NC0079090_Permit Issuance_20071030

Michael F. Easley, Govemor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
October 30, 2007
Mr. Steve Hargis, President
Coldwater Farms, Inc.
1199 Crantock Road
Smithfield, North Carolina 27577
Subject: Issuance of NPDES
Permit NCO079090
Coldwater Trout Farm W WTP
Graham County
Dear Mr. Hargis:
Coleco H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
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 May 9, 1994 (or as
subsequently amended).
This permit includes no major changes from the draft permit sent to you on August 29, 2007.
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], extension 539.
Sincerely,
/-, en H. Sullins
Enclosure: NPDES Permit NCO079090
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office / Surface Water Protection
NPDES Unit
g11Carolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
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Permit NCO079090
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
Coldwater Farms Incorporated
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Coldwater Trout Farm
4765 Snowbird Road
Robbinsville
Graham County
to receiving waters designated as Snowbird Creek in the Little Tennessee 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, 2007.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November
30, 2612.
Signed this day October 30, 2007.
J'" Coleen H. Sultfis, Director*
Division of ter Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

Permit NCO079090
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...
Coldwater Trout Farm, Inc. is hereby authorized to:
1) Continue to operate an existing trout farm facility producing approximately 200K
of trout per year. The facility is located at 4765 Snowbird Road, Robbinsville,
Graham County.
• 2) Coldwater Trout Farm consists of;
a) A 48" stream intake culvert feeding the facility at 20,000 GPM
b) 20 - Concrete lined raceways sized at 14 ft x 80 feet each
c) 10 — control valves
d) Settling chambers at the end of raceway
e) A final settling pond and
f) Final effluent channel
3) Discharge from said treatment works into Snowbird Creek, classified C-Trout
waters in the Little Tennessee River Basin, at the location specified on the
attached map.

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Dba: Wide Creek Trout Sales Location
Latitude: 350 41' 4V N State Grid: Robbinsvi0e not to scale
Longitude: 81°07'19" W Permitted Flow: Unlimited
Receivine Stream: Snowbird Creek Drainage Basic: little Tennessee River Bash 7� WDES Permit No. NCO079090
Stream -Claw- C-Trout Sub -Basin: 04-04-04 North o rth Graham County

PermitNCO079090
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 outfa11001. Such discharges shall be limited and monitored by the Permittee as
specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS
LIMITS
MONITORING
REQUIREMENTS
Monthly Average
=Daily Maximum
Measurement'.
'.Fee uenc' 4,
Sample Type
a�
Sample
Location
Flow
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Estimate
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Settleable Matter
5.0 m L
10.0 m L
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
TKN
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
NO2 + NO3
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
TKN
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Total Phosphorus
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
POq
Monitor & Report
Quarterly
Grab
Effluent
Permit Re -opener
See Attachment A. (2).
Not Applicable
Producation condition
See Attachment A. (3).
Not Applicable
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than
trace amounts.
All samples must be collected from a typical discharge event.
• Waste from the production facility shall be disposed of properly either by land
application at agronomic rates or by another environmentally safe manner.
Special permit conditions (A. (2.) and A. (3.), applicable to the subject permit,
are listed in the Supplement to Effluent Limitations and Monitoring
requirements page.

Permit NCO079090
Supplement to Effluent Limitations
And Monitoring Requirements
Special Conditions
A. (2.) PERMIT REOPENER CONDITION
Upon findings by the Division of Water Quality that impacts on the receiving stream
by the operation of this facility are sufficient to cause or contribute to violations of
water quality standards, including algal blooms of other nutrient enrichment
problems in Lake Santeetlah, this permit shall be revoked and issued or modified to
require such measures, including but not limited to additional effluent and stream
monitoring, additional fish management plan implementation, reduction of total
pounds of trout grown yearly or construction and operation of additional treatment.
A. ( 3.) PRODUCTION CONDITION
There shall be no additional construction for the purpose of increasing production
at this facility without prior approval by the Division.

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT COMMIS-
SION/NPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27699-1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
TO ISSUE A NPDES
WASTEWATER PERMIT
On the basis of thorough staff
review and application of NC
General Statute 143.21, Public
law 92-500 and other lawful
standards and regulations, the
North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission pro-
poses to issue a National Pollut-
ant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) wastewater discharge
permit to the person(s) listed
below effective 45 days from the
publish date of this notice.
Written comments regarding the
proposed permit will be accepted
until 30 days after the publish
date of this notice. All comments
received prior to that date are
considered in the final determi-
nations regarding the proposed
permit. The Director of the NC
Division of Water Quality may
decide to hold a public meeting
for the proposed permit should
the division receive a significant
degree of public interest.
Copies of the draft permit and
other supporting information on
file used to determine conditions
present in the draft permit are
available upon request and pay-
ment of the costs of reproduction.
Mail comments and/or requests
for information to the NC Division
of Water Quality at the above
address or call Dina Sprinkle
[phone], extension 363 at
the Point Source Branch. Please
include the NPDES permit number
(attached) in any communication.
Interested persons may also visit
the Division of Water Quality at
512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh,
NC 27604-1148 between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
to review information on file.
Coldwater Farms, Inc. NPDES
NC0079090, has applied for
renewal of its permit for a facil-
ity located on Snowbird Road,
Robbinsvilie, Graham County.
The facility discharges waste-
water from a trout farm through
one outfall into Snowbird Creek,
a Class C-Trout Stream in the
Little Tennessee River Basin. Cur-
rently, total suspended solids and
settleable matter are water quality
limited. This discharge may affect
future allocations in this portion of
Snowbird Creek.
NCO025879: The Town of Rob-
binsville (P.O. Box 129, Rob-
binsville, NC 28771) ;has applied
for renewal of its WWTP permit
to discharge treated domestic
wastewater to Long Creek in
the Little Tennessee River Basin.
Currently ammonia nitrogen, fecal
coliform, BOD5 and total residual
chlorine are water quality limited.
This discharge may affect future
allocations in this portion of Long
Creek.
NCO083071: The Town of Rob-
binsville (P.O. Box 129, Rob-
binsville, NC 28771) WTP has
applied for renewal of its permit
discharging filter -backwash to
Rock Creek in the Little Tennes-
see River Basin. No parameters
are water -quality limited. Cur-
rently, total suspended solids,
settleable solids and total residual
chlorine is water quality limited.
The discharge may affect future
allocations in this portion of the
Little Tennessee River.
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NORTH CAROLINA
GRAHAM COUNTY
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, Nancy Waldroup, a Notary Public of Graham County
and North Carolina, duly commissioned, qualified and authorized by law to ad-
minister oaths, personally appeared, Barbara Bonnette, who, being duly sworn,
deposes and says: that she is the Typesetter of The Graham Star, engaged in
the publication of a newspaper known as The Graham Star, published, issued
and entered as periodical mail in the Town of Robbinsville, in Graham County,
in the state of North Carolina. 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 Graham Star on the following
dates !bx 1,A. G , 2 n o i and that The Graham Star in
which such notice, paper, document or legal advertisement was published was,/
at the time of each and every such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the
requirements and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Section 1-597 of
the General Statutes of North Carolina.
f�
This day of , 2007.
Barbara Bonnette
Sworn to and subscribed before me this l day of
2007.
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I would like to renew my NPDES permit for Permit # NCO079090 at
Coldwater Trout Farm, Graham County, N.C.
The only addition to the farm is a solid waste vacuum system which
makes cleaning of the quiescent zones much easier. Outside of this
instillation nothing new has been added.
Owner ctza w4t-y- .
by: S Harg's , Pre ident
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NP0E8 Unit
1617 Mad Service Center, Raleigh, NO 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number NC0014 D9D
JUN 4 2007
Please print or type.
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1IPDZS PERMIT APPLICATION — SHORT FORS C — Minor industrial
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beat of aW Imewledge and belief snoh l 6_ _ _ ratica is tme, compteft, and aeaosate.
North Carolina General Smtute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: Any person Rio knowinW Malaes any false
statement representation, or ee- dfl stion is any application, retard, report► Plan, or othff document files or
required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Savaonmental MR"Rem+ent Cotnntissicn
im Aementutg that Article, or who falsifiesi tampers with, or knowingly retdere inacanraft MY it or
moaitcrit'ig device or method requited 'to be opcmwd cr nwintakwd under Article 21 or regulations of the
Envircrunental Manage Ant Commission isnplemcnting that Article. shah be gaty of a mis emeenar punisbable
by a fine not to exceed $2S,000, or by imprisonment not to emeed sac wonths, at by both. 118 U.S.C. Section
1001 providee a punishment by a fine of not more than 325,000 or iazprisontnent not more than. 5 yam, or bulb,
fora smear offense.)
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Sludge Management Plan
May 29.2007
Trout waste that settles in the quiescent zones for each raceway
is vacuumed at regular intervals depending on time of year and
amount of feed fed. For heavy feeding times such as spring and
fall the zones are vacuumed about every two weeks. In winter and
summer the frequency drops to about once per month.
The sludge is disposed of in a settling pond where the clear
surface water is drained into the outfall of the farm. When enough
solids are collected they are removed with a loader and placed on a
sand bed where they are dewatered before hauling to fields for
application. To this point we have not collected enough material to
remove any from the settling pond. Therefore, at this point we
don't need a field application permit.
Owner CA IwAvr nos? v-- ...
by: Steve Hargis, resident

C.R. BROWN ENTERPRISES
235 MILTON MASHBURN DR.
ANDREWS, NC 28901
Dear Mr. Guerra,
C.R. Brown Enterprises requests that any and all correspondence concerning
Snowbird Trout Farm, NPDES Permit NC0079090, be sent to Howard
Brown at the address listed above.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Howard R. Brown
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President
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