER: [phone]
B► Courier/Special Delivery:
512 N. SALISBURY ST. Suite 925
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27604
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION CSA 04-16 & SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION Page 2 of 5

I. APPLICANT INFORMATION:
1. Applicant's name (Municipality, Public Utility, etc): City of Durham
2. Facility Information: Name: City of Durham Collection System Permit No.: WQCS00005
3. Applicant type: ® Municipal ❑ State ❑ Privately -Owned Public Utility
❑ County ❑ Other:
4. Signature authority's name: Donald F. Greeley per 15A NCAC 02T .0106(b]
Title: Director of Water Mana eg ment
5. Applicant's mailing address: 101 City Hall Plaza
City: Durham State: NC Zip: 27701-
6. Applicant's contact information:
Phone number: 0919) 560-4381 Fax number: 919) 560-4479 Email address: don. $reeley(a-)durhamnc.gov
II. CONTACT/CONSULTANT INFORMATION:
1. Contact Name: Gurvis G Mobley Jr (Junior)
2. Title/Affiliation: S erintendent/Water & Sewer Maintenance Division
3. Contact's mailing address: 101 City Hall Plaza
4. City: Durham State: NC Zip: 27701-
5. Contact's information:
Phone number: [phone] Fax number: (_) _- Email address: iunior.mobley(4-durhamnc.gov
III. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. New Permit or Premit Renewal? ❑ New ® Renewal
2. County System is located in: Durham County
3. Owner & Name of Wastewater Treatment Facility(ies) receiving wastewater from this collection system:
Owner(s) & Name(s): Cily of Durham North Durham Water Reclamation Facili WRF and South Durham WRF
4. WWTF Permit Number(s): North Durham WRF - NCO023841. South Durham WRF - NCO047597
5. What is the wastewater type? 95 % Domestic or 5 % Industrial (See 15A NCAC 02T .0103(20))
II
y Is there a Pretreatment Program in effect? ® Yes or ❑ No
6. Wastewater flow: 20.69 MGD (Current average flow of wastewater generated by collection system)
7. Combined permitted flow of all treatment plants: 40 MGD
8. Explain how the wastewater flow was determined: ❑ 15A NCAC 02T .0114 or ® Representative Data
9. Population served by the collection system: 256,288
IV. COLLECTION SYSTEM INFORMATION:
1. Line Lengths for Collection System:
Sewer Line Description
Length
Gravity Sewer
1,124 (miles)
Force Main
56 (miles)
Vacuum Sewer
0 (miles)
Pressure Sewer
0 (miles)
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2. Pump Station
s for Collection System:
Pump Station Type Number
Simplex Pump Stations (Serving Single Building) 0
Simplex Pump Stations (Serving Multiple Buildings) 0
Duplex Pump Stations 63
3. Submit a list of all major (i.e. not simplex pump station serving a single family home) pump stations. Include the following
information:
➢ Pump Station Name
➢ Physical Location
➢ Alarm Type (i.e. audible, visual, telemetry, SCADA)
➢ Pump Reliability (Can convey peak hourly wastewater flow with largest single pump out of service)
➢ Reliability Source (permanent/portable generator, portable pumps)
➢ Capacity of Station (Pump Station Capacity in GPM)
4. Submit a list of all high priority lines according per 15A NCAC 02T .040212] known to exist in the collection system. Head
the list with "Attachment A for Condition V(4)" and include the system name.
➢ Use the same line identification regularly used by the applicant
➢ Indicate type of high priority line (i.e. aerial), material and general location
V. COLLECTION SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:
1. Provide a brief description of the organizational structure that is responsible for management, operation and maintenance of
the collection system.
The Ci of Durham's Department of Water Management has four workgrogRs that contribute to management operations
and maintenance of the collections stem. The Water and Sewer Maintenance Division has primmy oversight of the day-to-
day operations and maintenance activities with 67 FTEs devoted to outfall maintenance/easement mowing, sewer connection
installs. manhole and HPL inspections, CCTV worL field in ections ands stem cleaning res onsibilities as well as sanit
sewers stem overflows. The Lift Station Maintenance Division was created in July of 2017 to manage day-to-day operation
and maintenance of the s stem's 63 lift stations and air release valves 13 FTEs . Additional s ort is provided by 4 FTEs
dedicated to system rehabilitation efforts in the Utility Engineering Division. This gLogp manages the CIP associated with
sewer rehab and renewal proiects. Instrumentation Techs and Electricians in the Plant En ineerin and Maintenance Division
also provide preventative and corrective maintenance support for the lift stations in the system.
2. Indicate the current designated collection system operators for the collection system per 15A NCAC 08G.0201
Main ORC Name: Gurvis G MobIqX Jr Junior
Certification Number: 990240
Back -Up ORC Name: Timothy Seward
Certification Number: 1001032
Back -Up ORC Name: Kenneth Willard
Certification Number: 990222
Back -Up ORC Name: Lee Brown
Certification Number: 1002019
Back -Up ORC Name: James Roberson
Certification Number: 998308
Back -Up ORC Name: Kerry Sanford
Certification Number: 992773
Back -Up ORC Name: Robert Slaughter
Certification Number: 995873
Back -Up ORC Name: John Tillman
Certification Number: 997260
See the "WOCS Contacts and ORC Report" for a current listing of the ORC(s) the Division has on file for WQCS permit
3. Approximate annual budget for collection system only: $6,247,102 = 48% WSM
$1,914,864 = 100% LMS
$ 506,001 = 30% UE
_ S 315,380 = 8% PEM
Total $8,983,347
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4. Submit a copy of your current annual budget. Section VA (attached)
5. Approximate capital improvement budge for the collection system only: $ 40 Million
6. Submit a copy of your current capital improvement plan. Section V.6 attached
7. Is this collection system currently a satellite system ❑ Yes or ® No
8. Do any satellite systems discharge to this collection system ❑ Yes or ® No (If yes complete table below)
Satellite System Contact Information (Name, Address, Phone Number)
Complete for Satellite Systems that have a flow or capacity greater than 200,000 GPD (Average daily flow)
9. List any agreements or ordinances currently in place to address flows from satellite systems:
n/a
VI. COLLECTION SYSTEM COMPLIANCE:
1. Is a Response Action Plan currently in place ® Yes or ❑ No
2. If Yes, submit a copy of the Response Action Plan or see table 6 below.
3. Is a pump station contingency plan currently in place? ® Yes or ❑ No
4. If Yes, submit a copy of the pump station contingency plan or see table 6 below.
5. Is a comprehensive collection system map currently in place? ® Yes or ❑ No
6. Submit a submit a copy of the collection system map (CD or hardcopy) or indicate a schedule for completion
7. Thoroughly read and review the System -Wide Collection System Permit Conditions. Typically compliance schedules
are only offered to NEW permit applicants and NOT permit renewals. Any compliance dates must be included within
the permit prior to issuance or the permit holder will be found in violation upon inspection.
Permit Condition
Current
Compliance?
If no, Indicate a
Compliance
Date
Typical
Compliance
Schedule
I(4) — Grease ordinance with legal authority to inspect/enforce
® Yes ❑ No
12 — 18 mo.
I(5) — Grease inspection and enforcement program
® Yes ❑ No
12 — 18 mo.
I(6) — Three to five year current Capital Improvement Plan.
® Yes ❑ No
12 — 18 mo.
I(8) — Pump station contingency plan
® Yes ❑ No
3 mo.
I(9) — Pump station identification signs.
® Yes ❑ No
3 mo.
I(11) — Functional and conspicuous audible and visual alarms.
® Yes ❑ No
3 — 6 mo.
II(5) — Spare pumps for any station where one pump cannot
handle peak flows alone (in a duplex station, the 2nd pump is
the spare if pump reliability is met).
® Yes ❑ No
6 — 9 mo.
II(7) — Accessible right-of-ways and easements.
® Yes ❑ No
6 — 12 mo.
1I(9) — Response action plan with Items 9 (a — h).
® Yes ❑ No
3 mo.
III(3) — Comprehensive collection system map
® Yes ❑ No
10% per year
APPLICATION CSA 04-16 Page 5 of 5

For conditions not listed, compliance dates are not typically offered. List any permit conditions that may be difficult for the
applicant to meet (attach clarification if needed):
n/a
VII. APPLICANT'S CERTIFICATION per 15A NCAC 02T .0106(b):
I, Donald F. Greeley attest that this application for City of Durham Collection System Permit
(Signature Authority's Name & Title from Item I.4)
(Facility name from Item I.1)
has been reviewed by me and is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that if all required parts of this
application are not completed and that if all required supporting information and attachments are not included, this application
package will be returned to me as incomplete.
Note: In accordance with NC General Statutes 143-215.6A and 143-215.6B, any person who knowingly makes any false statement,
representation, or certification in any application shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor which may include a fine not to exceed
$10,000 as well as civil penalties up too$25,000 per violation. /
Signature: Date:
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