NC0088099_Renewal (Application)_20170508

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
May 09, 2017
Mr. Robert Heaton
Town of Beech Mountain
403 Beech Mountain Parkway
Beech Mountain, NC 28604-8012
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCO088099
Buckeye Lake WTP
Watauga County
Dear Mr. Heaton:
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges receipt of your permit application and
supporting documentation received on May 05, 2017. The primary reviewer for this renewal
application is Derek Denard.
The primary reviewer will review your application, and he will contact you if additional
information is required to complete your permit renewal. 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.
Please respond in a timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to
complete the permit application. If you have any additional questions concerning renewal of the
subject permit, please contact Derek Denard at 919-807-6307 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
?A" 7& 404W
Wren Thedford
Wastewater Branch
cc: Central Files
NPDES
Winston-Salem Regional Office
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-807-6300

Council Members
E. Rkk' Miller, Mayor
Paul Piquet, Vice Mayor
Renee Castiglione
Wendel Sauer
Rick Owen
/\#\ BEECH
MOUNTAIN
N O R T H C A R 0 L I N A
Eastern America's Highest Town
April 26, 2017
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Dear Permit Reviewer,
Town Manager
Tim H. Holloman
Town Attorney.
Stacy C. Eggers IV
On behalf of the Town of Beech Mountain, I respectfully submit to you permit renewal
documentation for NPDES Permit No. NC0088099, Buckeye Lake Water Treatment Plant for
your review and approval.
Please find enclosed the following:
1. NPDES Permit Application- Short Form C-WTP
2. Sketch showing effluent flows
Please call me at 828-387-9368 if you have any questions. Thank you.
Sin °rely.
Donald S. Moree, E.I.T.
RECEIVEDINCDEWWR
MAY 0 12017
Water Quality
Permitting Section
403 Beech Mountain Parkway Beech Mountain North Carolina 28604-8012
elephone [phone] Fax [phone]

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 �NC0088099
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
Town of Beech Mountain
Buckeye Lake Water Treatment Plant
403 Beech Mountain Parkway
Beech Mountain
North Carolina, 28604
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above ❑
Street Address or State Road
City
State / Zip Code
County
1400 Pine Ridge Road, F.K.A. 208 Grassy Gap Creek Road
Beech Mountain
North Carolina,
28604
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 Beech Mountain
Mailing Address 403 Beech Mountain Parkway
City Beech Mountain
State / Zip Code North Carolina, 28604
Telephone Number [phone]
Fax Number [phone]
4. Ownership Status:
Page 1 of 4 C-WTP 03/05

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
Federal ❑ State ❑ Private ❑ Public
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:
Two 1000 GPM raw water pumps.
Two sedimentation basins with tube settlers and 40 minute detention time.
Two high rate multi -media filters.
300,000 gallon finished water clearwell.
Two 1000 GPM high service pumps
Liquid chemical feed system
Gas chlorination feed system.
8. Describe the wastewater and the treatment process(es) for wastewater generated by the
facility:
Backwash wastwater discharged into two settlement basins where prolonged residence
times insure the dissipation of chlorine and settlement of suspended solids. Supernatent
is then siphoned from the upper layer of the water column and discharged at point 001.
9. Number of separate discharge points: 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
10. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ❑ Intermittent
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: 7 Duration: 10 hours ;' day_
11. Plant design potable flowrate 1 MGD
Backwash or reject flow 0.02 MGD
12. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude):
Buckeye Creek
Page 2 of 4 C-WTP 03/05

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
13. Please list all water treatment additives, including cleaning chemicals or disinfection
treatments, that have the potential to be discharged.
Polymer-Delpac 20/20
Chlorine
CWS Ortho -Blend
Lime
14. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
15. 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
16. NEW Applicants
Information needed in addition to items 1-15:
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.
17. 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.
Tim H. Holloman Town Mana er
Printed ie g �,� Title
Signature o Applicant dte `
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
Page 3 of 4 C-WTP 03/05

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - WTP
For discharges associated with water treatment plants
monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the
Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, 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.)
Page 4 of 4 C-WTP 03/05

w
\ ( I I 1 � w
1�
\YwZ \--r--i—�\ 11\ -Z_ wLurA `1
HF- 1 (7� C7
¢ � ` £ \ 111 rj ui w O 1,
\\\ ��Z \\ i/I lI I ` 11111 woa wZm
m
/ \ \ dao T 11
\W O U ~ !
! X
coa
L
S� H
CD
co Z
(90
UJ
X ¢ in
w
I l
— — - -Z Fri
X
ar 1 jl f` r mulllll!l11// �' / / o
m
�
xZ
Z CO
w�LL 1 /lp���ila eY /7!-G !///// '' / /'\ / I O>
I LLx/ iii ! W /SAr�r tn0
W LL
�!/• /// /// a �� f�----__— .;MIL—�'�\ � \l—!��//��/�/ �/� !// <�\\ // // '•,,`` //
F -O
LL
w0 /!!!/ //!/ / // itzc
H �� / / \\ / // w 0 O
0� JJ 9 W Ila/ / ////! !! Z¢m�/ / !�. / pWF
Q w IT r /\ I �—lll l/F!! —Z m /\\ 1 / W Y Q
0LU LU
/ XCN
oLq
� �g� rr \\ /ll/VIII/!! QLLJ O / Z W LU LLI LU ox Of Y2
W nU SII M \/' 11 Ill l { �U / F0 \ QUO
X¢ \ �roLL
LL
//• /� 11 �; y/ ///�'� �;,�{ "✓1� `' /// \ /
/ / /f \ / / % / • J LL \
o
a.
°°an/\ a�y��// ///"///�/�/ N LU -a FU