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ATLANTA, GEORGIA P. O. HOX 109 DI • • OF WATER QUALlTHy VIRGINIA
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CHARLFs D. CASE 19191 899 -3096 FILE No.: 49132.15
INTERNET MAIL: ccase @hunton.com DIRECT DIAL: (919) 899 -3045
April 16, 1999 PPA--*'
The Honorable Gregg Thompson
North Carolina House of Representatives
Room 1002, Legislative Building
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 -1096
Dear Representative Thompson:
As Amy Fullbright and I discussed with you, we wanted to keep you abreast of the work by the
mining industry to perform additional sampling and scientific analysis regarding the safety of
fluoride in the water. To that end, I enclose a copy of a letter from Charlie Stover on behalf of
Unimin Corporation, the Feldspar Corporation, and K -T Feldspar Corporation, to Dave
Goodrich, providing that data, as well as offering some analysis as to the meaning of the
information.
As I believe is indicated in the letter, the industry has been working cooperatively with the
Division of Water Quality within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to
proactively identify any issues regarding fluoride that might arise in the North Toe River, which
is the receiving water for the permitted discharges from the facilities operated by the three mining
companies there. As you can see, the mining industry believes that the recent data they have
provided to the Department provide further substantiation that the current limits contained in the
discharge permits for those facilities are more than adequate to ensure the protection of flora and
fauna in the North Toe River and otherwise assure the safety of the discharges from the mineral
processing facilities.
The industry will continue to work with Mr. Goodrich and other appropriate personnel within
DENR to examine and resolve any fluoride issues. In the meantime, we support the introduction
of your House Bill 928 which could provide a vehicle for additional study on the fluoride issue,
should it be necessary to perform that work.
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With best wishes, I remain
Very truly yours,
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Enclosure
cc: Tommy Stevens, Director, Division of Water Quality (w /encl.)
Dan McLawhom, Esq., General Counsel, DENR (w /encl.)
Dave Goodrich (w /o encl.)
Forest Westall (w /o encl.)
Matt Matthews (w /o encl.)
Charles F. Stover
Joe Turner (w /o encl.)
Dennis Buchanan (w /o encl.)
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