NC0075965_Renewal (Application)_20210304

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S. DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
March 04, 2021
Town of Burnsville
Attn: Dillon Lundy, Public Works Dir.
PO Box 97
Burnsville, NC 28714-0097
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0075965
Burnsville WTP
Yancey County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the February 24, 2021 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deq.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely,A,44g• .
ren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number
NC0075965
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to move from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Facility Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
Dillon Lundy, Public Works Director
Burnsville WTP
P.O. Box 97
Burnsville
NC 28714
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
townofburnsviile.org
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
690 Reservoir Road
Burnsville
NC 28714
Yancey
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORCJ
Name Water Quality Lab and Operations
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1167
City Banner Elk
State-/ Zip Code NC-28604
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal El
State ❑
Private El Public El

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
5. Type of treatment plant:
❑ Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
El Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
® Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener
6. Description of source water(s) (Le. groundwater, surface water)
Surface
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Raw water is treated, with chlorine gas, polyaluminum chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and
orthopolyphosphate without zinc.
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment processes) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Wastewater is filtered through a sand filter tank to remove chlorine prior to being
discharged.
9. Number of separate discharge points: I
Outfall Identification numbers) 001
10. Frequency of discharge:
Continuous ® Intermittent ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
11. Plant design potable flowrate 1.0 MGD
Backwash or reject flow 0.048 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfa££, including
latitude and longitude):
Discharge occurs into an unnamed tributary to Little Crabtree Creek, classified C-Trout
waters in the French Broad River Basin.
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
Alum / aluminum sulfate
Yes No X

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate
Fluoride
Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines
Yes
Yes
Yes X
No X
No X
No
Zinc -orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1236 Yes No X
List any other additives below:
There are no addititives other than what is listed above in the treatment description.
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No El
15. Additional Information:
> Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[s] of addition for
chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall [including stormwater].
> Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
> New applicants are highly encouraged to contact a permit coordinator with the
NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
> Analyses of source water collected
> Engineering Alternative Analysis
> Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. Applicant Certification
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information it true, complete, and accurate.
Dillon Lundy Public Works Director
Prince name of Per Signing Title
ignature of Applicant Date
.2/2 '1/2-0.24
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that Any person who knowingly makes any false statement representation, or certification in any application,
record. report, plan, or other document files or required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that
Article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders Inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21
or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $25,000, or by
imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both. (1$ I1.S.C. Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5
years, or both, for a similar offense.)

Water Quality Lab & Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 1167/ 1522 Tynecastle Highway
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Ph. 828-898-6277 Fax [phone]
BURNSVILLE WTP SOLIDS HANDLING PLAN
Sludge from the Burnsville WTP is pumped and hauled to the Burnsville Wastewater
Plant digester, where it is de -watered and the resultant product is sent to the Foothills
Landfill in Lenoir, North Carolina.

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