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Director Environmental Quality
April 02, 2020
City of Brevard
Attn: Jim Fatland, City Manager
95 W Main St
Brevard, NC 28712
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0044784
Cathey's Creek WTP
Transylvania County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the April 2, 2020 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.
Sincerely,
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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RE: NPDES Renewal Application APR 0 2 1010
Permit#NC0044784
City of Brevard WTP NCDEQ!DWRINPDES
Transylvania County
To whom it may concern,
Please find attached our renewal application for discharge from the City of Brevard WTP.
We are requesting a change in the permit. To remove required flow meter from discharge and
Return to manual measurement to calculate discharge volume. Our discharge is <50,000 gal
/day daily average. Tim Heim with the Water Quality Regional Operations Section in the
Asheville Regional Office agrees with request. Please contact him with questions regarding
this matter.
Please contact me with questions or additional information needs.
Regards,
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Dennis Richardson
City of Brevard WTP Superintendent
151 West Main Street 828-884-2770
Cathey's Creek Road Brevard North Carolina 28712 Fax:[phone]

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number NC0044784
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 City of Brevard
Facility Name City of Brevard Water Treatment
Mailing Address 95 West Main Street
City Brevard EwED
State / Zip Code NC, 28712 1
Telephone Number [phone] APR 0 2 2020
Fax Number [phone] NCQEQ/OWR/NPDES
e-mail Address [e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 1161 Cathey's Creek Road
City Brevard
State / Zip Code NC, 28712
County Transylvania
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name City of Brevard
Mailing Address 95 West Main Street
City Brevard
State / Zip Code NC, 28712
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public
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For discharges associated with water treatment plants
5. Type of treatment plant:
® Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater, surface water)
Surface Water, Cathey's Creek
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
Conventional Treatment Process to include the addition of Poly Aluminum Chloride,
Sodium Hydroxide, and Sodium Hypochlorite at a mixing basin prior to the flash mix, for
Coagulation, pH, and disinfection.
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
The wastewater stream is decant from the Sludge thickener and drying beds.
9. Number of separate discharge points: 2
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent ❑
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 4-7 Duration: 2 to 6 hours
11. Plant design potable flowrate 2.6 MGD
Backwash or reject flow 0.40 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Cathey's Creek
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
Alum / aluminum sulfate Yes No x
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Iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate Yes No x
Fluoride Yes No x
Ammonia nitrogen / Chloramines Yes No x
Zinc-orthophosphate or sweetwater CP1236 Yes No x
List any other additives below:
Poly Aluminum Chloride, Sodium Hydroxide, Sodium Hypochlorite,
Calcium Thiosulfate, Sodium Bicarbonate and orthophosphate.
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
15. Additional Information:
Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the water treatment process. The plan should show the point[s] of addition for
chemicals and all discharges routed to an outfall [including stormwater].
Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
New applicants are highly encouraged to contact a permit coordinator with the
NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
Analyses of source water collected
r Engineering Alternative Analysis
Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. 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.
Jim Fatland City Manager
Print na e of Per ' n' g Title
Sig of Applicant Date
North .rolina General Statute 143-215.6(b)(2) provides that: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 knowingly 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
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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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