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 NC0067016 Parkway Elementary School
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 information on file. Additional information on NPDES permits and this notice may be found on our website: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-resources-permi… by calling (919) 707-3601. The Watauga County Board of Education (175 Pioneer Trail, Boone, NC 28607) has requested renewal of NPDES permit NC0067016 for Parkway Elementary School. This permitted facility discharges treated domestic wastewater to an unnamed tributary to Laxon Creek in the New River Basin. Currently, BOD, ammonia nitrogen, fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen, and total residual chlorine are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of Laxon Creek. (A Public Notice ad will run in the Watauga Democrat on 11/3/21).

Send Comments To:
NCDEQ/DWR/NPDES
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Comment Period Ends: 12/3/21
View Draft Permit NC0067016