NC0049174_Permit Issuance_20030731

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
July 31, 2003
Ms. Sandi Thompson
Smoketree Lodge
P.O. Box 3407
Boone, North Carolina 28607
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NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0049174
Smoketree Lodge \V\VTP
Watauga County
Dear Ms. Thompson:
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).
The Division has received comments from Richard S. DeMott, Chair of the Watauga River Conservation Partners. That
association is "concerned about the large number of wastewater treatment plants discharging into the Watauga River or its
tributaries and the impact these have immediately and over a period of time". The Division requires you to be diligent in your
plant operations and maintenance. Furthermore, the Division urges you to anticipate future needs by planning for wastewater
improvements. For example, the Division is in the process of implementing daily maximum ammonia limits into non -municipal
NPDES permits. Acceptable limits for your facility would be 10.0 mg/L during the summer months and 20.0 mg/L during the
winter months.
Compliance with all terms and conditions of the attached permit is the responsibility of the Permittee. Please note that T15A 08G
.0204 of the North Carolina Administrative Code has been interpreted to mean that the Operator in Responsible Charge is
responsible for operation of water pollution control systems.
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
permit shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable without prior notice to the Division. 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, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other Federal or Local governmental permits which may be required.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Christie Jackson of my staff at (919)
733-5083, extension 538.
Sinccrel
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSAN A. WILSON
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Central Files
NPDES Unit Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Richard DeMott, Watauga River Conservation Partners
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1617 - TELEPHONE [phone]/FAX [phone]
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER - 50% RECYCLED/ 1 0% POST -CONSUMER PAPER

Permit NC0049174
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
Smoketree Lodge
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Smoketree Lodge Condominiums WWTP
NC Highway 105
North of Boone
Watauga County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to 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 September 1, 2003.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2007:
Signed this day July 31, 2003.
ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
SUSAN A. WILSON
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0049174
1
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.
Smoketree Lodge is hereby authorized to:
. Continue to operate an existing 0.010 MGD extended aeration wastewater
treatment system with the following components:
• Flow equalization
• Upflow sludge blanket filtration plant
• Ultraviolet disinfection
• Sludge holding tank
The facility is located north of Boone at the Smoketree Lodge Condominiums
WWTP off NC Highway 105 in Watauga County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into an unnamed tributary to the Watauga River, classified B-Trout HQW
waters in the Watauga River Basin.

Latitude: 36°0843-r
Longitude: 811
Quad # Cl 1NE
Receiving Stream: unnamed tributary to the Elk River
(57-5cf
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Stream Class: B-Trout-HgW
Subbasin: 040201
NC0049147 - Smoketree Lodge Condominiums
Watauga County

Permit NC0049174
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
During the period beginning on the effective date of this 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
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample
Location'
Flow
0.010 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
(April 1— October 31)
5.0 mg/L
7.5 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
BOD; 5-day (20°C)
(November 1 — March 31)
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Residue
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(April 1—.October 31)
2.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
(November 1— March 31)
4.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved 0xygen2
Weekly
Grab
Effluent,
Upstream &
Downstream
Fecal Coliform (geometric
mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 ml
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine3
17 µg/L
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
Weekly
Grab
Effluent,
Upstream &
Downstream
Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN)
Semi -Annually
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorus
Semi -Annually
Composite
Effluent
pH4
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Upstream = 100 feet upstream of discharge: Downstream = 300 feet downstream of
discharge.
2. The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 6.0
mg/L.
3. Chlorine limitation and monitoring only apply if chlorine is added for disinfection.
4. 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

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMIS
SION/NPDES UNIT
1617 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
proposes to issue a National
Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System
(NPDES) wastewater disc•
harge permit to the per-
son(s) listed below effective
45 days from the publish
date of this notice.
Written comments regarding
the proposed permit will be
accepted until 30 days after
the publish date of this
notice. All comments re-
ceived prior to that date are
considered in the final de-
terminations regarding the
proposed permit. The Direc-
tor of the NC Division of
Water Quality may decide to
hold a public meeting for the
proposed permit should the
Division receive a significant
degree of public interest.
.Copies of the draft permit
and other supporting infor-
mation on file used to de-
termine conditions present in
the draft permit are available
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. Christie Jackson at 919-
733-5083, extension 538.
Please include .the NPDES
permit number (attached) in
any communication. Interes-
ted 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 review
information on tile.
NPDES Permit Number
NC0049174, Smokotree
Lodge, P.O. Box 3407,
Boone, NC 28607 has app-
lied for a permit renewal for
a facility located in Watauga
County discharging treated
wastewater into an unnamed
tributary to Elk river in the
Watauga River Basin. Cur-
rently BOD. Total Suspen-
ded Residue, Arnmonia,
fecal coliform and total re-
sidual chlorine are water
quality limited. This dischar-
ge may affect future all-
ocations in this portion of the
receiving stream.
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
NORTH CAROLINA—WATAUGA COUNTY
Before the undersigned, a
Notary Public of said County and
state, duly commissioned, qualified
and authorized by law to administer
oaths, personally appeared:
ANGELA H GREENE
Who being first duly sworn, deposes
and says: that he (she) is
ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT
of a newspaper known as THE WATAUGA
DEMOCRAT, published, issued and
entered as second class mail in the
City of Boone, in said County and
State; that he (she) 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 THE
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT the following dates:
AUGUST 14, 2002
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 pub—
lication, a newspaper meeting all of
the requirements and qualifications
of Section 1-597 of the General Sta—
tutes of North Carolina and was a
qualified newspaper within the meaning
of Section I-597 of the General Sta—
tutes of North Carolina.
This
Sworn to and subscribed
this _"v__day o f.
efor�feme,
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Notary Public
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Smoketree Draft Permit
Subject: Smoketree Draft Permit
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:16:05 -0400
From: "Sue White, EIT' <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC DENR Winston Salem Regional Office
To: Christie Jackson <[e-mail]>
Christie:
Hi! Hope life is good for you.
Reviewed draft permit renewal NC0049174, Smoketree Lodge, Watauga Co. Found two
things that may be worth looking at. First thing is that this permit has a chlorine limit
but uses UV disinfection, the other thing is that I show it discharging into a unt to the
Watauga River not the Elk River. Other than that, everything looks good.
Sue White, EIT
NC DENR Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Quality, Water Quality Section
585 Waughtown Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
Voice: [phone] ext 273
FAX: [phone]
If a man does not keep pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears,
however measured or far away.
-Henry David Thoreau
Sue White, EIT <[e-mail]>
Environmental Engineer I
State of North Carolina
Department of Environmental Health and Natural Resources
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Watauga River Conservation Partners
Chapter of the Westem North Carolina Alliance
PO Box 1194, Linville, NC 28646-1194
August 22, 2002
r Alan Klimek
Di ector
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Dear Director Klimek:
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I am writing to you once again on behalf of the Watauga River Conser-
vation Partners chapter of the Western North Carolina Alliance and this time
in reference to:
NPDES Permiit Number NC0058378, Elk River Utilities, Inc. - Elk River
Subdivision WWTP
NPDES Permit Number NC0049174, Smoketree Lodge, P. 0. Box 3407, Boone,
NC 28607
I am most familiar with the Smoketree Lodge WWTP which has had many
problems and violations over recent years which have been corrected for the
most part by the recent reconstruction. As with all WWTPs I am concerned with
the very modest stream available for discharge and particuarly in the current
drought situation. These and the other plants in this Watauga River Basin now
require close supervision to avoid serious spills and violations. These are
our concerns as review for repermitting occurs.
Your assistance and help are appreciated.
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AUG 2 7 2002
BEAR WATER QUALITY
POINT SOURCE BRANCH
Yours truly,
Richard S. DeMott,
Chair
Watauga River ConservatLon Partners

CHARLES H. DAVIS ENGINEERING, P.A.
ATLANTIC PLAN ENGINEERING CORP.
ENGINEERING & PLANNING CONSULTANTS
P.O. Box 1691
Hickory, NC 28603-1691
828-327-2621
FAX: [phone]
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
March 26, 2002
Ms. Valery Stephens
NC DENR
Water Quality/Point Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: Permit Renewal
NPDES Permit NC 0049174
Smoketree Lodge
Watauga County
Dear Ms. Stephens:
NPR - 2 2002
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We are requesting, on behalf of Smoketree Lodge, a renewal of their NPDES
Permit NC0049174. They have a 10,000 GPD extended aeration treatment plant and a
15,000 GPD upflow sludge blanket filtration plant running in tandem with a U.V.
disinfectant unit. The treatment plant serves a condominium resort lodge, with 100% of
flow domestic in nature.
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ATLANTIC PLAN ENGINEERING CORP.
ENGINEERING & PLANNING CONSULTANTS
P.O. Box 1691
Hickory, NC 28603-1691
828-327-2621
FAX: [phone]
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
March 28, 2002
Ms. Valery Stephens
NC DENR
Water Quality/Point Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: Permit Renewal
NPDES Permit NC 0049174
Smoketree Lodge
Watauga County
Dear Ms. Stephens:
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We are requesting, on behalf of Smoketree Lodge, a renewal of their NPDES
Permit NC0049174. They have a 15,000 GPD upflow sludge blanket filtration plant with
a U.V. disinfectant unit, and an old 10,000 GPD plant converted into a surge tank and
digester holding. The treatment plant serves a condominium resort lodge, with 100% of
flow domestic in nature.
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Facility Name
Owner Name
Street Address
City
State
ZIP Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM D
To be filed only by dischargers of 100% domestic wastewater (<1 MGD flow)
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
(if known)
NCO° 49174
Please print or type
1. Mailing address of applicant/permittee:
Smoketree Lodge
Sandi Thomoson
PO Box 3407
Boone 111 111
North Carolina
28607
( 828 ) 963-6515
( 828) 963-7815
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2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Name (If different from above)
Facility Contact Person
Street Address or State Road
City / Zip Code
County
Telephone Number
3. Reason for application:
Expansion/Modification *
Renewal
Sandi Thompson
NC HWY 105
Watauga Township
Watauga
( 828) 963-6515
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Existing Unpermitted Discharge
New Facility
* Please provide a description of the expansion/modification:
4. Description of the existing treatment facilities (list all installed components with
capacities):
a 15,000 GPD upfiow sludge blanket filtration plant, a
10,000 GPD plant converted into a surge tank & digester holding
tank, and a U.V. dissinfQrt-ant- nnit
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM D
To be filed only by dischargers of 100% domestic wastewater (<1 MGD flow)
5. Description of wastewater (check all that apply):
Tune of Facility Generating Wastewater
Industrial Number of Employees
Commercial Number of Employees
Residential 100% Number of Homes
School Number of Students/Staff
Other
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, etc.):
Condominium resort lodge
6. Number of separate wastewater discharge pipes (wastewater outfalls):
7. If the facility has multiple discharge outfalls, record the source(s) of wastewater for each
outfall:
8. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
Unnamed tributary to the Watauga River, Class B- Trout, HQW
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.
Sandi Thompson
Printed Name of Person Signing
Manager
Title
Sign of Applica
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North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6(b)(2) 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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CHARLES H. DAVIS ENGINEERING, P.A.
ATLANTIC PLAN ENGINEERING CORP.
ENGINEERING & PLANNING CONSULTANTS
P.O. Box 1691
Hickory, NC 28603-1691
828-.327-2621 A
FAX: � 28-327i931
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
March 28, 2002
Ms. Valery Stephens
NC DENR
Water Quality/Point Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: Sludge Management for Smoketree Lodge
NPDES Permit NC 0049174
Smoketree Lodge
Watauga County
Dear Ms. Stephens:
The operator of the treatment plant at Smoketree Lodge, Water Quality Services,
Inc., has a contract with the Town of Boone. The sludge is pumped out as needed, and
transported to the Town of Boone facility.
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