NCGNE1377_NEC Approval_20191119

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 19, 2019
ALPLA, Inc.
Attn: Paul Wallace, Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
285 Highway 155 South
McDonough, GA 30253
Subject: No Exposure Certification NCGNE1377
ALPLA, Inc. - RAE Facility
Hoke County
Dear Mr. Wallace:
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR) has reviewed your submittal of the No
Exposure Certification for Exclusion from NPDES Stormwater Permitting form. Based on your submittal and
signed certification of no exposure conditions at the above referenced facility as well as observations made
during a site visit conducted by Mike Lawyer, Environmental Program Consultant, with the Fayetteville
Regional Office on November 14, 2019, the Division is granting your conditional exclusion from permitting as
provided for under 40 CFR 122.26(g), which is incorporated by reference in North Carolina regulations.
Please note that by our acceptance of your No Exposure Certification, you are obligated to maintain no
exposure conditions at your facility. If conditions change such that your facility can no longer qualify for the
No Exposure Certification, 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. You must self -re -certify annually that the No Exposure conditions are being met by completing the
Annual Self Re -Certification Form, which can be found at https://deg.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-
land-resources/npdes-no-exposure. The completed form does not need to be submitted but shall be kept
onsite and made available upon request.
Your conditional exclusion from permitting does not affect your facility's legal requirements to obtain
environmental permits that may be required under other federal, state, or local regulations or ordinances.
If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Mike Lawyer at [phone] or via
e-mail at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
for S. Daniel Smith
Director, DEMLR
cc: Brandon McIntosh, Operations Manager — ALPLA, Inc. - RAE Facility (via e-mail)
Suzanne McCoy, Administrative Specialist — DEMLR Stormwater Program (via e-mail)
FRO — DEMLR, Stormwater Files
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