NC0005363_Approval_20190612

ROY COOPER
Govemor
MIC14AEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
June 61h, 2019
Kent Tyndall
C/O W.H. Weatherspoon Plant
L.V. Sutton Energy Complex
801 Sutton Steam Plant Road
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Subject: Review of Duke Progress Energy, Weatherspoon Plant's Proposed NPDES Fish Tissue
Monitoring Plan (NC0005363).
Dear Mr. Tyndall:
Thank you for your submission of the proposed fish tissue monitoring plan for this facility.
Based on our review of this document, we offer the following:
1) A downstream collection location must be sited on the Lumber River for trace element analysis
of fish tissues. If you require assistance in selecting a site, please contact this Office.
2) Please attempt to collect a minimum of ten (10) individuals per species. A minimum of six (6)
meets the permit requirements.
3) In future reports for this facility, please attach a copy of DWR's approval letter for DEP
Procedure NR00107.
4) Lastly, please refer to the table below for the most recent fish consumption screening values for
future data comparisons.
US EPA and NC DHHS Fish Consumption Screening Values (mg/kg, ppm)
Mercury (methylmercury)
Selenium
US EPA
Recreational
Subsistence
Fishers
Fishers
0.3
0.049
20
2.457
NC DHHS
Recreational
Fishers*
Subsistence
Fishers
0.0471
2.35
Arsenic (inorganic) 1.2 0.147 0.141
* Historic fish consumption screening values ("action levels", 0.4 mg/kg Hg, and 10 mg/kg Se) are no longer
published by NC DHHS, as of July, 2017.
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If you have any questions regarding these comments or requests, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Cyndi Karoly
Chief, Water Sciences Section
Cc: Trent Allen, Fayetteville Regional Office
Julie Grzyb, Complex Permitting Unit
Steve Cahoon, NCDEQ
Kennedy Holt, NC DHHS
Linda Hickock, Duke Energy