NC0086436_Permit Issuance_20151201

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December 1, 2015
Mr. R. Belvin Hall
Buncombe County Schools
175 Bingham Rd
Asheville, NC 28806
PAT MCCRORY
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO086436
Cane Creek Middle School WWTP
Buncombe County
Class WW-2
Dear Mr. Hall:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit.
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This permit is issued pursuant to
the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between
North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently
amended).
This final permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on
September 23, 2015.
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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S. Jay Zimmerman, Direc r
Division of Water Resources
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office
NPDES Unit
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
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Permit NCO086436
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT.
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
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, the
Buncombe County Schools
are hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Cane Creek Middle School WWTP
570 Lower Brush Creek Road
Fletcher
Buncombe County
to receiving waters designated as Cane Creek in subbasin 04-03-02 of the French Broad 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 January 1, 2016.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2020.
Signed this day December 1, 2015
M FA YA
/WAO
llrGision of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO086436
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge, are hereby superseded and, as of this
issuance, any previously issued permit describing this treatment facility or 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.
The Buncombe County Schools are hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.012 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment plant utilizing
the following treatment components:
♦ Manual bar screen
♦ Flow equalization with audible and visual alarms
♦ Aeration basin with blowers providing diffused air
♦ Clarifier with sludge return
♦ Aerobic digestor
♦ Tablet chlorinator
♦ Chlorine contact chamber
♦ Dechlorination unit
♦ Post aeration
♦ V-notched weir with flow recorder
♦ Standby natural gas generator
This facility is located at the Cane Creek Middle School WWTP (570 Lower Brush Creek Rd,
Fletcher) in Buncombe County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Cane Creek,
classified C waters in the French Broad River Basin. -
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Permit N00086436
Part I
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS. AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 02B.0500 et seq.]
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
[PCS Code]
Flow
[50050,
LIMITSg.r.
t
Monthly Averagea
0.012 MGD
, }i Y- T
n
i Daily Maximum
r, a
_ �. MONITORING,
Measurement777
Fre uenc}.
Weekly
ti
REQUIREMENTS{
Sample�Type
„
'Sample
r Locatio n
Instantaneous
Influent or
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
[00310]
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
00530]
30.0 m /L
g
45.0 m /L
g
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
[006101
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform [31616]
(geometric mean)
200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
Weekly
Y
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC)2
28 µglL
2/Month
Gra
b ab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
[00010]
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
pH
[00400J
? 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
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. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported < 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 µglL.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 143-215.1 (b)]
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 (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 H of this permit
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
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Permit NC0086436
• Section B. (11.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
I. Reporting [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
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 byVR'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 DEQ / 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 12 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://nortal.ncdenr.org/web/wg/admiiVbogripu/edmr
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. Si2natory Requirements ISamlements Section B. (IL) (b) and supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)i
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part H, Section
B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part H, Section B. (I 1.)(b). A
person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes.
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Permit NCO086436
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/web/wq/admin/bog/ipu/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:
V 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 signicantpenalties or
submitting false information, includin the ossibili o f
g p ty f fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. "
3. Records Retention ISupnlements Section D. (6.)1
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions.
records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. This period These
may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41].
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Cane Creek Middle School, WWTP
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FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS
This form must be completed by Permit Writers for all expedited permits which do not require
full Fact Sheets. Expedited permits are generally simple 100% domestics (e.g., schools, mobile
home parks, etc) that can be administratively renewed with minor changes, but can include
facilities with more complex issues (Special Conditions, 303(d) listed water, toxicity testing,
instream monitoring, compliance concerns).
Basic Information for Expedited Permit Renewals
Permit Writer/Date
Charles H. Weaver — 9/22/2015
Permit Number
NC0086436
Facility Name
Cane Creek Middle School
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
French Broad / 04-03-02
Receiving Stream
Cane Creek
Stream Classification in Permit
C
Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits?
No - already present
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
No — already present
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. No enforcements during this permit cycle.
Sporadic effluent limit violations that did not
lead to enforcement during this permit cycle;
no obvious pattern to violations.
Any permit mods since lastpermit?
None
New expiration date
12/31/2020
Comments received on Draft Permit?
Added regulatory citations
Added eDMR requirements
Added parameter codes.
Most Commonly Used Expedited Language:
• 303(d) lantune 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 facility shall report all effluent TRC values reported by a NC certified laboratory
including field certified. However, effluent values below 50 µg/1 will be treated as zero
for compliance purposes."

BUNCOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
175 Bingham Rd. ASHEVILLE, NC 28806
TELEPHONE [phone]
FAX [phone]
June 24, 2015
RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
NCDENR/DWR/NPDES Unit JUN 30 2015
C/O Wren Thedford
1617 Mail Service Center Water Quality
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 permitting Section
RE: NPDES Permit Renewal — NCO086436/ Cane Creek Middle School
Per NPDES permit requirements, the following letter contains explanations of the operations of the above
permit number.
Request for Permit Renewal:
The Buncombe County School system requests renewal for the above NPDES permit based on the
educational needs of the Cane Creek Middle School waste water treatment plant. Waste water treatment is
essential based on the rural location of this facility. Monthly monitoring logs provided to the NPDES Unit
substantiate the normal operation of this plant.
Operation Authority:
RPB Systems, a licensed W WTP construction and operations firm in Asheville is under contract to
perform operations on this facility by order of the BOE.
Sludge Management:
Sludge management of this facility is based on daily flow and treatment conditions. The ORC is in charge
of determining when solids/sludge is to be removed via a pump and haul method with a licensed pump
operations company. Documentation is provided in the standard operators log and monthly monitoring
logs.
Please advise if you have further questions or concerns.
/ ctfully,
R.BeI/—AY ssistantDirector— MaintenanceDepartment
Bh
Cc: WWTP Files
RPB Systems

NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters 0.0 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR ! Division of Water Resources 1 NPDES Program
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit NCO086436
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 Buncombe County Schools
Facility Name Cane Creek Middle School
Mailing Address 175 Bingham Road
City Asheville
State / Zip Code NC / 28806
RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
Telephone Number 828-232-4244
J'UN 3 0 2015
Fax Number 828-232-4249
Water Quality
e-mail Address [e-mail]
Permitting Section
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 570 Lower Brush Creek Road
City Fletcher
State / Zip Code NC / 28732
County Buncombe
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, public organization or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name RPB Systems, Inc.
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
P.O. Box 1325
Asheville
NC / 28802
828-251-1900
828-251-1945
[e-mail]
1 of 3 Form-D 9/2013

NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
4. Description of wastewater: Domestic Sewage from School
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply):
Industrial
❑
Number of Employees
Commercial
❑
Number of Employees
Residential
❑
Number of Homes
School
X
Number of Students/Staff
Other
❑
Explain:
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers, restaurants,
etc.):
Middle School
Number of persons served:
6. Type of collection system
X Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
6. Outfall Information:
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes X No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (NEW applicants: Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
Cane Creek
8. Frequency of Discharge: X Continuous
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs:
❑ Intermittent
Duration:
9. Describe the treatment system
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.
Secondary package WWTP with flow equalization, extended aeration, chlorine/dechlor
disinfection, post aeration, flow meter, sludge holding, and standby generator.
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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 0.012 MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0.0038 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.008 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes X No
12. Effluent Data
NEW APPLICANTS: 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.
RENEWAL APPLICANTS: Provide the highest single reading (Daily Maximum) and Monthly Average over the
past 36 months for parameters currently in your permit. Mark other parameters "N/A':
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODS)
67.6
8.74
Mg/L
Fecal Coliform
2420
4.15
1100 ml
Total Suspended Solids
54
7.02
Mg/L
Temperature (Summer)
n/a
n/a
Temperature (Winter)
n/a
n/a
pH
7.2
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
UIC (SDWA)
NPDES NCO086436
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.
Belvin Hall Assistant Director Maintenance
Printed name of Person Signing Title
Signature of Ap
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 912013