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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
55 Broad Street RECEIVED
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: [phone] MAR 0 4 2021
Fax: [phone]
TO: Cassidy Kurtz FROM: McGill Associate000LC/DWNR/NPDES
COMPANY: NCDEQ DWR NPDES Municipal DATE: 3/1/2021
Permitting
ADDRESS: 1617 Mail Service Center PROJECT: Forest City WWTP NPDES Renewal
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 PROJECT NO.: 19.00303
WE ARE SENDING YOU:
Reports Under Separate Cover via the Following:
Shop Drawings Prints Plansmples
Specifications of Letter Change Order )a0ther
p Copy 9
Modified Agreement Between Owner and Contractor, and Contractor's Quotes.
Copies Description
1 NPDES Permit Renewal Application Attachment A Table 2
1 Process Narrative
THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below:
For approval Approved as Submitted Resubmit Copies for Approval
For your use Approved as Noted Submit Copies for Distribution
✓As requested Returned for Correction Return Corrected Prints
For Review and Comment
FOR BIDS DUE
REMARKS:
COPY TO:
MCGILL ASSOCIATES 55 BROAD STREET,ASHEVILLE, NC 28801/828.252.0575/MCGILLASSOCIATES.COM

Attachment A—Request for Missing Information
NPDES APPLICATION COMPLETENESS REVIEWS
FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
NPDES APPLICATIONS AND PROGRAM UPDATES RULE
On February 12, 2019,the EPA finalized revisions to the application requirements at 40 CFR 122.21 in the NPDES
Applications and Program Updates Rule.The final rule became effective on June 12, 2019. On and after this
date, applicants for EPA-issued permits are required to meet the new application requirements through
completion of updated application forms that conform to the final rule.
During the transition to the updated forms,the EPA anticipates that applicants may inadvertently complete and
submit applications using the older outdated forms for a period after the June 12, 2019 effective date. If this
occurs,applications submitted using the outdated Forms 1 and 2A will not conform to the regulatory
requirements for applications at 40 CFR 122.21 and should be deemed incomplete by the EPA Regions. (Note
that the final rule did not include regulatory changes pertaining to the form requirements for Forms 2B,2C1, 2D,
2E,and 2F;therefore,submission of the outdated forms may be deemed complete at the EPA Regions'
discretion.)
Requiring applicants to transfer information from the outdated forms and resubmit the new updated forms may
be time-consuming and costly. In lieu of transferring the information and resubmitting the updated forms, EPA
Regions may consider issuing a "Notice of Incomplete Application"to the applicant requesting only the missing
information.Any information provided by the applicant in response to the notice must include the certification
statement from 40 CFR 122.22(d)and be signed in accordance with 40 CFR 122.22(a).
The EPA Regions have the discretion to determine the period of time for which they will allow applicants to
submit the outdated forms along with the missing information to accommodate applicants that may have begun
the permit application process prior to the availability of the updated forms; however, it is expected that this
practice will only be allowed for a short period of time (perhaps six months), after which the EPA Regions should
require that all applications be submitted using the updated forms.
Permittees to which the aforementioned transition period applies may complete and submit the tables
provided on Attachment A to the North Carolina DEQ's Division of Water Resources as an addendum to their
NPDES renewal applications.
These addenda only apply to facilities submitting Forms 1 and/or 2A:
Applicants submitting a renewal application addendum for Form 1(Non-POTW,private facilities)
should fill out Table 1,found on page 2 of this document&sign and submit document.
Applicants submitting a renewal application addendum for Form 2A(Municipal&POTW's)should fill
out Table 2,found on page 3 of this document&sign and submit document.
Submit completed files to the following address:
NC DEQ/Division of Water Resources/Complex NPDES Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
1 The final rule darified that existing data may be used,if available,in lieu of sampling done solely for the purpose of the
application,provided that sampling was performed,collected,and analyzed no more than 4.5 years prior to submission.

Attachment A—Request for Missing Information
Table 1. EPA Application Form 1 Missing Information
0 CFR 122.21(f)(2)
1.1 Email address of facility contact
40 CFR 122.21(f)(3)
1.2 NAICS Code(s) •
Description(optional)
40 CFR 122.21(f)(4)
1.3 Email address of operator
0 CFR 122.21(f)(9)
1.4 Does your facility use cooling water?
El Yes ❑ No SKIP to Item 1.6
1.5 Identify the source of cooling water.(Note that facilities that use a cooling water intake structure as described at 40 CFR 125,
Subparts I and J may have additional application requirements at 40 CFR 122.21(r).Consult with your NPDES permitting
authority to determine what specific information needs to be submitted and when.)
40 CFR 122.21(0(10)
1.6 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(m)?(Check all that apply.Consult
with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
❑ Fundamentally different factors(CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitations(CWA Section
Section 301(n)) 302(b)(2))
❑ Non-conventional pollutants(CWA ❑ Thermal discharges(CWA Section 316(a))
Section 301(c)and(g))
❑ Not applicable
40 CFR 122.22(a)and(d)
1.7 Certification Statement
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 fine and imprisonment for knowing
violations.
Name(print or type first and last name) Official title
Signature Date signed

Attachment A—Request for Missing Information
Table 2.EPA Application Form 2A Missing Information
0 CFR 122.21(j)(1)
row! Email address of facility contact jeffdotson(o)townofforestdty.com
MCApplicant email address:[e-mail]
Lim Email address of the organization transporting the discharge for treatment prior to discharge:n/a
FAT Email address of the organization receiving the discharge for treatment prior to discharge:n/a
G' , Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)?(Check all that apply.Consult
'' withyour NPDES rmittin authorityto determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
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Discharges into marine waters(CWA Section � Water quality related effluent limitation(CWA
301(h)) Section 302(b)(2))
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ffit } Email address of contractor responsible for operational or maintenance aspects of the treatment works: n/a
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'0 CFR 122.21(j)(6)
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40 CFR 122.22(a) and(d)
" '`r• Certification Statement
f�r: . I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in
, -7 accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel property gather and evaluate the information submitted.
}t-;„';4 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
e ,1 there are significant penalties for submitting false information,including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing
54 violations.
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Name(print or type first and last name) Official title
Janet Mason City Manager
• .ignat► e Date signed

Process Narrative
Town of Forest City Wastewater Treatment Plant (NC0025984)
A permitted flow of up to 4.95 MGD of raw wastewater received from the Town of Forest City's
collection system enters the headworks containing a mechanical and bypass screen,then passes to
an aerated grit chamber. Wastewater is separated into seven first stage aeration tanks with a total
volume of approximately 1.8 MG,then combined in a single 2.5 MG second stage aeration basin.
From the second stage aeration basin, wastewater is separated into two 75-foot diameter circular
secondary clarifiers. Secondary clarifier effluent is disinfected in a chlorine contact chamber using
chlorine gas followed by dechlorination using sulfur dioxide gas. Disinfected effluent is reaerated
in a step aeration chamber before being discharged by gravity to the Second Broad River.
Waste sludge withdrawn from the secondary clarifiers is pumped to a 214,140 gallon aerobic
digester for initial digestion before being pumped to a rotary drum thickener. Thickened waste
sludge is discharged into a second 441,680 gallon aerobic digester. Digested thickened waste
sludge is pumped to a 2-meter belt filter press for dewatering. Dewatered sludge is collected by
U.S. Biosolids Inc. for further treatment and land application under permit WQ0037135.