NC0086070_Western NC Justice Academy_19970314

Western NC Justice Academy
Lewis Creek jmn
040302 3/14/97
The proposed facility is a 50,000 GPD plant that discharges into Lewis Creek in the Fren
Broad River Basin. According to Linda Wiggs of ARO, Lewis Creek is a tributary public concern about the discharger
to ch
upper Clear Creek. There has already been sohaar er
going into this stream.
Forwarded messages via Steve Pellei from Dave Goodrich and Paul White,
ARO
Dave's interpretation of message from Paul: That the farmers are dryingu
Creek by irrigation. He recommends that Steve meet with Ruth and Carla about the stream
being at zero based on the information received from the public. This info p Lewis
override USGS flow estimates and he recommends that we give 5&2 '
with 5 m should
g/l DO and 17 -ug/1 chlorine, to ensure the maximum level of limits
treatment. Also alternatives analysis needs to be completed by the
applicant.
Message from Paul White: ARO has received a number of calls from Henderson Co.
about this permit. Evidently, Preston had agreed to hurry along this project and the Count
is asking what additional info is needed to get things going. Paul indicated that 1 there
needs to be a revision of the alternatives analysis that has been submitted•
He received copy of the analysis on Feb. 20th but it is obviously incomplete. He says that
site very soon. 2) He also says that there seems to be a problem with the receiving
he has not received a request for a staff report from P&E but he intends to go and visit e
stream. It is used for irrigation and farmers say that they sandbag the stream and
dry it up to get water during drose 100
ught conditions. They are concerned that
below this point, the effluent from the Academy plant will comprise
of the stream. %
March 17,1997 . ,
Rec'd Staff Report from ARO Paul White has visited site and
there are numerous issues that need to be resolved before permit finalization.
ie -site is located in 100 year flood plain, no flood info provided, this needs to be
considered
-facilities do not meet current regs for a 50,000
because of requirements for dual path aeration anddclari i extended on and re bliration ty measures.
-all the non discharge options available have not been evaluated.
- (design) flow estimates appear to be higher than needed.
-no present worth comparison of alternatives
-consideration of temporary non discharging system for the Academy
-land cost is high at $22,000/acre
-potential for zero flow during droughts due to up stream irrigation
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