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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
Ms. Renee Ward
PSI Properties, Inc.
4375 Hickory Blvd
Granite Falls, NC 28630
Dear Ms. Ward:
John E. Skvarla III
Secretary
December 1, 2014
Subject: Technical Correction / NPDES Permit NC0038041
Laurel Seasons WWTP
Watauga County
Class WW-2
A review of the permit file for your facility noted an error in the permit renewal issued to your
company on June 14, 2012. That renewal inadvertently omitted the expansion flow of 0.02 MGD and its
associated effluent limits and monitoring requirements. This technical correction restores the 0.02 MGD
flow. 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 the following major changes from your existing permit:
➢ The expansion flow of 0.02 MGD has been restored to the permit. The previous flow limit of
0.0145 (and its associated limits and monitoring frequencies) has been removed.
➢ Section A. (2) has been added to require electronic submission of effluent data. Proposed Federal
regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs).
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 any other Federal, State, 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.
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Thomas A. Reeder, Director
Division of Water Resources
cc: Central Files
Winston-Salem Regional Office
NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone] http://podal.ncdenr.orglweb/wq
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Permit NCO038041
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
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,
PSI Properties, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Laurel Seasons WWTP
4092 NC Highway 105 South
Boone
Watauga County
to receiving waters designated as Laurel Fork in the Watauga 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, 2014.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2017.
Signed this day December 1, 20
G
Th A. Reeder, Director . as
sion of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO038041
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.
PSI Properties, Inc. is- hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.02 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the
following components:
• Two 14,000 gallon aeration chambers
• Two 58-scfm blowers
• 5500-gallon steel sludge holding tank
• Two 2500-gallon hopper -bottom clarifiers
• 7500-gallon equalization tank with two 40-GPM duplex grinder pumps
• Two -bank UV disinfection system
This facility is located at the Laurel Seasons WWTP (4092 NC Highway 105 South)
near Boone in Watauga County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map
into Laurel Fork, currently classified C-Trout waters in the Watauga River Basin.
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Permit NCO038041
Part I
A. (1) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[0.02 MGD]
During the period beginning upon 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:
PARAMETER.
LIMITS,
MONIT�ORIN�G�RUIREMENTS
[PCS Code]
Monthly Average
Da�lyfMaximum
Measurement.
;Sample :,
Sample
Ft uenc "
T e _
Location, .
Flow
0.02 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Effluent
[500501
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
[00310
NHA, mg/L
19.6 mg/L
35.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
[00610
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
[00530]
Fecal Coliform
200/100 mL
400/100 mL
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
(geometric mean
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) 2
28 Ng/L
2/week
Grab
Effluent
50060
Temperature
Monitor & Report
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
000101
pH
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
[00400]
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Footnotes:
1. No later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee shall begin
submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using the Division's eDMR system
[see A. (2)].
2. Limit and monitoring requirements apply only if chlorine is used for disinfection. 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.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace
amounts.
A. (2) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
Proposed federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports
(DMRs) and specify that, if a state does not establish a system to receive such submittals,
then permittees must submit DMRs electronically to the Environmental. Protection Agency
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Permit NCO038041
(EPA). The Division anticipates that these regulations will be adopted and is beginning
implementation.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part
II of this permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
1. ReportingfSupersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.1 (a)l
Beginning no later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee
shall begin reporting discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's
Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each
month and submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted
facilities to enter monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet.
Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media
Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all
discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to
complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original
and a copy of the computer -printed eDMR to the following address:
NC DENR / Division of Water Resources / Information Processing Unit
ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due
to the facility being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the
households have broadband access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic
reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring data may be submitted
on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director.
Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above.
Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements must
be submitted in writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior
to the date the facility would be required under this permit to begin using eDMR.
Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and shall thereupon expire. At
such time, DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee
re -applies for and is granted a new temporary waiver by the Division.
Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic
reporting requirements is found on the following web page:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/admin/bog,Lipu/­edmr
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Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month
following the issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the
month following the commencement of discharge.
2. Sianatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and supersedes Section
B. (11.1 (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person
described in Part II, Section B. (11.) (a) or by a duly authorized representative of that
person as described in Part II, Section B. (11.) (b). A person, and not a position, must be
delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an
eDMR user account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more
information on North Carolina's eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an
eDMR user account, please visit the following web page:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/weblwqZadmin/­bogEipu/­edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system
shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF
CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED:
7 certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared
under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my
inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant
penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and
imprisonment for knowing violations."
3. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)l
The permittee shall- retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR
submissions. These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years
from the date of the report. This period may be extended by request of the Director at
any time [40 CFR 122.411.
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Latitude: 360 12' 20" N USGS Ouad: Boone, N.C.
Longitude: 810 43' 15" W
Receiving Stream: Laurel Fork River Basin: Watauga River Basin
Stream Class: C Trout
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory John E. Skvarla III
Governor Secretary
December 1, 2014
MEMORANDUM
To: Permit File NCO038041
From: Charles H. Weaver
NPDES Unit
Subject: Correction to NCO038041
When I renewed this permit in 2012, I used the wrong Word document as the basis for the
renewal. The document I used did not include the 0.02 MGD expansion flow. The permit
renewal was issued on 6/14/2012.
I discovered the error in November 2013. At that time, I contacted George Smith in the
WSRO and asked if I should issue a technical correction to restore the missing flow phase.
George replied that it wasn't clear whether or not the permittee would actually pursue
expansion of the plant. He advised me to leave the permit unchanged.
In November 2014, I received an e-mail from George Smith stating that the permittee had
completed expansion to 0.02 MGD. I checked the permit file and BIMS, then realized that
the 0.02 MGD flow phase had not been restored to the permit. I prepared a technical
correction to restore the missing flow limit, effective 12/1/2014.
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 919 807-6391 (fax) 919 807-6489
VISIT us ON THE INTERNET @ hfp://www.ncwaterquality,org charles.weaver@ ncdenr.gov
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Weaver, Charles
From:
Smith, George
Sent:
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:43 AM
To:
Weaver, Charles
Cc:
Berry, Ron
Subject:
RE: expansion phase for NC0038041 / Laurel Seasons WWTP
Charles,
Don't worry about changing it. It sounds like they are not sure what they want to do now. I am instructing them to call
Ron Berry.
George
George Smith
New email: [e-mail]
NC DENR Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources
585 Waughtown Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
Voice: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
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: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:14 AM
To: Smith, George
Cc: Berry, Ron
Subject: expansion phase for NC0038041 / Laurel Seasons WWTP
George —I don't know why I left out the expansion phase for that permit when I renewed it in 2012. I can find no reason
for having deleted it in my notes.
I'm happy to issue an Error Correction modification to the permit restoring the erroneously deleted flow phase.
Please let me know if that's what the permittee wants. Ron said that they might not be interested in expanding after all,
so I'll wait to hear from you before Issuing the correction.
Sorry about all this.
CH W