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Director Environmental Quality
September 23, 2020
Yancey County
Attn: Lynn Austin, County Manager
110 Town Sq RM 11
Burnsville, NC 28714
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0087891
South Toe River WWTP
Yancey County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the September 21, 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. 150E-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-ACIVAt
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]
RECEIVED
Ms. Emily Phillips, Environmental Specialist
SEP 2 8 2020
NCDEQ/DWR/Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit NCDEQIDwRJNPDEs
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
Via E-mail to [e-mail]
Re: East Yancey WWTP,NC0087891
Dear Ms. Phillips:
Please find enclosed an application for the permit renewal for the East Yancey WWTP.
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.
S/ely,
L 1 Austin
Y cey County Manager

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 [NC0087891
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 Yancey County
Facility Name South Toe River WWTP
Mailing Address 110 Town Square, Room 11
City Burnsville
State / Zip Code NC 28714
Telephone Number 828-682-3971
Fax Number
e-mail Address Lynn.austintyanceycountync.gov
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road Wyatt Town Road
City Micaville
State / Zip Code NC 28714
County Yancey
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 Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc.
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1167
City Banner Elk
State / Zip Code NC 28604
Telephone Number (828 ) 898-6277
Fax Number (828 ) 898-6255
4. Population served: ( 651\ 0(.\erIS CUr1 t s1
5. Do you receive industrial waste?
1 of 4 Form-A 6/2017

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
® 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? ❑ Yes ® No
8. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
South Toe River, a Class-C Trout water in the French Broad River Basin
9. Frequency of Discharge: ® Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
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.
Bar Screen
Influent Composite Sampler
Two (2) 115,000 gallon Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR) systems
One (1) 26,000 gallon post equalization basin
Two (2) Tertiary filter systems
UV disinfection
Effluent flow meter with recorder
Effluent composite sampler
12 port diffuser system
One (1) 63,000 gallon digester
Sludge truck load out station
Standby Generator
11. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.125 MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0.0396 MGD (for the previous 3 years) ***
Maximum daily flow 0.125 (January 2019) MGD (for the previous 3 years) ***
12. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
2 of 4 Form-A 612017

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.
***Plant operations began in 2017. There was no flow recorded until April of 2018.
Form-A 623'7

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.
Parameter Daily Monthly Units of Number of
Maximum Average Measurement Samples
Biochemical Oxygen Demand 4.9 7.8 mg/L 52
(BOD;)
Fecal Coliform 5700 28.5 cuf/100mL 52
Total Suspended Solids 17 12 mg/L 52
Temperature (Summer) 24 22.5 ° C 68
Temperature (Winter) 13 10 °C 40
pH 7.8 7.7 s/u 52
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 NC0087891 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
PSD (CAA) Special Order of Consent (SOC)
Non-attainment program (CAA) Other
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.
L nn k„stin Yancey County Manager
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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 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.)
4 of 4 Form-A 6/2017

Water Quality Lab & Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 1167/ 1522 Tynecastle Highway
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Ph. 828-898-6277 Fax [phone]
EAST YANCEY WWTP SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
Sludge is managed via a commercial hauler. Hauling contract provider is managed
by the Town of Burnsville's Public Works Director.