NCGNE0167_Email Attachment Recert Info_20191113

No -Exposure Self Re -Certification Information:
You are obligated to maintain no -exposure* conditions at your facility. If conditions change such that
your facility can no longer qualify for a no -exposure exclusion, you are obligated to immediately obtain
NPDES permit coverage for your stormwater discharge. Otherwise, the discharge becomes subject to
enforcement as an un-permitted discharge. State statute provides for fines of up to $25,000 per day for
un-permitted discharges.
Your conditional no -exposure exclusion must be self re -certified at least annually as follows:
- Complete the re -certification at a minimum of once per year using the included Self Re -
Certification Form.
(additional copies can be downloaded from http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ws/su/npdessw#tab-5 )
- Maintain a record of re -certifications on file at the facility. Do not submit the re -certification to
DWQ unless requested. If requested, submit a copy of the re -certification to the Division and/or
the municipality in which the facility is located.
-During an inspection by DWO or local government, provide the re -certifications immediately
upon request.
- Notify the Division of any changes in ownership, significant facility and/or activity changes, or if
the facility can no longer maintain no -exposure.
-Allow the NPDES permitting authority or, if discharging into a municipal separate storm sewer
system, the operator of the system, to: (1) inspect the facility; and (2) make such inspection reports
publicly available upon request.
* "No exposure" means that all industrial materials and activities are protected by a storm resistant shelter to
prevent exposure to rain, snow, snowmelt, and/or runoff. Industrial materials or activities include, but are not
limited to, material handling equipment or activities, industrial machinery, raw materials, intermediate
products, by-products, final products, or waste products. Material handling activities include the storage,
loading and unloading, transportation, or conveyance of any raw material, intermediate product, final product
or waste product. (40 CFR 122.26(g))
Information and forms related No -Exposure Certifications can be accessed on the website at:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ws/su/npdessw#tab-5
Rev. 30Aug2010