NC0067148_Renewal (Application)_20240924

1 �c,na STATE oN
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ROY COOPER i �,�, t-+
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Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISER �,...^"
Secretary ""ter.
RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
September 24, 2024
McDowell County Schools
Attn: Gavin Trinks
709 Sugar Hill Rd
Marion, NC 28752
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NC0067148
Nebo Elementary School WWTP
McDowell County
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the September 24, 2024, 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. 150B-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://www.deq.nc.gov/permits-rules/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.
Sincere)
S .eyz4s?ct,
I`" Gt.
Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
cc: Juanita James, ORC
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
/r� �1 0D/ 1 Li NietT b6'v Modified March 2021
Form
I�NC/Department ofEnvironmental Quality-Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater
NPDES MINOR SEWAGE FACILITIES(Before completing this form,please read the instructions.Failure to follow
the instructions m- result in denial of the application.
SECTION 1.BASIC APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS(40 CFR 122.21(j)(1)and(9))
1.1 Facility name
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Mailing address(street or 0.box)
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City or town State ZIP code
ri on MC 2V9 j 2.
€ Contact name(first and last) Title Phone number Email address
&irVi n Trink 5 loll vivitc,Aires ieze-1,52 550y Trv►n 3riha(.510 rnalo G Jz A L%
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• ' Location address(street,route number,or other specific identifier) ❑ Same as mailing address
s �54 Me Scwr 'Rcl
City or town State ZIP code
11/4-1-A)L o /.1 C �81/t)I
1.2 Is this application for a facility that has yet to commence discharge?
❑ Yes 3 See instructions on data submission ] No
requirements for new dischargers.
1.3 Is applicant different from entity listed under Item 1.1 above?
® Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.4.
A licant name
Applicant
Az,. James
Applicant address(street or P.O.box)
s To'130y_. 519
Q City or town State ZIP code
1 IV 0I,LI\ coin ADm e Mc 287 58
45 Contact name(firs nd last) Title Phone number Email address
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1.4 Is the applicant the facility's owner,operator,or both?(Check only one response.)
O Owner (2 Operator ❑ Both
1.5 To which entity should the NPDES permitting authority send correspondence?(Check only one response.)
DO Facility ❑ Applicant ❑ Facility and applicant
(they are one and the same)
1.6 Indicate below any existing environmental permits.(Check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit
€ number for each.)
Existing Environmental Permits
3 Ed NPDES(discharges to surface 0 RCRA(hazardous waste) UIC(underground injection
i water) control)
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❑ PSD(air emissions) ❑ Nonattainment program(CAA) ❑ NESHAPs(CAA)
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❑ Ocean dumping(MPRSA) ❑ Dredge or fill(CWA Section ElOther(specify)
6 404)
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NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
NC 0 d 49 l )t(iQ Arc-1 G l-e-mard S'c6o) Modified March 2021
1.7 Provide the collection system information requested below for the treatment works.
Municipality Population Collection System Type
Served Served (indicate percentage) Ownership Status
/DO %separate sanitary sewer jg Own 0 Maintain
ate, (./ %combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own 0 Maintain
�n l t,/ CI Unknown 0 Own 0 Maintain
c %separate sanitary sewer CIOwn CIMaintain
%combined storm and sanitary sewer CIOwn 0 Maintain
40
5 CIUnknown CIOwn ❑ Maintain
0.
a %separate sanitary sewer 0 Own CIMaintain
%combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
E ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
a) %separate sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
rn %combined storm and sanitary sewer ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
c ❑ Unknown ❑ Own ❑ Maintain
Total
Population `7 - • 1,.
o Served
Separate Sanitary Sewer System Combined Storm and
Sanitary Sewer
Total percentage of each type of o 0
/o
sewer line(in miles) /v /o D°10
1.8 Is the treatment works located in Indian Country?
0
0 ElYes El No
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c 1.9 Does the facility discharge to a receiving water that flows through Indian Country?
43
az 0 Yes ® No
1.10 Provide design and actual flow rates in the designated spaces. Design Flow Rate
0, (D7'j mgd
TO
15 v, Annual Average Flow Rates(Actual)
Two Years Ago Last Year This Year
to CO 0,t'f L4, mgd 0. Ct)3 mgd O.0035 mgd
mm
Maximum Daily Flow Rates(Actual)
a Two Years Ago Last Year This Year
b. 0025 mgd O DLO mgd 0•coeS -1 mgd
a) 1.11 Provide the total number of effluent discharge points to waters of the State of North Carolina by type.
c Total Number of Effluent Discharge Points by Type
0 m
n a Constructed
�' Treated Effluent Untreated Effluent Combined Sewer Bypasses Emergency
c i Overflows Overflows
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NPDES Permit Number . I eSO Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
1C M�,7 142 ,E1rm en nt S61to Modified March 2021
Outfalls Other Than to Waters of the State of North Carolina
1.12 Does the POTW discharge wastewater to basins,ponds,or other surface impoundments that do not have outlets
for discharge to waters of the State of North Carolina?
❑ Yes U) No 4 SKIP to Item 1.14.
1.13 Provide the location of each surface impoundment and associated discharge information in the table below.
Surface Impoundment Location and Discharge Data
Average Daily Volume Continuous or Intermittent
Location Discharged to Surface
Impoundment (check one)
❑ Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
❑ Continuous
gpd ❑ Intermittent
1.14 Is wastewater applied to land?
lra
❑ Yes 11 No 4 SKIP to Item 1.16.
c1.15 Provide the land application site and discharge data requested below.
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0 Land Application Site and Discharge Data
Continuous or
Location Size Average Daily Volume Intermittent
Applied (check one)
acresgpd ❑ Continuous
❑ Intermittent
acresgpd ❑ Continuous
5 ❑ Intermittent
acresgpd ❑ Continuous
❑ Intermittent
57 1.16 Is effluent transported to another facility for treatment prior to discharge?
o ❑ Yes ® No 4 SKIP to Item 1.21.
1.17 Describe the means by which the effluent is transported(e.g.,tank truck,pipe).
1.18 Is the effluent transported by a party other than the applicant?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 1.20.
1.19 Provide information on the transporter below.
Tran porter Data
Entity name Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
City or town State ZIP code
Contact name(first and last) Title
Phone number Email address
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NPDES Permit Number /\'e V O Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
r C()Nig 14 g Verna r 1 I Modified March 2021
1.20 In the table below,indicate the name,address,contact information, N ES number,and average daily flow rate of the
receiving facility.
Receiving Facility Data
I Facility[lame �le
b �w`�1 Mailing address(street or P.O.box)
� ul
cCity or town State ZIP code
0
_' Contact/� name(first a ast) Title
1. .iarv1r1 rinks
i / Phone number Email address
828- (052- 5SDL1
0a NPDES number of receiving facility(if any) I None Average dailyflow rate mgd
g � �� 3
0 1.21 Is the wastewater disposed of in a manner other than those already mentioned in Items 1.14 through 1.21 that do
m not have outlets to waters of the State of North Carolina(e.g.,underground percolation,underground injection)?
0 Yes U No 4 SKIP to Item 1.23.
0 1.22 Provide information in the table below on these other disposal methods.
T. Information on Other Disposal Methods
5 Disposal Location of Size of Annual Average Continuous or Intermittent
-0 Method Daily Discharge
A Description Disposal Site Disposal Site Volume (check one)
e ❑ Continuous
acres gpd ❑ Intermittent
o ❑ Continuous
acres gpd ❑ Intermittent
acres gpd ❑ Continuous
❑ Intermittent
1.23 Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(n)?(Check all that apply.
I
a Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and when.)
III
Discharges into marine waters(CWA Water quality related effluent limitation(CWA Section
> ❑ Section 301(h)) ❑ 302(b)(2))
VI Not applicable
1.24 Are any operational or maintenance aspects(related to wastewater treatment and effluent quality)of the treatment works
the responsibility of a contractor?
El Yes 0 No+SKIP to Section 2.
1.25 Provide location and contact information for each contractor in addition to a description of the contractors operational
and maintenance responsibilities.
Contractor Information
Contractor 1 Contractor 2 Contractor 3
C Contractor name larks t Cf aocts
(company name) Lhvt`f'dl Mti►` , Llu
Mailing address Pp 619
c (street or P.O.box) 444
City,state,and ZIP IA�,
code Ain i4 ,ive g75g
c Contact name(first and 7t '
o last) l� Jrn&5
Phone number 8?g.1pca UD(e.3
Email address 6,5nrytese j eilti,ad
Operational and Ovl,►r e and
maintenance /1(Lp.iMzU4 WiM
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responsibilities of pee/
contractor
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NPDES Permit Number tUU Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
^rC OO) ) Act,Ot, I Modified March 2021
SECTION 2.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION(40 CFR 122.21(j)(1)and(2))
o Outfalls to Waters of the State of North Carolina
c 2.1 Does the treatment works have a design flow greater than or equal to 0.1 mgd?
o ❑ Yes No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
0 2.2 Provide the treatment works'current average daily volume of inflow Average Daily Volume of Inflow and Infiltration
and infiltration.
gpd
Indicate the steps the facility is taking to minimize inflow and infiltration.
O
s 2.3 Have you attached a topographic map to this application that contains all the required information?(See instructions for
R R specific requirements.)
0
o ❑ Yes ❑ No
E 2.4 Have you attached a process flow diagram or schematic to this application that contains all the required information?
(See instructions for specific requirements.)
LL o ❑ Yes 0 No
2.5 Are improvements to the facility scheduled?
0 Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Section 3.
Briefly list and describe the scheduled improvements.
0
1.
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a 2.
0
0 3.
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4.
0
A 2.6 Provide scheduled or actual dates of completion for improvements.
Scheduled or Actual Dates of Completion for Improvements
Affected Attainment of
Scheduled Begin End Begin
> Outfa!lti Operational
2 Improvement • Construction Construction Discharge
(from above) (list I (MM/DD/YYYY) (MM/DD/YYYY) (MM/DD/YYYY) Level
number) (MM/DDIYYYY
)
d
1.
a
o 2.
3.
4.
2.7 Have appropriate permits/clearances concerning other federal/state requirements been obtained?Briefly explain your
response.
0 Yes 0 No ❑ None required or applicable
Explanation:
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NPDES Permit Number /�nbt• Facility Name / Modified Application Form 2A
G 10 / ✓� it' , fet C`�U '` Modified March 2021
SECTION 3.INFORMATION ON EFFLUENT DISCHARGES(40 CFR 122.21(j)(3)to(5))
3.1 Provide the following information for each outfall.(Attach additional sheets if you have more than three outfalls.)
Outfall Number 0a 1 Outfall Number Outfall Number
State /y C
County / t (
City or town15 /1/)aK
o Distance from shore j ft. ft. ft.
a
'c
i Depth below surface — 2 ft. ft. ft.
0
Average daily flow rate 0 003 mgd mgd mgd
Latitude 42' g °
Longitude $ 55 35" "
3.2 Do any of the outfalls described under Item 3.1 have seasonal or periodic discharges?
A
o ❑ Yes :il No-) SKIP to Item 3.4.
11 3.3 If so,provide the following information for each applicable outfall.
as
3 Outfall Number Outten Number Outfall Number
3 Number of times per year 1
°c discharge occurs
a Average duration of each
`o discharge(specify units)
"2 Average flow of each
A discharge mgd mgd mgd
as Months in which discharge
occurs
3.4 Are any of the outfalls listed under Item 3.1 equipped with a diffuser?
❑ Yes g] No 4 SKIP to Item 3.6.
m 3.5 Briefly describe the diffuser type at each applicable outfall.
Q.
Outfall Number Outfall Number Oi an Number
1
a
0
o es 3.6 Does the treatment works discharge or plan to discharge wastewater to waters of the State of North Carolina from
one or more discharge points?
3 « 10 Yes ❑ No+SKIP to Section 6.
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NPDES Permit Number //li Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
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/„ '7(4 3,t_ f Modified March 2021
3.7 Provide the receiving water and related information(if known)for each)5utfall.
Outfall Number 00 J Outfall Number NM Number
Receiving water name 3h/1 4r I c�L U',QGk
Name of watershed,river,
co
or stream system aU2beaVede60
U.S. Soil Conservation
1 Service 14-digit watershed
o code
m. Name of state 6-kiiiik3/10,168'1
3 management/river basin
m
U.S.Geological Survey
'X 8-digit hydrologic
cecataloging unit code
Critical low flow(acute) cfs cfs cfs
Critical low flow(chronic) cfs cfs cfs
Total hardness at critical mg/L of mg/L of mg/L of
low flow CaCO3 CaCO3 CaCO3
3.8 Provide the following information describing the treatment provided for discharges from each outfall.
Outfall Number Qb1 Outfall Number Outfall Number
Highest Level of J7 Primary 0 Primary 0 Primary
Treatment(check all that 0 Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to 0 Equivalent to
apply per outfall) secondary secondary secondary
❑ Secondary ❑ Secondary ❑ Secondary
❑ Advanced ❑ Advanced 0 Advanced
❑ Other(specify) 0 Other(specify) 0 Other(specify)
c
0
Q, Design Removal Rates by
w Outfall
it
o BOD5 or CBOD5 g5 % % % 1
I TSS SS % %
1-
0 Not applicable 0 Not applicable ❑Not applicable
Phosphorus
ICI Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑Not applicable
Nitrogen
Other(specify) ril Not applicable ❑Not applicable ❑Not applicable
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NPDES Permit Number rilitht, Facility Name Wv Modified Application Form 2A
I Modified March 2021
3.9 Describe the type of disinfection used for the effluent from each outfall in the table below.If disinfection varies by
season,describe below.
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w
c
Outfall Number OD I Outfall Number Outten Number
Disinfection type
1.3
ibr
Seasons used
tar
Dechlorination used? ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable ❑ Not applicable
031 Yes ❑ Yes 0 Yes
El No El No ❑ No
3.10 Have you completed monitoring for all Table A parameters and attached the results to the application package?
❑ Yes al No
3.11 Have you conducted any WET tests during the 4.5 years prior to the date of the application on any of the facility's
discharges or on any receiving water near the discharge points?
❑ Yes ® No 4 SKIP to Item 3.13.
3.12 Indicate the number of acute and chronic WET tests conducted since the last permit reissuance of the facility's
discharges by outfall number or of the receiving water near the discharge points.
Outfall Number Outfall Number Outlet!Number
Acute Chronic Acute Chronic Acute Chronic
c Number of tests of discharge
water
Number of tests of receiving
water
3,\3 1b. nib. 3,v6- Ai,
3.14 Does the POTW use chlorine for disinfection,use chlorine elsewhere in the treatment process,or otherwise have
reasonable potential to discharge chlorine in its effluent?
❑ Yes 4 Complete Table B,including chlorine. El No 4 Complete Table B,omitting chlorine.
3.15 Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table B pollutants and attached the results to this application
package?
El Yes ❑ No
Have you completed monitoring for all applicable Table D pollutants required by your NPDES permitting authority and
3.18 attached the results to this application package?
❑ Yes ❑ No additional sampling required by NPDES
permitting authority.
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NPDES Permit Number 1 p Facility Name Modified Applicabon Form 2A
DDIP )1114A FleMt"+g SChf I Modified March 2021
3.19 Has the POTW conducted either(1)minimum of four quarterly WET sts for one year preceding this permit application
or(2)at least four annual WET tests in the past 4.5 years?
❑ Yes ❑ No-+ Complete tests and Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.20 Have you previously submitted the results of the above tests to your NPDES permitting authority?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 Provide results in Table E and SKIP to
Item 3.26.
3.21 Indicate the dates the data were submitted to your NPDES permitting authority and provide a summary of the results.
Date(s)Submitted Summary of Results
(MM/DD/YYYY)
C
C
3.22 Regardless of howyouprovidedyour WET testingdata to the NPDES permittingauthority,did anyof the tests result in
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toxicity?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.23 Describe the cause(s)of the toxicity:
g
3.24 Has the treatment works conducted a toxicity reduction evaluation?
❑ Yes ❑ No 4 SKIP to Item 3.26.
3.25 Provide details of any toxicity reduction evaluations conducted.
3.26 Have you completed Table E for all applicable outfalls and attached the results to the application package?
❑ Yes ❑ Not applicable because previously submitted
information to the NPDES •ermittin• authori .
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NPDES Permit NumberrtOD Facility Name Modified Application Form 2A
A I a OD / : yie IJ C A 1 1 Modified March 2021
SECTION 6.CHECKLIST AND CERTIFICATION STATEMENT(40 CFR 122.22(a)and(d))
6.1 In Column 1 below,mark the sections of Form 2A that you have completed and are submitting with your application.For
each section,specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority.Note that not
all applicants are required to provide attachments.
Column 1 Column 2
taASection 1: Basic Application 1-1 w/variance request(s) 0 w/additional attachments
Information for All Applicants
on Section 2:Additional ❑ w/topographic map 0 w/process flow diagram
Information ❑ w/additional attachments
❑ w/Table A ❑ w/Table D
1 Section 3:Information on 0 w/Table B ❑ w/additional attachments
d Effluent Discharges
E ❑ w/Table C
d
co Section 4: Not Applicable
c
0
R
4'
Section 5:Not Applicable
U
c 0 Section 6: Checklist and
1° Certification Statement ❑ w/attachments
An
6.2 Certification Statement
0
I 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 qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information
submitted.Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system,or those persons directly responsible
for gathering the information,the information submitted is,to the best of my knowledge and belief,true,accurate,and
complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,including the possibility of fine
and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Nam (print or type first a d last name) Official title
Signature 4 Date signed 1
tteeit.. ._, 41.01,1 _
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