NC0081281_Draft Review_20190724

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
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July 24, 2019
Brian R. Land, Director of Public Utilities
Richmond County
125 South Hancock Street
Rockingham, North Carolina 28379
Subject: Review of permit DRAFT
NPDES NCO081281, WTP Class PC-1
Richmond Co. Water Treatment Plant (WTP)
326 Old Charlotte Hwy, Rockingham
Richmond County
Dear Mr. Land:
Based on your renewal request for the subject site (received October 25, 2018 from Lee P. Butler
WTP ORC), the Division of Water Resources (DWR or the Division) hereby transmits this draft for
your review and comment. Please review it carefully to ensure your understanding of the limits and
monitoring conditions, and to correct errors, if any.
Concurrent with this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft by
publishing a notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Richmond County area, as
required by the NPDES Program. Please provide your written comments, if any, to DENR / DWR /
NPDES Program no later August 28, 2019 (approximately 30 days after receiving this document).
Your written comments are welcome but are not mandatory.
Because this facility does not currently discharge [effluent routed to the Smith Energy Complex
for reuse as cooling water], we hereby instruct you to notify the Fayetteville Regional Office
(FRO) if and when you chose to resume discharging to waters of the State (see Supplement to
Permit Cover Sheet). Please contact the Fayetteville Regional office no later than 30 days prior
to beginning discharge. The Division however has no record of your request for a DMR
Reporting Waiver.
Renewal Chanes. The Division understands that you have made no significant alterations to
treatment processes since last renewal. We have therefore made only minimal updates to your
permit. Division records show that you have successfully registered with the eDMR Program. Please
be reminded that until the state's eDMR application is approved compliant with EPA's Cross -Media
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Brian Land, Director of Public Works
Richmond County
Permit Draft Review
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Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), all permittees must continue to submit hardcopy of
DMRs as backup to eDMR reporting [for details see section A. (3.)].
Following the mandatory 45-day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent
comments, if any, and take appropriate action prior to issuing an NPDES permit final. If you have
questions concerning this draft, please e-mail me [e-mail]], or call my direct line
[phone].
P.G.
Expedited Permitting Unit
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC008$r081 (renewal DRAFT)
hc: NPDES Program Files [draft permit and Fact Sheet]
ec: FRO/SWPS Supervisor, Trent Alan; Assnt. Super., Mark Brantley [draft permit, Fact Sheet]
OCU attn. Maureen Kinney [draft permit, Fact Sheet]
ATU attn. Susan Meadows [draft permit, Fact Sheet]
Brian Land [[e-mail]] [draft permit, Fact Sheet]