NC0042358_Permit Issuance_20071107

NPDES DOCUHENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NC0042358
Adams Apple Condominiums WWTP
NPDES Permit:
Document Type:(!Permitlssuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
Owner Name Change
Compliance
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date:
November 7, 2007
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
November 7, 2007
Mr. Larry Lehning
Adams Apple Homeowners Association, Inc.
P. O. Box 2137
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0042358
Adams Apple Condominiums WWTP
Avery County
Dear Mr. Lehning:
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 changes from the draft permit sent to you on September 12, 2007.
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
Service Center, Raleigh, 27699 67and filed with theO )1C
fie of
Administrative Hearings (6714 MailUnless
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 Bob Sledge at telephone number (919)
733-5083, extension 547.
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Coleen H. Sullins
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Asheville Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section
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Permit NC0042358
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
Adams Apple Homeowners Association, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Adams Apple Condominiums WWTP
NC Highway 105 southeast of Banner Elk
Avery County
to receiving waters designated as the Watauga River in the Watauga 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 December 1, 2007.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2012.
Signed this day November 7, 2007.
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.'-r // Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0042358
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 Adams Apple Homeowners Association, Inc. is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.020 MGD wastewater treatment system with the following
components:
• Bar screen
• Aeration basin
• Clarifier with sludge return
• Tablet chlorinator
• Contact basin
• Dechlorination
• Flow meter
• Cascade aerator
The facility is located southwest of Banner Elk at the Adams Apple Condominiums WWTP off NC
Highway 105 in Avery County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into the Watauga
River, currently a class B-Trout HQW water in the Watauga River Basin.

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Permit NC0042358
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit 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:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
p yp
Sample Locationl
Flow
0.020 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(April 1 — October 31)
11.0 mg/L
35.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(November 1 — March 31)
32.0 mg/L
35.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 ml
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine
28 µg/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
Weekly
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream 1
pH2
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Upstream = 50 feet upstream of outfall; Downstream = 50 feet downstream of outfall.
2. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts

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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO REISSUE A
NPDES WASTEWATER GENERAL PERMIT
On the basis of thorough staff review and appli-
cation of NC General Statute 143.21, Public law
92-500 and other lawful standards and regula-
tions, the North Carolina Environmental Man-
agement Commission proposed to issue a Nation-
al Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) General Permit to the person(s) listed
below effective 45 days from the publish date of
this notice.
Written comments regarding the proposed per-
mit will be accepted until 30 days after the pub-
lish date of this notice. All comments received
prior to that date are considered in the final de
terminations regarding the permit. The Director
of the NC Division of Water Quality may decide
to hold a public hearing for the proposed permit
should the 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 permit are available upon re-
quest and payment of the costs of reproduction
Mail comments and/or requests for information
to the NC Division of Water Quality at the above
address, or call Dina Sprinkle [phone], ex-
tension 363, at the Point Source Branch. Please
include the NPDES permit number (attached) in
any communication. Interested persons may also
visit the Division of Water Quality at 512 N. Salis-
bury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604-1148 between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to review Infor-
mation on file.
The Adams Apple Homeowners Association, Inc.
has applied for renewal of NPDES permit
NC0042358 for the Adams Apple Condominiums
WWTP in Avery County. This permitted facility
discharges treated wastewater to the Watauga
River in the Watauga River Basin. Currently,
ammonia nitrogen and total residual chlorine are
water quality limited, This discharge may affect
future allocations in this portion of the wast-
ershed.
RCS Properties, Inc. has applied for renewal of
NPDES permit NC0062961 for the Shoppes of Ty-
necastle WWTP in Avery County. This permitted
facility discharges treated wastewater to the Wa-
tauga River in the Watauga River Basin. Cur-
rently, ammonia nitrogen is water quality lim-
ited. This discharge may affect future allocations
in this portion of the watershed.
September 16, 2007 (3940)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
SS.
NORTH CAROLINA
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said
County and State, duly commissioned, qualified and
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared Cory Kordupel, who, being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: that she is the Legal
Billing Clerk of The Asheville Citizen -Times,
engaged in publication of a newspaper known as
The Asheville Citizen -Times, published, issued,
and entered as First class mail in the City of
Asheville, in said County and State; that 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 The Asheville Citizen -
Times on the following date: September 16th, 2007.
And that the said newspaper in which said 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 qualifications of Section 1-597 of
the General Statues of North Carolina and was a
qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section
1-597 of the General Statues of North Carolina.
Signed this 17th, day of September 2007.
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(Signature of peon making affida t)
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 17th, day of
September 2
(Notary Pu ic)
My Co mission expires the 3r
2008.

Subject: Permits, Permits, & More Permits
From: Bob Sledge <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:12:53 -0400
To: Wanda Frazier <[e-mail]>, Jim Reid <[e-mail]>
Hi Wanda & Jim,
I wanted to ask some questions about some permits. I'm not sure who might be
responsible for them at this time, but y'all are shown on BIMS as the last inspectors
to visit these facilities. These are supposed to be expedited permits, but it seems
I can't help but make them more difficult than they ought to be. I thank you in
advance for your feedback regarding goofy questions.
NC0062961 Shops of Tynecastle Avery County
I found an 2005 AtoC in the file upgrade of the facility. Their renewal application
suggests these changes have been made, but I didn't find a copy of the engineer's
certification that construction was completed. First of all, should I update the
facility description as set forth in the AtoC? On the limits page, should the flow
limit be reduced from 0.04 to 0.03 MGD since the AtoC states it will have a lower
design flow?
The new construction notes installation of W disinfection. There is no mention of a
back-up system. That being the case, our policy would say there is no need to even
keep a parameter listing for TRC with a footnote stating monitoring would be required
only if it is used. However, there still seems to be concern around here as to how
to potentially deal with those occasions when a W system would fail.
I'm going to suggest that we add a condition to the permit that would require the
permittee to call the regional office upon their knowledge of the W system failing
(I'd say this is already a term of the permit). At the same time, the SWP staff
could discuss with the permittee any plans that ought to be made to implement a
temporary, alternate means of disinfection. Such plans could be site and
circumstance specific, with factors such as flow, receiving stream, control mechanism
and length of time the UV system is anticipated to be down being taken into account.
It may be the region's determination that an alternate means would potentially do
more harm than good. Such a determination would not release the permittee from
compliance with fecal coliform limits. What do you think? Is such a term necessary?
I've got a couple of other permits with the same circumstance in the Winston-Salem
Region. I'm asking them to comment on the same proposal.
NC0042358 Adams Apple Condominiums Avery County
My basic question here is do you want to keep Temperature monitoring frequencies for
upstream and downstream monitoring at "daily?" The rules would only call for weekly,
but it's probably not a big deal to us or them either way. An associated question is
where are the designated up and downstream monitoring sites. I've found information
in the file that states either 50 or 100 feet above or below the discharge. If we're
requiring the monitoring, we ought to put the location in the permit. Where do you
think it should be?
NC0065889 Indian Creek Resort Transylvania County
This one has the same major issue as that for NC0062961 noted above.
The only other question I have is why they insist on having an individual, as opposed
to an entity, named as permittee. I've got a call into their consultants asking
about that.
NC0063312 Cedar Creek Racquet Club Jackson County
Another one with W disinfection, so the same question as for the other two.
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Additionally, the existing permit has no fecal coliform limits, just monitoring. The
dilution ratio is 516:1, so I guess that's why they're not there, but it still seems
strange. They were included in the 1997 permit. Would you want to reinstitute those
limits in this permit renewal? Oddly enough, SIMS seems to think they've got limits,
because it cited the facility for fecal violations as recently as September 2006.
For these and other permits in the west, I've noticed we aren't especially consistent
with the rules or other permits regarding monitoring frequencies for temperature.
Except where I posed the question above, I'd propose maintaining monitoring
frequencies found in the existing permits.
Sorry for the long message. I've attached a sample permit draft that includes the
new language I'm suggesting. I was just winging it on this, so feel free to edit,
comment or recommend it be removed or replaced.
Thank you. I'll be out of the office Thursday and Friday, but I'll be back on
Monday. If it's possible I'd like to try to get these and a few more out to notice
on Wednesday. If we can't, no big deal. I look forward to hearing from you.
Bob
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Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 1i67/ 1522 Tynecastle Highway
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Ph. 828-898-62777 Fax [phone]
N.C. Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Water Quality Lab and Operations
1522 Tynecastle Highway
Banner Elk, NC 28604
NC DENR/DWQ/Point Source Branch
Att: Mrs. Carolyn Bryant
Mrs. Bryant,
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The attached wastewater renewal application was completed by Water Quality Lab and
Operations, Inc. for the 2007 renewal year.
If you have any questions to arise, feel free to contact myself, Jadd Brewer at Water
Quality Lab and Operations, at 828-898-6277.
Added Information
The bio excess solids when removed from the wastewater treatment plant will be hauled
directly to the Town of Boone wastewater treatment plant.
Thank you,
add Brewer
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Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc.

FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS
ntial for expedited permit renewal
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Permit Number
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Facility Name
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Basin Name/Sub-basin number
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Receiving Stream
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Stream Classification in Permit
- 77? 0 — geinAl
Does permit need NH3 limits?)
Does permit need TRC limits?
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Does permit have toxicity testing?
-41,.0
Does permit have Special Conditions?
/11.0
Does permit have instream monitoring?
— T./4n./0
Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)?
''1-0
Any obvious compliance concerns?
./1.\--0
Any permit mods since last permit?
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Existing expiration date
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New expiration date
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New permit effective date
Miscellaneous Comments
YES r/ 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
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