NC0090212_Correspondence_20240315

ROY COOPER
Govemor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Dfmctor
Mr. John Kuhn
Site Environmental Permitting Lead
Albemarle Corporation
348 Holiday Inn Drive
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Dear Mr. Kuhn:
STATE<
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 6, 2024
Subject: Draft NPDES Permit
Permit NCO090212
Albemarle Corporation
Kings Mountain Mine
Cleveland County
Facility Class II
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Draft Permit for your facility. Please review the draft
very carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and requirements it contains.
Please provide any comments you have regarding the draft permit to this office by March
11, 2024. At this time, the Division is also publishing a notice in the newspapers of general
circulation in Cleveland County, inviting public comment on the draft permit. Following the 30-
day comment period, we will review all pertinent comments received and take appropriate action
on the permit modification.
The NPDES Standard Conditions (Parts II, III, and IV) are not included with this draft. They can
be found at the following link if you would like to review them in conjunction with this draft
permit. httas://bit.ly/2BZ4xxx
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If you have any questions about the NPDES permit process, please contact me at the following e-
mail address: [e-mail], or telephone number: 919-707-3606. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - Field Code Changed
Sincerely,
Sergei Chernikov, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer III
Industrial NPDES Permitting Unit
cc: NPDES Files
Mooresville Regional Office/Surface Water Protection (e-copy)
EPA Region IV (e-copy)
Aquatic Toxicology Unit (e-copy)
TACU (e-copy)
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