NC0026557_Approval_20191115

NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 15, 2019
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
CERTIFIED MAIL 7015 0640 0007 9833 599S - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Ms. Regina Mathis
Town Manager
P.O. Box 726
Bryson City, NC 28713-0726
Subject: Temporary Suspension of Sewer Line Moratorium
NPDES Permit NCO026557
Bryson City WWI?
Swain County
Dear Ms. Mathis:
The Division received a response document submitted by your Authorized Representative (McGill
Associates). The response document listed the actions being taken to address future wastewater
treatment capacity, as required by 15A NCAC 02T.0118 (1).
The studies currently underway should yield the information required by 02T.0118 (1). Therefore, the
Division is temporarily suspending the sewer line moratorium until April 1, 2020.
In order to attain compliance with the Rule, you must submit an approvable engineering evaluation of
future wastewater treatment needs and receive approval of the evaluation no later than March 31,
2020. If the evaluation is not submitted in a timely manner, and/or if the evaluation cannot be approved
by the Division, the moratorium will become active again on April 1, 2020.
Submit your plan of action containing the results of the two studies currently being performed, as well as
any other pertinent information necessary to comply with 02T.0118 (1), to the following address:
NC DEQ ; DWR ; NPDES
Compliance 8E Expedited Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-9125

Bryson City Sewer Line Moratorium Suspension) 2019-2020
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PLEASE NOTE: if you wish to submit the documents electronically to expedite review, send them to:
Tim Heim / Asheville Regional Office (ARO) [[e-mail]]
Charles Weaver / NPDES [[e-mail]]
Per the terms of 15A NCAC 02T.01 IS (3), the Director may, on a case -by -case basis, allow permits to
be issued to facilities exceeding the 80 percent loading rate ii
1) the additional flow will not cause the facility to exceed its permitted hydraulic capacity,
2) the facility is in compliance with all other permit limitations and requirements and
3) it is demonstrated that adequate progress is being made in developing the required engineering
evaluations or plans and specifications.
Delegation for approval or denial of such requests has been given to the ARO, which will review the
proposed connections listed in the response letter from McGill Associates. If you wish to add other
sewer connections that are not enumerated in the response letter, please send all required information in
support of such requests to the ARO.
We appreciate the prompt response to the imposition of the sewer line moratorium and look forward to
receiving the study results in early 2020. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact
Tim Heim in the ARO at [phone] ([e-mail]), or Charles Weaver of the Compliance
& Expedited Permitting Unit at [phone] ([e-mail]).
ince ely,
Linda Culpepper, Director
Division of Water Resources
cc: PERCS Unit
NPDES Files