20201025 Ver 2_Public Notice_20210728

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 28, 2021
TO: DEQ-DWR-Wetlands-Public Listsery
FROM: Paul Wojoski, 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
RE: Individual Water Quality 401 Certification for Sibelco North America, Inc, — 011is Waste
Site Expansion; DWR Project #20201025 Ver 2
The purpose of this Public Notice is outlined below. This notice is available electronically via links
provided on the Individual Certification Public Notice Table here:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-
authorization/public-notices-0.
I. Public Notice; Individual Water Quality Permit for Sibelco North America Inc; DWR # 20201025 Ver
2
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on July 5th, 2021 Sibelco North America Inc, (136 Crystal Drive,
Spruce Pine, NC 28777) applied to the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) for an Individual 401
Water Quality Certification pursuant to Title 15A NCAC 02H .0500. The activity for which this
certification is sought regards expansion of an existing waste area at the Brushy Creek Mine. The
DWR's proposed date of final action on the application is October 12, 2021.
Written comments on the application described above must be received by DWR no later than 5
p.m. on September 29, 2021. Written comments may be submitted online by filling out the Public
Notice Comment Form here: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/401 Public Notice Comments.
Written comments may also be mailed to: Sue Homewood, DWR Winston Salem Regional Office,
450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Winston Salem, NC 27105.
The application is available online at
https://edocs.deq. nc.gov/WaterResou rces/Browse.aspx?id=1796860&d bid=0&repo=WaterResou rc
es. The application is also available at the Winston Salem Regional Office of the DWR and may be
inspected with an appointment between 8 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding State
holidays. For questions or to schedule an appointment, contact Sue Homewood at
[e-mail] or 336-776-9693. File materials may not be removed from any DWR
office; copy machines are available for use upon payment of the cost thereof to DWR pursuant to
G.S. 132-6.2.
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NORTH CAROLINA
Department of Environmental Uualii�
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11650 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
919.707.9000