NC0000175_Report_19881101

NPDES DOCUMENT !I CANNING COVER SHEET
NC0000175
Unimin Quartz Operation
NPDES Permit:
Document Type:
Permit Issuance
Wasteload Allocation
Authorization to Construct (AtC)
Permit Modification
Complete File - Historical
Engineering Alternatives (EAA)
Correspondence
Owner Name Change
Ili Gar
Instream Assessment (67b)
Speculative Limits
Environmental Assessment (EA)
Document Date:
November 1, 1988
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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
November 1, 1988
MRMOR ANT)UM
TO: Forrest Westall
FROM: Steve Zoufaly 6� es.
THROUGH: ,e 4,22
SUBJECT: Use Attainability Study Request 6119
A proposed reclassification has been requested of thep,
Standards and Assessments Unit for the following waterbody:;��^
Waterbody: North Toe River
County: Mitchell and Avery'
Basin: French Broad
Subbasin Number: 040306
USGS Quad Sheet: D1ONE
Present Classification: C Tr
Proposed Classification: WS-III Tr
Requested By: Town of Spruce Pine
Comments: Attached is a lab sheet indicating the parameters
that need to be sampled for one time at N.C. 19,
near mile 33 3/4 (near railroad trestle) and
either. Brushy Creek or downstream of mouth of
Brushy Creek on North Toe. This latter site or
sites is intended to determine potential impacts
from landfill. If you feel other sites are nec-
essary please feel free to take samples. Please
specify "low level metals" and include "Fecal
Strep". A list of known dischargers in this
watershed is also attached.
If any further information is necessary, please let me know.
Attachments
cc: Ken Eagleson Trevor Clements
Dale Overcash

NRCD - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
2B .0300
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Name of Stream
Description
Classification
Class Date Index No.
NOLICHUCKY RIVER
North Toe=River
Hickorynut-Branch
Kentucky Creek-
Loggy Creek
Handpole Branch
Cow Camp -Creek
Whiteoak Creek
Left Prong Whiteoak
Creek
Blood Camp Branch
(Fall'Branch)
Little Whiteoak
()krk Mountain
Banjo Branch
Haw Branch
Row Branch
Fall Branch
Horse Creek
Little Horse Creek
Camp Branch
Big Branch
Little Horse Creek
Gooseneck"Branch
Birchfield Creek
Keller Branch
Race Path Branch
Whitaker' Branch
::Squirrel -'Creek
AshleyBranch
Roari:ig'Creek
Joe Eranch
Elk Hollow Branch
.Sandbank Creek
• Big=`Branch .•
Jerry�Creek
Martin Creek
.-'Mollie Branch
.Fall .Branch '(Fah Br.)
Puncheon -Camp Branch
Powdermill Creek
Plumtree Creek •
Trim•Branch •
Little Plumtree•Creek
' 'Pine Branch
Fall -Branch -
.Isaac Branch (Robson
Branch)'
Pancake Branch
. Doublehead Creek
Henson .Creek . .
..Little Henson Creek
Justice Creek
Pyatt Creek
Clear Creek
Jones Creek
�Threemile Creek
.Fork'Creek
White Oak Creek
From
From
From
From
From
From
From
From
From
NOLICHUCKY RIVER DRAINAGE AREA
source to Hollow Poplar Creek
source to Nolichucky River
source to North Toe River
source to North Toe River
source to Kentucky Creek
source.tc Kentucky Creek
source to North Toe River
source to North Toe River
source to Whiteoak Creek
From source to Whiteoak Creek
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source to Whiteoak Creek
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North Toe River
North Toe River
North Toe River
North' Toe River
North foe River
Horse Creek .
Horse Creek
Horse Creek
Horse Creek
North Toe River
North Toe•River
Birchfield Creek
North Toe River
North Toe River
North Toe River
:Squirrel Creek
North .Toe River
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek -
Roaring Creek
Roaring Creek
North Toe River -
North Toe River
Plumtree Creek
Plumtree Creek
Plumtree Creek
Plumtree Creek
Plumtree Creek
North Toe River
North Toe River
North Toe River
Henson Creek
North Toe River
North Toe River
North Toe River
North Toe River
North Toe River
Threernile Creek
North Toe River
C 7/1/73 7-(1)
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-1
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-2
C 4/1/58 7-2-2-1
C 4/1/58 7-2-2-2
C 4/1/58 .7--2=3
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-4
C 4/1/58 7-2-4-1
C 4/1/58 7-2-4-2
C 4/1/58 7-2-4-3
C 4/1/58 7-2-5
C 4/1/58' 7-2-6
:4/1/58 7-2-7
•C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-8
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-9 •
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-9-1
C 4/1/58 7-2-9-2
C Tr •7/1/73 7-2-9-3
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-9-4
C 4/1/58 7-2-10
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-11
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-11-1
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-12
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-13
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-14
C Tr .4/1/58 7-2-14-1
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-15
C 4/1/58 7-2-15-1
C Tr• 4/1/58 7-245-2
C 4/1/58 7-2-15-3•
G _.4/1/58 7-2=15-4
C Tr • 4/1/58 7-2-15-5 .
C.Tr '4/1/58 7-2-15-6
C• 4/1/58 7-2-15-7.
C } 4/1/58 7-2�15-8'•
C 4/1/58 7-2-15-9
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-16
C Tr 4/1/58 7-2-17
C Tr 4/1/58 7=2-17-1
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-17-2
C 4/1/58 7-2-17=3•
C 4/1/58 7-2-17-4
C 4/1/58 7-2-17-5
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-18.
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-19
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-20
C Tr• 1/1/73 7-2-20-1
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-21 •
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-22
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-23
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-24
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-25
C Tr 9/1/74 7-2-25-1 -
C Tr 7/1/73 7-2-26

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p # Discharger Receiving Stream
1 East Yancey High School
NC0033642
2 Messiah of the Mountains
Lutheran Church
NC0058335
George Fork
(Yancey)
Latitude Longitude CD
35°54'50" 82°15'14"
Little Crabtree Creek. 35°54'30" 82°12'55"
(Yancey)
2 Pacemaker Manufacturing Co. Crabtree Creek 35°54'31" 82°12'53"
NC0023566 (Yancey)
3 Deneen Mica Co. South Toe River 35°54'22" 82°11'19"
NC0000434 (Yancey)
4 Roger Garland Residence Spring Creek 36°07'38" 82°12'28"
NC0043371 (Mitchell)
5 Thomas Collins Residence East Fork Grassy Creek 35°51'57" 82°02'46" Y
NC0047317 (Mitchell)
6 Bakersviile WWTP Cane Creek 36°00'48" 82°09'49"
NC0025461 (Mitchell)
7 Darrell R. Woody Residence North Toe River 36°04'54" 82°00'03"
NC0066311 (Avery)
8 Tipton High School Raccoon Creek 36°02'04" 82°16'05"
NC0066729 (Mitchell)
9 Larry Miller Residence Little Rock Creek 36°03'51" 82°06'55"
NC0043346 (Mitchell)
0 Robert Honeycutt Residence Little Rock Creek 36°04'26" 82°05'35"
NC0043940 (Mitchell)
1 Henredon Furniture
NC0023582 - 001 UT Rose Creek 35°54'04" 82`'00'48"
- 002 UT North Toe River 35°54'16" 82°00'33"
2 Brad Ragan, Inc. Grassy Creek 35°53'15" 82°03'42" Y
NC0037307 (Mitchell)
3 Feldspar Corp. North Toe River
NC0000353 - 001 (Existing) (Mitchell) 35°54'16" 82°03'49".
- 002 (Proposed) 35°54'16" 82°03'46"
- 003 (Proposed) 35°54'17" 82°03'40"

04-03-06
p # Discharger Receiving Stream Latitude Longitude CD
4 Spruce Pine WWTP North Toe River
NC0021423 (Mitchell)
5 indusmin, Inc. North Toe River
NC0000400 (Mitchell)
6 Unimin Corporation North Toe River
NC0000175 (Mitchell)
7 Bear Creek Church Parsonage UT Cranberry Branch
NC0045799 (Mitchell)
7 Mitchell Co. High School UT Cranberry Branch
NC0066737 (Mitchell)
8 Boyd Stewart Residence Cranberry Branch
NC0044474 (Mitchell)
9 Danny Slagle Residence UT Sullins Branch
NC0051659 (Mitchell)
!O Gilbert Residence UT Kentucky Creek
NC0045802 (Avery)
?0 Robert A. Blalock UT Kentucky Creek
NC0056481 (Avery)
?1 international Resistive Co. Kentucky Creek
NC0036421 (Avery)
?1 Avery Co. High School Kentucky Creek
NC0031585 (Avery)
?2 Newland WWTP North Toe River
NC0021857 (Avery)
?3 Mountain Glen Golf Course White Oak Creek
aba Avery Development Corp. (Avery)
NC0033685
24 Highlander Restaurant
NC0033235
Kentucky Creek
(Avery)
25 Ethel Webb Residence Roaring Creek
NC0047368 (Avery)
35°55'36" 82°05'00"
35°55'30" 82°05'28"
35°55'57" 82°06'12"
35°57'56" 82°06'59"
35°58'05" 82°07'04"
35°57'51" 82°06'56"
35°55'54" 82°04'10"
36°04'01" 81°54'15"
36°04'02" 81°54'12" Y
36°04'27" 81°54'53"
36°04'27" 81°54'55"
36°05'20" 81°56'27"
36°06'49" 81°56'02"
36°05'00" 81°53'45" Y
36°04'55 82°02'14" Y

Lp #
04-03-06
Discharger Receiving Stream Latitude Longitude CD
'6 Unimin Corp. North Toe River 35°56'20" 81°59'46"
NC0000361 (Avery)
!7 NC Department of Corrections Three Mile Creek 35°59'18" 6l°58'21"
Avery Prison Unit (Avery)
NC0027685
!8 Calvary Assembly of God UT Brushy Creek 35°54'13" - 82°07'10"
NC0066982 (Mitchell)
!9 IMC - Imcore Division Mine Fork Creek 35°58'20" 82°17'06"
NC0000183 (Yancey)

TOWN OF
SPRUCE PINE
P.O. BOX 189
SPRUCE PINE '
NORTH CAROLINA 2877
MAYOR
DAvto G. BLEviNs
VICE MAYOR
CARROLL E. CANIPE
ALDERMEN
PHIWP D. FRYE
BROWN NORMAN
TOWN CLERK
JIM BROWN
DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC WORKS
FRANK HENLINE
CHIEF OF POLICE
WADE RENFRO
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPT.
CHARLES L. BUCHANAN
RECREATION DIRECTOR
RILEY FILLLNC.A1i4E
LIBRARIAN
YVONNE WHITSON
Mr. N? k
NRCD—DEM .
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��ii•�:11... NC
Dear Mi::r..
:s resolution :_.questing reclassification
c f tr:Y, Ni.i'`..:. !,`•` !:::-.:ver for a ;...1}7i 3C water supply. • The
waF adopted at a. egL . a. meeting _:)i the Board of
. _ L .r ' mE. n E ._ • ♦ - l i . • • 26. 1988.
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Home of Spruce Pine Mineral and Gem Festival

RESOLUTION
OF
TOWN BOARD OF ALDERMEN
TOWN OF SPRUCE PINE,' NORTH CAROLINA
REQUESTING RECLASSIFICATION
OF THE
NORTH TOE RIVER FOR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
WHEREAS, the Town of Spruce Pine presently obtains its water supply
from two remote protected watersheds designated as Beaver Creek Watershed on the
north side of Town and Grassy Creek Watershed on the south side of Town, and
WHEREAS, water use by the Town of Spruce Pine exceeds the yield
from these two watersheds during dry periods, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Spruce Pine has had to impose water restrictions
during the dry seasons for the past three years; and
WHEREAS, engineering studies have shown that it is not economically
feasible to increase the yield from the existing watersheds, and
WHEREAS, studies have shown that the most feasible source of additional
water supply for the Town of Spruce Pine is from the North Toe River, and
WHEREAS, two locations have been considered for withdrawing water from
the North Toe River designated as Alternate No. 1 and Alternate No. 2, and
WHEREAS, Alternate No: 1, which is located at the 19E Crossing on the
North Toe River, is approximately three miles east of the Town of Spruce Pine
and has an estimated cost f 3.7 million dollars, and Alternate No. 2, which is
located at the east Town limits, has an estimated cost of 3.2 million dollars,
and
WHEREAS, Alternate No. 1 is. located above the mining operations in
Mitchell and Avery Counties, and whereas Alternate No. 2 is located downstream
from the mining operation. -
WHEREAS, the Town of Spruce Pine desires to adopt Alternate No. 2
which is the least expensive alternate provided the North Toe River will be
reclassified for public water supply use upstream from this .intake.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY
the Town Board. of Alderman, Town of Spruce Pine, request of the North Carolina
Environmental Management Commission that the North Toe River be reclassified for
use as a public water supply upstream from Mile 34, and if through sanitary
surveys or other considerations, this reach of the North Toe River cannot be
classified for a public water supply that the reach above 19E at approximate
Mile 41.5 be reclassified for a public water supply use.

rwopted Town Board of Alderman, Town of Spruce Pine, 24° 88
1988.
ATTEST:
9J:Wn, Town Administrator
t'S
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David G. Blevins, Mayor

CERTIFICATE OF RErORD! NG OFFICER
The undersigned and duly qualified' ar:d acting town clerk of
the Town c.f Spruce Pine does hereby certify: That the above
attached resolution is a true and correct copy of a
resolut ioI: adopted at a legally convened meeting of the Board
of Aldermen duly held ono the ' 2.&fh ;day of $ •t.6.er
1988; and, further, that such resolution' has been fully
recorded in the journal of proceedings and records in .my
office. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on
this ZQ day of Se - 6er , 1988.
41-‘24f-,
im Brown. Thrin Clerk
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DEVELOPMENT
• DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DATE RECIEVED-
WATER QUALITY FIELD -LAB FORM (DM1) 0 Recd by:
SAMPLE TYPE
LAB NUMBER 00008:
Time
From: Bus —Courier —Other
DATA ENTRY BY : CK:
OAMBIENT EIEMERGENCY ['SPLIT ['COMPLIANCE DATE REPORTED:
STATION LOC ON:
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'Station Number
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Date Begin ryy/mm/ddt
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Time Begin
Dale End
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Time End
Dipth DM DB DBM
Value Type
A H L
Composite
T S B
Sample Type
C G GNXX
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BOD5 310 mg/1
Chloride94Q mg/I
NH3 as N 610 mg/Ii"—
Nickel 1067 u9/I
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C 0 High 340 m9/1
Arsenic: Total 1002 u9/1
TKN as N 625 mg/1
V
Pb— Lead 1051 tag/1
X102
•NQ3 as N 630 nse/I,
S — Antjmgnv 1097 WI
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0D:LQw 335 mg/1
Chl a : Tri 3221i wail
PO4 as P 70507 mg/I
C iiform:MF Fecal31016 /(QQm)
Chl a:Corr 32209 ug/1
— Selenium 1147 ug/l
P: Total as P 665 mg/I
Pheophytin a 32213 ug/1
alderm:MF Total 31504 /100m1
(Ali—
zinc 1092 ug/I
Cgli1o►m:Tube Feco131615 /100m1
Color:True 80 Pt —Co
PI Dissolved as P666 mg/I
1
Total 31505 /100m1
L�
A%Sily_er 1Q77 ue/I
C mium:Hex.1032 ug/I
eiticides Specifically
1 V
�Coliform:Tvbe
Residue Total S00 mg/I
Cva 'de 720 mg/I
frrAl
— Aluminum 1105 ug/4
2 4- S --TP
(/
Scan Oro nochlorine
VB.:— Bmlliym 1012 u$/1
F 1 m9/I
Volatile 505 mR/I
Scan Organophosphorus
Ca — Calcium 916 mom1/
• Fixed S10 9 l
Formaldehyde 71880 mg/I
Vd—
Cadmium 1027 ug/1
and Oils 556 mg/I
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Residue:Susoended *30 mR/i
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OYganics Specifically
1�
/CCO— Cobalt 1037 u9/1
Volatile 535 mg/I
L '
/Grease
dness:Tota1900 mg/I
Chromium:Total 1034 ug/I
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Fixed 540 mg/I
MBAS 38260 mg/I
/
Scan Base / Neutral Extractables
)H403
units
1./P
Q1s 32730 ug/I
L.l"
—CODper 1042 KOC/
1/
F Iran 1045 ug/I
L.
Scan Acid Extractables ,
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A idity to pH 4 5 436 mg/1
v„
Sulfate 945 mg/I
V
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1
Acidity to pH 8 3 435 mg/I
Sulfide 745 mg/I
,HQ—M•r5ury71900
Li — Lithium 1132 ug/)
Special Analysis Specifically
Alkalinity to pH 8 3 415 mg/I
2
Specific Cond. 95 uMhos/cm
Mg —Magnesium 927 my/I
Alkalinity to pH 4 5 410 mg/I
2
Biomass: Dry Wt. 573 9/M,
✓Mn—Manganese
1055 ug/I
Jr-
Scan Acid Herbicides
Biomass: Peri Ash Free 572 g/m2
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TOC 680 mg/1
1urbidity .
/ Scan Purgeables
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No— Sodium 929 mg/1,
2
_Chl a: Peri Fluro 82547 mg/M
71/_T� 76 NTU
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Sampling Point
PT:
63
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Water Temperature(%)
10
D.O.
300
pH
400
Conductance
0125*C
94
Alkalinity
PH8.3
82244
pH4.5,
431
Acidity
pH4.5 ,
82243
pH8.3
82242
Secchi (Meters)
78
Air Temperoture('C)
20
O.O.% Saturation
301
Salinity %.
480
Algae:Floating Mats
Severity
1325
Precipitation(In/Day)
45
Cloud Cover:%
32
Wind Direction(Deg.)
36
Wind Force
Beaufort
37
i Hr. Settleable
Mutter+ (m1I1I%fr.)
50086
Dead Fish
Severity '
_1340
Turbidity Severity
1350
Odor:Atmosphere
Severity
1330
Stream Flow
Severity
1351
Detergent Suds
Severity
1305 _
Oil —Grease
Severity
1300 r
Floating Debris
Severity
1345
Sludge Severity
1315
DM1/Revised 10/82
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