NC0059552_Permit Issuance_20030307

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
March 7, 2003
Mr. David R. Nicholson, Community Manager
Highlands Falls Community Association
290 Skylake Road
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Dear Mr. Nicholson:
AVA
NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0059552
Highlands Falls WWTP
Macon 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).
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 Christie Jackson at telephone
number [phone], extension 538.
Sincerely,
',RIGINAL SIGNED E
SUSAN A. WILSON
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
DEH
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Permit NC0059552
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,
Highlands Falls Community Association
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Highlands Falls Country Club WWTP
290 Skylake Road
Highlands
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to the Cullasaja River in the Little
Tennessee 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 April 1, 2003.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November 30. 2007.
Signed this day March 7, 2003.
JRIGINAL SIGNED B.
SUSAN A. WILSON
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NC0059552
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
Highlands Falls Community Association is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.003 MGD wastewater treatment system with the
following components:
• Septic tank
• Subsurface sand filter
The facility is located in Highlands at Highlands Falls Country Club at 290 Skylake
Road in Macon County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map
into an unnamed tributary to the Cullasaja River, classified WS-III waters in the
Little Tennessee River Basin.

ROAD CLASSIFICATION
PRIMARY HIGHWAY
HARD SURFACE
SECONDARY HIGHWAY
HARD SURFACE ONNICI
LIGHT -DUTY ROAD, HARD OR
IMPROVED SURFACE
UNIMPROVED ROAD = _ _
Latitude 35°04'48"
Longitude 83°11'20"
Map # G6SW Sub -basin 04-04-01
Stream Class wS-III TR
Discharge Class 13, 05
Receiving Stream UT to Cullasaja River
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SCALE 1:24 000
p 1 MILE
7000 FEET
1
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1 KILOMETER
CONTOUR INTERVAL 40 FEET
Highlands Falls
Community Association
NC0059552
Macon County

Permit NC0059552
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS - FINAL
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
MON4TORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Weekly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample Location1
Flow
0.003 MGD
Weekly
Instantaneous
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Residue
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
Weekly
Grab
Effluent, Upstream
& Downstream
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 ml
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine
28 µg/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (2C)
Weekly
Grab
Effluent, Upstream
& Downstream
pH2
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Upstream = 100 feet above discharge point: Downstream = 0.2 miles at the small road crossing.
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

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
MEMORANDUM
To:
From:
Subject:
NG Dept. of Erivircnrrrent
& Natural Resources
Asheville Regional Office
JAN 14 2003
January 8, 2003
Harold Saylor
NC DENR / DEH / Regional Engineer
Asheville Regional Office
Christie Jackson
NPDES Unit
Review of Draft NPDES Permit NC0059552
Highlands Falls WWTP
Macon County
AtT3cA
NCDENR
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the draft permit and return this form by February
10, 2003. If you have any questions on the draft permit, please contact me at the telephone number or e-mail
address listed at the bottom of this page.
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RESPONSE: (Check one)
Concur with the issuance of this permit provided the facility is operated and maintained properly, the stated
effluent limits are met prior to discharge, and the discharge does not contravene the designated water quality
standards.
Concurs with issuance of the above permit, provided the following conditions are met:
Opposes the issuance of the above permit, based on reasons stated below, or attached:
Signed '14
Date: I ! 2a
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 919 733-5083, extension 538 (fax) 919 733-0719
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Attachment:
NPDES Permit Number
NC0059552, Highlands Falls
W WTP, 290 Skylake Road,
Highlands, NC 28741 has applied for a permit renewal for a
facility located in Macon County
discharging treated wastewater
into an unnamed tributary to the
Cullasaja River in the Little
Tennessee River Basin. c't
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quality limited. This discharge
may affect future allocations in
this portion of the receiving
stream.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
TO ISSUE A NPDES
WASTEWATER PERMrr
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 Environ-
mental Management Commis-
sion proposes to issue a
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)
wastewater discharge permit to
the person(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 lifter the
publish date of this notice. All
comments received prior to that
date are considered in the final
determinations regarding the
proposed permit. The Director of
the NC Division of Water
Quality may decide to hold a
public meeting for the proposal'
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 request and
payment• of, .the,.,.post6. Qf
reprpdvc4lun., ,.M7il. .c9pufcnls
and/or requests for information
to the NC Division of Water
quality at the above address or
call Ms. Valery Stephens at
[phone]. extension 520.
Please include the NPDES
permit number (attached) in any
communication. Interested per-
sons 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 file.
NORTH CAROLINA
Macon 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
JULIA HESTON
who is first duly sworn, deposes and says: that he -she is
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
(Owner, partner, publisher, or other officer or employee authorized to make this affidavit)
ofThe Franklin Press, engaged in the publication of a newspaper
known as The Franklin Press published, issued, and entered as sec-
ond class mail in the Town of Franklin, in said County and 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 at-
tached hereto, was published in The Franklin Press on the following
dates:
January 14th, 2003
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 Sec-
ond 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This 3rd der of February
Y
1t�Y hC1 sl sue'
Signature of person making affidavit)
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd
day of
February
Notary Public
2003
2003
AUGUST 21, 2006
My Commission expires:

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
SS.
NORTH CAROLINA
PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION /
NPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL
SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF
INTENT TO ISSUE A
NPDES WASTEWATER
PERMIT
On the basis of thorougt
staff review and applico
tion of NC General Stcrtuti
143.21, Public law 92-50i
and other lawful stun
dards, and regulations, the
North Carolina. Environ
mental Management
Commission proposes tc
issue a National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) waste-
water discharge permit to
the person(s) listed below
effective 45 days from the
publish date of this notice.
Written comments i eslurd-
ing the proposed permit
will be accepted until 30
days after the publish date
of this notice. All com-
ments received prior to
that date are considered in
the final determinations
regarding the proposed
permit. The Director of
the NC Division of Water
Quality may decide to hold
a public meeting for the
proposed permit should
the Division receive a sig-
nificant degree of public
interest.
Copies of the draft permit
and other supporting in-
formation on file used to
determine conditions pre-
sent in the draft permit are
available upon request
and payment of the costs
of reproduction. Moil
comments and/or requests
for information to the NC
Division of Wcrter Quality
at the above address or
call Ms. Christie Jackson
at (919) /33-5087, extension
538. Please include the
NPDES permit number
(attached) in any com-
munication Interested
Persons may also visit the
Division of Water Quality
at 512 N. Salisbury Street.
Raleigh, NC 27604-1148 be-
tween the hours of 8:00 am
and 5:00 am to review in-
formation on file.
NPDES Permit Number
NC0059552, Highlands
Falls WWTP, Skytake
Road, Highlands, NC 28741
has applied for a permit
renewal for a facility lo-
cated in Macon County
discharging treated
wastewater into an un-
named tributary to the
Cullasaia River in the Lit-
tle Tennessee River Basin.
Currently fecal coliform 8
total residual chlorine are
water quality limited. This
discharge rnoy affect fu-
ture allocations in this por-
tion of the receiving
stream.
January 13.2003
(5768)
JAN 2
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said
County and State, duly commissioned, qualified and
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared Darryl Rhymes who, being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: that he is the Legal
Billing Clerk of The Asheville Citizen -Times
Company, engaged in publication of a newspaper
known as The Asheville Citizen -Times, published,
issued, and entered as second 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 dates: January 13, 2003
that he said newspaper in which said notice, paper,
document or legal advertisement were published
were, 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 15th day of January, 2003
(signature of person aking affidavit)
Sworn to an subscribed before me the 15th day of
January, 2003
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(V Commission ex s the 1st, D - her, 2007.

HIGHLANDS rALLS
COMMUNITY
May 9, 2002
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
` IA 01 3 2002
RE: North Carolina NPDES Permit Number NC0059552
Highlands Falls Sand Filter
Macon County
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed our renewal application, along with the required attachments.
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
4,415,
Davi3 R. Nicholson
Community Manager
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290 Skylake Road • Highlands, North Carolina 28741 • [phone] • FAX [phone] • [e-mail]

• NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM D
To be filed only by dischargers of 100% domestic wastewater (<1 MGD flow)
Facility Name
Owner Name
Street Address
City
State
ZIP Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
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)
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Street Address or State Road
City / Zip Code
County
Telephone Number
3. Reason for application:
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4. Description of the existing treatment facilities (list all installed components with
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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):
Type of Facility Generating Wastewater
Industrial Number of Employees
Commercial Number of Employees
Residential Number of Homes
School Number of Students/Staff
Other -
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, etc.):
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a. 117,„ b-z, of ceps ate wastewater to discharge pipe: -a (wastcwratei aiiit aus):
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):
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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.
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North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6E (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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APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS IN INCHES
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