NCG020921_Cover Letter

Energy, Mineral
and Land Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TRACY DAVIS
Director
September 26, 2017
Mr. Joseph D. Briley, Sr.
Pea Creek Mines, LLC
4747 US 264 East
Greenville, NC 27834
Subject: General Permit No. NCG020000
Mattie Mine
COC NCG020921
Pitt County
Dear Mr. Briley:
In accordance with your application for a discharge permit received on August 14, 2017, we are
forwarding herewith the subject certificate of coverage to discharge under the subject state —NPDES
general permit. 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 US Environmental Protection
Agency dated October 15, 2007 (or as subsequently amended).
Please take notice that this certificate of coverage is not transferable except after notice to the
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources. The Division may require modification or revocation
and reissuance of the certificate of coverage.
Please note that mine dewatering wastewater includes wet pit overflows caused solely by direct
rainfall and groundwater seepage for this type of mining operation. Any discharge of this water (and any
stormwater commingled with it) is subject to the effluent limitations in this permit.
Per the requirements of the Tar -Pamlico Riparian Buffer Rule, all stormwater drainage to stream
buffers, from portions of this site that have been constructed after January 1, 2000, must be discharged
through a correctly designed level spreader or another device that meets diffuse flow requirements per
15A NCAC 2B .0259. Diffuse flow requirements are described in Chapter C-9 of the North Carolina
Stormwater Design Manual, available at: https:Hdeq.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-
resources/energy-mineral-land-permit-guidance/stormwater-bmp-manual.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required
by the Division of Energy, Mining, and Land Resources, or permits required by the Division of Water
Resources, Coastal Area Management Act, or any other federal or local governmental permit that may be
required.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
1612 Mail Service Center 1 512 N. Salisbury St. I Raleigh, NC 27699
919 707 9200 T

If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Robert Patterson at (919) 807-
6369 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Original Signed by Robert A Patterson
for Tracy E. Davis, P.E., CPM
cc: Washington Regional Office
Central Files
Stormwater Program Files
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
1612 Mail Service Center 1 512 N. Salisbury St. I Raleigh, NC 27699
919 707 9200 T