WQ0029233_NOV-2018-LV-0755 Response_20181101

P.O. Box 1325 Asheville, N.C. 28802
(828)-251-1900 (828)-251-1945
November 1, 2018

Landon Davidson
NCDENR
Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
Swannanoa, NC 28778-8211

Re: Notice of Violation
NOV-2018-LV-0755
WQ0029233
Bear Lake Reserve

Mr. Davidson

This letter is in response to your 10-25-18 letter to Bear Lake Reserve attached.

We did exceed daily permit limits for fecal coliform for daily maximums with 40 mg/L
on July 12, 2018 and 64 mg/L on July 19, 2018 which resulted in a monthly average
exceedance as well of 50.6 mg/L with 25 mg/L limit. As a result we cleaned the UV
lights and August results within permit limits.

The TSS did exceed the monthly average of 5 mg/L with a 7.6 mg/L. Cleaning the UV
lights might have helped the TSS results as well. The low numbers are hard to detect
visually by the operator and did not reflect in turbidity readings.

The missing TKN, TN, and TP readings are a result of a minor permit modification to the
property boundary in July. The owner did forward the new permit to use in mid-July and
did not notice the additional testing requirements when reviewed since it was issued for
changes to the property boundary. No attention was described in the first two pages of
the permit where any changes are usually outlined. With receipt of this NOV we have
started sampling for TKN, TN, and TP which will be included in the NDMR starting
October 2018. TKN, TN, TP will be in violation for August and September 2018 as a
result.

No water was irrigated or sent to irrigation holding tank in July 2018. All effluent was
recycled to the upset tank and processed again.

Sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any questions please call anytime.

Robert Barr

Robert Barr