NCG530095_permit issuance_20211209

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
December 1, 2021
Mr. Gerald R. Laschober
Cooper Creek Investments LLC
3365 Cooper Creek Rd
Bryson City, NC 28713
Subject: Renewal of coverage / General Permit NCG530000
Cooper Creek Trout Farm
Certificate of Coverage NCG530095
Swain County
Dear Permittee:
The Division has approved your request to continue operation of the subject facility. We hereby
reissue Certificate of Coverage (CoC) NCG530095 to discharge under NPDES General Permit NCG530000.
This CoC is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statue 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 Certificate of Coverage is not transferable except after notice to the
Division. The Division may require modification or revocation and reissuance of the certificate of coverage.
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 other permits which may be required by
any other Federal, State, or Local governmental regulation.
If you have any questions concerning the requirements of the General Permit, please contact John
Hennessy [[e-mail]].
cc: NPDES file
NORT
Department of Environmental Dual
Sincerely,
for S. Daniel Smith
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 NCG530000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE NCG530095
DISCHARGE SEAFOOD PACKING & RINSING, FISH FARM AND SIMILAR WASTEWATERS
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,
Cooper Creek Investments LLC
is hereby authorized to discharge Fish Farm wastewater from a facility located at the
Cooper Creek Trout Farm
3365 Cooper Creek Rd
Bryson City
Swain County
to receiving waters designated as Cooper Creek in subbasin 04-04-02 of the Little
Tennessee River Basin in accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring
requirements, and other conditions set forth in Part I hereof.
This certificate of coverage shall become effective December 1, 2021.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day December 1, 2021
V,4
for S. Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission