NC0080586_Renewal Application_20190124

NPDES DOCWIENT SCANNING COVER SHEET
NC0080586
Carolina Stalite
NPDES Permit:
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Renewal Application
Speculative Limits
Instream Assessment (67b)
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Permit
History
Document Date:
January 24, 2019
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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
Jody Wall, General Manager
Carolina Stalite Company Limited Partnership
PO Box 1037
Salisbury, NC 28145-1037
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCOO80586
Carolina Stalite Company
Rowan County
NORTH CAROLINA
' Envlronmented Quality
January 24, 2019
Dear Applicant:
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the January 23, 2019 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application Is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and suffident application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://deo.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely,
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Wren Thedford
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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North Carolina Department of En ironmental Quality I DiMsion of Water Resources
MaoresvWe Regional Office i 610 East Canter Avaaue, Suite 3011 Mooresvfla, North Carolina 28115
704-883-1699

All RocksAre NOT Created Equal.
STRUCTURAL
LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE
January 15, 2019
Wren Thedford
NC DENR / DWQ / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Subject: NPDES Permit NC0080586 Renewal
Carolina Stalite Company
Gold Hill Plant
Rowan County
Dear Mr. Thedford:
RECEIVEDIDENRIDWR
JAN232019
Water Resources
Pemnitting
Carolina Stalite Company (Stalite) is formally requesting renewal of our NPDES Permit
NC0080586 for our facility in Gold Hill, North Carolina. The facility has remained
unchanged during the past permit cycle. The average daily discharge for the past 12
months was 0.1690 MGD and this number is directly influenced by rain events.
The Manager of Engineering Service, Tim Agner has signatory authority to sign the
Sludge Management Plan and DMR forms.
Please find enclosed the required permit renewal package and copies for your office to
process our application. Should you have any question, or require any additional
information please do not hesitate to contact Tim Agner at [phone].
Sincerely,
g tide
Jody Wall
General Manager
Carolina Stalite Company
Enclosures
PO Box 1037 • Salisbury, NC 28145 • Toll Free 800.898.3772 • Local: 704.637.1515 • Fax: [phone]

NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial hies.
Mail the complete application to:
NC DEQ / Division of Water Resources / DES
1617 Mail ice Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
NPDES Permit Number
1. Contact Information:
Owner Name
*0080586
Please print or type.
Facility Name Carolina Stalite Company
RECEIVED/DENRIDWR
JAN $ S 2O#9
Water Re St on
Permitting Section
Mailing Address P.O.Box 1037
City Salisbury
State / Zip Code North Carolina, 28145
Telephone Number 704 279-2166
Fax Number 704279-7317
e-mail Address tagneistalite.com
2. Location of facility producing discharge:
Check here if same as above 0
Street Address or State Road 16815 Old Beatty Ford Road
City Gold Hill
State / Zip Code North Carolina 28071
County Rowan
3. Operator Information:
Name of the firm, consultant or other entity that operates the facility. (Note that this is not referring to the
Operator in Responsible Charge or ORC)
Name Carolina Stalite Company
Mailing Address P.O. Box 186
City Gold Hill
State / Zip Code North Carolina 28071
Telephone Number 704 279-2166
Fax Number 704 279-7317
4. Ownership Status:
Federal 0
State ❑
Private ® Public 0
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NPDES APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial ems.
S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code(s): 3281
6. Number of employees: 13S
7. Die the treatment system List all installed waste treatment components with capacities,
describe the processes that generate wastewaters. If the space provided is not sufficient attach a
separate sheet of paper with the system description.
Carolina Stalite Company (Stalite) operates a lightweight aggregate ikcility in Gold Hilt
North Carolina. Statite uses a series of setting ponds to allow sedimon to occur.
These ponds receive all of the storm water. The average discharge over the past 12
months was 0.1690 MOD. Stalite's storm water flows through our settling ponds and out
a single discharge. Water is taken from the ponds to provide the necessary water to
operate the Secility. Stalite's plant uses approximately 600,000 GPD. This water is
recirculated to the settling ponds for reuse
8. Is facility covered under federal effluent limitation guidelines? No IN Yes
If yes, specify the category?
9. Principal product(s) produced: Lightweight Aggregate
Principal raw material's) consumed: Crushed Slate
Briefly describe the manufacturing des):
Carolina Stalite Company (Stalite) produces lightweight aggregate at the facility in Gold Hill, North
Carolina. Stalite receives the raw argillite slate from the quarry adjacent to the plant. The raw material
is conveyed to seven rotary kilns were the material is expanded. The expanded material is cooled and
then crushed and screened to a desired size, and shipped world wide.
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MPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial
10. Amount of principal product produced or raw material consumed
(List specific amounts consumed and,/or units of
-''
11. Frequency of discharge: Continuous ® intermittent ❑
if intermittent:
Days per week discharge occurs: Duration:
12. Types of wastewater discharged to surface waters only
Discharge
ow
F
(GALLONS PER DAY)
Sanitary - monthly average
Utility water, etc. - monthly average
.
Process water - monthly average
432,000 gallons per month 14,400 gallons per day
Stormwater - monthly average
563,910 gallons per month 18,797 gallons per day
Other - monthly average
Explain:
Monthly Average
total discharge (all types)
995,910 gallons per month 33,197 gallons per day
13. Number of separate discharge points: 1 Outfaf Identification, number(s) 001_
14. Name of receiving stream(s) (Provide a map showing the exact location of each outfall, including
latitude and longitude)
Unnamed tributary to long Creek in Yadkin Pee -Dee basin
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrild
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
15. went Data [for new or proposed discharges]
Provide data for the parameters listed Thmperaiure and pH shall be grab samples, for ail other parameters 24-hour
composite sampling shall be used. If more than one analysis is reported, report daily maximum and monthly average.
if only one analysis is reported, report as daily maxvnum.
11 • e Permittes requesting renewal should complete the table O,IIILY mp for the parameters
currcrzry nunagortsa. uunananse rise past n years ofe,uent data.
Parameter
Daily
Maximum.
Monthly
Average
units of
Measurement
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (GODS)
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
1
Total Organic Carbon
Total Suspended Solids
<0.1
<01
ML/L
Ammonia as N
Temperature (Summer)
31.7
28.9
Degree C
Temperature (Wmter)
26.8
14.4
Degree C
PH
8.8
8.4
su
Fecal Coliform (If sanitary waste is
present)
Total Residual Chlorine (if chlorine is
used)
16. List all permits, construction approvals and/or applications (check ail that apply and provide permit
numbers or check none rf not applicable)
Type Permit Number Type Permit Number
Hazardous Waste (RCRA) NESHAPS (CAA) 3059T49
UIC (SDWA) Ocean Dumping (MPRSA)
NPDES NC0080586 Dredge or fill (Section 404 or CWA)
PSD (CAA) 3059T49 Other
Non -attainment program (CAA) 3059T49 Mining 80-19
17. List any chemicals that may be discharged (Please list and explain source and potential
amounts.)
Oil and Grease Carolina Stalite operates and loads material onto rolling equipment that
Allows oil and grease to come in contact with the ground which may impact storm water.
Oil and Grease was highlighted to account for this possibility.
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NPDES PERMIT APPLICATION - SHORT FORM C - Minor Industrial
Minor industrial, manufacturing and commercial facilities.
18. Is this facility located on Indian country? (check one)
Yes ❑ No
19. Applicant Certification
I certify that I am familiar with the information contained in the application and that to the
best of my knowledge and belief such information is true, complete, and accurate.
Jody Wall General Manager
Printed name of Person Signing Title
iskorzi
of Applicant Date
North Carolina General Statute 143-215.6 (b)(2) provides that: Any person who knowingly makes any false
statement representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document files or
required to be maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the Environmental Management Commission
implementing that Article, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate any recording or
monitoring device or method required to be operated or maintained under Article 21 or regulations of the
Environmental Management Commission implementing that Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed $25,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both. (18 U.S.C. Section
1001 provides a punishment by a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment not more than 5 years, or both,
for a similar offense.)
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Carolina Stalite Company
Rowan County
NPDES Permit NC0080586
Supplemental Permit Information
Sludge Management Plan
Carolina Stalite does not produce sludge, but sedimentation occurs that is addressed as needed.
Three concrete catch basins are cleared daily and this material is blended back with our product to
recycle it. As the settling pond require they are dipped out and the material that is removed from
the ponds is allowed to dry and then blended with material for reuse.