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Michael F. Easley
FW ATE Governor
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GD. E. Benton
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> North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
September 6, 2006
Michael Myers, Compliance Engineer Manager
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc.
P.O. Box 4889
Cary, North Carolina 27519
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO065684
Country Woods WWTP
Hemlock Drive, northwest of Bakers, NC
Union County
Dear Mr. Myers:
The Division of Water Quality (the Division) hereby issues the attached NPDES permit for the subject
facility. 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 May 9,1994, or as subsequently amended.
RENEWAL SUMMARY
Phased Permit. Based on recent correspondence, the Division understands that the multiple treatment -
train hardware located at this facility is only partially connected and in use. Moreover, your records
show regular discharge flows averaging less than 0.200 MGD per month. The Division has therefore
adjusted this permit to accommodate flow -in phases based on actual flow conditions.
Phase I [Section A. (1.)] requires mostly 1/Week monitoring for a Class II facility with flow limited at
0.350 MGD, based on existing treatment hardware. Upon reaching a monthly average flow of 0.280
MGD (based on a calendar year annual average), or 80 % of permitted capacity, you must notify the
Division of your intent to advance to Phase II [see permit Special Condition A. (3.)].
Phase H requires mostly 3/Week monitoring as Class III with a total permitted flow of 0.670 MGD
[Section A. (2.)]. Please note that you must request the Mooresville Region Office to inspect any newly
connected facilities prior to discharge under Phase II.
Concerning Ammonia and Chlorine. The Division has also added Daily Maximum limits for
ammonia (NH3 as N), as required by EPA. We have added a chlorine (TRC) limit in accordance with
the new statewide standard; monitoring to be conducted only if you use chlorine to disinfect. This
permit reflects your recent installation of ultra -violet (UV) disinfection facilities.
Error Correction. Effluent monitoring for Temperature was inadvertently left out of the permit
draft. The Division has therefore added 1/Day monitoring (water -quality limited) to both phases of this
permit final.
kFOM
NCDENR
N. C. Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 919-733-5083 Customer Service
1-800-623-7748

Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0065864
Aqua of North Carolina
Country Woods WWTP
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Discharge to an Impaired Stream. Country Woods W WTP discharges to Goose Creek, an impaired
stream. Goose Creek, from its source to the Rocky River, appears on the Division's 2003 Impaired
Waters List [303(d) list] as a biologically impaired waterbody based on benthic macroinvertebrate data.
Moreover, Goose Creek is considered environmentally sensitive due to the presence of a federally
endangered freshwater mussel, the Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata). Be advised that, if
stream degradation can be attributed to point source dischargers, mitigative measures may include
removing this discharge.
Special Condition A. (4.). The Division received comments from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission concerning potential impacts of ammonia
(NH3) on aquatic life and endangered species. In response to these concerns, the Division intends to
revise the Goose Creek Permitting Strategy (January 5, 2001) during this permit cycle. Following this
revision, the Division may reopen all Goose Creek permits and adjust ammonia limits, as warranted, in
keeping with revision conclusions and recommendations.
If any parts, monitoring 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. You must submit this request in the form of a written petition, conforming
to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and file it with the office of Administrative
Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714. Unless such a demand is
made, this permit shall be final and binding.
Please notice that this permit is not transferable except after notifying the Division of Water Quality. The
Division may modify, or revoke and reissue this permit. This permit does not affect your legal
requirements to obtain other permits required by the Division of Water Quality, the Division of Land
Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act, or other federal or local governments.
If you have questions, or if we can be of further service, please call Joe Corporon at [phone],
extension 597 or email joe.CorooronQncmail.net.
Sincerely,
fctiAllan W. Klimek, P.E.
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0065684
cc: Mooresville Regional Office/Surface Water Protection Section
NPDES Program
USFW S, Tom Augspurger
NCWRC, Frank McBride

NPDES Permit No. NCO065684
STATE OF NORTH CAR OLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
10-0- "4310 1
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
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In compliance with the provisions 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,
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
County Woods WWTP
Hemlock Drive, northwest of Bakers, NC
Union County
to receiving waters designated as Goose Creek within the Yadkin -Pee Dee 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 October 1, 2006.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight October 31, 2008.
Signed this day September 6, 2006.
rl.Q- --Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

NPDES Permit No. NCO065684
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked, and as
of this 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 described herein.
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc.
is hereby authorized:
1. to continue to operate 0.350 MGD of the existing 0.670 MGD domestic wastewater treatment facility
consisting of:
0.090 MGD package plant (dual trains at 0.045 MGD each) using dual:
• aeration basins
• clarifiers
• contact tanks with tablet chlorination (backup only)
• aerated sludge tanks
0.100 MGD package plant (dual trains at 0.05 MGD each) using dual:
• aeration basins
• clarifiers
• chlorine contact tanks with tablet chlorination (backup only)
• aerated sludge tanks
• one common equalization basin prior to both plants
• one common tertiary filter for both dual plants (2 cells) after clarification
0.480 MGD (three trains, each 0.160 MGD) each consisting of triple:
• equalization basins
• aeration basins
• clarifiers
• chlorine contact tanks with tablet chlorination (backup only)
• post aeration
• de -chlorination
• aerated sludge tanks, and
• one filter unit per train (four cells)
with effluent from all treatment trains discharging through UV disinfection and a recording -type effluent flow
meter, located at the Country Woods WWTP, Hemlock Drive northwest of Bakers, Union County; and
2. upon reaching an average annual flow of 0.280 MGD (80 % of current use capacity - 0.350 MGD), operate a
0.670 MGD domestic wastewater treatment facility, and
3. to discharge from said wastewater treatment works at a designated point (see attached map) through Outfall
001, to Goose Creek, a stream classified as C waters within the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin.

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Permit Expires:
Oct 31, 2010
Permitted Flow:
0.670 MGD
Latitude:
35" DT 22"
Discharge Class:
100% Domestic
Longitude:
800 37' 12"
State Grid/Ouad:
P16SE /Bakers Quad.
Receiving Stream:
Goose Creek
Drainage Basin:
Yadkin -- Pee Dee
Stream Class:
C (impaired)
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North NPDES Permit NCO065684
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NPDES Permit NCO065684
A. (I.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS [0.350 MGD]
Beginning on October 1, 2006 and lasting until expansion to 0.670 MGD or expiration, the Permittee is
authorized to discharge treated domestic wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and
monitored by the Permittee as specified below:
PARAMETER
LLNIITS
MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location'
Flow
0.350 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or
Effluent
BODs, 5-day, 20°C
Summer - Aril 1 to October 31
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
BODs, 5-day, 20°C
lI inter - November 1 to March 31
18.0 mg/L
27.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids SS
30.0 m
45.0 mg1L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
Summer -Aril 1 to October 31
2.0 mg/L
10.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
Winter - November 1 to March 31
4.0 mg/L
20.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
Daily average > 5.0 m
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Temperature
I
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform(geometric mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 nil
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) 3
19
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
g
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen NO, + NO, + TYN)
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorous
Q22gerix
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
Variable 3
Grab
U, D
Tem eratare
Variable 3
Grab
U, D
Dissolved O en
Variable 3
Grab
U, D
Fecal Coliform
Variable 3
Grab
U, D
Footnotes:
1. U: upstream approximately 100 feet from the outfall. D: downstream approximately 0.4 miles from the
outfall.
2. TRC — The Permittee shall monitor chlorine only if chlorine is used to disinfect.
3. Variable Stream Sampling — the Permittee shall collect stream samples 3/week during the months of
June, July, August, and September; sample weekly during the remainder of the year.
Units: MGD = million gallons per day; BOD = biochemical oxygen demand
mg/L = milligrams per liter µg/L = micrograms per liter
m1= milliliter
For additional permit requirements, see [Special Conditions A. (3.) and A. (4.)].
Facility discharge shall contain no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.

NPDES Permit NCO065684
A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Beginning with expansion to 0.670 MGD and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge
treated domestic wastewater from Outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee
as specified below:
PARAMETER
LIMITS
MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample
Type
Sample
Location'
Flow
0.670 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent or
Effluent
BODs, 5-day, 20°C
Summer - April 1 to October 31
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
BODs, 5-day, 20°C
Winter - November 1 to March 31)
18.0 mg/L
27.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids SS
30.0 m
45.0 m
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
NHS as N (Summer - April 1 to
October 31
2.0 mg/L
10.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (Winter- November Ito
March 31
4.0 mg/L
20.0 mg/L
3/Week
Composite
Effluent
Dissolved Oxv2en
Daily average > 5.0 m
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature
I
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform(geometric mean)
200/100 ml
400/100 ml
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC)Z
19
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
H
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard emits
3/Week
Grab
Effluent
Total Nitrogen Oz + NO3 + TQuarterly
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorous
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N
Variable 3Grab
U, D
Temperature
Variable 3
Grab
U, D
Dissolved Oxygen
Variable 3
Grab
U, D
Fecal Coliform
Variable
Grab
U. D
Footnotes:
1. U: upstream approximately 100 feet from the outfall. D: downstream approximately 0.4 miles from the
outfall.
2. TRC — The Permittee shall monitor chlorine only if chlorine is used to disinfect.
3. Variable Stream Sampling — the Permittee shall collect stream samples 3/week during the months of
June, July, August, and September; sample 1/week during the remainder of the year.
Units: MGD = million gallons per day; BOD = biochemical oxygen demand
mg/L = milligrams per liter µg/L = micrograms per liter
nil = milliliter
For additional permit requirements, see [Special Conditions A. (3.) and A. (4.)].
Facility discharge shall contain no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.

NPDES Permit NCO065684
EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
A. (3.) TREATMENT WORKS RECLASSIFICATION -- Class II to Class III
Upon reaching an average flow (based on a calendar year average) equal to or exceeding 0.280
MGD (80 % of permitted capacity), the Permittee shall:
1) notify the Division in writing; and
2) increase monitoring frequencies to 3/Week according to Section A. (2.).
The Permittee shall thereafter maintain compliance required of a Class III facility permitted at
0.670 MGD, unless request is made and granted to modify this permit.
A. (4.) PERMIT REOPENER TO REVISE AMMONIA LIMITS
The Division received comments from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and from the North
Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission concerning potential impacts of ammonia (NH3) on
aquatic life and endangered species. In response to these concerns, the Division intends to revise
the Goose Creek Permitting Strategy (January 5, 2001) during this permit cycle. Following this
revision, the Division reserves that right to reopen this permit and adjust ammonia limits, as
warranted, in keeping with revision conclusions and recommendations.

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FILE CONTENTS: Facility
Permit No.
Left side:
❑ BIMS Tracking Slip
1'1�14 P NPDES Permit Writer:
Right side: Joe R. ron, L.G.
❑ Streamline Package Sheet (to region, only if str mlined
L9� Draft Permit Cover Letter. (add new policy to ; su a major cha es to permit)
UK Draft Permit (order: cover, suppleme map, effluent s ets, special conditions)
Q� Facility Map (E-Map: include facili Outfalls; U and sample locations)
Cd� Fact Sheet. (documentT
unit miter's issues and r -issue logic)
❑ Permit Writer's Notes (if not in F S et -- chronology, s tegy, DMR Review, RPA, etc.)
Staff Report from Region (as approp-- not needed if streaml ed)
Old Permit (Text, E ent Sheets and Special Conditions)
L9� Permit Application. (New Permit or Renewal; any additional perauttee correspondence)
d Acknowledgement Letter (NPDES Unit written response to Renewal Application)
❑ Permittee Responses (to acknowledgement letter, if any)
❑ Waste Load Allocation (reference date; notes if recalculated for current action)
Note: Italics indicate special conditions not always required or applicable.
d� Submitted to ( lW Se ( for Peer Review: Date oo�Admin cutoff date S�
t�Peer Review completed by A- Date
Updated Public Notice System [date] Updated BIMS Events: [date]
l9� Submitted for Public Notice on nwftkNewspapier Notice Received Actual Notice date(s)
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FACT SHEET FOR NPDES PERMIT DEVELOPMENT
NPDES Permit NCO065684
Table 1. Country Woods Wastewater Treatment Plant
Facility Information
Applicant/Facility Name
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc. / Country Woods WWTP
Applicant Address
202 MacKenan Court, Cary, NC 27511
Facility Address
Hemlock Drive northwest of Bakers, NC
Permitted Flow (MGD)
0.670
Type of Waste
Domestic wastewater. SIC Code 4952
W W Code Prim. 05; Treatment Unit Code 16117;
Facility/Permit Status
Class III, Minor / Renewal
Drainage Basin / County
Yadkin - Pee Dee / Union
Miscellaneous
Receiving Stream
Goose Creek
Regional Office
Mooresville
Stream Classification
C
State Grid / USGS To o Quad
G 16 SE / Bakers, NC
303 d Listed?
Yes
Permit Writer
Joe R. Corporon
Subbasin
03-07-12
Date: "
03May06
Summer 7Q10 (cfs)
0.1
Lat. 35° 07' 22" Long. 80° 37' 12"
Winter 7Q10 (cfs)
0.4
30Q2 (cfs)
0.7
Average Flow (cfs)
9.5
IWC (%) -
91
BACKGROUND
Facility Description. This facility services a residential subdivision; therefore the waste stream is wholly domestic.
This complex treatment system (0.670 MGD) consists of seven (7) parallel treatment trains (batch plants); a dual -
train at 0.090 MGD, a dual -train at 0.100 MGD, and a triple -train at 0.480 MGD (three batch plants at 0.160 MGD
each). Each treatment train has a discrete equalization basin, aeration basin, clarifier, post aeration, tertiary filters,
and aerated sludge tanks. The Permittee has most recently added two 0.980 MGD ultra violate (UV) disinfection
units (Authorization to Construct dated December 3, 2004). A backup power generator and a recording -type flow
meter support all systems discharging to a common Outfall 001.
Permit History. Country Woods W WTP was first permitted in 1994 when issued to Mid South Water Systems, Inc.
who sold it to Heater Utilities in June 1999. Heater Utilities in turn sold it to Aqua of North Carolina, Inc. in 2005
(Table 1). The 2001 permit was issued following the Division's impaired -stream analysis and subsequent
development of the Goose Creek NPDES Permitting Strategy dated January 3, 2001. At renewal, the Division denied
Heater Utilities' request to expand from 0.670 MGD to 0.690 MGD because of impaired stream conditions.
Moreover, the Division reclassified the plant from Class II to a Class III, based on the existing treatment system "as
built." Following negotiations with no resolution, the Permittee adjudicated the permit arguing that the facility should
remain a Class II based on actual flow (average less than 0.200 MGD), and thus, monitoring activities reverted to the
previous permit (issued November 1994). Compliance monitoring in the 1994 permit specified weekly (Class II)
rather than 3/week (Class P.
Request to Renew. The Division received the permittee's Permit Renewal Application (Short Form D) on March
25, 2003. The issued permit expired on October 31, 2003, however because of the pending legal case, the Permittee's
Fact Sheet
NPDES NCO065684
Renewal
Page 1

application to renew could not be processed. The Division has since received notice from the court that this case has
been dismissed due to inactivity. This facility has since changed ownership again.
Waste Load Allocation (WLA). The Division last prepared a WLA in September 1994 and developed effluent limits
and monitoring requirements. The Division judges these limits and monitoring requirements to be appropriate for this
renewal with the exception of the additions and deletions listed below (see RENEWALS Y).
Existing Stream Conditions. The Division verified that this facility discharges to Goose Creek, a Class C stream
within the Yadkin River Basin. Goose Creek is listed as an "impaired" waterbody [303(d) listed] due to "biological
impairment based on benthic macroinvertebrate data," and also "excessive instream fecal coliform concentrations." In
addition, Goose Creek is considered environmentally sensitive due to the presence of a federally endangered freshwater
mussel, the Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata). Impaired conditions have mandated subbasin-specific
permitting guidance for Goose Creek and its tributaries.
FILE REVIEW
Correspondence. Mooresville Regional Office (MRO) generated a Staff Report dated July 17, 2003 following
a facility inspection conducted by Samar Bou-Ghazale (MRO) on July 8, 2003. Mr.. Bou-Ghazale noted that the
WWTP appeared in good working condition and recommended that the Division renew this permit. This facility
was more recently inspected by MRO in March 2006.
Compliance and DMR Review. Division records no violations or enforcements against this facility since 1999.
DMRs were reviewed from January 2003 through February 2006. Monthly average flow ranged generally
between 0.150 MGD and 0.200 MGD with isolated maximums approximating 0.500 MGD. Effluent fecal
coliform counts were reported within permit limits and often below detection levels at <1/100 ml. Effluent
dissolved oxygen generally averaged between 8 and 9 mg/L through critical summer seasons. Total Suspended
Residue (TSR) averaged < 1.0 mg/L with a maximum of 8.3 mg/L detected in 2002 [This test method will be re -
described as Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in the renewed permit]. Effluent chlorine (TRC) concentrations were
reported below the permit limit of 19 µg/L.
Instream Monitoring. Recorded dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperatures in the receiving stream, both
upstream and downstream, appear normal and seasonally appropriate, with summer DO values averaging above
8.0 mg/L. Instream fecal coliform counts varied with no significant difference downstream when compared to
upstream levels. These data therefore do not indicate a significant fecal contribution by this point source
discharge.
Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing. This facility does not conduct WET testing because it is 100 %
domestic and discharges less than 1.0 MGD.
RENEWAL SUNB4ARY
This permit has been renewed as previously permitted, as Class III WWTP discharging into an impaired
stream. Effluent limits and monitoring conditions have been applied in accordance with the Division's Goose
Creek NPDES Permitting Strategy (January 3, 2001). The Division has added ammonia Weekly Average limits, as
required statewide by EPA.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR PERMIT ISSUANCE
Draft Permit to Public Notice:
Permit Scheduled to Issue:
Fact Sheet
NPDES NCO065684
Renewal
Page 2
May 10, 2006
July 3, 2006

NPDES DIVISION CONTACT
If you have questions regardi-nj any
NPDES Program, Eas at (919 73,3e
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information or on the attached permit, please contact Joe Corporon,
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Fact Sheet
NPDES NCO065684
Renewal
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Fact Sheet Addendum
for NPDES Permit
August 31, 2006
Joe Corporon, LA
NPDES Program
FOR: Aqua ofXorth Carolina - 96untry Woods WWTP
1 DES Permit NC00 684
After reviewing the Permittee's comments on the draft permit (June 15, 2006), the
Division understands that a significant portion of the treatment hardware described in the
draft permit is not in use. The total treatment capacity of hardware in use is 0.350 MGD.
Therefore, the current system in use qualifies as a Class lI facility (<0.500 MGD).
Considering the Permittees excellent compliance history, (no violations within the last 30
months), the Division will adjust the permit accordingly.
Reviewed data (Jan 2005 thru Jun 2006 — see attached database)
Flow
max = 0.478 MGD;
ave = 0.177 MGD
NH3
max = 1.5 mg/L;
ave = 0.12 mg/L
Total P
max = 5.2 mg/L;
ave = 4.1 mg/L
Considering the above, the Division has included effluent pages to accommodate
permitted flow as a "phased permit" for 0.350 MGD (as built) and 0.670 MGD
(expansion to total permitted flow). Considering impaired stream conditions, it is the
Divisions best professional judgment that, upon flow reaching 0.280 MGD (80% of 0.350
MGD), the Permittee shall comply with Class III limits and conditions including 3/Week
monitoring.
The permit cover letter will reflect the Permittee's need to notify the Division upon
reaching 80 % of Phase I permitted capacity. They will further need to request the
Mooresville Regional Office to inspect new treatment -train hardware installed to
accommodate Phase H flow.
Error Correction. Effluent monitoring for Temperature was inadvertently left out of the
permit draft. The Division has therefore added 1/Day (WQ-limited) monitoring to both phases
of this permit final.
Fact Sheet Addendum
NC0065684 r/
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Added Special Condition A. (4.). The Division received comments on permit DRAFT 2 from
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission concerning potential impacts of ammonia (NH3) on aquatic life and endangered
species. In response to these concerns, the Division intends to revise the Goose Creek
Permitting Strategy (January 5, 2001) during this permit cycle, and has explained in permit
Special Condition A. (4.) that "Following this revision, the Division may reopen all Goose
Creek permits and adjust ammonia limits, as warranted, in keeping with revision conclusions
and recommendations."
Fact Sheet Addendum
NCO065684
Page 2 of 2

Permit
Month
Day
Year Comment
Parameter
UoM
Value Modifler
NCO065684
4
6
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
4
13
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
v 1
/
NCO065684
4
20
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
N l
NCO065684
4
27
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0.8
NCO065684
5
4
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0.7
NC0065684
5
11
2005 < 0.5
00610 -Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
18
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0.6
NCO065684
5
25
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
30
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
6
1
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
1.5
NCO065684
6
8
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
6
15
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0.9
NCO065684
6
22
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
6
29
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
7
4
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
7
6
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
7
13
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0.6
NCO065684
7
20
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/1
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
7
26
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0.6
NCO065684
8
3
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
8
10
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
8
17
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
8
24
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
1.1
NCO065684
8
31
2005 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0.9
NCO065684
9
5
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
9
7
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0.6
NCO065684
9
13
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0.7
NG0065684
9
21
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
9
28
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0.8
NCD065684
10
5
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
LESSTHAN
NOD065684
NCO065684
10
10
13
19
2005 < 0.5
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
ron
mgA
LESSTHAN
0.6
\ %�
�VJ
NCO065684
10
26
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
11
2
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
11
9
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
11
16
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN

NCO065684
11
22
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
11
24
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
11
25
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
11
29
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
12
7
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NC0065684
12
14
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NC0065684
12
21
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
12
26
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
12
28
2005 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
1
2
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
HOLIDAY
NCO065684
1
4
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
1
10
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
1
18
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
1
25
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/)
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
2
1
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0.8
NCO065684
2
9
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
2
14
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
2
22
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
3
1
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0.7
NCO065684
3
9
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
3
15
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0.8
NCO065684
3
22
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
3
29
2006 <0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
4
5
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
4
12
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mgA
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
4
14
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 HOLIDAY
NCO065684
4
18
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
4
26
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
3
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
10
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
17
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
24
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
NCO065684
5
29
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/I
0 HOLIDAY
NCO065684
5
31
2006 < 0.5
00610 - Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as N)
mg/l
0 LESSTHAN
0.21 average
1.5 max
0.37 STDEV

QLM4s� `ems
Permit
Versio Facility Outfall
Month
Day
Year Comment
Parameter Param Class
UoM
Value Modifier
Loc
NC0065684
1.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned BI 001
4
6
2005
00665 - Phosph(Phosphorus
mg/I
2.7
Effluent
NC0065684
1.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned B) 001
7
4
2005
00665 - Phosph( Phosphorus
mg/I
HOLIDAY
Effluent
NC0065684
1.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned BI 001
7
6
2005
00665 - Phosphc Phosphorus
mg/I
5.2
Effluent
NC0065684
2.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned B) 001
11
2
2005
00665 - Phosphc Phosphorus
mg/I
4.7
Effluent
NC0065684
2.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned BI 001
11
24
2005
00665 - Phosphc Phosphorus
mg/I
HOLIDAY
Effluent
NC0065664
2.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned By 001
11
25
2005
00665 - Phosphc Phosphorus
mg/I
HOLIDAY
Effluent
NC0065664
2.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned B) 001
2
1
2006
00665 - Phosph( Phosphorus
mg/I
3.8
Effluent
NC0065684
2.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned B) 001
4
5
2006
00665 - Phosphc Phosphorus
mg/I
3.86
Effluent
NC0065684
2.00
Heater Utilities Inc Owned B) 001
4
14
2006
00665 - Phosphc Phosphorus
mg/I
HOLIDAY
Effluent
I' / 4

Goose Creek area & endangered mussels
Subject: Goose Creek area & endangered mussels
From: Susan Wilson <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:24:16 -0400
To: Matt Matthews <[e-mail]>, Tom Belnick <[e-mail]>
CC: Toya Fields <[e-mail]>, Joe Corporon <[e-mail]>, Gil Vinzani
<[e-mail]>
Matt - I gave Tom A (USF&WS) a call because he had sent comments to both Toya and Joe re. the .
Goose Creek permits they are trying to get issued. These were the ones that had been hanging out due to
adjudications (that have been in the AG's office for YEARS).
He had concerns re. ammonia and the endangered mussels and wanted us to consider implementing a
more stringent ammonia limit. I told him we would put a reopener clause in those permits so that we
could reopen them to include more stringent ammonia limits (and likely schedule) should the Goose
Creek strategy ya'll come up with necessitate that. (Joe is going to work on the reopener clause).
But ... the other thing he brought up was that he was really commenting that we should include a more
stringent ammonia limit in any permit where there were endangered mussels (and there are several areas
across the state) not just the Goose Creek area. This is more problematic.
So, I told him that you guys may want to discuss this when you talk about the strategy for Goose Creek.
He knew we wouldn't want to approach this on a permit by permit basis. They'd also rather approach it
via a watershed basis and work through our planning and standards folks as well (and you and Tom may
have already heard this before).
So —the saga will continue, but we'll move forward with the Goose Creek permits (the two that are still
outstanding).
Susan A. Wilson, P.E.
Supervisor, Western NPDES Program
(919) 733 - 5083, ext. 510
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
1 of 1 8/31/2006 8:03 AM

® North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission El
Richard B. Hamilton, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Joe R. Corporon, NPDES Program`
" J
Division of Water Quality ' A
FROM: "Shari L. Bryant Piedmont Region Coordinator pENR SOUPCE 8�`Kc"
Habitat Conservation Program p0�d1
DATE: 25 August 2006
SUBJECT: Revised Draft NPDES Permit Renewal for Country Woods Wastewater Treatment Plant,
Union County, NPDES Permit No. NCO065684
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have reviewed the subject
document. Our comments are provided in accordance with provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (as
amended), Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d), North
Carolina General Statutes (G.S. 113-131 et seq.), and North Carolina Administrative Code 15A NCAC
10I.0102.
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc. has submitted a permit renewal request for County Woods
Wastewater Treatment Plant (W WTP) to discharge treated domestic wastewater into Goose Creek in the
Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin. Goose Creek is on the 303(d) list of impaired waters. There are records for
the federal and state endangered Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) and the federal species of
concern and state endangered Carolina creekshell (Villosa vaughaniana) and Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia
mason!) in Goose Creek.
The revised draft permit includes effluent limitations and monitoring requirements for Phase I
(average flow of 0.280 MGD or less for a calendar year) and Phase II (greater than 0.280 MGD). It
appears the primary difference between each Phase is the monitoring frequency. Monitoring frequency
for Phase I is 1/Week whereas it is 3/Week for Phase II. Both Phases require monitoring 3/Week for NH3
as N, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen and Fecal Coliform during June, July, August, and September.
Also included was information regarding ammonia and phosphorus. For ammonia (NH3), it appears there
were 63 measurements over a 14 month period. The average NH3 was 0.21 mg/I and there were 2
measurements that exceeded 1.0 mg/I; the maximum value was 1.5 mg/l. For phosphorus, it appears there
were 5 measurements over a 12 month period. The average phosphorus was 4.1 mg/1 and the maximum
value was 5.2 mg/l.
We have no objection to the proposed phasing of the permit or the proposed monitoring
requirements for each of the phases. While we recognize that ammonia levels have been relatively low
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

Page 2
25 August 2006
Country Woods WWTP
NPDES Permit NCO065684
over the past 14 months, we continue to recommend the conditions detailed in our previous comments
(Bryant, 9 June 2006), particularly those related to ammonia and nutrients, be incorporated into the permit
to reduce impacts to aquatic and terrestrial wildlife resources and in particular to listed species.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide input on this draft permit. 1f we can be of further
assistance, please contact our office at [phone].
cc: Tom Augspurger, USFWS
ec: Mark Fowlkes, WRC
Ryan Heise, WRC
Sarah McRae, NHP

Aug. 2. 2006 3:35PM AQUA AMERICA Lj \� No.0099 P. 2
\�C NPDES Permit No, NCO065694
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or dischar.ce are hereby
revoked, and as of this 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 described herein
is hereby authorized -
1
'� v
D
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc.
to continue operating a 0.670 MGD domestic wastewater treatment
WWTP treatment trains (batch plants); a dual- atn 0.09.0 MGD, a di
0.480 MGD, utilizing the following components
0.090MGDC�.-a7nS
• two (2) aeration basins
• two (2) clarifiers
two (2) chlorine contact tanks with tablet chlorination (back j
Imo' �/p/.
• t>ve-E2j a c3— FiToZittatian.e.. \
• two (2) aerated sludge tanks ":;,4,,,, \.
0.100 MGD C2-
• ✓two (2) aeration
- ✓two (2) clarifier`
- -two (2) chlorine
562,
0.480
three�,3dgnalizauon basin
• three (3) bon basins
three (3) clarifiers'./
• three (3) chlorine contact tanks with tablet chlorination (backup)
• three (3) post aQb n
- three (3) de -chlorination
• three (3) aerated sludge tanks
consisting of seven (7) parallel
0.100 MGD, and a triple -train
1rQi^'l•
frydr b•f/,i••r �07
-4
J4 o_Qif°^� .
• three f3•) tertiary ftlttrs Pw-e ewcj, Q IQ^'� �l Fr 1I-w u-n4 P.V 1,4;-. C •" _;,.+-j c - If
with all effluent discharging through UV disinfection and a recording -type effluent flow meter, located at the
Country Woods WWTY, Hemlock hive northwest of Bakers, Union County, and
2. to discharge from said wastewater treatmcnt works through outfall 001 to Goose Creek (see attached map),
a stream classified as C waters within the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basur.

Aug. 2. 2006 3:35PM AQUA AMERICA
A UA
I`J:;i I,It C.7rOlitJ
_On
No.0099 P. 1
Compliance & Engineering Department
Aqua North Carolina T: 919 467.8712
202 MacKenan Ct. P. 919 466 1563
Cary, North Carolina 27511
To:
Joe Corporon
From:
Mike Myers, Aqua NC, Inc.
Fax:
919-733-0719
Date:
August 2.2006
Phone:
Pages:
02, including cover
Re:
Country Woods WWfP
CC:
N/A
❑ Urgent ❑ For Review ❑ Please Comment ❑ Please RePly ❑ Please Recycle
-Comments:
Joe,
Please let me know if you need any additional information and I will assist in any way
that I am able.
Angel

Compliance & Engineering Department
AQUA
North Carolina.
Aqua North Carolina
202 MacKenan Ct.
Cary, North Carolina 27511
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
June 15, 2006
RE: Country Woods WWTP (NC 0065684)
T: 919.467.8712
F: 919.466.1583
The Country Woods WWTP — NC 006584 was received on May 15, 2006. You requested
comments within 30 days of receipt. After reviewing the permit, Aqua NC requests the following
changes to the draft permit:
1. Modification of the supplement to cover page to better reflect actual conditions;
2. Instream ammonia monitoring be limited to one year;
3. Instream fecal coliform monitoring be removed from the permit; and
4. A second effluent page for 0.35 MGD and that the monitoring frequencies reflect policy.
Aqua North Carolina respectfully requests these changes to the permit. We will modify the
supplement to cover page and send it under separate cover. Thank you for your attention to
this matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Myers
Aqua North Carolina, Inc.
/aah
Page 1 of 1

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Richard B. Hamilton, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM (� �`'- C LE
S
L; n
TO: Joe R. Corporon, NPDES Program � J
Division ofWater
,Quality lui�jFJUN 1 3 2006
FROM: — S L. Bryant, Piedmont Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program DENR - WATER QUALP
PO:NT SOURCE BRANCH
DATE: 9 June 2006
SUBJECT: Draft NPDES Permit Renewal for Country Woods Wastewater Treatment Plant, Union
County, NPDES Permit No. NC0065684
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission have reviewed the subject
document. Our comments are provided in accordance with provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (as
amended), Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d), North
Carolina General Statutes (G.S. 113-131 et seq.), and North Carolina Administrative Code 15A NCAC
10I.0102.
Aqua of North Carolina, Inc. has submitted a permit renewal request for County Woods
Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to discharge treated domestic wastewater into Goose Creek in the
Yadkin -Pee Dee River Basin. Goose Creek is on the 303(d) list of impaired waters. There are records for
the federal and state endangered Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) and the federal species of
concern and state endangered Carolina creekshell (Villosa vaughaniana) and Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia
masoni)in Goose Creek.
Country Woods WWTP is a 0.670 million gallon per day (MGD) domestic wastewater treatment
facility consisting of seven parallel WWTP treatment trains; a dual -train 0.090 MGD, a dual train 0.100
MGD and a triple train 0.480 MGD. All effluent discharges through ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and a
recording -type flow meter. Each treatment train has chlorine contact tanks with tablet chlorination and
de -chlorination, although it appears chlorine disinfection may be used only as a backup to UV
disinfection.
Due to the presence of the Carolina heelsplitter, a Site Specific Water Quality Management Plan
is being developed for Goose Creek and Duck Creek under provisions of the North Carolina Procedures
for Assignment of Water Quality Standards (15A NCAC 2B .0100) section .0110 Considerations for
Federally -listed Threatened or Endangered Species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission, and N.C. Natural Heritage Program developed a Technical Support Document
for this Site -Specific Management Plan. The Technical Support Document details the water quality
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

Page 2
9 June 2006
Country Woods WWTP
NPDES Permit NCO065684
concerns and provides recommendations for addressing these concerns to protect aquatic resources,
particularly listed species, in the Goose Creek watershed. More specifically, water quality standards for
ammonia, nitrate -nitrite and phosphorus and revisiting point source permit loads are of particular concern.
Therefore, we recommend the following conditions be incorporated into the permit to reduce
impacts to aquatic and terrestrial wildlife resources and in particular to listed species.
1. An acute water quality standard of 1.75 mg/1 total ammonia as N and chronic standard of 0.50
mg/l (based on the 90th percentile pH of 8 for Goose Creek).
2. While nitrate and phosphorus are not as important from a toxicity standpoint as ammonia, these
are related to excessive nutrient loading, nuisance algal blooms and dissolved oxygen depletion.
Therefore, we recommend nutrient targets of 0.4 mg/1 for nitrate -nitrite and a 0.1 mg/1 for total
phosphorus.
3. Portions of Goose Creek do not have flow for significant periods, particularly during droughts,
and the dilution potential at these times is non-existent.. Therefore, the low flow statistics used in
the strategy for establishing the extent of expected dilution need to be revised. Accordingly,
permit limits will need to be revised to reflect this lack of dilution.
4. If a publicly owned treatment works and collection system becomes available, we recommend
connecting to this system without delay.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide input on this draft permit. If we can be of further
assistance, please contact our office at [phone].
cc: Tom Augspurger, USFWS
ec: Mark Fowlkes, WRC
Ryan Heise, WRC
Sarah McRae, NHP

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSIONINPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699.1617
UNION COUNTY.
NOTIFICATION OFIES
PERM -
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
WASTEWATETOISSUEAR
PERMIT h
basis
on the basis of thorough
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said Count and State, dui
g Y Y Y
staff review and application
of NC General Statute
commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer oaths,
and of Public law 92-500
and other standards
Pat Deese
tions. he Nods
and rerulalrors. the North
personally appeared •
P Y PP - - . - . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .
poses to issue a National commission pro -
who being first duly sworn. deposes and says: that he is
poses t
Pon System
Discharge )waste, Principal Clerk . engaged in the publication
.lion $yslem (NPDES) waste- - - � � . . . .. . .
water dscharge permit to the of a newspaper known as The Enquirer -Journal, published, issued, and
persons) Wed below effec-
rive45days Iran the publish entered as second class mail in the City of Monroe in said County and
date of this notice. State; that he is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement;
the proposed
commentsed per regardingilbe that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is
the proposed permA well he g
accepted until 30 days after attached hereto, was published in The Enquirer -Journal on the following
. the publish date of this no-- dates:
,.lice. All comments received
prior to tlhe data are ermine- . . .
eyed in the final determine. . / / 900 /_ . .
lions regard tbe proposedarnat OI �P ,. .. .
NC Division of Water Quality
may decide to hold'a public . . . . . .... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .
meeting for the proposed
permit should the Division re, and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document, or
cewe a significant degree of
public interest. legal advertisement was published was, at the time of each and every such
Copies of the draft permit publication, a newspaper meeting all the requirements and qualifications
and othersupporting mror-
mation on file used to deter- of Section 1.597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and was a
mine conditions present in qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section I-597 of the General
the draft perms are available
upon request and payment of Statutes of North Carolina.
the costs of reproduction.
Mail comments anNa re-
quests for roof Water
to the ��j day of . . 2006
qu Ds Porn information
Water Qualftythe This . . . .
at the above address of call - -
Ms. Carolyn Bryant (919)
733.5083 extensimn 363 or . . . :.'V--!�:'�. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ms. Frences Candelaria . . . .. .. .
(919) 73&5083, extension
520 at the Pam Same Inui 2006
Branch. Please include Me Sworn to and subscribed before me, this �G . don
NPDES permit number (at- y 0 factual) ro any communma-
tion. Interested persons may
also vise the Division of Wa-
ter Quality at 512 N. Says -
bury Street,. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. Notaty Public
Raleigh, NC -
. 27604.1148 between me
hours of 8.00 am. and 5.00 May 11, 2008
p.m. to review information on '.ly Commission expires: ........................... .
file.
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Important Legal Document, Please detain

SOC PRIORITY PROJECT: Yes_No_X
If Yes, SOC No.
To: Permits and Engineering Unit
Water Quality Section
Attention: Valery Stephens
F007 I Z JAP
Date: July 17, 2003
NPDES STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
County: Union
Permit No. NCO065684
PART I - GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Facility and address: Country Woods East Subdivision
Heater Utilities,Inc.
P. O. Drawer 4889
Cary, North Carolina 27519
2. Date of investigation: July 8, 2003
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3. Report prepared by: Samar Bou-Ghazale, Env. Engineer I
4. Persons contacted and telephone number: Mr. Tony Parker with Heater Utilities; 704/507-
3369.
5. Directions to site: Travel east on S.R. 1004 (lawyers Road) approximately 1.2 miles from the
Union -Mecklenburg County line. Turn right onto Redwood Drive and travel approximately
0.65 mile. Turn left onto Hemlock Drive and travel 0.1 mile. The wastewater treatment
plant is located on the left side of Hemlock Drive.
6. Discharge point(s). List for all discharge points:
Latitude: 350 07' 22"
Longitude: 80' 37' 12"
Attach a U.S.G.S. map extract and indicate treatment facility site and discharge point on
map.
U.S.G.S. Quad No.: G 16 SE U.S.G.S. Name: Bakers, N.C.
7. Site size and expansion are consistent with application?
Yes x No_ If No, explain:
8. Topography (relationship to flood plain included): Gently rolling, 34% slopes; The facility

is not located within the 100-year flood plain.
9. Location of nearest dwelling: None within 500 feet.
10. Receiving stream or affected surface waters: Goose Creek.
a. Classification: C
b. River Basin and Subbasin No.: Yadkin; 03-07-12
C. Describe receiving stream features and pertinent downstream uses: Goose Creek in
this area is usually a small, slow moving stream. There are several other discharges
in the Goose Creek Watershed. Goose Creek has been designated as an "impaired
stream" listed in 303(d) list as a biologically impaired waterbody. Also, Goose Creek
is considered environmentally sensitive due to the presence of a federally endangered
species, the Carolina heelsplitter. Downstream uses are typical for class C waters.
PART II - DESCRIPTION OF DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT WORKS
1. a. Volume of wastewater to be permitted: 0.67 MGD (Ultimate Design Capacity)
b. What is the current permitted capacity of the wastewater treatment facility? 0.67
MGD
C. Actual treatment capacity of the current facility (current design capacity)? 0.67 MGD
d. Date(s) and construction activities allowed by previous Authorizations to Construct
issued in the previous two years: N/A
e. Please provide a description of existing or substantially constructed wastewater
treatment facilities: The existing facilities consist of flow equalization, a dual train
0.09 MGD WWTP and a dual train 0.100 MGD WWTP. All trains have aeration,
clarifier, tablet chlorination, post aeration, tertiary filters, dechlorination and
aerated sludge tanks. Also, constructed (1998) is a 0.48 MGD treatment plant
consisting of three 0.160 MGD trains each having flow equalization, aeration,
clarifier, sludge holding tank, tertiary filter, chlorine contact basin, dechlorination
chamber, flow meter and a stand by power generator.
f. Please provide a description of proposed wastewater treatment facilities: N/A
g. Possible toxic impacts to surface waters: None other than chlorine.
h. Pretreatment Program (POTWs only): N/A
2. Residuals handling and utilization/disposal scheme:
Waste sludge is removed and transported by Liquid Waste, Inc. to a Charlotte -
Mecklenburg Utility Department WWT system for disposal.

3. Treatment plant classification (attach completed rating sheet): Class II (no change of
rating, no rating sheet attached).
4. SIC Code(s): 4952
Primary:05 Secondary:
Main Treatment Unit Code: 06117
PART III - OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION
1. Is this facility being constructed with Construction Grant Funds or are any public monies
involved (municipals only)? N/A
2. Special monitoring or limitations (including toxicity) requests: N/A
3. Important SOC, JOC or Compliance Schedule dates: (please indicate) N/A
4. Alternative Analysis Evaluation: Has the facility evaluated all of the non -discharge
options available. Please provide regional perspective for each option evaluated.
Alternative analysis evaluation is not required since this facility is not in non-compliance
with the terms and conditions of the NPDES permit.
Spray Irrigation: N/A
Connection to Regional Sewer System: N/A
Subsurface: N/A
Other Disposal Options: N/A
5. Air Quality and/or Groundwater concerns or hazardous materials utilized at this facility
that may impact water quality, air quality, or groundwater: No AQ or GW concerns nor
are hazardous materials utilized at this facility.
PART IV - EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Heater Utilities, Inc. is applying to renew the permit to discharge treated domestic
wastewater. During the site investigation the wastewater treatment plants appeared to be in good
operational condition. No detrimental effect on the stream was observed by the discharge.
Pending review and approval by the P& E, it is recommended that the subject permit be
renewed.

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Signature of Re rt Preparer
Water Qual y Regional Supervisor
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Heater
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March 19
Ms. Valery Stephens
NCDENR/Water Quality/Point Source Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: Permit Renewal - NPDES Permit NCO065684
Country Woods WWTP - Union County
Dear Valery:
202 MacKenan Court
Cary, North Carolina 27511
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]
P.O. Drawer 4889, Cary, NC 27519
As owner of the above -referenced facility, Heater Utilities, Inc.
request renewal of the discharge permit.
The sludge management plan for this facility is the removal of liquid
sludge from an aerobic digester, as needed, by Liquid Waste, Inc. and disposed
of at CMUD or by land application in Anson County, under Permit No. WQ0014843.
If I can provide further information, please contact me at 919.467-
8712, Ext. 37 or e-mail at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
hVieH. TPresident
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