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Director Environmental Quality
March 09, 2021
Town of Newland
Attn: Keith E. Hoilman, Public Utilities Dir.
620 Meadow Ave
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0021857
Newland WWTP
Avery County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the March 9, 2021 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. 150B-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
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Wren The ford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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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:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit NC0021857
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 Keith E. Hoilman, Public Utilities Director
Facility Name Newland WWTP
Mailing Address P.O. Box 429
City Newland R E C F I V E D
State / Zip Code NC 28657 MAR 0 9 2021
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone] NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
e-mail Address [e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road Cow Camp Road, West of Newland
City Newland
State / Zip Code NC 28657
County Avery
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 Paul Isenhour
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1167
City Banner Elk
State / Zip Code NC 28604
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Population served: 999
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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.
5. Do you receive industrial waste?
® 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):
North Toe River {strean segment 7-2-(21.5)}
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.
* Influent Pumps
* Two (2) package plants plumbed in parralel, each consiting of:
-aeration basin
-secondary clarifier
-aerobic digester
*Sludge Return
*Flow measuring and totalizing equipment
*Ultra-violet (UV) disinfection (backup: chlorine contact basin and de-chlorination)
*Sludge drying beds, and
*Stand-by power generator
11. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.600 MGD
Annual Average daily flow .116 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow .99) MGD (for the previous 3 years)
12. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes Z No
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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 25.1) 3.46 MG/L apx. 144
(BOD5)
Fecal Coliform 2000 8.8 cfu/100ML apx. 144
Total Suspended Solids 16) 2.85 MG/L apx. 144
Temperature (Summer) 24 16.9 Celcius apx. 18
Temperature (Winter) 21 9.3 Celcius apx. 18
pH 7.26 6.98 Standard Units apx. 144
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 NC0021857 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.
Paul Isenhour Signatory Authority
Printed name of Person Signing Title
1
Sig ture of Applicant Date
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.)
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