NC0067008_Permit Issuance_20121217

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natura
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E.
Governor Director
December 17, 2012
Mr. Nathan Miller, Chairman
Watauga County Board of Commissioners
814 West King Street; Suite 205
Boone, NC 28607
Resources
Dee Freeman
Secretary
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0067008
Watauga County Board of Commissioners — Old Cove Creek School WWTP
Watauga County
Dear Mr. Miller:
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 significant changes from the draft permit sent to you on July 18, 2012.
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 Bob Sledge at telephone number (919) 807-
6398, or via e-mail at [e-mail].
cere ,
Charles Wakild, P.E.
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section
NPDES File
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 One
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 NorthCarohna
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Permit NCO067008
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
Watauga County Board of Commissioners
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Old Cove Creek School WWTP
207 Dale Adams Road
Sugar Cove
Watauga County
to receiving waters designated as Cove Creek in the Watauga River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts
I,11, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective February 1, 2013.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2017.
Signed this day December 17, 2012.
1i11Q1 J YY Q1lL1U, 1
Div ion of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO067008
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 Watauga County Board of Commissioners
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.01 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment system with the
following components:
♦ Grit Chamber
♦ Aeration Basin
♦ Clarifier
♦ Chlorination
♦ Dechlorination
♦ Return Sludge holding tank.
The facility is located at the Old Cove Creek School, 237 Dale Adams Road, near Sugar Grove, in
Watauga County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Cove Creek,
classified C waters in the Watauga River Basin.

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Latitude: 36° 15' 45" N State Grid: Sherwood
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Longitude: 81° 47' 05" W Permitted Flow: 0.01 MGD
Receiving Stream: Cove Creek Drainage Basin: ' Watauga River Basin
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Stream Class: C Sub -Basin: 04-02-01
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Permit NCO067008
A. (L) 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
Parameter:Codb�
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS''
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measuirement �
Frequency
" Sample
Type
Sample
Location;
Flow 50050
0.01-MGD
Weekly
Instantaneous
Influentor
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C) C0310
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N C0610
Monthly
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616
200/100 mL
400/100 mL
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorines 50060
28 pg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C) 00010
Daily
Grab
Effluent
pH2 O0400
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in compliance
with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values reported by
a North Carolina certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50
µg2-
2. The effluent pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units and shall not exceed 9.0 standard units.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

NORTH CAROLINA JP
FORSYTII 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 S.A. Bragman, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: that she is
Assistant Controller of the Winston-Salem Journal, engaged in the publishing Qo�N
of a newspaper known as the Winston-Salem Journal, published, issued and
entered as second class mail in the City of Winston-Salem, 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 Winston-Salem Journal on the following dates: PUBLIC NOTICE
October 23, 2012 STATE OF NORTH NA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
COMMISSION/NPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699-1617
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper document, or legal NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO ISSUE
advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such A NPDES WASTEWATER PERMIT
The North Carolina Environmental Management
publication, a newspaper meeting all the requirements and qualifications of Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewa-
Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified ter discharge permit to the persons}listed below.
Written comments regarding the proposed permit
newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of will be accepted until 30 days after the publish
date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division
North Carolina. of Water Quality (DWQ) may hold a public hearing
should there be a significant degree of public in-
terest. Please mail comments and/or information
requests to DWQ at the above address. Interested
This 24th day of October, 2012 persons may visit the DWQ at 512 N. Salisbury
Street, Raleigh, NC to review information on file.
(signature person making affidavit) Additional information on NPDES permits and this
notice may be found on our website: http://portal
ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ps/npdes/calendar, or
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 24th day of October, 2012 by calling [phone].
The Watauga County Board of Education request-
ed renewal of permit NCO067024 for the Valle Cru-
cis Elementary School WWTP in Watauga County;
this Permitted discharge is treated wastewater to
Dutch Creek in the Watauga River basin.
The Watauga County Board of Education request -
Notary u lC ed renewal of permit NCO066991 for the Bethel Ele-
mentary School WWTP in Watauga County; this
permitted discharge is treated wastewater to
My Commission expires: September 28, 2015 Beaverdam Creek in the Watauga River basin.
Water Quality Utilities, Inc. requested renewal of
permit NCO050610 for The Ponds WWTP in Watau-
ga County; this permitted discharge is treated do-
mestic wastewater to the Watauga River in the
Watauga River basin.
Seven Devils Resort WWTP, NCSR 1151, Seven
.o�s.„a.. Devils, Watauga County, applied to renew permit
KIMALEY J0HNS0N River, at discharging to a UT of the Watauga
River, Watauga Basin.
NOTARY PUBLIC
FORSYTH COUNTY Water Quality Services, Inc. requested renewal of
STATE OF NORTH CAROLI A permit NC0032212 for the Yonahlossee WWTP in
Watauga County; this permitted discharge is
tiY COMMISSION EXPIRES ' treated domestic wastewater to Lance Creek in
the Watauga River basin.
Carolina Water Service, Inc. of North Carolina re-
quested renewal of permit NCO032123 for the
Hound Ears WWTP; this permitted discharge is
treated domestic wastewater into the Watauga
River in the Watauga River Basin.
Town of Beech Mountain applied to renew NPDES
permit NCO088099 for the Buckeye Lake WTP, 1400
Pine Ridge Road, Watauga County, discharging
treated wastewater to Buckeye Creek, Watauge
River Basin.
Cove Creek Preservation and Development, Inc.
requested renewal of permit N00067008 for the
Old Cove Creek School WWTP in Watauga County;
this permitted discharge is treated wastewater to
Cove Creek in the Watauga River basin.
WSJ: October 23, 2012

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
Bob Sledge 7/9/2012
Permit Number
NCO067008
Facility Name
Old Cove Creek School WWTP
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
Watauga 04-02-01
Receiving Stream
Cove Creek
Stream Classification in Permit
C
Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits?
No
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
Added Footnote
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?
No
Any permit mods since lastpermit?
No
Current expiration date
9/30/2012
New expiration date
9/30/2017
Comments received on Draft Permit?
No
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".
• TRC language for Compliance Level for Cover Letters/Effluent Sheet Footnote:
"The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/L to be in
compliance with the permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit
all values reported by a North Carolina certified laboratory (including field certified),
even if these values fall below 50 jig/L."
BIMS Compliance Download: Queries>Reports>Violations>Monitor Report Violations>Limit
Violations for Past 3 Years
Reminder: Permits that are not subject to expedited renewal include the following: 1) Major
Facility (municipal/industrial); 2) Minor Municipals with pretreatment program; 3)
Minor Industrials subject to Fed Effluent Guidelines (lb/day limits for BOD, TSS, etc); 4)
Limits based on reasonable potential analysis (metals, GW remediation organics); 5)
Permitted flow > 0.5 MGD (requires full Fact Sheet); 6) permits determined by Supervisor to be
outside expedited process.
Note: This sheet is located on NPDES Server/CurrentVersions/Expedited Fact Sheet May2010

Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc.
PQ Box 1167
Banner Elk, NC 28604
Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
March 20, 2012
Cove Creek Preservation
NPDES permit NCO067008
The request is being made for Cove Creek Preservation , NPDES Permit NC067008, to have their
wastewater permit renewed. No changes to the plant have been made since the last permit renewal in
2007.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself, Jadd Brewer, owner of Water Quality Lab and
Operations, Inc. at 828-898-6277
cerely,
Ja Brewer
Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc...
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• NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit C00(p'7O
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 Amy She H&1
Facility Name l (love Ore e K Scho l W ff7V
Mailing Address �b BI)X 34 q
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
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2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, public organization or other entity that operates the facility.
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)k9r
Name Jo_,cO, 13m.,
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
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NPDES APPLICATION -' FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters<1.0 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply):
Industrial ❑ Number of Employees
Commercial ❑�" r`) Number of Employees
Residential --M- Number of Homes'
School RT'_ Number of Students/Staff
Other ❑ Explain: ;
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile_ home park; shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.): !,/a ' %►'� a `k'x, •• .' - _ � .. �_ .`. ' >' • - ..' -
Population served:.
5. �pe of collection system
Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑Combined' :(storm "sewerland sanitary sewer)
6. Outfall Information:
Number of separate discharge points
Outfall Identification number(s) QD
Is the outfall equipped *itli a diffuserP, . ❑ ; Yes i No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
Cove. ee k f Mtin',4,nf i,j/ nr'o rf-fin w� / t nA rA/7 n� 1
S. Frequency of Discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs:.. Duration:
9: Describe ' the treatment system.;, , '?. _ j
List all installed components, including capacities, provide design removal for BOD,::TSS, nitrogen and
phosphorus. If the space provided is not sufficient, attach the description of the treatment system in a -
separate sheet of paper.
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NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow • 0/0 MGD
Annual Average daily flow , 00 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow • 6015 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes E40
12. Effluent Data
Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform, Temperature and pH shall be grab samples, for all other
parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported, report daily maximum
and monthly average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum.
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODs)
Fecal Coliform
Total Suspended Solids
ap
Temperature (Summer)
Temperature (Winter)
pH
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
UIC (SDWA)
NPDES
PSD (CAA)
Non -attainment program (CAA)
14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
NESHAPS (CAA)
Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
Other
Permit Number
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.
bw nz1--&
'nted name of Person Signing Title
of Applicant
Date
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) states: 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.)
3 of 3 Form-D 05/08

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Water Quality Lab and Operations, Inc.
PO Box 1167
Banner Elks NC 28604
Phone [phone] Fax [phone]
Excess bio-solids are pumped and hauled to Boone wastewater treatment plant.
Sincerely,
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Jadd Brewer
Water Quality Labs,lnc.