NC0068365_Permit (Issuance)_20040206

NPDES DOCUl1ENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NPDES Permit:
NC0068365
Pilot Mountain WTP
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Staff Report
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
February 6, 2004
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Mr. John Martin, Jr.
Town of Pilot Mountain
P.O. Drawer AA
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina 27041
Dear Mr. Martin:
Michael F. Easley
Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
February 6, 2004
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0068365
Pilot Mountain WTP
Surry 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 final permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on December 17,
2003.
This permit includes a TRC limit that will take effect on September 1, 2005. If you wish to install
dechlorination equipment, the Division has promulgated a simplified approval process for such projects. Guidance
for approval of dechlorination projects is attached.
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 Dawn Jeffries at telephone number (919)
733-5083, extension 595.
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem 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
Mark McIntire
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
Phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
DENR Customer Service Center 1 800 623-7748

Permit NC0068365
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 provisions 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
Town of Pilot Mountain
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Pilot Mountain WTP
953 West Hwy 52 Bypass
North of Pilot Mountain
Surry County
to receiving waters designated as Toms Creek 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 March 1, 2004.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on February 28, .2009.
Signed this day February 6, 2004.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
Mark McIntire
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0068365
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.
1
The Town of Pilot Mountain is hereby authorized to:
. Continue to operate an existing filter backwash system consisting of the following
components:
• Gravity thickener with plate settlers
• Eight sand drying beds
• Earthen sedimentation lagoon
This facility (conventional facility, surface water intake) is located at 953 West 52
Bypass, north of Pilot Mountain in Surry County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into Toms Creek, classified C waters in the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin.

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RECEIVING STREAM: Toms Creek
Stream Classification: C
USGS Quad. No. : B-17NW
USGS Quad. Name: Pilot Mountain
County: Surry
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Latitude: 36°23'57"
Longitude: 80'29' 18"
Quad # B 17NW
Receiving Stream: Toms Creek
Stream Class: C
Subbasin: 30703
NC0068365
Town of Pilot Mountain
wTP
SCALE 1:24000

Permit NC0068365
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LINIITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge filter backwash from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by
the Permittee as specified below:
7 t ENT
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LIMITS
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Flow
Weekly
Instantaneous
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids .
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Solids
0.1 mIIL
0.2 ml/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Turbidity2
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Iron
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine'
284IL
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Aluminum
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Sample locations: Upstream - Upstream 100 feet of discharge point, Downstream - Downstream 100 feet of
discharge point.
2. The discharge from this facility shall not cause turbidity in the receiving stream to exceed 50 NTU. If the
instream turbidity exceeds 50 NTU due to natural background conditions, the discharge cannot cause
turbidity to increase in the receiving stream.
3. Limit takes effect September 1, 2005. Until the limit takes effect, the permittee shall monitor TRC (with no
effluent limit).
All samples collected should be from a representative discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

NORTH CAROLINA
SURRY COUNTY
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLI
DEC 3 0 2003
R-WATER
SOURCE L.' .
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly
commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths,
personally appeared Ferris W. Simpson who being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: that he (she) is Business Manager
(Publisher or other officer or employee authorized to make affidavit) of
MOUNT AIRY NEWSPAPERS, INC., engaged in the publication of a
newspaper known as MOUNT AIRY NEWS, published, issued, and
entered as periodicals class mail in the city of Mount Airy in said County
end State; that he (she) is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn
statement; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of
which is attached hereto, was published in MOUNT AIRY NEWS on the
following dates:
e ALeA) Z )40 3
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document or
legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every
such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements and
qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina
and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of
the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This !dcA day of e-g4,, 2003
Signature of person making affidavit
Sworn to and scribed before me, this
bb
Notary Public
My Commission expires:
August 17, 2004
, 2003
day of
CLIPPING OF
LEGAL
ADVERTISEMENT
..thTACHED HERc
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COM-
MISSION/ NPDES
UNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE
CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699-
1617
NOTIFICATION OF IN-
TENT TO ISSUE A
NPDES WASTE
WATER PERMIT
On the basis of thor-
ough staff review and
application of NC Gen-
eral Statute 143.21
Public law 92-500 and
other lawful standards
and regulations, the
North Carolina Envi-
ronmental Manage-
ment Commission pro-
poses to issue a Na-
tional Pollutant Dis-
charge Elimination
System (NPDES)
wastewater discharge
permit to the person(s)
listed below effective
45 days from the pub-
lish date of this notice.
Written comments re-
garding the proposed
permit will be accepted
until 30 days after the
publish date of this no-
tice: All comments re-
ceived prior to that
date are considered in
the final determinations
regarding the proposed
permit. The Director of
the NC Division of Wa-
ter Quality may decide
to hold a public meet-
ing for the proposed
permit should the Divi-
sion receive a signifi-
cant degree of public
interest.
Copies of the draft per-
mit and other support-
ing information on file
used to determine con-
ditions present in the
draft permit are availa-
ble upon request and
payment of the costs of
reproduction. Mail
comments and/or re-
quests for information
to the NC Division of
Water Quality at the
above address or call
Ms. Valery Stephens at
[phone], exten-
sion 520. Please in-
clude the NPDES per-
mit number (attached)
in any communication.
.Interested . persons
may also visit the Divi-
sion 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 review
information on file.
The Town of Pilot
Mountain in Pilot
Mountain, North Caroli-
na has applied for re-
newal of NPDES per-
mit NC0068365 for its
Pilot Mountain Water
Treatment Plant in Sur-
ry-County. This permit-
ted facility discharges
treated filter backwash
from one outfall to
-Tom's Creek in the
Yadkin -Pee Dee River
Basin. Currently, total
residual chlorine is wa-
ter quality limited. This
discharge may affect
future allocations in
this portion of the wa-
tershed.
The City of Mount Airy
( P 0 Box 70, Mount
Airy, 27030) has ap-
plied for renewal of
NPDES permit NCDES
permit NC00212121 for
the Mount Airy WWTP
in Surry. This permitted
facility discharges
treated wastewater to
the Ararat River in the
Yadkin Pee -Dee River
Basin. Currently BOD,
ammonia nitrogen, cy-
anide, lead mercury,
cadmium .and total re-
sidual chlorine are wa-
ter quality limited. This
discharge may affect
future allocations in
this portion of the Yad-
kin Pee -Dee River Ba-
sin.
December 20, 2003

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FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED RENEWAL
Permit Number
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Facility Name
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Reviewer
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Basin/Sub-basin
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Receiving Stream
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Is the stream impaired (listed on 303(d))?
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Is stream monitoring required?
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Do they need NH3 limit(s)?
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Do they need TRC limit(s)?
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Do they have whole -effluent toxicity testing?
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Are there special conditions?
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Any obvious compliance concerns?
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Existing Expiration Date
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Proposed Expiration Date
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Miscellaneous Comments:
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Circle one:
DO NOT EXPEDITE
If expedited, is this a simpler permit or a more difficult one?

FROM THE OFFICE OF
TOWN OF PILOT MOUNTAIN
P.O. DRAWER AA
PILOT MOUNTAIN, NC 27041
Mrs. Valery Stephens
NCDENRNVater Quality/Point Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Dear Mrs. Stephens:
August 4, 2003
PHONE [phone]
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AUG - 1 2003 .�
DENR-WATER QUALI TY
POINT SOURCE BRANCH
Re: Renewal of NPDES Permit #NC0068365
Enclosed you will find one original and two copies of a renewal application for
our water plant. No design or treatment changes have occurred since our last renewal.
As before our alum sludge is being disposed of in the Surry County landfill. I hope
you will find these documents adequate but if further is needed please contact me at [phone] or John Martin
at [phone].
Billy T. Pell
Pilot Mountain Town Manager

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C
For manufacturing or commercial facilities with a discharge <1 MGD (or WTPs)
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
North Carolina NPDES Permit Number NCO() 6.1565
Please print or type
1. Applicant and facility producing discharge
A. Name P/IDTPdar Akti/1%/9/Al 1)/T72 7E/ Z2Y?E r loadr
B. Mailing address of applicant:
Street address P. e. Dmzec 2 194
City PILOT 0///,'i, t/ County s eeer
State , e, Zip Code :2'7D4/ /
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail address
( 3 ) 344 -- 4s
(134.) 3, 3 - 53
ftvv,Uptavr 2/C 5 4 y /l/eT-
C. Location of facility:
Contact Person Q /7/1! le• 4e it/
Street g /_I� T & L y/° 95
City Pl4LrM/)JJU?»,/V' County 2tI P y
State MI. Zip Code 2TDW/
Telephone Number (34,) 3(8.61592J
2. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code(s): //9'Sll
3. Number of employees: .
4. Principal product(s) produced: /Y1 i,d ie / f 4L ,/Q/A,w/4/C it)14/. R
Principal raw material(s) consumed: A11/k/M 5O4 i N"'i, FZu4le�- il,9Pd6
5. Principal process(es): 2DROLh / i7D/>/• it//gkAirkna(J f /C/a-0/9TIDNOF- P/0i1/4" to9rf�2
6. Amount of principal product produced (or raw material consumed)
(List specific amounts consumed and/or units of production)
Product Produced or Raw Material Consumed
(AVERAGE)
Product Produced or Raw Material Consumed
(PEAK)
per Day
Pia 50465 5 i /ih -5C r5 lido 4Ibs gox'Jbs
d /L)OJIb6 Ar7145 Plik)/2116. hx-tv/lts.
per Month
ilujfit SOPM.9.1 Rao r1EXAit)"
/5cvl . - / L Lbs • 1101135 ... Qb/65 •
•2144ASA1 Rub, 146X
.g. lbs 31:»Lbs 310 tbs Max
per Year
AU4M S ltlif l F1410 IJ Xf1
l L'Lti'lis5 - 18,G40 ibs 210 is 1t3)oli�s
ALUM 2 3f i4 I LIe. FL1•I&X
%%latbs .36,a2, as 43zcW 2160LIy
7. Check here if discharge occurs all year]] , or
Circle the month(s) in which discharge occurs:
January February March April
May June July August September October November December
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C
For manufacturing or commercial facilities with a discharge <1 MGD (or WTPs)
Days per week discharge occurs: eat/I iO US *paaT Re-eawaLW `i 1fnPLE bfw
NOTE: If the facility has separate discharge points (outfalls) or multiple industrial processes, include a schematic diagram
of wastewater flow at the facility.
8. Types of wastewater discharged to surface waters only (check as applicable).
Discharge per operating day
Flow
(GALLONS PER OPERATING DAY)
Volume treated before discharging
(PERCENT)
Sanitary - daily average
0 NO
gA09
Coolingwater, etc. - daily average
(I NIA
fl/tl//2
Process water - daily average
'WOOD
IDD%
Maximum per operating day for
total discharge (all types)
70� )D0
L 14970
9. If any of the types of wastewater identified in item 8 (either treated or untreated) are discharged to places
other than surface waters, record the amount(s) discharged below:
A. Municipal sewer system Q gpd
B. Underground well D qpd
C. Septic tank D gpd
D. Evaporation lagoon or pond 0 gpd
E. Other, specify Q gpd
10. Number of separate discharge points:
11. Name of receiving stream(s): 1tkt5 C'R4
12. Does your discharge contain or is it possible for your discharge to contain one or more of the following
substances added as a result of your operations, activities, or processes? Circle all that apply:
phenols
ammonia beryllium cadmium chromium chlorine residual
cyanide lead mercury nickel oil and grease
selenium zinc None of the above
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.
&1L1, !:: PeLL
Printed narrie of Person Signing
9 9
ThLLJu iUanlageR
Title
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Signature o Applicant Dat
North Carolina General Statute 14 -215.6E (i) provides that: 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 knowingly 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.C. 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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