P U B L I C N O T I C E
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:
The City of Kings Mountain (P. O. Box 429 Kings Mountain, NC 28086) has requested Special Order by Consent EMC SOC WQ S16-001 Ad I for its Pilot Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), a 6.0 MGD WWTP that discharges treated wastewater to Buffalo Creek in the Broad River Basin under the authority of NPDES Permit NC0020737, but is unable to consistently comply with effluent limits for Total Thallium.
The Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue the amended Order per Article 21 of Chapter 143, N.C. General Statutes, and other regulations effective December 1, 2017.
Compliance with this order will require the City to provide appropriate oversight of its permitted industrial pretreatment program to ensure the significant industrial user implements the necessary corrective actions to comply with the industrial user’s permitted Thallium limits. The City of Kings Mountain shall comply with NPDES permit limits with the exception of the interim effluent limitations identified in the Order. This Order will expire on August 31, 2020.
A copy of the Order is available upon request by contacting Derek Denard of the Division of Water Resources at 919-807-6307, or by email at: derek.denard@ncdenr.gov. Comments on the proposed amended Order received no later than November 27, 2017 will be considered in the final determination. A public meeting may be held if there is a significant degree of public interest.