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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0049174_Permit Issuance_20120614ATI NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E. Dee Freeman Governor Director Secretary June 14, 2012 Ms. Amy Burnette Smoketree Lodge P.O. Box 3407 Boone, N.C. 28607-3407 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0049174 Smoketree Lodge WWTP Class WW-2 Watauga County Dear Ms. Burnette: 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 October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended). This final permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on April 25, 2012: 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) 807-6391. Charles Wakild, P.E. cc: Central Files Winston-Salem Regional Office/Surface Water Protection NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919 807-6300 / FAX 919 807-6495 / http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer — 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper NorthCarolina Naturally Permit NC0049174 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT "OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 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, Smoketree Lodge is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at Smoketree Lodge 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 October 1, 2012. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2017. Signed this day June 14, 2012 es Wakild. P.E., Directo sion of Water Quality By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission 1 Permit NC0049174 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: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.010 MGD wastewater treatment plant consisting of the following: • Upflow Sludge blanket filtration plant • Flow equal i nation basin • Aeration basin • Clarifier • Digester • Sludge holding tank • Re -aeration • UV disinfection system • Effluent flow meter The facility is located north of Boone at the Smoketree Lodge 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, currently classified B-Trout HQW waters in the Watauga River Basin. 2 Smoketree Lodge Smoketree Lodge WWTP Latitude: 35° 08' 07" N State Grid: Boone Longitude: 81 ° 48' 58" W Permitted Flow: 0.01 MGD Receiving Stream: UT to Watauga River Drainage Basin: Watauga River Basin Stream Class: B-Trout HQW Sub -Basin: 04-02-01 Facility Location not to scale X North I NPDES Permit No. NC0049147 Watauga County Permit NC0049174 A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning on October 1, 2012 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 [PCS Code] Limits ` . :Monitoring Measurement Frequency Requirements Sample Type ' Sample Location1 Monthly . Average 'Daily. ;Maximum . Flow [50050] 0.010 MGD Continuous Recording Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C) [00310] (April 1— October 31) 5.0 mg/L 7.5 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C) [00310] (November 1— March 31) 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent Total Suspended Solids [00530] 10.0 mg/L 15.0 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent NH3 as N [00610] (April 1— October 31) 2.0 mg/L 10..0 mg/L Weekly . Composite Effluent NH3 as N [00610] •4.0 (November 1— March 31) mg/L 20 mg/L Weekly Composite Effluent Dissolved Oxygen [00300] Daily average > 6.0 mg/L Weekly Grab - Effluent Dissolved Oxygen [00300] Weekly Grab U & D Fecal Coliform . (geometric mean) [31616] 200/100 mL 400/100 mL Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine4 [50060] 17 pg/L 2/Week Grab Effluent Temperature (°C) [00010] Monitor & Report Weekly Grab Effluent, U & D Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN) [00600] Monitor & Report Semi -Annually Composite Effluent Total Phosphorus [00665] Monitor & Report Semi -Annually Composite Effluent pH [00400] > 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units — Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. U: at least 100 feet upstream of the outfall. D: at least 300 feet downstream of the outfall. 2. TRC limit and monitoring requirements apply only if chlorine is added for disinfection. The Permittee shall report all effluent TRC values reported by a NC -certified laboratory [including field - certified]. Effluent values < 50 µg/L will be treated as zero for compliance purposes. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. 3 NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH 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 S.A. Bragman, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: that she is Assistant Controller of the Winston-Salem Journal, engaged in the publishing of a newspaper known as the Winston-Salem Journal, published, issued and entered as second class mail in the City of Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem Journal on the following dates: April 27, 2012 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 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 27th day of April, 2012 (signature o person making affidavit) Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 27 day of April, 2012 My Commission expires: September 28, 2015 KIMALEY JOHNSON NOTARY PUBLIC FORSYTH COUNTY STATE OF NORTH CARQLIAr MY COMMISSION EXPIRES ! 1. PUBLIC NOTICE North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permi t The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewa- ter discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Quality (DWQ) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public in. terest. Please mail comments and/or Information requests to DWQ at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWQ at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC to review information on file, Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: http://portal. ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ps/npdes/calendar, or by calling (919) 807-6304. Stokes County Public Works applied to renew NPDES permit NC0043290 for the Town of Danbury WTP discharging to a UT to Scott Branch, Roanoke River Basin. Wieland Copper Products, LLC Pine Hall, 3990 Hwy 311N, Stokes County, has applied to renew permit NC0035173 discharging to a UT of Dan River, Roa- noke River Basin.' Mill Ridge POA requested renewal of NC0030473 for their WWTP/Watauga County. Facility dis- charges to the Watauga River/Watauga River Ba- sin. Currently BOD, ammonia nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform are water quality limit- ed. Albert Gersing & David Ramsey requested re- newal of NC0088579/Stone Bridge WWTP/ Watau- ga County. Proposed facility will discharge to Lance Creek/Watauga River Basin. Currently fecal coliform, ammonia nitrogen, and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. Valle Landing Property Owners Association re- quested renewal of permit NC0072559 /Valle land- ing Shopping Center WWTP/Watauga County. Fa- cility discharges to Dutch Creek/Watauga River Basin. Currently fecal coliform is water quality limited. Clevon Woods Association requested renewal of permit , NC0070408/Art Plaza WWTP/Watauga County. Proposed facility would discharge to the Watauga River/Watauga River Basin. The follow- ing parameters are currently water quality limited: BOD5, TSS, ammonia nitrogen, fecal coliform, total residual chlorine, dissolved oxygen. Smoketree Lodge requested renewal of permit NC0049174 for its WWTP in Watauga County. Facility discharges to an unnamed tributary to the Watauga River/Watauga River Basin. Currently BOD, ammonia nitrogen, total suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, fecal coliform, and total residu- al chlorine are water quality limited. PSI Properties, Inc. requested renewal of permit NC0038041/Laurel Seasons WWTP/Watauga Coun- ty. Facility discharges to Laurel Fork/Watauga Riv- er Basin. Currently fecal coliform and total residu- al chlorine are water quality limited. WSJ: April 27, 2012 FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS This form must be completed by Permit Writers for all expedited permits which do not require full Fact Sheets. Expedited permits are generally simple 100% domestics (e.g., schools, mobile home parks, etc) that can be administratively renewed with minor changes, but can include facilities with more complex issues (Special Conditions, 303(d) listed water, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance concerns). Basic Information for Expedited Permit Renewals Permit Writer/Date Charles H. Weaver — 4/17/2012 Permit Number NC0049174 Facility Name Smoketree Lodge WWII) Basin Name/Sub-basin number Watauga / 04-02-01 Receiving Stream Unnamed tributary to Watauga River Stream Classification in Permit B-Trout HQW Does permit need Daily Maximum NH3 limits'? No — already present Does permit need TRC limits/language? No — already present Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? No Does permit have instream monitoring'? Yes Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)? No Any obvious compliance concerns? No Any permit mods since last permit? No New expiration date 9/30/2017 Comments on Draft Permit? Most Commonly Used Expedited Language: • 303(d) language for Draft/Final Cover Letters: "Please note that Cane Creek is listed as an impaired waterbodv on the North Carolina 303(d) Impaired Waters List. Addressing impaired waters is a high priority with the Division, and instream data will continue to be evaluated. If there is noncompliance with this permit's effluent limits and stream impairment can be attributed to your facility. then mitigative measures may be required". Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. PO Box 1167 Banner Elk, NC 28604 Phone 828-898-6277 Fax 828-898-6255 March 20, 2012 Smoketree Lodge NPDES permit NC0049174 The request is being made for Smoketree Lodge, NPDES Permit NC0049174, to have their wastewater permit renewed. No changes to the plant have been made since the last permit renewal in 2007. If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself, Jadd Brewer, owner of Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. at 828-898-6277 Sincerely, 71,Ce*7-f Jadd Brewer Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc... zOia NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D ' For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD Mail the complete application to: N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 NPDES Permit iNcoo Ai9 pp/ I.f 92i are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to move fl�to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box Otherwise, please print or one P type. 1- Contact Information: °fir Name Faciy Name Mail.% Address City State/ Zip Code Telephone Number Fax Nznber e-mailkddress fs. Amy J3urneNe Srrkfrep Lad9e, PB 31fo7 'Boone /icr4 Caro/,na 028607 129) q4,3-(5�5 cazs41e3 -7715 "NV • (Stroke -free. - JMT, ('Drr1 2. Legation of facility producing discharge: Check here if same address as above ❑ Street Address or State Road NC 6 hit) i — City Boone State / Zip Code Nori-li Cara Im 211607 County Q Wa1-aciqti of &6he.. 3, Operator Information: Name of the fib public organization or other entity that operates the f acili referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC) tiJ• (Note that this is not Name Mailing Address City State / Zip Code Telephone Number Fax Number aid Brewev 'Pp Zoic tvoi Tanciet___G rH, Carolina a71207 ea) Sq8 6255. ftEu7 \Yi PI ir.. [,% ...„ _I APR 2 2012 DENR-VVAT ER QUALITY POINT SO1 CE I3F-1NCH 1 of 3 Form-D 05/08 NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD 4. Description of wastewater: Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply): Industrial 0 Number of Employees Commercial gy Number of Employees plloyer Residential II Number of I 'edf 140 School 0 Number of Students/ Staff Other ❑ Explain: Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers, restaurants, etc.): araittrite03 Population served: w / 5. Type of collection system [Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer) 6. Outfall Information: / Number of separate discharge points Outfall Identification number(s) Op Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? Yes ❑ No 7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact Location of each outfalI� has, been o �a e 5o m� Un_621W-rallbl-darl Way ) 8. Frequency of Discharge: (( Continuous If intermittent: Duration: Days per week discharge occurs: 0 Intermittent 9. Describe the treatment system • rovide design removal for BOD, -TSS, nitrogen and List all installed components, including capacities, p in a phosphorus. If the space provided is not sufficient, attach the description of the treatment system separate sheet of paper. Wo th e �wCelGttperrth Fofm-D 05/08 2 of 3 NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD 10. Flow Information: Treatment Plant Design flow s Q% Q MGD Annual Average daily flow • 0015 MGD (for the previous 3 years) Maximum daily flow ' 00a MGD (for the previous 3 years) 11. Is this facility located on Indian country? ❑ Yes ErNo 12. Effluent Data Provide data for the parameters Iisted. Fecal Caliform, Temperature and pH shall be grab samples, for all other parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported, report daily maximum and monthly average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum. Parameter Daily Maximum Monthly Average Units of Measurement Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) Fecal Coliform i1Total Suspended Solids (.t_iciaire2otnce, r-rmeLbat. Temperature (Summer) Temperature (Winter) pH 13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications: Type Permit Number Type Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA) UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA) NPDESNCDOSRL24_Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA) PSD (CAA) Other Non -attainment program (CAA) Permit Number 14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the best of my knowledge and belief suck information is true, complete,. and accurate. Tod d 'brevity Owner OPIAS labs /O& d name of Person Signing Title Alai rle' 3/2IjiZ. Si _ re 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 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 $25,000, 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 $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both, for a similar offense.) 3 of 3 Form-D 05f08 '[Type text] Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc. PO Box 1167 Banner Elk, NC 28604 Phone 828-898-6277 Fax 828-898-6255 March 20, 2012 Excess bio-solids are pumped and hauled to Boone wastewater treatment plant. A-2,wt Water Quality Labs ,Inc.