NC0084441_Draft Permit_20170531

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
May 31, 2017
Mr. Michael A. Comblum, General Partner
Conleys Creek Limited Partnership
1112 Conleys Creek Road
Whittier, NC 28789
Dear Mr. Cornblum:
ROY COOPER
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secs etm7,
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NCO084441
Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP
Class WW -2
Swain County
The Division has reviewed your request to renew the subject permit. Please review this draft
carefully to ensure your thorough understanding of the information, conditions, and requirements
it contains.
The draft permit includes the following significant changes from the existing permit:
➢ Section A. (3) has been added to require electronic submission of effluent data. Federal
regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs).
➢ Regulatory citations have been added to the permit.
➢ Outfall map has been updated.
With this notification, the Division will solicit public comment on this draft permit by publishing
a notice in newspapers having circulation in the general Swain County area, per EPA
requirements. Please provide your comments, if any, to me no later than 30 days after
receiving this draft permit.
Following the 30 -day public comment period, the Division will review all pertinent comments
and take appropriate action prior to issuing a final permit. If you have questions concerning the
draft, please contact me at [phone], or via e-mail [[e-mail]].
Sincerely,
Brianna Young l
Compliance and Expedited Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES File
Asheville Regional Office
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
https://deq.nc.govlaboutldivisions/water-resources/water-resources-permitslwastewater-branchlnpdes-wastewater-permits

Permit NC00084441
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
r :LTIM
TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATER UNDER THE
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provisions 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,
Conleys Creek Limited Partnership
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP
1112 Conleys Creek Road
South of Whittier
Swain County
to receiving waters designated as Conleys 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.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on October 31, 2022.
Signed this day.
DRAFT
S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G.
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
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SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
All previous NPDES Permits issued to this facility, whether for operation or discharge are hereby
revoked, and as of this 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.
Conleys Creek Limited Partnership
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.06 MGD wastewater treatment facility with the following
components:
♦ Equalization basin
♦ Two aeration basins
♦ Two clarifiers
♦ Chlorine disinfection
♦ Dechlorination system
♦ Sludge holding
♦ Continuous flow monitoring
The facility is located at the Smoky Mountain Country Club WWTP, 1112 Conleys Creek Road,
south of Whittier, in Swain County.
2. After receiving an Authorization to Construct permit from the Division, construct the necessary
components to expand total treatment capacity to 0.12 MGD.
3. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Conleys
Creek [Stream Segment 2-79-52], a waterbody currently classified C -Trout within subbasin
04-04-02 [HUC 601020303] in the Little Tennessee River Basin.
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Part I.
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (0.06 MGD)
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit and lasting until expansion above
0.06 MGD, the Permittee is authorized to discharge from outfall 001. Such discharges shall be limited
and monitored' by the Permittee as specified below:
EFFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS
Parameter Code
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample
Location
Flow 50050
0.06 MGD
Continuous
Recorder
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5 -day (20°C) C0310
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N C0610
2/Month
Composite
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine3 50060
28 Ng/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C) 00010
Weekly
Grab
Effluent, Upstream
& Downstream
Dissolved Oxygen 00300
Weekly
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream
pH 00400
Not < 6.0 s.0 or > 9.0 sm.
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes*
1. The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's
eDMR application system [see A. (3)].
2. Upstream = at least 50 feet upstream from the outfall. Downstream = at NCSR 1182.
3. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 gg/L 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 gg/L.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (2.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (0.12 MGD)
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning upon expansion above 0.06 MGD 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
Parameter Code
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
Sample
Location
Flow 50050
0.12 MGD
Continuous
Recorder
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5 -day (20°C) C0310
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids C0530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (summer)3 C0610
18.6 mg/L
35.0 mg/L
2/1VIonth
Composite
Effluent
NH3 as N (winter)3 C0610
2/Month
Composite
Effluent
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Residual Chlorine4 50060
28 Ng/L
2/Week
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (°C) 00010
Weekly
Grab
Effluent, Upstream
& Downstream
Dissolved Oxygen 00300
Weekly
Grab
Upstream &
Downstream
pH 00400
Not < 6.0 s.0 or > 9.0 s.u.
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Footnotes:
L The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's
eDMR application system [see A. (3)].
2. Upstream = at least 50 feet upstream from the outfall. Downstream = at NCSR 1182.
3. Summer = April 1 — October 31; Winter = November 1 — March 31
4. The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 gg/L 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 gg/L.
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (3) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF MONITORING REPORTS
[NCGS 143-215.1 (b)]
Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) and
program reports. The final NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule was adopted and became effective on
December 21, 2015.
NOTE: This special condition supplements or supersedes the following sections within Part II of this
permit (Standard Conditions for NPDES Permits):
• Section B. (11.) Signatory Requirements
• Section D. (2.) Reporting
• Section D. (6.) Records Retention
• Section E. (5.) Monitoring Reports
1. Reporting Requirements LSupersedes Section D. (2.)_and _Section E. (5.) (a)i
The permittee shall report discharge monitoring data electronically using the NC DWR's Electronic
Discharge Monitoring Report (eDMR) internet application.
Monitoring results obtained during the previous month(s) shall be summarized for each month and
submitted electronically using eDMR. The eDMR system allows permitted facilities to enter
monitoring data and submit DMRs electronically using the internet. Until such time that the state's
eDMR application is compliant with EPA's Cross -Media Electronic Reporting Regulation
(CROMERR), permittees will be required to submit all discharge monitoring data to the state
electronically using eDMR and will be required to complete the eDMR submission by printing,
signing, and submitting one signed original and a copy of the computer printed eDMR to the following
address:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / Water Quality Permitting Section
ATTENTION: Central Files
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If a permittee is unable to use the eDMR system due to a demonstrated hardship or due to the facility
being physically located in an area where less than 10 percent of the households have broadband
access, then a temporary waiver from the NPDES electronic reporting requirements may be granted
and discharge monitoring data may be submitted on paper DMR forms (MR 1, 1. 1, 2, 3) or alternative
forms approved by the Director. Duplicate signed copies shall be submitted to the mailing address
above. See "How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below.
Regardless of the submission method, the first DMR is due on the last day of the month following the
issuance of the permit or in the case of a new facility, on the last day of the month following the
commencement of discharge.
Starting on December 21, 2020, the permittee must electronically report the following compliance
monitoring data and reports, when applicable:
• Sewer Overflow/Bypass Event Reports;
• Pretreatment Program Annual Reports; and
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• Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) Annual Reports.
The permittee may seek an electronic reporting waiver from the Division (see "How to Request a
Waiver from Electronic Reporting" section below).
2. Electronic Submissions
In accordance with 40 CFR 122.41(1)(9), the permittee must identify the initial recipient at the time of
each electronic submission. The permittee should use the EPA's website resources to identify the
initial recipient for the electronic submission.
Initial recipient of electronic NPDES information from NPDES-regulated facilities means the entity
(EPA or the state authorized by EPA to implement the NPDES program) that is the designated entity
for receiving electronic NPDES data [see 40 CFR 127.2(b)].
EPA plans to establish a website that will also link to the appropriate electronic reporting tool for each
type of electronic submission and for each state. Instructions on how to access and use the appropriate
electronic reporting tool will be available as well. Information on EPA's NPDES Electronic Reporting
Rule is found at: htt ://www2.e a. Dov/com liance/final-national- )ollutant-dischg re-elimination-
system-nlades-electronic-renorti� le.
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Re ortin
The permittee may seek a temporary electronic reporting waiver from the Division. To obtain an
electronic reporting waiver, a permittee must first submit an electronic reporting waiver request to the
Division. Requests for temporary electronic reporting waivers must be submitted in writing to the
Division for written approval at least sixty (60) days prior to the date the facility would be required
under this permit to begin submitting monitoring data and reports. The duration of a temporary waiver
shall not exceed 5 years and shall thereupon expire. At such time, monitoring data and reports shall be
submitted electronically to the Division unless the permittee re -applies for and is granted a new
temporary electronic reporting waiver by the Division. Approved electronic reporting waivers are not
transferrable. Only permittees with an approved reporting waiver request may submit monitoring data
and reports on paper to the Division for the period that the approved reporting waiver request is
effective.
Information on eDMR and the application for a temporary electronic reporting waiver are found on the
following web page:
htl p ://dey .nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
4. Si2naton, Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (h) and Supersedes Section B. (11.1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II,
Section B. (11.)(a) or by a duly authorized representative of that person as described in Part II, Section
B. (I 1.)(b). A person, and not a position, must be delegated signatory authority for eDMR reporting
purposes.
For eDMR submissions, the person signing and submitting the DMR must obtain an eDMR user
account and login credentials to access the eDMR system. For more information on North Carolina's
eDMR system, registering for eDMR and obtaining an eDMR user account, please visit the following
web page:
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httn://deq.ne. Dov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
Certification. Any person submitting an electronic DMR using the state's eDMR system shall make
the following certification [40 CFR 122.22]. NO OTHER STATEMENTS OF CERTIFICATION
WILL BE ACCEPTED:
"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
fines and imprisonment for knowing violations. "
5. Records Retention I Supplements Section D. JLJ
The permittee shall retain records of all Discharge Monitoring Reports, including eDMR submissions.
These records or copies shall be maintained for a period of at least 3 years from the date of the report.
This period may be extended by request of the Director at any time [40 CFR 122.411.
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Conleys Creek Limited Partnership
Smoky Mountain Country Club
NPDES Permit NCO084441
Receiving Stream: Conley Creek Stream Class: C -Trout
Stream Segment: 2-79-52 Sub -Basin #: 04-04-02
River Basin: Little Tennessee HUC: 601020303
County: Swain
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USGS Quad: Whittier