NC0021709_correspondence_20100930

ATA,
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue, Governor Coleen H. Sullins, Director Dee Freeman, Secretary
September 30, 2010
Mr. Timothy Hightower
Town of Jefferson
P.O. Box 67
Jefferson, N.C. 28640-0067
SUBJECT: Notice of Facility Status Change
NPDES Permit NC0021709
Jefferson WWTP
Ashe County
Dear Permittee:
A recent internal review of the Division's facility classifications determined that the subject
municipal wastewater treatment plant is improperly classified as a Minor facility. The Jefferson
WWTP should be classified as a Major facility, per the definition for Major/Minor facilities found in
the General Statute:
§ 143-215.3D. Fee schedule for water quality permits.
(a) Annual fees for discharge and nondischarge permits under G.S. 143-215.1. —
(1) Major Individual NPDES Permits. — The annual fee for an individual permit for a point source
discharge of 1,000,000 or more gallons per day, a publicly owned treatment works (POTW)
that administers a POTW pretreatment program, as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations
§ 403.3 (1 July 1996 Edition), or an industrial waste treatment works that has a high toxic
pollutant potential is three thousand four hundred forty dollars ($3,440).
Beginning in 2011, you will be billed the permit fee for a Major NPDES permit for the subject
facility. If at any time your pretreatment program becomes inactive, your facility status will revert
to Minor.
If you have questions regarding preparation of the report, contact Mr. Tom Belnick at (919) 807-
6390 or via e-mail [[e-mail]].
Sincerely,
oleen H. Sullins
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office / Corey Basinger
NPDES file
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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