NC0073814_application_20200817

ROY COOPER
Go or
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secrtory
S. DANIEL SMITH
Dlmrtor
Buncombe County Schools
Attn: Clark Wyatt, Dir. of Maintenance
175 Bingham Rd
Asheville, NC 28806
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCO073814
North Buncombe Elementary School
Buncombe County
Dear Applicant:
NORTH CAROLINA
Envlronmetnraf Quality
August 17, 2020
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the August 17, 2020 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. 150E-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•//dea nc gov/permits-reau[aUons/pgrmit-quidaKe/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
Wrford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THEIR TOMORROW
July 1, 2020
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: Permit Renewal
Cane Creek Middle School / NC0086436
Fairview Elementary School / NC0066788
Leicester Elementary School / NC0066796
North Buncombe Elementary School / NC0073814
To Whom it May Concern:
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RECEIVED
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NCDEQIDWWNPDES
This letter is to request the renewal of the following permits for Buncombe County Schools:
• NC0086436—Cane Creek Middle School
• NC0066788 —Fairview Elementary School
• NC0066796— Leicester Elementary School
• NC0073814 — North Buncombe Elementary School
There have beofiio changes affecting these facilities.
Clark
DirectVof Mainten ce Department
Buncombe County chools

NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100 % domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit iC0073814 I
if you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to moue from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, dick your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please print or type.
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Buncombe County Board of Education
Facility Name
North Buncombe Elementary School
Mailing Address
175 Bingham Road
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City
Asheville
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State / Zip Code
NC 28806
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Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
e-mail Address
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 251 Flat Creek Church Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
Weaverville
NC 28787
Buncombe
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 ORCI
Name RPB Systems, Inc.
Mailing Address P.O. Box 1325
City Asheville
State / Zip Code NC 28801
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number
e-mail Address rb i4rpbsystems.com
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NPDES APPLICATION - FORA! D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply):
Industrial
❑
Number of Employees
Commercial
❑
Number of Employees
Residential
❑
Number of Homes
School
X
Number of Students/Staff 742
Other
❑
Explain:
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.):
Educational Facility
Number of persons served: 742
S. Type of collection system
X 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 X No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (NEW applicants: Provide a map showing the exact location of each
outfallr
Dick Branch of the French Broad River Basin
S. Frequency of Discharge: X Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
9. 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.
North Buncombe Elementary School wastewater treatment system is a Class II 0.011 MGD
extended aeration package treatment plant with: grease traps, equalization basin, aerated
sludge holding, chlorination and dechlorination equipment, flow meter and standby
generator.
2 of 3 Form•D 11112

NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MOD
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow 0.0011 MOD
Annual Average daily flow 0.003 MOD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.007 MOD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes X No
12. Effluent Data
NEW APPLICANTS: Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform, Temperature and pH shall be grab
samples. for all outer parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. jmore than one analysis is reported,
report daily mminnun and rnorahly average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum.
RENEWAL APPLICANTS: Provide the highest single reading (Daily Maximum) and Monthly Average
over the oast 36 months for Parameters currentlu in uourDermit. Mark other parameters "NIA".
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5)
110.0
11.2
mg/L
Fecal Coliform
240
1.2
col/100 ml
Total Suspended Solids
35.0
4.3
mg/ L
Temperature (Summer)
30.9
20.4
°C
Temperature (Winter)
16.70
11.0
°C
pH
7.90
7.24
standard units
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type
Hazardous Waste (RCRA)
UIC (SDWA)
NPDES
PSD (CAA)
Non -attainment program (CAA)
NCO073814
14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
NESHAPS (CAA)
Occan Dumping (MPRSA)
Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
Other
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.
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Date
North Carolina General Stabile 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 knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or momloring device or method
required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulators 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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'RPB Systems
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June 30. 2020
NCDEQ-Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Re: North Buncombe Elementary School W WTP Sludge
To Whom It May Concern:
Sludge generated from North Buncombe Elementary School WWTP NC0073814 is
pumped by Mike's Septic Service and is approved to be disposed in MSD of Buncombe
County.
RPB System, Inc.
Robert Barr
President
P.O. Box 1325 Asheville. N.C. 28802
(828)-251-1900 (828)-251-1945