NCG021000_Cover Letter Signed_20220613

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
GaryWatkins
3200 Wilmington Hwy
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Dear Gary Watkins:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 6, 2022
Subject:
General Permit No. NCGO20000
Watkins Sand Mine
COC No. NCG021000
Onslow County
In accordance with your application for a discharge permit received on March 15 2022, we are
forwarding herewith the subject certificate of coverage (COC) to discharge under the subject state -
NPDES general permit This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina
General Statute 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).
In order to comply with the conditions of NCG020000 to which you are now subject, you are
required to do the following:
➢ Develop and Implement a SWPPP within 12 months of permit issuance.
➢ Download and print a copy of the NCG020000 Permit from the General Permits page on
the NPDES Industrial Stormwater Program web site, which can be reached by typing
"deq.nc.gov/SW-industrial" into your browser and hitting enter.
➢ When you receive an invoice for your annual permit fee each year, pay it promptly.
Electronic payment is convenient and quick, you can access the ePayment web site by
typing "deq.nc.gov/SW-ePayments" into your browser and hitting enter.
➢ If you have not already enrolled in electronic Data Monitoring Reports (eDMR), view
the six step process and complete the registration by typing "deq.nc.gov/SW-eDMR"
into your browser and hitting enter.
➢ Keep information about your facility name, ownership, legally responsible person,
address, and stormwater outfalls up to date. See the Industrial Stormwater Program
web site for instructions.
➢ This general permit allows the discharge of stormwater and certain types of
wastewater from your facility. In your application, you specified that only wastewater
would be discharged from this facility. If separate point -source discharges of
stormwater occur (i.e., stormwater not combined with process wastewater), you will be
required to adhere to the conditions in this permit for stormwater discharges.
�Q+y North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
a� 919.707,9200

➢ This project is located in one of North Carolina's 20 coastal counties. Coastal
stormwater management rules (15A NCAC 2H .1000) may require an additional State
Stormwater Permit (different from the NPDES mining activities discharge
permit). Please contact Christine Hall in the Wilmington Regional Office at (910)
796-7339 to determine if you will be required to submit an application for a State
Stormwater permit.
Please take notice that this certificate of coverage is not transferable except upon approval
from the Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (Division). 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 the Division of Water Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act, or any other federal or local
government permit that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Brittany Carson at [phone]
or by email at brittany.carsonOncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
for Brian Wrenn, Director
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
cc: Wilmington Regional Office / B. Lambe
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy. Mineral and Land Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, Na h Carolina 276919-1612
".707.9200