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Director Environmental Quality
June 03, 2020
Kanuga Conferences, Inc.
Attn: Dwayne Owens, Property Manager
130 Kanuga Chapel Dr
Hendersonville, NC 28739
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0024431
Kanuga Conferences WWTP
Henderson County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the June 3, 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-apDlication-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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Attn: Wren Thedford Kanuga Conferences WWTP
1617 Mail Service Center NPDES Permit No. NC0024431 Raleigh, NC
27699-1617
Good Morning,
Please find in the enclosed packet containing Kanuga's request for renewal of wastewater permit
NC0024431.
The only changes since the last issued permit was the removal and renewal of sand in the filtration pits
in July of 2018. Additionally, our solids tank was pumped as recent as October 2019 and disposed of at
the Hendersonville sewage facility.
Please also find this as our request to lower our permit from 0.035 to 0.030 MGD. While our facility is
capable of the higher limit, we do not utilize it to full capacity. Kanuga currently has no plans to expand
or build any structures that would add usage to this system. Additionally, with our daily average flow of
0.0112 MGD and our maximum daily flow over the past three years of 0.30 MGD this seems like a
reasonable request. Kanuga currently is leasing a composite sampler to maintain our compliant status.
By allowing a lower permit this would save our nonprofit organization $2400.00 annually.
Feel free to reach out with any questions
T. Dwayne Owens
Property Manager
[e-mail]
(828)- 233-2834
KANUGA 1130 KANUGA CHAPEL DR. I HENDERSONVILLE, NC 28739 I PHONE [phone] I
FAX [phone] I KANUGA.ORG

NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit 000024431
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
Kanuga Conferences, Inc.
Facility Name
Kanuga Conferences WWTP
Mailing Address
130 Kanuga Chapel Drive
City
Hendersonville
State / Zip Code
NC, 28739
Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
( )
e-mail Address
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, public organization or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name KACE Environmental, Inc.
Mailing Address 2905 Wood Road
City Mooresboro
State / Zip Code NC / 28114
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
e-mail Address [e-mail]
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NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply):
Industrial
❑
Number of Employees
Commercial
®
Number of Employees 100
Residential
❑
Number of Homes
School
❑
Number of Students/Staff
Other
❑
Explain:
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.):
This is a conference center that has a 70 room hotel, 39 cottages, 6 guest houses, and 1 large kitchen
that seats up to 400.
Number of persons served: At full capacity, our maximum occupancy is 375.
5. Type of collection system
® Separate (sanitary sewer only)
6. Outfall Information:
❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes ® No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (NEW applicants: Provide a map showing the exact location of each
outfall):
Little Mud Creek
S. Frequency of Discharge: ® Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
9. 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.
This plant is a 0.035 MGD septic tank and filter system that consists of. 17,615 gallon
septic tank, 4,000gallon dosing tank with plural siphons, a dump counter, four (4) 2,500
square foot sand filter beds that dose alternately, table chlorination system, 8,000
gallon chlorine contact basin, 18,000 gallon chlorine dissipation / polishing pond, and a
tablet dichlorination system.
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NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.035 MGD
Annual Average daily flow
0.0112
MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.030 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
12. Effluent Data
NEW APPLICANTS: 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. If more than one analysis is reported,
report daily maximum and monthly average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum.
RENEWAL APPLICANTS: Provide the highest single reading (Daily Maximum) and Monthly Average
over the past 36 months for parameters currently in uour permit. Mark other parameters "NIA".
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODs)
55
45
mg/1
Fecal Coliform
600
34.64
#/ 100ml
Total Suspended Solids
29
20
mg/1
Temperature
24
23.4
C
pH
7.2
7.15
Standard Units
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
UIC (SDWA)
NPDES NCO024431
PSD (CAA)
Non -attainment program (CAA)
14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
NESHAPS (CAA)
Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
Other
Permit Number
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.
n1
Printed name o Person Signing Title
Signature of Ap licant Date
North 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 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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