NC0067318_Final Permit_20030210

OF WAT Michael F Easley
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Governor
O G ©';�A William G Ross, Jr, Secretary
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p C Alan W Klimek, P E, Director
Division of Water Quality
February 10, 2003
Dr. Rodney Shotwell
Macon County Schools
P.O. Box 1029
Franklin, North Carolina 28744
Subject: Issuance of NPDES Permit NCO067318
Nantahala School WWTP
Macon County
Dear Dr. Shotwell:
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your application for renewal of the subject permit
Accordingly, we are forwarding the attached NPDES discharge permit. This pertrnt is issued pursuant to the
requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North
Carolina and the U S. Environmental Protection Agency dated May 9, 1994 (or as subsequently amended).
The Division received your comment letter dated November 22, 2002. We offer the following response to
your comment for this permit:
➢ The monthly average and daily maximum hnuts for BOD and Total Suspended Solids are derived from 40
CFR 133.102, part of the Federal Regulations that govern the NPDES program nationwide The limits for
these parameters cannot be changed, as they are minimum requirements for secondary treatment.
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this permit are unacceptable to
you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of
this letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina
General Statutes, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings (6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27699-6714). Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.
Please note that this pernut is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may require
modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain
other permits which may be required by the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land
Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act or any other Federal or Local governmental permit that may be
required. If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Charles Weaver at telephone number (919)
733-5083, extension 511.
Sincerely,
3RIGINAL SIGNED U-
SLgSAN A. VVILSON
Alan W. Klimek, P E.
cc: Central Files
Asheville Regional Office/Water Quality Section
NPDES Unit
N C Division of Water Quality / NPDES Unit Phone [phone], extension 511
1617 Mad Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Fax. [phone]
Internet h2o enr state nc us e-mail. charles weaver@ncmad net

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Permit NCO067318
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
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 lvfanagement Comrrussion, and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended, the
Macon County Schools
are hereby authonzed to discharge wastewater from a facility located at the
Nantahala School WWTP
212 Windingstairs Road, south of Fairview
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as Partridge Creek in the Little Tennessee River Basin in accordance with
effluent hrrutations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III and IV hereof.
This permit shall become effective March 1, 2003.
This permit and authorization to discharge shall expire at midnight on November 30, 2007.
Signed this day February 10, 2003.
ORIGINAL SIGNED U'l
SUSAN A. WILSON
Alan W. Klimek, P.E , Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission

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Permit NCO067318
SUPPLEMENT TO PERMIT COVER SHEET
The Macon County Schools are hereby authorized to:
1. Continue to operate an existing 0.002 MGD extended -aeration wastewater treatment
system with a primary clarifier tank and a holding tank to recycle effluent to a sand filter.
The facility is located at the Nantahala School WWTP, south of Fairview off
Windingstairs Road in Macon County.
2. Discharge from said treatment works at the location specified on the attached map into
Partridge Creek, a class C-Trout stream in the Little Tennessee River Basin.

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Latitude 35°15'10"
Longitude 83'38'06"
Receiving Stream Partridge Creek North SCALE 1:294000

Permit NCO067318
A. (1.) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
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
LIMITS
MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monthly
Average
Daily
Maximum
Measurement
Frequency
Sample Type
-
Sample Location
Flow
0.002 MGD
Weekly
Instantaneous
Influent or Effluent
BOD, 5-day (20°C)
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
Total Suspended Solids
30.0 mg/L
45.0 mg/L
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
NH3 as N
2/Month
Grab
Effluent
Temperature (T)
Weekly
Grab
Effluent
There shall be no discharge of floating solids or visible foam in other than trace amounts.

MACON COUNTY SCHOOLS
1202 OLD MURPHY ROAD
FRANKLIN, NC 28734
November 22, 2002
RE: Draft NPDES Permits
Mr. Charles H. Weaver, Jr.
NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Dear Mr. Weaver:
Macon County Schools is requesting the following changes in our wastewater treatment
permits:
• Permit number NCO067300 Macon Middle School
1. Requesting reclassification of the Cullasala River, it is not classified as a trout
stream, at the point of discharge or downstream, by the NC wildlife
Resources Commission.
2. Requesting that limits be raised by 10 mg/L on both the monthly average
and daily maximums for BOD and TSS.
• Permit Number NCO067326 Cullasala School
1. Requesting that the monthly average flow be increased to .0025 MGD
because of recent plant expansion.
2. Requesting that monthly average and daily maximums for BOD and TSS be
raised by 10 mg/L.
• Permit number NC 006.7318 Nantahala School — Requesting that limits for monthly
average and daily maximums be raised by 10 mg/L for both BOD and TSS.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Dr. odneyISotwe
Superintendent
Macon County Schools
DEC - 3 2002

PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
COMMISSIONlNPDES UNIT
1617 MAIL SERVICE
CENTER
RALEIGH, NC 27669.1617
NOTIFICATION OF INTENT
TO ISSUE A NPDES
WASTEWATER PERMIT
On the basis of thorough
staff review and application of
N C, General Statute 143 21,
Public law 92-500 and other
lawful standards and regulations,
the North Carolina Environ-
mental Management Commis-
sion proposes to issue a
National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)
wastewater discharge permit to
the person(s) listed below
effective 45 days from the
publish date of this notice.
Written comments regarding
the proposed permit will be
accepted until 30 days after the
publish date of this notice All
comments received prior to that
date ate considered in the final
determinations regarding the
proposed perm[[. The Director of
the NC Division of Water
Quality, may decide to hold a
public meeting for the proposed
permit should the Division
receive a significant degree of
public m(eregt.
Copms acthe drat permit aid
other suppeimalg milems"On on
file used to sJeteti `doudiho se
t present In the draft pepsin are
available upon WPOU sad
payment of the costs of
reproduction Mail comments
andlor requests for information
to the NC Division of Water
Quality at the above address or
calla Is. a-'-• U , at
(919) 7B-3083 Extension 520
Please include the NPDES
(.ttwh4 in any
communication Interested
persons may also Visit the
Division of Water Quality at
512 N Salisbury Street,
Raleigh, NC 27604.1148
between the hours of 8 00 a in
and 5 00 p in to review
mfntmation on file
NPDES Permit Number NC
0067300 Macon County -
Schools (Macon Middle School
WWTP), PO Box 1029,
Franklin, NC 28744 has applied
for a permit renewal for a facility
located in Macon County
discharging treated wastewater
into the Cullasala River in the
Little Tennessee River Basin
Currently total residual chlorine
are water quality limited This
discharge may affect future
allocations in this portion of the
receiving stream
NPDES Permit Number
NC0067318, Macon County
Schools (Nantahala School
WWTP), P O Box 1029,
Franklin, NC 28744 has applied
for a permit renewal for a facility
located in Macon County
discharging treated wastewater
into Partridge Creek in the Little
Tennessee River Basin
Currently no parameters ate
water quality limited This
discharge may affect future
allocations in this portion of the
receiving stream
NPDES Permit Number NC
0067326, Macon County
Schools (Cullasala School
WWTP), P 0 Box 1029,
Franklin, NC 28744 has applied
for a permit renewal for a facility
located in Macon County
discharging treated wastewater
into the Cullasala River in the
Little Tennessee River Basin
Currently total residual chlorine
are water quality limited This
discharge may affect future
allocations in this portion of the
fPfP,vrno cfraam
NORTH CAROLINA
Macon County
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and State,
duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to administer
oaths, personally appeared
JULIA HESTON
who is fast duly sworn, deposes and says that he -she is
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
(Owner partner publ sher or other officer or employee authorized to make this affidavit)
of The Franklin Press, engaged in the publication of a newspaper
known as The Franklin Press published, issued, and entered as sec-
ond class mail in the Town of Franklin, in said County and State, that
he -she is authorized to make this affidavit and sworn statement, that
the notice or other legal advettisement, a true copy of which is at-
tached hereto, was published in The Franklin Press on the following
dates
November,l2th, 2002
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document,
or legal advettisement was published was, at the time of each and
every such public ation, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements
and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of Sec-
ond 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Caiohna
This .3rd day of December 7002
(Signature of person mak ng affidavit)
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd
day of U Decembei 7002
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