NCGNE1547_No Exposure Certification Acceptance Letter (Signed)_20221130

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC
Attn: Brian Eckert
1245 Blowing Rock Boulevard
Lenoir, NC 28645
Dear Brian Eckert:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 30, 2022
Subject: No Exposure Certification NCGNE1547
Exela Pharma Sciences MAX Facility
Caldwell County
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR) has reviewed your submittal of the
No Exposure Certification for Exclusion from NPDES Stormwater Permitting application. The
Division is granting your conditional exclusion from permitting as provided for under 40 CFR
122.26(g), which is incorporated by reference in North Carolina regulations. This is based on your
submittal and signed certification of no exposure at the above referenced facility as well as
observations made during a site visit conducted by inspector with the Asheville Regional Office
on November 22, 2022.
Please note that by our acceptance of your No Exposure Certification, you are obligated to maintain
no exposure conditions at your facility. If conditions change such that your facility can no longer
qualify for the No Exposure Certification, you are obligated to immediately obtain NPDES permit
coverage for your stormwater discharge. Otherwise, the discharge becomes subject to enforcement
as an un-permitted discharge. You must self -re -certify annually that the No Exposure conditions are
being met by completing the Annual Self Re -Certification Form, which can be found at
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-resources/npdes-no-exposure. The
completed form does not need to be submitted but shall be kept onsite and made available upon
request.
Your conditional exclusion from permitting does not affect your facility's legal requirements to
obtain environmental permits that may be required under other federal, state, or local regulations
or ordinances. If you have any questions or need further i formation, please contact Brittany
Carson at [phone].
/Brian
�enn, Director
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
cc: Asheville Regional Office / S. Aiken
�� / 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, North Carolina 27699-1612
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