NCG520017_owner name change_20211220

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
December 20, 2021
Mr. Eric N. Handte
Cherokee Ruby Mine LLC
145 Pueblo St
Tavernier, FL 33070
Subject: Issuance of Certificate of Coverage NCG520017
NPDES General Permit NCG520000
Cherokee Ruby Mine
Macon County
Dear Mr. Handte:
The Division has reviewed and approved your request to transfer ownership of the subject for Certificate
of Coverage (CoC). The Division hereby issues NCG520017 to discharge under wastewater General Permit
NCG520000. 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 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.
If you have any questions concerning the requirements of the General Permit, please contact
Charles Weaver of the NPDES program at [phone] or via e-mail [[e-mail]].
cc: NPDES file
Sincerely,
. 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 INSTREAM 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,
Cherokee Ruby Mine, LLC
is hereby authorized to discharge sand dredging wastewater from the following facility:
Cherokee Ruby Mine
41 Cherokee Mine Rd
Franklin
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as Cater Fork Creek [stream segment 2-29-4], currently
classified C waters in subbasin 04-04-01 of the Little Tennessee River Basin, 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 December 20, 2021.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day December 20, 2021
for S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission