NC0004464_Permit (Issuance)_20080812

WDES DOCUWENT SCANNIM& COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit: NC0004464
Document Type: Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Speculative Limits
Correspondence
Instream Assessment (67B)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date: August 12, 2008
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Off( WAr� Michael F.Easley,Governor
State of North Carolina
0 pG William G.Ross,Jr.,Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H.Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
August 12, 2008,
Mr.Ryan D. Whitson,County Manager
Polk County Government
40 Courthouse St.
P.O.Box 308
Columbus, N.C. 28722
Subject NPDES Permit Issuance
Permit No. NCO004464
Woodland Mills WWTP
Polk County
Dear Mr.Whitson:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject
permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding .the attached NPDES discharge permit: This permit 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 17, 2007 (or as subsequently amended.)
This permit authorizes Polk County Government to discharge treated domestic wastewater
from the Woodland Mills WWTP to the South Branch Little White Oak River, a class C water in the
Broad River Basin. The permit includes discharge limitations and/or monitoring for flow,BOD5,
ammonia nitrogen,total suspended solids (TSS), total residual chlorine and fecal coliform.
The following procedure has been recently implemented by DWQ: Total residual chlorine
(TRC) compliance level changed to 50 µg/l. Effective March 1, 2008, the Division received EPA
approval to allow a 50 µg/l TRC compliance level. This change is due to analytical difficulties with
TRC measurements. Facilities will still be required to report actual results on their monthly
discharge monitoring report (DMR) submittals, but for compliance purposes;all'TRC values below
50 µgfl will be treated as zero. A footnote regarding this change has been added to the effluent
limitations page-in the permit. For clarification purposes, the language of the footnote has been'
modified since the draft permit. Please note the changes in footnote 2 on the Effluent Limitations
and Monitoring Requirements page.
The following are modification's in the final permit based on additional information and
comments from the permittee.
• The parameter, Total Suspended Residue has been changed to Total Suspended Solids to
reflect the constituent that is limited and monitored by the facility.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality [phone]
1617 Mail service Center FAX[phone]
Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617 On the Internet at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/

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Letter to Mr. Whitson.
NPDES #NC0004464
• The monitoring frequency for temperature has been modified from daily to weekly to
reflect.the requirements for a Class II facility with primarily domestic wastewater.
The following modifications noted in the June 181h draft are included in the final permit.
• A tablet dechlorinator has been added to the components of the wastewater treatment
plant per the Authorization to Construct No. 004464A01 issued October 28, 2005.
• Influent monitoring for BOD5 and Total Suspended Solids has been added to the permit
and the facility must meet a removal efficiency of 85%. This is based on the requirement
for a Publicly Owned Treatment Work (POTW). See footnote 1 on the Effluent
Limitations page.
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 a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. The Division may require modification
revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to
obtain other permits which may be-required by the Division of Water Quality or permits required
by the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other Federal or Local
governmental permits may be required.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Jacquelyn
Nowell at telephone number [phone],}extension 512.
Sincerely,
it- Coleen H. Sullins
cc: Asheville Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section
Juanita James/james and James Environmental Management, Inc. j
3801 Asheville Hwy Hendersonville NC 28791
�NPDES File/NC0004464
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Permit NC0004464
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
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,
Polk County
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Woodland Mills WWTP
4021 NC Highway 108
Mill Spring
Polk County
to receiving waters designated as the South Branch Little White Oak Creek in the Broad River Basin in accordance
with effluent limitations,monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
The permit shall become effective September 1,2008.
This permit and the authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on July 31,2013.
Signed this day August 12, 2008.
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO004464
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.
Polk-County is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.015 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment.facility that
includes the following components:
➢ Aeration
➢ Clarifier
➢ Skimming
➢ Sludge return
➢ Chlorine disinfection
➢ Tablet dechlorination
The facility is located at Woodland Mills WWTP off NC Highway 108 near Mill Spring in Polio County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into the South
Branch (unnamed tributary to Little White Oak Creek), currently classified C waters in the Broad River
Basin.

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Permit NC0004464
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Perrrtittee is
authorized to discharge treated domestic wastewater from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and
monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
PARAMETER LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly" Daily Measurement Sample
Average Maximum Frequency Type Sample Location
Flow 0.015 MGD Continuous Recording Influent or Effluent
BOD,5 day,20°C' 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Influent and Effluent
Total Suspended Solids' 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab influent and Effluent
Fecal Conform 200/100 ml 400/100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent
. eometric mean
NH3Apas N 12.0 mglL 35.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent
(April 1-October 31
NH3 as N 33.0 mgk 35.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent
November t -March 31
Total Residual Chlorine2 28Ng/L 21 Week Grab Effluent
113 Weekly' Grab Effluent
Temperature Weekly. Grab Effluent
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1. The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Solids concentrations shall not exceed 15%of the.respective
-influent value(85%removal).
2. 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 a North Carolina certified laboratory(including field
certified),even if these values fall below 50 µg/l.
3. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units or greater than 9.0 standard units.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

Woodland Mills WWTP
NCO004464
030802
South'Branch Little White Oak River
Draft permit sent to public notice on June 18, 2008. Existing permit limits were renewed:
BOD5 =30, Sum/Win NH3 = 12, 33, TRC = 28 ugll, Fecal = 200/100ml
At this renewal the following changes were added to the permit:
1) Influent monitoring for BOD5 and TSS were added to the permit and the facility
must meet 85% removal. This upcoming modification was noted in the final cover
letter with the March 29, 2005 permit renewal. Polk County requested transfer of
ownership of the former Woodland Mills Corp. in March 14, 2005. Woodland Mills
(formerly Stonecutter Mills) was a textile mill in 2003, however since that time have
ceased the process portion of the discharge.
Comment from Polk Co. on the 2008 renewal ---Request that influent sampling and 85%
removal requirement be removed from permit. Says that they are not a municipality, ww
comes only from Polk Co. middle school and grounds and the Woodland Mills, which
will be closing.
DWQ response- This requirement must remain because Polk County owns the
treatment plant and has the capability to accept flow from other sources. Currently waste
from a school and Woodland Mills. ** County Manager, Ryan Whitson, said that in a
few years, Polk County was going to go into "the water business" and accepting other
wastewater.
2) Comment from Polk Co. on the 2008 renewal ---Request that temperature monitoring
be changed from daily to weekly.
DWQ response- Review of regs indicates that weekly effluent temperature monitoring
may be appropriate for a Class lI facility with primarily domestic wastewater.
3) Comment from Polk Co. on the 2008 renewal ---Request that the permit be issued to
Polk County Water Department instead of Polk County.
DWQ response- Talked to Ryan Whitson and he said as long as the County is shown as
the owner of the permit it was okay.

Ryan D.Whitson Tommy W.Melton
County Manager Chairman
Thomas N.Hix Harry L.Denton
County Attorney Vice-Chairman
Anne Britton Ted B.Owens
Clerk to she Board Commissioner
Assistant to Manager C)Oun
Tom E.Pack
Commissioner
Warren D.Watson
Commissioner
GOVERNMENT
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July 8, 2008
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Ms, Jacquelyn M. Nowell Iaclrtr sOut�cF „r;`N
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
Western NPDES Program
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Dear Ms. Nowell,
This letter is in response to the Draft Permit issued to Woodland Mills WWTP on June 18, 2008.
We have been given until July 25"', 2008, to provide written comments. hlcluded in this letter
are the items that we would like to see removed or altered from this permit.
UNDER EFFLUENT LIMITATION AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
1) Note #1: The monthly average effluent BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue concentrations
shall not exceed 15°/t of the respective influent value (85% removal) to include the influent
monitoring for BOD5 and Total Suspended Residue.
CHANGE REQUESTED: We would like to ask that this requirement be removed from
the permit for the following reasons. (1) We are not a municipality. The flow to the treatment
plant comes solely from the Polk County Middle School and grounds, and from Woodland Mills.
The mill is in the process of closing and this flow will no longer be entering the facility, and (2)
the allowable flow is at 15,000 gallons with an average flow through the plant of 4,000 gallons
per day.
2) Effluent Characteristic Temperature to be monitored daily.
CHANGE REQUESTED: We would like to request this requirement be changed to
weekly. We do not believe that the low [low amounts would be of an impact to the receiving
waters.
Polk County Government P.O. Box 308 • Columbus, NC 28722 • 828-894-3301 • FAX [phone]

PERMIT NAME
3) The pen-nit name is WOODLAND MILLS WWTP. We request that the permit be issued to
the POLK COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT. Please let us know what additional paperwork
we need to submit to make this change.
We appreciate your consideration of these requested changes. Please let us know if there is any
additional information we need to submit in order for these changes to occur. Thank you for
your time and understanding in this matter.
Sincerely,
Ryan D. Whitson
County Manager

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River Basin. Currently ammonia ni-
PUBLIC NOTICE trogen and total residual chlorine are ,
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA water quality limited.This discharge
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT may affect future allocations in this
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT portion of the Broad River basin.
—" 1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER adv.6/20
RALEIGH,NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE
A NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT NORTH CAROLINA — FOLK COUNTY.
On the basis of thorough staff j
review and application of NC General AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
{ Statute 143.215.1 and 15A NCAC
02H.0109 and other lawful standards Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County
kand regulations,the North Carolina and State duly commissioned,
Environmental Management qualified, And authorized by
Com-
mission proposes to issue a National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination Sys- ! law to administer oaths, personally appeared __ l,1 _1
tem (NPDES) wastewater discharge
permit to the person(s) listed below i 1�_L'e_. ...-_---who Ding first duly sworn, deposes
4 effective 45 days from the publish
date of this notice.
Written comments regarding the and says. that She is � __ cK '4.)-_._ of THE
proposed permit will be accepted I TH,YON DAILY BULLETIN, engaged in the publication of
until 30 days after the publish date a newspaper known as THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN,
I. of this notice.All comments received published, issued, and entered as second class mail in the
prior to that date are considered in Town of Tryon, in said County and State; that he is au-
the final determinations regarding t.horized to make this affidavit and sworn statement; that
the proposed permit. The Director the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of
of the NC Division of water Quality i which is attached hereto, was published in THE TRYON
may decide to hold a public meeting i DAILY BULLETIN on the following dates:
.for the proposed permit,should the
i Division receive a significant degree
of public interest. ,
Copies of the draft permit and
other supporting information on file ----------- ----- ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
used to determine conditions present
in the draft permitare available upon
request and payment of the costs of , - - ---.__..-------•-------------------------------------------------------......_---
reproduction. Mail comments and/ and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper,
or requests for information to the NC document, or legal advertisement was published was, at the
Division of Water Quality at the above i time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meet-
address or call Dina Sprinkle (919) ing all of the requirements and qualifications of Section
733-5083,extension 363 atthe Point 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a
Source Branch. Please include the qualified newspaper q p per within the meaning of Section 1-•597
NPDES permit number(below)in any
communication. Interested persons of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
may also visit the Division of Water
Quality at 512 N. Salisbury Street, ()`L--
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hours .��� •
Raleigh,NC 27604-1148 betweenthe
of 8:00 a.m.and 5:00 p.m.to C `/c,
review information on fife. �'" c �t9--�'=c^'
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li The Town of Tryon has applied for (Signature person making affidavit)
renewal of NPDES permit NCO086525
} for the Town of Tryon water treatment
} plant. This permitted facility dis- I Sworn to and subscribed before me, this--------
charges filter-backwash wastewater
j toan unnamed tributary to the North G-----
} Pacolet River in the Broad RiverBasin, day Of.____._____ ______________________..___._._.__ ,
Currently total residual chlorine is
water quality limited.This discharge - G --------
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may affect future allocations in this (Notary Public)
portion of the North Pacolet River.
Polk County Government,P.O.Box
308, 40 Courthouse St., Columbus, �U7D
NC 28722 has applied for renewal My Commission expires:___- .- .------_.'- ----------------------------------
of NPDES permit NC0004464 for
the Woodland Mills Wastewater
Treatment Plant in Polk County.This
permitted facility discharges treated •}
domestic wastewater to South Branch I
Little White Oak Creekl in the Broad , I

James & James Environmental Management, Inc.
3801 Asheville Hwy.,Hendersonville,N.C. 28791
OFFICE:[phone] FAX: [phone]
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N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,N. C. 27699-1617
Regarding All Waste Water Facilities Operated by lames& James
To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is to request the renewal for the waste water treatment facility of Woodland Mills.
NPDES NC0004464.
Sincerely 4 f
Juanita 3zNnes
James and James Environmental Mgt., Inc.
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James & James Environmental Management, Inc.
' 3801 Asheville Hwy.,Hendersonville,N.C. 28791
OFFICE: [phone] FAX: [phone]
December 7, 2007
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,N. C. 27699-1617
Regarding All Waste Water Facilities Operated by James & James
To Whom It May Concern:
Sludge from this facility is pumped by Mike's Septic Tank Service and is permited to be dumped at
Brevard Waste Treatment System and MSD.
Sincerely
� y
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James and James Environmental Mgt., Inc.
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FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS
Basin Information to determine potential for expedited permit renewal
Reviewer/Date "Se h-
Permit Number �.6 L/
Facility Name
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
Receiving Stream
Stream Classification in Permit G
Does permit need NH3 limits? Al d
Does permit need TRC limits? ti)
Does permit have toxicity testing? ,vJ
Does permit have Special Conditions?
Does permit have instream monitoring?
Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)? ti.2
Any obvious com fiance concerns? ti
Any permit mods since lastpermit?
Existing expiration date
New expiration date
New permit effective date
Miscellaneous Comments
YES J This is a SIMPLE EXPEDITED permit renewal (administrative
renewal with no changes, or only minor changes such as TRC, NH3,
name/ownership changes): Include conventional WTPs in this group.
YES_ This is a MORE COMPLEX EXPEDITED permit renewal (includes
Special Conditions (such as EAA, Wastewater Management Plan), 303(d)
listed, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance concerns, phased
limits). Basin Coordinator to make case-by-case decision.
YES_ This permit CANNOT BE EXPEDITED for one of the following reasons:
• Major Facility(municipal/industrial)
• Minor Municipals with pretreatment program
• Minor Industrials subject to Fed Effluent Guidelines (lb/day limits for BOD, TSS,
etc)
• Limits based on reasonable potential analysis (metals, GW remediation organics)
• Permitted flow> 0.5 MGD (requires full Fact Sheet)
• Permits determined by Basin Coordinator to be outside expedited process
TB Version 8/18/2006 (NPDES Server/Current Versions/Expedited Fact Sheet)