Public Notice
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Notice of Intent to Issue NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0045292 Graham/Mebane WTP
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 the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings, or by calling (919) 707-3601. The City of Graham [PO Drawer 357, Graham, NC 27253] has requested renewal of permit NC0045292 for Graham-Mebane WTP [1824 US Hwy 70] located in Alamance County. This permitted facility discharges treated backwash wastewater to Back Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin. Currently, Total Residual Chlorine is water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Back Creek. Comments will be accepted up 30 days from the date this notice is published. (Public Notice will run in the Mebane Enterprise on 1/31/24.)

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NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617