NC0059200_Renewal Application_20170517

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r NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Resources / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit CO059200
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1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
Facility Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
Trillium Links & Village, LLC
Trillium Links & Village WWTP
One Trillium Center
Cashiers
NC 28717
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 298 Fenley Forest Trail
City
State / Zip Code
County
Cashiers
NC 28717
Jackson
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm public organization or other entity that operates the facilitr4. (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name
RPB Systems Inc
Mailing Address
P. 0. Box 1325
City
Asheville
State / Zip Code
NC 28802
Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
e-mail Address
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Form -D 11/12

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NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
4. Description of wastewater:
Facility Generating Wastewater(check all that apply):
Industrial
❑
Number of Employees
Commercial
®
Number of Employees 30
Residential
®
Number of Homes 193
School
❑
Number of Students/Staff
Other
❑
Explain:
Describe the source(s) of wastewater (example: subdivision, mobile home park, shopping centers,
restaurants, etc.):
Trillium Subdivision homes not on septic systems. Two restaurants. Trillium is primarily a
second home community with restaurants having seasonal operations.
Number of persons served: 290
5. Type of collection system
® Separate (sanitary sewer only)
6. Outfall Information:
❑ Combined (storm sewer and sanitary sewer)
Number of separate discharge points 1
Outfall Identification number(s) 001
Is the outfall equipped with a diffuser? ❑ Yes ® No
7. Name of receiving stream(s) (NEW applicants: Provide a map showing the exact location of each
outfall):
Unnamed tributary to Hurricane Creek (Thorpe Lake)
8. Frequency of Discharge:
If intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs
Continuous
7
❑ Intermittent
Duration: 24
9. Describe the treatment system
List all installed components, including capacities, provide design removal for BOD, TSS, nitrogen and
phosphorus. If the space provided is not sufficient, attach the description of the treatment system in a
separate sheet of paper.
See enclosed document titled changes are as follows:
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For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
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NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
10. Flow Information:
Treatment Plant Design flow MGD
Annual Average daily flow 0.012 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
Maximum daily flow 0.08 MGD (for the previous 3 years)
11. Is this facility located on Indian country?
❑ Yes ® No
12. Effluent Data
NEW APPLICANTS: Provide data for the parameters listed. Fecal Coliform, Temperature and pH shall be grab
samples, for all other parameters 24-hour composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported,
report daily maximum and monthly average. If only one analysis is reported, report as daily maximum.
RENEWAL APPLICANTS: Provide the highest single reading (Daily Maximum) and Monthly Average over
the past 36 months for parameters currenthi in flour permit. Mark other parameters "NIA".
Parameter
Daily
Maximum
Monthly
Average
Units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODS)
24
2.33
mg/c
Fecal Coliform
600
4.5
/ 100mc
Total Suspended Solids
42
6.79
Mg/c
Temperature (Summer)
23.3
14.1
Temperature (Winter)
21.6
8.68
pH
8.4
5.4
Std units
13. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications:
Type Permit Number Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA)
UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
NPDES INC0059200 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
PSD (CAA) Other
Non -attainment program (CAA)
14. 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.
Freddie Boan General Manager
Printed name of Person Signing Title
ture of Applicant Date
CII
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) states: 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 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.)
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Construction Services • Contract Operations • blaintenance
Full Care Contract Operations & Maintenance
Service Agreement
Facility Name:
Trillium Links & Village Property
Owners' Association, Inc.
Contact Person:
Mr. Freddie Boan
Street Address:
One Trillium Center
,City; State, Zi
Cashiers, NC 28717
ele hone/Fax:
828)-743-9951/828-743-0687
This Full Care Operation and Maintenance Service Agreement, is made this 17`h day of March. 2009, by
and between Trillium Links & Village Property Owners, Association, Inc. (hereafter "OWNER"), and
RPB Systems, Inc. (hereafter "OPERATOR").
WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of services to be performed by the OPERATOR for
a monthly sum of money hereinafter set forth to be paid by the OWNER to the OPERATOR in exchange
operations & maintenance services for said facility or facilities with the obligations of both parties
described below: WHEREAS OWNER is the licensed party by the State of North Carolina to own and
operate said facility; and WHEREAS OWNER has acquired all necessary State of North Carolina permits
to construct and operate said facility, copies of which shall be furnished to the OPERATOR.
Drinking Water System
❑
Water Well Operations (3) three wells (PWS#0150193)
Monthly Charge
$ 950.00
❑
Water Well Operations (2) three wells (PWS#1050042)
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Water Booster Station Operations (3) three stations
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Distribution Operations
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Regulatory Liaison duties
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Laboratory Sampling & Transportation
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Laboratory Testing
Monthly Charge
cost plus 18%
❑
All other Regulatory Testing
Monthly Charge
cost plus 18%
U
Routine Mechanical Inspections
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Chemical, Materials, Supplies
Monthly Charge
cost plus 18%
Wastewater Treatment
❑
Wastewater Treatment Operations
Monthly Charge
$1,050.00
❑
Field Testing
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Sample Collection & Transportation
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Influent Sewage Lift Stations (five sites 5 days per week)
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Laboratory Testing
Monthly Charge
cost plus 18%
❑
Routine Regulatory Reporting
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Routine Mechanical Inspections
Monthly Charge
included
❑
Chemical, Materials, Supplies, Pumping
Monthly Charge
cost plus 18%
❑
On -Site Wastewater Treatment Systems (Two)
Monthly Charge
$400.00
Emergency Services/Maintenance
❑ Emergency Services -24 hour on call Monthly Charge $ see schedule
❑ Mechanical Equipment Service/Repair/Replacement Monthly Charge $ see schedule
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Proposal for Full Care Contract Operations March 12 2009
Trillium Links & Village Property Owners' Association, Inc. RPB Systems, Inc.
Frequency of Service:
o (5) Five Days per Week
The Terms and Conditions Attached Are Part of This Agreement.
Trillium Links & Village Property Owners' Association, Inc.
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Greg WarfiTresidenf
RPB ystems, Inc.
Robert Barr/President

Proposal for Full Care Contract Operations March 12 2009
Trillium Links & Village Property Owners' Association, Inc. RPB Systems, Inc.
WATER SYSTEM OPERATION
THE OPERATOR SHALL:
1 . OPERATION.
a) Provide a North Carolina certified operator as required by T1 5A: I8C.1301 to visit the Systems
facilities Monday - Friday except holidays to operate the facilities as efficiently as possible, to
make all field tests as required and to record all required data.
b) Provide all field test equipment and test chemicals.
c) Sample from the Systems monthly and at locations required by the System's Sample Siting Plan.
d) Resample after any sample has tested Total Coliform positive within the required 24 hours from
point of positive sample and three additional required sample points; resample the following
month from all five locations on the Sample Siting Plan following any resampling month;
e) Manage and Sample for all Special Monitoring Requirements.
f) Perform all required laboratory analysis in a North Carolina certified laboratory in accordance
with accepted Quality Control Procedures, good laboratory practice standards, and in accordance
with federal and state laws and regulations.
g) OPERATOR shall report to OWNER immediately in the event of any unsafe substances found in
drinking water during sampling or at any other time.
h) OPERATOR shall be responsible for chemical additions for chlorine, pH adjustment, and
corrosion control treatment.
i) Inspect Booster Pump Stations for proper operation and perform maintenance as needed.
j) Provide chlorine and any other chemicals required for the System's operations at cost plus 18% for
pickup and delivery with no labor charge.
2. MAINTENANCE.
a) Perform all routine maintenance inspections that does not require a licensed professional.
b) Keep the facility neat and clean. No mowing around well/booster houses included.
c) Provide an emergency telephone numbers to obtain utility personnel during nights, weekends and
holidays.
d) Remove and replace minor items or equipment such as motor belts, filters, valves, minor electrical
and other mechanical equipment as required to keep the system operational with labor charged per
attached schedule if the work is required beyond our normal operating hours and materials charged
at cost of such items replaced plus 18% if purchase by RPB Systems, Inc.
e) Remove and replace or repair major items (except for submersible well pumps and motors) of
equipment such as motors, electrical (timers, breakers, heaters, etc.) and other mechanical
equipment not requiring a licensed professional. (OWNER will be charged cost of items replaced
plus 18% for pickup and delivery plus labor charges per schedule) OWNER will be notified and
OWNER shall approve prior to such action unless necessary to keep the Systems operational, in
such event the OWNER or designated representative will be notified as quickly as possible by
telephone.
3. EMERGENCY SERVICE
The provisions of this Contract are for up labor as outlined in Terms and Conditions Section for
hours of service during normal business hours while one site (Monday - Friday between hours of
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. except holidays.) Emergency service will be provided as needed and charged
in addition to the monthly fee at the rates per schedule including transportation time to and from
the Systems.

Pronosal for Full Care Contract Qperations March I2 2009
Trillium Links & Village Property Owners' Association, Inc. RPB Systems, Inc.
4. REPORTING
All analytical data shall be reported to OWNER as expeditiously as possible, but in no event later
than thirty (30) days from the sample date. OPERATOR agrees to maintain and provide to
OWNER all records and documents necessary to enable OWNER to meet any reporting and / or
record keeping requirements of federal and state law and regulations.
(a) Complete and submit in a timely manner monthly water Systems usage reports and Iaboratory
analysis results to the State of North Carolina and other regulatory agencies, with a copy to
OWNER_
(b) Notify OWNER and State of North Carolina of any Total Coliform -positive analyzed samples
within the required 24 hours:
(c) Report to the State of North Carolina the results of laboratory analysis of all Special
Monitoring Requirements. OPERATOR agrees to provide OWNER with copies on a timely basis
of all correspondence received from the State of North Carolina or other regulatory agencies that
concern the Systems.
WASTEWATER SYSTEM OPERATION
THE OPERATOR SHALL:
1. OPERATION
a) Provide a North Carolina certified treatment plant operator(s) of a grade equal to or higher than the
plant's rating and a designated certified backup operator to operate the facility in an efficient
manner, as required by NCGS T 15A:08G.0200. Provide all field test equipment and test
chemicals.
b) Sample from the facility at times and locations required by plant NPDES permit and perform
laboratory analysis in a North Carolina certified lab in accordance with accepted Quality Control
Procedures, good laboratory practice standards, and in accordance with federal and state Iaws and
regulations.
c) Coordinate with a sludge hauler to pump sludge from the plant on a routine basis as necessary for
proper operation.
d) Advise OWNER immediately of illicit or toxic substances found in the influent waters to the plant
and assist in finding the source.
2. MAINTENANCE
a) Perform routine maintenance including oiling, greasing, adjusting and checking mechanical and
electrical equipment that does not require a licensed professional.
b) Provide OWNER with an emergency telephone number to obtain a certified operator during
nights, weekends, and holidays.
c) Keeps the facility neat, clean, and as odor free as normally acceptable within the fenced -in area of
the plant.
d) Remove and replace minor items or equipment such as motor belts, filters, minor electrical and
other mechanical equipment as required to keep the system operational with labor charged per
attached schedule if the work is required beyond our normal operating hours and materials charged
at cost of such items replaced plus 1S% if purchase by RPB Systems, Inc.
e) Remove and replace or repair major items of equipment such as motors, electrical and other
mechanical equipment not requiring a Iicensed professional. (OWNER will be charged cost of
items replaced plus 18% for pickup and delivery plus labor charges per schedule). OWNER will
be notified and OWNER shall approve prior to such action unless necessary to keep the Systems
operational, in such event the OWNER or designated representative will be notified as quickly as
possible by telephone.
f) Regulate chemicals required for system operations.

Proposal for Full Care Contract Operations March 12 2009
Trillium Links & Village Property Owners' Association, Inc. RPB Systems, Inc.
3. REPORTING,
a) All analytical data shall be reported to OWNER as expeditiously as possible, but in no event later
than thirty (3 0) days from the sample date. OPERATOR agrees to maintain and provide to
OWNER all records and documents necessary to enable OWNER to meet any reporting and/or
record keeping requirements of federal and state law and regulations.
b) Complete and submit in a timely manner all required reports to the State of North Carolina and
other regulatory agencies, with a copy to OWNER.
c) Prepare a timely written response to any problems cited by the State of North Carolina or other
regulatory agencies concerning the operation of the facility, with a copy to the OWNER.
d) OPERATOR agrees to provide OWNER with copies on a timely basis of all correspondence
received from the State of North Carolina or other regulatory agencies that concern the facility.
THE OWNER SHALL:
a) Provide power to the facilities and pay all associated bills.
b) Provide the OPERATOR with copies of blue prints, schematics of pumps and control
panels that concern the facilities if available.
c) Provide the OPERATOR with the telephone number of a designated representative to act
in the OWNER's absence.
d) Provide padlock to the facilities and furnish OPERATOR with key.
e) Provide any special tools, lubricants, and filters associated with the Systems at
OWNER'S expense or authorize OPERATOR to purchase and deliver at cost plus 18% for pickup
and delivery.
t) Arrange for access to the OPERATOR to sample monthly from the locations required by the
System's Sample Siting Plan, and to resample from required locations as necessary, except
sampling at individual homes.
g) Provide OPERATOR with Systems' Operating Permits and copies of all correspondence received
from Regulatory Agencies pertaining to the Systems.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
1. The OPERATOR agrees to provide as outlined herein the services discussed for $ 950.00 for Water,
$ 1,050.00 Wastewater Treatment and Collection System, $ 400.00 for On -Site Wastewater Treatment
per Month. The owner shall pay RPB Systems, Inc. for the services provided by RPB not shown on
the face of this agreement as follows:
Well & Wastewater Treatment Operator $ 45.00 per hour
Maintenance/Repair Supervisor $ 55.00 per hour
Maintenance Helper $ 25.00 per hour
Admin/Technical Services $ 60.00 per hour
Subcontracted Services (electricians, well pump repair, etc.) $ Cost plus 18%
Materials, Supplies (Chemicals, repairs, etc.) $ Cost plus 18%
Regulatory Sampling $ Cost plus 18%
Special Monitoring Requirements $ Cost plus 18%]
2. The OPERATOR shall provide the OWNER a detail billing by the fifth (5's) of each month, and the
OWNER agrees to pay the above charges not later than the 20`k day or within fifteen (15) days. The
initial billing by the OPERATOR will be sent to the OWNER at the beginning of service. The
OWNER agrees to pay a service charge of 1.5% per month on any unpaid billing beginning on the Iast
day of the month the invoice is received. The OPERATOR shall have the right to terminate service
and notify the State of North Carolina when payment is not made by the last day of the month
following the month of service. The OPERATOR will notify the OWNER of this action by certified
mail to the OWNERS last known address, and give OWNER an opportunity to correct the
nonpayment.

Proposal for Full Care Contract Operations March 12 2009
Trillium Links & Village Property Owners' Association, Inc. RPB Systems, Inc.
GENERAL PROVISIONS:
1. The OPERATOR shall not be held responsible for normal wear and tear on the equipment, damage
caused by weather or vandalism, or negligence caused by the OWNER, his agents, or employees. The
OPERATOR will report any such problems as soon as possible to the OWNER or its designated
representative.
2. OWNER further agrees that it will secure the facilities from entry by unauthorized personnel, children,
etc., and provide OPERATOR with access to such security measures as the OWNER takes to prevent
unauthorized entry.
3. OWNER further agrees to use its best efforts to obtain and maintain liability insurance covering the
Systems and Systems' facilities as required.
4. In the event the identified requirements of the Systems are changed by the State of North Carolina,
reflecting a change in field-testing, laboratory analysis, or maintenance and operation, then either party
may ask for a change to this Contract. If both parties cannot agree on a change, then the Contract shall
terminate FORTY-FIVE (45) Day's after the effective date of the permit change.
5. This Contract may only be modified by written instrument executed by both parties in the same
formality as the original.
6. The Contractor shall provide proof of liability insurance and workers compensation insurance to the
owner and at each calendar renewal.
7. Unless sooner terminated, as elsewhere herein provided, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect for a period of one (1) year beginning March 1, 2009 and thereafter continuing on a one (1) year
tern unless on or before 90 days prior to the expiration of the initial term (or any renewal term) either
party shall notify the other in writing that it elects to terminate this Agreement, in which case, this
Agreement shall be terminated at the end of such period.

Changes are as follows:
Demolition of existing bar screen system and replacement with new 2 mm opening mechanical bar
screen system rated for 175 GPM, piping, and controls; refurbishment of existing EQ/sludge
holding/splitter box tank to new EQ tank system (one new section 7,500 gallons, one new section 21,300
gallons) with new drop down diffusers, piping, and controls; installation of two (2) new 83 GPM at 22.5
ft TDH self -priming /self-cleaning centrifugal EQ pumps, piping, and controls; demolition of existing
clarifiers, filters, post aeration chambers, chlorine contact chamber, tablet chlorinator, and tablet de -
chlorinator; repurposing/refurbishment of one (1) extended aeration tanks to install a 6,670 gallon Stage
1 Anoxic chamber with new submerged mixer, a 6,500 gallon Oxic chamber with new air diffusers and
new submerged 460 GPM at 9.5 ft TDH recycle pump, a 5,630 gallon Stage 2 Anoxic chamber with new
submerged mixer and new submerged 515 GPM at 7.5 ft TDH Judge return pump, a 10,590 gallons
sludge holding/dewatering chamber with two new (2) 241 ft2 ultrafiltration membrane modules with
aeration tubes, air diffusers, piping, and controls; repurposing/refurbishment of one (1) extended
aeration tanks to install a 6,670 gallon Stage 1 Anoxic chamber with new submerged mixer, a 6,500
gallon Oxic chamber with new air diffusers and new submerged 460 GPM at 9.5 ft TDH recycle pump, a
5,630 gallon Stage 2 Anoxic chamber with new submerged mixer and new submerged 515 GPM at 7.5 ft
TDH sludge return pump, dual 5,285 gallons MBR chambers with each chamber consisting of two (2)
new double stacked MBR modules, surface area per individual stack unit of 812 ft2 (Phase II will add one
(1) additional new double stack MBR module to each chamber), with aeration tubes and MBR cleaning
system, piping, and controls; a spare 515 GPM at 7.5 ft TDH sludge return pump; installation of two (2)
new 1 GPM at 10 ft TDH with 6 ft water suction lift sludge permeate pumps, piping, and controls;
installation of two (2) new 71 GPM at nominal 20 psig TDH self -priming MBR permeate pumps, effluent
flow meter/recorder, piping, and controls; installation of two (2) new dual channel UV disinfection
system, each UV system rated for disinfection of 104,000 GPD with alarm system, piping, and controls;
installation of three (3) new 205 CFM blowers at 5.5 psig and one (1)135 CFM blower at 5.5 psig, piping,
and controls: installation of a new SCADA system.

NPDES Permit NC 0059200
Sludge Management Plan
May 17, 2017
As needed or required RPB Systems, Inc. hires a local pump and haul company to remove the sludge with
a pump truck dispose of it at a neighboring waste water facility.

NPDES APPLICATION - FORM D
For privately -owned treatment systems treating 100% domestic wastewaters <1.0 MGD
Mail the complete application to:
N. C. DENR / Division of Water Resources / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit CO059200
If you are completing this form in computer use the TAB key or the up - down arrows to moue 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 Trillium Links & Village, LLC
Facility Name
Mailing Address
City
State / Zip Code
Telephone Number
Fax Number
e-mail Address
Trillium Links & Village WWTP
One Trillium Center
Cashiers
NC 28717
[phone]
[phone]
[e-mail]
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same address as above ❑
Street Address or State Road 298 Fenley Forest Trail
City Cashiers
State / Zip Code NC 28717
County Jackson
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, public organization or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not
referring to the Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name RPB Svstems Inc
Mailing Address
P. 0. Box 1325
City
Asheville
State / Zip Code
NC 28802
Telephone Number
[phone]
Fax Number
[phone]
e-mail Address
[e-mail]
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