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Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0059552 Highlands Falls Community Association Sand Filter The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The Highlands Falls Community Association (91 Falls Drive West, Highlands, NC 28741) requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0059552 for the Highlands Falls Country Club septic tank/sandfilter system WWTP in Macon County. This permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to an unnamed tributary to the Cullasaja River (Ravenel Lake) in the Little Tennessee River Basin. Currently, fecal coliform, total residual chlorine, and ammonia nitrogen are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the watershed. (Public Notice will run in The Highlander on 1/26/23.) View Draft Permit NC0059552 Send Comments To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 2/27/23

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0051381 Highlands Falls Country Club WWTP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. The Highlands Falls Community Association (91 Falls Drive West, Highlands, NC 28741) requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0051381 for the Highlands Falls Country Club WWTP in Macon County. This permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to Saltrock Branch in the Little Tennessee River Basin. Currently, fecal coliform, total residual chlorine, ammonia nitrogen are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the watershed. (Public Notice will run in The Highlander on 1/26/23.) View Draft Permit NC0051381 Send Comments To: NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Comment Period Ends: 2/27/23

Public Notice North Carolina Environmental Management Commission/NPDES Unit 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Notice of Intent to Issue a NPDES Wastewater Permit NC0051853 Southgate MHP The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a NPDES wastewater discharge permit to the person(s) listed below. Written comments regarding the proposed permit will be accepted until 30 days after the publish date of this notice. The Director of the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) may hold a public hearing should there be a significant degree of public interest. Please mail comments and/or information requests to DWR at the above address. Interested persons may visit the DWR at 512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 to review the information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings,or by calling (919) 707-3601. Aragona Brothers, Inc. (112 Scientific Lane, Jacksonville, NC 28540-3377) applied for renewal of NPDES permit NC0051853 for Southgate MHP in Onslow County. This permitted facility currently discharges treated wastewater into an unnamed tributary to Brinson Creek in the White Oak River Basin. Currently, BOD, ammonia nitrogen, enterococci, dissolved oxygen. and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the White Oak River Basin. (Public Notice will run in the Jacksonville Daily News on 1/25/23.) View Draft Permit NC0051853 Send Comments To: NCDEQ-DWR Water Quality Permitting Section 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617

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