NC0075612_Draft Permit_20230627

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Wildcat Community Services, Inc
Attn: Jeffrey Blais, General Manager
770 Country Club Dr
Highlands, NC 28741
Dear Permittee,
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
6/27/2023
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NCO075612
Wildcat Cliffs WWTP
Grade II Biological WPCS
Macon County
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft carefully to ensure a
thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and requirements it contains.
The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
• Section A. (3.) has been updated to require electronic submission of
effluent data reports (DMRs). Federal regulations require electronic
submittal of all discharge monitoring.
• An updated outfall map has been included.
• Monitoring for turbidity has been added to determine compliance with 15A
NCAC 02B.0211 (21).
Separated Summer and Winter treatment plants by components on
Supplement to Cover Sheet.
The NPDES standard conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) that are a part of the permit are not included in this draft
document (cover, map, and Part 1). The conditions are the same as in your current permit except that agency and
division names have been updated. The latest version is available at ht1ps://bit.ly/3k5NFaL and can be viewed
online or downloaded as a PDF file.
With this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing a notice in
newspapers having circulation in the general Macon County area, per EPA requirements. Please provide your
comments, if any, to me at the address below no later than 30 days after receiving this draft permit.
Following the 30-day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments and take
appropriate action prior to issuing a final permit. If you have questions concerning the draft, please contact me at
[phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
/ m / I
Catherine Shadwell
NPDES Compliance and Expedited Permitting
cc: NPDES File [Laserfiche]
Asheville Regional Office [Laserfiche]
DE�- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
w aware 919.707.9000

Permit NC0075612
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
1=914 ir1
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
(NEDES)
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 Conj1-ct, as amended,
Wildcat Community Services, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewirfrom a facility located at the
Wildcat
116 jfAwkwoo,aWive
ighlaM con Cou ty
to receiving waters designated as avunnamed Libutai#to the Cullasaja River of the Little Tennessee
River Basin in accordance with effluent limitations, rhonitoring requirements, and other conditions set
forth in Parts I, II, III and IV Hereof.
This permit shall become 09%Ltive
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November 30, 2027.
Signed this day
Richard E. Rogers Jr.
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO075612
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.
Wildcat Community Services, Inc.
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate existing 0.015 MGD wastewater treatment
components:
• Flow splitter box
• Aeration basin
• Secondary Clarifier
• Tertiary sand filters
• Sludge holding tank
• Chlorine disinfection / Dechlorinatio
• Standby generator
2. Continue to operate existing
components:
• Flow splitter<tan
• Aeration bas
• Secondary C
• Tertiary sand
• Sludge holdi
• Chlorine disinfection
• Standby generator
that includes the following
treatment facility that includes the following
This facility is located at the Wildcat Cliffs WWTP, 770 Country Club Dr, Highlands in Macon
County.
3. Discharge from said treatment works via Outfall 001, at the location specified on the attached
map, into an unnamed tributary to the Cullasaja River, a waterbody currently classified WS-III;Tr
[Stream Index: 2-21-(0.5) within subbasin 04-04-01 [HUC: 060102020201] of the Little
Tennessee River Basin.
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Permit NCO075612
PART I.
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
Grade II Biological Water Pollution Control System [15A NCAC 08G .0302]
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:
PARAMETER
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
eDMR Code
Monthly
Daily
Measurement
Sample
Sample
Average
Maximum
Frequency
Type
Location2
Flow (MGD)
50050
0.05 MGD
Continuous
Recordin g
Influent or
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C) (April 1-
C0310
5.0 mg/L
7.5 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
October 31
BOD, 5-day (20°C) (Nov 1-
C0310
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
March 31
NH3 as N (April 1 — October 31)
C0610
2.0 mg/L
10.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (November 1 — March
C0610
4.0 mg/L
20.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
31
Total Suspended Solids
C0530
30.0 m /L
1 45.0 m /L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
00300
Daily avera e > 6.0 m /L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric
31616
200/100 mL
400/100 mL
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
mean
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) 3
50060
17 u /L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature oC
00010
Monitor & Report
Daily
Grab
Effluent
Temperature °C
00010
Monitor and Report
Weekly
Grab
U and D
Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN)
C0600
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
Total Phosphorus
C0665
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Composite
Effluent
pH
00400
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
units
Turbidity NTU
00070
Monitor and Report
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. The Permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
system [see A. (2.)].
2. U: upstream at least 50 feet from the outfall. D: at the bridge downstream from the outfall. Stream samples shall be
collected 3/Week during June, July, August and September and Weekly during the remaining months of the year.
3. The facility shall monitor TRC when using chlorination for disinfection. The Division shall consider all
effluent total residual chlorine 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 µg/1.
THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE
FOAM IN OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS
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Permit NCO075612
A.(2.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING - DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[G.S. 143-215.1 (b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and program reports.
The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on December 21, 2015.
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.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically g the NC DWR's Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) e1044iem
e summarized for each month and submitted
monthly electronically using eDMR. The eDMR syste fitted facilities to enter monitoring data
and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. The may be accessed at:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr.
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demAwed hardship or due to the facility being
physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the h$ iseholds have broadband access, then a
temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge
monitoring data may be submitted aper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by
the Director. Duplicate signed co shall besubinittqd to the following address:
NC DEQ / Division of Wat c Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central
1617 Mail Service Ce
Raleigh, North Carolina 9-1617
See "How to Request a WaivlgW Electronic Reporting" section below.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and reported
via the eDMR system no later than the last calendar day of the month following the completed reporting
period. 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.
Starting on December 21, 2025, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
• Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports; and
• Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
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Permit NCO075612
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a Waiver
from Electronic Reporting" section below).
a. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of each
electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the initial recipient
for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity (EPA or
the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity for receiving
electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each type of
electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate electronic
reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES Uectronic Reporting Rule is found at:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/ nal-pollutant-discharge-elimination-
system-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the " rting R ements" section above.
b. How to Reauest a Waiver from Electronic Reno
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting w from the Division. To obtain an electronic
reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit tronic re ing waiver request to the
Division. Requests for temporary electronic repring waivers must be submitted in writing to the Division
for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date theAcility would be required under this permit to
begin submitting monitoring data and;eports. The duration of a temporary waiver shall not exceed 5 years
and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be submitted electronically to the
Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary electronic reporting waiver by the
Division. Approved electronic reporting
givers are {got transferrable. Only permittees with an approved
reporting waiver request eers
ubmit m ' oring data and reports on paper to the Division for the period that
the approved reporting request is elVive.
Information on eDMR e applic n for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the
following web page:
http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions ater-resources/edmr
C. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section
B. (I 1.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part 11, Section B. (I 1.)(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://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
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Permit NCO075612
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the
following certification [40 CFR 122.221. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE
ACCEPTED:
"I 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 offines and imprisonment for knowing violations. "
d. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
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 fro the date of the report. This period
may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122
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Receiving Stream: UT Cullasaja River Stream Index: 2-21-(0.5)
Sub -Basin: 04-04-01 HUC: 060102020201 not to scale
Drainage Basin: Little Tennessee River Basin Stream Class: WS-III; Tr NPDES Permit NC0075612
Latitude: 350 05' 03.4" N Longitude: 83' 09' 19" W orth] I
Macon County