NC0079090_Renewal (Application)_20240212

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Steve Hargis
Snowbird Mountain Trout LLC
1199 Crantock Rd
Smithfield, NC 27577
Subject: Permit Renewal
Application No. NCO079090
Coldwater Farm
Graham County
Dear Applicant:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 12, 2024
The Water Quality Permitting Section acknowledges the February 12, 2024 receipt of your permit renewal application and
supporting documentation. Your application will be assigned to a permit writer within the Section's NPDES WW permitting
branch. Per G.S. 150B-3 your current permit does not expire until permit decision on the application is made.
Continuation of the current permit is contingent on timely and sufficient application for renewal of the current permit. The
permit writer will contact you if additional information is required to complete your permit renewal. Please respond in a
timely manner to requests for additional information necessary to allow a complete review of the application and renewal
of the permit.
Information regarding the status of your renewal application can be found online using the Department of Environmental
Quality's Environmental Application Tracker at:
https://dgq.nc.gov/permits-regulations/permit-guidance/environmental-application-tracker
If you have any additional questions about the permit, please contact the primary reviewer of the application using the
links available within the Application Tracker.
Sincerely,
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Cynthia Demery
Administrative Assistant
Water Quality Permitting Section
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North Carolina Departtnent of Erwironmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Asheville Regional Office 1 2090 US. Highway 70 1 Swannan ta. North Carolina 28778
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EPA Identification Number
NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Form Approved 03/05119
NCO079090
Coldwater Farms Inc
OMB No. 2040-0004
Form
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Application for NPDES Permit to Discharge Wastewater
NPDES
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Applicants Not Required to Submit Form 1
1.1
1.1.1
Is the facility a new or existing publicly owned
1.1.2
Is the facility a new or existing treatment works
treatment works?
treating domestic sewage?
If yes, STOP. Do NOT complete No
If yes, STOP. Do NOT 0✓ No
Form 1. Complete Form 2A.
complete Form 1. Complete
Form 2S.
1.2
Applicants Required to Submit Form 1
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1.2.1
Is the facility a concentrated animal feeding
1.2.2
Is the facility an existing manufacturing,
operation or a concentrated aquatic animal
commercial, mining, or silvicultural facility that is
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production facility?
currently discharging process wastewater?
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Yes 4 Complete Form 1 No
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and Form 2B.
1 and Form 2C.
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Is the facility a new manufacturing, commercial,
1.2.4
Is the facility a new or existing manufacturing,
mining, or silvicultural facility that has not yet
commercial, mining, or silvicultural facility that
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commenced to discharge?
discharges only nonprocess wastewater?
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Yes 4 Complete Form 1 No
Yes 4 Complete Form No
and Form 2D.
1 and Form 2E.
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Is the facility a new or existing facility whose
discharge is composed entirely of stormwater
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associated with industrial activity or whose
discharge is composed of both stormwater and
non-stormwater?
Yes 4 Complete Form 1 No
and Form 2F
unless exempted by
40 CFR
122.26(b)(14)(x) or
b1f 151.
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2.1
Facility Name
Coldwater Farms Inc
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EPA Identification Number
NCO079090
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Facility Contact
Name (first and last)
Title
Phone number
Steve Hargis
President
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Email address
[e-mail]
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Facility Mailing Address
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Street or P.O. box
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1199 Crantock Rd
City or town
State
ZIP code
Smithfield
NC
27S77
EPA Form 3510-1 (revised 3-19) Page 1

EPA Identification Number
NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Form Approved 03/05/19
NCO079090
Coldwater Farms Inc
OMB No. 2040-0004
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Facility Location
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Street, route number, or other specific identifier
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4765 Snowbird Rd
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County name
County code (if known)
Graham
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State ZIP code
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Robbinsville
NC 28771
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4. OPERATOR
INFORMATION (40
4.1
Name of Operator
To be determined
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4.2
Is the name you listed in Item 4.1 also the owner?
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❑ Yes F-1 No
4.3
Operator Status
❑ Public —federal ❑ Public —state ❑ Other public (specify)
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4.4
Phone Number of Operator
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Street or P.O. Box
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Is the facility located on Indian Land?
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5.1
❑ Yes ❑ No
EPA Form 3510-1 (revised 3-19) Page 2

EPA Identification Number NPDES Permit Number Facility Name Form Approved 03/05/19
NCO079090 Coldwater Farms Inc OMB No. 2040-0004
iECTION 6. EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL1
@ 6.1 Existing Environmental Permits (check all that apply and print or type the corresponding permit number for each)
❑✓ NPDES (discharges to surface ❑ RCRA (hazardous wastes) ❑ UIC (underground injection of
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ti 0 ❑ PSD (air emissions) ❑ Nonattainment program (CAA) ❑ NESHAPs (CAA)
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x ❑ Ocean dumping (MPRSA) ❑ Dredge or fill (CWA Section 404) ❑ Other (specify)
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7.1 Have you attached a topographic map containing all required information to this application? (See instructions for
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❑ Yes El No ❑ CAFO—Not Applicable (See requirements in Form 2B.)
8.1 Describe the nature of your business.
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iECTION ' COOLING WATER INTAKE STRUCTURES (40
9.1 Does your facility use cooling water?
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9.2 Identify the source of cooling water. (Note that facilities that use a cooling water intake structure as described at
a, r 40 CFR 125, Subparts I and J may have additional application requirements at 40 CFR 122.21(r). Consult with your
(Z NPDES permitting authority to determine what specific information needs to be submitted and when.)
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10.1 I Do you intend to request or renew one or more of the variances authorized at 40 CFR 122.21(m)? (Check all that
N apply. Consult with your NPDES permitting authority to determine what information needs to be submitted and
when.)
❑ Fundamentally different factors (CWA ❑ Water quality related effluent limitations (CWA Section
Section 301(n)) 302(b)(2))
❑ Non -conventional pollutants (CWA ❑ Thermal discharges (CWA Section 316(a))
Section 301(c) and (g))
❑ Not applicable
EPA Form 3510-1 (revised 3-19) Page 3

EPA Identification Number
NPDES Permit Number
Facility Name
Form Approved 03105119
NCO079090
Coldwater Farms Inc
OMB No. 2040-0004
SECTION•
1 and •
In Column 1 below, mark the sections of Form 1 that you have completed and are submitting with your application.
11.1
For each section, specify in Column 2 any attachments that you are enclosing to alert the permitting authority. Note
that not all applicants are required to provide attachments.
Column 1
Column 2
❑✓ Section 1: Activities Requiring an NPDES Permit
❑ w/ attachments
0 Section 2: Name, Mailing Address, and Location
❑ wl attachments
❑✓ Section 3: SIC Codes
❑ w/ attachments
❑✓ Section 4: Operator Information
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❑✓ Section 5: Indian Land
❑ wl attachments
❑✓ Section 6: Existing Environmental Permits
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❑ Section 7: Map
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❑✓ Section 8: Nature of Business
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Section 9: Cooling Water Intake Structures
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❑✓ Section 10: Variance Requests
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0 Section 11: Checklist and Certification Statement
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11.2
Certification Statement
I certify under penalty of law that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision
in accordance with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the
information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons
directly responsible for gathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Name (print or type first and last name)
Official title
President
Coldwater Farms Inc By Steve Hargis
Signature
Date signed
RECEIVED
EPA Form 3510-1 (revised 3-19) N C D ECG/D W R/N P D ES Page 4