NCG060392_Coverletter_20190709

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Interim Director
Mr. William Pate
Project Manager
Case Farms Morganton Division
121 Rand Street
Morganton, NC 28655
Dear Mr. Pate:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 9, 2019
Subject: General Permit No. NCG060000
Case Farms Morganton Division
COC No. NCG060392
Burke County
In accordance with your application for a discharge permit received on February 14, 2019, we are
forwarding herewith the subject certificate of coverage (COC) 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 be aware that South Buffalo Creek (segment index number 16-11-14-2) is an impaired water.
This stream is impaired because benthos is rated as fair. There are also multiple Total Maximum Daily
Loads (TMDLs) that affect this watershed. Information about these TMDLs can be found on Division of
Water Resources' website: httns://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/plannin modeling_
assessment/tmdls. In Part I, Section A, the General Permit explains that for discharges to watersheds
affected by a TMDL, coverage under this permit may depend on the facility demonstrating that discharges
have no reasonable potential to violate applicable water quality standards for specified pollutants.
Please take notice that this certificate of coverage is not transferable except upon approval of the Division
of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (Division). The Division may require modification or revocation
and reissuance of the certificate of coverage.
This permit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the
Division of Water Resources, the Coastal Area Management Act, or any other federal or local
government permit that may be required.
-� D E Q�� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
NORTH CPAd,IN4
919.707.9200

If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Shane Strickland at telephone number
[phone] or by email shane.stricklandgncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
(a, s LLm
for S. Daniel Smith, Interim Director
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
cc: Asheville Regional Office