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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins
Governor Director
August 7, 2009
Mr, Harold D. Morrison
Facility Management Director
Operations Division
35 Referendum Drive
Bolivia, North Carolina 28422
Dee Freeman
Secretary
Subject: NPDES PERMIT ISSUANCE
Permit Number NCO045276
Waccamaw Elementary School WWTP
Brunswick County
Dear Mr. Morrison:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject
permit. Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached final 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).
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 150E 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 permit shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this permit is not transferable. This permit does not affect the legal
requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Water Quality or permits
required by the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other Federal or
Local governmental permits which may be required.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact
Maureen Scardina of my staff at [phone].
Sincerely,
/ Coleen H. Sullins
T°rDirector, Division of Water Quality
cc: Central Files
NPDES Unit Files
Wilmington Regional Office
1617 Mail Service Center, Raie h, North Carolina 27699-1617
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Permit NC0045276
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
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,
Brunswick County Board of Education
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Brunswick County Schools
Waccamaw Elementary School
NCSR 1330
east of Ash
Brunswick County
to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary to Bear Branch in the Lumber 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 September 1, 2009.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall Expire at midnight on August 31, 2014.
Signed this day August 7, 2009.
C n H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO045276
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 included herein.
The Brunswick County Board of Education is hereby authorized to:
I. Continue to operate an existing 0.0057 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the following
components:
♦ Multiple septic tanks
♦ 1,000-gallon grease trap
♦ 10,000-gallon dosing tank with dual dosing pumps
♦ 3,000-gallon effluent pump tank
♦ Recirculating sand filter
♦ Quadplex ultraviolet disinfection
♦ Flow meter
This facility is located at Waccamaw Elementary School, east of Ash on NCSR 1330 in Brunswick
County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into an unnamed
tributary to Bear Branch, classified C-Swamp waters in the Lumber River Basin.

BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCHOOLS
Waccamaw Elementary School
otm : Brunswick Stream Class: C-Swamp
Receiving Stream: UT Bear Branch Sub -Basin: 030757
Latitude: 340 03' 45" Grid/ uad: K24SE
Longitude: 780 30' 50"
Facility .i
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Location
(not to scale)
TNORTH NPDES Permit No. NCO045276

Permit NCO045276
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS — FINAL
During the period beginning September 1, 2009 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:
EFFLUENT
CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Averse
. Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Fre,guency
Weekly
Sample
Type
Instantaneous
Sample Locations
Influent or Effluent
Flow
0.0057 MGD
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
(April 1 —October 31
5.0 mg/L
7.5 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
(November 1— March 31)
10.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
(April 1— October 31
2.0 mg/L
10.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
ovember 1 — March 31)
4.0 mg/L
20.0 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Dissolved Oxygen
Fecal Coliform
(geometric mean)
200 / 100 ml
400/100 ml
Weekly
2/Month
Grab
Grab
Effluent,
Upstream & Downstream
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
Weekly
Grab
Upstream & Downstream
Conductivity
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
pH3
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
I. Upstream = at least 100 feet upstream from the outfall; Downstream = at least 300 feet downstream from
the outfall.
2. The daily average dissolved oxygen effluent concentration shall not be less than 6.0 mg/L.
3. The pH shall not be less than 6.0 standard units nor greater than 9.0 standard units.
THERE SHALL BE NO DISCHARGE OF FLOATING SOLIDS OR VISIBLE FOAM IN OTHER THAN TRACE AMOUNTS.

Permit NCO045276
A. (2.) TEMPORARY MEANS OF DISINFECTION
In the event that the wastewater treatment plant's ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system should fail,
underperform, or otherwise be removed from effective service, the permittee or his agent should
immediately inform the Surface Water Protection Section staff of the Wilmington Regional Office of
this development and discuss temporary, alternate means for disinfection of the effluent.
If chlorine compounds are used as temporary means of disinfection, the total residual chlorine (TRC)
concentration of the effluent must be monitored on a daily basis while this method of disinfection is in
use and values must be reported on the discharge monitoring report. TRC in the effluent may not
exceed 17 µg/L; therefore, dechlorination methods may also be necessary to ensure protection of water
quality in the receiving stream.
The Division shall consider all effluent TRC 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/L.
Use of a disinfection system other than the permitted UV system during circumstances not deemed as
emergency and/or temporary (replacement of lamps, lamp cleaning or maintenance, etc.) will be
considered a violation of the terms of this permit.

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER
notice
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of Said County and State,
Public
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Management Commission/NPDES
Unit, 1617 Maii Service Center
Robert Gruber
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Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit, 1617
Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater
Permit The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NP
was inserted in the aforesaid newspaper in space, and on dates as follows:
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Upon reading the aforegoing affidavit with the advertisement thereto annexed it is adjudged by the Court that the said
publication was duly and properly made and that the summons has been duly and legally served on the defendant(s).
This day of
Clerk of Superior Court
MAIL TO:

Brunswick County Schools
Oaeradon Directors
Tina Ward
Child Nutrition Director
Al Bishop
Facilities & Capital Project Director
Doug Morrison
Maintenance Director
Leonard Jenkins
Technology Director
Bobby Taylor
Transportation Director
Operations Division
Stephen H. Miley, Executive Director
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
Attn: Gil Vinzani
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
January_5, 2009
Re: Sludge Management Plan for Waccamaw Elementary School Waste Treatment
Facility Permit # NCO045276
Dear Mr. V inzani:
I received a letter from Dina Sprinkle of NCDENR, NPDES Unit, dated December 22,
2008, acknowledging receipt of our permit renewal application for the referenced
facility. She noted that we did not include a Sludge Management Plan with our
application.
As I mentioned to you on the telephone today, our waste treatment facility is a small
sand filter bed with an average effluent discharge of 3,500 gallons per day (permitted
for 5,700 gallons/day). All waste solids are retained in multiple septic tanks at various
locations around the school. These tanks are pumped out and hauled each June by a
contracted licensed waste disposal company. The company also pumps out our 1,000
gallon sand filter tank annually which contains less than 100 gallons of sand/sludge.
Only pre -filtered liquid waste is sprayed onto our lined sand filter bed which retains all
of the waste contaminated sand. We do not handle or retain any sludge material other
than what is specified above. In the unlikely event that the sand bed is replaced, the
contaminated sand, if removed, would be hauled and properly disposed in a legal sludge
field facility by a licensed waste removal contractor.
It is therefore my opinion that a Sludge Management Plan should not be required for our
facility. Please call me at 910-253-2864 should you determine otherwise or require
additional information on this matter.
n rely RECEIVED
H. orrison
JAN - 3 2009
Cc: Stephen Miley
Troy Neville DENR - WATER OUALITY
POINT SOURCE BRANCH
35 Referendum Drive • Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 0 [phone] Fax (910)

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Operation Directors
Tina Ward
Child Nutrition Director
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resourses_:
AI Bishop Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit-��
Facilities & Capital Project Director 1617 Mail Service Center Fc
Doug Morrison Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 = 3
Maintenance Director
Leonard Jenkins December 17, 2008
Technology Director
Bobby Taylor Re: Renewal of Waccamaw Waste Treatment Facility Permit # NCO045276
Transportation Director
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is an application for permit renewal for Waccamaw Elementary
School waste treatment facility. The permit application is due before
August 19, 2009 and the annual permit fee of $860 was submitted on July
17, 2008 with Brunswick County Schools check number 328149.
In addition to the map location of the site, I have included a copy of the Effluent
Limitations and Monitoring Requirements as delineated in our current permit.
These requirements include NH3 and Conductivity parameters that were not
listed under Effluent Data on page 3 of the renewal Form A.
Please call me at 910-253-2864 should you require additional information on this
matter.
c rely,
. D. Morrison
Enclosures: NPDES Application for Permit Renewal — Form A
Cc: Stephen Miley
Troy Neville
35 Referendum Drive 0 Bolivia, North Carolina 28422 0 [phone] Fax [phone]

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit 000045276
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
Brunswick County Board of Education
Facility Name
Waccamaw Elementary School
Mailing Address
35 Referendum Drive
City
Bolivia
State / Zip Code
NC 28422
Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
e-mail Address
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 5901 Waccamaw School Rd. (NCSR 1330)
City
Ash
State / Zip Code
NC 28420
County
Brunswick
3. Operator Information:
Name of the fum, public organization or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORQ
Name Brunswick County Board of Education
Mailing Address 35 Referendum Drive
City Bolivia NC
State / Zip Code 28422
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Population served: 700
1 of 4 Form -A 1/06

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
S. Do you receive industrial waste?
® No ❑ Yes (if you have an approved pre-treatment program, must complete Form 2A)
6. Type of collection system
® Separate (sanitary sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
?. Outfall Information:
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s)
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes ® No
S. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall):
unnamed tributary to Bear Branch, classified C-swamp waters in the Lumber River Basin
9. Frequency of Discharge: ❑ Continuous ® Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 5 Days Duration: 3 Hours
10. 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.
Multiple septic Tanks (5)
1,000 Gallon Grease Trap
10,000 Gallon Dosing TAnk with Dual Dosing Pumps
3,000 Gallon Effluent Pump Tank
Quadplex Ultra Violet Disinfection
Recirculating Sand Filter
Flow Meter
11. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow .0057 MGD
Annual Average daily flow .0020 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow .0042 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
12. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
2of4
Form -A 1/06
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NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM A
For Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) or other treatment systems treating
domestic wastes < 0.1 MGD with no pretreatment program.
13. Effluent Data
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. Effluent Iuent testing data must be based on at least three samples
and must be no more than four and one half years old.
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Number of
Samples
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(BODS)
7.5 (April -Oct)
15.0 (Nov-
Mar)
5.0(April-Oct)
10.0 (Nov-
Mar)
mg/ L
2/Month
Fecal Coliform
400 / 100
200 / 100
ml
2/Month
Total Suspended Solids
45.0
30-.0
mg/L
2/Month
Temperature (Summer)
N/A
N/A
degrees C
Weekly
Temperature (Winter)
N/A
N/A
degrees C
Weekly
pH
6-9
6-9
standard units
2/Month
14. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA)
UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
NPDES NCO045276 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
PSD (CAA) Special Order of Consent (SOC)
Non -attainment program (CAA) Other
15. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
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.
.............
Hark . M 'son Facili Management Director
P ' d am of Person Signing DEC r Title
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12/11 2----006
Signatu a of Applicant 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 knowly 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 -A 1 /06

FACT SHEET —LUMBER RIVER BASIN
REVIEW FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS l �J
(Instructions for Permit Writer)
Basic Information To Determine Potential For Expedited Permit Renewal
Reviewer(s) / Date:
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Permit Number:
NCO045276
✓
Facility Name:
Waccamaw Elementary
School WWTP
✓
Sub -basin number:
03-07-57
✓
Receiving Stream:
Bear Branch w,.,,..a._,d
Permit Stream Classification:
I C, Sw
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Public WWTP
COY
Private WWTP
El
WTP
Industrial
El*
Other
If WTP, add permitted flow limit(MGD :
°"rNo
"°
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Pretreatment? YES NO
(if YES then contact PERCS or data RPA
TRC limit/footnote? YES/ADD** NO
(If in permit EDIT FOOTNOTE see TRC
FOOTNOTE text) kc , U V - ,--1e `% bfcL5
WET testing/footnote? YES/ADD** O
�f in permit EDIT SPECIAL CONDITION see
WET language text, check footnoM2
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NH3 limit? OE ADD** NO
(If in permit check edit LIMIT for applicable LIMITS
categories, monthly/weeklyorwekly/daily) .w A
**IWC evaluation needed? YES N6
IWC calculation in file? YES ,N9i
Permit Special Conditions? YES/ADD NO
affacility has BACKUP CHLORINATIONsee
SPECIAL CONDITION and FOOTNOTE text
Instream monitoring? ES NO
Check edit where warranted)
303(d) listed? S O
Watch Listed? YES
Permit MODS since last renewal? YES o
Compliance issues? YES NO
Existing expiration date:
1 8/31/2009
Next cycle expiration date:
8/31/201
M:ennllonnnne ('nmmante
*Apply WTP PermittinggStrate , WET maybe re uired
** IWC requires 7 10 ow data, check with Basin Coordinator or best source
Select Expedited Catergory That Applies To This Permit Renewal
SIMPLE EXPEDITED - administrative renewal with no changes, or only minor
changes such as TRC or ownership change. Includes conventional WTPs (does not
include permits with Special Conditions, Reverse Osmosis, or Ion -exchange WTPs).
COMPLEX EXPEDITED - includes Special Conditions such as EAA, Wastewater
❑ Management Plan, 303(d) listed, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance
concerns, edit NH3 limit, phased limits, stream re -class).
NOT EXPEDITED - Mark all of the following that apply:
❑ Major Facility (municipal/industrial)
❑ Permitted flow > 0.500 MGD (requires full Fact Sheet)
❑ Minor Municipal with Pretreatment Program (SIUs)
❑ Minor Industrial subject to Federal Effluent guidelines
❑ Limits based on RPA (toxicants/metals, GW remediation for organics)
❑ Other
2009 Lumber Basin Permit Review/Shared Drive/Lumber Basin