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Home My WebLink AboutNC0067326_Permit Issuance_20121108�A 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 November 8, 2012 Mr. David Curtis Macon County Schools 1202 Old Murphy Rd Franklin, N.C. 28734 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0067326 Cullasaja School WWTP Class WW-2 Macon County Dear Mr. Curtis: 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 July 5, 2012. With the issuance of this permit, you are hereby authorized to operate the subject facility at a monthly average flow of up to 0.003 MGD. 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/'---\ Since r ly, Charles Wakild, P.E. cc: Central Files Asheville Regional Office/Surface Water Protection NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 One 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 NonthCarolina Phone: 919 807-6300 /FAX 919 807-6495 / http:llportal.ncdenr.org/weblwq ;Va&rall`%An Equal Opportunity/Af iirmative Action Employer - 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper Permit NCO067326 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 Macon County Board of Education are hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the Cullasaja School WWTP 145 River Road, east of Franklin Macon County to receiving waters designated as the Cullasaja River in subbasin 04-04-01 of 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 December 1, 2012. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November 30, 2017. Signed this day November 8, G a s Wakild, P.E., 4M:ectot fision of Water Quality Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Permit NCO067326 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 Macon County Board of Education is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.003 MGD extended -aeration wastewater treatment facility with the following components: ♦ 2000-gallon primary clarifier tank ♦ 2000-gallon Aero-Flo aerobic digestion system ♦ 580-fe sand filter ♦ 1200-gallon chlorine chamber ♦ 600-gallon polishing tank The facility is located at the Cullasaja School WWTP, east of Franklin off River Road in Macon County. 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into the Cullasaja River, a class B-Trout stream in hydrologic unit 06010202 of the Little Tennessee River Basin. N �•� �_ ,� �:. • �: � `�i�l � :! --� �:`� � � � / i• i�iJ 1 teed, ��•. q, eti I f GAGU'iG.' f3TA-Tl� �l f It • � o; I'�%ram, � ' ;;• is } \\p , ,� _ '� a 64 Discharge point -�'• / �%'�� jJ '1.,.� r—�/� '�. l�'� J ' jO° %? r,�, �( Y,_ s� � � rr ��,,, •��:�=sue_. .:-,�� . 6 Jli 6_1 lee �,1 ROAD CLASSIFICATION PRIMARY HIGHWAY LIGHT -DUTY ROAD, HARD OR HARD SURFACE IMPROVED SURFACE SECONDARY HIGHWAY HARD SURFACE ® UNIMPROVED ROAD Latitude 35°09'40" Longitude 83°18'53" Map # G5NE Sub -basin 4-04-01 Stream Class B-Trout Discharge Class 03 Receiving Stream Cullasaia River M ^ �.rti r � � '1•;Ii ' 1 ��4 i` CONTOUR INTERVAL 40 FEET QUAD LOCATION Macon County Schools NCO067326 Macon County Cullasaja School Permit NCO067326 A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS During the period beginning on the effective date of the 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: "PARAMETER : , LIMITS :. MONITORING REQUIREMENT& Monthly: ' ': -Dal ;Measurement Sample`T;ype. Sample Locatiom. '[PCS Code] Avera e� Maximum• Fre` uenc., Flow 50050 0.003 MGD Weekly Instantaneous Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C) 00310 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids [005301 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L 2/Month Grab Effluent NH3 as N 00610 Monthly Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 200/100 mL 400/100 mL 2/Month Grab Effluent 31616 Total Residual Chlorine' 17 Ng/L 2/Week Grab Effluent 50060 Temperature (°C) 00010 Weekly Grab Effluent pH 00400 > 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units — — 2/Month Grab Effluent Notes: 1. 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. (NOTE: If dechlorination equipment is required to maintain compliance with the TRC limit, the Permittee must apply for and receive an Authorisation to Construct (AtC) permit from the Division for installation of dechlorination equ pment.) There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Weaver, Charles From: Cantwell, Janet Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:02 PM To: Weaver, Charles Cc: Cranford, Chuck Subject: RE: Cullasaja School: NCO067326: Macon Co. Hi Charles --- AtO language in the permit letter sounds good to me. (Are you going to add "If they choose to install dechlor in order to meet the limit, they need an AtC"?) Sounds like it's covered ---go ahead and issue the permit. Thanks ---Janet Janet Cantwell - Janet.Cantwell@ncdenr.gov North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office Division of Water Quality - Water Quality Section 2090 US Highway 70 Swannanoa, NC 28778-8211 Tel: 828-296-4500 Fax: 828-299-7043 E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Weaver, Charles Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 2:24 PM To: Cantwell, Janet Subject: RE: Cullasaja School: NCO067326: Macon Co. Janet —the facility must comply with the TRC limit; they aren't required to install dechlor. If they choose to install dechlor in order to meet the limit, they need an AtC. Regarding the flow issue, I repeat my comments regarding NC0067318. The school has the necessary components in place for 0.003 MGD and we have an EAA saying they can treat 0.003 MGD properly. The facility has had 2 violations in the past 3 years, one of them for monitoring frequency. I don't see any reason to nitpick this one, given their compliance record. I'd recommend we include the AtO language in the permit cover letter and get this one issued. Let me know what you think. Thanks, CHW From: Cantwell, Janet Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:01 PM To: Weaver, Charles Cc: Cranford, Chuck; Menzel, Jeff Subject: Cullasaja School: NCO067326: Macon Co. Hi Charles ---I noticed where this facility was now listed as 0.003 mgd in BIMS and on the new draft permit. I know several years ago there was a flurry of emails about changing the flow from 0.002 mgd to 0.003 mgd and that an AtC was needed before issuing an AtO. We have nothing in our files to show that, but for it to have been put in BIMS means it had to have been issued. Good. It appears the draft permit is about the same as the previous one, except for the increased flow limit of 0.003 mgd. I do have a question: there is no mention of dechlorination/ dechlor equipment. Should this be included? Thanks ---Janet ----------------------------------------------------------------- Janet Cantwell - Janet. Cantwell@ncdenr.gov North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources Asheville Regional Office Division of Water Quality - Water Quality Section 2090 US Highway 70 Swannanoa, NC 28778-8211 Te I : 828-296-4500 Fax: 828-299-7043 E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. ASBEV T F, CrHZEN TIMES VOICE OF THE MOUNTAINS • CTTIZEN-TIMES.co1T1 RCS Properties, Inc, requested renewal of p r m t NCO062961 for Shoppes of. Tyneca�I WWTP, Avery County. This ermitt Cd facl Ity discharges treated wastew�tPer to tie Watau pa Rlvg, Watauga River Bas n. Chero ee Coup� fyy Schools requested renewal o} permit NC0035386 for th Hiwassee Dam School WWTP. Thls permgtted }aclllty discharges treat ed wastewater Into Thompson Branch .was see River Bast Macon Coun�ty of requested renewal of pearl t NCOo67326/Cullasap School WWTP. Facl�lty discharges t0 the Cullasaja elver/Little Tennessee I v r gash Fecal col Ifor m end total residua chlorine are water quality Ilmlted, Macon Coun BoEE Wape.sted renewal of NC0667318/NantahiN h0ol WVJTP. Facility discharges to Partridge CreQWLlttle Tennessee River Basin. Current)y no parametefs are water quail ty limited. TWAS5A fequestetl renewal, of permit �N�COOB750 hilt er WWTP/Jdckson County FacIIIty disc argGs to the T ckaseegee Rlver7Little TTennessee 's er B rn . Current)y, fecal collform s wate qualltyl� Ited. J. Patrick Kennedy requested renewal 8 permit NC0938687/Sin In 9 Waters CCamping9 Resort WWTP ackson Counnty , Facility al char gges to rouUt Creek/ll e Te nesse2 River BasI CCurrently fecal coiltor, nrrtltltt total residual cri iorine. are water quality mlted. PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION POES UNIT 1617 MAIL SERVICE CEN R, RALEIGH, NC 27699- 161T NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE A NPOES WASTEWATER PERMI The Noah Carolina En Ironmenta Management Commiss on proposes to ssue a NPID west water disc arge permit to the per sons) I lsted �ielow. W IttBBn comments re ardl g the proposed per rtlft wi I be acceppted unt 13 as s after M ppub (sh dote . th�s notice. The Dlrec for of the NC �vlslon of Wate Quality (DWQ) may hold a public �earing should there 6be a siignificant degree of pub) c Ilnterest. Please mall ccRRl1merrl1 s and/or Information re InutI'ested perrsonsemmflay vpllsllttdtheesDWQ at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh Nitlona, i IM rmatlon on information et fidle. p o f NPDES p rmlts a this notice May be ou d on our we site: rlhttp://portal.nc enr.orKw! /wg' /Bs07 p/ps �pdes/calendar, or by calling (919) Se tte3m04bec 16 2012 (9647) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION BUNCOMBE COUNTY SS. NORTH CAROLINA Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Velene Fagan, who, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that she is the Legal Billing Clerk of The Asheville Citizen -Times, engaged in publication of a newspaper known as The Asheville Citizen -Times, published, issued, and entered as first 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 date: September 16', 2012. And that the said newspaper in which said notice, paper, document or legal advertisement was published was, 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 17"', day of September, 2012 A (Signature of person making Sworn to and sub4ib�d before me the 17`h, day of Sion expires the 5th day of October, 2013 (828)232-5830 14 O. HENRY AVE. I P.O. BOX 2090 ��0j�'�r'f==Sdd4CE6b'.'r,4 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 9/11/2012 Permit Number NC0067326 Facility Name Cullasaja School WWTP Basin Name/Sub-basin number 04-04-01 Receiving Stream Cullasaja River Stream Classification in Permit B-Trout Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits? N/A Does permit need TRC limits/language? N/A Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? No Does permit have instream monitoring? No Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)? No Any obvious compliance concerns? None Any permit modifications since last permit? None. . New expiration date 11/30/2017 Comments on Draft Permit? Most Commonly Used Expedited Language: • 303(d) language for Draft/Final Cover Letters:."Please note that the receiving stream is listed as an impaired waterbody 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 permitted effluent limits and stream impairment can be attributed to your facility, then mitigative measures may be required".