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Home My WebLink AboutNC0058891_Permit Issuance_20121218NPDES DOCUMENT SCANNING COVER SHEET NPDES Permit: NC0058891 Valley Creek WWTP Document Type: Ltermit Issuance Wasteload Allocation Authorization to Construct (AtC) Permit Modification Complete File - Historical Engineering Alternatives (EAA) Correspondence Owner Name Change Report Instream Assessment (67b) Speculative Limits Environmental Assessment (EA) Document Date: December 18, 2012 Thins documeilt ins printed oil reuse paper - ignore sily coriteat oil the rewerise aside NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Chuck Wakild, P.E. Dee Freeman Governor Director Secretary December 18, 2012 Lenard Cottom, Owner Hawksnest Utilities, Inc. 2058 Skyline Drive Seven Devils, North Carolina 28604 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0058891 Valley Creek WWTP Class WW-2 Watauga County Dear Mr. Cottom: The Division of Water Quality (the Division or DWQ) hereby issues the attached NPDES permit for the subject facility. We issue this permit pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007, or as subsequently amended. The Division understands you have made no relevant changes in your facility since last renewal. We have therefore updated the permit considering your monthly discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and compliance history, and have updated your facility description and site map. We have also added parameters codes to Sections A. (1.) for your convenience. If any parts, measurement frequencies, or sampling requirements contained in this permit are unacceptable, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing, upon written request submitted within thirty (30) days after receiving this letter. Your request must take the form of a written petition conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and you must file it with the office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714. Unless such a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding. This permit is not transferable except after notifying the Division of Water Quality. The Division may require permit modification, or revocation and re -issuance. Please note that this permit does not affect your legal obligation to obtain other permits required by the Division of Water Quality, the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act, or other federal or local governments. If you have questions, or if we can assist you further, please contact Joe R. Corporon, L.G. at [ioe.corporon(a,ncdenr.gov] or call (919) 807-6394. Resp tfully, • 4,04- Charles W P.E.`/I� r hc: Central Files NPDES Program Files WS-RO/SWPS, Attn: Sue White ec: Water Quality Labs, P.O. Box 1167 Banner Elk 28604, Attn: Jadd Brewer 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-807-63001 FAX: 919-807-6492 Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Acton Employer NorthCarolina Naturally Permit NC0058891 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PERMIT TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, Hawksnest Utilities, Inc. is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Valley Creek WWTP NCSR 1151 Foscoe Watauga County to receiving waters designated as Valley Creek in the Watauga River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof. This permit shall become effective, January 1, 2013. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2017. Signed this day, December 18, 2012. /I Vail or C Wakild, P.E., Director Division of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NC0058891 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of this issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein. Hawksnest Utilities, Inc. is hereby authorized to: 1. continue to operate an existing 0.01 MGD wastewater treatment system utilizing: • influent holding tank ♦ bar screen ♦ aeration basin ♦ clarifier with sludge return + aerated sludge holding tank • tablet chlorinator with chlorine -contact chamber ♦ dechlorination • re -aeration chamber these facilities located at the Valley Creek WWTP offNCSR 1151 near Foscoe in Watauga County. 2. after receiving an Authorization to Construct (ATC) permit from the Division of Water Quality, including the Division's approval of the Permittee's justification for the need to expand the plant to 0.900 MGD, and upon receiving Authorization to Operate from the Division of Water Quality, 3. discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, a location specified on the attached map, into Valley Creek [Stream Segment 8-4], a waterbody currently classified C-Trout waters within subbasin 04-02-01 of the Watauga River Basin. Outfall 001 (flows SE) jaT,A Seven Devils Road Valley Creek Hawksnest Utilities, Inc. Valley Creek WWTP Receiving Stream: Valley Creek Steam Segment: 8-4 Stream Class: C; Trout State Grid / Quad: C 1 INE / Valle Crucis Drainage Basin: Watauga River Sub -Basin: 04-02-11 Latitude: 36° 08' 32" N Longitude: 81° 48' 38" W HUC: 06010103 Watauga River (flows NE) North NPDES Permit NC0058891 Watauga County Permit NC0058891 A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [0.01 MGD] Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expansion above 0.010 MGD or permit expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: PARAMETER [Parameter Codes] EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location Flow 50050 0.01 MGD Continuous Recorder Effluent or Influent Total Residual Chlorine 50060 28 µg/L 1 2/Week Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent BOD 5-Day C0310 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Temperature 00010 Weekly Grab Effluent Dissolved Oxygen 00300 > 6.0 mg/L daily average Weekly Grab Effluent pH 00400 Not < 6.0 or > 9.0 standard units Weekly Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616 200 / 100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Ammonia (NH3 as N) (April 1— October 31) C0610 16.0 mg/L 35.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent Ammonia (NH3 as N) (November 1— March 31) C0610 2/Month Grab - Effluent Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Weekly Grab U & D 2 Temperature 00010 Weekly Grab U & D Footnote: 1. Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) — TRC effluent concentrations reported below 50µg/L shall be deemed compliant with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to submit all concentrations reported by North Carolina - certified test methods (including field certified), even if these concentrations fall below 50µg/L. 2. U = Upstream 50 feet above the outfall; D = Downstream at NC Hwy 105. Condition: The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam in other than trace amounts. Permit NC0058891 A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [0.09 MGD] During the period beginning after expansion above 0.010 MGD and lasting until permit expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: PARAMETER [Parameter Codes] EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location Flow 50050 0.090 MGD Continuous Recorder Effluent Temperature 1 00010 Daily Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine 50060 17 µg/L 2 2/Week Grab Effluent Dissolved Oxygen 00300 > 6.0 mg/L daily average Weekly Grab Effluent pH 00400 Not < 6.0 or > 9.0 standard units Weekly Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616 200 / 100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent BOD 5-Day C0310 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent Ammonia (NH3 as N) [Apr 01 to Oct 31] C0610 2.0 mg/L 10.0 mg/L 2/Month Composite Effluent Ammonia (NH3 as N) [Nov 01 to Mar 31] C0610 4.0 mg/L 20.0 mg/L 2/Month Composite Effluent Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN) C0600 Semi -Annually Composite Effluent Total Phosphorus C0665 Semi -Annually Composite Effluent Temperature 00100 Weekly Grab U & D 3 Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Weekly Grab U & D 3 Footnotes: 1. This discharge temperature shall not increase the ambient instream temperature by more than 0.5°C (0.9°F), and in no case exceed 20°C (68°F). 2. Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) — TRC effluent concentrations reported below 50µg/L shall be deemed compliant. However, the Permittee shall continue to report all levels detected by NC -certified test methods (including field certified), even if these concentrations fall below 50µg/L. 3. U = Upstream — 50 feet above the discharge; D = Downstream at NC Highway 105. Condition: The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam. In other than trace amounts A. (3.) FLOW JUSTIFICATION Any request to expand this permit (increase flow) must include a documented justification addressing the need for specific design flows. NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared S.A. Bragman, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: that she is Assistant Controller of the Winston-Salem Journal, engaged in the publishing of a newspaper known as the Winston-Salem Journal, published, issued and entered as second class mail in the City of Winston-Salem, in said County and State: that she is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement: that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in the Winston-Salem Journal on the following dates: October 31, 2012 and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper document, or legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meeting all the requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. This 6th day of November, 2012 (signa re of person making affidavit) Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 6t'' day of November, 2012 Al;EANota blic My Commission expires: September 28, 2015 KINIALEY JOHNSON NOTARY PUBLIC FORSYTH COUNTY STATE OF NORTH CAR MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 6k\''sS/ PUBLIC NOTICE North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewa- ter discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Quality (DWQ) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public in- terest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWQ at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWQ at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC to review information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: http://portal. ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ps/npdes/calendar. or by calling (919) 807-6390. Hawksnest Utilities, Inc. applied to renew NPDES Permit NC0058891 for the Valley Creek WWTP dis- charging 100% domestic wastewater, Watauga River Basin, Watauga County. WSJ: October 31, 2012 FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED NPDES RENEWAL PERMIT NC0058891 Basic Information Permit Writer / Date Joe R. Corporon, L.G. / 230ct2012 Permit Number NC0058891 r Owner / Permittee Hawksnest Utilities, Inc. /- Facility Name / WWTP Class Valley Creek WWTP Type of Waste 100 % domestic [Apts: —30 resid ts] Flow [phased permit] Previous: 0.010 MGD; 0.900 MG 1 [Expansion requires justificatio , see A. (3.)] Basin Name / Sub -basin Watauga Basin / 04-02-01 Receiving Stream / Stream Segment Valley Creek / 8-4 Stream Classification in Permit C; Trout Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits? No [Daily Max already limited] Does permit need TRC limits/language? Yes [included footnote to existing limit; corrected 14 µg/L to 17 µg/L] Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? No Does permit have instream monitoring? Yes - "phased" flow; Temp and DO both phases. Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)? For what parameter? No Any obvious compliance concerns? No Any permit mods since last permit? No Current expiration date September 30, 2012 New expiration date September 30, 2017 Comments received on Draft Permit? BIMS Downloads and Review Results: • Compliance — DMR Violations Report (Sep2008 - Oct 2012 shows nine (9) frequency violations April/May/Oct 2009; limit violations for fecal DM (Oct2009) and for DO (Jan/Aug 2011). Most recently (Feb2012), frequency violations for TSS, Fecal, and BOD5 proceeded to Notices of Violation. • Renewal — no changes to previous WWTP operating system. Updated facility map for renewal; added parameter codes to Effluent Table, A. (1.). Updated facility description (Supp to Cover Sheet). • Monitoring Data Review (Sep2008—Aug2012) Parameter of Concern Ave Max Min n Comments Flow 0.001218 0.481 0.001 1345 Dissolved Oxygen 6.8 9.3 5.8 268 BOD (mg/L) 7.45 24 2.0 222 TSS (mg/L) 11.8 40 2.0 222 Fecal (geometric mean) 50.65 6000 < I 196 Ammonia (mg/L) 3.3 37.7 < 0.1 207 TRC (µg/L) 15 <15 <15 790 Note: Corrected section A. (2.) expansion flow from 0.900 MGD to 0.090 MGD [error in previous permit 2007]. Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. PO Box 1167 Banner Elk, NC 28604 Phone 828-898-6277 Fax 828-898-6255 March 20, 2012 Hawksnest The request is being made for Hawksnest, NPDES Permit NC0058891 to have their wastewater permit renewed. No changes to the plant have been made since the last permit renewal in 2007. If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself, Jadd Brewer, owner of Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. at 828-898-6277 Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc... APR 2 2012 "'•UALiTY ./s1CH Mar 23 12 12:44p Hawksnest rinrJLL/LJ1L/tnu uJ:Ji Alf. 8289636564 i+9.t £ o. p.2 P. 002/002 Water Quality Lab 8 Operations, Inc P.O. Box 1167/ 1522 Tynecastle Highway Banner Elk, NC 28604 Ph. 828-898-6277 Fax 828-898-6255 II, the undersigned, do hereby give my permission and grant my authority as the V Z,,,QQS , 1 �` ►� r-Lc,toJadd Brewer, Co-Owner/Operator of Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. to complete, sign and submit the Wastewater Permit Renewal Application for V'C for 2012. This is the .9 3 day of If CL Printed Name and Title; LQ Signature: , 2012. Name Mailing Address City State / Zip Code Telephone Number Fax Number NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD Mail the complete application to: N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 NPDES Permit Ncoo5ggq 1 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 14awks nes+ U�; I ;-hes,� Leonard Coorn) Valley Creek WW-rP 905R Sky/and Th've Seven M Is 1\1ori-h Carolina Q2gbot-f (g2is ) (1(o3 — (6(p ) ( 2. Location of facility producing discharge: Check here if same address as above ❑ Street Address or State Road JJC 51 Y V Y v TP Fo sa.oe_ City State / Zip Code County Hseoe NG110 Wa+auga 3. Operator Information: Name of the firm, public organization or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC) Jaticl BYu) e,+r - W -ev 1r cut Po i�3 ((Cep Bcainev ilk C - qz$l 'V8-(a277 1 3gg- (pass )1,11g7ROWER APR 2 2012 I DENRAVATER nUALITY POINT ^i, ;;-C ,fir " NCH 1 of 3 Form-D 05/08 NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD 4. Description of wastewater: Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply): Industrial Commercial Residential School Other Number of Employees Number of Employees Number of Homes Number of Students/Staff Explain: /0 Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers, restaurants, etc.): Oion e Population served:30 5. Type of collection system [✓Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer) 6. Outfall Information: / Number of separate discharge points Outfall Identification number(s) 00/ Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? Yes ❑ No 7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall): V1ltq CteeA 8. Frequency of Discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent If intermittent: Days per week discharge occurs: Duration: 9. Describe the treatment system List all installed components, including capacities, provide design removal for BOD, TSS, nitrogen and phosphorus. If the space provided is not sufficient, attach the description of the treatment system in a separate sf ieet of paper. rrx-ct r e 2 of 3 Form-D 05/08 • NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD 10. Flow Information: /� Treatment Plant Design flow . 0/0 MGD Annual Average daily flow . 000/ MGD (for the previous 3 years) Maximum daily flow / r 9/5 MGD (for the previous 3 years) 11. Is this facility located on Indian country? ❑ Yes OrNo 12. Effluent Data Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform, Temperature and pH shall be grab samples, for all other parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported, report daily maximum and monthly average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum. Parameter Daily Maximum Monthly Average Units of Measurement Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) Fecal Coliform Q dui? _ C SC�(�� !/ Total Suspended Solids Lt� e0eo-`�' Temperature (Summer) ,er� ! --� Temperature (Winter) pH 13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications: Type Hazardous Waste (RCRA) UIC (SDWA) NPDES PSD (CAA) Non -attainment program (CAA) Permit Number ►YG10058 8Q 1 14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION Type NESHAPS (CAA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA) Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA) Other Permit Number 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 is true, complete, and accurate. Tadd'Bre; e}- owntr off' Via Labs Pri -d name of Person Signing Title 321I1-2- S•;t'ture of Applicant Date North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) states: 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. (18 U.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.) 3 of 3 Form-D 05f08 • [Type text] Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. PO Box 1167 Banner Elk, NC 28604 Phone 828-898-6277 Fax 828-898-6255 March 20, 2012 Excess bio-solids are pumped and hauled to Boone wastewater treatment plant. Sincerely, d Brewer Water Quality Labs ,Inc.