NCG020973_Cover Letter (Signed)_20240219

ROY COOPER s
Governor -
ELIZABETH S.BISER
Secretary
WILLIAM E.TOBY VINSON,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Interim Director Environmental Quality
February 15, 2024
James &Paula Smith
131 Houghton Place SW -- -
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Subject: General Permit No. NCGO20000
Smith—NC 211 Sand Mine
COC No. NCG020973
Brunswick County
Dear James and Paula Smith:
In accordance with your application for a discharge permit received on February 22, 2021,we are forwarding
herewith the subject certificate of coverage (CDC)to discharge under the subject state—NPDES general permit.
This permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and the
Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the US Environmental Protection Agency dated
October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
In order to comply with the conditions of NCG020000 to which you are now subject,you are required to do the
following:
➢ Develop and Implement a SWPPP within 12 months of permit issuance.
➢ Download and print a copy of the NCG020000 Permit from the General Permits page on the NPDES
Industrial Stormwater Program_web site,which can be reached by typing"deg.nc.gov/SW-industrial"
into your browser and hitting enter.
➢ When you receive an invoice for your annual permit fee each year, pay it promptly. Electronic payment
is convenient and quick,you can access the ePayment web site by typing"deg.nc.gov/SW-ePayments"
into your browser and hitting enter.
➢ If you have not already enrolled in electronic Data Monitoring Reports(eDMR),view the six step
process and complete the registration by typing "deg.nc.gov/SW-eDMR" into your browser and
hitting enter.
➢ Keep information about your facility name, ownership, legally responsible person, address, and
stormwater outfalls up to date. See the Industrial Stormwater Program web site for instructions.
This permit does not allow discharges that will violate water quality standards in the downstream
waters. Those waters contain sensitive species that could be displaced or distressed by a large volume of.
the discharge and also contain shellfish species,which if contaminated and eaten by humans,could result
in serious adverse health effects.Therefore, any time the discharge may be large enough to exceed the 50
percent mixing ratio with the receiving waters,it is important to reduce the volume of release to protect
Public health and the environment.
North Carolina Department of En Wronmental Quality I Division of Energy,Mineral and Land Resources
_ 512North Salisbury Street ; 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 2769 9-1 612
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ROY COOPER
Governor >
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
WILLIAM E. TOBY VINSON, IR. NORTH CAROLINA
Interim Director Environmental Quality
This general permit allows the discharge of stormwater and certain types of wastewater from your
facility. In your application,you specified that only wastewater would be discharged from this facility. If
separate point-source discharges of stormwater occur (i.e.,stormwater not combined with process
wastewater),you will be required to adhere to the conditions in this permit for stormwater discharges.
This project is located in one of North Carolina's 20 coastal counties. Coastal stormwater management
rules (15A NCAC 2H .1000) may require an additional State Stormwater Permit(different from the NPDES
mining activities discharge permit). Please contact Christine Hall in the Wilmington Regional
Office at [phone] to determine if you will be required to submit an application for a State
Stormwater permit.
Please take notice that this certificate of coverage is not transferable except upon approval from the Division of
Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources(Division). The Division may require modification or revocation and
reissuance of the certificate of coverage.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the
Division of Water Resources,the Coastal Area Management Act, or any other federal or local government permit
that may be required.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Brittany Cook at(919) 707-3648 or by email at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
Michael Lawyer
Stormwater Program Supervisor
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
cc: Wilmington Regional Office/ B. Lambe
I North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Energy,Mineral and Land Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1612
919.7079260