NC0036251_Permit Issuance_20151102

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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Pat McCrory
Governor
Mr. Seth Herschthal
Blue Star Operating Company, LLC
P.O. Box 1029
Hendersonville, NC 28793-1029
Dear Mr. Herschthal:
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
November 2, 2015
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NC0036251
Blue Star Camps WWTP
Henderson County
Class WW-2
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 9, 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, Dire r
Division of Water Resources
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office
NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] / FAX [phone] / hfp://portal.ncdenr.org/weblwq
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Permit NCO036251
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
PDES
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,
Blue Star Operating Company, LLC
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater froma facility located at the
Blue Star Camps WWTP
179 Blue, Star Way
Hendersonville
Henderson County
to receiving waters designated as Mud Creek within subbasin 04-03-01 of the French Broad River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts 1,
II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective December 1, 2015.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2020.
Signed this day November 2, 2015
S. Zimmerman, Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NCO036251
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby revoked. As of this permit
issuance, any previously issued permit bearing this number is no longer effective. Therefore, the exclusive authority to
operate and discharge from this facility arises under the permit conditions, requirements, terms, and provisions included
herein.
Blue Star Operating Company, LLC is hereby authorized to:
I. Continue to operate an existing 0.060 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment facility that
includes the following components:
• bar screen ,
• equalization basin with pre -aeration
• dual effluent grinder pumps
• flow -sputter box
• dual path aeration basins
• dual clarifiers
• aerated sludge holding basin
• chlorinator (tablet disinfection)
• chlorine -contact chamber
• tablet dechlorination
• effluent flow meter
This facility is located at the Blue Star Camps WWTP (179 Blue Star Way, Hendersonville) in
Henderson County, and
2. Discharge from said treatment works via. outfall 001, at a location specified on the attached map, into
Mud Creek [stream segment 6-55], currently classified C waters within subbasin 04-03-01 of the
French Broad River Basin.
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Permit NCO036251
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 permit effective date 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
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Flow
50050
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Day
Recording
Influent '
or Effluent
Temperature
[000101
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine ('IRC) 2
50060
28 µlb
2/Week
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Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Week, Y
Weekly
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform [31616]
geometric mean)
200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
Grab
Effluent
pH
00400
>_ 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
Grab
Effluent
BOD, 5 day (20°C)
00310
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
00530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N [00610]
A ril 1— October 31
3.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
Composite.
Effluent
NH3 as N [00610]
(November 1— March 31)
9.0 mg/L
35.0 mg/L
Composite
Effluent
Footnotes:
I. 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. TRC limit and monitoring requirements apply only if chlorine is used by the facility. Because of
difficulty measuring TRC in a wastewater matrix, the Division will consider all values reported above
50 µg/L by the North Carolina -Certified test method to be compliant with this permit. However, the
Permittee shall continue to report allIRC values (or the test -method minimum detection level) even if
these values are below 50 fig/L.
The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam visible 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.
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Permit NCO036251
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part 11 of this permit
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
Be 'nning no later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee shall begin reporting
discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report
(eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and submitted
electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter monitoring data and submit
DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's eDMR application is compliant with
EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation (CROMERR), pernittees will be required to submit all
discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR
submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer -printed eDMR
to the following address:
NC DENR / Division of Water Resources / Information Processing Unit
ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility being
physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband access, then a
temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted and discharge monitoring
data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1.1, 2, 3) or alternative forms approved by the Director.
Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address above.
Requests for temporary waivers from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements must be submitted in
writing to the Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be
required under this permit to begin using eDMR. Temporary waivers shall be valid for twelve (12) months and
shall thereupon expire. At such time, DMRs shall be submitted electronically to the Division unless the
permittee re -applies for and is granted a new temporary waiver by the Division.
Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting
requirements is found on the following web page:
httn://Portal.ncdenr.or web/wy/admin/bog/ipu/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.
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Permit NC0036251
2.
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part R, Section
B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section B. (11. . A
purposes
person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting )�)
.
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:
ht :// ortal.ncdenr.or /web/w /achnin/bo /i u/Wmr
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:
"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 qualifiedpersonnelproperly 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. lam aware that there are significant penalties or submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. "
3. Records Retention FSUDDlements Section D. (01
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions. These
records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report. This eriod
may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41]. p
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Latitude: 350 14' 48" N Stream Class: C
Longitude: 820 32' 13" W Sub -Basin: 04-03-02
Receiving Stream: Mud Creek [segment 6-55]
USGS Quad: Standingstone Mountain, N.C.
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Weaver, Charles
From: Jimison, Kathy
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 9:10 AM
To: Weaver, Charles
Subject: RE: DRAFT permit renewal for NCO036251
No comments or changes.
Katherine Jimison - [e-mail]
Chemist I
North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources -Water Science Section
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Notice: E-mailcorrespondence to and from this address
may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law
and therefore may be disclosed to third parties.
From: Weaver, Charles
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 10:58 AM
To: Jimison, Kathy <[e-mail]>
Cc: Menzel, Jeff <[e-mail]>
Subject: DRAFT permit renewal for NCO036251
Importance: High
The attached draft permit is for the Blue Star Camps WWTP in Henderson County.
It is a class W W-2 facility.
Please send me any comments by October 5'n
Thanks,
CHW

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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 9/2/2015
Permit Number
NC0036251
Facility Name
Blue Star Cams WWTP
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
04-03-01
Receiving Stream
Mud 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)?
For whatparameter?
No
Any obvious compliance concerns?
No. There have been no enforcements since
2003. Last effluent limit violation was in May
12011.
Any permit modifications since lastpermit?
None.
New expiration date
9/30/2020
Comments on Draft Permit
➢ Added regulatory citations
➢ Added eDMR requirements
Most Commonly Used Expedited Language:
• 303(d) language 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 < 50 µg/L will be treated as zero for
compliance purposes."
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