NC DPPEA Compliance Assistance - Water

1. NC DPPEA Compliance Assistance -Water Keyes McGee Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance 919-733-4398 keyes.mcgee@ncmail.net 1-800-763-0136

2. DPPEA Compliance Assistance • Non-regulatory • Confidential • Staff Experience

3. Compliance Problems? • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits (NPDES) • Pretreatment Permits • Sewer Use Ordinance • Collection System Permits • Water Conservation Ordinance • Stormwater Permits

4. Regulations • NPDES • Federal Water Pollution Control Act (CWA) • Pretreatment • 15A NCAC 2H .0900 • 40 CFR 403 • Sampling & Analysis • 40 CFR 136

5. Know Your Water Permits • Limits • Reporting • Special Conditions • Collection System Surveillance

6. Thinking Ahead! Preventing compliance problems: • Environmental Management System • Pollution Prevention • Sustainability • Campus Community Involvement • Management Support

7. Your Collection System • GIS mapped Inventory • Categorical Discharges • SUO Prohibited Discharges • Pretreatment Units • SPCC Plans • Secondary Containment • FOG Interceptors System Protection!

8. Notices of Violation Solve problems before they get bigger. • Seek consultation. We can help! • Prepare a timely response. • Gather information (data and narratives). • Develop a plan with defined responsibilities. • Long term corrective action processes. • Feedback for continuous improvement.

9. Negotiation • Technically Defensible Limits • Categorically Defined Water Use • Pretreatment Level • Water Conservation Credit

10. Compliance Assistance • Answering questions you’d rather not ask your regulator! • Helping to interpret rules. • Identification of prohibited discharges • Pollution Prevention Technologies

11. DPPEA Resources • www.p2pays.org/mercury/ • www.p2pays.org/food/ • www.p2pays.org/compost/ • wrrc.p2pays.org/industry/laboratory.htm

12. http://www.p2pays.org