Notice of Intent to Issue an NPDES Wastewater Permit No. NC0032077-Contentnea Sewerage District WWTP

Public Notice
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-1617
Notice of Intent to Issue an NPDES Wastewater Permit No. NC0032077-Contentnea Sewerage District WWTP
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue an NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publication 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 Contentnea Metropolitan Sewerage District (CMSD) [900 Wiley Gaskins Road, Grifton, NC 28530] has requested renewal and modification of NPDES permit NC0032077 for its CMSD WWTP, located in Pitt County. This permitted facility discharges treated municipal and industrial wastewater to Contentnea Creek, a class C;SW-NSW water in the Neuse River Basin. Some of the parameters in this permit are water quality limited.  This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of Contentnea Creek. (Public Notice will be published in The Daily Reflector on 7/15/26.)