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<br />Page 12 Session Law 2024-44 Senate Bill 802 <br />III. Total nitrogen shall not exceed 4.0 mg/l monthly <br />average. <br />IV. Total phosphorus, 1.0 mg/l monthly average, 2.0 mg/l <br />daily maximum. <br />V. Fecal coliforms, 14 colonies/100ml or less. <br />VI Dissolved oxygen, 7.0 mg/l or greater. <br />VII. Total suspended solids, 5.0 mg/l monthly average, <br />8mg/l daily maximum. <br />VIII. Nitrate, 1.0 mg/l monthly average, 2.0 mg/l daily <br />maximum. <br />8. If an applicant proposes less stringent effluent limits than those <br />set forth in sub-sub-subdivision 7. of this sub-subdivision, the <br />applicant shall conduct more complex modeling using any <br />model accepted elsewhere in USEPA Region 4 that the <br />applicant elects to use to confirm that a Sag in the DO content <br />of the receiving water of 0.1 mg/l or less will occur and water <br />quality standards are protected. <br />9. The Department shall not require an applicant to obtain <br />mapping data from the USGS as part of an application. In lieu, <br />an engineer of record licensed in the State of North Carolina <br />may prepare required mapping utilizing either USGS maps or <br />other maps approved by the Department. <br />10. Within 30 days of the filing of an application for a wastewater <br />discharge subject to this section, the Department shall (i) <br />determine whether or not the application is complete and notify <br />the applicant accordingly and (ii) if the Department determines <br />an application is incomplete, specify all such deficiencies in <br />the notice to the applicant. The applicant may file an amended <br />application or supplemental information to cure the <br />deficiencies identified by the Department for the Department's <br />review. If the Department fails to issue a notice as to whether <br />or not the application is complete within the requisite 30-day <br />period, the application shall be deemed complete. Within 180 <br />days of the filing of a completed application, the Commission <br />shall either grant or deny the permit. If the Commission fails <br />to act in the requisite time frame, ten percent (10%) of the <br />application fee shall be returned to the applicant for each <br />working day beyond the 180-day period. <br />SECTION 5.1.(e) No later than September 1, 2024, the Department in conjunction <br />with the North Carolina Collaboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <br />(Collaboratory) shall convene a Wastewater General Permit Working Group (Working Group) <br />consisting of Department and Collaboratory staff and a maximum of five consulting experts <br />appointed by the Director of the Collaboratory in the fields of environmental regulation, <br />wastewater regulation, water quality regulation, and wastewater treatment regulation, to develop <br />the draft rules for the implementation of a Wastewater Treatment and Discharge General Permit <br />process for the State. The Working Group shall report its findings to the Environmental Review <br />Commission no later than March 15, 2025. Following consideration by the Environmental <br />Review Commission, and after making any changes required by the Environmental Review <br />Commission, the Department shall develop and submit proposed rules to USEPA for its approval. <br />Within 20 days of the date USEPA approves the draft rules submitted pursuant to this subsection, <br />16