NCG200451_DEQ Response to Tier 3 Notification for COD_20240214

Eplin, Jerry W
From: Eplin, Jerry W
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 7:13 AM
To: Stroup, Nate (RMR)
Cc: Busha, Brett (MRS); Mitchell, Ryan (MRS); Chandler, Jeffrey A; Walters, Tommy (RMR)
Subject: RE: [External] Permit number NCG200451 - Metal Recycling Services, Gastonia, NC
NC DEQ has received your email Tier 3 notification. Please inform us of your plans to improve COD results from Outfall
003 once they have been prepared.
Regards,
Jerry W. Eplin, PE
Assistant Regional Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
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Mooresville, NC 28115
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From: Stroup, Nate (RMR) <[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:18 AM
To: Eplin,Jerry W<[e-mail]>
Cc: Busha, Brett(MRS) <Brett.busha@ metal recyclingservices.com>; Mitchell, Ryan (MRS)
<ryan.mitchelI@metal recyclingservices.com>; Chandler,Jeffrey A<[e-mail]>;Walters,Tommy
(RMR) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] Permit number NCG200451- Metal Recycling Services, Gastonia, NC
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Mr. Eplin,
Please allow this email to serve as a notification that,for the above referenced site,we will be moving into Tier 3
for COD at outfall 003. We have had 4 instances since 2019(start of permit cycle)that were above the benchmark
of 120 mg/L. We are formulating plans to improve the site controls at that outfall. The current controls are a sand
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bottom pond with slotted pipe beneath. We will be cleaning out the controls and possibly adding controls to the
pond.
In addition,we were previously in Tier 3 for outfall 001 for copper. We have now had three consecutive monitoring
events with results below the benchmark(and below detection limit), so we believe that we can now return to Tier
1 for that site.
Please let me know what other questions or concerns you have regarding this communication.
Respectfully submitted,
Nate Stroup
Environmental Engineer
Raw Materials Group
334 Beechwood Rd Suite 401 • Ft. Mitchell, KY •41017
Phone: [phone]
Cell: 513.505.2705
Nate.Stroup(carmrecycling.com
'n Metal Recycling
Lr Services
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