Comment Period Opens: Lenoir County Public Schools (500 Abbot Street, Kinston, NC 28504) has requested Special Order by Consent EMC SOC WQ S23-001 for its North Lenoir High School WWTP

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617

NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A CONSENT ORDER

Public notice of intent to issue a State Consent Order to the following:

Lenoir County Public Schools (500 Abbot Street, Kinston, NC 28504) has requested Special Order by Consent EMC SOC WQ S23-001 for its North Lenoir High School WWTP, a 0.018 MGD WWTP that discharges treated wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Wheat Swamp in the Neuse River Basin under the authority of NPDES Permit NC0032565 but is unable to consistently comply with effluent limits for Fecal Coliform and Ammonia Nitrogen.

The Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue the Order per Article 21 of Chapter 143, N.C. General Statutes, and other regulations effective May 1, 2024.

Compliance with this order will require Lenoir County Public Schools to prepare plans and specifications for construction and operation of additional treatment works as well as sewer extension permitting to attain compliance with final effluent limits in Permit NC0032565. Lenoir County Public Schools shall comply with NPDES permit limits with the exception of the interim effluent limits identified in the Order. This Order will expire on November 1, 2026.

A copy of the Order is available upon request by contacting Siying Chen of the Division of Water Resources at 919-707-3619, or by email at: siying.chen@deq.nc.gov. Comments on the proposed Order received no later than 30 days after the publish date of this notice will be considered in the final determination. A public meeting may be held if there is a significant degree of public interest.

Public Notice will run in The Kinston Free Press on 3/14/24.
Comment Period Opens: 3/14/24
Comment Period Ends:  4/15/24