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 NC0025577 Red Springs 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 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 Town of Red Springs [P.O. Box 790, Red Springs, NC 28277] has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0025577 for its Red Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant, located in Robeson County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal wastewater to Little Raft Swamp, a class C;Sw water in the Lumber River Basin. Currently BOD, ammonia, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, pH, total residual chlorine, total copper and total mercury are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Little Raft Swamp. (Public Notice will run in The Robesonian on 5/20/23.)
Send Comments To:
NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
Water Quality Permitting Section,
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Comment Period Ends: 6/19/23