WQ0000731_Final Permit_19890130

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State of North Carolina
Department 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
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary January 30, 1989 Director
Mr. J.J. Johnson
Lake Toxaway Company
P.O. Box 70
Lake Toxaway, NC 28747
SUBJECT: Permit No. WQ0000731
Lake Toxaway Company
Wastewater Collection, Treatment and Golf
Course Spray Irrigation Disposal Facilities
Transylvania County
Dear Mr. Johnson:
In accordance with your application received November 2, 1988, we are
forwarding herewith Permit No. WQ0000731, dated January 30, 1989, to Lake Toxaway
Company for the construction and operation of the subject wastewater collection,
treatment and disposal facilities.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until January 31.
1994, and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein.
If any parts, requirements, or limitations contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to request an adjudicatory hearing upon
written request within 30 days following receipt of this permit. This request must
be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office
Drawer 1.1666, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604. Unless such demands are made this
permit shall be final and binding.
One (1) set of approved plans and specifications is being forwarded to you. If
you need additional information concerning this matter, please contact T1s, Babette
McKemie, telephone No. 919/733--5083, ext. 546.
Sincerely,
cc: Transylvania County Health Department
Asheville Regional Supervisor
William Lapsley
Bill. Reid, Groundwater
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, Noreh Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal opportunity- Affirmative Action Employer

NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAI, MANAGEMENT COMPASSION
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
RALEIGH
P E R M I T
For the discharge of Sewage, Industrial Wastes, or Other Wastes
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes
of North Carolina as amended, and other applicable Laws, Rules, and Regulations
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
Lake Toxaway Company
Transylvania County
FOR THE
construction and operation of 20,000 GPD wastewater_ collection, treatment and golf
coarse spray irrigation disposal facility. The collection system consisting of
septic tanks, a 15 GPM duplex, grinder, influent pump station with high water alarms
and 2,750 linear feet of 1 1/2 -inch force main. The treatment facilities consisting
of a 5,000 gallon aerated surgo tank, dual 20,00.0 gallon aeration tanks, dual 3,395
gallon clarifiers, dual 1,680 gallon sludge holding tanks, a total of four (4) 74 CFM
blowers, a dual cell tertiary filter, a tablet chlorinator, 520 gallon chlorine
contact tank and stand-by power. The golf course spray irrigation disposal
facilities consisting of a 1.00,000 gallon 5 -day detention pond, a 150,000 gallon
irrigation pond, a 400 GPM effluent irrigation pump station, 1,800 linear feet of
6 -inch force main and approximately four (4) acres of spray irrigation a.rea on
fairways Nos. 3, 4, 6, and 7 at hake Toxaway with no discharge to the surface water
of. the State. pursuant to the application received November 2, 1988, and in
conformity with the project plan, specifications, and other supporting data
subsequently filed and approved by the Department of Natural. Resources and Community
Development and considered a part of this permit.
This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance until January 31, 1994,
and shall be subject to the following specified conditions and limitations:
1. This permit shall become voidable unless the facilities are constructed in
accordance with the approved plans, specifications and other supporting data.
2. This permit is effective only with respect to the nature and volume of wastes
described in the application and other supporting data.
3. The facilities shall be properly maintained and operated at all times.
4_ The sewage and wastewater collected by this system shall be treated in the hake
Toxaway Wastewater Treatment Plant prior to being spray irrigated.

5. This permit is not transferable.
6. Construction of the sewers shall be so scheduled so as not to interrupt service
by the existing utilities nor result in an overflow or bypass discharge of
wastewater to the surface waters of the State.
7. Upon completion of construction and prior to operation of this permitted
facility, a certification must be received from a professional engineer
certifying that the permitted facility has been installed in accordance with the
requirements of this permit and the approved plans and specifications. Mail the
certification to the Permits and Engineering Unit, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, N.C.
27611-7687.
8. A set of approved plans and specifications for the subject project must be
retained by the applicant for the life of the project.
9. This permit shall become voidable in the event of failure of the soil to
adequately absorb the wastes and may be rescinded unless the facilities are
installed, maintained, and operated in a manner which will protect the assigned
water duality standards of the surface waters and ground waters.
10, In the event that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the
creation of nuisance conditions, the Permittee shall take such immediate
corrective action as may be required by this Division, including the construction
of additional or replacement wastewater treatment or disposal facilities.
11. The Asheville Regional Office, phone no. (704) 251--6208 shall be notified at
least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of operation of the installed
facilities so that an in-place inspection can be made. Such notification to the
regional supervisor shall be made during the normal office hours from 8:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday, excluding State Holidays.
12. The sludge generated from these treatment facilities must be disposed of in
accordance with General Statute 143-215.1 and in a manner approvable by the North
Carolina Division of Environmental Management.
13. The subject facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated at all times
so that there is no discharge to the surface waters, nor any contamination of
ground waters which will render them unsatisfactory for normal use. In the event
that the facilities fail to perform satisfactorily, including the creation of
nuisance conditions or failure of the irrigation area to adequately absorb the
wastewater, the Permittee shall take such immediate corrective action as may be
required by the Division of Environmental Management.
14. A suitable year round vegetative cover shall be maintained.
15. Irrigation shall not be performed during inclement weather or when the ground is
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n a condition that will cause runoff.
16. Adequate measures shall be taken to prevent wastewater runoff from the spray
field.
17. Diversion or bypassing of the untreated wastewater from the treatment facilities
is prohibited.

18. The Permittee, at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of this permit,
shall request its extension. Upon receipt of the request, the Commission will
review the adequacy of the facilities described therein, and if warranted, will
extend the Permit for such period of time and under such conditions and
limitations as it may deem appropriate.
19, The application rates shall not exceed .4 gallons per square foot.
20. The Permittee shall employ a certified wastewater treatment plant operator to be
in responsible charge of the wastewater treatment facilities. Such operator must
hold a certificate of the grade at least equivalent to the classification
assigned to the wastewater treatment facilities by the Certification Commission.
21. The Certified Operator shall be on call. twenty-four (24) hours per day,
22. Freeboard in the detention and irrigation ponds shall not be less than two (2)
feet at any time.
23, The issuance of this permit shall not relieve the Permittee of the responsibility
for damages to surface or groundwaters resulting from the operation of this
facility,
24. The facilities shall be effectively maintained and operated as a non -discharge
system to prevent the discharge of any wastewater resulting from the operation of
this .facility.
25. No type of wastewater other than that from bake Toxaway shall be sprayed onto
the irrigation area.
26. The Permittee shall provide for the pump station and .force main the following
items:
a. Pump-on/pump-off elevations located so that 2-8 pumping cycles may be
achieved per hoar in the pump station.
b. An air relief valve located at all high points along the force main.
C. A screened vent for the wet well.
d. Fillets located in the wet well at the intersection of the flooring and
sidewalls.
e. Three (3) feet of cover (minimum) over the force main or the use of
ferrous material where three (3) feet cannot be maintained.
f. Sufficient devices which will protect the pump station from vandals.
g. Flood protection if the pump station is located below the 100 -year flood
elevation.

27. Solids, sludges, or other pollutants removed or resulting from the wastewater
storage facilities shall be contained and disposed of in such a manner as to
prevent any contamination of the surface or groundwaters of the State.
28. The treatment process shall produce an effluent with a monthly average TSS of
less than 5 mg/l and a daily maximum TSS of less the 10 mg/l and a maximum fecal
coliform level of less than 1/100 ml, prior to discharge to a five-day detention
pond.
.29. There must be no public access to the five-day detention pond.
30. In the design of the sprinkler system, the piping shall. be a separate system,
with no cross -connections to a potable water supply (includes no spigots on the
distrubition system).
31. The time of spraying shall occur between 11:00 p.m. and three hours prior to
the daily opening of the course.
32. There shall be a 100 foot vegetative buffer zone between the edge of spray
influence and the nearest dwelling.
33. Signs shall be posted at the proshop stating that the course is irrigated with
treated wastewater,
34. Prior to beginning waste disposal operations, five (5) monitor wells, one (1)
upgradient and (1) downgradient of the lagoons and one (3.) upgradient and two (2)
downgradient of the irrigation site(s), shall be installed to monitor
groundwater quality. The location and construction details for these wells shall
be approved by the Asheville Regional Office, from which a well construction
permit must be obtained.
35. The monitor wells shall be sampled i_nitally after construction (and prior to
waste disposal operations) and thereafter every March, July, and November for the
following parameters:
NO3 Ammonia Nitrogen
TDP Total Coliform
TOC pR
Chloride TOX (in November only)
Water Level.
The measurement of water level must be made prior to sampling for the remaining
parameters.
If TOC concentrations greater than 10 mg/l. are detected in any downgradient
monitoring well, additional sampling and analysis must be conducted to identify
the individual constituents comprising this TOC concentration. If the TOC
concentration as measured in the background monitor well exceeds 10 mg/l, this
concentration will be taken to represent the naturally occuring TOC
concentration_ Any exceedances of this naturally occurig TOG concentration
in the downgradient wells shall be subject to the additional sampling and
analysis as described above.

The analytical methods used for TOX must be capable of detecting the total of
all halogenated organic compounds present at a concentration of 5.0 parts per
billion (ppb) or greater. In the event that a TOX concentration of 5.0 ppb or
greater is detected, any individual halogenated organic compound(s) present at a
concentration at or above the method detection limit (MDL) must be identified and
quantified utilizing EPA methods 601, 602, 604, and 611.
The results of the sampling and analysis shall be sent to the NC division of
Environmental Management of Form GW -59 [Compliance Monitoring Report Form) every
April, August, and December,
36. The interior surfaces of both the detention lagoon and the irrigation lagoon
shall be completely lined with a 40 -mil thick Hypalon liner. following
installation and inspection of the Hypalon lagoon liner, and prior to waste
disposal operations, certification of the liner's compliance with approved
construction specifications and the liner's integrity must be provided to the
Division of Environmental Management, Groundwater Section, by the project
engineer.
37. Any additional groundwater quality monitoring, as deemed necessary by the
Division, shall be provided.
38. Wastewater shall not be land applied with 100 ft. of a water supply well.
Permit issued this the 30th day of January, 1989.
Permit No. WQ0000731
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL, MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
K. raui wa.lms, uirecuor
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Engineer's Certification
I, , as a duly registered Professional
Engineer in the State of North Carolina, having been authorized to observe
(periodically/weekly/fall time) the construction of the project,
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(Project)
(Name or Location)
for the
hereby state that, to the best of my
(Project Owner)
abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation of the project
construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial
compliance and intent of the approved plans and specifications.
Signature Registration No.
Date
Permit No. WQ0000731