NCG060397_Coverletter_20190917

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Interim Director
Mr. Kevin Winston
Senior Regional Environmental Manager
Amazon.com
PO Box 80842
Seattle, WA 98108
Dear Mr. Winston:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 18, 2019
Subject: General Permit No. NCG060000
AMAZON.COM.DEDC, LLC
RDU5/RDU 1
COC No. NCG060397
Durham County
In accordance with your application for a discharge permit received on May 23, 2019, we are forwarding
herewith the subject certificate of coverage (COG) to discharge under the subject state — NPDES general
permit. This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1
and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the US Environmental Protection
Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
Please be aware that Stirrup Iron Creek (segment index number 27-33-4-2) is an impaired water. This
stream is impaired because Mercury has exceeded criteria in fish tissue. There are also multiple Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) that affect this watershed. Information about these TMDLs can be
found on Division of Water Resources' website: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-
resources/plannin modeling-assessment/tmdls. In Part I, Section A, the General Permit explains that for
discharges to watersheds affected by a TMDL, coverage under this permit may depend on the facility
demonstrating that discharges have no reasonable potential to violate applicable water quality standards
for specified pollutants.
Please take notice that this certificate of coverage is not transferable except upon approval of the Division
of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (Division). The Division may require modification or revocation
and reissuance of the certificate of coverage.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the
Division of Water Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act, or any other federal or local
government permit that may be required.
Per the requirements of the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rule, all stormwater drainage to stream buffers, from
portions of this site that have been constructed after July 22, 1997, must meet diffuse flow requirements
per 15A NCAC 2B .0233(5).
Furthermore, on May 23, 2019, the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources received your
request to rescind your coverage under NPDES Stormwater Permit NCG080000, in order to obtain
coverage under a NCG060000. In accordance with your request, General Permit NCG080964 is rescinded
effective immediately.
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If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Shane Strickland at telephone number
[phone] or by email shane.strickland2tticdenr. ov.
Sincerely,
for S. Daniel Smith, Interim Director
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
cc: Mooresville Regional Office / Z. Khan
Charlotte -Mecklenburg Storm Water Services
Stormwater Program Files