NC0020478_Permit Issuance_20151021

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Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
December 21, 2015
Mr. Charles F. Gay
USDA — U.S. Forest Service
160 Zillicoa St; Suite A
Asheville, NC 28801-1082
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO020478
Lake Powhatan Recreational Area WWTP
Buncombe County
Class WW-2
Dear Mr. Gay:
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
November 4, 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 Bob Sledge at telephone number [phone].
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cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office
NPDES Unit
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
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Permit NCO020478
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
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
(U.S. Forest Service)
is hereby'authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Lake Powhatan Recreation Area WWTP
Forest Route 479-2
Southwest of Asheville
Buncombe County
to receiving waters designated as Bent Creek in subbasin 04-03-02 of 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 February 1, 2016.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2020.
Signed this day December 21, 2015
c
O7ay Zimmerman, P.G., Direc or --
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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Permit NC0020478
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.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S. Forest Service)
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a 0.02 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the following components:
♦ 10,000 gallon flow equalization tank
♦ Communitor
♦ Manual bar screen
♦ Flow control splitter box
♦ 20,000 gallon aeration basin
♦- Clarifiers
♦ Tertiary filters
♦ Chlorination
♦ Dechlorination
♦ Flow measurement
♦ Aerobic digestor
♦ Standby generator
This facility is located southwest of Asheville off of Forest Route 479-2 at the Lake Powhatan
Recreation Area WWTP in Buncombe County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works, through outfall 001 into Bent Creek, currently classified B-
Trout waters in the French Broad River Basin, at the location specified on the attached map.
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Permit NCO020478
Part I
A. (l) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
. [15A NACA 02B.0400 et seq., 15A NCAC 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:
PARAMETER
LIMITS
,...
NO NITO M REQUI_REMENTS.
[Parameter Code]
Monthly,
6..
Average ;,
Dafly'. 5'
Maximum
°Measurement`
Frequenc j�. =. Sample Type:
Sample Location
Flow
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
[50050]
[003101
0.02 MGD
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly I
Weekly
Instantaneous
Influent or Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
Grab
Effluent
[005301
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
NHs as N
Fecal Coliform
[00610]
[31616]
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
(geometric mean)
200 / 100 ml
400 / 100 ml
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine2
[50060]
28 dig/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C)
[00010]
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
PH
[00400]
> 6.0 and < 9.0 standard units
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1. No later than 270 days from the effective date of this permit, the permittee shall begin submitti e
monitoring reports electronically using the Division's eDMR system [see A. (2)]. . g dischar g
2. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50
permit. However, the Permittee shall continue to record and submit all values treported be Compliance with the
certified laboratory (including field certified), even if these values fall below 50µ� by a North Carolina
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
A. (2) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 143-215.1 (b)]
Recent federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports MRs that, if a state does not establish a system to receive such submittals, then permittees musts bmit DMRspecl
fy
electronically to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within part II of this
(Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits): permit
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
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Permit NCO020478
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
I. Reuorting [Supersedes Section A (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a
Beginning 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), 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 DEQ / 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, L 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:
http://portal.ncdenr.org web/wg/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 Re uirements fSupplements Section B. 11. b and supersedes Section B. 11. d
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part 11, Section
B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in PartIISection B (I 1.
11.
person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting ortin purposes.
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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:
http://porta 1. ncdenr. org/web/wo/adm�a/iDu/edmr
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Permit NCO020478
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make the
following certification [40 CFR 122.221. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION WILL BE
ACCEPTED:
7 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 uali ip p ed ersonnel ro erl evaluate the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person orpersons y gather and
those -persons directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, age
the system, or
to the best of
my knowledge and belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are sign ficantpenalties or
submitting false information, including the possibility of fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. "
3, Records Retention ISupnlements Section A (6.)l
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions,
records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the re ort. This These
may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.41]. p period
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Discharge Poiwl
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NCO020478
Lake Powhatan Recreation Area WWTP
Latitude: 350 28' 58" N USGS Ouad: Skyland, N.C.
Lonpjtude: 82037' 21" W Sub -Basin: 04-03-02
Receiving Stream: Bent Creek Drainage Basin: French Broad Basin
Stream Class: B Trout
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Location
NorthTO j,,t7 Buncombe County
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NORTH CAROLINA
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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
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following date: November 6`h 2015. And that the said
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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
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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
Bob Sledge 11/3/2015
Permit Number
NCO020478
Facility Name
USDA — Lake Powhatan Recreational Area
WWTP
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
French Broad 04-03-02
Receiving Stream
Bent Creek
Stream Classification in Permit
B, Trout
Does permit need Daffy Max NH3 limits?
No
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
No — already added
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)?
No
Any obvious compliance concerns?
No
Any permit mods since lastpermit?
No
Current expiration date
October 31, 2015
New expiration date
October 31, 2020
Comments received on Draft Permit?
Yes No If Yes, discuss response with
Supervisor
Seasonal operations

James & James Environmental Management, Inc.
3801 Asheville Hwy., Hendersonville, N. C. 28791
OFFICE: [phone] FAX: [phone]
March 4, 2015
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality/NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N. C. 27699-1617
Regarding All Waste Water Facilities Operated by James & James
To Whom It May Concern:
RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
MAR 0 9 2015
Permitting Seohter on
This letter is to request the renewal of the permit for the waste water treatment facility of Lake Powhatan
Recreational Area, NPDES number NC0020478. There have been no changes affecting this facility.
/Sincerely
VIIK;� U
Juanita nes
James and James Environmental Mgt., Inc.

WPDES APPLICATION - F0RM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MOD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DWM / Division of Water Quality / NPDSS Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699.1617
RECEIVEDIDENRIDWR
NPDss Permit�cnti2oa�$ __.
MAR 09 2015
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the rip - down arrouss to HLOve from one
field to the next. To check the boxes, click your mouse on top of the box. Otherwise, please pryigtgriQyigiity
Permitting Section
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
USDA - US Forest Service
Facility Name
Lake Powbatan Recreational Area
Mailing Address
160 Z1111coa Street, Suite A
City
Asheville
State / Zip Code
NC 28801-1092
Telephone Number
828-257-4231
Fax Number
e mail Address
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
Forest Route 479-2
Asheville _
NC
Buncombe
3. Operator Information:
Numu of the firm, public organization or other entirtl that operates the faeility. (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name USDA - US Forest Serviee
Mailing Address
160 ZlIIieoa Street, Suite A
City
Asheville
State / Zip Code
NC 28801-1082
Telephone Number
828-57-4231
Fax Number
�-
e-mail Address
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NPI)ES APPLICATION - FORK D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Fac4ft Generating Wastemater(check all that applyJ.
Industrial ❑ Number of Employees
Commercial ❑ Number of Employees
Residential Number of Homes
School Number of Studems/Staff _
Other S Explain:)
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.):
Domestic waste from community showers, dump station and full hook up sites
Number of persons served: IT
B. Type of collection system
X Separate (sanitary, sewer only) ❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
6. Outfall Information:
Plumber of separate discharge points __ 1
Outfall Identification number(.) ____001
Is the outfatl equipped with a diSYtser? ❑ Yes X No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) Ll ltq—a Ls Provide a map shAxuir;g the exact locution of each
outfalft
Bent Greek in the French Broad River Basin
S. Frequency of Discharge: X Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: _^ Duration: _
4. Descrfbe the treatment system
List all installed components, including capacities, provide design ramovaf for BOA, TSS, nitrogen and
phosphorus. if the space pravided is not suffdent, attach the description of the treatment systern in a
separate sheet of paper.
A 0.02 MOD facility with 10,000 gallon Dow equalisation tank, communitor, manual bar
screen, Dow control sputter box, 20,000 gallon aeration basin, clarifiers, tertiary filters,
chlorination, deehorination, Dow measurement, aerobic digester, standby generator.
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NMES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MOD
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design now 0.02 WGD
Annual Average daily flow�.00S MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow MGD Q&114 (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
El yes XNo
12. Effluent Data
Provide data for the parameters listed. i�liivtl CW!(onn, TemperaVire and pll shall Lc grab
samples, for all otherparameters 24 hour compasite sariipting shall be used, if mare, dial one analysis is reporfad,
report daily maulnum and monthly averuge. If only one analysis is teportecl, report as daily{ maximurn.
REM_ T� APPLICANTS. Provide the hiyhtest single reading (Daily MaxGnum) and kfunthly Ayxrage over
th_e._Qra_,91A6 months {orr r_ameters_ currentfiin au�errnit. Mark other pammeWra: 'N/A". _
r Parameter Daily Monthly -- IInite of
_ Maximum _. Average Mea"Toment
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (130Ds) 38.6 21.9 MG/L
Fecal Coliform 93 3.5 — CPU/ 100ML
Total Suspended Solids 22.9 14.8 MO/L
Temperature (Summer) 23.5 20.1 C -�
e) CLOSI� CLOSED
'Temperature (Winter) ._ II _ 9.6 u nits
P 83
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13. Lint all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NE�zHAPS (CAA)
VIC (SDWA) _ —s Oc ran Dumping (MPRSA)
NPDES NCO020478 Dredge or idl (Section 404 or CWA)
PSD (CAA) ...,._ Other
Non -attainment program (CAA)
14. APPLICANT CERTIFICATION
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 aocumte-
North Carolina General Statute 215.8 (bK2) states: Any person who knowiri* makes any false statement representation, or carti cation in any
application, record, report, or other document fives or required to be maintained under Arkle 21 or regulatior:s of the Environmental Manageme.tt
Commission Implementing that Ar ide, or who falsifies, tampers with, a knowingly reMms inacwrate any recxdsrg or monitoring device or method
regwred to be operated or mainlaked! under Artldo 21 or regula oris o! the Environmental Mansgemem Commission implenisming that Article, "l be
gully of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed 525,000, or by Imprisxnmenl nrfi to exceed six months, or by both. (18 U S.C. Section 1001
provides a p-nishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprison rent not from than 5 yeas, or both; for a similar offense.)
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