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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S.REGAN .,
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER NORTH CAROLINA
Ilmtar Environmental Quality
April 17, 2019
Spartty Hammett, County Manager
Pasquotank County
PO Box 39
Elizabeth City, NC 27907-0039
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0088480
Pasquotank County Reverse Osmosis Plant
Pasquotank County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the April 17, 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. 150E-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.
Sincerely,
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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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 NC0088480
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 County of Pasquotank
Facility Name Pasquotank County Reverse Osmosis Plant
Mailing Address 581 Forman Bundy Road
City Elizabeth City NC
State / Zip Code 27909
Telephone Number (252)3350865
Fax Number (252)3350866 RFCE''v D/U!NR/DWR
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2. Location of facility producing discharge: Per
mit Section
Check here if same as above 12
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
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 Pasquotank County
Mailing Address P.O. Box 39
City Elizabeth City
State / Zip Code NC
Telephone Number (252)3350865
Fax Number (252)3350866
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public L'S
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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)
Groundwater
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Raw water enters the plant from the wells, we have 4 wells but only run 2 wells at a time
during operations. Its first hit with anti scalant, then enters 2 cartridge filters for pre
filtration, then the water enters the trains for the reverse osmosis treatment
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
We pump the reject off the trains 19 miles through a 12 inch line to Outfall 001 in the
Albemarle Sound.
9. Number of separate discharge points: 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous EJ Intermittent ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
11. Plant design potable flowrate 2.0 MGD
Backwash or reject flow .75 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Albemarle Sound in the Pasquotank river basin
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes
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Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes No
Fluoride Yes �io7
Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines Yes (Nod
Zinc-orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1236 Yes CNo j
List any other additives below:
Sodium hypochlorite to clean aereator 1 time a year then goes into neutralization tank
Ph 4 8a Ph 7 for cleaning trains every few years that also goes into neutralization tank
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 N/A
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.
Spartty Hammett County Manager
Printed name of Pers n Signing Title
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Signa - of Applicant Date
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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Subbasin: 03-01-52 HUC: 03010205 Stream Class: SB Pasquotank County RO WTP NC0088480
Receiving Stream:Albemarle Sound Basin: Pasquotank Pasquotank County