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Director Environmental Quality
October 07, 2019
Town of Bakersville
Attn: Charles Vines, Mayor
PO Box 53
Bakersville, NC 28705
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0025461
Bakersville WWTP
Mitchell County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the October 7, 2019 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit.The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deq.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincere)
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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Water Quality Lab & Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 1167/ 1522 Tynecastle Highway
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Ph. 828-898-6277 Fax [phone]
July 24, 2019
Ms. Emily Phillips, Environmental Specialist
NCDEQ/DWR/Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
Via E-mail to [e-mail]
Re: Bakersville WWTP NPDES NC0025461
Dear Ms. Phillips:
Please find enclosed an application for the permit renewal for the Town of Bakersville.
All items on the checklist are included with the permit renewal. There have been no
significant changes to the facility since the previous permit cycle.
If we can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
add Brewer
Signatory Authority
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NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
Mail the complete application to:
NC DEQ / DWR / NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit NC0025461
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 Town of Bakersville, c/o Charles Vines, Mayor
Facility Name Bakersville WWTP
Mailing Address P.O. Box 53
City Bakersville
State / Zip Code NC
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
e-mail Address cvinesriPbakersvillenc.com, [e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 303 Bakers Lane
City Bakersville
State / Zip Code NC 28705
County Mitchell
3. Operator Information:
Name of the fnn, public organization or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc.
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1167
City Banner Elk
State / Zip Code NC 28604
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Population served: 725
5. Do you receive industrial waste?
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NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
No ❑ Yes (if you have an approved pre-treatment program, must complete Form 2A)
6. Type of collection system
Z Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
7. Outfall Information:
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? 0 Yes fZi No
8. Name of receiving streams) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
Cane Creek, French Broad River Basin
9. Frequency of Discharge: Continuous Intermittent
If intermittent: (�D '}P
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration: )71 a n(A S
10.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 sheet of paper.
• Submersible influent pump station with dual 350-GPM influent pumps
• Manual bar screen
• Flow Splitter Box
• Flow equalization basin
• Dual (2) each 100,000 gallon Intermittent Cycle Extended Aeration System
(ICEAS)/Sequencing Batch Reactor hybrid process/ dual (2) each 25-HP blowers
(dual (2) each 100-HP motors)
• Three (3) each 0.025 MGD extended aeration package plants converted to
aerobic sludge digestion, thickening, and storage
• Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection [Degremont Technologies Infilco equipment, 8
banks, each with 4 bulbs]
• 2870 gallon post aeration chamber
• Effluent weir/Isco ultrasonic flow measurement
• Back-up power generator (Kohler 60-kW, diesel)
11. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.200 MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0.0947 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.98 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
12. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
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NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
13. 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.Effluent testing data must be based on at least three samples
and must be no more than four and one half years old.
Daily Monthly Units of Number of
Parameter
Maximum Average Measurement Samples
Biochemical Oxygen Demand 17.4 10.1 mg/L 140
(BOD3)
Fecal Coliform 400 73.48 cuf/100mL 140
Total Suspended Solids 32 12.5 mg/L 140
Temperature (Summer) 28 26.4 ° C 83
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Temperature (Winter) 18 16.6 °C 57
pH 7.7 7.1 s/u 140
14. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA)
UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping(MPRSA)
NPDES NC0025461 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
?SD (CAA) Special Order of Consent(SOC)
von attainment program (CAA) Other •
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15. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
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.
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No 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 knowly 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)
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Water Quality Lab & Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 1167/ 1522 Tynecastle Highway
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Ph. 828-898-6277 Fax [phone]
TOWN OF BAKERS`'ILLE WWTP SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
Sludge is managed via a commercial hauler,Triple T located on 1372 NC Hwy 194
N, Boone, NC 28607.
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Town of
Bakersville
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Incorporated 1870 `�; "
-Gateway to Roan Mountain"
Mayor: Town Council:
Charles E.Vines Charles Nash
Jordon Baker
Beau Thomas
July 30, 2019
Wastewater Branch
Water Quality Permitting Section
Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Ralei2h.NC 27699-1617
Subject: Delegation of Signature Authority
Town of Bakersville
NPDES Number NC002546i
To Whom It May Concern:
By notice of this letter, I hereby delegate signatory authority the following individual for
all permit applications,discharge monitoring reports,and other information relating to
the operations at the subject facility as required by all applicable federal,state,and local
environmental agencies specifically with the requirements for signatory authority as
specified in 15A NCAC 2B.0506.
Jadd Brewer
Operations Manager
P.O. Box 1167
1522 Tynecastle Hwy Banner Elk,NC 28604
[e-mail] •
828-898-6277
828-260-2027
26 Mitchell Ave 0 PO Box 53.Bakersville,NC 28705-0053 0 www.bakersvillenc.com
Phone-828-688-2113 0 Fax [phone] E-mail Address—info©bakersvillenc.com

If you hake any questions regarding this letter,please feel free to contact me at 328-688-
2113.
Sincerely,
Charles Tines
Mayor
Town of Bakersville
P.O. Box 53, Bakersville, NC 23705
[e-mail], [e-mail]
828-688-2113
cc: Asheville Regional Office, Water Quality Permitting Section
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