NC0036251_Permit Issuance_20110224

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
February 24, 2011
Tom Rosenberg, Director
Blue Star Camps, Inc.
PO Box 1029
Hendersonville, North Carolina 28793-1029
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO036251
Blue Star Camps WWTP — Class II
179 Blue Star Way, Hendersonville
Henderson County
Dear Mr. Rosenberg:
The Division of Water Quality (the Division) hereby issues the attached NPDES permit for the
subject facility. We issue this permit 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.
The Division understands that you have made no significant alterations to your wastewater
treatment facilities during the previous permit cycle. Based on your renewal application received
March 15, 2010, we have therefore made only minimal changes to your permit by updating your
facility map, treatment -component description, and adding parameter codes to the effluent
monitoring page [see Section, A. (1.)]
If any parts, measurement frequencies, or sampling requirements contained in this permit are
unacceptable, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing, upon written request submitted
within thirty (30) days after receiving this letter. Your request must take the form of a written
petition conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and you must file it
with the office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
27699-6714. Unless such a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding.
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service:1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
An Equal opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
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This permit is not transferable except after notifying the Division of Water Quality. The Division
may require permit modification, or revocation and re -issuance. Please note that this permit does _
not affect your legal obligation to obtain other permits required by the Division of Water Quality,
the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act, or other federal or local
governments.
If you have questions, or if we can further assist you, please contact Joe Corporon at
fioe.corporonQncdenr. ovl or call [phone].
Re ectfully,,/
Coleen H. Sullins
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Enclosure: NPDES Permit NC0036251 (FINAL) �
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NPDES Program Files
ARO/SWPS, Attn: Keith Haynes
ec: CG&L Attn: Kim Colson
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 One
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 NorthCarolina '
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An Equal Opportunity 1 ARnnative Action Employer

Permit NCO036251
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
- - NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATI0N 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 Camps, Inc.
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Blue Star Camps WWTP
179 Blue Star Way, Hendersonville
Henderson County
to receiving waters designated as Mud Creek within 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 April 1, 2011.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2015.
Signed this day February 24, 2011.
en H. Sullins, Direc ---
ivision of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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 Camps, Inc.
is hereby authorized to:-
1. continue to operate an existing 0.060 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment facility
utilizing:
• bar screen
• equalization basin with pre -aeration
• dual effluent grinder pumps
• flow-splitter box
• dual path aeration basins
• dual clarifiers
• aerated sludge holding basin
• chlorinator (tablet disinfection)
• chlorine -contact chamber
• tablet dechlorination
• effluent flow meter
from a facility 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 04-03-02 of
the French Broad River Basin.

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Blue Star Camps, Inc. Facility
Location
Blue Star Camp WWTP (not to scale)
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`Latitude: 35°14'48"N Longitude: 8232'13"W North NPDESPennitNC0036251'
Receiving Stream: Mud Creek [segment 6-55) Stream Class: C I
Drainage Basin: French Broad River Basin Sub -Basin: 04-03-02 j Henderson County

- Permit NCO036251
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
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
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[parameter PCS codes]
Monthly
Daily
Measurement
Sample
Sample
Average
Maximum
Frequency
Type'
Location
Flow
50050.
0.06 MGD
Continuous
Recording
Influent
or Effluent
Temperature
�
00010y
Daily
Grab.
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC)1
50060
28 µg/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean)
31616
200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
pH
[00400
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
- —
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
BOD, 5 day (20°C)
00310
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
00530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (Apr 1— Oct 31)
[006101
3.0 mg/L
15.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (Nov 1— Mar 31)
[00610]
9.0 mg/L
35.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Footnote:
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) monitoring is required only if chlorine is used by the facility.
Because of difficulty quantifying TRC in a wastewater matrix, the Division will consider all values
reported below 50µg/L by the North Carolina -Certified lab and field test method to be compliant
with this permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to report all TRC values (or the test -method
minimum detection level) even if these values are below 50µg/L.
Condition: The Permittee shall discharge no floating solids or foam visible in other than trace amounts.

NCDENR/DWQ/NPDES
32002513
Public Notice - Notice of Intent to issue a NPDES
Wastewater Permit
$169.30
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION
January 08,2011
I, Jan Sullivan, affirming the following under the penalties of
perjury state:
I am employed by Times -News, a subsidiary of the New York
Times Company. Times -News, a daily newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the city of Hendersonville,
county of Henderson, and state of North Carolina. 1 hereby
certify that the advertisement annexed hereto was published in
the editions of The Times -News on the following date or dates:
01 /08/11
And that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper,
document, or legal advertisement was published was, at the time
of each and every publication, a newspaper meeting all of the
requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within
the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina.
This 8th day of January, 2011.
(Signed) ^Lc%L't iL
Sworn to2�"
bscribed before me, this 8th day of
Januarys, 2011.
Im _ o Ionr2h (Ou e. Notary Public
Deborah H. Owen
My Commission Expires March 1, 2011
Times -News
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 Man-
agement Commission
proposes to issue a
NPDES wastewater dis-
charge permit to the
person(s) listed below.
Written comments re-
garding the proposed
permit will be accepted
until 30 days after the
publish date of this no-
tice. The Director of the
NC Division of Water
Quality (DWQ) may hold
a nubile hearina should
degree of public inter-
est. Please mail com-
ments and/or informa-
r:,,,, m' at
the above address. In-
tereste ers rfiay-
visit the DWQ at 512 N.
Salisbury Street, Ra-
eigh, NC to review in-
formation on file. Addi-
tional information on
NPDES permits and this
notice may be found on
our website:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/
web/wa/swp/os/nodes/
calendar, or by calling
[phone].
A PART or
TheNewYorkTimes
Company
106 Henderson Crossing Plaza • Hendersonville, NC 28792
P. O. Box 490 • Hendersonville, NC 28793
828/692-0505 • FAX [phone] • 828/693-5581
www.blueridp,enow.com
Blue Star Camps, Inc. in
Henderson County re-
quested to renew permit
NC0036251_—to—dis-
charge treated waste-
water to Mud Creek,
French Broad River
Basin.
Karl and Shelly Alexan-
der requested renewal
of permit NCO033251
for Camp Highlander
WWTP in Henderson
County; this permitted
discharge is treated
domestic wastewater to
South Fork of the Mills
River, French Broad
River Basin.
(1/8)
N000061693
—No Charge
opies - $15 each

All Waters in NC are in Category 5-303(d) List for Mercury due to statewide fish consumption advice for several fish species
AU Number AU —Name AU_Description LengthArea AIJUnits Classification
Parameter Reason for Rating Use Category Collection Year 303(d)year
French Broad River Basin French Broad River Subbasin 06010105
French Broad River Basin Headwaters French Broad River Watershed 0601010501
Q 6-2-(0.5)b West Fork French From Above trout farms to below trout farm 0.6 FW Miles B;Tr
Broad River
5 Ecological/biological Integrity Benthos Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life 2001 1998
French Broad River Basin Davidson River -French Broad River Watershed 0601010502
Q 6-34-(15.5) Davidson River From Avery Creek to Olin Corporation 2.7 FW Miles WS-V,B;Tr
Water Supply Dam
5 Low pH Standard Violation Aquatic Life 2008 2008
French Broad River Basin
Mud Creek Watershed 0601010503
(j)
6-55-8-1a Bat Fork
From source to State Route 1779
4.8 FW Miles
C
5 Ecological/biological Integrity Benthos
Poor Bioclassification Aquatic Life
1989
1998
0
6-55-8-1b Bat Fork
From State Route 1779 to Johnson
1.5 FW Miles
C
Drainage Ditch
5 EcologicaUbiological Integrity FishCom
Poor Bioclassification Aquatic Life
2002
1998
6-55-11-(1)a Clear Creek
From source to Laurel Creek
2.7 FW Miles
B;Tr
5 EcologicaUbiological Integrity Benthos
Poor Bioclassification Aquatic Life
2001
2000
Q
6-55-11-(1)c Clear Creek
From Puncheon Camp Creek to Lewis Creek
2.1 FW Miles
B;Tr
5 EcologicaUbiological Integrity Benthos
Poor Bioclassification Aquatic Life
2001
2000
5 EcologicaUbiological Integrity FishCom
Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life
2001
2000
Q
6-55-8-2b Devils Fork
From first unnamed tributary west of State
2.7 FW Miles
C
Route 1006 to Johnson Drainage Ditch
5 EcologicaWiological Integrity Benthos
Poor Bioclassification Aquatic Life
2000
2006
0
6-55-11-6 Lewis Creek
From source to Clear Creek
3.8 FW Miles
C;Tr
5 Ecological/biological Integrity Benthos
�1
Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life
2006
2008
Q 6-55b Mud Creek
cological/biological Integrity Benthos
5 Ecological/biological Integrity FishCom
0 6-55c Mud Creek
5 Ecological/biological Integrity Benthos
5 Ecological/biological Integrity FishCom
From State Route 1125 to Little Mud Creek
Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life
Poor Bioclassification Aquatic Life
From Little Mud Creek to Byers Creek
Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life
Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life
1.9 FW Miles C
2007 1998
2002 1998
11.0 FW Miles C
2000 2006
2002 2006
French Broad River Basin Mills River -French Broad River Watershed 0601010504
Q 6-54-6 Brandy Branch From source to Mills River 2.1 FW Miles WS-III
5 Ecological/biological integrity Benthos Fair Bioclassification Aquatic Life 1994 2000
c (q
NC 2010 Integrated Report Category 5-303(d) List EPA Submittal 20100329 Monday, March 29, 2010 Page 24 of 115

Corporon, Joe
From: Corporon, Joe
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:25 AM
To: '[e-mail]'
Subject: UPDATE: Starting My Review - NPDES Permit NCO036251
Tom — I've begun my review of your application to renew. Last we talked on 22Sep, DWQ was running behind about 3
months with renewals — I'm afraid not much has changed, [still 5 empty chairs and a statewide hiring freeze], but we're
plotting along steadily.
Question — Do you happen to have a facility drawing showing your approximate property perimeter for Blue Star Camp
(electronic, if possible —something you could email me)? If not, maybe you might fax me a document that would
indicate the approximate property boundary — even hand -drawn on a map would help? I'd like to add this to our Site
Map for the camp (FAX [phone]).
Thanks for looking — more later.
[PS —trying to get you a DRAFT for review before I leave on vacation Dec 16 — if not, it'll be January]
Joe R. Corporon, L. G.
Environmental Specialist
NPDES Program
NCDENR/Division of Water Quality
Surface Water Protection Section
919-807-6394; FAX [phone]
"Passivist! Me? I don't believe in 'passive' anything!" -- Mahatma Gandhi

03/22/10 05:29PH Blue Star Camps 8286927030 p.02
Sludge Management Plan
for
Blue Star Camps, Inc.
Sludge generated at the Blue Star Camps facility is pumped and hauled to a Class IV facility (City of
Hendersonville WWTP) in Henderson County for additional treatment and final disposal.

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resourbes
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit 000036251
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
Facility Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
Blue Star Camps, Incorporated
Blue Star Camps WWTP
P.O. Box 1029
Hendersonville
NC 28793-1029
[phone]x223 i UE R--':'_
R�iMT
[phone]
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 179 Blue Star Way
City Hendersonville
State / Zip Code NC 28739
County Henderson
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
Blue Star Camps, Inc.
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1029
City
Hendersonville
State / Zip Code
NC 28793-1029
Telephone. Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
1 of 4 Form-D 1/06

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that applyp.
Industrial
❑
Number of Employees
Commercial
®
Number of Employees 11 FT/YR
Residential
❑
Number of Homes
School
❑
Number of Students/ Staff
Other
❑
Explain:
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.):
SUMMER CAMP - domestic wastewater
Population served: 1,200
5. Type of collection system
® 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 ® No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map shoufing the exact location of each outfallp.
Head waters of MUD CREEK in the FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN
S. Frequency of Discharge: ❑ Continuous ® Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration: May to Sept.
9. Describe the treatment system
List all installed components, including capacity, 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.
The treatment process is a typical "Extended Aeration" process rated at 60,000 gallons
per day (gpd).
System components consists of a bar screen, equalization basin (60,000 gals. capacity)
with mechanical pre -aeration, dual influent grinder pumps (70 gpm), flow splatter box,
dual path aeration basins (30,000 gals. capacity each) with mechanical aeration, dual
clarifiers, sludge holding tank (10,000 gals. capacity), chlorine contact chamber with
tablet feed, dechlorination chamber with tablet feed, and an effluent flow meter.
2 of 4 Form-D 1106

NPDES APPLICATION FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.060 MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0.031 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.064 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
12. Effluent Data
Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform, Temperature and ply shall be grab samples, for all other
parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. Effluent 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)
13
3.8
mg/l
> 36
Fecal Coliform
3
1.3
colonies
> 36
Total Suspended Solids
20
5.0
mg/1
> 36
Temperature (Summer)
27
22
C
> 36
Temperature (Winter)
n/a
n/a
pH
7.3
7.2
SU
> 36
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA)
UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
NPDES NCO036251 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
PSD (CAA) Special Order of Consent (SOC)
Non -attainment program (CAA) Other
14. 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.
Tom Rosenberg Director
Printed name of Person Signing Title
3 of 4 Form-D 1/06

NPDES APPLICATI.ON FOR PERMIT RENEWAL - FORM D
For privately owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <0.1 MGD
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SidhaXire of
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.)
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Blue Star
Camps
For Boys & Girls
Tom Rosenberg
Director
P.O. Box 1029, Blue Star Way
Hendersonville, NC 28793
828-692-3591 / Fax [phone]
3595 Sheridan Street, Ste.107
Hollywood, FL 33021
954-963-4494 / Fax [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
Web site: www.bluestareamps.com
4 of 4 Form-D 1/06

FACT SHEET
FOR COMPLEX EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEW
Basic Information
Permit Writer/Date
Joe R. Corporon L.G. / 06Dec201
Permit Number
NCO036251
Facility
Blue Star Camps, Inc. 1 9A31ue Star Way;
Henderson County [AR
Grade II, Flow = 0.060 MGD
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
French Broad / 04-03-02
Receiving Stream
Mud Creek [segment 6-65], Class C;
7 10 w = 0.44; 7Q 10s = 0.27; 30Q2 = 0.60cfs
Stream Classification in Permit
C
Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits?
No in it
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
No in permit— updated footnote for renewal
Does permit have toxicity testing?
No
Does permit have Special Conditions?
No
Does permit have instream monitoring?
No
Is the stream impaired [303(d) listed]?
No [however, segment immediately downstream (in
proximity to the town of Etowah —1.53 miles) listed
onl "fair" foraquatic life.
Any obvious compliance concerns?
No — see BIMS Report; Staff Report
Any permit mods since lastpermit?
No
Current expiration date
S tember 30, 2010
New expiration date
S tember 30, 2015
Comments received on Draft Permit?
BIMS Downloads and Review Results:
• BIMS DMR Report Violations (2007-2010) indicate monitoring frequency / reporting violations
only in all cases due to the camp not discharging during off-season months (no action — BPJ); NO
NOVs / no penalty assessments for ARO.
• All effluent data within the bounds of the permit.
• TOX data Summary — WET testing not required — no changes recommended.
• Receiving Stream— this discharge receiving -stream segment is not impaired/not 303d-listed (see
note above). However, several segments downstream are listed as only "fair" for aquatic Life,
presumable due to increase in cultural impact. Stream monitoring by this Permittee is not required;
no changes recommended.
0 Updated map for renewal; added parameter codes to Effluent Table, A. (L).