NC0020486_Permit Issuance_20160201

Water Resources
LN VIBONMLN I AL QUALI I Y
February 1, 2016
Mr. Charles F. Gay
USDA — U.S. Forest Service
160 Zillicoa St; Suite A
Asheville, NC 28801-1082
PAT MCCRORY
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DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO020486
North Mills River Recreation Area W WTP
Henderson County
Class WW-2
Dear Mr. Gay:
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).
This final permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on
December 16, 2015.
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 demand is made, this
decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may
require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal
requirements to obtain any other Federal, State, or Local governmental permit that may be required. If you
have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Bob Sly at telephone number [phone].
amcer iy
S. Jay Zimmerman, Direc r
Division of Water Resources
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office
NPDES Unit
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
http://portal.nodenr.org/web/wq

Permit NCO020486
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
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, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(U.S. Forest Service)
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
North Mills River Recreation Area WWTP
NCSR 1345 NW of Mills River
Henderson County
to receiving waters designated as the North Fork Mills River in subbasin 04-03-03 of
the French Broad 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 March 1, 2016.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on January 31, 2021.
Signed this day February 1, 201
C
Way Zimmerman, .G., Direc
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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E
Permit NCO020486
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.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (U. S. Forest Service) is hereby authorized to:
I. Continue to operate an existing 0.012 MGD dual -train extended aeration package
wastewater treatment system that includes the following components:
♦ Influent pump station
♦ 7500-gallon flow equalization basin with manual bar screen
♦ Dual submersible 30-gpm pumps
♦ Dual high-water alarms
♦ 40-cfm blower
♦ Dual 7500-gallon aeration basins with coarse air diffusers and three 85-scfm
blowers
♦ Dual secondary clarifiers [50 ft2], each with skimmer and air lift sludge return
♦ Dual tertiary filters [6.25 ft2], each with 40-scfm scour blower
♦ Clearwell and mudwell-
♦ 4500-gallon aerobic digester with coarse air diffusers
♦ Tablet chlorine disinfection
♦ Chlorine contact basin [417 gallons]
♦ Tablet dechlorination
♦ Effluent outfall line [225 linear feet of 6" gravity pipe]
The facility is located northwest of Mills River at the North Mills River Recreation
Area WWTP off NCSR 1345 in Henderson County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map
into the North Fork Mills River, currently classified VATS -II Trout HQW waters in
hydrologic unit 06010105 of the French Broad River Basin.
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Permit NCO020486
Part I
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration,
the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited
and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
Footnotes:
1. No later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee shall be
submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using the Division's eDMR system
[see A. (2)].
2. The facility shall report all effluent TRC values reported by a NC certified laboratory
including field certified. However, effluent values below 50 µg/L will be treated as zero for
compliance purposes.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace
amounts
A. -(2) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 143-215.1 (b)]
Recent federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports
(DMRs) and specify that, if a state'does not establish a system to receive such submittals
then permittees must submit DMRs electronically to the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) . y
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Permit NCO020486
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II
of this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• _ Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting (Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. j5.j (all
Beginning no later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee
shall begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each
month and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted
facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet.
Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media
Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all
discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to
complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original
and a copy of the computer -printed eDMR to the following address:
NC DEQ* / Division of Water Resources / Information Processing Unit
ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due
to the facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the
households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic
reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted
on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director.
Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above.
Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements must
be submitted in writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to
'the date the facility would be required under this permit to begin using eDMR.
Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and shall thereupon expire. At
such time, DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re-
applies for and is granted a new temporary waiver by the Division.
Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic
reporting requirements is found on the following web page:.
http://-portal.ncdenr.org/web/­w!g/`admin/bogZipu/edmr
Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month
following the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the
month following the commencement of discharge.
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Permit NCO020486
2. Signatory Requirements FSupplements Section B. 111.) (b) and supersedes
Section B. (11.1 (d)j
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person
described in Part U, Section B. (11.) (a) or by a duly authorized representative of that
person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be
delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an
eDMR user account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more
information on North Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an
eDMR user account, please visit the following web page:
http:-//portal.ncdenr.org/­web/wa/admin/bog/ipu/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system
shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.221. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF
CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED:
"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared
under my direction or supervision in accordance- with a system designed to assure that
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my
inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are sigh if cant
penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and
imprisonment for knowing violations."
3. Records Retegtion [Supplements Section D. (6.11
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR
submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years
from the date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any
time [40 CFR 122.41]. '
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