NC0071897_Fact Sheet_20201120

NC DEQ / DWR / NPDES
EXPEDITED FACT SHEET - NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
NPDES Permit NCO071897
Facility Information
Applicant/Facility Name
Mizpah Healthcare, Inc.
Henderson's Assisted Living WWTP
Permit Writer
Charles H. Weaver / 11/20/2020
Permitted Flow (MGD)
0.007 MGD
Type of Waste
100% Domestic Wastewater Discharge
Facility Class
WW-2
County
Henderson
Permit Status
Renewal
Regional
Office
Asheville
Stream Characteristics
Receiving Stream
UT to Featherstone
Creek
Stream Classification
C
Stream Segment
[6-55-12]
River basin
French Broad
Summer 7Q10 (cfs)
0
Subbasin
04-03-02
Winter 7Q10 (cfs)
0.05
Use Support
No Data
30Q2 (cfs)
0.09
303(d) Listed
No
Average Flow (cfs)
0.2
IWC (%)
100%
USGS Topo Quad
Fruitland, N.C.
Facility SummarX
This facility is a minor facility (flow <1 MGD) that receives 100% domestic waste from an assisted living
facility with 50 people. The design capacity of the treatment system is 0.007 MGD. No significant changes
have been made to this facility since the last permit renewal.
Monthly, age FLOW (MGD)
Average monthly flow = 0.0026 MGD
Maximum Monthly average flow = 0.007 MGD
Toxicity testing — Not required for this discharge
Stream — Discharge from outfall 001 is into an unnamed tributary to Featherstone Creek [Stream Segment
6-55-121. The segment is listed as supporting in the 2014 North Carolina Integrated report.
RPA — A Reasonable Potential Analysis (RPA) is not applicable for any parameters in this permit.
Implementation of 2012 Statewide Mercury TMDL — Henderson's Assisted Living WWTP was not required
to sample for mercury in the previous permit. Monitoring for Mercury is not required for this permit because
it does not serve a municipality. The renewal application indicated "other" for the facility generating
wastewater and "separate (sanitary sewer only)" for type of collection system. The WWTP does not serve
any industries or dental offices.
Fact Sheet
Renewal 2020 -- NPDES Permit NCO071897
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Compliance concerns?
The permittee completed facility repairs pursuant to a settlement agreement in 2020. This work closed 70+
enforcement cases for this facility and Mountain View Assisted Living (NC0074110). No enforcements
have occurred since completion of the settlement agreement.
Renewal Summary — The draft permit includes the following changes:
• updated Electronic Reporting - Discharge Monitoring Reports text [Part I A. (2)].
Fact Sheet
Renewal 2020 -- NPDES NCO071897
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