NC0088188_Permit (Issuance)_20201030

Mr. Rick Bussey, Owner Member Manger
Scenic Wolf Development, LLC
5 Rosecrest Court
Asheville, NC 28804
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0088188
Scenic Wolf Mountain WWTP
Grade II Biological WPCS
Madison County
Dear Mr. Bussey:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit. This permit
renewal is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the
Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated
October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
This final permit includes no significant changes from the draft permit previously sent to you on August 11,
2020.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are unacceptable to you,
you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this
letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may require
modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to
obtain any other Federal, State, or Local governmental permit that may be required.
If you have questions concerning the draft, please contact me at 919-707-3618, or via e-mail at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
S.Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
ec: NPDES File [Laserfiche]
Rick Bussey [[e-mail]]
ARO / Tim Heim [[e-mail]]; Landon Davidson [[e-mail]];
Daniel Boss [[e-mail]]
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NPDES Permit NC0088188
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT

TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NPDES)

In compliance with the provision of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards
and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management
Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,

Scenic Wolf Development, LLC

is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the

Scenic Wolf Mountain WWTP
Puncheon Fork Road, Mars Hill
Madison County

to receiving waters designated as Puncheon Fork in the French Broad River Basin, in accordance with
effluent limits, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.

This permit shall become effective

This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2025.

Signed this day

_________________________________________________________
S. Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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December 1, 2020
NPDES Permit NC0088188
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SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET

All previous NPDES permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked. As of this permit issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer
effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to operate and discharge from this facility arises under the
permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included herein.

Scenic Wolf Development, LLC

is hereby authorized to:

1. construct and operate a 100% domestic wastewater treatment facility in accord with the
Division’s Authorization to Construct (ATC) No. 088188 AO1; with the following
components;

• a dual bar screen
• odor control system
• six (6) flow equalization tanks
• six (6) anoxic tanks
• 21 aeration tanks
• six (6) secondary clarifiers
• six (6) media filters
• dual channel UV disinfection
• an effluent cooling system
• three (3) sludge digester tanks

these facilities, to be located on Puncheon Fork Road, Mars Hill, Madison County, and

2. after submitting an Engineers Certification documenting that facilities are completed and
operating in accord with the above ATC at flows not to exceed 0.225 MGD; and after
receiving the Division’s authorization to operate, discharge from said treatment works via
Outfall 001 (as described below), and

3. only after requesting permission from the Division to expand flow, and after submitting an
Engineers Certification documenting treatment-system compliance with said expansion not-
to-exceed 0.300 MGD; and after receiving the Division’s authorization to operate, then

4. discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at the location specified on the
attached map, into Puncheon Fork [Stream Segment 6-112-5] a waterbody currently
classified C; Tr, ORW, located within subbasin 04-03-04 [HUC: 060101051001] of the
French Broad River Basin.
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PART I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Grade II Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
During the period beginning upon receipt of an Engineers Certification for a 0.225 MGD treatment
facility and lasting until expansion above 0.225 MGD or permit expiration, the Permittee is authorized
to discharge treated domestic wastewater via Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited, monitored
and reported1 by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
[Parameter Codes]
LIMITS MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS1
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location2
Flow (MGD) 50050 0.225 MGD Continuous Recording E
Temperature (°C) 00010 Monitor & Report Daily Grab E
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) (µg/L) 3 50060 28 µg/L 3 2 / Week Grab E
BOD, 5-day (20ºC) (mg/L)
(April 1 – October 31) CO310 5.0 mg/L 7.5 mg/L Weekly Grab E
BOD, 5-day (20ºC) (mg/L)
(November 1 – May 31) CO310 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) (mg/L) CO530 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
NH3-N (April 1-October 31) (mg/L) CO610 2.0 mg/L 10.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
NH3-N (November 1-March 31) (mg/L) CO610 4.0 mg/L 20.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
Fecal Coliform (#/100ml) 4 31616 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Weekly Grab E
pH (su) 00400 > 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units Weekly Grab E
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 00300 6.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
Temperature (°C) 5 00010 See Footnote 5 Weekly Grab U, D
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 6 00300 See Footnote 6 Weekly Grab U, D
Footnotes:
1. The Permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR’s eDMR application
system. See Special Condition A. (3.).
2. Sample Locations: E = Effluent, U = 50 feet upstream of the outfall, D = 100 feet downstream of the outfall.
3. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with the
permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by North Carolina
certified test methods (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/L.
4. Fecal Coliform shall be calculated using the geometric mean, according to the procedure detailed in Part II.
Section A.
5. Instream temperature shall not be increased by more than 0.5 °C.
6. The effluent dissolved oxygen concentration shall not cause the dissolved oxygen of the receiving stream to
drop more than 0.5 mg/L below background levels.
Conditions:
• There shall be no discharge of floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.
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A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Grade II Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
During the period beginning upon receipt of an Engineers Certification for a 0.3 MGD treatment
facility and lasting until permit expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge treated domestic
wastewater via Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited, monitored and reported1 by the Permittee
as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
[Parameter Codes]
LIMITS MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS1
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location2
Flow (MGD) 50050 0.3 MGD Continuous Recording E
Temperature (°C) 00010 Monitor & Report Daily Grab E
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) (µg/L) 3 50060 28 µg/L 3 2 / Week Grab E
BOD, 5-day (20ºC) (mg/L)
(April 1 – October 31) CO310 5.0 mg/L 7.5 mg/L Weekly Grab E
BOD, 5-day (20ºC) (mg/L)
(November 1 – May 31) CO310 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) (mg/L) CO530 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
NH3-N (April 1-October 31) (mg/L) CO610 2.0 mg/L 10.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
NH3-N (November 1-March 31) (mg/L) CO610 4.0 mg/L 20.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
Fecal Coliform (#/100ml) 4 31616 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Weekly Grab E
pH (su) 00400 > 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units Weekly Grab E
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 00300 6.0 mg/L Weekly Grab E
Temperature (°C) 5 00010 See Footnote 5 Weekly Grab U, D
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 6 00300 See Footnote 6 Weekly Grab U, D
Footnotes:
1. The Permittee shall submit Discharge Monitoring Reports electronically using NC DWR’s eDMR application
system. See Special Condition A. (3.).
2. Sample Locations: E = Effluent, U = 50 feet upstream of the outfall, D = 100 feet downstream of the outfall.
3. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance with the
permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by North Carolina
certified test methods (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 µg/L.
4. Fecal Coliform shall be calculated using the geometric mean, according to the procedure detailed in Part II.
Section A.
5. Instream temperature shall not be increased by more than 0.5 °C.
6. The effluent dissolved oxygen concentration shall not cause the dissolved oxygen of the receiving stream to
drop more than 0.5 mg/L below background levels.
Conditions:
• There shall be no discharge of floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.

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A. (3.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[G.S. 143-215.1(b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and
program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on
December 21, 2015.

NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this
permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):

• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports

1. Reporting Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)]
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR’s
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.

Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter
monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. The eDMR system may be
accessed at: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr.

If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the
facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have
broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements
may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1,
2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to
the following address:

NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617

See “How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting” section below.

Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following
the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the
commencement of discharge.

Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:

• Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports;
• Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.

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 NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule – Phase 2 Extension. EPA is proposing to extend the
Phase 2 deadline from December 21, 2020 until at least December 21, 2023. The current
compliance date will be extended if the implementation date is extended as a final regulation
change in the federal register.

The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see “How to Request a
Waiver from Electronic Reporting” section below).

2. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(l)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time
of each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA’s website resources to identify
the initial recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the
entity (EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the
designated entity for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for
each type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the
appropriate electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA’s NPDES
Electronic Reporting Rule is found at:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-pollutant-discharge-
elimination-system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the “Reporting Requirements” section
above.
3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to
the Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to
the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be
required under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a
temporary waiver shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring
data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re-applies for
and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic
reporting waivers are not transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver request
may submit monitoring data and reports on paper to the Division for the period that the approved
reporting waiver request is effective.

Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on
the following web page: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
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4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)]
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part
II, Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II,
Section B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR
reporting purposes.

For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user
account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North
Carolina’s eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit
the following web page:

http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr

Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state’s eDMR system shall
make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF
CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED:

"I certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under my
direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel
properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or
persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the
information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate,
and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations."

5. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR
submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the
date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR
122.41].

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FacilityLocation
NPDES Permit NC0088188Madison CountyNorth
Scenic Wolf Development LLCScenic Wolf Mountain WWTPPuncheon Fork Road, Mars Hill 28754
Receiving Stream: Stream Segment: Drainage Basin: Latitude:USGS Quad:
Stream Class:Sub-Basin:HUC:Longitude:
Puncheon Fork6-112-5French Broad35° 56' 39"Sams Gap, NC
C; Tr,ORW04-03-0406010105100182° 31' 35"
Puncheon Fork [flows south]
Outfall 001[flows south]Puncheon Fork Rd
Not to Scale
Outfall 001
Scale 1:3,000
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