NC0065889_Renewal (Application)_20220314

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ROY COOPER
Governor 5 ' ,
ELIZABETH S.BISER `. ,nn„r
Secretary ,011
S.DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
March 15, 2022
Indian Creek Resort, LLC.
Attn: Harrison Merrill, .Jr, President
8000 Capps Ferry Rd
Douglasville, GA 30135-6525
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0065889
Catatoga at Lake Toxaway WWTP
Transylvania County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the March 14, 2022 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. 150E-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,
cIP/0—0808,
Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
cc: Miranda Roper- Goldie Associates
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GO L D I E Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Environmental Consulting
— ASSOCIATES — Utility Operations
Environmental Laboratory
March 10, 2022
RECEIVED
NCDENR/DWR/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center MAR 14 2022
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NCDEQIDWRINPDES
RE: Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Permit Renewal
NC0065889
To Whom It May Concern;
Enclosed is the original and two copies of the permit renewal package for Catatoga at Lake Toxaway,
NC0065889.
If you have any questions or need any additional information, please contact Goldie Associates at
[phone] ext. 139.
Sincerely;
Goldie Associates
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Miranda Roper
Operations Manager
210 W. North 2nd Street www.goldieassociates.com Phone:[phone]
Seneca,SC 29678 WE LISTEN. WE SERVE. Fax:[phone]

NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway J Modified March 2021
Form NC Department of Environmental Quality-Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater
NPDES MINOR SEWAGE FACILITIES(Before completing this form,please read the Instructions.Failure to follow
the instructions m, result in denial of the•r•licaion.
SECTION 1.BASIC APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS(40 CFR 122 21(j)I11 and 191)
1.1 Facility name
Catatoga at Lake Toxaway
Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
8000 Capps Ferry Rd
City or town State ZIP code
o Douglasville GA 30132
Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address
Harrison Merrill Jr A� y`} [phone] [e-mail]
111 7 1
Location address(street,route number,or other specific identifier) 0 Same as mailing address
Indian Creek Trail off Hwy 64
City or town State 1 ZIP code
Lake Toxaway SC 28747
1.2 Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge?
❑ Yes 4 See instructions on data submission ❑✓ No
requirements for new dischargers.
1.3 Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above?
❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Item 1.4.
Applicant name
Applicant address(street or P.O.box)
City or town State ZIP code
Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address
1.4 Is the applicant the facility's owner,operator,or both?(Check only one response.)
El Owner ❑ Operator ❑ Both
1.5 To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence?(Check only one response.)
CI Facility ❑ Applicant © Facility and applicant
(they are one and the same)
1,6 Indicate below any existing environmental permits.(Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit
number for each.)
Existing Environmental Permits
0 NPDES(discharges to surface ❑ RCRA(hazardous waste) ❑ UIC(underground injection
water) control)
NC00065889
2 ❑ PSD(air emissions) ❑ Nonattainment program(CAA) ❑ NESHAPs(CAA)
OI
❑ Ocean dumping(MPRSA) ❑ Dredge or fill(CWA Section 0 Other(specify)
404)
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name l Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway ll Modified March 2021
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1.7 Provide the collection system information requested below for the treatment works.
Municipality Population Collection System Type Ownership Status
— Served Served (indicate percentage)
100 %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
lg Catatoga at Lake 35 %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
Toxaway ❑ Unknown ❑ Own 0 Maintain
c %separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own 0 Maintain
o
%combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
5 0 Unknown 0 Own 0 Maintain
a %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
v %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own ❑ Maintain
5 ❑ Unknown 0 Own ❑ Maintain
g %separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
A, %combined storm and sanitary sewer 0 Own 0 Maintain
0 0 Unknown 0 Own 0 Maintain
° Total
d Population 35
i t Served
Separate Sanitary Sewer System Combined Storm and
Sanitary Sewer
Total percentage of each type of °�
sewer line(in miles) 100 °
.s?.' 1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country?
o ❑ Yes 0 No
c1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country?
e ❑ Yes 0 No
1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces. Design Flow Rate
0.025 mgd
a Annual Average Flow Rates(Actual)
4 % Two Years Ago Last Year This Year
� ce
5 v 0.000525 mgd 0.000488 mgd 0.00038 mgd
C'"- Maximum Daily Flow Rates(Actual)
o Two Years Ago Last Year This Year
0.0012 mgd 0.0011 mgd 0.0007 mgd
1.11 Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the State of North Carolina by type.
e Total Number of Effluent Discharge Points by Type
a° a, r Constructed
N ; i Combined Sewer
a%
Treated Effluent Untreated Effluent Overflows Bypasses Emergency
L a Overflows
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NP D
ES Permit Number Eerily Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the State of North Carolina _
1.12 Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins,ponds,or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets
for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina?
D Yes ID No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14.
1.13 Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below.
Surface Impoundment Location and Discharge Data
Average Daily Volume Continuous or Intermittent
Location Discharged to Surface (check one)
Impoundment
O Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
O Continuous
gpd 0 Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd 0 Intermittent
1.14 Is wastewater applied to land?
3 ❑ Yes ❑✓ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16.
1.15 Provide the land application site and discharge data requested below,
a.
Land Application Slte and Discharge Data
Average Daily Volume Continuous or
Location Size Applied Intermittent
E' (check one)
— d acres gp 0 Continuous
6 ❑ Intermittent
— 0 Continuous
acres gpd 0 Intermittent
❑ Continuous
acres gpd ❑ Intermittent
1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.21.
1.17 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported(e.g.,tank truck,pipe).
1.18 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20.
1.19 Provide information on the transporter below.
Transporter Data
Entity name Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
City or town State _ ZIP code
Contact name(first and last) Title
Phone number Email address
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FacilityName Modified A licafion Form 2A
NPDES Permit Number ( pp
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
1.20 In the table below,indicate the name,address,contact information,NPDES number,and average daily flow rate of the
receiving facility.
Receiving Facility Data
a)
Facility name Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
City or town State ZIP code
0
H Contact name(first and last) Title
Phone number Email address
x
NPDES number of receiving facility(if any) 0 None
Average daily flow rate mgd
a,
a 1.21 Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do
not have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina(e.g.,underground percolation,underground injection)?
❑ Yes ❑ No+SKIP to Item 1.23.
a 1.22 Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods. —_
Information on Other Disposal Methods
Disposal Location of Size of Annual Average Continuous or Intermittent
Method Disposal Site Disposal Site Daily Discharge (check one)
Description _ Volume
acres gpd 0 Continuous
❑ Intermittent
o El Continuous
acres gpd ❑ Intermittent
acresgpd ❑ Continuous
❑ Intermittent
1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)?(Check all that apply.
d a, Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
A 0 ❑ Discharges into marine waters(CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitation(CWA Section
Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2))
Not applicable
1.24 Are any operational or maintenance aspects(related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality)of the treatment works
the responsibility of a contractor?
❑ Yes ❑ No+SKIP to Section 2.
1.25 Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractors operational
and maintenance responsibilities.
Contractor Information
Contractor 1 Contractor 2 Contractor 3
Contractor name
0 Goldie Associates
(company name)
oMailing address 210 W N Second Street
(street or P.O.box)
City,state,and ZIP Seneca,SC 29678
code
Contact name(first and
Ci last) Andrew Hooper
Phone number [phone]
Email address [e-mail]
Operational and ORC
maintenance
responsibilities of Operates WWTP
contractor
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
SECTION 2.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION(40 CFR 122.210)(1)and(2)1
a Outfalls to Waters of the State of North Caroline
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2.1 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd?
v ❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
0
c 2.2 Provide the treatment works'current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of Inflow end Infiltration
and infiltration. gpd
Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration.
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I "c 2.3 Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information?(See instructions for
I t
specific requirements.)
o
a ❑ Yes ❑ No
E 2.4 Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information?
I (See instructions for specific requirements.)
" c ❑ Yes ❑ No
2.5 Are improvements to the facility scheduled?
i
❑ Yes ❑ No� SKIP to Section 3.
Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements.
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a 2.
3.
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4.
A 2.6 Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements.
w Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for Improvements
Affected Attainment of
Scheduled Outfalls Begin End Begin Operational
2 Improvement Construction Construction Discharge Level
E (from above) (list outfall (MMIDDIYYYY) (MMIDDIYYYY) (MM/DDIYYYY)
number) _(MMIDDIYYYY)
1
0
t 2
3,
4,
2.7 Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained?Briefly explain your
response.
❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ None required or applicable
Explanation:
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WOES Permd Number Faddy Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
SECTION 3.INFORMATION ON EFFLUENT DISCHARGES(40 CFR 122.21(j)(3)to(5))
3,1 Provide the following information for each outfall.(Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.)
Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number Outfall Number
State NC
2 County Transylvania
o
O City or town Lake Toxaway
0
aDistance from shore ft. ft. ft.
a
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31 Depth below surface ft. � ft. ft.
0
Average daily flow rate 0.001438 mgd mgd mgd
Latitude 35° 6' 45" °
Longitude 82° 55' 10" ° ''
3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges?
o ❑ Yes 0 No 4 SKIP to Item 3.4.
a
A 3.3 If so,provide the following information for each applicable outfall.
v) Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number
,D Number of times per year
3 discharge occurs
a Average duration of each
o discharge(specify units)
c Average flow of each mgd mgd mgd
gdischarge ---
a, Months in which discharge
occurs
3.4 Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser?
0 Yes 0 No->SKIP to Item 3.6.
a 3.5 Briefly describe the diffuser type at each applicable outfall.
a.
Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number
a
$ ai 3.6 Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from
d one or more discharge points?
4.0 eV
y 0 Yes ❑ No-SKIP to Section 6.
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modfied March 2021
3.7 Provide the receiving water and related information(if known)for each outfall.
, Outfall Number oo, Outfall Number Outfall Number
i
Receiving water name Indian Creek
Name of watershed,river,
or stream system French Broad
itU.S.Soil Conservation
Service 14-digit watershed
code
Name of state
0 management/river basin
c
U.S.Geological Survey
iYs 8-digit hydrologic
oc cataloging unit code
Critical low flow(acute) cfs cfs cfs
Critical low flow(chronic) cfs cfs cfs
1 Total hardness at critical mg/L of mg/L of mglL of
low flow CaCOa CaCO3 CaCO3
3.8 Provide the following information describing the treatment provided for discharges from each outfall.
Outfall Number oo, Outfall Number Outfall Number
Highest Level of 0 Primary 0 Primary 0 Primary
Treatment(check all that 0 Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to
apply per outfall) secondary secondary secondary
❑ Secondary 0 Secondary 0 Secondary
❑ Advanced 0 Advanced • 0 Advanced
❑ Other(specify) 0 Other(specify) 0 Other(specify)
c
1 Design Removal Rates by
yu
Outfall n/a
A BOD5 or CBODS n/a % % %
1
I TSS n/a
la Not applicable ❑Not applicable 0 Not applicable
Phosphorus % ok %
l Not applicable 0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable
Nitrogen %
Other(specify) 0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable
%
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NPDES Permit Number Facaty Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
3.9 Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below.If disinfection varies by
season,describe below.
UV is used for disinfection
a
c
Outfall Number 001 Outfall Number Outfall Number
0
c Disinfection type uv
0
Seasons used all
Dechlorination used? ❑✓ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable
❑ Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Yes
❑ No ❑ No ❑ No
3.10 Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package?
❑ Yes ❑ No
3.11 Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's
discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points?
❑ Yes ❑ No 9 SKIP to Item 3,13.
3.12 Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's
discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge points.
Outfall Number Outfall Number Outfall Number
Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Acute Chronic
Number of tests of discharge
water
Number of tests of receiving
water
3.14 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection,use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process,or otherwise have
reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent?
❑ Yes 3 Complete Table B,including chlorine. ❑ No 9 Complete Table B,omitting chlorine.
3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application
package?
❑ Yes ❑✓ No
Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and
3.18 attached the results to this application package?
❑ Yes ❑✓ No additional sampling required by NPDES
permitting authority.
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC0006S889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
3.19 Has the POTW conducted either(1)minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application
or(2)at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years?
El Yes ❑✓ No 3 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3,20 Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.21 Indicate the dates the data were submitted to your NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results.
Date(s)Submitted Summary of Results
(MWDDIYYYY)
3.22 Regardless of how you provided your WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority,did any of the tests result in
.1 toxicity?
$' El Yes El No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
i3,23 Describe the cause(s)of the toxicity:
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3.24 Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation?
❑ Yes ❑ No.SKIP to Item 3.26.
3,25 Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted.
3.26 Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package?
❑ Yes Q Not applicable because previously submitted
information to the NPDES ermittin authori .
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway Modified March 2021
SECTION 6.CHECKLIST AND CERTIFICATION STATEMENT(40 CFR 122.22(a)and(d))
6.1 In Column 1 below,mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application.For
each section,specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority.Note that not
all applicants are required to provide attachments,
Column 1 Column 2
Section 1:Basic Application w/variance request(s) w/additional attachments
Information for All Applicants
❑ ❑
❑ Section 2:Additional ❑ w/topographic map ❑ w/process flow diagram
Information ❑ wl additional attachments
© wl Table A ❑ wl Table D
❑✓ Section 3:Information on ❑ wi Table B ❑ wl additional attachments
Effluent Discharges
E ❑ wlTableC
v
"' Section 4:Not Applicable
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Section 5:Not Applicable
d
„ Section 6:Checklist and
❑ Certification Statement ❑ wl attachments
▪ 6.2 Certification Statement
v I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in
accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information
submitted.Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system,or those persons directly responsible
for gathering the information,the information submitted is,to the best of my knowledge and belief,true,accurate,and
complete.I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,including the possibility of fine
and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Name(print or type first and last name) Official title
Signature Date signed
;vizi 3` It)
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name i Outfall Number Modified Application Form 2A
I NC00065889 Catatoga at Lake Toxaway I 001 Modified March 2021
'ABLE A. EFFLUENT PARAMETERS FOR ALL POTWS
Maximum Daily Discharge Average Daily Discharge'Pollutant Num_er o DL
bf Analytical ML or M
Value Units Value Units Methods (include units)
Sam. es
Biochemical oxygen demand -
0 BODt or❑CBOD; 4.5 mg/I 2.5 mg/1 156(3 yrs of data) SM 5210 B 2 mg/I ml-
CI MDL
(rev art one
Fecal coliform 54 col/100 ml 4.56 col/100 ml 156(3 yrs of data) SM 922 ID col/10 l ML
0 MDL
Design flow rate 0.025 mgd ■
a
pH(minimum) 6 SU
pH(maximum) 7.6 SU
Temperature(winter) 18.2 celcius111111111=1111.11 48(3 yrs of data)
Temperature(summer) 27 celcius 24 i celcius 96(3 yrs of data)
Total suspended solids(TSS) 24 mg/I 10.28 %mg/I 156(3 yrs of data) SM 2540 0 5 O MDL
' Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures(i.e.,methods)approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or
required under 40 CFR chapter 1,subchapter N or 0.See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3).
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