NC0051381_Draft Permit_20170906

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
September 6, 2017
Ms. Jennifer Royce, Community Manager
Highlands Falls Community Association, Inc.
290 Skylake Road
Highlands, NC 28741
Dear Ms. Royce:
ROY COOPER
Govei not
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretamy
S JAY ZIMMERMAN
Directoi
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit NCO051381
Highland Falls Country Club WWTP
Class WW -2
Macon 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) and language in Section A. (1) have been updated to require electronic submission
of effluent data. Federal regulations require electronic submittal of all discharge monitoring
reports (DMRs).
➢ The facility address on the cover sheet has been updated to match information provided in the
renewal application.
➢ The facility name has been added to the cover sheet.
➢ Language has been added to the supplement to permit cover sheet for receiving stream
characteristics.
➢ The limits for pH have been moved from the footnotes to the effluent table in Section A. (1).
➢ Monitoring, limits, and a footnote have been added to Section A. (1) for total residual chlorine.
➢ 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 Macon 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,
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Brianna Young
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 gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permits/wastewater-branch/npdes-wastewater-permits

Permit NCO051381
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
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
Highlands Falls Community Association
is hereby authorized to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Highlands Falls Country Club WWTP
Off Falls Drive
Highlands
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as Saltrock Branch 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 November 30, 2022.
Signed this day.
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. 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.
The Highlands Falls Community Association
is hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.135 MGD extended aeration wastewater treatment system with the
following components:
♦ Influent bar screen
♦ Flow splitter box
♦ 100,000 gallon aeration basin with non -clog air diffusers
♦ 26,276 gallon Secondary clarifier
♦ 15,000 gallon Aerobic digester
♦ Tertiary filtration
♦ UV disinfection
The facility is located at the Highlands Falls Country Club WWTP, off Falls Drive, northeast of
Highlands, in Macon County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into Saltrock
Branch [Stream Segment: 2-21-1], a waterbz)dy currently classified as WS -III waters in subbasin 04-
04-01 [HUC: 0601020202] in the Little Tennessee River Basin.
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Permit NCO051381
Part I.
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
[15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq , 02B .0500 et seq.]
During the period beginning on the effective date of this permit 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 2
Flow 50050
0135 MGD
Continuous
Recording
I or E
BOD, 5 -day (20°C) C0310
30 0 mg/L
45 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
Total Suspended Solids C0530
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
NH3 as N (April 1— October 31) C0610
2 0 mg/L
10 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
NH3 as N (November 1 — March 31)
C0610
5.0 mg/L
25 0 mg/L
Weekly
Composite
E
Fecal Coliform (geometric mean) 31616
200/100 mL
400/100 mL
Weekly
Grab
E
Total Residual Chlorine 3 50060
28 fag/L
Daily
Grab
E
Temperature (°C) 00010
Monitor & Report
Weekly
Grab
E, U & D
Total Nitrogen (NO2+NO3+TKN) C0600
Monitor & Report
Semi -Annually
Composite
E
Total Phosphorus C0665
Monitor & Report
Semi -Annually
Composite
E
pH 00400
Not < 6 0 s u nor > 9 0 s u
Weekly
Grab
E
Footnotes
1 The permittee shall submit discharge monitoring reports electronically using the NC DWR's eDMR
application system [see A (3)]
2. I = Influent, E = Effluent, U = Upstream, D = Downstream
3. Limit and monitor only if the facility adds chlorine or chlorine derivatives to water that is eventually
discharged The Division shall consider all effluent TRC values reported below 50 µg/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 Rg/L. See Condition A (2 ) for instructions should the facility's permitted UV system fail and an
alternate means of disinfection is required
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.
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A. (2.) TEMPORARY MEANS OF DISINFECTION
In the event that the wastewater treatment plant's ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system should fail,
underperform, or otherwise be removed from effective service, the permittee or his agent should
immediately inform the Surface Water Protection Section staff of the Asheville Regional Office of this
development and discuss temporary, alternate means for disinfection of the effluent.
If chlorine compounds are used as temporary means of disinfection, the total residual chlorine (TRC)
concentration of the effluent must be monitored on a daily basis while this method of disinfection is in
use and values must be reported on the discharge monitoring report. TRC in the effluent may not
exceed 28 pg/L; therefore, dechlorination methods may also be necessary to ensure protection of water
quality in the receiving stream.
In the event that TRC monitoring should occur, the Division shall consider all effluent TRC values
reported below 50 µg/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 µg/L.
Use of a disinfection system other than the permitted UV system during circumstances not deemed as
emergency and/or temporary (replacement of lamps, lamp cleaning or maintenance, etc.) will be
considered a violation of the terms of this permit.
A. (3.) ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF DISCHARGE 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.)
• Section D. (2.)
• Section D. (6.)
• Section E. (5.)
Signatory Requirements
Reporting
Records Retention
Monitoring Reports
1. ReportinjZ Requirements [Supersedes Section D. (2.) and Section E. (5.) (a)1
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
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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
• 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: https://www.federalre ig ster.gov/documents/2015/10/22/2015-24954/national-
pollutant-discharge-elimination-systein-npdes-electronic-reporting-rule.
Electronic submissions must start by the dates listed in the "Reporting Requirements" section above.
3. How to Request a Waiver from Electronic Reporting
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
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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:
htti)://deq.nc..gov/about/divisions/water-resources/edmr
4. Signatory Requirements [Supplements Section B. (11.) (b) and Supersedes Section B. (11.) (d)1
All eDMRs submitted to the permit issuing authority shall be signed by a person described in Part II,
Section B. (I 1.)(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:
htt-p://deq.nc.gov/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 [Supplements Section D. (6.)]
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 122.41].
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NPDES Permit NCO051381
Receiving Stream: Saltrock Branch Stream Class: WS -III
Stream Segment: 2-21-1 Sub -Basin #: 04-04-01
River Basin: Little Tennessee HUC: 0601020202
County: Macon
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