NC0089168_Public_Hearing_Notice_20130204

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS—PROPOSED VANCEBORO QUARRY
APPLICATION FOR 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION AND
APPLICATION FOR NEW NPDES DISCHARGE PERMIT
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
The North Carolina Division of Water Quality will hold a public hearing on Thursday March 14,
2013, beginning at 7:00 pm at the Beaufort County Community College, Building 8-Auditorium,
5337 Highway 264 East, Washington, NC 27889. Doors will open at 6:00 pm for speaker
registration and sign-in. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow interested persons to
submit oral and/or written comments on the proposed Martin Marietta Materials Vanceboro
Quarry, specifically regarding the 1) application for 401 Water Quality Certification, and 2)
application for new NPDES discharge permit.
Background/401 Certification
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that Martin Marietta Materials has applied to the North
Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for a 401 Water Quality Certification pursuant to
Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act and Water Quality Commission rules in 15A NCAC
2B .0101, 15A NCAC 2B .0231 and 15A NCAC 2H .0500. The activity for which this
Certification is sought is to impact 14,937 linear feet of jurisdictional man-made ditches and 6.69
acres of 404 jurisdictional wetlands to construct a proposed 649-acre open pit aggregate mine
located on the Beaufort/Craven County line. To mitigate for the proposed impacts the applicant
proposes to restore 6.75 acres of non-riparian wetlands via payment to the North Carolina
Ecosystem Enhancement Program(EEP).
Background/NPDES Permit NCO089168
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on the basis of preliminary staff review and application of
Article 21 of Chapter 143, General Statutes of North Carolina, and other lawful standards and
regulations,the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission proposes to issue a new
NPDES permit for this facility subject to specific pollutant limitations and special conditions.
The proposed NPDES Permit NCO089168 to Martin Marietta Materials provides for a discharge
of up to 9 MGD of mine dewatering and comingled stormwater to unnamed tributaries to Blounts
Creek, a Class C Swamp NSW water in Beaufort County within the Tar Pamlico River Basin.
This proposed discharge may affect future discharge allocations. The facility will be located off
Welbourn Road,near Vanceboro, on Weyerhaeuser property.
Public Hearin z/Procedures
The public is invited to comment in writing on the above-mentioned 401 application and NPDES
permit as well as speaking during the Public Hearing. Those wanting to speak will need to
register at the hearing, and speaking sequence will be based on the order of registration.
Registration will begin at 6:00 pm. Speaking times may be limited to 3 minutes maximum per
speaker, with the final time limit to be determined on the day of the hearing depending upon the
number of registered speakers. Cross examination of persons speaking will not be allowed;
however, the Hearing Officers may ask questions for clarification. Written comments may be

forwarded at any time before or after the hearing provided they are received by the Division no
later than April 12,2013.
Written comments may be sent via regular mail to the N.C. Division of Water Quality, Wetlands
and Stormwater Branch, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650, Attn: Cyndi
Karoly, or emailed to [e-mail](Phone [phone]). Comments may also be
hand-delivered to the physical location of the DWQ Central Office at Room 826T, 512 N.
Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC, 27604, or the DWQ Washington Regional Office at 943 Washington
Square Mall, Washington, North Carolina, 27889, Attn: Amy Adams (phone [phone]).
Please be sure to identify the Vanceboro Quarry project in the subject line of your
correspondence to ensure proper routing.
Information
Copies of the 401 application are posted online at:
htW:Hits.enr.state.nc.us/laserfiche8/Loein.aspx?db=NCDWQ (Username: public,Password: password).
Copies of the Draft NPDES permit and Fact Sheet are linked online at:
h!Ltp://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/sMT/Ts/npdes/calendar.
Copies of both 401 application and NPDES Draft Permit/Fact Sheet are also available at the
DWQ Washington and Raleigh Central locations listed above during normal business hours
(8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.) and may be inspected by the public. Original physical copies of all
public comments received will be filed at the Raleigh location,and will also be available online.
Those wishing to view the physical file materials are advised to schedule an appointment to
ensure that the file is available for a dedicated time slot. File materials may not be removed from
any DWQ office,as copy machines are available for use at a nominal charge.
Charles Wakild,P.E.
Director
N.C. Division of Water Quality
Date: February 4,2013