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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Steven W. Miller, ORC
City of Marion WTP
194 North Main Street
Marion, North Carolina 28752
Dear Mr. Miller:
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Director Secretary
December 23, 2009
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit
NCO055221
Marion WTP
McDowell 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 October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
This permit contains the following change from the Draft permit mailed to you on October 21, 2009.
• The monitoring requirement for Ammonia Nitrogen and footnote #2 have been deleted.
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 150E 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 Bob Guerra at telephone number [phone] or email at (bob.guerra aencdenr.-gov}.
Enclosure: NPDES Permit
cc: Asheville Regional Office / Roger Edwards Surface Water Protection
Aquatic Toxicology Unit, Susan Meadows (E Copy)
NPDES Unit
Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
NorthCarolina
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Permit NCO055221
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
City of Marion
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Marion WTP
801 Old Greenlee Road (NCSR 1214)
McDowell County
to receiving waters designated as Nix Creek in the Catawba 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 February 1, 2010.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2014.
Signed this day December 23, 2009.
d
C - en H. Sullins, Director
r Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit,NC0055221
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.
The City of Marion is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate'a conventional water treatment plant treating surface water from
Buck Creek, Clear Creek and Mackey Creek with a discharge of filter -backwash
wastewater. The facility consists of the following components:
a) Pump station with two (2) 3,900 gpm non -submersible pumps
b) High water alarms
c) Stilling well
d) Flash mixer
e) Over and under Flocculator
f) Settling basins
g) Multi -media filters
h) 200,000 and 1,000,000 gallon clear wells
i) Two (2) two million gallon storage tanks and
j) Two (2) sludge lagoons
2. This facility is located at the Marion WTP 801 Old Greenlee Road (NCSR 1214) in
McDowell County.
3. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into
Nix Creek, classified C waters in the Catawba River Basin.

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NO�th S Permit No. NCO055221
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Permit NCO055221
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 filter backwash from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the
Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily.,
Maximum
Measurement,
Frequency
Sample Type
- . .Sample , = _-
Location
50050 - Flow
Weekly
Instantaneous
Effluent
00530 — Total Suspended
Solids
.30 mg/L
45 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
00400 - pH
6.0 — 9.0 s.u.
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
50060 - Total Residual Chlorine'
28 pg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
00076 — Turbidity
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
01105 — Total Aluminum?
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
01042 - Total Copper
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
01045 - Total Iron
Quarterly
Grab
01055 — Manganese 2
Quarterly
Grab
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00951 — Fluoride 2, 3
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
TGP313 - Whole Effluent Toxicity
Monitoring4
Quarter) y
Grab
Effluent
Notes:
1. Limit and monitor only if the facility adds chlorine or chlorine derivatives to water that is eventually
discharged. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 ug/L to be in compliance
with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by a North
Carolinacertified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50 ug/L.
2. Parameters should be monitored in conjunction with toxicity test.
3. Fluoride should be monitored if the Permittee backwashes with fluoridated finish water.
4. See Attachment A (2.).
All samples collected should be from a representative discharge event.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace
amounts.

Permit NCO055221
A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY MONITORING (CiRTRLY)
The permittee shall conduct quarterly chronic toxicity tests using test procedures outlined in the "North
Carolina Ceriodaphnia Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised, February 1998, or subsequent
versions.
The effluent concentration defined as treatment two in the procedure document is 90%. The testing shall be
performed as a Ceriodaphnia dubia 7day pass/fail test. The tests will be performed during the months of
January, April, July and October. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES
Permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge
Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B.
Additionally, DWQ Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Environmental Sciences Section
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Section no
later than 30 days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed
in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent
toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the
permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the
facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No
Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Environmental Sciences Section at
the address cited above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediately. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test requirement will revert to
quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water
Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit [nay be re -opened and modified to include
alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
If the Permittee monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by this permit, the results of such
monitoring shall be included in the calculation & reporting of the data submitted on the DMR & all AT Forms
submitted.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control
organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls,
shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than
the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring.

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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
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NORTH CAROLINA
Public Notice
North Carolina
Management CEnvironmental
ommissioniNPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and
NOGcee oh%Intent tolssue a
NPDEs
State, duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law
Wastewater Permit
North Carolina Environmental Managemen.
nission proposes to issue
to administer oaths, personally appeared Elyse Giannetti,
a NPDES waste
discharge per to the person(s) lister
who, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that she is
n commenpts reg tr'd the proposed per
ill be ache tea until 3o days after the
ate
the Legal Billing Clerk of The Asheville Citizen -Times,
pub
f. this notice, The Director of the N(
m of Water Qual,ty �DWQ, ma hold
hearing should there e a signlicant
engaged in publication of a newspaper known as The
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?f public interest. Please mail homment;
Information requests to DWQ at the
address.
Asheville Citizen -Times, published, issued, and entered as
N. Salstedypersons may visit
eon iosnl�onurtil StrAedd%tlonalginfor
first class mail in the City of Asheville, in said County and
PDCS
Ind on11, pwebslteanwwwlncwateerquajY
or y calling [phone].
State; that she is authorized to make this affidavit and
of Marion requested renewal of erm t
21 for its WTP in McDowell
sworn statement; that the notice or other legal
County; this
Nix Cseek in the Catawba River aasrwaste-
n Inc., requested
advertisement a true copy of which is attached hereto, was
renewal of permit
�80 for its WWge In McDowell County;
.rmitted discharge is reated domestic.
>lowdown and fire
published in The Asheville Citizen -Times on the
pump gland seal wa-
tewater to the Catawba Rwer in the gat.
v r Basin. The City of Marion
H�II Enterprises
following date: October 22nd 2009. And that the said
i NC requested renewal of
for WWTP facility In Mcoow-
�tY; this permitted discharge is treated
. wastewater
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newspaper in which said notice, paper, document or legal
wa to North
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advertisement was published was, at the time of each and
(6300)
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 22nd day of October, 2009
(Signal re of person oral
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 22nd day of
Octot)er, 2009.__.—
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
. For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number INCO0=
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up down arrows to move from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Facility Name
Mailing Address
city
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
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2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑ I
Street Address or State Road 9 01 ©10 'AeeJUL ee, R 0a
City
State / Zip Code
County f l% I� d (yell.11
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3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name
Mailing Address -UP F: r F: 1X/P D
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city JUN 7
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number c DEN R - WATER 011.4.1 IT/
Fax Number c PO I NT SO t 1 RCF 13RA N CH
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public [�
S. Type of treatment. plant:
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - 6HORT FORM C - WTP
. For discharges associated with water treatment plants
[v� Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater,. surface water)
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7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw water:
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S. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility: Thte, ARC. TWO �S1 od ye 1A&00PS i+r 74e- 61W t2k4" 1-1 /fit Mck whA
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9. Number of separate discharge points:
Outfall Identification number(s) Q(Q�
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent 20,
If intermittent: oP%[t 4 week 04
Days per week discharge occurs � R aS� Duration: ' L j
ak- h 6V,45
11. Plant design potable flowrate �J. o MGD
Backwash or reject flow . C940 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitudes /V •`tkS cReekS t 4-r 33 q 5 `dy i 3s-S )H'1 A
l.dg, Pz 02 ,A . 5 72W . W
13, Please list all water 'treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
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14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
15. Additional Information: A'Z(~`t:>
Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in
the treatment process, and point of addition of chemicals.
Solids Handling Plan
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
D New applicants must contact a permit coordinator with the NCDENR Customer
Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
v Analyses of source water collected
Engineering Alternative Analysis
Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
17. 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 such information is true, complete, and accurate.
STFOEP W J' I 1 ler 6 (1 (--
Printed name of Person Signing Title
Signature of Applicant Date
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 $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.)
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