NCG020733_COMPLETE FILE - HISTORICAL_20081209

STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET
NCG PERMITS
PERMIT NO.
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Mr. Tony Merritt
Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
3200 Damascus Church Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Dear Mr. Merritt:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
December 9, 2008
Return of NCG020733 .
Application Return #1200
Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
Orange County
Coleen 11. Sullins Director
Division of Water Quality
On July 29, 2008 the NC Division of Water Quality's Stormwater Permitting Unit received your
Notice of Intent (NOI) to be covered under North Carolina's General Permit NCG020000. After
review.of the submitted material, -we are returning Your 'request. for an NPDES General Permit as
you have not returned the additional information we Have requested. Additionally, we
understand that the ownership and/or lease of your site is contested, and therefore your request
for a DLR permit and your DWQ permit cannot be granted until this issued is resolved.
Please note that we contacted you or your consultant(s) on August 13, August 14, November 3,
November 4, November 13, and December ; 2008 in order to try to obtain the requested
additional information required to process your request. We had set additional information
receive -by dates as September 15, November 21, November 24, and December 5, 2008 - all of
which you have failed to meet.- In our initial contact we stated we would return your application
if not received by September 1.5, 2008.
,As you;have.egregious`ly�passed.the initial add informaiion_date.and ailed fto meeE all
subsequentdates'►ve are `returning your application.suiimitted as -such.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your application or these forms, please contact .
me at [phone].
Sincerely,
j1- 1�
Jennifer Jones
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Stormwater Permitting Unit
NorthCarolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-16I7 Phone (9I9) 733-5083 Customer Service
Internet: w%vw.ncwaterqualitv,org Location: 512 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax [phone]
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Nfr. Tony Merritt
Tony Nlerritt's Gravel Pit
December 9, 2008
cc: Raleigh Regional Office, Danny Smith, Autumn Hoban
DWQ Central Piles
Sto water. Permitting Unit Files
Pat Schillington, Engineering &
Suite 1.02, Raleigh, NC 27609
Enclosures
Environmental Science Company, 3008 Anderson Drive,

Re: Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
Subject: Re: Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
From: Jennifer Jones <Jennifer.Jones a ncmail.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:17:51 -0500
To: Autumn Hoban <autumll.hoban a ncmail.net>, Danny Smith <danny.smith a ncmai1.net>
Ck - sounds good! I will return today and let me know how the site visit goes!
Thanks y'all! (I'm practicing)
Jen
Autumn Hoban wrote:
Jen,
Nothing here, I have checked the mail since Friday.
Danny and I will follow up with a site visit as we indicated and go from there.
Please let us know, if you get an application anytime in the future.
Thanks a bunch
Autumn
Jennifer Jones wrote:
Hey Autumn,
I neither heard from nor recieved anything from T1,1's Gravel Pit. If you didn't
either I'll return it today!
Thanks!
Jen
Autumn Hoban
Environmental Snecialist
NCDENR- Raleigh Regional Surface Water Protection
3800 Barrett Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
Office [phone]
Fax [phone]
Autumn.Hoban@ncmail,net
http://h2o.enr.state.ric.us/
Jennifer Jones
Environmental Enginee"
NCDENR•I DW4 I Stormwater Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
512 N. Salisbury St, Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: je.nnifcr.jonesGncmail.net
website: http://h2o.enr..state.nc.us/su/
01,1 12/9/2008 7:56 A,NI

Re: Tony Nlerritt's Gravel Pit
Subject: Re: Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
From: Judy Wehner <Judy.Wehner a ncmail.net>
Date: Thu, 1 ') Nov 2008 14:57:04 -0500
To: [e-mail]
not at this time. We denied the last request. In the meantime I received a call that
his lease expired. If they resubmit, they will have to prove they have a valid lease.
Jennifer Jones wrote:
Hey Judy,
Thanks for the info, Can you please elaborate?
conformation of this you can send me?
thanks,
Jennifer
Judy Wehner wrote:
Do you have any written
I wouldn't count on it. They lost the lease on the land..
Jennifer Jones wrote:
Hi Judy,
I spoke to the consultant - Pat Schillington - for the Merritt Gravel Pit in
Orange County. He said he was going to submit a modified mining permit to
you.
Additionally he said that they were going to have a public hearing on their
mining permit. Can you let Autumn and I know when this is going to happen.
If you don't know yet can you let us know when it is scheduled?
Thanks Judy!
Jen
ON 11/14/2008 7:38 AM

Michael 1% Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Nalural Resources
August 14, 2008
Mr. Tony Merritt
Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
3200 Damascus Church Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Subject: General Permit No. NCG020000
COC No. NCG020733
Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit
Orange County
Dear Mr. Merritt:
Coleco 11 Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
The Division of Water Quality's Stormwater Permitting Unit received a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit application for Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit on July 29, 2008. The
application included a copy of an associated application for a mining permit submitted to the Division of
Land Resources (DLR). Please be aware that the issuance of an NPDES permit is contingent upon the
issuance of an associated mining permit from DLR. Our office will process your stormwater permit
application once a DLR mining permit has been issued for your project.
Please note that if your site plan and application to DLR is modified, then you must notify DWQ and
update your stormwater permit application. This permit application must be stamped and signed by a
Professional Engineer.
Please note that because your site discharges to WS-II waters, a DEH approval is required. Please
clarify the SIC code for your facility; for example SIC code 1442, 1446, and/or 1499.
Please also be aware that if your project is located near wetlands or streams, your NPDES permit
will require dewatering operations without wetland or stream impacts. The specific requirements for
mine dewatering at facilities near wetlands and streams can be found in the text of the general NPDES
mining pen -nit number NCG 020000 available on our website,
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/Foniis_Documents.htm. See Section C, Part 1 of the permit on the page labeled,
"Part III Page 5 of 9". An approved Operation and Monitoring Plan is required for NPDES-permitted mining
facilities. Discharging mine dewatering wastewater without Plan approval will be subject to enforcement
action.
A Plan for your facility must be submitted to the Raleigh Regional Office before issuance of an NPDES
permit. We encourage you to contact Danny Smith at the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4252 or
Autumn Hoban at 919-791-4247 to address any wetland or stream concerns for your facility in order to
ensure a successful NPDES application review. The requested O&M information should be received at this
office prior to Monday, September 15th, 2008, or the application will be returned as incomplete.
N ` Carolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
Internet: www.ncwaterQualit .or Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax [phone]
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Mr. Tony Merritt
Tony Merritt's Gravel Pit — NCG020733
August 14, 2008
If you have any questions concerning the NPDES permit approval process, please contact meat`
telephone number [phone].
Sincerely,
Jennifer Jones
Environmental Engineer
cc: Raleigh Regional Office, Danny Smith, Autumn Hoban
Central Files
Stormwater Permitting Unit Files
Noe Carolina
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
Intemet: www.newaterquality.orr - Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax [phone]
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NOTICE OF INTENT
Division of Water Quality / Surface Water Protection
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NCG020000
FOR AGENCY USE ONLY
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Permit Assigned to
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System application for coverage under General Permito
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STORMWATER DISCHARGES associated with activities classified as: 'P
SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Code - 14XX Mineral Mining Industry (except as specified be oiv) off/
The following activities are also included:
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• Active or inactive mining operations (including borrow pits —except for NCOOT borrow pits) that dischr;
stormwater contaminated with or that has come in contact with, any overburden, raw material, intermell t'
products, finished products, byproducts or waste products located on the site of such operations;
• Stormwater from vehicle maintenance activities at mining operations;
Overflow from facilities that recycle process wastewater; and/or
• Mine dewatering (wastewater)
The following activities are specifically excluded from coverage under this General Permit:
• Stormwater discharges associated with peat mining, coal mining, and metal mining;
• Stormwater discharges from mining operations which are intermixed on site with stormwater from asphalt
operations and/or concrete operations; , .
• Stormwater discharges associated with oil and gas extraction operations; and
• Stormwater discharges associated with tourist gem mines
• NCDOT borrow pits are covered under NC5000150
The following discharges are covered bYNPDES general permit NCG520000 instead of NCG020000:
• Point source discharges of stormwater and wastewater from in -stream sand mining operations (i.e., sand
dredging or dipping operations)
For new mining sites that require an authorization to construct (ATC) wastewater treatment facilities: This
N01 is also an APPLICATION FOR an ATC for new wastewater treatment facilities. ATC requests must be
submitted at least 90 days prior to construction'.
For existing mining sites that require an Authorization to Operate (A TO) wastewater treatment facilities:
This NOI is also an APPLICATION FOR an ATO for wastewater treatment facilities in place.
Construction, modification, or installation of any new treatment components at an existing site requires
an ATC. (If the site is already covered by NCG020000, the ATC request may be submitted without an NOI).
Some wastewater treatment facilities used to treat or recycle process wastewater (even ifcommingled
with stormwater) at mining sites will require an ATC prior to construction per 15A NCAC 2H .0138,
Please see the NCG020000 General Permit for details about which treatment facilities require an
ATC (summarized in Table 1 at the end of this form). For example, an ATC is required for treatment
of mine dewatering discharge from clay pits and non -closed -loop wastewater recycle systems. The
authorization to construct or continue to operate will be issued at the same time as the Certificate of
Coverage (COC) for the NCG02 permit. Design of treatment facilities must comply with requirements
of 15A NCAC 2H A 138 & .0139.
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'As per 15A NCAC 2H .0106
2Unless treatment facilities are designed, constructed, and put into operation by employees internal to the company who are qualified to
perform such work for lhelr respective companies in accordance with General Statutes, 89C-25 (7), plans and specifications must be signed
and sealed by a P.E.
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Construction of wastewater treatment facilities subject to the ATCIATO requirements in the NCG02 permit
at new or existing mining sites requires submission of three (3) sets of plans and specifications signed
and sealed by a Professional Engineer (P.E.) or qualified staff2 along with this application. A copy of the
design calculations should be included. Please see questions 18 & 19.
'Fable 1: Wastewater Permit ATC/ATO Requirements
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Yes.
No
Quarries.
Sand Pits
Clay Pits
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Any Dewatering with Chemical Treatment
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Sand/Gravel
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b
Closed -Loop Recycle
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e
Other Recycle
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KFor questions, please contact the DWQ Regional Office for your area. (See page 7)
(Please print or type)
1) Mailing address of owner/operator (address to which all permit correspondence will be mailed):
Name i JIqi/ yet ems+-, t
Street Address
City
Telephone No.
E-mail Address
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2) Location of -facility producing. discharge:
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Facility Name Tow)
State ._�7!� ZIP Code 2 7 5^l
Fax:
Facility Contact
Street Address ii r 40 10,�,mellea3 0,1-:
City "'& 1 _ez 1h d State /7iG ZIP Code 73"/
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Telephone No. %�% �I'32-5"3-�3 Fax: G%7` 9 Z-73/''f
Contact E-mail
3) Physical Location Information:
Please provide a narrative description of how to get to the facility (use street names, state road numbers, and
distance and direction from a roadway intersection).rvIle f 5�►�r� -tom C Ga^�rw.sl,Uvo si.
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4) Latitude Z'S i Longitude ? -�'�'' 3 {degrees, minutes, seconds)
5) This NPDES Permit NOI Application applies to which of the following:
❑ New or Proposed Facility Date operation is to begi
Existing
❑ New Permit not applicable - ATC request only. NPDES Permit Number
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6) Standard Industrial Classification:
Provide the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC Code) that describes the primary industrial
activity at this facility
SIC Code:. 1 _
7) Provide a narrative description of the types of minerals mined at this facility: 14C/O14J6��
,"14v -4)4111V 1-_,1JA111
8) Discharge Points:
Number of discharge points (ditches, pipes, channels, etc. that convey discharges from the property):
Stormwater:Mine dewatering: I Process Wastewater Overflow:
Discharge points should be clearly marked on the submitted site plan.
Please /provide short narrative description of discharges:
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9) Receiving waters:
What is the name of the body or bodies of water (creek, stream, river, lake, etc.) that the facility stormwater
and/or wastewater discharges end up in? /$klrp
If the site stormwater discharges to a separate storm sewer system, name the operator of the separate storm
sewer system (e.g. City of Raleigh municipal storm sewer). -
Receiving water classification (if known): W5-,/1j 1Arm 4—,
Note: Discharge of process wastewater to receiving waters classified as WS-II to WS-V or SA must
be approved by the N.C. Dept. of Environmental Health. If DEH does not approve, coverage
under NCG020000 cannot be granted. No new, discharges of process wastewater are
permitted in receiving waters classified as WS-1 or freshwater ORW.
10) Will mining operations require dewatering near wetlands or impact any stream, groundwater, or wetlands?
No
❑ Yes If yes, please provide information about any 404/401 Certification permits
Note: Wetlands must be CLEARLY DELINEATED on the site plan. Mine dewatering activities that have
the potential to drain wetlands or otherwise impact surface water or groundwater MUST develop and
implement an Operation and Monitoring (0&M) Plan that has been approved by the Division.
The O&M Plan should be submitted to the Regional Office and must be approved prior to operation.
The plan shall include, but is not limited to: (1) Groundwater monitoring strategies to demonstrate the
effect of pumping and to establish any pumping regime necessary to reduce impacts, and (2) Detailed
plans to maintain surrounding hydrology and respective monitoring to demonstrate compliance.
11) Does this facility already have a valid Mining Permit from the Division of Land Resources (DLR)?
❑ No (If not, please indicate the status of the Mining Permit application: )
Yes
If yes, please provide the Mining Permit number and include a copy with your application: 44 _ L)
Note: DWQ cannot issue a COC for the NCGO20000 General Permit until a Mining Permit is issued or
renewed by the Division of Land Resources (DLR).
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12) Will this mining operation precede development activities at this site?
X No
❑ Yes
13) Does this facility have any other NPDES permits?
No
❑ Yes
If yes, list the permit numbers for all current NPDES permits for this facility:
14) Does this facility have any Non -Discharge permits (ex: recycle permits)?
XNo
❑ Yes
If yes, list the permit numbers for all current Non -Discharge permits for this facility:
15) Does this facility employ any best management practices for stormwater control?
❑ No
Yes
If yes, please briefly describe: '"Fl hi •Lr
16) Does this facility have a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan?
No
❑ Yes
If yes, when was it implemented?
17) Will vehicle maintenance activities occur at this facility?
No ❑ Yes
Wastewater Treatment Facilities:
18) Will mine dewatering discharges occur? (AMATO required for clay pits or dewatering with them. treatment)
❑ No )(Yes
19) Will discharges of overflows from process wastewater treatment systems occur? (ATC or ATO required,
unless sand/gravel mining or closed -loop recycle system)
No ❑ Yes
If yes, answer the foilowing questions on the wastewater treatment system:
a. Please describe the type of process used to treat and/or recycle the process wastewater. Give
desigh specifics (i.e. design volume, retention time, surface area, etc.). Existing treatment
facilities should be described in detail, and design criteria or operational data should be provided
(including calculations) to -ensure that the facility can comply with requirements of the General
Permit. ]Use separate sheet(s)]
b. Does this facility employ chemical additives to flocculate suspended solids? ❑ No ❑ Yes
If yes, please state the name, manufacturer and the quantity of average daily usage of the
chemical additive
Note: Please see http:l/h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ws/PAMS list.htm for a list of approved polyacrylamide (PAMS)
products for use in North Carolina.
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C. Does this facility overflow only during rainfall events exceeding the 10-yr, 24-hr rainfall event?
❑ No' ❑ Yes
20) Are wastewater treatment facilities (including recycle systems) planned in the 100-year flood plain?
No ❑ Yes If so, include information to demonstrate protection from flooding. (Minimum design
requirements for treatment works include protection from the 100-year flood, per 15A NCAC 2H .0219.)
21) Hazardous Waste:
a) Is this facility a Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility?
K No ❑ Yes
b) Is this facility a Small Quantity Generator (less than 1000 kg. of hazardous waste generated per month) of
hazardous waste?
O'No ❑ Yes
c) Is this facility a Large Quantity Generator (1000 kg. or more of hazardous waste generated per month) of
hazardous waste?
X No ❑ Yes
d) If you answered yes to questions b. or c., please provide the following information:
Type(s) of waste:
How is material stored:
Where is material stored:
How many disposal shipments per year:
Name of transport / disposal vendor: _
Vendor address:
22) Certification: North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 b (i) provides that:
Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other
document filed or required to be maintained under this Article or a rule implementing this Article; or who knowingly makes a false
statement of a material fact in a rulemaking proceeding or contested case under this Article; or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly
renders inaccurate any recording or monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under this Article or rules of the
(Environmental Management] Commission implementing this Article shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor which may include a fine not to
exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
I hereby request coverage under the referenced General Permit. 1 understand that coverage under this permit
will constitute the permit requirements for the discharge(s) and is enforceable in the same manner as an
individual permit.
I agree to abide by the following as a part of coverage under this General Permit:
1. I agree to abide by the approved Mining Permit for this mining activity. (A copy of the valid
mining permit must be attached to.this request.
2. 1 agree to not discharge any sanitary wastewater from this mining activity except under the
provisions of another NPDES permit specifically issued therefore.
3. 1 agree that bulk storage of petroleum products and other chemicals shall have adequate
protection so as to contain all spills on the site.
4. 1 agree that solid wastes will be disposed of in accordance with N.C. statutes and rules
governing solid waste disposal.
5. 1 agree that maintenance activities for vehicles and heavy equipment will be performed so as to
not result in contamination of the surface or ground waters.
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I agree to abide by the provisions as listed above and recognize that the provisions are to be considered as
enforceable requirements of the General Permit.
I certify that 1 am familiar with the information contained in this application and that to the best of my
knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
Printed Name of Person Signing: /0,-1 lit %?� 'G2
Title:
{S ature of Applicant)
(Date Signed)
Notice of Intent must be accompanied by a check or money order for $100.00 made payable to NCDENR.
Final Checklist
This application will be returned as incomplete unless all of the following items have been included:
Nf Check for $100 made payable to NCDENR
This completed application and all supporting documents
J Copy of the valid approved mining permit (MP) _for the facility or indication of MP application status
Copy of a county map or other general location map that shows the mining site and nearest major roads
Copy of USGS topographic map showing the mining site and surrounding areas, or other map that clearly
shows site location in relation to nearby streams, wetlands, and other waters, etc.
Copy of mining site plan with all wetlands clearly delineated
❑ If the mine is near wetlands, or may otherwise impact surface water or groundwater, contact the regional
office about an 0&M Plan (contact information on the next page). Please refer to this 0&M Plan checklist:
✓ Site map with wetlands, ditches, well -placements, borrow areas, overburden storage, stormwater
controlsBMPs, vehicle maintenance areas, settling basins, product process areas, and access roads.
✓ Well information (design, depths, maintenance)
✓ Physical monitoring for the wetlands areas
✓ Settling pond sizing information, if applicable
✓ Level spreader design, if applicable
✓ Details about dewatering method
✓ Description of measures to prevent erosion.and flooding
❑ If an ATC or ATO is required, three (3) sets of plans, specifications, and design calculations, signed,
sealed, and dated by a P.E. ATC and ATO requirements in NCG02000 are summarized in Table 1 on
Page 2 of this NOI (see the permit text for more details). Plans shall show all pertinent design features,
including the location of the outfall(s). If stormwater is flowing off -site, the plan must show that stormwater
will not be mixed with wastewater.
Mail the entire package to:
Stormwater and General Permits Unit
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Note
The submission of this document does not guarantee the issuance of an NPDES permit.
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For questions, please contact the DWQ Regional Office for your area.
DWO Regional Office Contact Information:
Asheville Office .......
[phone]
Fayetteville Office ...
[phone]
Mooresville Office ...
(704j 663-1699
Raleigh Office ........
(919) 79,14200
Washington Office ...(252)
946-6481
Wilmington Office ...
[phone]
Winston-Salem ......
(336)'771-5000
Central Office .........(919)
733-5083
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