20110677_Ver3_PublicNotice 04242024

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street | 1617 Mail Service Center | Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000

DWR # 20110677v3 04/23/2024
April 23, 2024
TO: DENR-DWR-Wetlands-Public Listserv
FROM: Stephanie Goss, 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Amy Chapman, Transportation Permitting Branch

RE: Individual Water Quality Certification - Mid-Atlantic Industrial Project
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The purpose of this Public Notice is outlined below. This notice is available electronically via links
provided on the DEQ Public Notices webpage: https://www.deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings
or by searching by project number or project name here:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/Browse.aspx?id=3215435&dbid=0&repo=WaterResources.

I. Public Notice; Water Quality Certification for Mid-Atlantic Industrial Project; 20110677 Ver3;
Brunswick County
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on March 25, 2024, Bill Early (1175 Turlington Avenue, Suite
202, Leland, NC 28451) applied to the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) for a 401 Individual
Water Quality Certification, pursuant to Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act and Title 15A
NCAC 02H .0500. The activity for which this certification is sought in regards construction of an EV
Battery Manufacturing Facility. The DWR’s proposed date of final action on the application is May
24, 2024.

Written comments on the application described above must be received by DWR no later than 5
p.m. on May 24,2024. Written comments may be submitted online by filling out the Public Notice
Comment Form here: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/401_Public_Notice_Comments. Written
comments may also be mailed to: 401 Permitting, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-
1617.

The application is available online. Information for accessing the application/ project information
online may be found on the DEQ Public Notices -: https://www.deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings

The application is also available at the Central Office of the DWR and may be inspected with an
appointment between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding State holidays. For
questions or to schedule an appointment, contact information for the DWR Regional Offices may be
found here: https://deq.nc.gov/contact/regional-offices. Contact information for the DWR Central
Office 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch may be found here:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-
permitting-branch/401-buffer. File materials may not be removed from any DWR office; copy
machines are available for use upon payment of the cost thereof to DWR pursuant to G.S. 132-6.2.