NCG020940_Coverletter_20190702

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Randy Hardee
Manager
Shawn Lennon
131 Houghton Place SW
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Dear Mr. Hardee:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 23, 2019
Subject: General Permit No. NCG020000
NC 211
COC NCG020940
Brunswick County
In accordance with your application for a discharge permit received on January 1, 2019, 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 be aware that mine dewatering at your site has the potential to impact adjacent wetlands.
The specific requirements for mine dewatering at facilities near wetlands can be found in Part I11, Section
E of your permit. You must adhere to the facility's approved Operation and Monitoring Plan when
mine dewatering discharges occurs.
Please note that mine dewatering wastewater includes wet pit overflows caused solely b dot
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 wastewater effluent limitations in this permit.
This project is located in one of North Carolina's 20 coastal counties. Coastal stormwater
management rules (15A NCAC 2H .1000) may require an additional State Stormwater Permit (different
from the NPDES mining activities discharge permit). Please contact Georgette Scott in the Wilmington
Regional Office at [phone] to determine if you will be required to submit an application for a
State Stormwater permit.
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 CNiO(.INA �
919.707.9200

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.
If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact Shane Strickland at telephone
number [phone].
Sincerely,
Okivdko
for S. Daniel Smith
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
cc: Wilmington Regional Office