Public 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 NC0026573 Catawba River Pollution Control Facility
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-permi… by calling (919) 707-3601. The City of Morganton (P.O. Box 3448 Morganton, NC 28655) has requested renewal of the NPDES Permit NC0026573 for its Wastewater Treatment Plant in Burke County. This permitted facility discharges treated domestic and industrial wastewater to the Catawba River in the Catawba River Basin. Ammonia, biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, pH, total copper, total residual chlorine, total nitrogen, total phosphorous, and total suspended solids are water quality limited parameters in both permits. These discharges may affect future allocations in these segments of the Catawba River. (A Public Notice ad will run in the Morganton News Herald on 10/28/21)

Send Comments To:
NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Comment Period Ends: 11/28/21
View Draft Permit NC0026573