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March 21, 2016
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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr.Joseph Martin
Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District
P.O. Box 8452
Asheville,NC 28814
Subject: Request for Additional Information •
NPDES Application NC0083178
Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District WTP
Buncombe County
Dear Mr. Martin:
On August 1, 2014 the Division of Water Resources(DWR) issued a General Permit NPDES permit
(NCG590000)for wastewaters from Greensand and Conventional type water treatment plants. This
permit was developed to expedite the issuance and reissuance of these types of permits.
Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District's existing Individual NPDES permit for its Water Treatment
Plant(WTP) is up for renewal and qualifies for coverage tinder this new General Permit. The annual
permit fee for the general permit is $100 verses $860 for an individual permit and monitoring is less
frequent than that listed in your current permit.
Similar to Individual NPDES permits; general permits expire every five years but can be renewed by
completing a short and simple general permit renewal form. The General Permit is reissued every five
years and is sent to all the Permittees covered under it, all at the same time.
To switch to the General permit, Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District will need to make a written
request to DWR. Please note,the issuance of the General Permit would require the recession of your
individual permit. The Division suggests that you review the attached file containing the General Permit
- • NCG590000 and decide whether you would like the Division to renew the individual permit or proceed
with issuance of the General permit via a Certificate of Coverage for the WTP. Note that the Woodfin
Sanitary Water and Sewer District operates a conventional water treatment system that discharges to
freshwater, so the facility would be subject to the limitations listed on page 5 (B.(1.) Conventional WTP
Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements—Discharging to Freshwater) in the attached
General permit.
To request that the Division proceed with issuing the General Permit instead of renewing the existing
Individual permit,the Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District should respond with something like the
following:
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

Mr. Martin
March 21,2016
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Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District has reviewed the Division of Water
Resources General Permit NCG5900000 for greensand and conventional type water
treatment plants and requests that the discharge from the Woodfin Sanitary Water and
Sewer District WTP be covered under this new general permit. Woodfin Sanitary
Water and Sewer District understands that the Division will rescind the individual
NPDES permit for Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District's WTP—NC0083178
when the Certificate of Coverage for the General Permit NCG590000 is issued
Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District for the WTP.
The written request shall be signed by an authorized Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District official
in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H.0106(e).
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact Derek Denard by email at
[e-mail] or by telephone at 919-807-6307.
Please let us know how you would like us to proceed within the next two weeks, preferably by April 19,
2016. If we do not get a response the Division will proceed with the renewal of the Individual permit.iAkeely,
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S.Jay Zimmerman, Director
Division of Water Resources
Enclosure:NPDES Permit NCG590000
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NPDES Program Files
ARO Files
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