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Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
March 14, 2016
Jordan Hydroelectric Limited Partnership
Attn: Mr. Jim Price
PO Box 903
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Subject: Water Quality Report for May — October, 2015
Jordan Hydroelectric Project, P-11437
Dear Mr. Price:
PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONAI-D R. VAN DER VAART
Secrelaiv
S. JAY ZIMME;RMAN
Direcim
DWR # 1996-0237
Chatham County
On January 5, 2016, the North Carolina Division of Water Resources (Division) received your request for
comments on Jordan Hydroelectric Limited Partnership's propos Water Quality Report for May — October,
2015 for the Jordan Hydroelectric Project, P-11437, dated January 5, 2016.
On October 4, 2006, the Division issued Certification No. 3059 to Mr. Jim Price of the Hydro Matrix Limited
Partnership. Condition #3 required the following:
" Dissolved Oxygen and Temperatures shall be measured from the water discharged from the
project location from May 1 through October 30. Annual reports of the data shall be forwarded
to the Division. If after one year of monitoring of DO and temperature during operation these
levels meet state Water Quality Standards for these waters, monitoring may be discontinued."
The Division received your report and has no comments. Please continue to send your Annual
Report to this Office at 1617 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on your Water Quality Report for May — October 2015. Please
contact me at [e-mail] or 919-807-6360 if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Karen Higgins, Supervise
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
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