NCS000105 Evergreen Packaging DRAFT cover letter signed

Energy, Mineral
and Land Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
June 22, 2017
Mr. Stephen J. Hutchins
General Manager
Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. dba Evergreen Packaging
P.O. Box 4000
Canton, NC 28716
Dear Mr. Hutchins:
ROY COOPER
Gevemor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TRACY DAVIS
Dlrecmr
Subject: Draft NPDES Stormwater Permit
Permit No. NCS000105
Canton Mill
Haywood County
Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the draft stormwater permit for your facility. Please
review the draft carefully to ensure thorough understanding of the conditions and
requirements it contains.
The draft permit contains the following significant changes from the facility's current permit:
1. You are required to collect analytical and qualitative monitoring samples during
"measurable storm events" as defined in Part II, Section B. This term is different
from the "representative storm event" in earlier permits.
2. Requirements for the Stormwater Pollution Plan (SPPP) have been updated in Part II,
Section A.
3. Changes have been made to vehicle maintenance monitoring parameters (Tables
5,6), including a change to one benchmark. Stormwater benchmarks are not permit
limits, but rather guidelines for implementing the Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Plan (SPPP). A benchmark exceedance is not a permit violation; however, the
permittee must respond to exceedances as directed in the Tiers.
• Non -Polar Oil & Grease [EPA Method 1664 (SGT -HEM)] replaces Oil &
Grease/TPH. This requirement appears in all individual stormwater permits;
however, it only applies to facilities that perform onsite vehicle maintenance
activities. If the facility begins vehicle maintenance during the permit cycle,
the requirements shall apply.
• pH monitoring is no longer required for discharges only associated with
vehicle maintenance activities.
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4. A new section on Special Conditions has been added in Part I1, Section E to comply
with federal regulations requiring electronic submittal of discharge monitoring
reports. This section of the permit became effective December 21, 2016.
5. Civil and administrative penalty amounts have been updated to reflect current
federal law in Part III, Section A, 2(b) and (g).
Please review the draft permit and submit any comments to me no later than 30 days
following your receipt of the draft. Comments may be emailed to me at
iulie.ventaloro(a ncdenr.gov or mailed to my attention at NC DEMLR, Stormwater
Permitting Program, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612. If you have any
questions, please email me or call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
Julie Ventaloro
Stormwater Permitting Program
Attachment: Draft Permit NCS000105
cc: Brian Satterfield, Evergreen Packaging, Brian. SatterfieldCa everyack.com
Nick McCracken, Evergreen Packaging, [e-mail]
Rick Brooks, DEMLR Asheville Regional Office, [e-mail]
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