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Home My WebLink AboutNC0032182_Permit Issuance_20121008A7A NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E. Dee Freeman Governor Director Secretary October 8, 2012 John F. Lovin, Owner Lovin Marketing Company, Inc. P.O. 426 Boone, North Carolina 28607-0462 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0032182 — Class 2 Sunset Apartments Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) 1217 Old Bristol Road, Boone Watauga County Dear Mr. Lovin: 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. Changes to Your Previous Permit. Based on your renewal application received April 28, 2012, we have revised your permit with the understanding that you have made no significant alterations to your wastewater treatment facilities since last permitted (2006). For renewal therefore, we have only updated your facility description and map, and added parameter codes to the effluent monitoring pages for your convenience [see Supplement to Cover Sheet and permit, Section A. (1.)]. Change from the Permit Draft. In the permit draft the Division inadvertently excluded instream monitoring (U & D) for the parameter Dissolved Oxygen [00300]. Please continue instream monitoring for Dissolved Oxygen. We have corrected this oversight in this permit final, consistent with your previous permits. The Division regrets any confusion this may have caused your organization. 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 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Location: 512 N. Salisbury St Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-807-63001 FAX: 919-807-64921 Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org NorthCarolina Jaturallr, Issuance of Permit NC0032182 Renewal, Page 2 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@,ncdenr.gov] or call (919) 807-6394. lly, Charles Wakild, P.E Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0032182 (Final) hc: Central Files NPDES Program Files WSRO/SWPS, Corey Basinger Permit NC0032182 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY 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, Lovin Marketing Company, Inc. is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Sunset Apartments WWTP 1217 Old Bristol Road, Boone Watauga County to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Brushy Fork 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. The permit shall become effective November 1, 2012. This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2017. Signed this day October 8, 2012. CI>s Wakild, P. E., Direc vision of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NC0032182 SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of this permit 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. Lovin Marketing Company, Inc. is hereby authorized to: 1. continue to operate a 0.0033 MGD wastewater treatment facility utilizing • aeration basin • clarifier • chlorination / chlorine -contact chamber • dechlorination chamber located at the Sunset Apartments, 1217 Old Bristol Road, Boone, Watauga County, and 2. discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at a location specified on the attached map, to an unnamed tributary to Brushy Fork [Stream Segment 8-15-10], a waterbody currently classified C within Subbasin 04-02-01 of the Watauga River Basin. Lovin Marking Company, Inc. Sunset Apartments WWTP Receiving Stream: State Grid/Quad: Drainage Basin: Latitude: Longitude: UT to Brushy Fork C-12-NW / Boone, NC Watauga River Basin 36° 13' 46" N 81 ° 43' 04" W Stream Segment: Sub -Basin: HUC: Stream Class: C 8-15-10 04-02-01 06010103 Facility Location , not to scale NPDES Permit NC0032182 Watauga County Permit NC0032182 A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated groundwater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: PARAMETER [Parameter Codes] EFFLUENT MONITORING REQUIREMENTS LIMTTATIONS Monthly Average Daily Maximum Measurement Frequency Sample Type Sample Location Flow 50050 0.0033 MGD Weekly Instantaneous Effluent Temperature 00010 Daily Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine 50060 17 µg/I. I 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 Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Not < 5.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent pH 00400 Not < 6.0 or > 9.0 s. u. Weekly Grab Effluent Ammonia (NH3 as N) [Apr 01 to Oct 31 ] C0610 2.0 mg/L 10 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Ammonia (NH3 as N) [Nov 01 to Mar 31 ] (_'0610 4.0 mg/L 20 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616 200 / 100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Temperature 00010 Weekly Grab U & D 2 Dissolved Oxygen 00300 Weekly Grab U & D Footnotes: 1. Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) — TRC effluent concentrations reported below 50µg/L shall be considered compliant with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to submit all levels reported by NC -certified test methods (including field certified), even if these concentrations fall below 50µg/L. 2. U = Upstream — 50 feet above the discharge; D = Downstream —100 feet below the discharge. Conditions: 1. The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam. 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: August 17, 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 20th day of August, 2012 (signature 0erson making affidavit) Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th 's ay of August, 2012 My Commission expires: September 28, 2015 KIMALEY JOHNSON NOTARY PUBLIC FORSYTH COUNTY 4 STATE OF NORTH CAfl A_ MY COMMISSION EXPIRE ,L PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH, NC 27699-1617 NOTIFICATION 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 clays 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) 807-6304. MS & SR Enterprises, LLC, Spartanburg, SC, ap- plied to renew permit NC0033448 for Valley Creek Apartments WWTP, Boone, Watauga County, dis- charging treated wastewater into Valley Creek, Watauga River Basin. Lovin Marketing Company, Inc., PO Box 426, Boone, applied to renew NPDES permit NC0032182 for the Sunset Apartments WWTP, 1217 Old Bris- tol Road, discharging treated wastewater into Bru- shy Fork, Watauga River Basin. WSJ: August 17, 2012 FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED NPDES RENEWAL PERMITC0032182 Basic Information FILE COPY Permit Writer / Date Joe r. Corporon, L.G. / 03Aug2012 Permit Number - NC0032182 Regional Office / Supervisor WSRO / Corey Basinger Owner / Permittee Lovin Marketing Company, Inc. Facility Name Sunset Apartments WWTP Type of Waste 100 % domestic [20 residents] Basin Name / Sub -basin / Stream Segment Watauga Basin / 04-02-01 / 8-15-10 Receiving Stream UT to Brushy Branch [zero -flow conditions] Stream Classification in Permit C Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits? No [DM already limited] Does permit need TRC limits/language? Yes [included footnote to existing limit] Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? No Does permit have instream monitoring? Yes [Temperature - Daily] 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? No BIMS Downloads and Review Results: • Compliance — reviewed DMR Report Violations from November 2007 to July 2012 — Last/only assessment in March 2009 (fecal limit violation). June 2011 NOVs: multiple monitoring frequency NOVs for Temperature) — no assessments. • Renewal — no changes to previous WWTP operating system. Updated facility map for renewal (corrected map location and Lat/Long for outfall); established "UT" to Brushy Branch; added parameter codes to Effluent Table, A. (1.). Updated facility description (Supp to Cover Sheet). • Monitoring Data Review (01Nov2007 — Ju12012) Parameter of Concern Ave Max Min n Comments Flow 0.001765 0.006 < 15 269 Min. =No flow? [< 0.00015] BOD (mg/L) 6.6 22.5 < 2 207 TSS (mg/L) 9.5 36 < 2 207 Fecal (geometric mean) 90.5 2000 < 1 273 . Ammonia (mg/L) 1.37 9.4 < 0.1 213 TRC (µg/L) 15 15 < 15 491 NC Water Quality Classifications Watauga River Basin Name Index Number Classification Class Date Description Special Designation Baird Creek 8-13 C 05/15/63 From source to Watauga River Bear Branch 8-23-1-2 C 05/15/63 !from source to North Carolina -Tennessee State Line �r Bear Branch 8-20-3-1 WS-II;HQW 08/03/92 From source to Buckeye Creek Beaverdam Creek 8-19 C;Tr 05/15/63 From source to Watauga River Bee Branch 8-22-2-1 C 05/15/63 'From source to Flattop Creek Bee Tree Creek 8-7-6 C;ORW 02/01/93 From source to Boone Fork Beech Creek 8-20 C;Tr From source to Watauga River Big Branch 8-9 {From source to Watauga River 05/15/63 05/15/63 Big Branch 8-14 C 05/15/63 From source to Watauga River Blevins Creek Ii. 8-22-16-2 C;Tr 05/15/63 From source to Cranberry Creek Boone Fork (Price Lake) 8-7 C;Tr,ORW 02/01/93 From source to Watauga River Brushy Fork i 8-15-10 C 05/15/63 II From source to Cove Creek Buck Creek 8-23-1 C 05/15/63 From source to North Carolina -Tennessee State Line I L_ Buckeye Creek 8-20-3-(1.5) WS-II;Tr,HQW,CA 08/03/92 From a point 0.2 mile downstream of Bear Branch to Town of Beech Mountain water supply intake located 0.3 mile upstream of mouth of Grassy Gap Creek Buckeye Creek 8-20-3-(0.5) WS-II;Tr,HQW 08/03/92 ;From source to a point 0.2 mile downstream of Bear Branch Thursday, February 09, 2012 Based on Classifications as of 20120208 Page 1 of 8 Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. PO Box 1167 Banner Elk, NC 28604 Phone 828-898-6277 Fax 828-898-6255 March 20, 2012 Sunset Apartments WWTP The request is being made for Sunset Apartments WWTP, NPDES Permit NC0032182 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... lip) 1:,!. \Y/ its APR 2 2012 1 ; �;-c" �1. TY il. � R-tie �: ; ' , , PUi P1(" , cH Mar 221209:51a PadsFor Grads 8282689736 p.2 NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treatinitp100% domestic lwastewaters <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 *C003 21 gv If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - dpum arrows to move from one field to the next To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box Othrwise, please pint or type. 1. Contact Information: Owner Name Facility Name Mailing Address City State / Zip Code Telephone Number Fax Number e-mail Address �lJe,atlA /J. e- rg &F) 96g-67607 ( 1 2. Location of facility producing discharge: Check here if same address as Street Address or State Road City State / Zip Code County above [] NC Sot 116 `fC Q & Q? 7 Wa-Ealiga 3. Operator Information: Name of the firm, public organization or other entity t referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC) Name Mailing Address City State / Zip Code Telephone Number Fax Number 1of3 Wafer Gkti PO ag. 1ICr) 'pan n ex -E11� operates the fa -My. (Note that this is not L Jabs NG a81ooY (dZ) $ q 8 (g Co zs5 APR 2 201Z DENR-VtFTER QUALITY POINT S^i,":Z:LG 3Ft ,NCH Form-0 05/08 Mar2212 09:51a Pads For Grads 8282689736 P 4 NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MOD 10. Flow Information: Treatment Plant Design flow r 0633 MGD Annual Average daily flow . )O / MGD (for t Maximum daily flow , £ 0IZ MGD (tor the pre 11. Is this facility located on In ian country? ❑ Yes No 12. Effluent Data e previous 3 ye ious 3 years) Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform, Temperature and pH shrill he 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 (BODs) Fecal Coliform (6Qi o /j n ktOt ,(i�' Total Suspended Solids ,n n t� ) - el-�l J aa/ Temperature (SSummer ` ° �/ ( (et-r _.,,,) Temperature (Winter) pH 1 13. List all permits, construction approvaLs and/or applications: Type Permit Number Type Permit Number ]-L 7 rdous Waste (RCRA) 1J1C (SDWA) NPDES PSD (CAA) Non -attainment program (CAA( NESHAPS (CAA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA) 1VGOD.321 ?Z.-Dredge or till (Section 404 or'CWA) 14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION Other I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the best of my knowledge and belief such info:=atio_ is true, complete, and accurate. add rk.u0C Owner ,0 Printed name of Person Signing re of Applicant Title 3 (2-1 ( Date VV North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) states: Ary person who knowingly makes any fa'se state em representation, or certification In any opplicalion, record, report, plan, or other document files or repaired to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing Thal Article, or who falsifies. tampers with, or know;ugly renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device cr mothod rewired to be operated cr maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Eivironnenta' Management Commission mplementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed S25,000, or by impr sonment not to exceed six rnonlhs, or by both. (18 U.S.0 Section 10D1 provides a punishment by a fine rend more than $25,000 cr imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.) 3of3 Fortn-D 05108 Mar2212 09:51a PadsFor Grads NPDES APPLICATTQN - FORM D. For privately owned treatment systems treatin 100% domestic 4. Description of wastewater: Facility Generating Wastowater(check all that apply; Industrial [] Number of Employees Commercial Number cf Etciployees Residential Number of Homes School ❑ Number of Students/Staff Other ❑ Explain: /D 8282689736 p tewaters <1.0 MGD Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home p•; k, shopping centers, restaurants, etc): D 1S Population served:& b. Type of collection system Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and s nitary sewer) 6. Outfall Information: Number of separate discharge points OQ/ Outfail Identification number(a) Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? 0 Yes II 7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map shnwin• the exact location of each outfallr .Id.[1L) 8. Frequency of Discharge: Er' Continuous If intermittent. Days per week discharge occurs: Dtuation: Li Intermittent 9. Describe the treatment system List all in.staIIed components, including capacities, provide phosphorus. If the space provided is not sufficient, attach separate sheet of paper. esign removal for OD, TSS, nitrogen and he description of tt#,e treatment system in a (-6C,w a/a /ad iutr: -� no 20(3 Form-0 05V8 [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. rely, Jadd Brewer Water Quality Labs ,Inc.