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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0078697_Fact_20230911DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS This form must be completed by Permit Writers for all expedited permits which do not require full Fact Sheets. Expedited permits are generally simple 100% domestics (e.g., schools, mobile home parks, etc) that can be administratively renewed with minor changes but can include facilities with more complex issues (Special Conditions, 303(d) listed water, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance concerns). Basic Information for Expedited Permit Renewals Permit Writer/Date Charles Weaver 9/11/2023 Permit Number NCO078697 Facility Name Six Oaks Complex [proposed] Basin Name/Sub-basin number Broad / 03-08-03 Receiving Stream Green River Stream Classification in Permit B-Trout H W Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits? NH3 limits are in the existing permit, though they are not required for protection against ammonia toxicity due to the massive dilution at the discharge point. To prevent backsliding concerns, and because no facility has been constructed yet, NH3 limits will remain in the permit. Does permit need TRC limits/language? No — already resent Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? Grease trap is required if the development of the site includes a restaurant. Does permit have instream monitoring? No Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)? No For whatparameter? Any obvious compliance concerns? None. No facility has been constructed. Any permit modifications since lastpermit? None. New expiration date 8/31/2028 Changes in Draft Permit Updated eDMR language Corrected DO limit for Trout waters Added effluent Turbidity monitoring (trout stream) Added instream Temperature monitoring (trout stream) Changes to final permit? None. SELC sent standard letter demanding temperature limit instream. NPDES management has decided that effluent from 100% domestic WWTPs is not a "heated liquid" as mentioned in the rule, and that instream monitoring is sufficient. DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-4lD2-8143-lCCDB8D3C418 LOCaliQ Georgia/North Carolina South Carolina GANNETT PROOF OF PUBLICATION Wren Thedford 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-1617 STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY OF BROWN Before the undersigned, a Notary Public, duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared said legal clerk, who, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that he/she is the legal clerk of The Asheville Citizen -Times, engaged in publication of a newspaper known as The Asheville Citizen - Times, published, issued and entered as first class mail in the city of Asheville, in Buncombe County, State of North Carolina; that he/she is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached here to, was published in said newspaper in the issues dated: 07/24/2023 That said newspaper in which said notice, paper, document or legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every publication, a newspaper meeting all the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Sworn to and subscribed �before on 007/24/2023 Legal Clerk .,._ Notary, State of W11 Co un Ly-of Brown� My commision expires Publication Cost: $134.38 Order No: 9079572 # of Copies: Customer No: 1018659 _1 PO #: LGSCO014205 THIS IS NOTAN INVOICE! Please do not use this form for payment remittance. PO Box 631697 Cincinnati, OH 45263-16:7 KAITLYN FELTY Notary Public State of Wisconsin Page 1 of 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 Public Notice North Carolina Environmen- tal Management Commis- sion/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0078697 Six Oaks Complex The North Carolina Envi- ronmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewa- ter discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regard- ing the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Direc- tor of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/ or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https:Hdeq.nc.gov/ public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. RJG, Inc. requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0078697 for its proposed Six Oaks Complex (94 Green River Rd, Tuxedo) in Henderson County. This proposed facil- ity would discharge treated wastewater into the Green River in the Broad River Basin. Currently, BODS, Total Suspended Solids, ammonia -nitrogen, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. This discharge could affect future allocations in this portion of the receiving stream. July 24 2023 LGSC0014205 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL NVRONMENTAL LAW CENTER Via Email Charles Weaver and Siying Chen N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 publiccomments@ncdenr.gov 48 Patton Avenue, Suite 304 Asheville, NC 28801 August 17, 2022 Telephone 828-258-2023 Facsimile 828-258-2024 Re: Application of the trout waters temperature standard in draft NPDES Permit Nos. NC0078697, NC0070394, NC0084441, and NC0023086. Dear Mr. Weaver and Ms. Chen: Please accept the following comments submitted on behalf of MountainTrue, North Carolina Trout Unlimited State Council, North Carolina Wildlife Federation, and the Southern Environmental Law Center related to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's ("DEQ") failure to apply the required trout waters temperature standard in four recently noticed draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permits: Draft Permit Nos. NCO078697 (Six Oaks Complex WWTP), NCO070394 (Willowbrook Park WWTP), NCO084441 (Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP), and NCO023086 (Fontana Dam WWTP). These permits would all authorize discharges into designated trout waters.' Proper application of the trout waters temperature standard is critical to protecting trout populations in North Carolina. Unfortunately, all four draft permits leave the affected populations at risk by failing to ensure trout streams remain sufficiently cool. I. Trout require cold, clean water to survive. Keeping water temperature in designated trout waters below certain thresholds is critically important because North Carolina's three species of trout —brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout —require cold, clean, oxygen -rich water to survive and thrive. Water temperature for these trout generally needs to be kept below 20 °C (68 OF).2 Unfortunately, past and ongoing land management practices threaten trout habitats, including by increasing stream 1 See NPDES Draft Permit Nos. NCO078697 (Six Oaks Complex WWTP) (July 25, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge into Green River, a Class B trout water and HQW in the Broad River Basin); NCO070394 (Willowbrook Park WWTP) (July 11, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge into Coweeta Creek, a Class B trout water in the Little Tennessee River Basin); NCO084441 (Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP) (July 11, 2023) (noting discharge into Conleys Creek, a Class C trout water in the Little Tennessee River Basin); and NCO023086 (Fontana Dam WWTP) (Aug. 8, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge into the Little Tennessee River, a Class C trout water)- 2 Trout Species of North Carolina, Fly Fishing NC (accessed Dec. 16, 2022), https://www flyfishingnc.com/trout- species-of-north-carolina. Charlottesville Chapel Hill Atlanta Asheville Birmingham Charleston Nashville Richmond Washington, DC DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 temperatures. As we explained in our comments on North Carolina's draft 2022 Clean Water Act Section 303(d) list, numerous trout streams routinely exceed safe water temperatures for trout.3 Climate change is exacerbating this problem by placing additional thermal pressure on water temperatures. By 2060, western North Carolina is predicted to see 10-20 more days each year with air temperatures above 35 °C (95 °F), increasing the potential for water temperatures to rise above 21.1 °C (70 'F)—levels that can be lethal to trout.4 This combination of past habitat loss, ongoing poor land management practices, and climate change poses an existential threat to many western North Carolina trout populations. Declines in trout populations —driven by increasing stream temperatures or otherwise — will hurt local economies. The total economic benefit of trout fishing in North Carolina is estimated at $383.3 million annually, supporting nearly 3,600 jobs.5 If trout habitats are further reduced, these economic benefits will be at risk. Overall, stream temperatures in North Carolina are increasing, and this trajectory is predicted to continue under a changing climate. To protect trout populations and the businesses that rely on them, North Carolina must take proactive steps to ensure trout waters remain sufficiently cold. IL North Carolina promulgated a temperature water quality standard to protect trout. Recognizing that trout require cold water, North Carolina exercised its authority under the Clean Water Act to develop a temperature water quality standard designed to keep trout streams cold. The Clean Water Act requires states to designate "uses" of waterbodies and promulgate standards to protect those uses. See 33 U.S.C. § 1313; 40 C.F.R. § 131.10; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-214.1. All waterbodies in North Carolina are subject to a temperature standard to protect their associated designated use. 15A N.C. Admin. Code 2B.0211(18). Some North Carolina waterbodies have been assigned a "trout waters" use. See 15A N.C. Admin. Code 2B.030 I (b)(3) (explaining trout waters classification); 40 C.F.R. § 131.10(c) ("States may adopt sub -categories of a use and set the appropriate criteria to reflect varying needs of such sub- categories of uses, for instance, to differentiate between cold water and warm water fisheries."). The temperature standard —for both trout waters and non -trout watersprovides that water temperature is: not to exceed 2.8 degrees C (5.04 degrees F) above the natural water temperature, and in no case to exceed 29 degrees C (84.2 degrees F) for mountain and upper piedmont waters and 32 degrees C (89.6 degrees F) for lower piedmont and coastal plain waters; the temperature for trout waters shall not be increased by more than s S. Envtl. L. Ctr., Comments on North Carolina's Draft 2022 § 303(d) List (Feb. 28, 2022). 4 Emma Johnson, Climate Change Challenges Trout Industry in North Carolina, Carolina Public Press (Feb. 17, 2021), https:Hcarolinapublicpress.org/42527/climate-change-challenges-trout-industry-in-north-carolina/. See also Kunkel, K.E., et al., North Carolina Climate Science Report (2020), available at https://ncics. org/wpcontent/uploads/2020/ 10/NC_Climate_Science_Report_FullReport_Final_revised_September20 20.pdf. 5 N.C. Wildlife Res. Comm'n, Mountain Trout Fishing: Economic Impacts on and Contributions to North Carolina's Economy (2015), available at https://www ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Fishing/documents/Economic-Impacts-Trout- Fishing.pdf. DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 .5 degrees C (0.9 degrees F) due to the discharge of heated liquids, but in no case to exceed 20 degrees C (68 degrees F). 15A N.C. Admin. Code 02B .0211(18). The standard has two parts —a delta limit and an absolute limit. In non -trout waters, the delta limit prohibits an increase attributable to a discharger of more than 2.8 °C above the natural water temperature. The absolute limit provides that temperature shall "in no case" exceed 29 °C in mountain and upper piedmont waters and 32 °C in lower piedmont and coastal plain waters regardless of the presence of permitted dischargers. The trout waters standard follows this same structure: Stream temperature may not be increased "by more than .5 degrees C ... due to the discharge of heated liquids" but "in no case" shall stream temperature exceed 20 °C. This makes sense because keeping trout waters below 20 °C—regardless of the presence of permitted dischargers —is critical to sustaining healthy trout populations. North Carolina's temperature standard, including for trout waters, is implemented in part through NPDES permits that regulate point source discharges by setting limits and monitoring requirements for a variety of water quality characteristics. 33 U.S.C. § 1342(a). State agencies with delegated authority to administer the NPDES program, such as DEQ, are responsible for ensuring NPDES permits identify and apply the correct water quality limits for the waterbody into which the permittee will be discharging effluent. In issuing a recent NPDES permit for a discharge into a designated trout water without the required temperature standards, DEQ explained it had concluded that "effluent from 100% domestic WWTPs [is] not a `heated liquid' as reference[d] in the rule" and, presumably, that the trout waters temperature standard therefore did not apply.6 This conclusion is unsupported by the text and the purpose of the rule; it is also irrelevant to the absolute limit set by the standard: Temperature in trout waters shall "in no case ... exceed 20 degrees C." 15A N.C. Admin. Code 2B.0211(18) (emphasis added). DEQ must include limitations in permits to ensure that discharges do not cause or contribute to an exceedance of the 20 °C standard, even if that discharge is not a "heated liquid." III. DEQ must ensure all four draft NPDES permits comply with the trout waters temperature standard. To comply with the Clean Water Act and state water quality standards, DEQ must ensure all four draft NPDES permits facilitate compliance with the temperature limits necessary to protect trout waters. The draft permits out for comment currently contain no language to prevent exceedances of those standards, despite in three cases (Willowbrook Park, Fontana Dam, and Six Oaks) newly including in -stream monitoring requirements for temperature. We applaud DEQ for taking notice of the importance of monitoring water temperature for the protection of trout 6 Fact Sheet for NPDES Permit No. NC0067318 (Jan. 13, 2023). 7 The third draft permit (for Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP) continues to include temperature monitoring standards imposed in prior permitting cycles. DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 waters. That said, Willowbrook Park's draft permit (and prior permit) require daily monitoring of effluent temperature,$ while Fontana Dam's, Six Oaks", and Smoky Mountain Country Club's draft permits only require weekly effluent temperature monitoring.10 All four permits should require daily effluent monitoring for temperature. But most importantly, the final documents must include permit limits to prevent violations of water quality standards, including the trout waters temperature standard. The draft permit for the Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP exemplifies why permit limits for temperature are necessary. Smoky Mountain's application materials indicate an estimated summer maximum effluent temperature of 27 °C, far exceeding the 20-degree maximum set for trout waters.11 In fact, the discharge's average summer effluent temperature is 22.3 °C.12 These concerns are magnified by the draft permit's inclusion of provisional authorization to double the facility's design flow of 60,000 gallons per day to 120,000 gallons per day. 13 Similarly, Willowbrook Park's permit materials indicate an average summer temperature of 19.9 °C and a maximum summer temperature of 25 °C.14 There is therefore a substantial risk that both dischargers will violate both the delta and absolute temperature limits applicable to discharges to trout waters. To be clear, DEQ has no authority to issue NPDES permits that do not ensure compliance with water quality standards, including the trout waters temperature standard. See 33 U.S.C. § 1311(b)(1)(C) (requiring NPDES permits to include limitations "necessary to meet water quality standards"); 40 C.F.R. § 122.44(d)(1). Where draft permits fail to ensure compliance, those permits must be revised. Incorporating the trout waters temperature standard into permits is also important because DEQ has failed to correctly apply this standard when preparing its Clean Water Act Section 303(d) list. Section 303(d) requires states to identify waterbodies that are not meeting water quality standards, investigate the reasons for noncompliance, and develop a plan to remediate those problems. For several years, DEQ has wrongly applied in the Section 303(d) context the water quality temperature standard for mountain waters (29 °C) to designated trout waters protected by the 20 °C standard.15 The 2022 303(d) Integrated Report does not disclose which 8 See Draft NPDES Permit No. NCO070394 (July 11, 2023), at 3 (requiring "daily" monitoring frequency for effluent testing and weekly monitoring of temperature upstream and downstream of the discharge). 9 Six Oak's permit application should be denied outright. This facility has not been constructed despite receiving an Authorization to Construct in 1995. The permit application does not include information sufficient for DEQ to comply with requirements under 15A N.C. Admin. Code 2H.0107, and whatever information was provided in 1995 is now stale. The applicant can apply for a new NPDES permit when they are prepared to move forward with their project. 10 Draft NPDES Permit No. NCO084441, at 3; Draft NPDES Permit No. NC078697, at 3 (setting "weekly" frequency for both effluent and in -stream temperature monitoring) 11 Renewal Application for NPDES Permit No. NCO084441 (Smoky Park Country Club WWTP) (Mar. 21, 2023), at 13. 12 Id. " See Draft NPDES Permit No. NC0084441, at 2 (authorizing the permittee to "construct the necessary components to expand total treatment capacity to 0.12 MGD" pending a construction permit from the agency). 14 Renewal Application for NPDES Permit No. NCO070394 (Willowbrook Park WWTP) (Mar. 20, 2023), at 13. 15 See supra note 3. al DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 standard DEQ applied to other receiving waters at issue in the draft NPDES permits. But the combination of these two errors —failure to include temperature standards in NPDES permits and failure to assess compliance with the correct temperature standard in the Section 303(d) context —generally risks jeopardizing trout populations. In summary, before finalizing any of these four permits, DEQ must ensure they facilitate compliance with the water quality temperature standard for trout waters. The most straightforward and thorough approach is to include language DEQ has already properly applied to other trout water discharge permits: "The instream temperature shall not be increased by more than 0.5 degrees C (0.9 degrees F) due to the discharge of heated liquids, but in no case to exceed 20 degrees C (68 degrees F). If the stream temperature exceeds 20 degrees C due to natural background conditions, the effluent cannot cause any increase in instream water temperature." This expression of the temperature standard, found in the most recent draft NPDES permit for the Buffalo Meadows WWTP, NPDES Permit No. NCO030325 (and others), correctly requires permittees to cause no further increase in temperature when stream temperature already exceeds trout water standards. IV. Conclusion North Carolina has some of the best and most at -risk trout habitat in the eastern United States. Ensuring viable trout populations persist in the future requires keeping trout streams clean and cold. To that end, DEQ must forthrightly apply the trout waters temperature standard in the final versions of NPDES Permit Nos. NC0078697, NC0070394, NC0084441, and NC0020386. Please notify Henry Gargan at hgargannselcnc.org or 828-258-2023 when DEQ issues final versions of these NPDES permits. We remain available as always to discuss our concerns. Sincerely, Henry Gargan Associate Attorney Southern Environmental Law Center hgargangselcnc.org Patrick Hunter Managing Attorney Southern Environmental Law Center 5 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources Prkd All Pages Print Form t}nly Modified Application Form 2A Revised March 2021 Modified Application Form 2A Minor Sewage Facilities < 0.1 MGD and No Pretreatment Program NPDES Permitting Program Note: Complete this forn if your facility is a MINOR new or existing publicly o«ned treatment «corks. DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Number FaciW Name Monied Applicabon Form 2A Moddied Mardi 2021 Form NC Depenettt of Erntkaiwli ntal Quaky - Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater NPDES ill M SEWAGE FACILITIES (Before cort�pieting Vu � P read the irrshuc6oM Fame 110 UM the irrstrtx�ior>s resin indenial of the 'I �- e11 91 1.1 Facility name Mailing address (street or P.O. box) &K 44Z City or town I t txeAo State Q (L ZIP code EContact name (first and last) I Title Phone number Email address Uctp Location address (street, route number, or other specific identifier) ❑ Same as mailing address Ri Uel City or town State ZlP cede 1.2 Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge? ] Yes + See instructions on data submission ❑ No requirements for new dischargers. 1.3 Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above? ❑ Yes ® No + SKIP to Item 1.4. Applicant name Applicant address (street or P.O. box) 0 City or torn State ZIP code w Contact name (first and last) Title Phone number Email address a 1.4 Is the applicant the facilitys owner, operator, or both? (Check only one response.) ❑ Owner ❑ Operator ® Both 1.5 To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence? (Check only one response.) Facility ❑ Applicant ❑ Facility and applicant (they are one and the same) 1.6 Indicate below any wdsting environmental permits. (Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit number for each.) Exesft Emiironmetttall Pemft NPDES (discharges to surface 0 RCRA (hazardous waste) 0 UIC (underground injection water) control) E c ❑ Nonattainment program (CAA) 0 NESHAPs (CAA) ❑ PSD (air emissions) eu ❑ Dredge or fill (CWA Section ❑ Other (specify) ❑ Ocean dumping (MPRSA) w 404) Page 1 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF7571D-76913-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Number Facdfij Name Modified Appitabon Form 2A Modified March 2021 1.7 Provide the collections stem information requested below for the treatment works. Municipality Population Collection System Type Served Served (indicate cent a)Ownership Status % separate sanitary sewer ❑Chan ❑ Maintain % combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain % separate sanitary sewer ❑ own ❑ Maintain :.. % combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain CL o % separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain % combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain �— ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain % separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain d% i combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain c ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain Total o Population v Served Separate Sanitary Sewer System Combined Storm and Sanitary Sewer Total percentage of each type of sewer line in miles % % f° 1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country? c ❑ Yes ( No C 1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country? c ❑ Yes No 1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces. Design Flow Rate L C) ozb mgd , Annual Average Flow Rates Actual o Two Years Ago Last Year This Year rs c r1 rG` mgd t, mgd Alck mgd _o Maximum Daily Flow Rates Actual Two Years Ago Last Year This Year Mo,_ mgd mgd fl mgd 1.11 Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the State of North Carolina by type. Total Number of Effluent DischargePoints by Type CL Constructed Treated Effluent Untreated Effluent Combined Sewer Bypasses Emergency s ca Overflows Overflows Page 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Nurrber FacH4 Name Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the $Me of North Caro 1.12 Does the POTy+! discharge wastewater to basins, ponds; or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina? ❑ Yes El No + SKIP to Item 1.14. 1.13 Provide the location of earl, surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below. Surface Impoundment Location and Discharge Data - Average Daily Volume Location Discharged to Surface Continuous or Intermittent Impoundment one) ❑ Continuous ! 9pd ❑ Intermittent ❑ Continuous i gpd ❑ Intermittent gpd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent w 1.14 Is wastewater applied to land? ❑ Yes No SKIP to Item 1.16. 1.15 Provide the land ap2lication site and discharge data requested below. Land Application Site and Discharge Data C3 Average Daily Volume Continuous or 0 Location Size Intermittent E' Applied check one ¢ acres gPd ❑ Continuous p Intermittent CP acres gp d ❑ Continuous o ❑ Intermittent acres gPd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent 1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 121. ® 1.17 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported (e.g., tank truck, pipe). 1.18 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant? ❑ Yes �] No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20. 1.19 Provide information on the transporter below. Trans rter Data Entity name Mailing address (street or P.O. box) City or town State ZIP code Contact name (first and last) Title Phone number Email address Page 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Number Faci ty Name Moddi d AWmton Form 2A !!! Modified Wrch 2021 1.20 in the table below, indicate the name, address, contact information, NPDES number, and average daily flow rate of the receiving facility. Receivin Facift Data Facility name Mailing address (street or P.O. box) City or town State ZIP code Contact name (first and last) Title 0 s z Phone number Email address o NPDES number of receiving facility (if any) None Average daily flow rate mgd a 1.21 Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in items 1.14 through 1.21 that do mnot have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina (e.g., underground percolation, underground injection)? v ® Yes ( No 4 SKIP to item 1.23. 1.22 Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods. Information on Other Disposal Methods m Disposal Method Location of Size of Annual Average Daily Discharge Continuous or Intermittent D�cr ' n Disposal Site Disposal Site volume (check one) Ta acres gRd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent acres gp d ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent i acres gpd ❑ Continuous ❑ Intermittent 1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)? (Check all that apply. m .2 Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.) C _ ® Discharges into marine waters (CWA Water quality related effluent limitation (CWA Section Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2)) Not applicable 124 Are any operational or maintenance aspects (related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality) of the treatment works the responsibility of a contractor? ❑ Yes No *SKIP to Section 2. 1.25 Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractor's operational and maintenance responsibilities. Contractor Information Contractor 1 Contractor 2 Contractor 3 = 0 Contractor name E (company name Mailing address i c (street or P.O. box) City, state, and ZIP code oContact name (first and cs last ► Phone number Email address Operational and maintenance responsibilities of contractor Page 4 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 PIPDES Permit Plumber Faciiiy Name Modffiied Appkcabm Form 2A Modified March 2021 SECTIONsD s INFORMATION .0 o Outfalis to Waters of the Stide of Abet Camlinit 2.1 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd? m i ❑ Yes ( No 4 SKIP to Section 3. a 0 2.2 Provide the treatment works' current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of inflow and Infiiiration and infiltration. L gpd Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration. a c 3 c c Z 2.3 Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information? (See instructions for iQ a specific requirements.) o CL ❑ Yes ❑ No 12 2.4 Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information? a (See instructions for specific requirements.) " o ❑ Yes ❑ No 2.5 Are improvements to the facility scheduled? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3. Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements. 0 c l: m. 2. 3. o m Z m 4. 2.6 Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements. Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for lm ovements Scheduled Affected Begin End Begin Attainment of s o C Improvement Outfalls (list Il Construction Construction Discharge Operational Leve {from above) number {MMIDDtYI'YY} (MMIDDIYYYY) (M[Ul1DD1YYYY) MjD 11r7 a o, 2. 3. 4, 2.7 Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained? Briefly explain your response. ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ None required or applicable Explanation: Page 5 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Pemit Number Faahty Name E Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 3.1 ) Provide the following information for each outfall. (Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.) Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfail Number s State County 0 City or town i o r, = a. Distance from shore ft. ft. ft. m Depth below surface ft, ft, ft. Average daily flow rate mgd mgd mgd Latitude °?�� 1'L " 53 1 1 1" Longitude %I- ' -Z " -6,Z l o - 3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges? a ❑ Yes ( No 4 SKIP to Item 3.4. 3.3 If so, provide the following information for each applicable outfali. Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number a Number of times per year i► discharge occurs p. Average duration of each o discharge (spec units Average flow of each m an g d an mgd 0 discharge Months in which discharge occurs 3.4 Are any of the ouifalis listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes 0 No + SKIP to Item 3.6. 3.5 Briefly describe the diffuser at each applicable outfall. sa Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number 5 o 3 6 Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from m = one or more discharge points? R = W Yes ❑ No +SKIP to Section 6. Page 6 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified A ppkabm Form 2A Modified March 2021 3.7 Provide the receiving water and related information if known for each outfall. Outfall Number I Outfall Number Outfall Number Receiving water name Name of watershed; river, GCr-,UA 0 or stream system t_� L, V C Q- U.S. Soil Conservation Service 14-digit watershed a code °r Name of state basin` management/river w U.S. Geological Survey 8-digit hydrologic cataloging unit code Critical low flow (acute) cfs cfs cfs Critical low flow (chronic) cfs cfs cfs Total hardness at critical mg/L of mg/L of mg/L of low flow CaCO3 CaCO3 CaCO3 3.8 Provide the following information describing the treatment rovided for discharges from each outfall. Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number Highest Level of 53 Primary ❑ Primary ❑ Primary Treatment (check all that ❑ Equivalent to ❑ Equivalent to ❑ Equivalent to apply per outfall) secondary secondary secondary ❑ Secondary ❑ Secondary ❑ Secondary ❑ Advanced ❑ Advanced ❑ Advanced ❑ Other (specify) ❑ Other (specify) ❑ Other (specify) 0 CL Design Removal Rates by Outfall b-616 M&­,--) m BODE or CBOD5 30, O Nic, t % % % _ �y E TSS `ZpEc i 'I % % % Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable Phosphorus % % % ® Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable Nitrogen % % % Other (specify) ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable A ]] � l� � �- el % % % Page 7 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Nunber Fad ty Name Modified Appkcabon Form 2A Modified March 2021 3.9 Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below. if disinfection varies by season, describe below. mlocics _ Z 0 � c P I Ouffali Number Outfall Number Outfatf Number $ Disinfection type n Seasons used E w 2 Dechlorination used? ® Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ No ❑ No 3.10 Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package? ❑ Yes ❑ No -n i(k 3.11 Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points? ❑ Yes Qj No 3 SKIP to Item 3.13. 3.12 Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge p2ints. Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Acute Chronic cc g a Number of tests of discharge m = water Number of tests of receiving 12 water w 3.14 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection, use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process, or otherwise have reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent? ❑ Yes 4 Complete Table B, including chlorine. [ No -* Complete Table B, omitting chlorine. 3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application package? ❑ Yes ❑ No (�, la Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and 3,18 attached the results to this application package? ❑ Yes No additional sampling required by NPDES permitting authority, Page 8 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permd Number iFacility Name � Modified Applie3Gon Form 2A Modified March 2021 3.19 Has the POTW conducted either (1) minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application or (2) at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years? [3 Yes E]No 3 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.20 Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority? ��� ❑ Yes ❑ No + Provide results in Table E and SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.21 Indicate the dates the data were submitted to our NPDES permitting authority and provide a summaryof the results. Date(s) Submi ed Summary of Results a c w c a w 3.22 Regardless of how you provided your WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority, did any of the tests result in toxicity? y ❑ Yes No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26. F3.23 Describe the cause(s) of the toxicity: w w 3.24 Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation? ❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26. 3.25 Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted. 3.26 Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package? ❑ Yes Not applicable because previously submitted information to the NPDES permitbnq authority. Page 9 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF7571D-71B913-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Nem�6er Facky Name MoMed Applicabon Form 2A Modified Ash 2021 i SECTIONf CERTIFICATION STATEMENT (40 6.1 In Column 1 below, mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application. For each section, specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority. Note that not all applicants are required to provide attachments. Column 1 Column 2 Section 1: Basic Application Information for All A licants ❑ w/ variance request(s) ® w/ additional attachments l Section 2: Additional w/ topographic map ❑ w/ process flow diagram Information ❑ w/ additional attachments ❑ w/ Table A ❑ w/ Table D c Section 3: Information on ❑ Effluent Discharges ❑ w/ Table B ❑ w1 additional attachments ❑ w/ Table C Section 4: Not A PPlicable � c cc Section 5: Not Applicable m cs ❑ Section 6: Checklist and ❑ w/ attachments Certification Statement 1 At 8.2 Certification Statement I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel property gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations. Name (print or type first and last name) Official title l ` Signature Date signed Page 10 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Modlfled Appllcatlon Form 2A Modified March 2021 Maximum Da!!y Discharge Average Daily Discharge Pollutant Analytical Method' (include Munits) Value Units Value Units Number of Samples Biochemical oxygen demand ❑ BOD5 or ❑ CBOD5 o ML ID MDL (report one) Fecal coliform ❑ ML ❑ MDL Design flow rate pH (minimum) pH (maximum) Temperature (winter) ❑ ML Temperature (summer) Total suspended solids (TSS) ❑ MDL Q0111NIII Iy anau Uri vui iummu auuur urr ry LU surrraror rtry 5e151Lrve pest prviceaures tr.e., methods) approved under 4u U-K 13fi for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR chapter I, subchapter N or 0, See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). Page 11 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 EPA Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Maximum Daily Value Pollutant Units Number Value Units Method' (include units) Samples ❑ ML Ammonia (as N) � ®� ❑MDL Chlorine ❑ ML total residual TRC 2 [3 MDL ❑ ML Dissolved oxygen ❑ MDL ❑ ML Nitrate/nitrite ❑ MDL ®ML Kjeldahl nitrogen ❑ MDL ❑ ML Oil and grease ❑ MDL ❑ ML Phosphorus ❑ MDL 0 ML Total dissolved solids [3 MDL 1 Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures (i.e., methods) approved under 4U CfR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR chapter I, subchapter N or 0, See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). 2 Facilities that do not use chlorine for disinfection, do not use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process, and have no reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in their effluent are not required to report data for chlorine. EPA Form 3510.2A (Revised 3-19) Page 12 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Qutfall Number Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 w-glifulag MY, Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Pollutant Number of Value Units Value Units gam les Analytical Mt. or MDL Method' (include units) Metals, Cyanide, and Total Phenols Hardness (as GaCOs) (�-� OML ❑MDL Antimony, total recoverable ❑ ML 0 MDL Arsenic, total recoverable ❑ ML ❑ MDL Beryllium, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Cadmium, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Chromium, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Copper, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Lead, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Mercury, total recoverable o ML ❑ MDL Nickel, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Selenium, total recoverable ❑ ML ❑ MDL Silver, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Thallium, total recoverable 0 ML 0 MDL Zinc, total recoverable 0 ML ❑ MDL Cyanide 0 ML ❑ MDL Total phenolic compounds 0 ML 0 MDL Volatile Organic Compounds Acrolein 0 ML ❑ MDL Acrylonitdle 0 ML ❑ MDL Benzene ❑ ML 0 MDL Bromoform 0 ML ❑ MDL EPA Form 351D•2A (Revised 3-19) page 13 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name ©utfali Number Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 Maximum Dally Discharge Average Dally Discharge Pollutant Analytical or MuDt Number of Value Units Value Units Method' InML CIUde f ) samples Carbon tetrachloride ML 130 es.❑ ❑ MDL Chlorobenzene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Chlorodibromomethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL Chloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL 2-chloroethylvinyl ether ❑ ML ❑ MDL Chloroform ❑ ML ❑ MDL Dichlorobromomethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,1-dichloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,2-dichloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL trans- 1, 2-dichloroethylene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,1-dichloroethylene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,2-dichloropropane ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,3-dichloropropylene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Ethylbenzene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Methyl bromide ❑ ML ❑ MDL Methyl chloride ❑ ML ❑ MDL Methylene chloride ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL Tetrachloroethylene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Toluene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1, 1, 1 -trichloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,1,2-trichloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL EPA Form 3510-2A (Revised 3-19) Page 14 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Analytical ML or MDL Pollutant Number of Value Units Value Units Method' (include units) samples Trichloroethylene o MDL Vinyl chloride a MDL Acid -Extractable Compounds Pi-,Nbn Q0,- p-chloro-m-cresol ML o MDL 2-chlorophenol 13 ML ❑ MDL 2,4-dichlorophenol OML ❑ MDL 2,4-dimethylphenol 0 ML ❑ MDL 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol ❑ ML ❑ MDL 2,4-dinitrophenol OML ❑ MDL 2-nitrophenol OML ❑ MDL 4-nitrophenol ❑ ML ❑ MDL Pentachlorophenol 0 ML L ❑ MDL Phenol ❑ ML ❑ MDL 2,4,6-trichlorophenol 13 o MDL Baee-Neutral Compounds Acenaphthene 0 ML ❑ MDL Acenaphthylene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Anthracene 0 ML ❑ MDL Benzidine ❑ ML ❑MDL Benzo(a)anthracene 13 ML ❑ MDL Benzo(a)pyrene OML ❑ MDL 3,4-benzofluoranthene o ML ❑ MDL EPA Form 3510.2A (Revised 3-19) Page 15 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 : •'14I.M.1 III�•• Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Pollutant Analytical ML or MDL Number of Value Units Value Units Method' (include units) Samples Benzo(ghi)perylene * OML O MDL Benzo(k)fluoranthene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane o ML ❑ MDL Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether O ML ❑ MDL Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether o ML ❑ MDL Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate ❑ ML ❑ MDL 4-bromophenyi phenyl ether ❑ ML ❑ MDL Butyl benzyl phthalate ❑ ML ❑ MDL 2-chloronaphthalene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether ❑ ML ❑ MDL Chrysene o ML ❑ MDL di-n-butyl phthalate o ML ❑ MDL di-n-octyl phthalate o ML ❑ MDL Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,2-dichlorobenzene o ML ❑ MDL 1,3-dichlorobenzene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,4-dichlorobenzene o ML ❑ MDL 3,3-dichlorobenzidine ❑ ML 13 MDL Diethyl phthalate ❑ ML ❑ MDL Dimethyl phthalate ❑ ML E3 MDL 2,4-dinitrotoluene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 2,6-dinitrotoluene to ML ❑ MDL EPA Form 3510 2A (Revised 3-19) Page 16 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41D2-8143-1CCDB8D3C418 EPA Identtficatlon Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfail Number Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge Pollutant Analytical ML or MDL Number of Value Units Value Units Method' include units ( ) gam les 1,2-diphenylhydrazine 17i ❑ ML ❑ MDL Fluoranthene ❑ ML Cl MDL Fluorene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Hexachlorobenzene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Hexachlorobutadiene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Hexachlorocyclo-pentadiene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Hexachloroethane ❑ ML ❑ MDL Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Isophorone ❑ ML 13 MDL Naphthalene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Nitrobenzene ❑ ML ❑ MDL N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine ❑ ML ❑ MDL N-nitrosodimethylamine ❑ ML ❑ MDL N-nitrosodiphenylamine ❑ ML ❑ MDL Phenanthrene ❑ ML ❑ MDL Pyrene ❑ ML ❑ MDL 1,2,4-tHchlorobenzene ❑ ML ❑ MDL oampung snap De canauctea accoramg to sumciurwy sensitive test praoeaures tt,e,, metnoas) approvea unaer 4u ct-K lib Tor the analysis of poiiutants or pollutant parameters or required under 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N or 0, See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3). EPA Form 3510.2A (Revised 3.19) Page 17 DocuSign Envelope ID: DADF757D-7B9B-41 D2-8143-1 CCDB8D3C418 NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number Modified Application Form 2A Modified March 2021 Pollutant Maximum Dail Dlschar a rage Dal) Dischar a NumbeAnalytical (list) Value Unite Value Units SaLnpl of Sam les ML or MDL Method' (include units) No additional sampling is required by NPDES permitting authority. ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL ❑ ML ❑ MDL Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures (i,e,, methods) approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of Dollutants or nnllutant nargMAfRrQ nr rani arM under 40 CFR chapter 1, subchapter N or 0, See instructions and 40 CFR 122,21(e)(3), Page 18