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Home My WebLink AboutNC0075353_Permit Issuance_20150206FOR _A74 0 IDA NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pat McCrory Governor February 6, 2015 Ms. Linda G. Isaacs McDowell Assisted Living, LLC P. O. Box 909 Marion, NC 28752 Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO075353 McDowell Assisted Living WWTP McDowell County Dear Ms. Isaacs: Donald R. van der Vaart Secretary 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 contains no significant changes to its terms from those found in the draft permit sent to you on November 5, 2014. However, you are also reminded of the new condition requiring electronic reporting of discharge monitoring report (DMR) data using the Division's eDMR internet application. This new requirement will become effective on December 1, 2015 (approximately 270 days or nine months following the effective date of the permit). 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 other permits which may be required by the Division of Water Resources or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be required. 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Phone: 919-807-630011ntemeh www.ncwaterquality.org An Equal opportunity1 Affirmalive Action Employer— Made in part by recycled paper Ms. Linda Isaacs NC0075353 Permit Renewal 2015 p. 2 If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Sonia Gregory at telephone number (919) 807-6333, or via e-mail at sonia.gregory@ncdenr.gov. S' erel , S. Jay Zimmerman, L. ., ting Director Division of Water Resources cc: Central Files Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality NPDES File Permit NCO075353 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES PERMIT - TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM In compliance with the provisions of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, McDowell Assisted Living, LLC is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the McDowell Assisted Living WWTP 5235 NC Highway 226 South Southeast of Marion McDowell County to receiving waters designated as North Muddy Creek in the Catawba 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 March 1, 2015. This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on December 31, 2019. Signed this day February 6, 2015. y Zimmerman, L.G., Acting4llmctor Division of Water Resources By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission Page 1 of 6 Permit NC0075353 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. McDowell Assisted Living, LLC is hereby authorized to: 1. Continue to operate an existing 0.010 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the following components: • Extended aeration basin • Clarifier • Chlorination equipment • Sludge digester This facility is located at 5235 NC Highway 226 South, at McDowell Assisted Living, southeast of Marion, in McDowell County. 2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into North Muddy Creek, classified C waters in the Catawba River Basin. Page of Permit NCO075353 PART A. (L) EFFLUENT. LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS — FINAL [15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.] During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as specified below: EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS LIMITS MONITORING REQUIREMENTS Parameter Code Monthly Avera a Daily Maximum Measurement Fig uenc Sample Type Sample Location Flow 50050 0.010MGD Weekly Instantaneous Influent or Effluent BOD, 5-day (20°C) C0310 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent Total Suspended Solids C0530 30.0 mg/L 45.0 mg/L Weekly Grab Effluent NH3 as N C0610 Monitor & Report Weekly Grab Effluent Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616 2001100 ml 400 / 100 ml Weekly Grab Effluent Total Residual Chlorine (TRC) 2 50060 28 Ng/L 2/Week Grab Effluent Temperature rC) 00010 Monitor & Report . Weekly Grab Effluent pH 00400 > 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units Weekly Grab Effluent Footnotes: 1. No later than December 1, 2015 (270 days from the effective date of this permit), begin submitting discharge monitoring reports electronically using NC DWR's eDMR application system. See Condition A. (2.). 2. 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. There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts. Page 3 of 6 Permit NCO075353 A. (2.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS [G.S.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 in late 2013. NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part R 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 Beginning no later than December 1, 2015 (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), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing, signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following address: NC DENR / DWR / Information Processing Unit ATTENTION: Central Files / eDMR 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 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. Page 4 of 6 Permit NCO075353 A. (2.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS, continued Information on eDMR and application for a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements is found on the following web page: http://portal.ncdenr.or web/wq/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. 2. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)l All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II, Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part H, Section B. (11.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting purposes. 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: htta://Dortal.ncdenr.or web/wq/admin/bogLipu/edmr Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED: U certify, under penalty of law, that this document and all attachments were prepared under MY ' direction or supervision in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. " 3. Records Retention [Supplements Section D. (6.)1 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 period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41]. Page 5 of 6 Permit NC0075353 f ��,1%�,�� ? z �,, � ��-„ ((o �'> D ,: •``-� ail �� J��,�`-�S% i ��,� � `;� > 1 .77 .77 JL— z1 Y,t 11 Mu�/.�. p McDowell Assisted Living WWTP Facility Location ~� Latitude: 35°38'45" Longitude: 81056'24" Quad# E11NW Stream Class: C Hydrologic Unit Code: 03050101 Receiving Stream: N. Muddy Creek ,�1��"��2 ,/V 2 NPDES Permit NE0015 553 McDowell County Page 6 of 6 Public Notice North Carollna �nvlronmantal Management Comm ss.WMPD0 Unit 161T aall Semite Canter R. gb NC ]166g-161I Nollae o%Intent to lssuea MAN Wastewater Permlt ASFffi'V T F CITIZEN TINS VOICE OFTHE MOUNTAINS a CITIZEN-TIMES.com AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION BUNCOMBE COUNTY SS. NORTH CAROLINA Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State, duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Rene Simpson, who, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: that she is the Finance Manager of The Asheville Citizen -Times, engaged in publication of a newspaper known as The Asheville Citizen -Times, published, issued, and entered as first class mail in the City of Asheville, in said County and State; that she is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other legal advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was published in The Asheville Citizen -Times on the following date: November 8th 2014. And that the said newspaper in which said 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 Statues of North Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. Signed this 101h day of November, 2014 Sworn to and subscribed before me the 1 Oth day of November. 2014. _ My Commission expires the 5th day of October, (828) 232-5830 1 (828) 253-5092 FAX 14 O. HENRY AVE. i P.O. BOX 2090 1 ASHEVILLE, NC 28802 1 (800) 800-4204 NOTARY PUBLIC C) GAMUT 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 Bob Sled a 10/31/2014 Permit Number NC0075353 Facility Name McDowell Assisted Living, LLC W WTP Basin Name/Sub-basin number 030830 Receiving Stream North Muddy Creek Stream Classification in Permit C Does permit need Daily Max NH3 limits? No Does permit need TRC limits/language? No; already included Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? Added eDMR condition Does permit have instream monitoring? No Is the stream impaired on 303 d list)? No Any obvious compliance concerns? Attach BIMS Report; discuss with Region Any permit mods since lastpermit? No Current expiration date 12/31/2014 New expiration date 12/31 l9 Comments received on Draft Permit? Ye o If Yes, discuss response with Supervisor