Notice
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0020354 Town of Pittsboro WWTP
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director 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 information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater-branch/npdes-wastewater/public-notices,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The Town of Pittsboro [485 Small Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312] and Chatham Park Investors LLC [2261 US Highway 64 Business East, Pittsboro, NC 27312] have requested modification and renewal of NPDES permit NC0020354 for the Pittsboro Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Chatham County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to Robeson Creek, a class WS-IV, NSW water in the Cape Fear River Basin. The permit modification incorporates the inclusion of the Chatham Park Water Recovery Center as a discharger to the existing Outfall 001 to Robeson Creek. Currently BOD, ammonia, total residual chlorine, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, pH, total copper, nitrate, total nitrogen loading, total phosphorus, and total phosphorous loading are water quality limited parameters. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Robeson Creek. (A Public Notice ad will run in The Chatham News & Record on 3/18/21).
Send Comments To:
NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Or Email Comments to:nick.coco@ncdenr.gov
Comment Period Ends: 4/19/21
View draft permit and related document