NC0021709_Authorization to Construct_19870623

State of North Carolina
Depai tment of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director
June 23, 1987
Mir. Michael Dixon, Town Manager
Town of Jefferson
P. 0. Box 67
Jefferson, NC 28640
SUBJECT: Permit No. NC0021709
Authorization to Construct
Town of Jefferson
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
EPA Project No. C370710-01
Ashe County
Dear Mr. Dixon:
The final plans and specifications for the subject project have
been reviewed and found to be satisfactory.
Authorization is hereby granted for the construction of
modifications to expand the existing 0.15 M® wastewater treatment
plant to a 0.30 MGD facility to consist of modifications to the
existing three influent pump impellers to obtain two (2) 325 gpm pumps
and one (1) 225 yiatt pump, an ultra sonic flow meter, a flow splitter
box, 51,836 gallons of additional aeration capacity, upgrading the
existing blower motors to dual 30 hp blower motors, a new 34 foot
diameter secondary clarifier, a return/waste sludge pump station with
dual 200 you submersible pumps, waste sludge and return sludge flow
meters, a 65,650 gallon aerobic digester with dual 400 cfm multi -stage
centrifugal blowers, modifications to the existing sludge digester and
secondary clarifier to provide 11 days of sludge storage, ultra -violet
disinfection, a v-notch weir with recording flow meter, associated yard
piping, electrical work, sitework and appurtenances.
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

Do not proceed with construction until the Authorization -to -Award
package, EEO, and MBE documentation/certification have been reviewed,
and you are in receipt of our approval if Federal Funding is desired for
project construction.
The permittee shall employ an actively State certified
wastewater treatment plant operator to be in responsible charge of the
wastewater treatment facilities. Such operator must hold a valid
State certificate of the grade at least equivalent to the
classification assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities by the
Certification Commission. When a new chief operator must be obtained
to be in responsible charge of the new facilities, it is required that
this be done by the time the construction of the facilities is 50%
completed.
This Authorization -to -Construct is issued in accordance with
Part III, Paragraph C of NPDES Permit No. NC0021709 issued June
10, 1987 and shall be subject to revocation unless the wastewater
treatment facilities are constructed in accordance with the approved
plans, specifications, and supporting documents; and are in cunuliance
with the conditions and limitations specified in Permit No. NC0021709.
The permittee shall have an acceptable sludge analysis and a
sludge E.P. toxicity analysis which have been approved by the Division
of Health Services, Solid Waste Management Branch prior to the disposal
of any sludge from the new wastewater treatment plant. Copies of the
analyses, supporting documents, and approvals shall be submitted to the
Division of Environmental Management's Water Quality Section and the
Raleigh Regional Office.
During the construction of the proposed additions/modifications,
the permittee shall continue to properly maintain and operate the
existing wastewater treatment facilities at all times, and in such a
manner, as necessary to comply with the effluent limits specified in
the NPDES Permit. The connection of the existing force main to the
new splitter box must be done between the hours of 12 AM and 5 PM.
You are reminded that it is mandatory for the project to be
constructed in accordance with the North Carolina Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act and, when applicable, the North Carolina
Dam Safety Act. In addition, the specifications must clearly state
what the contractors responsibilities shall be in comply with these
acts.
The selling or free distribution of wet, dried, composted sludge
or sludge -like materials from wastewater facilities without prior
review and approval by this Division is illegal.

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One (1) set of final approved plans and specifications is to be
forwarded to you, one (1) set to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), and one (1) set to the Corps of Engineers.
If you have any questions or nccd additional information, please
contact Mr. Bill Hoffman, telephone number 919/733-6900.
cc: Ashe County Health Department
McGi11 Associates, Inc.
Mr. Walter D. Taft
Mr. Arthur Mouberry
Mr. Larry Coble
Mr. Bobby Blowe
Ms. Brenda Chesson
Mr. W. S. Hoffman
Charlotte - CE
EPA
EMU
GPF
Sincerely,
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R. Paul Wilms