NCG520016_Owner (Name Change)_20050131

January 31, 2005
Ron Rossomando
Old Cardinal Gem Mine
230 115th Ave.
Treasure Island, FL. 33706
Dear Mr. Rossomando:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr Secretary
North Carolina Departmo t.ofFEvimament and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
Subject NPDES General Permit NCG520000
Certificate of Coverage NCG520016
Old Cardinal Gem Mine
Formerly Shirley Pinaud
Macon County
Division personnel have reviewed and approved your request to transfer coverage under the General Permit,
received on January 12, 2005.
Please find enclosed the revised Certificate of Coverage, a copy of General Wastewater Discharge Permit
NCG520000, and a copy of a Technical Bulletin for General Wastewater Discharge Permit NCG520000. The terms
and conditions contained in the General Permit remain unchanged and in full effect. This revised Certificate of
Coverage is issued under the requirements of North Carolina General Statutes 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of
Agreement between North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
If you have any questions, please contact the NPDES Permitting Unit at [phone], extension 363.
Sincerely,
JVAIan W. Klimek, P.E.
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Asheville Regional Office, Water Quality Section
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
GENERAL PERMIT NO. NCG520000
CERTIFICATE OF COVERAGE No. NCG520016
TO DISCHARGE SAND DREDGING WASTEWATER 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,
is hereby authorized to operate a
RON ROSSOMANDO
SAND DREDGING
treatment system consisting of a sediment basin and discharge channel with the discharge of treated wastewater or
similar wastewater from a facility located at
OLD CARDINAL GEM MINE
71 ROCKHAVEN DRIVE
FRANKLIN
MACON COUNTY
to receiving waters designated as Mason Branch, a class C water, in the Little Tennessee River Basin in
accordance with the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements, and other conditions set forth in Parts I, II, III,
and IV of General Permit No. NCG520000 as attached.
This certificate of coverage shall become effective January 31, 2005.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day January 31, 2005.
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an W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission