NC0089389_Draft Permit_20190320

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Envirenmttttaf Quality
March 20, 2019
Mr. Scott Buffkin, Town Manager
Town of Jonesville
1503 NC Hwy 67
Jonesville,NC 28642-9142
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NC0089389
Jonesville WTP
Grade II Physical Chemical WPCS
Yadkin County
Dear Mr. Buffkin:
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft carefully
to ensure your thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and requirements it contains.
The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
1. Language has been added in Section A. (1) and as Section A. (3)to require electronic submission
of effluent data. Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring
reports (DMRs).
2. Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
3. Outfall map has been updated.
4. Facility description on the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet has been updated based on the
current plant operations.
5. A components list has been added on the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet based on the permit ,
renewal application.
6. Receiving stream characteristics have been updated on the Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet.
7. Units of measure have been added in Section A. (1).
8. The facility grade has been added in Section A. (1).
9. The limit for turbidity has been removed in Section A. (1)per the current water treatment plant
guidance.
10. Monitoring for iron has been removed in Section A. (1)per the current water treatment plant
guidance.
11. Monitoring for total hardness has been added in Section A. (1)per the current water treatment
plant guidance.
12. Updated the footnotes regarding flow and toxicity in Section A. (1).
13. Removed former footnote#3 in Section A. (1) as this is no longer required.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-9000

The NC 2007-2014 Water Quality Standard (WQS) Triennial Review was approved by the NC
Environmental Management Committee(EMC) on November 13, 2014. The US EPA subsequently
approved the WQS revisions on April 6,2016 with some exceptions. The NC Division of Water
Resources NPDES Permitting Unit is required to implement the new dissolved metal standards in all
permits public noticed after April 6, 2016.
The new standards for most metals include acute standards. Further, the freshwater standards for several
metals are expressed as the dissolved form of the metals, and seven metals have hardness-dependent
equations. As a result, the NPDES Permitting Unit will need site-specific effluent hardness data and
instream hardness data,upstream of the discharge, for each facility monitoring these metals in order to
calculate permit limitations. Effluent hardness and instream hardness sampling,upstream of the
discharge,has been added to this permit at a monitoring frequency of quarterly. See Section A.(1.)
Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements.
With this notification,the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing a
notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Yadkin County area,per EPA requirements.
Please provide your comments,if any,to me no later than 30 days after receiving 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 the draft,please
contact me at 919-707-3619, or via e-mail [[e-mail]].
Sincerely,
Brianna Young
Compliance and Ex dited Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Wastewater Operator Certification Group
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Branch
DWR/Public Water Supply
Billy Wood, ORC

Permit NC0089389
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ,
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES) /
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In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statut g143-215.1, other lawful standards
and regulations promulgated and adopted by the)TorthhCarolina Environmental Management
Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control�Act;'asa ended, the
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Town of Jonesville
' `is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater om,a facility located atthe
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3t39\Shaw Street
\Jonesville\
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to receiving waters designat c ass an unnamed tributa�rsr to the Yadkin River in the Yadkin River Basin in
accordance with.effluent limitations/monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II,
III and IV hereof. �, \\)
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This permit shall�become effective.,
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This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2023.
Signed this day. \\) )
Linda Culpepper
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked. As of this permit 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.
The Town of Jonesville
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1. Continue to operate a conventional water treatmenpplant with a discharge of partially treated water
deemed unsuitable for additional treatment int potable water generationp ocess. This water
treatment plant currently has a design potable flowrate of 1.00MGD and a maximum potential
discharge of 0.85 MGD. The facility currently doesmotdischarge,but a hand'operated valve is
present for emergency discharge. The facility is located at the Town of Jonesvilie'WTP, 339 Shaw
Street, Jonesville, in Yadkin County. Water and wastewater"treatment consists of:
• 2 acre reservoir \
• Aluminum sulfate�,.\ \` f
• Caustic soda" % ~` '`
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• Polymer \\ 1 7
• Actiflow Micro-Sand,Process
• Emergency-discharge valve -
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• 20�0,0�00 gallon finished water\sorage tank
• 100;0OO'.gallon wastewater storage tank(discharges to sewer)
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2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an unnamed
tributary to the Yadkin River [Stream Segment: 12-(52.5)],waters currently classified as WS-IV;
CA in subbasin 03-07-01 [HUC: 0304010106] in the Yadkin River Basin.
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PART I.
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Grade II Physical Chemical WPCS
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the
Permittee is authorized to discharge from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored)
by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Parameter Code Monthly Daily Measurement Sample Sample
Average Maximum Frequency Type Location
Flow(MGD) 50050 /",\-/ Episodic 2 Estimate Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mglL/ 45:0 mg/L Epi odic 3,` Grab Effluent
pH 00400 z 6.0 s.u,,antl s 9.0 s.u. Episodic 3\ \\ Grab Effluent
Turbidity(NTU) 00070 \ � ,'('`Episodic 3 \ Grab Effluent
Aluminum(pglL) 01105(""O, \\/ //Quarterly ``Grab Effluent
Total Copper(pg/L) 01042'\ `\ Quarterly Grab Effluent
Manganese(pglL) 01055 \\ ~Quarterly Grab Effluent
Hardness—Total as \ \ \ N \
[CaCO3or(Ca+Mg)]a m /L 00900 Monitor&Report Quarterly Grab Effluent
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Hardness—Total as 009 00 Monitor&Report ',."Quarterly Grab Effluent
[CaCO3 or(Ca+Mg)]5(mg�)\ `N \ \ \ !
Whole Effluent Toxicity Monitoring\TGA38 Monitor& eport Quarterly Grab Effluent
Footnotes:
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1. The permittee shall submit\discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
application system [see Section\A. (3 '\1.
2. Duration of discharge shouldrbe noted i�og books and a Total daily discharge reported in the DMR.
3. Additional momtormg is not required after two(2)discharge episodes have already been sampled during
the reporting month\ ) )
4. Effluent hardness sampling,shoula be performed in conjunction with testing for hardness dependent
metals (cadmium,copper,lead;nickel, silver, and zinc).
5. The Permittee shall sample-instream hardness,upstream of the facility's discharge.The sample shall be
representative of the hardness in the receiving stream. If the Permittee is a member of the Monitoring
Coalition Program, sampling for instream hardness may be waived as long as the Monitoring coalition
agrees to sample hardness at the nearest upstream location, at a minimum frequency of quarterly, and the
Permittee has obtained approval from DWR-NPDES Permitting Unit that the upstream station being
monitored by the Coalition is representative of the receiving stream for this discharge.The Permittee is
responsible for submitting instream hardness test results with its permit renewal application package.If
Coalition membership is cancelled or the Coalition terminates instream hardness sampling at the
approved station,the Permittee will immediately notify the Division and resume sampling for instream
hardness,upstream of its discharge.
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6. Ceriodaphnia dubia 48 hour acute pass/fail test @ 90%concentration performed during the months of
January,April,July and October[see Section A. (2)].
All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (2) ACUTE TOXICITY PASS/FAIL MONITORING(QUARTERLY)
[15A NCAC 02B .0500 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 Ceriodaphnia dubia 48 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).
Effluent samples for self-monitoring purposes must be obtained during representative effluent discharge
below all waste treatment. The tests will be performed during the months of January,April,July and
October. These months signify the first month of each three month toxicity testing quarter assigned to
the facility.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition<ill be entered on the Effluent
Discharge Monitoring Form(MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code
TGA3B. Additionally, DWR Form AT-2 (original) is tcd'be sent to the following address:
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Attention: North Carolina Division of Wa rrResource s
Environmental Sciences Section\ /> ''
1621 Mail Service-Center N/ /
Raleigh,North Carolina`27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Section no later
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than 30 days after the end of-the-reporting period\for which the report made.
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Test data shall be complete and accurate,e,and include all,s ppo ing 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 discharge()Mow from4he facility-during a month in which toxicity monitoring is
required, the\permittee will complete th "information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity(AT) test
form indicatinthe"facility name;,prmit umber, 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
Environmental Sciences Section ache\address cited above.
Should the permittee fail onit`or during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then
monthly monitoring will begin.immediately. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test
requirement will revert to quarterly in the months specified above.
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.
Should it be determined by the North Carolina Division of Water Resources that the facility's discharge
frequency and duration enable chronic sampling according to either the North Carolina Ceriodaphnia
Chronic Whole Effluent Toxicity Procedure or to Section 8.3, in Methods EPA-821-R-02-013, the
permit may be re-opened and modified to include chronic toxicity tests.
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If the Permittee monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by this permit,the results of such
monitoring shall be included in the calculation&reporting of the data submitted on the DMR&all AT
Forms submitted.
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.
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A. (3) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING,REPORTS
[NCGS 143-215.1 (b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all dis harge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program
reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rulefwasradopted and&became effective on December
21, 2015. <
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the follow,\ing sections within Part II of this
permit(Standard Conditions for NPDES,,Permits): V '` \ J�
• Section B. (11.) Signatory'Requireements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting y
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• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Mon ti oiling Reports , ✓'
1. Reporting Requirements.[Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
The permittee shall report di`sc arge monitoring data`ectronically using the NC DWR's Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report(eDMR),internei application.
Monitoring results obtainedddur ng the preyious month(s) shall be summarized for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. TheeDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring
data and submit,gMRs electronically usingqlie 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 submit all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using
eDMR and will be required-to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one
signed original and a copof the computer printed eDMR to the following address:
NC DEQ/Division of Water Resources/Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in 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 and
discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms
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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.
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. •
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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 1'27':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.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-
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
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 is 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.
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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)1
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 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 attachinen'ts 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 systemc.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 for knowing violations.
5. Records Retention [Supplements,Section D. (6:)1
The permittee shall retain records of all•Discharge Monitoring 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 the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41].
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Facility Location
Receiving Stream: UT to Yadkin River Stream Class:WS-IV; CA scale not shown
Stream Segment: 12-(52.5) Sub-Basin#: 03-07-01
River Basin:Yadkin HUC:0304010106 SCALE USGS Quad: Elkin South
County: Yadkin 1:24,000 36.23611°,-80.85861°