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Proposed Reclassification of a Section of the Cape Fear River

Proposed Reclassification of a Section of the Cape Fear River in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties ( Cape Fear River Basin) to Class SC Swamp (SW) with a Water Quality Management Plan Elizabeth Kountis DWR Classifications & Standards/Rules Review Branch.

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Proposed Reclassification of a Section of the Cape Fear River

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  1. Proposed Reclassification of a Section of the Cape Fear River in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties (Cape Fear River Basin) to Class SC Swamp (SW) with a Water Quality Management Plan • Elizabeth KountisDWR Classifications & Standards/Rules Review Branch

  2. Existing and Proposed Water Quality Standards

  3. Proposed Water Quality Management Plan • Effluent Limitations for new and expanded NPDES wastewater facilities discharging oxygen consuming wastes: • Domestic Facilities • BOD of 5 mg/l, NH3-N (Ammonia) of 1 mg/l, and DO of 6 mg/l • Industrial Facilities • BOD, NH3-N (Ammonia), and DO limits based on site-specific best available technology and on a case by case basis

  4. Proposed Water Quality Management Plan • Effluent Limitations for new and expanded NPDES wastewater facilities discharging oxygen consuming wastes: • Seasonal limits (case by case determination, 15A NCAC 02B .0404) • New or expanded pollutant discharge of oxygen consuming waste shall not cause the DO in the receiving water to drop more than 0.1 mg/l below the modeled in-stream DO at total permitted capacity

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