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NPDES Permit:
NC0043125
The Patterson School WWTP
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Document Date:
February 27, 2004
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OF W ATF9 Michael F. Easley
9 n
Governor
OfT� 7 NCDENR William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
y North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
`C Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
Mr. W.). Hogan
The Patterson School, Inc.
416 Hibriten Avenue SW
Lenoir, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Hogan:
28645
February 27, 2004
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0043125
The Patterson School WWTP
Caldwell County
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 May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently amended).
This permit includes the following changes from the draft permit sent to you on January 7, 2004:
➢ Permitted flow has been corrected to 0.025 MGD, as in your previous permit. The 0.008 MGD limit in
the draft permit was a typographical error.
D This permit includes a TRC limit that will take effect on October 1, 2005. Per your request, this limit [and
the monitoring requirements associated with it] apply ONLY if chlorine is used for disinfection.
The reference to chlorine disinfection has been removed from the Supplement to Permit Cover Page, as
you requested.
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 demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may require
modification or 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, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be
required. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Charles Weaver at telephone number (919)
733-5083, extension 511.
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us
Sincerely,
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
Tom Belnick
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
Phone: [phone], extension 511
Fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

Permit NC0043125
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,
The Patterson School, Inc.
are hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
The Patterson School WWTP
4646 Patterson School Drive (NC Highway 268)
Caldwell County
to receiving waters designated as the Yadkin River in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin in accordance with
effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective April 1, 2004.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2008.
Signed this day February 27, 2004.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
Tom Belnick
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0043125
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.
The Patterson School, Inc. is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.025 MGD wastewater treatment system discharging
via outfall 001 with the following components:
• Bar screen with mechanical Comminutor
• Aeration tank
• Recirculation
• Secondary clarifier
The system is located at The Patterson School \XTWTP off Patterson School Drive
(NC Highway 268) in Caldwell County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the locations specified on the attached map
into the Yadkin River, currently a class C-Trout stream in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River
Basin.
1

Quad: Vienna, N.C.
Subbasin: 30701
Latitude: 36°00'26"
Longitude: 81°31'06"
Receiving Stream: Yadkin River
Stream Class: C-Trout
NC0043125
The Patterson School WWTP
North
SCALE 1:2H000

Permit NC0043125
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on April 1, 2004 and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to
discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified
below:
PARAMETER
•
J IITs
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
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Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample Location
Flow
0.025 MGD
Weekly
Instantaneous
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day (202C)
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N •
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Temperature
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC)'
28 pg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
pH
Between 6 and 9 standard units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Notes
1. Limit takes effect October 1, 2005. Limit and associated TRC monitoring requirements apply only if
chlorine is used for disinfection.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT
1517 MAIL SERVICE
CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
TO ISSUE A NPDES
WASTEWATER PERMIT
On the basis of thorough staff
review and application of NC
General Statute 143.21. Public
law 92-500 and other lawful
standards and regulations, the
North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission pro-
poses permit t0 the person(s)
listed below effective 45 days
from the publish date of this
notice.
Written comments regarding
.the proposed permit will be ac-
cepted until 30 days after the
• publish date of this notice. All
comments received prior to
that date are considered in the
anal determinations regarding
the proposed permit. The Di-
rector of the NC Division of
Water Quality may decide 10
hold a public meeting for the
proposed permit should tits Di-
vision receive a significant de-
gree of public interest
Copies of the draft permit and
other supporting information
on file used to determire con-
diions present in the draft per-
mit are available .upon request
and payment of the costs of
reproduction. Mail comments
anci'or requests for information
to the NC Division of Water
Quality at the above address
or call Ms. Valery Stephens at
[phone], extension 520.
Please include the NPDES
permit number (attached) In
any cornmunlcation. Intereeted
persons may also visit the DI -
vision of Water Quality at 512
N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh,
NC 27604.1148 between the
fours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m, to review Information on
file.
The Patterson School, Inc.
(416' Hibriten Avenue SW, Le-
noir, NC 28645) has applied
for renewal of NPDES permit
NC0043125 for Its WWTP• In
Caldwell County. This •permit•
ted facility discharges treaded
domestic wastewater to the
Yadkin River in the Yadkin
River Basin. Currently total re.
siduat chlorine Is water quality
limited. This discharge may af• •
feet future allocations in this
portion of the Yadkin River.
PUBLISH: January 13, 2004,
\,B 6 2.004
21519
NORTH CAROLINA
CATAWBA COUNT
being first duly sworn, says: That he or
she is . �_�A�,(-�?AY' of the
Hickory Daily Record, a newspaper pub-
lished at Hickory, North Carolina; that in
the issues of the said newspaper for the
following days, to wit:
there appeared spaced
lines of advertising as per attached named
advertiser:
The Hickory Daily Record is a qualified news-
paper within the meaning of section 1-597 of the
Gene al Statutes of N. C,
Affiant
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this
/3I day of
My Commission Expires
ti5'% 9
,20gL
Notary Public
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THE PATTERSON SCHOOL, INC.
Post Office Box 500 • Patterson, North Carolina 28661
828-758-2374 • 1-800-R53-2760 • FAX [phone]
Vist Us At: www.pattersonschool.org
A Christian Co -Educational College Preparatory Boarding and Day Schooi
February 4, 2004
Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
NPDES Unit
NCDENR Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Dear Mr. Weaver:
Re: Permit for NC0043125
Thank you for your letter of January 7 and the draft copy of
the permit for our WWTP at Patterson School. I have reviewed
the draft and have two requests.
The draft shows our limit of flow to be .008MGD Monthly Average.
Our previous permits have set this limit at .025MGD, same as
the plant's rated capacity. For several years we have operated
well under capacity, due to low enrollment at the school. We
are trying diligently to increase enrollment and as it increases
the flow will also increase. We request that the Monthly Average
Flow continue to be listed as .025MGD so as to not present any
obstacle to our growth.
Also, concerning the new TRC requirements, we do not use chlorine
in the WWTP because we have discharged directly to the Yadkin
River since 1991. We had discharged into Barnett Branch up to
that time, and had been chlorinating and were about to have to
also dechlorinate. Looking at the long term costs of this it
appeared reasonable to construct some 1100 feet of new discharge
line to the Yadkin, where dilution factors made it unnecessary
to chlorinate or dechlorinate. I can furnish copies of the
related application and approval of this construction if you
need it. I notice that on the page 'Supplement To Permit Cover
Sheet' our operating components are listed, including (Chlorine
Disinfection`. However, we have not used that feature since
the line to the river was built in 1991. Since we do not chlorinate
I request that we not have a TRC limit, as the Revised TRC Policy
states in Mr. David ^oodrich`s letter of 6-19-03 to NPDES Unit
Staff, for facilities that do not use chlorine. We request that
we not have to monitor for chlorine weekly or at all. Monitoring
would require expensive equipment we do not have and would serve
little purpose if we are not adding chlorine at the plant.
The Patterson School does not discriminate on the basis of sex. race, ethnic origin, disability, or religion.

continued - Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
We have improved the operation of this plant greatly in the
last few years, following the guidance of Mr. Jim Reid with
the Asheville Regional Office NPDES. Some years ago we had
trouble occasionally with high BOD and TSS readings, but we
improved the aeration schedule and covered the primary basin
to keep out sunlight which had promoted algae growth. Now
our BOD and TSS results are consistently far below our limits.
I feel that we are putting better quality water into the river
than what is already in it.
Please consider these two requests in the permits final form.
Holding costs down is all important to us, and it would be a
great help to be spared the burden of chlorine monitoring.
Sincerely,
W. J. Hogan, ORC
Patterson School Board Member
P. S. - Please continue to use my home address to reach me.
It is 416 Hibriten Ave. SW, Lenoir, NC 28645 as you used to
write me Jan. 7. Any mailing will reach me quicker here than
if sent to the school address. My work phone # is 828 728-3189.

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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION
/NPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL
SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NC
27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF
INTENT TO ISSUE
A NPDES
WASTEWATER
PERMIT
On the basis of thor-
ough staff review
and application of
NC General Statue
143.21. Public law
92-500 and other
lawful standards and
regulations, the
North Carolina Envi-
ronmental Manage-
ment Commission
proposes to issue a
National Pollutant
Discharge Elimina-
tion System
(NPDES) wastewa-
ter discharge permit
to the person(s) list-
ed below effective
45 days from the
publish date of this
notice.
Written comments re-
garding the pro-
posed permit will be
accepted until 30
days after the pub-
lish date of this no-
tice. All comments
received prior to that
date are considered
in the final determi-
nations regarding
the proposed permit.
The Director of the
NC Division of Water
Quality may decide
to hold a public
meeting for the pro-
posed permit should
the Division receive
a significant degree
of public interest.
uopies of the watt
permit and other
supporting informa-
tion on file used to
determine conditions
present in the draft
permit are available
upon request and
payment of the costs
of reproduction. Mail
comments and/or re-
quests for informa-
tion to the NC Divi-
sion of Water Quality
at the above ad-
dress or call Ms. Va-
lery Stephens at
[phone], ex-
tension 520. Please
include the NPDES
permit number (at-
tached) in any com-
munication. Interest-
ed persons may also
visit the Division of
Water Quality at 512
N. Salisbury Street,
Raleigh, NC 27604-
1148 between the
hours of 8:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m. to re-
view information on
file.
The Patterson
School, Inc. (416 Hi-
briten Ave,. SW, Le-
noir, NC 28645) has
applied for renewal
of NPDES permit
NC0043125 for its
• WWTP in Caldwell
County. This permit-
ted facility discharg-
es treated domestic
wastewater to the
Yadkin River in the
Yadkin River Basin.
Currently total resid-
ual chlorine is water
quality limited. This
discharge may affect
future allocations in
this portion of the
Yadkin River.
January 9, 2004
i
he is
of Lenoir Newspapers, Inc., engaged in the publication
of a newspaper known as Lenoir News -Topic, pub-
lished, issued, and entered as second class mail in the
City of Lenoir, in said County and State; that he is
authorized to make this affidavit and sworn state-
ment; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a
true copy of which is attached hereto, was published
in Lenoir News -Topic on the following dates:
NORTH CAROLINA,
CALDWELL COUNTY,
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said
County and State, duly commissioned, qualified, and
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared
Chad Shehan
who being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that
Advertising Manager
Jan. 9
and that the said newspaper in which such notice,
paper, document, or legal advertisement was published
was, at the time of each and every publication, a
newspaper meeting all of the requirements and quali-
fications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of
of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within
the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes
of North Carolina.
This
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 9th
day of
an iar. 004
Notary, iblic
My Commission expires:

•`THE PATTERSON SCHOOL, INc.
Post Office Box 500 • Patterson, North Carolina 28661
828-758-2374 • 1-800-'153-2760 • FAX [phone]
Vist Us At: www.pattersonschooiorg
A Christian Co -Educational College Preparatory Boarding and Day School
November 7, 2003
Nov 1 0 2003
Mr. Charles Weaver
NCDENR Dvision of Water Quality
NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Dear Mr. Weaver:
I am enclosing an application to renew our wastewater discharge
permit #NC0043125, after our lab told me that our old permit
expired Oct. 31. I had no idea this was renewal time, and I
apologise for not being aware. I received no notice that it
was time to reavply.
For whatever help it may be to you to expedite this renewal
I am also enclosing copies of all the corresoondance in my file
concerning the permit just expired. There were two permit
modifications issued folowing the initial permit issuance,
regarding reduced monitoring frequency.
We have made substantial progress in lowering the BOD and TSS
at this plant during the course of the just expired permit.
Mr. Jim Reid from the Asheville office has been most helpful
in guiding this improvement. We are proud of this operation.
I spoke yesterday with Mr. Joe Corporon at Raleigh who told me
what form to use for this application. I called as soon as I
was aware of our permit expiring.
Respectfully,
t..27(1
W. J. 6g. n
ORC and Patterson School Board of Trustees member
The Patterson School does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, ethnic origin, disability, or religion.

N. C Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality/ NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
http;//h2o.enr.state.nc.us/NPDES/
NPDES Permit NCOO
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10,000 or more
5. Do you receive industrial waste? Yes Io
If yes, enter approximate number of industrial dischargers into
system
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6. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
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7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
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8. Is this facility located on Native American lands? (check one)
YES NO
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.
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Signature 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 $10,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or
by both. (18 U.S.0 Section 1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than $10,000 or
imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.)

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Subject: Private School Renewal
From: Joe Corporon <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 15:41:02 -0500
To: Charles Weaver <[e-mail]>
Charles, I just got a call from Jim Hogen about The Petterson School,
Inc (NC0043125) non-profit -- their lab noticed that the permit expired
on 310ct03 -- he says he totally missed any notice to renew and wonders
what to do. I sent him to our website with instructions about which form
to fill out. He's sending it in ASAP with appologies.
I warned him that someone may want to "slap his hands" for
non-compliance.
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