NC0025348_Approval_20190515

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
Jordan B. Hughes, P.E., City Engineer
City of New Bern
527 NC Hwy 55 West
New Bern, NC 28562
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 15, 2019
Subject: Adjusted Daily Sewage Flow Rate Approval
Hardee Farms Development
City of New Bern WWTP (NC0025384)
Craven County
Dear Mr. Hughes:
On February 25, 2019, the Division of Water Resources (Division) received an adjusted daily sewage
flow rate (flow reduction) request that would apply to all future and permitted but not yet tributary
residential connections and all future residential connections within the Hardee Farms
development service area.
In accordance with 15A NCAC 02T .0114(f)(2), the Division has evaluated the request as well as
additional information received on May 10, 2019, and based on the data submitted and Division of
Water of Infrastructure (DWI) guidance, the Division hereby approves for use by the Hardee Farms
development an adjusted daily sewage design flow rate with the following conditions:
• The flow reduction is applicable to residential single family dwellings only.
• The minimum flow for 1 and 2 bedroom dwellings shall be 140 gallons per day.
• Each additional bedroom above two bedrooms shall increase the volume by 70 gallons per
day per bedroom.
• This flow reduction shall not apply to sewer extension applications and/or permits for any
other public or private organizations or developments whose wastewater flows are or might
become tributary to the Hardee Farms' or the City of New Bern's collection systems.
Future sewer extension applications should be made using the flow reduction amount stated above.
All other aspects of the permitting process remain unchanged, and all applications must be in
compliance with the statues, rules, regulations and minimum design criteria as certified by the
owner and engineer.
Regardless of the adjusted design daily wastewater flow rate, at no time shall the wastewater flows
exceed the effluent limits defined in the NPDES Permit for the treatment facility or exceed the
capacity of the sewers downstream of any new sewer extension or service connection(s).
The granting of this flow reduction does not prohibit the Division from reopening, revoking,
reissuing and/or modifying the flow reduction as allowed by the laws, rules, and regulations
D_E North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
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contained in 15A NCAC 02T, NCGS 143-215.1, or as needed to address changes in State and/or
Federal regulations with respect to wastewater collection systems, protection of surface waters
and/or wastewater treatment.
If you have any questions, please contact Christyn Fertenbaugh, P.E., at [phone], or via email
at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
for Linda Culpepper
Director, Division of Water Resources
by Deborah Gore, Supervisor
Pretreatment, Emergency Response and Collection Systems Branch
Cc: John G. Thomas, P.E., Thomas Engineering, PA([e-mail])
New Bern WWTP files — NC0025384
Washington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations
PERCS (electronic copy)