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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCS000197_COMPLIANCE_20160418STORMINATER DIVISION CODING SHEET PERMIT NO. P05 ON Nq DOC TYPE ❑FINAL PERMIT ❑ MONITORING INFO ❑ APPLICATION ',COMPLIANCE ❑ OTHER DOC DATE ❑ 20% OLi (S YYYYMMDD y IOLS 000 Dominion Resourtes Services, Inc. 5000 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allan, VA 23060 dom.com BY U.S. MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED April 18, 2016 ;jopftminione RECEIVED Ms. Greta C. Glover APR 25 2016 Pretreatment Coordinator Waste Water Treatment Plant bl-NAUND QUALITy 135 Aqueduct Rd. ft"Af@R "MITTiNQ Weldon, NC 27890 Re: Dominion - Rosemary Power Station Industrial User Permit 40 CFR 403.12 - Authorized Signatories Dear Ms. Glover: In accordance with the Industrial User Permit Regulation 40 CFR 403.12 and in addition to the officers referenced in the regulation, the persons in the following positions are authorized to sign correspondence, reports, and other documents required by the Industrial Use Permit (#007)1 NPDES permit: Director, Power Generation Station (I, II or 111) Director, Power Generation Operations Manager, Power Generation Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Plant Manager Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Supervisor Technical Consultant Director, Generation Environmental Services Manager, Generation Environmental Services Should you desire additional information or have any questions, please contact Ian Whitlock, of Dominion's Electric Environmental Services, at (804) 273-2991. 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 properly 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. David A. Craymer Name of Authorized Agent Signature of Authorized f9ent Vice President Power Generation System Operations Title Date Ms. Glover 04/18/2016 Page 2 cc: Ms. Bethany Georgoulias North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 RECEIVED APR 2 5 2016 DEAR -LAND QUALITY STORMWATER PERMITTING Georgoulias, Bethany From: Pickle, Ken Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:47 PM To: Georgoulias, Bethany; Bennett, Bradley Subject: FW: Dominion Power's Rosemary Station Well, here's my summary history from two years ago, but that doesn't locate the file for us. kbp Ken Pickle Environmental Engineer NCDENR I DEMLR I Stormwater Permitting Program 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 512 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27604 Phone: (919)807-6376 Fax: (919) 807-6494 Email: ken. pi.ckle@ncdenr.gov Website: htto:Jlyortal.ncdenr.4rn/webLlr/stormwater ** Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties unless the content is exempt by statute or other regulations." From: Pickle, Ken Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 5:52 PM To: Jones, Jennifer; Georgoulias, Bethany Cc: Bennett, Bradley Subject: Dominion Power's Rosemary Station OK then, here's the scoop on Dominion Power's Rosemary gas turbine station, Current status: • Active wastewater permit NCO079014 for the release of secondary containment fluids around a fuel oil storage tank in excess of 1.MG capacity; • Stormwater permit NCS000197 rescinded by KBP upon request in February 2007: • According to their website today, they are a combined cycle natural gas turbine facility producing electricity and industrial steam. Aerial photos on the website show a large fuel ail storage tank, presumably the one on which NCO079014 is based, so in excess of 11VIG. • So, they are a gas turbine facility. And they are a combined -cycle facility. And they are a dual -fuel facility. And they are a cogeneration facility. • Today's interpretation: per presumed NC criteria: electricRower? Yes; steam? Yes => DWQ stormwater permit required. • Today's interpretation: per MSGP criteria: electric sower? Yes: steam? Yes: gas turbine? Yes: auxiliary fuel? Yes —fuel oil => MSGP would be required if located in one of EPA's states. File history: .t • NCS000197 first issued to Panda Rosemary Limited Partnership and effective on October 1,1994. Discharging to the MS4 of Roanoke Rapids and then to the Roanoke River, a class C stream. Annual monitoring of pH, O&G, Pb, TSS, MBAS for VMA only, with cutoff concentrations. • Reissued effective October 1, 1999. Quarterly monitoring in the fourth year for pH, O&G, TSS for VMA only, without numerical constraints. Renewal site plan shows two gas turbines and a steam turbine. • February 2005 Name/Ownership change to Virginia Electric and Power Company. • February 2005 Myrl and BG inspect; no violations, not much to inspect. • Reissued to Virginia Electric and Power Company effective June 1, 2005. Semi-annual monitoring for pH, O&G, TSS for VMA only, with benchmarks. • October 2006 — December 2006 email exchanges with SPU and NPDES from Dominion Power (new owner). o October email: Dominion asserts that they are a 'heat captured cogeneration facility', and requests termination of both the NCS stormwater permit, and the NC permit which covers stormwater within the secondary containment area. o They cite the 1995 MSGP and the 1995 Preamble in the Federal Register announcing the MSGP, both as excluding 'heat captured cogeneration facilities' from the definition of storm water discharges associated with industrial activity, and therefore not subject to regulation by stormwater permit. o They cite the 2000 Federal Register notice for the next version of the MSGP, and note that it provides that heat capture cogeneration facilities are not covered by the MSGP for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity from Steam Electric Power Generating facilities. o They report that the same language is also included in the Proposed 2006 MSGP. o SO: mid -stream summary — Dominion has cited the EPAs MSGP to exclude them from regulation - - but they didn't cite the rules, or the Federal Register Preamble to the rules. This is the difficulty that we became aware of over the last couple of days — EPA is not fully following their own rules in the MSGP. o December 2006: Myrl in RRO comments that both permits could be rescinded based on his site visits and his understanding of the federal regulations. • February 2007 rescission of NCS000197. RIMS notation by KBP: "Permit rescinded upon request and concurrence by RRO. Heat recovery co -generation facilities are specifically excluded from coverage under stormwater NPDES permits. Virginia Electric staff specifically report the facility Is eligible for this exclusion. Concurrent request to rescind NC permit has today been rejected by NPDES East Unit." • February 2007 same day, NPDES Unit denies request to rescind NC0079014. My interpretation today. and anv determination to act at Rosemarv. would be based on the followine considerations: • It looks like I was not aware of the possibility of a disconnect between (the governing rule at 40CFR and its associated FR Preamble) vs. (EPA's several MSGPs and their FR Preambles), and that I mistook the provisions of the MSGP as having the authority of federal rule. I think our analysis this week is more developed and more on point, although we would still differ from EPA in implementation at some sites (but not at this site! At this site we would both require a permit based on industry categorization, and current 2008 MSGP.) • Note that RRO had been to the site, and apparently concluded that there was not much risk of surface water impacts. This input from RRO should be given some weight. • A corollary to RRO's input is that we made the decision to rescind, which possibly might be considered to have set a precedent — they already have one NPDES permit for the secondary containment discharges through the oil/water separator (which permit Myrl also recommended we rescind.) • Note that the 2008 MSGP and its Fact Sheet does away with the specific category that Dominion claimed for exclusion, the 'heat captured cogeneration facilities', citing that wording as leading to much confusion, and regarded as obsolete. This category has been removed from the MSGP and the Fact Sheet. It never was in the rule or the FR Preamble to the rule. I would not want my action at Rosemary to serve as any sort of precedent on rules interpretation for this industry going forward. I made a mistake under confusing circumstances, and EPA has all but said they made a mistake. Is it time to rectify? Or is it time to let it lie? As far as rectifying now: We all know rules change. We could ask Rosemary to apply for a permit, or re -justify their request for no permit, when current federal rule seems to indicate they should be permitted. • As far as letting it lie: If another RRO and SPU inspection suggests that the NC permit has got it under control, maybe we just call this a learning experience. As far as Rosema�r r serving as any sort of precedent: Whether we„rectify the error at Rosemary or not. I think we know enough now to be very comfortable knowing that Rosemary should not influence our decisions going forward in this industry. KBP Ken Pickle Environmental Engineer NCDENR I DWQ I Stormwater Permitting Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 512 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27604 Phone: (919)807-6376 Fax: (919)807-6494 Email: ken, pickle@ncdenr.aov Website: htto://portal.ncdenr.ora/web/wa(ws/su ** Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties unless the content is exempt by statute or other regulations.** Edward H. Hain Vice President - Fossil & Hydro System Operations Dominion Generation An oprraing ugmenr of Dominion Resources, Inc. innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard, Glen Allen, VA 23060 dom,com CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED January 22, 2014 Ms. Greta C, Glover Pretreatment Coordinator Waste Water Treatment Plant 135 Aqueduct Rd. Weldon, NC 27890 ;,f Dominion® N �s 000 ,h5 7 Re; Derninion » Rosemary Power &ntion — ES Permit 40 CFR 122.22 - Authorized i natories Dear Ms. Glover: 1n accordance with the NPDES Permit Regulation 40 CFR 122.22 and in addition to the officers referenced in the regulation, the persons in the following positions are authorized to sign correspondence, reports, and other documents required by the industrial Use Permit (#007) / NPDES permit: Director, Power Generation Station Director, Power Generation Operations w Manager, Power Generation Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Plant Manager JA N 2 7 201 Plant Operations / Maintenance (O&M) Supervisor Technical Consultant ' wds1tJAr iJAZITY Director, Electric Environmental Services ester Branq, Manager, Electric Environmental Services Should you desire additional information or have any questions, please contact Rick Woolard, of Dominion's Electric Environmental Services, at (804) 273-2991. [ 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 properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person orpersons 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. Edward H. Baine Name of Authorized Agent Signature of Authorized Agent Vice President Power Generation System Operations Title Date Ms, Glover January 22, 2014 Page 2 cc: Ms. Bethany Georgoulias North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617