NC0000272_ Preliminary Determination_20150225

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart _
Governor Secretary
February 25, 2015
Mr. Dane Griswald, General Manager
Blue Ridge Paper Products
P.O. Box 4000
Canton, North Carolina 28716
Subject: NPDES Permit NCO.000272
316(b) Preliminary Determination
Dear Mr. Brown:
On August 15, 2014 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized rules
applicable to cooling water intake structures. The Division of Water' Resources has
made a preliminary determination that your facility may be subject to these rules. In
order to make the final determination, the Division is requesting the following
information:
1. Design intake flow for your facility (maximum flow the intake structure is
capable of withdrawing.) .
2. Actual intake for your facility (average volume of water withdrawn on an annual
basis over the past three years.)
3. Percent of the water withdrawn on an actual intake flow basis used exclusively
for. cooling purposes.
The information. should be submitted to the following address by April 1, 201 !i;
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
Attn. Teresa Rodriguez
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
If you have any questions please contact Teresa Rodriguez at 919-807-6387 or
Teresa. rodriauezAncdenr.gov.
S' cerely,
omas Belnick, Supervisor
NPDES Complex Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Phone: [phone] Internet: www.ncdenr.gov
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