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 NC0025496 City of Lincolnton 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 City of Lincolnton (P.O. Box 617, Lincolnton, NC 28093) has requested renewal of the NPDES Permit NC0025496 for its Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lincoln County. This permitted facility discharges treated domestic and pretreated industrial wastewater to South Fork Catawba River in the Catawba River Basin. Ammonia, biochemical oxygen demand, bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, pH, total residual chlorine, and total suspended solids are water quality limited parameters in the permit. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the South Fork Catawba River. (A Public Notice ad will run in the Lincoln Times News on 6/25/21).
Send Comments To:
NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Or Email Comments to:diana.yitbarek@ncdenr.gov
Comment Period Ends: 7/26/21