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Home My WebLink AboutNC0023281_Factsheet_20180425FACT SHEET FOR EXPEDITED PERMIT RENEWALS This form must be completed by Permit Writers for all expedited permits which do not require full Fact Sheets. Expedited permits are generally simple 100% domestics (e.g., schools, mobile home parks, etc) that can be administratively renewed with minor changes, but can include facilities with more complex issues (Special Conditions, 303(d) listed water, toxicity testing, instream monitoring, compliance concerns). Basic Information for Expedited Permit Renewals Permit Writer/Date Brianna Young 4/20/18 Permit Number NCO023281 Facility Name Ta oco Lode and Village WWTP Basin Name/Sub-basin number Little Tennessee River Basin / 04-04-02 Receiving Stream Little Tennessee River (Cheoah Lake, Calderwood Lake Stream Classification in Permit C; Trout Does permit need Daily Maximum NH3 limits? No Does permit need TRC limits/language? N/A Does permit have toxicity testing? No Does permit have Special Conditions? No Does permit have instream monitoring? No Is the stream impair d on 303(d) list)? No Any obvious compliance concerns? See below Any permit mods since lastpermit? Yes - Owner changed New expiration date 10/31/2022 Comments on Draft Permit? None Compliance violations in previous 5 years: 1 NOV for TSS limit violation, 3 NOVs for monitoring frequency violations, 2 NODs for monitoring frequency violations Based on feedback from Asheville regional office and Operator Certification Group, facility reclassified from WW -1 to WW -2 per letter dated 1/23/2018 from Operator Certification Group (see notes below). Changes from previous permit to draft: • Owner name updated based on paperwork provided • Updated language on Supplement to Permit Cover Sheet • Added regulatory citations • Added eDMR language in A(1) and as A(2) • Updated outfall map • Facility classification changed per letter dated 1/23/2018 from Operator Certification Group • For WW -2 classification per 15A NCAC 02B .0400 et seq., 02B .0500 et seq., monitoring required for fecal coliform, pH, and ammonia nitrogen, however monitoring is not being added as permit file history indicates these parameters were not included on earlier permits due to dilution • Footnote for temperature in A(1) stating "The temperature of the effluent shall not cause the temperature of the receiving stream to increase more than 0.5°C. In no case shall the effluent temperature cause the ambient temperature of the receiving stream to exceed 20°C." removed as this is only needed when instream monitoring is required (see notes below) Comments from ARO (via email 1/19/18 from Mikal Willmer) • The Permit # listed in the current permit header is incorrect (has three zeros instead of two) o DWR response: The permit number has been corrected. • It is designated as a Class -I facility, this should be Class II based on treatment components. Would increase visitation to 5x a week. Should additional parameter monitoring be added (Fecal, pH etc.)? o DWR response: I will check with Maureen Kinney in the Wastewater Operator Certification Group to verify the classification of this facility, as they are responsible for that. If they agree that the facility should be WW- 2, they will be responsible for making the change in BIMS and their records. Any change in classification, and subsequent monitoring, will then be addressed in the renewal. o Maureen Kinney response (1/19/18): Yes, it is a WW -2. I'll try to get a letter out to them in the coming weeks. If their ORC's are current there won't be any action required by the permittee. • Footnote 1. In current permit prohibits the discharge from altering the instream temperature, should there be up and downstream monitoring added to the permit as well? o DWR response: I will verify if this is needed. o DWR follow-up (email 2/12/18): It looks like a WLA conducted in 1992 stated that no instream monitoring was recommended and that instream temperature be removed from the permit. It seems instream monitoring for temperature may have been in a previous permit, in which case the current footnote would be warranted; however, it seems instream monitoring was removed at some point and the footnote remained. After speaking with Charles (Weaver), the footnote for temperature can be removed if instream monitoring is not required, but we wanted to verify with ARO about this before proceeding. The permitted discharge is 0.02 MGD (or 20,000 GPD) and has large dilution (82.3 cfs per BIMS). o ARO confirmation (Mitral Willmer via email 2/12/18): 1 do not have a problem with the temperature monitoring footnote being removed. Currently they are only averaging between 0.004 and 0.007 MGD during the summertime. To my knowledge they do not have plans to pursue any major modifications in the near future that would significantly increase their permitted flow. And, as you point out, there is a large dilution factor since they discharge into the Little Tennessee just below the Cheoah Dam.