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Ashton Lewis Lumber Company
Attn: Michael Lancaster, Operations Manager
PO Box 25
Gatesville, NC 27938
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0089541
Ashton Lewis Lumber Company
Gates County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the April 6, 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.
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NC DEQ / DWR / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
RECEIVED
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
APR 0 6 2020
Re: NPDES Permit Renewal Application NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
Permit No. NC0089541
Ashton Lewis Lumber Company
96 Lewis Mill Road
Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina
Dear Ms. Thedford,
This correspondence and its attachments and enclosures are intended to serve as a
renew application for the referenced permit using Short Form C for minor industrial
facilities. Since the prior permit was issued, no significant changes have occurred at the
facility other than discontinuance of the discharge of boiler blowdown through Outfall
002. Boiler blowdown water is now captured and re-introduced into the boiler system
and there are no longer any non-stormwater discharges associated with Outfall 002.
Please advise if you have any questions or require additional information.
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Vice President of Sawmill Operations
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
Mail the complete application to:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number NC0089541
Please print or type.
1. Contact Information: RECEIVED
APR 0 6 2020
Owner Name James W. Rane
Facility Name Ashton Lewis Lumber Company NCDEQIDWRINPDES
Mailing Address 96 Lewis Mill Road
City Gatesville
State / Zip Code North Carolina 27938
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
e-mail Address [e-mail] (Connor Good, Mill Manager)
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
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 Facility is Operated by the Owner (Connor Good, Mill Manager)
Mailing Address 96 Lewis Mill Road
City Gatesville
State / Zip Code North Carolina 27938
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ® Public ❑
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
5. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code(s)_2421
6. Number of employees: 89
7. Describe the treatment system List all installed waste treatment components with capacities,
describe the processes that generate wastewaters. If the space provided is not sufficient attach a
separate sheet of paper with the system description.
There is no active treatment system in place for the permitted discharges. Best management
practices are in place on the wet deck to filter solids (bark debris) that would otherwise be
washed into the receiving pond. Boiler blowdown, which is a permitted discharge, is no longer
released from the facility but is now captured at its source and re-introduced into the boiler
system.
8. Is facility covered under federal effluent limitation guidelines? No ❑ Yes
If yes, specify the category? Timber Products Processing
9. Principal product(s) produced: Untreated Lumber
Principal raw material(s) consumed: Pine logs
Briefly describe the manufacturing process(es):
Pine Logs are delivered to the site by truck and stacked on the wet log deck until sawn. Wet deck
sprayer water is drawn from a dedicated pond which also receives runoff from the deck. Discharges
from the pond enter a tributary to Bennetts Creek at Outfall 001. Logs are mechanically debarked and
sawn in the sawmill to produce dimensional lumber in sizes that are determined by a computer
optimization system. The lumber is generally dried in one of a number of steam-driven dry kilns. A
boiler exists to produce the steam for the dry kilns and formerly resulted in blowdown that was
discharged through Outfall 002. This blowdown water is now captured at its source and re-introduced
into the boiler system such that no non-stormwater discharges drain through Outfall 002. Rough-
sawn, kiln-dried lumber is planed to achieve customer specifications and may also be re-
manufactured for custom edging. Finished lumber products are stored on site in covered sheds until
shipment by truck to customer locations.
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
10. Amount of principal product produced or raw material consumed
(List specific amounts consumed and/or units of production over the last three years)
Product Produced or Raw Material Product Produced or Raw Material
Consumed Consumed
(AVERAGE) (PEAK)
per Day 67,450 78,100
per Month 2,051,000 2,375,000
per Year 24,612,000 25,000,000
11. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 7 Duration: 30-min intervals*
*The wet deck sprinkler system is run on 30-minute intervals 7 days/week during the
month of March through October.
12. Types of wastewater discharged to surface waters only
Discharge Flow
(GALLONS PER DAY)
Sanitary - monthly average Not Applicable (septic system with drain field)
Utility water, etc. - monthly average Not Applicable
Process water - monthly average Not Applicable
Stormwater-monthly average 140,000
Other-monthly average 3,500 GPD possibly 5 days/week (March through
Explain: Wet Deck October)
Monthly Average 143,500
total discharge (all types)
13. Number of separate discharge points: 1* Outfall Identification number(s) 001
*Outfall 001 is only for wet deck discharge. There are a number of stormwater discharge points
at other locations throughout the facility campus.
14. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Bennetts Creek in the Chowan River Basin
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
15. Effluent Data [for new or proposed discharges]
Provide data for the parameters listed. Temperature and pH shall be grab samples,for all other parameters 24-hour
composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported, report daily maximum and monthly
average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum.
NOTE: Permittees requesting renewal should complete the table ONLY for the parameters
currently monitored. Summarize the past 3 years of effluent data.
Parameter Daily Monthly Units of
Maximum Average Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (GODS) Not Monitored Not Monitored Not Applicable
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 168 94.4 mg/L
Total Organic Carbon Not Monitored Not Monitored Not Applicable
Total Suspended Solids 40.8 8.36 mg/L
Ammonia as N Not Monitored Not Monitored Not Applicable
Temperature (Summer) 34.2 26.3 Degrees C
Temperature (Winter) 27.2 17.3 Degrees C
pH 8.79 7.42 Standard Units
Fecal Coliform (If sanitary waste is Not Present Not Present Not Applicable
present)
Total Residual Chlorine (if chlorine is No Cl Used No Cl Used Not Applicable
used)
16. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications (check all that apply and provide permit
numbers or check none if not applicable):
Type Permit Number Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA) 07322R11
UIC (SDWA) WI0700087 Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
NPDES NCG210185 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA) _
PSD (CAA) Other
Non-attainment program (CAA)
17. List any chemicals that may be discharged (Please list and explain source and potential
amounts.)
Possible petroleum drips from equipment operating on the wet deck
Boiler blowdown is no longer discharged from the facility but is now collected and re-used
in the boiler system.
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
18. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
19. 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.
Michael Lancaster Vice President of Sawmill Operations
Printed name of Person Signing Title
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Signature of Applicant Date
North Carolina 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 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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