NCG520016_Permit (Issuance)_20160602

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL OUALIl Y
June 2, 2016
Darrel Green
71 Rock Have Dr
Franklin, NC 28734
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Subject: Renewal of coverage / General Permit NCG520000
Old Cardinal Gem Mine
Certificate of Coverage NCG520016
Macon County
Dear Permittee:
The Division hereby renews Certificate of Coverage (CoC) NCG520016 to discharge under 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 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 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 John
Hennessy [919 807-6307 or [e-mail]].
rely,
for S. Jay Zimmerman, P.G
Director, Division of Water Resources
cc: Asheville Regional Office
NPDES file
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
GENERAL PERMIT NCG520000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE NCG520016
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,
Darcel Green
is hereby authorized to discharge instream mining wastewater from the following facility:
Old Cardinal Gem Mine
71 Rock Haven Dr
Franklin
Macon County
to receiving waters designated as Mason Branch, 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, III and IV hereof.
This certificate of coverage shall become effective June 2, 2016.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day June 2, 2016
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for S. Zimmerman, P.G.
Director, Division of Water Resources
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission