NC0057193_Fact Sheet_20231113

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NCDEQ / DWR / NPDES
EXPEDITED FACT SHEET - NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL
NPDES Permit NCO057193
Charles H. Weaver—11/13/2023
Basic Information for Expedited Permit Renewals
Facility Name
Nantahala Outdoor Center WWTP
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
Little Tennessee / 04-04-02
Receiving Stream
Nantahala River
Stream Classification in Permit
B-Trout
Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits?
N/A due to massive dilution
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
Already resent
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
For whatparameter?
Any obvious compliance concerns?
No enforcements since 2007. Two NOVs during
this permit cycle.
Any permit modifications since last
None
permit?
New expiration date
10/31/2028
➢ Added monitoring for turbidity to
determine compliance with 15A NCAC
02B.0211 (21)
➢ Added instream temperature monitoring to
Changes in Draft Permit?
determine compliance with 15A NCAC
0213.0211 (18)
➢ Added monitoring for dissolved oxygen to
determine compliance with 15A NCAC
0213.0211 (6)
➢ Updated eDMR text
➢ None. SELC sent standard comment letter
requesting a temperature limit for this trout
Changes in Final Permit?
water discharge. NPDES management
determined that effluent from 100 /o
domestic WWTPs is not a heated liquid, as
specified in the Rule. No limit was added.

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Public Notice
North Carolina Environmental
Management
Invoice / Affidavit
Commission/NPDES Unit
Smoky Mountain Times
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Post Office Box 730
Notice of Intent to Issue a
Bryson City, NC 28713
NPDPermit
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NCO057193 Nantahala Outdoor
Center WWTP and NCO037737
Nantahala Village WWTP The
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Environmental
COUNTY OF SWAIN
Management Commission
proposes to issue a NPDES
wastewater discharge permit to
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
the person(s) listed below.
Written comments regarding the
proposed permit will be accepted
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until 30 days after the publish
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SHALL address them to Mr.
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Times, and the following legal advertisement was published in the Smoky
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SOUTHERN
ENVIRONMENTAL
NVRONMENTAL
LAW
CENTER
Via Email
48 Patton Avenue, Suite 304
Asheville, NC 28801
October 27, 2023
Charles Weaver, Sara Bassett, and Caroline Robinson
N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
[e-mail]
Telephone [phone]
Facsimile 828-258-2024
Re: Application of the trout waters temperature standard in draft NPDES Permit
Nos. NC0037737, NC0038687, NC0057193, NCO050610 and NC0058891.
Dear Mr. Weaver, Ms. Bassett, and Ms. Robinson:
Please accept the following comments submitted on behalf of MountainTrue, North
Carolina Trout Unlimited State Council, North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Watauga
Riverkeeper, and the Southern Environmental Law Center related to the North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality's ("DEQ") failure to apply the required trout waters
temperature standard in five recently noticed draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System ("NPDES") permits: Draft Permit Nos. NCO037737 (Nantahala Village WWTP),
NCO038687 (Singing Waters Camping Resort), NCO057193 (Nantahala Outdoor Center
WWTP), NCO050610 (The Ponds WWTP) and NCO058891 (Valley Creek WWTP). These
permits would all authorize discharges into designated trout waters.1
Several of these facilities have a lengthy history of noncompliance with NPDES permit
terms. We appreciate DEQ's attention to those problems at facilities like The Ponds which have
made important improvements over the last few years. Nevertheless, proper application of the
trout waters temperature standard in these permits is critical to protecting trout populations in
North Carolina —particularly given histories of noncompliance at several of the facilities.
Unfortunately, all five draft permits leave the affected populations at risk by failing to ensure
trout streams remain sufficiently cool. DEQ must correct this error in the final permits.
1 See NPDES Draft Permit Nos. NCO037737 (Nantahala Village WWTP) (Sept. 26, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge
into an unnamed tributary of the Nantahala River, a Class B trout water in the Little Tennessee River Basin;
NCO038687 (Singing Waters Camping Resort) (Sept. 26, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge into Trout Creek, a WS-III
trout water in the Little Tennessee River Basin); NCO057193 (Nantahala Outdoor Center WWTP) (Sept. 26, 2023),
at 2 (noting discharge into the Nantahala River, a Class B trout water in the Little Tennessee River Basin); NPDES
Draft Permit No. NCO050610 (The Ponds WWTP) (Oct. 10, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge into the Watauga River, a
Class B trout water and High Quality Water in the Watauga River Basin); and NPDES Draft Permit No. NCO058891
(Valley Creek WWTP) (Oct. 10, 2023), at 2 (noting discharge into Valley Creek, a Class C trout water in the
Watauga River Basin).
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I. Trout require cold, clean water to survive.
Keeping water temperature in designated trout waters below certain thresholds is
critically important because North Carolina's three species of trout —brook trout, brown trout,
and rainbow trout —require cold, clean, oxygen -rich water to survive and thrive. Water
temperature for these trout generally needs to be kept below 20 °C (68 OF).2 Unfortunately, past
and ongoing land management practices and wastewater discharges threaten trout habitats,
including by increasing stream temperatures. As we explained in our comments on North
Carolina's draft 2022 Clean Water Act Section 303(d) list, numerous trout streams routinely
exceed safe water temperatures for trout.3
Climate change is exacerbating this problem by placing additional thermal pressure on
water temperatures. By 2060, western North Carolina is predicted to see 10-20 more days each
year with air temperatures above 35 °C (95 OF), increasing the potential for water temperatures to
rise above 21.1 °C (70 OF) —levels that can be lethal to trout.4 This combination of past habitat
loss, ongoing poor land management practices, and climate change poses an existential threat to
many western North Carolina trout populations.
Declines in trout populations —driven by increasing stream temperatures or otherwise
will hurt local economies. The total economic benefit of trout fishing in North Carolina is
estimated at $1.38 billion annually, supporting nearly 11,808 jobs.5 If trout habitats are further
reduced, these economic benefits will be at risk. Overall, stream temperatures in North Carolina
are increasing, and this trajectory is predicted to continue under a changing climate. To protect
trout populations and the businesses that rely on them, North Carolina must take proactive steps
to ensure trout waters remain sufficiently cold.
II. North Carolina promulgated a temperature water quality standard to protect
trout.
Recognizing that trout require cold water, North Carolina exercised its authority under
the Clean Water Act to develop a temperature water quality standard designed to keep trout
streams cold. The Clean Water Act requires states to designate "uses" of waterbodies and
promulgate standards to protect those uses. See 33 U.S.C. § 1313; 40 C.F.R. § 131.10; N.C. Gen.
Stat. § 143-214.1. All waterbodies in North Carolina are subject to a temperature standard to
protect their associated designated use. 15A N.C. Admin. Code 2B.0211(18). Some North
Carolina waterbodies have been assigned a "trout waters" use. See 15A N.C. Admin. Code
2 Trout Species of North Carolina, Fly Fishing NC (accessed Dec. 16, 2022), https://www flyfishingnc.com/trout-
species-of-north-carolina.
s S. Envtl. L. Ctr., Comments on North Carolina's Draft 2022 § 303(d) List (Feb. 28, 2022).
4 Emma Johnson, Climate Change Challenges Trout Industry in North Carolina, Carolina Public Press (Feb. 17,
2021), https:Hcarolinapublicpress.org/42527/climate-change-challenges-trout-industry-in-north-carolina/. See also
Kunkel, K.E., et al., North Carolina Climate Science Report (2020), available at
https://ncics. org/wpcontent/uploads/2020/ 10/NC_Climate_Science_Report_FullReport_Final_revised_September20
20.pdf.
5 N.C. Wildlife Res. Comm'n, Socioeconomic Impact of Trout Fishing in North Carolina Survey
(2022), available at https://www ncwildlifc.org/Fishing/Fishing-in-North-Carolina#87842458-mountain-trout-
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213.0301(b)(3) (explaining trout waters classification); 40 C.F.R. § 131.10(c) ("States may adopt
sub -categories of a use and set the appropriate criteria to reflect varying needs of such sub-
categories of uses, for instance, to differentiate between cold water and warm water fisheries.").
The temperature standard —for both trout waters and non -trout watersprovides that water
temperature is:
not to exceed 2.8 degrees C (5.04 degrees F) above the natural water temperature,
and in no case to exceed 29 degrees C (84.2 degrees F) for mountain and upper
piedmont waters and 32 degrees C (89.6 degrees F) for lower piedmont and coastal
plain waters; the temperature for trout waters shall not be increased by more than
.5 degrees C (0.9 degrees F) due to the discharge of heated liquids, but in no case
to exceed 20 degrees C (68 degrees F).
15A N.C. Admin. Code 02B .0211(18).
The standard has two partsa delta limit and an absolute limit. In non -trout waters, the
delta limit prohibits an increase attributable to a discharger of more than 2.8 °C above the natural
water temperature. The absolute limit provides that temperature shall "in no case" exceed 29 °C
in mountain and upper piedmont waters and 32 °C in lower piedmont and coastal plain waters
regardless of the presence of permitted dischargers.
The trout waters standard follows this same structure: Stream temperature may not be
increased "by more than .5 degrees C ... due to the discharge of heated liquids" but "in no case"
shall stream temperature exceed 20 °C. This makes sense because keeping trout waters below
20 'C—regardless of the presence of permitted dischargers —is critical to sustaining healthy trout
populations.
North Carolina's temperature standard, including for trout waters, is implemented in part
through NPDES permits that regulate point source discharges by setting limits and monitoring
requirements for a variety of water quality characteristics. 33 U.S.C. § 1342(a). State agencies
with delegated authority to administer the NPDES program, such as DEQ, are responsible for
ensuring NPDES permits identify and apply the correct water quality limits for the receiving
waterbody.
In issuing a recent NPDES permit for a discharge into a designated trout water without
the required temperature standards, DEQ explained it had concluded that "effluent from 100%
domestic WWTPs [is] not a `heated liquid' as reference[d] in the rule" and, presumably, that the
trout waters temperature standard therefore did not apply.6 This conclusion is unsupported by the
text and the purpose of the rule; it is also irrelevant to the absolute limit set by the standard:
Temperature in trout waters shall "in no case ... exceed 20 degrees C." 15A N.C. Admin. Code
2B.0211(18) (emphasis added). DEQ must include limitations in permits to ensure that
discharges do not cause or contribute to an exceedance of the 20 °C standard, even if that
effluent is not purposefully heated prior to discharge. In the final fact sheet for these permits or
6 Fact Sheet for NPDES Permit No. NCO067318 (Jan. 13, 2023).
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elsewhere, we respectfully request that DEQ explain how it determined that "effluent from 100%
domestic WWTPs" is not subject to the trout waters temperature standard.
III. DEQ must ensure all five draft NPDES permits comply with the trout waters
temperature standard.
As we have explained to the agency before, to comply with the Clean Water Act and state
water quality standards DEQ must ensure all five draft NPDES permits facilitate compliance
with the temperature limits necessary to protect trout waters. The draft permits out for comment
currently contain no language to prevent exceedances of those standards, despite in two cases
(Singing Waters and Nantahala Outdoor Center) newly including in -stream monitoring
requirements for temperature, in three cases (Singing Waters, Nantahala Outdoor Center, and
Nantahala Village) newly including Dissolved Oxygen monitoring requirements,8 and in all five
cases newly including turbidity monitoring requirements. We applaud DEQ for taking notice of
the importance of monitoring for the protection of trout waters. That said, four of the five draft
permits only require weekly effluent temperature monitoring.9 All five permits should, like the
Nantahala Village draft permit, require daily effluent monitoring for temperature. But most
importantly, the final documents must include permit limits to prevent violations of water quality
standards, including the trout waters temperature standard.10
The draft permit for the Nantahala Outdoor Center WWTP exemplifies why permit limits
for temperature are necessary. Nantahala Outdoor Center's application materials indicate an
estimated summer maximum effluent temperature of 29.1 °C, far exceeding the 20-degree
maximum set for trout waters." In fact, the discharge's average summer effluent temperature is
24.26 °C.12 Similarly, the permit materials for Nantahala Villagea facility DEQ describes as
"habitually non -compliant" —indicate an average summer temperature of 21.34 °C and a
maximum summer temperature of 26 °C.13 There is therefore a substantial risk that both
dischargers will violate both the delta and absolute temperature limits applicable to discharges to
trout waters.
The draft permits for Nantahala Village WWTP, The Ponds WWTP, and Valley Creek WWTP continue to include
temperature monitoring standards imposed in prior permitting cycles.
a The draft permits for The Ponds WWTP and Valley Creek WWTP continue to include Dissolved Oxygen
monitoring standards imposed in prior permitting cycles.
9 Draft NPDES Permit No. NCO038687, at 3; Draft NPDES Permit No. NC0057193, at 3; Draft NPDES Permit No.
NCO050610, at 3; and Draft NPDES Permit No. NCO058891, at 3 (all setting "weekly" frequency for both effluent
and in -stream temperature monitoring). The Draft Permit for the Valley Creek WWTP does include daily effluent
temperature monitoring "[d]uring the period beginning after expansion above 0.01 MGD and lasting until permit
expiration." Draft NPDES Permit No. NCO058891, at 4. However, currently —and until this expansion happens —
only weekly monitoring is required.
10 We applaud DEQ for including an appropriate water temperature standard for the Valley Creek WWTP "after
expansion above 0.01 MGD and lasting until permit expiration." Draft NPDES Permit No. NC0058891, at 4. The
language included in that document's first footnote is a good example of what should be included in NPDES permits
for all discharges, including Valley Creek WWTP's current effluent discharge ("This discharge temperature shall
not increase the ambient instream temperature by more than 0.5° C (0.9° F), and in no case exceed 20 °C (68F)").
11 Renewal Application for NPDES Permit No. NCO057193 (Nantahala Outdoor Center WWTP) (April 11, 2022), at
it.
12 Id.
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In addition, DEQ has already recognized an especially acute need for strict temperature
limits in Permit Nos. NCO050610 and NC0058891, which both discharge into the Watauga River
Basin. DEQ has identified that "[m]ajor water quality and aquatic habitat stressors identified
across the Watauga River Basin include ... elevated water temperature."14 The temperature
limits discussed above are necessary to mitigate this "major stressor" in the watershed.
To be clear, DEQ has no authority to issue NPDES permits that do not ensure compliance
with water quality standards, including the trout waters temperature standard. See 33 U.S.C. §
1311(b)(1)(C) (requiring NPDES permits to include limitations "necessary to meet water quality
standards"); 40 C.F.R. § 122.44(d)(1). Where draft permits fail to ensure compliance, they must
be revised.
Incorporating the trout waters temperature standard into permits is also important because
DEQ has failed to correctly apply this standard when preparing its Clean Water Act Section
303(d) list. Section 303(d) requires states to identify waterbodies that are not meeting water
quality standards, investigate the reasons for noncompliance, and develop a plan to remediate
those problems. For several years, DEQ has wrongly applied in the Section 303(d) context the
water quality temperature standard for mountain waters (29 °C) to designated trout waters
protected by the 20 °C standard.15 This wrongful application extends to the Nantahala River and
the Watauga River.16 The 2022 303(d) Integrated Report does not disclose which standard DEQ
applied to Trout Creek nor Valley Creek. But the combination of these two errors —failure to
include temperature standards in NPDES permits and failure to assess compliance with the
correct temperature standard in the Section 303(d) context —generally risks jeopardizing trout
populations.
In summary, before finalizing any of these five permits, DEQ must ensure they facilitate
compliance with the water quality temperature standard for trout waters. The most
straightforward and thorough approach is to include language DEQ has already properly applied
to other trout water discharge permits:
"The instream temperature shall not be increased by more than 0.5 degrees C (0.9
degrees F) due to the discharge of heated liquids, but in no case to exceed 20
degrees C (68 degrees F). If the stream temperature exceeds 20 degrees C due to
natural background conditions, the effluent cannot cause any increase in instream
water temperature."
This expression of the temperature standard, found in the most recent draft NPDES
permit for the Buffalo Meadows WWTP, NPDES Permit No. NCO030325 (and others), correctly
requires permittees to cause no further increase in temperature when stream temperature already
exceeds trout water standards.
14 "Watauga River Basin Restoration Priorities," N. CAROLINA DEP'T OF ENv'T QUALITY (2009), at 3,
https://www. deq.nc. gov/mitigation-services/publicfolder/learn-about/core-processes/watershed-planning/watauga-
river-basin/watauga-rbrp-2009/download.
15 See supra note 3.
16 North Carolina Integrated Report (2022), at 519, 1035.
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IV. Conclusion
North Carolina has some of the best and most at -risk trout habitat in the eastern United
States. Ensuring viable trout populations persist in the future requires keeping trout streams clean
and cold. To that end, DEQ must forthrightly apply the trout waters temperature standard in the
final versions of NPDES Permit Nos. NC0037737, NC0038687, NC0057193, NCO050610 and
NC0058891.
Please notify Henry Gargan at hgargangselcnc.org or 828-258-2023 when DEQ issues
final versions of these NPDES permits. We remain available as always to discuss our concerns.
Sincerely,
Henry Gargan
Associate Attorney
Southern Environmental Law Center
hga^rgannselcnc.org
Patrick Hunter
Managing Attorney
Southern Environmental Law Center
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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Nantahala Outdoor Center
Attn: Randy Bumgarner, ORC
13077 Hwy 19 W
Bryson City, NC 28713-9114
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCO057193
Nantahala Outdoor Center
Swain County
Dear Applicant:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 11, 2022
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the April 8, 2022 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deg. nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely,
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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1.8
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c
0
CU
❑ Yes No
R
1.9
Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country?
c
❑ Yes R' No
1.10
Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces.
Design Flow Rate
O, e) yO mgd
w y
Annual Average Flow Rates Actual
Two Years Ago
Last Year
This Year
c
c c
0,GO 2-Cl mgd
0,Ol'3�mgdD�CJC��f
� mgd
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Maximum Daily Flow Rates Actual
c
Two Years Ago
Last Year
This Year
0; O 0C3 d mgd
0,007333 mgd
D. 0 U mgd
y
1.11
Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the State of North Carolina by type.
'=
Total Number of Effluent Discharge Points by Type
0.
Combined Sewer
Constructed
a,
cc
Effluent
Treated Et
Untreated Effluent
Overflows
Bypasses
Emergency
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Overflows
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NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the State of North Carolina
1.12
Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins, ponds, or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets
for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina?
❑ Yes g No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14.
1.13
Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below.
Surface Im oundment Location and Dischar a Data
Average Daily Volume
Continuous or Intermittent
Location
Discharged to Surface
(check one)
Impoundment
❑ Continuous
gpd
❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd
❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd
❑ Intermittent
r
1.14
Is wastewater applied to land?
2
❑ Yes Q� No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16.
c
1.15
Provide the land application site and discharge data requested below.
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Land Application Site and Discharge Data
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Average Daily Volume
Continuous or
Location
Size
Applied
Intermittent
a,
check
one
L
y
acres
gpd
❑ Continuous
c
❑ Intermittent
r
acres
gpd
❑ Continuous
0
❑ Intermittent
=
acres
9p d
El Continuous
❑ Intermittent
1.16
Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge?
❑ Yes No 4 SKIP to Item 1.21.
o
1.17
Describe the means by which the effluent is transported (e.g., tank truck, pipe).
1.18
Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20.
1.19
Provide information on the transporter below.
Transporter Data
Entity name
Mailing address (street or P.O. box)
City or town
State
ZIP code
Contact name (first and last)
Title
Phone number
Email address
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NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
1.20
In the table below, indicate the name, address, contact information, NPDES number, and average daily flow rate of the
receiving facility.
Receiving F cility Data
Facility name
Mailing address (street or P.O. box)
City or town
State
ZIP code
0
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Contact name (first and last)
Title
0
s
d
Phone number
Email address
c
NPDES number of receiving facility (if any) ❑ None
Average daily flow rate mgd
0
H
c
1.21
Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do
0
not have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina (e.g., underground percolation, underground injection)?
CM
❑ Yes No 4 SKIP to Item 1.23.
0
1.22
Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods.
Information on Other Disposal Methods
o
Disposal
Location of
Size of
Annual Average
Continuous or Intermittent
-o
Method
Disposal Site
Disposal Site
Daily Discharge
(check one)
Description
Volume
2
acres
gpd
❑ Continuous
❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
acres
gpd
❑ Intermittent
acres
gpd
ElContinuous
❑ Intermittent
1.23
Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)? (Check all that apply.
Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
❑ Discharges into marine waters (CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitation (CWA Section
Cr
Section 301(h)) 302(b)(2))
[� Not applicable
1.24
Are any operational or maintenance aspects (related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality) of the treatment works
the responsibility of a contractor?
❑ Yes 53"' No +SKIP to Section 2.
1.25
Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractor's operational
and maintenance responsibilities.
Contractor Information
Contractor 1
Contractor 2
Contractor 3
0
Contractor name
A
(company name
Mailing address
0
c
street or P.O. box
$
City, state, and ZIP
code
c
Contact name (first and
U
last
Phone number
Email address
Operational and
maintenance
responsibilities of
contractor
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
SECTIONDD• •• • r
c Outfalls to Waters of the State of North Carolina
c
2.1
Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd?
❑ Yes [rrl" No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
o
c
2.2
Provide the treatment works' current average daily volume of inflow
Average Daily Volume of Inflow and Infiltration
and infiltration.
gpd
Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration.
.o
c
ee
3
0
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2.3
Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information? (See instructions for
C R
specific requirements.)
CM
0
n
❑ Yes ❑ No
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2.4
Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information?
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(See instructions for specific requirements.)
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❑ Yes ❑ No
2.5
Are improvements to the facility scheduled?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements.
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E
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n.
2.
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d
3.
d
4.
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2.6
Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements.
Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for Im rovements
E
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Scheduled
Affected
Begin
End
Begin
Attainment of
>
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Improvement
Outfalls
(list outfal
Construction
Construction
Discharge
Operational
Level
E
_
(from above)
number)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
(MM/DD/YYYY)
MMIDDIYYYY
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L
N
2.
3.
4.
2.7
Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained? Briefly explain your
response.
❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ None required or applicable
Explanation:
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
SECTION••
• ON i
3.1
Provide the following information for each outfall. (Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.)
Outfall Number 00
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
State
fA
County
'
O
c
City or town
r scn Ci�
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Distance from shore
�' ft.
n
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Depth below surface
ft.
ft.
ft.
0
Average daily flow rate
0, 00j p-t68 mgd
mgd
mgd
Latitude
-
Longitude
e3° 3�„ �}� " W
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3.2
Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges?
c
❑ Yes No -* SKIP to Item 3.4.
d
R
3.3
If so, provide the following information for each applicable outfall.
s
H
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
c
Number of times per year
discharge occurs
a
Average duration of each
o
discharge (specify units
Average flow of each
mgd
mgd
mgd
H
discharge
Months in which discharge
occurs
3.4
Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser?
❑ Yes 9 No SKIP to Item 3.6.
3.5
Briefly describe the diffuser type at each applicable outfall.
CL
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
d
H
f�
ai
3.6
Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from
one or more discharge points?
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[/ Yes ❑ No 4SKIP to Section 6.
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 89866E61 -1 B7D-4F6C-A493-4BEC9F723CD8
NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
3.7
Provide the receiving water and related information if known for each outfall.
Outfall Number 00 1
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Receiving water name
A� /
/vU�ifa o u. ever
Name of watershed, river,
I.,'7'7"7e Tnncs-Sce,
c
or stream system
a
U.S. Soil Conservation
d
Service 14-digit watershed
o
code
Name of state
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management/river basin
6 vee 1.9vsla
U.S. Geological Survey
8-digit hydrologic
cataloging unit code
Critical low flow (acute)
cfs
cfs
cfs
Critical low flow (chronic)
cfs
cfs
cfs
Total hardness at critical
mg/L of
mg/L of
mg/L of
low flow
CaCO3
CaCO3
CaCO3
3.8
Provide the following information
describing the treatment provided for discharges from each outfall.
Outfall Number 00i
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Highest Level of
W Primary 589
❑ Primary
❑ Primary
Treatment (check all that
❑ Equivalent to
❑ Equivalent to
❑ Equivalent to
apply per outfall)
secondary
secondary
secondary
❑ Secondary
❑ Secondary
❑ Secondary
❑ Advanced
❑ Advanced
❑ Advanced
❑ Other (specify)
❑ Other (specify)
❑ Other (specify)
c
0
a
Design Removal Rates by
Outfall
fA
d
BOD5 or CBOD5
%
%
%
c
m
E
TSS
%
%
%
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
Phosphorus
%
%
%
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
Nitrogen
%
%
%
Other (specify)
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 89866E61 -1 B7D-4F6C-A493-4BEC9F723CD8
NPDES Permit Number I Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
3.9
Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below. If disinfection varies by
season, describe below.
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d
c
0
c
Outfall Number Dd l
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
a
Disinfection typec-ikv
PoL f'Y f,� �,;,
d
c
73
Seasons used
6.sa�7�;r�4iC�c{S.
d
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Dechlorination used?
El Not applicable
❑ Not applicable
pp'cable
El Not applicable
�-,/ I
I]� Yes 5 ium.5v '
❑ Yes
❑ Yes
❑ No
❑ No
❑ No
3.10
Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package?
YO, Yes ❑ No
3.11
Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's
discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points?
�,/
El Yes L2l No 4 SKIP to Item 3.13.
3.12
Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's
discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge points.
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Outfall Number
Acute
Chronic
Acute
Chronic
Acute
Chronic
is
G
Number of tests of discharge
rn
=
water
Number of tests of receiving
water
d
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3.14
Does the use chlorin for disinfection, use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process, or otherwise have
reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent?
[T Yes 4 Complete Table B, including chlorine. ❑ No -* Complete Table B, omitting chlorine.
3.15
Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application
package?
❑ Yes ❑ No
Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and
3.18
attached the results to this application package?
❑ Yes No additional sampling required by NPDES
permitting authority.
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 89866E61 -1 B7D-4F6C-A493-4BEC9F723CD8
NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
3.19
Has the POTW conducted either (1) minimum of four quarterly WET tests for one year preceding this permit application
or (2) at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years?
❑ Yes B No 4 Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.20
Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.21
Indicate the dates the data were submitted to our NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results.
Date(s) Submitted
Summary of Results
MMIDDNYYY
m
c
C
c
0
3.22
Regardless of how you provided your WET testing data to the NPDES permitting authority, did any of the tests result in
o
toxicity?
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c
w
❑ Yes El No -+ SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.23
Describe the cause(s) of the toxicity:
d
W
3.24
Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation?
❑ Yes ❑ No -* SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.25
Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted.
3.26
Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package?
❑ Yes Q/ Not applicable because previously submitted
information to the NPDES permitting authority.
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 89866E61 -1 B7D-4F6C-A493-4BEC9F723CD8
NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
SECTION•
i ,
In Column 1 below, mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application. For
6.1
each section, specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority. Note that not
all applicants are required to provide attachments.
Column 1
Column 2
Section 1: Basic Application
for All A licants
wl variance request(s) ❑ w/ additional attachments
ElInformation
Q/ Section 2: Additional
❑ wl topographic map [ w/ process flow diagram
Information
❑ w/ additional attachments
wl Table A ❑ wl Table D
Section 3: Information on
❑ w/ Table B ❑ wl additional attachments
Effluent Discharges
E
❑ wl Table C
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Section 4: Not Applicable
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Section 5: Not Applicable
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d
c.�
Section 6: Checklist and
❑ wl attachments
1c
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Certification Statement
H
6.2
Certification Statement
d
I certify underpenalty 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 fine
and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Name (print or type first and last name)
Official title
Z L//�lm %/fir%
Wll-;,01 `� /% t'l�,-,
Signature
Date signed
. i6C�L,-
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Outfall Number
Modified Application Form 2A
Modified March 2021
Maximum Daily Discharge
Average Daily Discharge
Analytical
ML or MDL
Value
Units
Number
Pollutant
Value Units
Methods
(include units)
Samples
Bio hemical oxygen demand
IODe or ❑CBODe
23,E
��"
l,?�,13
%
j Z
O�-2i0,6--L I
❑ ML
WTVIDL
(report onea
�/�
Fecal coliform
% 7�
U ,e, icz�.n�
/-3,96
217 J997
❑ ML
RRrt,IDL
Design flow rate
D Qd�3 yCi
/ylGd
Q. 0095 cv
%%I ax2
(, ", IA410c
r
t;'
pH (minimum)
NC'i cG.O •79(�
N'
n.
pH (maximum)
r%�y
c,
s%G.O 79,0
G'cs/ei uS
Z
•� r
Temperature (winter)
�'ac:i us
y%a
Temperature summer
�y z
Total suspended solids (TSS)
1,70
m �L
25 2—
-y�,�
0 MIL
&'ItL
I Sampling shall be conducted according to sufficiently sensitive test procedures (i.e., methods) approved under 40 CFR 136 for the analysis of pollutants or pollutant parameters or
required under 40 CFR chapter I, subchapter N or 0. See instructions and 40 CFR 122.21(e)(3).
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