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Mr. Scott Buffkin
Town of Maggie Valley
3987 Soco Road
Maggie Valley, -North -Carolina 28751
Michael F. Easley
Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
Division of Water Quality
April 11, 2002
Subject: NPDES Permit NC0056561
Town of Maggie Valley WWTP
Haywood County
Dear Mr. Buffkin:
I received your letter dated March 12, 2002 regarding the frequency of monitoring in your
renewed NPDES permit. Currently, the Maggie Valley WWTP is ranked as a Class III facility.
Under North Carolina Administrative Code Section 15A NCAC 2B.0500, Class III facilities
discharging primarily domestic waste must sample for BODs, TSS, ammonia nitrogen, and fecal
coliform three times per week. This is reflected in your current NPDES. permit. If you feel that
your facility has been classified incorrectly, you may call the Asheville Regional Office and
request that it be reassessed:. Should your facility get reclassified, you would then need to apply
for a major modification to your NPDES permit in order to get the monitoring frequencies
reduced.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact me at telephone number
[phone], extension 551.
Sincerely,
Natalie V. Sierra
NPDES Unit
cc: Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
Central Files
N. C. Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit Phone: [phone]
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 fax: [phone]
Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us DENR Customer Service Center: 1 800 623-7748

Re: Maggie Valley
Subject: Re: Maggie Valley
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:54:26 -0400
From: Keith Haynes <[e-mail]>
Organization: NC DENR - Asheville Regional Office
To: Natalie Sierra <[e-mail]>
It is a Class III.
Natalie Sierra wrote:
> Keith-
> Any final word on the classification of the Maggie Valley plant?
> thanks,
> Natalie
Keith Haynes - [e-mail]
North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Quality - Water Quality Section
59 Woodfin Place
Asheville, NC 28801
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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Phone [phone] • Fax [phone] • 3987 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 28751
March 12, 2002
Mr. David A. Goodrich
NCDENR — Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1617
Dear Mr. Goodrich:
The Town of Maggie Valley recently received our renewed NPDES discharge permit. To our
surprise the monitoring requirements had been increased. Specifically the BOD 5 day, total
suspended residue, NH3-N, and fecal coliform sampling rates have all been increased from once per
week to three times per week. This change will cost the Town approximately $1,000.00 per month.
While I cannot argue the point that these tests are important, I must point out the Town's perfect
record on passing these tests. In the past 48 months, Maggie Valley's sewer plant has achieved a
perfect record on all monitored samplings. In addition, the Town monitors temperature, residual
chlorine, and PH daily, which is more often than our permit requires because we feel that it important
to know these things for proper plant operation. I believe this shows our commitment to the proper
operation and maintenance of the plant as well as our concern for the environment.
With all that being said, I respectfully request that the above listed sampling rates be reviewed.
Perhaps the extra $12,000.00 per year could be better used for other worth wild projects. As a point
of compromise, the Town could do the increased samplings for some period of time and use that
opportunity to show that the increased rate is unwarranted by passing all the tests. We would
appreciate any leniency that your organization could award. Please feel free to contact me ifyou have
any questions or concerns.
Sinc7ely,
Scott Buflkin
Town Manager
C.C. Keith Haynes
Mike Mehaffey
MAR 15 2002
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