NCG020716_Renewal COC_20151001

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF ENERGY, MINERAL AND LAND RESOURCES
GENERAL PERMIT NO. NCGO20000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE No. NCGO20716
STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER DISCHARGES
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
In compliance with the provision of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1, other lawful
standards and regulations promulgated and adopted by the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission, and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
The Quartz Corp USA
is hereby authorized to operate approved wastewater treatment system(s) and discharge
stormwater and/or wastewater, as approved in the original permit/application or
subsequent permit modification, from a facility located at:
Pete Lawson Mine
Gouges Creek Rd
Spruce Pine
Mitchell County
to receiving waters designated as Gouges Creek, a class WS-IV;Tr water in the French
Broad River Basin, in accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements,
and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III, and IV of General Permit No. NCG020000 as
attached.
This certificate of coverage shall become effective October 1, 2015.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day October 1, 2015.
for Tracy E. Davis, P.E., CPM
Director, Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
By the Authority of the Environmental Management Commission