NC0022730_Permit Issuance_20130617

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Division of Water Quality
Pat McCrory Thomas A. Reeder
Governor Acting Director
June 17, 2013
Mr. Randy Feierabend, Town Manager
Town of Beech Mountain
403 Beech Mountain Parkway
Beech Mountain, North Carolina 28604
Resources
John E. Skvarla, III
Secretary
Subject NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NCO022730
Grassy Gap Creek WWTP
Facility Class H
Watauga County
Dear Mr. Feierabend:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject
permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This permit is
issued 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 permit authorizes the Town of Beech Mountain to discharge up to 0.080 MGD of treated
municipal wastewater from the Grassy Gap Creek W WTP to the Buckeye Creek, a class C trout
water in the Watauga River Basin. The permit includes discharge monitoring requirements
and/or limitations for flow, BODS, ammonia, total suspended solids, NH3 as N, and total
residual chlorine along with other parameters.
The following procedure has been implemented by DWQ: Total residual chlorine (TRC)
compliance level changed to 50 ug/l. Effective March 1, 2008, the Division received EPA
approval to allow a 50 ug/I TRC compliance level. This change is due to analytical difficulties
with TRC measurements. Facilities will still be required to report actual results on their
monthly discharge monitoring report (DMR) submittals, but for compliance purposes, all TRC
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Mr. Feierabend
June 17, 2013
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values below 50 ug/1 will be treated as zero. A footnote regarding this change was added on the
effluent limitations page in the permit.
The following modification made in the draft permit of April 24, 2013 remains in the
final permit:
• Based on the completion and approval of the N.C. Statewide Mercury Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), the permit now requires one mercury analysis, using
EPA Method 1631E, which must be completed within the twelve (12) months prior to
the next permit renewal. This requirement is included on the effluent page and in
the new special condition A. (2).
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this
permit are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written
request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form
of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and
filed 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.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. The Division may require
modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal
requirements to obtain other permits, which may be required by the Division of Water Quality,
or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management Act, or any
other Federal or Local governmental permits may be required.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Jacquelyn
Nowell at telephone number [phone].
Sincerely,
W Pj--
_Thomas A. Reeder
Attachments
cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section
Central Files
NPDES File

Permit NCO022730
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
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,
Town of Beech Mountain
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Grassy Gap WWTP
204 Grassy Gap Creek Road
Watauga County
to receiving waters designated as Buckeye 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 August 1, 2013.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on
September 30, 2017.
Signed this day June 17, 2013.
mas A. Reeder, Acting Director
/ Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission