NCG520017_Permit (Issuance)_20020726

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
July 26, 2002
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CHEROKEE RUBY MINE
2586 RUBY MINE RD
FRANKLIN, NC 28734
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Subject: Reissue - NPDES Wastewater Discharge Permit
Cherokee Ruby Mine
COC Number NCG520017
Macon County
Dear Permittee:
In response to your renewal application for continued coverage under general permit NCG520000, the Division of
Water Quality (DWQ) is forwarding herewith the reissued wastewater general permit Certificate of Coverage
(COC). This COC is reissued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the
Memorandum of Agreement between the state of North Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
dated May 9, 1994 (or as subsquently amended).
The following information is included with your permit package:
* A copy of the Certificate of Coverage for your treatment facility
* A copy of General Wastewater Discharge Permit NCG520000
* A copy of a Technical Bulletin for General Wastewater Discharge Permit NCG520000
Your coverage under this general permit is not transferable except after notice to DWQ. The Division may require
modification or revocation and reissuance of the Certificate of Coverage. This permit does not affect the legal
requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by DENR or relieve the permittee from responsibility
for compliance with any other applicable federal, state, or local law rule, standard, ordinance, order, judgment, or
decree.
If you have any questions regarding this permit package please contact Aisha Lau of the Central Office Stormwater
and General Permits Unit at [phone], ext. 578
Sincerely,
for Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Central Files
Stormwater & General Permits Unit Files
Asheville Regional Office
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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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. NCG520017
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
CHEROKEE RUBY MINE
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
CHEROKEE RUBY MINE
2586 RUBY MINE ROAD
FRANKLIN
MACON COUNTY
to receiving waters designated as Caler Fork Creek, 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 August 1, 2002.
This Certificate of Coverage shall remain in effect for the duration of the General Permit.
Signed this day July 26, 2002.
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for Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission