NC0090212_Correspondence_20240325 (4)

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. B[SER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Mr. John Kuhn
Site Environmental Permitting Lead
Albemarle Corporation
348 Holiday Inn Drive
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Dear Mr. Kuhn:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 25, 2024
Subject: Final NPDES Permit
Permit NCO090212
Albemarle Corporation
Kings Mountain Mine
Cleveland County
Facility Class II
The Division of Water Resources is forwarding herewith the Final Permit for Albemarle
Corporation Kings Mountain Mine. 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently
amended).
The Final Permit contains no significant changes from your Draft Permit.
If any parts, measurement frequencies, or sampling requirements contained in this permit are
unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty
(30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form of a written petition,
conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the office of
Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714. Unless
such a demand is made, this permit shall be final and binding.
Please note that this permit is not transferable except after notice to the Division. The Division may
require modification or revocation and reissuance of the permit. This permit does not affect the
legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the Division of Water
Resources or any other Federal, State, or Local governmental regulations.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
NORTH CARCLINA
919.707.9000

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Douglass Dowden
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