NC0086053_Revocation Notice_20210301

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 1, 2021
CERTIFIED MAIL ITEM 7018 1830 0001 8037 1080 - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Joey Cupp, Environmental Manager
Pilot Travel Centers, LLC
5508 Lonas Drive
Knoxville, TN 37909
Delivered via email and via certified mail
Subject: 60-DAY NOTICE OF INTENT TO
REVOKE NPDES PERMIT NC0086053
Pilot Travel Center #393
Haywood County
Dear Mr. Cupp:
On July 29, 2020, the N.C. Division of Water Resources (DWR) received your application for
renewal of NPDES permit NC0086053 for the Pilot Travel Center #393, located at 3712
Crabtree Road in Waynesville, N.C. In the Fall of 2020, Pilot Travel demolished its wastewater
treatment plant and eliminated its discharge by connecting to the Waynesville publicly owned
treatment works (POTW) through the Junaluska Sanitary District's collection system.
On December 3, 2020, staff in DWR's Asheville Regional Office conducted an inspection that
verified that Pilot Travel's treatment system has been closed out. There is no longer a point
source discharge to surface waters from Pilot Travel's treatment facility and the treatment system
no longer exists. The Asheville Regional Office sent a letter to this effect to you on December
22, 2020, indicating that a NPDES wastewater discharge permit was no longer required.
Pursuant to 15A NCAC 02H .0112(b)(3) and 15A NCAC 02H .0114(a) DWR has the authority
to revoke a NPDES permit for "a change in any condition that requires either a temporary or
permanent reduction or limitation of the permitted discharge." Similarly, pursuant to 40 CFR
§ 122.64, DWR may terminate a permit for:
A change in any condition that requires either a temporary or permanent reduction or
elimination of any discharge or sludge use or disposal practice controlled by the permit
NOR HI CAROLINADE
Department el EnvtrnnmenleI Coley
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mai[ Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000

Joey Cupp
Notice of Revocation — NPDES Permit NC0086053
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(for example, plant closure or termination of discharge by connection to a POTW)
(emphasis added).
Part II, Section B, Paragraph 13 of the NPDES permit reiterates those legal authorities.
Here, a change occurred that resulted in the elimination of the discharge of pollutants through the
permitted outfall. Pilot Travel closed its wastewater treatment plant and terminated the permitted
discharge by connection to a POTW. Therefore, I am writing to provide 60-days' notice of the
Division's intent to revoke NPDES permit NC0086053. Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §150B-3(b),
Pilot Travel has an opportunity to respond.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact John Hennessy, Supervisor of
Compliance and Expedited Permitting at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
S a"'.‘4(
S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
cc: NPDES Files - electronic
Asheville Regional Office / Water Quality — electronic