NC0000272_Draft Permit_20220401

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Mr. Wallace McDonald, General Manager
Blue Ridge Paper Products, Inc.
dba Evergreen Packaging
P.O. Box 4000
Canton, North Carolina 28716
Dear Mr. Griswold:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 26, 2021
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit
Permit NC0000272
Canton Mill WWTP
Haywood County
Facility Grade IV
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft permit for your facility. Please review this permit very
carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains.
The draft permit contains the following significant changes from your current permit:
1) Section A. (8.) Requirements for Color Analysis and Compliance Special Condition of the
permit has been updated.
2) Section A. (9.) Dioxin Monitoring Special Condition has been updated and the number of the
fish tissue sampling analysis has been reduced.
3) Section A. (12.) Clean Water Act Section 316(a) Thermal Variance has been updated.
4) Section A. (14.) Mixing Zone has been added to the permit.
5) The flow limit has been increased to 34.0 MGD to account for increased water usage
resulting from the installation of two new wet scrubbers on coal fires boilers for boiler
MACT compliance and change in operation of the Riley Bark boiler for SO2 control.
6) The Color Variance is terminated and a new instream color compliance requirement has been
added to the permit to replace the Color Variance, please see Footnote #16 (Part I Section A.
(1.)).
7) Chloroform limits have been recalculated to reflect the current production level (Internal
Outfall 002 and Internal Outfall 003) .
8) AOX (adsorbable organic halides) limits have been recalculated to reflect the current
production level (Outfall 001). The calculation indicated the need to increase the limits.
However, the current limits were kept to provide an additional protection for the receiving
stream.
9) Pentachlorophenol and trichlorophenol limits have been recalculated to reflect the current
production level (Outfall 001). The calculation indicated the need to increase the limits.
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However, the current limits were kept to provide an additional protection for the receiving
stream.
10) TSS (total suspended solids) limits have been recalculated to reflect the current production
level (Outfall 001). The calculation indicated the need to increase the limits. However, the
current limits were kept to provide an additional protection for the receiving stream.
11) Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs)
and program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became
effective on December 21, 2015. The requirement to begin reporting discharge monitoring
data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR)
internet application has been added to your final NPDES permit. [See Special Condition A.
(13.)]
For information on eDMR, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account,
please visit the following web page: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-
resources/edmr
For more information on EPA's final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule, please visit the
following web site:
https:/ /www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/ 10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-
discharge- elimination- system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule
Please provide any comments you have regarding the draft permit to this office by January 29,
2021. At this time, the Division is also publishing a notice in the newspapers of general circulation in
Haywood County, inviting public comment on the Draft Permit. Following the comment period, we
will review all pertinent comments received and take appropriate action on the permit.
If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the following e-
mail address: [e-mail], or telephone number: 919-707-3606.
Sincerely,
Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer III
Industrial NPDES Permitting Unit
cc: Central Files
NPDES Files
EPA Region IV (e-copy)
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality (e-copy)
WSS/Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
TACU (e-copy)