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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Mr. Robert M. Sams, Public Works Director
Town of Mars Hill
PO Box 368
Mars Hill, North Carolina 28754
Dear Mr. Sams:
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
June 13, 2011
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO083712
Mars Hill WTP — Class PC-1
Madison County
Dee Freeman
Secretary
Division (DWQ) 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). Please note that in 2009,
the entire Big Laurel Creek Water shed has been reclassified to Outstanding Resources Waters (ORM.
This ORW stream classification does not allow for any new wastewater discharges or expansions of
existing wastewater discharge, in accordance with 15A NCAC 213.0225.
Your February 28, 2011 letter to the DWQ requested the following changes to the draft permit:
1. After submittal of one year of sampling data, indicating no toxicity problem in the effluent, the quarterly monitoring
requirement for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing is reduced to annual sampling.
2. After submittal of three years of sampling data, indicating no toxicity problem in the effluent, the quarterly sampling
requirements for Turbidity, Copper, Manganese and Zinc is dropped from the permit requirements.
A request to change the monitoring requirements for both WET testing and quarterly sampling requirements for Turbidity,
Copper, Manganese and Zinc can be re-evaluated after the submittal of 12 sampling events. Please submit a modification
request and sampling data for the parameters referenced above.
The following modifications in the February 16, 2011 draft permit remain in the final permit:
• The classification of Big Laurel Creek has been changed to C — Trout ORW.
• The site map has been updated to reflect latitude & longitude values for your discharge point.
• Parameter codes have been added to the effluent page.
• Footnotes have been modified and added.
• Sampling frequencies have been changed for:
o Iron from Weekly to Quarterly.
o Aluminum from Weekly to Quarterly.
o Flow from Weekly to 2/Month
o TRC from Weekly to 2/Month
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• Additional monitoring requirements have been added for the following Pollutants of Concern:
o Turbidity-2/month sampling.
o Copper — Quarterly sampling.
o Manganese — Quarterly sampling.
o Zinc — Quarterly sampling.
o Whole Effluent Toxicity (Monitoring only) — Quarterly sampling.
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 150E 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 Bob Guerra at telephone number [phone] or email at (bob.guerra cencdenr.00v).
Sincerer
Coleen H. Sullins
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NCO083712
cc: Asheville Regional Office / Surface Water Protection — Roger Edwards
Aquatic Toxicology / Susan Meadows
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Permit NCO083712
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
PFRMIT
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,
Town of Mars Hill
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Town of Mars Hill WTP
2085 Watershed Road
Mars Hill
Madison County
to receiving waters designated as Big Laurel 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 July 1, 2011.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on September 30, 2015.
Signed this day June 13, 2011.
ZZ Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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Permit NC0083712,
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 Town of Mars Hill is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate a Conventional Water Treatment Plant with a discharge of filter
backwash.
The facility is located at the Mars Hill WTP, on 2085 Watershed Road, Mars Hill in
Madison County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into
Big Laurel Creek, classified C Trout ORW waters in the French Broad River Basin.

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A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
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
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Sample
Location
50050 - Flow
2/Month
Instantaneous
Effluent
00530 — Total Suspended Solids
30 mg/L
45 mg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
00400 - pH
6.0 — 9.0 s.u.
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
50060 - Total Residual Chlorine'
28 pg/L
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
00076 - Turbidity
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
01105 - Aluminum
Quarterly2
Grab
Effluent
01045 - Total Iron
Quarterly2
Grab
Effluent
01042 - Total Copper
Quarterly2
Grab
Effluent
01055 - Manganese
Quarterly2
Grab
Effluent
01092 - Total Zinc3
Quarterly2
Grab
Effluent
TGP313 - Whole Effluent Toxicity
Monitoring
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
1) The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 ug/I 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 ug/l.
2) Parameter should be monitored in conjunction with toxicity test.
3) Zinc should be monitored if Permittee adds zinc orthophosphate as a corrosion inhibitor prior to
backwashing.
4) Chronic Toxicity Monitoring P/F (Ceriodaphnia Dubia) @ 5.78 %, during the months of January, April,
July, and October. See Part I, Condition A. (2.). Further studies will be required to determine the cause
of toxicity, if any. The collection of samples shall coincide with the sampling of other parameters.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts
All samples collected should be of a representative discharge.

Permit NCO083712
A. (2.) CHRONIC TOXICITY MONITORING (QRTRLY)
The permittee shall conduct quarterly chronic toxicity tests using test procedures outlined in the "North
Carolina (Ceriodaphnia Dubia) Chronic Effluent Bioassay Procedure," Revised February 1998, or
subsequent versions.
The effluent concentration defined as treatment two in the procedure document is 5.78 %. The testing shall be
performed as a Ceriodaphnia dubia 7day pass/fail test. The tests will be performed during the months of
January, April, July and October. Effluent sampling for this testing shall be performed at the NPDES
Permitted final effluent discharge below all treatment processes.
All toxicity testing results required as part of this permit condition will be entered on the Effluent Discharge
Monitoring Form (MR-1) for the month in which it was performed, using the parameter code TGP3B.
Additionally, DWQ Form AT-1 (original) is to be sent to the following address:
Attention: North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Environmental Sciences Section
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1621
Completed Aquatic Toxicity Test Forms shall be filed with the Environmental Sciences Section no
later than 30 days after the end of the reporting period for which the report is made.
Test data shall be complete and accurate and include all supporting chemical/physical measurements performed
in association with the toxicity tests, as well as all dose/response data. Total residual chlorine of the effluent
toxicity sample must be measured and reported if chlorine is employed for disinfection of the waste stream.
Should there be no discharge of flow from the facility during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, the
permittee will complete the information located at the top of the aquatic toxicity (AT) test form indicating the
facility name, permit number, pipe number, county, and the month/year of the report with the notation of "No
Flow" in the comment area of the form. The report shall be submitted to the Environmental Sciences Section at
the address cited above.
Should the permittee fail to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly
monitoring will begin immediately. Upon submission of a valid test, this monthly test requirement will revert to
quarterly in the months specified above.
Should any test data from this monitoring requirement or tests performed by the North Carolina Division of Water
Quality indicate potential impacts to the receiving stream, this permit may be re -opened and modified to include
alternate monitoring requirements or limits.
If the Permittee monitors any pollutant more frequently than required by this permit, the results of such
monitoring shall be included in the calculation & reporting of the data submitted on the DMR & all AT Forms
submitted.
NOTE: Failure to achieve test conditions as specified in the cited document, such as minimum control
organism survival, minimum control organism reproduction, and appropriate environmental controls,
shall constitute an invalid test and will require immediate follow-up testing to be completed no later than
the last day of the month following the month of the initial monitoring.

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Town of Mars Hill
Public Works Department
Robert Sams
Director
February 28, 2011
Mr. Bob Guerra
Compliance & Expedited Permit Unit
DENR/ DWQ/ NPDES Program
Subject:
Dear Mr. Guerra:
Draft NPDES Permit No. NCO083712
Mars Hill Water Plant
Madison County
In reference to the draft permit no. NCO083712 we would like to request that the Whole
Effluent Toxicity testing be reduced to 1 year. We feel that this should be sufficient data
to indicate if there is a toxicity problem. As you are probably aware toxicity testing is
very expensive ($150.00 per test) and time consuming and we feel that passing along any
more expense to our already overburdened customers is not fiscally responsible. Even
with the reduction of some of our old parameters testing frequency's this would cost our
customers well over $2,200 in a 3 year period. The extra metals testing at $12.00 per test
should give an indication of any problem areas and is much more cost effective and
reliable than the toxicity testing. Both the state and municipalities are mining on tight
budgets and we. feel that this is not the time to add more cost to already strained budgets.
We would also like to request that after 3 years the additional pollutants of Turbidity,
Copper, Manganese, Zinc be dropped from the permit as we feel there should be
sufficient data for those parameters as well.
If you would like to contact me please call my cell 828-206-2386 or my email at
[e-mail]
Respectfully,
Robert M. Sams
Public Works Director
Town of Mars Hill

FACT SHEET
COMPLEX EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWAL
Permit Writer/Date
Bob Guerra / 2-16-11
Permit Number
NCO083712
Facility Name
Town of Mars Hill WTP
Basin Name/Sub-basin number
French Broad River / 04-03-04
Receiving Stream
Big Laurel Creek
Stream Classification in Permit
Changed to C-Trout ORW
Does permit need Daily Max NH3
limits?
No
Does permit need TRC limits/language?
Needs new language
Does permit have toxicity testing?
Newly added per WTP Strategy
Does permit have Special Conditions?
Just Tox testing
Does permit have instream monitoring?
No
Is the stream impaired (on 303(d) list)?
No - In 2009 the entire Big Laurel Creek watershed was
reclassified to Outstanding resource Waters
Any obvious compliance concerns?
No — see Attached enforcement history
Any permit mods since lastpermit?
No
Current expiration date
09-30-2010
New expiration date
09-30-2015
Comments received on Draft Permit?
Yes No If Yes, discuss response with Supervisor
Changes to the Previous Permit:
• Updated map for renewal
• Added new TRC language
• Spoke with Mr. Sams who indicated the facility does not use Fluoride or Chloramines
• Added parameter codes to Effluent Table, A. (1.)
• Changed monitoring frequency to 2/Month for Flow and TRC
• Changed monitoring frequency to Quarterly for Iron and Aluminum
• Added monitoring for:
o Turbidity — 2/Month
o Total Copper — Quarterly
o Manganese — Quarterly
o Zinc - Quarterly
o Chronic Toxicity - Quarterly (monitoring only)
BIMS Downloads:
• Permit enforcement history:
o None during existing permit cycle
• NOV's issued limit exceedances:
o None during existing permit cycle
DMR Parameter Values Export: (2006 — 2010)
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NPDES Permit NCO083712
Town of Mars Hill
Madison County
The Town of Mars Hill would like to request the renewal of its water treatment plant
lagoon permit (NPDES Permit NC0083712). There has been no change in treatment
process or Lagoon design from the last permit. Our facility has an excellent record of
compliance and is operating properly. If you have any questions feel free to call me at
[phone] or my cell [phone]. My email address is [e-mail].
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number INCO083712
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
Robert M. Sams- Public Works Director
Town of Mars Hill WTP Lagoon
PO Box 368
Mars Hill
NC 28754
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 2085 Watershed Road
City Mars Hill
State / Zip Code NC 28754
County Madison
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name Town of Mars Hill
Mailing Address PO Box 368
City Mars Hill
State / Zip Code NC 28754
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
5. Type of treatment plant:
® Conventional (Includes coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, usually followed by
filtration and disinfection)
❑ Ion Exchange (Sodium Cycle Cationic ion exchange)
❑ Green Sand Filter (No sodium recharge)
❑ Membrane Technology (RO, nanofiltration)
Check here if the treatment process also uses a water softener ❑
6. Description of source water(s) (i.e. groundwater, surface water)
Surface Water
7. Describe the treatment process(es) for the raw Water:
Microfloc package plant- Raw Water is mixed with alum, polymer, caustic and pre -
chlorinated and is mixed. The water then passes through an up flow clarifier and then
passes through a sand filter. When the clarifiers need flushed the air is introduced to the
clarifiers and the water goes into our lagoon for sedimentation. When the sand filter needs
backwashed air is introduced and the water and solids go to the lagoon for sedimentation
S. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
The alum sludge goes through our lagoon for sedimentation. No additional chemicals are
needed for this process. The water is drawn off the top and passes through a tablet
dechlorinator before being discharged into the creek.
9. Number of separate discharge points: 1 Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Design capacity of the wastewater treatment facility: NL MGD.
Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent ED
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 7 Duration: 12 hours
Estimate the total amount of wastewater discharged to waters of the State:
Daily Average 0.0175 MGD Daily Maximum 0.0475 MGD
11. Wastewater produced with each backwash or reject flow occurrenceO.007 MGD.
Average number of times backwashing occurs per day- 2 to 0. (monthly average)
Design capacity of the Water Treatment Plant to produce potable water 0.80 MGD.
If producing less than design, average amount of potable water produced? 0.40MGD.
(monthly average)
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfalI, including
latitude and longitudes
Big Laurel Creek

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
13. Critical low flow of receiving stream (summer 7Q 10): cis
If unknown, contact USGS by calling toll -free 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
or using the USGS website at http://nc.water.usgs.gov/
14. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments that have the potential to be discharged.
Alum
Caustic, Zinc Orthophosphate injected after water passes through filter
Polymer, Chlorine
Please answer the following basic questions about your additives: (circle one)
Does the facility backwash with fluoridated, finished water? No
Does the facility use zinc orthophosphate as a corrosive inhibitor? Yes
Does the facility use chloramination (add ammonia) as a disinfectant? No
Does the facility backwash with chlorinated, finished water? Yes
15. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
lb. Additional Information:
Provide a schematic of flow through the facility, include flow volumes at all points in the
treatment process, and point of addition of chemicals.
Solids Handling Plan
17. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items I-I5.
v New applicants must contact a permit coordinator with the NCDENR Customer Service Center.
Was the Customer Service Center contacted? ❑ Yes ❑ No
Analyses of source water collected
Engineering Alternative Analysis
Discharges from Ion Exchange and Reverse Osmosis plants shall be evaluated using a
water quality model.
18. 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 accurate.
Robert M. Sams Public Works Director
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: 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 monitoring device
or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission implementing that
Amide, 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.)

NCO083712
Town of Mars Hill Water Plant Lagoon
Solids Handling Plan
At the current time The Town of Mars Hill is utilizing a Geotube to dewater our Alum
Sludge. We have a temporary permit to place the Geotube above the Lagoon and the
effluent from the Geotube is carried back to the Lagoon before discharge. At such time
when the Geotube is full and dry the town will haul the alum sludge to Madison County
Landfill. The lagoon has to be emptied approximately every 5 or 6 years.
Robert M. Sams
Town of Mars Hill
Public Works Director

Grzyb, Julie
From: Belnick, Tom
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:32 AM
To: Scardina, Maureen; Sledge, Bob; Grzyb, Julie
Cc: Poupart, Jeff
Subject: FW: French Broad Reclass
Fyi. I think the following bullet would be appropriate for the Cover Letters:
• In 2009, the entire Big Laurel Creek watershed.was reclassified to Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW). This
ORW stream classification does not allow for any new wastewater discharges or expansions of existing
wastewater discharges, in accordance with 15A NCAC 213.0225.
Tom Belnick
Supervisor, Complex NPDES Permitting Unit
NC DENR/Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
[phone]; fax [phone]
E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be
disclosed to third parties.
From: Kountis, Elizabeth
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:08 AM
To: Belnick, Tom
Subject: RE: French Broad Reclass
You are correct —there is nothing in .0225 so the standard ORW management strategy applies in this case. Thanks for
checking!
P.S. Please know that there are 4 HQW/ORW reclasses that are slated for the Sept WQC in the FBR Basin: Shut -In Creek
in Madison County, which is just upstream from Big Laurel Watershed, and 3 other waters in Transylvania County.
From: Belnick, Tom
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 11:03 AM
To: Kountis, Elizabeth
Subject: French Broad Reclass
One Question- Mike Tutwiler mentioned that Big Laurel Creek Watershed in French Broad was reclassified to ORW in
2009. 1 don't see anything specific in 213.0225 for French Broad, so I would assume the standard no new/expanding
language applies. We have four draft permits that will be renewed in this watershed. Thanks.
Tom Belnick
Supervisor, Complex NPDES Permitting Unit
NC DENR/Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
[phone]; fax [phone]
E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be
disclosed to third parties.