NCG520017_permit issuance_20210219

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
February 11, 2021
Mr. Matthew J. Michalic
Blue Bucket Entertainment & Novelties Inc
382 Country Bend Rd
Franklin, NC 28734
Subject: Renewal of coverage / General Permit NCG520000
Cherokee Ruby and Sapphire Mine
Certificate of Coverage NCG520017
Macon County
Dear Permittee:
The Division hereby renews Certificate of Coverage (CoC) NCG520017 to discharge under General
Permit NCG520000. This CoC is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute
143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the US Environmental
Protection agency dated October 15, 2007 [or as subsequently amended].
If any parts, measurement frequencies or sampling requirements contained in this General Permit
are unacceptable to you, you have the right to request an individual permit by submitting an individual
permit application. Unless such demand is made, the certificate of coverage shall be final and binding.
Please take notice that this CoC is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division
may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the CoC. Contact the Asheville Regional
Office prior to any sale or transfer of the permitted facility. Regional Office staff will assist you
in documenting the transfer of this CoC.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain any other Federal, State, or Local
governmental permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning the requirements of the General Permit, please contact Emily
Phillips [[e-mail]] of the Compliance and Expedited Permitting Branch.
cc: Asheville Regional Office
NPDES file
£ D_E
NORTH CAROLINA
Department of Environmental Quality
Sincerely,
for S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
GENERAL PERMIT NCG520000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE NCG520017
DISCHARGE OF IN -STREAM SAND MINING WASTEWATER, ASSOCIATED STORMWATER
AND SIMILAR DISCHARGES UNDER THE
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,
Blue Bucket Entertainment & Novelties Inc
is hereby authorized to discharge instream mining wastewater from the following facility:
Cherokee Ruby and Sapphire Mine
41 Cherokee Mine Rd
Franklin
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as Caler Fork Creek, a class C stream in subbasin 04-04-01 of the
Little Tennessee River Basin. All discharges shall be in accordance with the effluent limitations,
monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, and III hereof.
This certificate of coverage shall become effective March 1, 2021.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day February 11, 2021
for S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission