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

DPPEA Compliance Assistance

Non-regulatory

Confidential

Staff Experience

Compliance Problems?

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits (NPDES)

Pretreatment Permits

Sewer Use Ordinance

Collection System Permits

Water Conservation Ordinance

Stormwater Permits

Regulations

NPDES Federal Water Pollution Control Act (CWA)

Pretreatment 15A NCAC 2H .0900 40 CFR 403

Sampling & Analysis 40 CFR 136

Know Your Water Permits

Limits

Reporting

Special Conditions

Collection System Surveillance

Thinking Ahead!

Preventing compliance problems:

Environmental Management SystemPollution PreventionSustainabilityCampus Community InvolvementManagement Support

Your Collection System

GIS mapped Inventory

Categorical Discharges

SUO Prohibited Discharges

Pretreatment Units

SPCC Plans

Secondary Containment

FOG Interceptors

System Protection!

Notices of Violation

Solve problems before they get bigger.1. Seek consultation. We can help!

2. Prepare a timely response.

3. Gather information (data and narratives).

4. Develop a plan with defined responsibilities.

5. Long term corrective action processes.

6. Feedback for continuous improvement.

Negotiation

Technically Defensible Limits

Categorically Defined Water Use

Pretreatment Level

Water Conservation Credit

Compliance Assistance

Answering questions you’d rather not ask your regulator!

Helping to interpret rules.

Identification of prohibited discharges

Pollution Prevention Technologies

DPPEA Resources

www.p2pays.org/mercury/

www.p2pays.org/food/

www.p2pays.org/compost/

wrrc.p2pays.org/industry/laboratory.htm

http://www.p2pays.org