NC0020478_Permit Issuance_20001103

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Bill Holman, Secretary
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
November 3, 2000
Mr. Art Rowe
District Ranger
U.S.D.A. — Forest Service
P.O. Box 2750
Asheville, North Carolina 28802
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO020478
Lake Powhatan Recreation Area WVVrP
Buncombe County
Dear Mr. Rowe:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for 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 May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently amended). 1
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 days following your 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 Quality 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. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Charles Weaver at telephone number
[phone], extension 511.
Sincerely,
Original Signed By
David A Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens
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Permit NCO020478
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 provision 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, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Forest Service)
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Lake Po,whatan Recreation Area WWTP
Forest Route 479-2
southwest of Asheville
Buncombe County
to receiving waters designated as Bent Creek in 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 December 1, 2000.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2005.
Signed this day November 3, 2000.
Original Signed By
David A. Goodrich
Kerr T. Stevens, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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Permit NCO020478
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (Forest Service) is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.02 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the
following components:
♦ 15,000-gallon extended aeration treatment system
♦ 30,000-gallon settling basin
♦ Chlorine contact tank
This facility is located southwest of Asheville on Forest Route 479-2 at the Lake
Powhatan Recreation Area WWTP in Buncombe County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached
map into Bent Creek, classified C;waters in the French Broad River Basin.

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Permit NCO020478
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS — FINAL
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
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample Location1
Flow
0.02 MGD
Weekly
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30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
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Total Suspended Residue
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
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Grab
Effluent
Fecal Coliform
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200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
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Grab
Effluent,
Upstream & Downstream
Total Residual Chlorine
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature ('C)
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
pH2
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. Upstream = at least 50 feet upstream from the outfall. Downstream = at least 300 feet downstream from the
outfall.
2. 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.

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Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said
County and State, duly commissioned, qualified and
authorized by law to administer oaths, personally
appeared Jennifer Hill, who, being fast duly swom,
deposes and says: that he (she) is the Legal Billing
Clerk of TheAsheville Citizen -Times Company,
engaged in publication of a newspaper known as
The Asheville Citizen -Times, published, issued,
and entered as second class mail in the City of
Asheville, in said County and State; that he (she) is
authorized to make this affidavit and swom
statement; that the notice or other legal
advertisement, a tme copy of which is attached
hereto, was published in The Asheville Citizen -
Times on the following dates: September 16,
2000And that the said newspaper in which said
notice, paper, document or legal advertisement were
published were, 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
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French Broad Permits
The following facilities need permit adjustments:
Facility/Class Recuested Permit Modification
NC0021946/II Upstream/Downstream Fecal Coliform Monitoring
(Rosman)
Exp.8/2000
NC0060534/1V Upstream/Downstream Fecal Coliform Monitoring
(Brevard)
Exp. 8/2000
NC0057541/II Fecal Coliform Effluent Limits
(Maston O'Neal) Fecal Coliform Effluent Monitoring
Exp.9/2000 Upstream/Downstream Fecal Coliform Monitoring
NC0076708/II Fecal Coliform Effluent Limits
(Riverwind) Fecal Coliform Effluent Monitoring
Exp.9/2000 Upstream/Downstream Fecal Coliform Monitoring
NC0073741/II Fecal Coliform Effluent Limits
(Mtn.Valley) Fecal Coliform Effluent Monitoring
Exp.9/2000 Upstream/Downstream Fecal Coliform Monitoring
NC0024911/IV Indicate on permit U,D, currently only E listed
(MSD)
Exp.9/2000
River/Classification
FrB/Proposed "B Tr"
FrB/Proposed "B"
FrB/Proposed "B"
FrB/Proposed "B"
FrB/proposed "B"
FrB/Proposed "B"
NC0020478/II j
Fecal Coliform Effluent
Limits
Bent Crk/Proposed "B Tr"
(Lake Powhatan)
Fecal Coliform Effluent
Monitoring
Exp.9/2000
Upstream/Downstream Fecal
Coliform Monitoring
Chlorine Residual Monitoring
NC0021733/III
Fecal Coliform Effluent
Limits
FrB/Proposed "Ell
(Marshall)
Fecal Coliform Effluent
Monitoring
Exp.10/2001
Upstream/Downstream Fecal
Coliform Monitoring
NC25836/II
Fecal Coliform Effluent
Limits
FrB/Proposed "B"
(Hot Springs)
Fecal Coliform Effluent
Monitoring
Exp.10/2001
Upstream/Downstream Fecal
Coliform Monitoring

'-GOVERNOR
-BILL HOLMAN
.SECRETARY
KERR T. STEVENS
DIRECTOR
'40" NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
ASHEVILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
WATER QUALITY SECTION
August 1, 2000
MEMORANDUM r �, s iI .
TO: Dave Goodrich
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THROUGH: Forrest Westal
DENR - V?L.t QUALITY
POINT Sop, 'E BRANCH
FROM: Linda Wiggs
SUBJECT: French Broad River Reclassification and
Affected Facilities
A use attainability study was recently performed on
several rivers in the French Broad River Basin. A report
submitted to the Planning Branch in April 2000 recommends
reclassification from class 11C° to class IIB11 waters for
several of these rivers, documenting the extensive
recreational use in these mountains streams. Of these rivers,
the French Broad River and Bent Creek have permitted NPDES
dischargers that do not disinfect their wastewater. In
addition, several dischargers are not required to monitor up
and downstream of their discharge. To protect the existing
swimming use in these rivers, the Asheville Regional Office
is requesting that the NPDES group review the following
facilities whose permits are up for renewal and require Fecal
Coliform effluent limits as well as upstream and downstream
monitoring. Please refer to page 16 of 15A NCAC 2B.0500
regarding monitoring requirements in all appropriate
situations. Also note that the classes of facilities are
provided on the attachment. Notification has been sent to
these facilities to inform them of the coming permit changes.
we will work with the NPDES group to develop compliance
schedules.
Thank you for your assistance with this matter. If you
have any questions or would like more information on the
study, please feel free to contact me.
INTERCHANGE BUILDING, 59 WOODFIN PLACE, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-2414
PHONE B28-251-6208 FAX [phone]
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United States Forest Pisgah 1001 Pisgah Highway
Department of Service Ranger District Pisgah Forest, NC 28768
Agriculture
File Code: 7420
Date: March 10, 2000
Mr. David A. Goodrich
Permits and Engineering Management/WQ
Section
P.O. Box 29535
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535
Gentelmen:
In reference to Lake Powhatan Recreation Area, NPDES Permit #NC0020478, Buncombe
County, NC, we reply to your request for a narrative description of the sludge management plan
for the subject wastewater treatment facility.
There are no sludge handling treatment units on site nor is the sludge discharged to the receiving
waters.
The U.S. Forest service, through DDK Evironmental Inc, contracts the pumping of excess solids
as indicated by the increasing MLS ( mixed liquor suspended solids). The operator in
responsible charge or on -site operator makes this assessment based on MLS lab results. As the
MLS increases beyond the recommended concentration, solids are wasted from the activated
sludge system. The contract hauler takes the waste activated sludge to a local municipality
which accepts such or another wastewater treatment plant which has experienced an upset, and is
in need of reseeding.
Should you have any questions regarding the pumping and disposal of sludge for this facility,
please contact DDK, Inc. at 828-884-5589.
Sincerely,
ART ROWE
District Ranger
NL�� LIAR 1 6 2000
SOU
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Facility Name:
NPDES No.:
Type of Waste:
Facility Status:
Permit Status:
Receiving Stream:
Stream Classification:
Subbasin:
County:
Regional Office:
Requestor:
Date of Request:
Topo Quad:
Lake Powhaian Recreational Area
NC0020478
100 % Domestic
Existing
Renewal
Bent Creek
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Buncombe
Asheville
Lucas
1/17/95
F 8 NE
Staff Report: na
IWC Spreadsheet: nr dilution too high
Stream Classification:
Instream Data nr
Request # B8239
Stream Characteristic:
USGS #
Date:
Drainage Area (miz):
5.8
Summer 7010 (cfs):
2.3
Winter 7010 (cfs):
3.0
Average Flow (cis):
7.5
30132 (ds):
WC (%):
1.3 %
Modeled 1977 w/ Secondary limits recommended. Renewed since then...
DIVIR's
two TSS violations 1994
Fecal collorm should be monitored

A. (). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FINAL Permit No. NCO020478
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from
outfall(s) serial number 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Flow
BOD, 5 day, 200C
Total Suspended Residue
NH3asN
Temperature
Discharge Limitations
Monthly ^ Weekly Avg. Daily Max
0.02 MGD
30.0 mg/I 45.0 mg/I
30.0 mg/I 45.0 mg/I
*Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent
The pH shall be monitored monthly at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
Monitoring
Requirements
Measurement
Sample
'Sample
Frequency
Type
Location
Weekly
Instantaneous
I or E
2/Month
Grab
E
2/Month
Grab
E
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Grab
E
Weekly
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Permit No. N00020478
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PERMIT
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision 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,
United States Department of Agriculture
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at
Lake Powhatan Recreational Area Wastewater Treatment Plant
NC Hwy 191
Buncombe County
to receiving waters designated as Bent Creek in the French Broad River Basin
in accordance with effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in
Parts L II, and III hereof.
This permit shall become effective October 1, 1995
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2000
Signed this day August 21, 1995
igned By
Qwv+d A. Goodrich
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
Division of Environmental Management
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit No. NC0020478
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
USDA Forest Service
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate the existing dual unit (15,000 gpd and 5,000 gpd) extended aeration type
wastewater treatment system with polishing pond and effluent chlorination located at Lake
Powhatan, off NC Highway 191, southwest of Asheville, Buncombe County (See Part III of
this Permit), and
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Bent
Creek which is classified Class WS-IV waters in the French Broad River Basin.

A. (). EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FINAL Permit No. NCO020478
During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from
outfall(s) serial number 001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the permittee as specified below:
Effluent Characteristics
Flow
BOD, 5 day, 20°C
Total Suspended Residue
NH3 as N
Temperature, °C
Discharge Limitations
Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Daily Max
0.02 MGD
30.0 mg/I 45.0 mg/I
30.0 mg/I 45.0 mg/I
*Sample locations: E - Effluent, I - Influent
The pH shall be monitored weekly at the effluent by grab sample.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
Monitoring Requirements
Measurement Sample *Sample
Frequency Type Location
Weekly Instantaneous I or E
Weekly Grab E
Weekly Grab E
2/Month Grab E
Weekly Grab E