NC0000272_Affidavit of Publication_20220401

NORTH CAROLINA
HAYWOOD COUNTY
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and
State, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to
administer oaths, personally appeared
who being first
duIworn, deposes a says: that he (she) is
(Owner, partner, publisher, or other officer or employee authorized to make this affidavit)
of THE MOUNTAINEER
engaged in the publication of a newspaper known as
THE MOUNTAINEER published, issued, and entered as second
class mail in the City of
WAYNESVILLE
in said County and State; that he (she) is authorized to make
this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other legal
advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was
was published in THE MOUNTAINEER on the following dates:
3L'dI
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document,
or legal advertisment was published was, at the time of each and
every such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements
and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the (..3eneral Statutes of North
Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of
Section I-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This daY/o
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Signature of person ma ing affidavit
Sworn t_a.fid ubscribed to before me, this
day of a
My Commission expires:
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Issued by
THE MOUNTAINEER
Waynesville, NC 28786
Notary ublic

DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
RONMENTAL QUALITY
(DEQ) INTENT TO ISSUE
NPDES WASTEWATER
DISCHARGE PERMIT
#NC0000272 WITH PRO-
POSED REMOVAL OF
COLOR VARIANCE
PERMIT APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given in
accordance with NC Gen-
eral Statutes (G.S.) 150B-
21.2 and G.S. 150B-
21.3A, G.S. 143-214.1 and
federal regulations at 40
Code of Federal Regula-
tions (CFR) 131.20 (b), 40
CFR 131.14 and 40 CFR
25.5 that the DEQ, Divi-
sion of Water Resources
(DWR) intends to amend
effluent permit require-
ments applicable to Blue
Ridge Paper Products,
LLC. Public comment or
objection to the draft per-
mit modification is invited.
All comments received by
April 30, 2021 will be con-
sidered in the final deter-
mination regarding permit
issuance and permit provi-
sions.
Blue Ridge Paper Prod-
ucts LLC, (d/b/a Evergreen
Packaging), Permit Num-
ber NC0000272. Blue
Ridge Paper Products,
LLC is authorized to dis-
charge wastewater from a
facility located at the Blue
Ridge Paper Products
Wastewater Treatment
Plant, off Highway 215
(175 Main Street), Canton,
Haywood County, NC to
receiving waters designat-
ed as the Pigeon River,
French Broad River Basin,
in accordance with effluent
limitations. Some of the
parameters are water qual-
ity limited. This discharge
may affect future alloca-
tions in this portion of the
French Broad River Basin,
The location of the Outfall
is: Latitude: 35°32'08";
Longitude: 82°50'42".
The thermal component of
the discharge is subject to
effluent limitations under
Title 15A North Carolina
Administrative Code
(NCAC) Subchapter 02B .
0211 (18), which proposes
thermal effluent limitations
disallowing an exceedance
of 2.8 degrees C (5.04 de-
grees F) above the natural
water temperature, and in
no case to exceed 29 de-
grees C (84.2 degrees F).
The permit holder has re -line. Public records related designated uses, support facility per the intent of 41
quested a continuance of a to the EMC consideration removal of the variance. CFR Part 131. U on com
Clean Water Act Section of the variance are located While 40 CFR Part 131 re-pletion of the review pro
316(a) variance. On the at: quires that "a State may cess, and certification un
basis of 15A NCAC 02B . https://deq.nc.gov/about/di not adopt Water Quality der 40 CFR Part 132.5(b
0208 (b),and other lawful visions/water- Standard (WQS) variances 2 from
ttor
standards and regulations, resources/water-re- if the designated use and neyGeneral's
e the St off c Atha
DWR proposes to continue sources-commissions/en- criterion addressed bythe ro Geni notification office tha
the 316(a) variance in con- vironmental-management- WQS variance cabe been r iven,the esults o,
junction with the renewal commission-71 achieved..." by implement- the EMC decisions will bE
of the permit. BACKGROUND ingcertain effluent mea-submitted to the EPA fo
The draft wastewater per- The effluent permit limit re- sures, the permit contains
mit and all related docu- quirements applicable to technology ased effluent ONLINE PUBLIC HEAR.
ments are available online Blue Ridge Paper Prod- limits (see page 4 of the ING
at: https://deq.nc.gov/ ucts, LLC established in draft permit) that result in In the abundance of cau-
news/events/public-notices compliance with NC G.S. achievingthe same goal
pro-
-hearings. Printed copies 143-215.1, other lawful and are in
accordance ith ttion, and to address of the draft permit and re- standards and regulations the most recent US EPA prevent
measuresthespread to help
lated documents may be promulgated and adopted Technology Review Work- prevent the of
reviewed at the depart- by the EMC, and the group recommendations. beheld COVID-19, the hearing will
ment's Asheville Regional Clean Water Act (Act), as In addition to the removal e Date: April
online.
Office. To make an ap- amended, previously con- of the variance, the 2020 pril 14, 2021
pointment to review the tained a variance provision draft permit includes moni- Time: 6 pm
in
documents, please call to the states narrative, toring requirements that WebEx link: https://ncden-
documents, Public com- aesthetic, water quality the facili meet a month) rits.webex.com/ncdenrits/o
ment on the draft permit standard for color. The average delta (�) Color of nstage/g.php?MTID=e6d-
and on the proposed re- variance was granted July50 b23321a36af245O6d914ab0c9b2593db-
and of the existing color 13, 1988, by the EMC, un Bridge, at the Fiberville WebExr
variance should be mailed der provisions in G.S. 143- River flow heat then Canton is Nk2BCEzm7P2rd:
to: Wastewater Permitting, 215.3(e). Further, the vari- equal or above the Month- WebExphone
Attn: Blue Ridge Paper ance has been continued ly 3002 flow of 129 cubic number:
5-0003
Products Permit, 1617 under regulations con 1 WebEx access
Mail Service Center, tained in 15A NCAC 02B , feet per second. Previous- access code:
Mali) N.C., 699- tained
Exemptions From ly, a Settlement Agreement 171 787 6586 (Please see
Public comments Surface Water Quality between NC, Tennessee information below regard-
1617.d by Standards: "Variances may also be submitte(TN), and the US Environ-ing registering for, joining,
email to: pmitte om- from applicable standards, mental Protection Agency and commenting at the
[e-mail]. revisions to water quality cil(EPA) required that the fa- public hearing.)
Please be sure to include standards or site -specific or of 50 PCU at the TN/NC meet an instream col- To REGISTRATION
"Blue Ridge Paper Prod- water quality standards state line, located approxi andreprovide
r ter for the hearing
ucts" in the email's subject may be granted by the mately 40 river miles be p regarding your prefer
line. Commission on a case by low the discharge. A sum -
COLOR speaking
COLOR VARIANCE IN- case basis pursuant to ma of the history of the at the hearing, please visit:
FORMATION G.S. 143-215.3(e), 143 ry ry https://forms.office.com/Pa
Notice is also hereby given 214.3 or 143-214.1. A list- variance, review of appli ges/ResponsePage.aspx?i
cable regulations, and a d=31F2etC5mkSFw-zCbN-
in accordance with NC ing of existing variancesftGRcreevaluation of the stream
G.S. 150B-21.2 and G.S. shall be maintained and conditions is located at: s3JDQ 2xmuszROik
150E 21.3A, G.S. 143- mI Cae the Divise to ion.he- https://deq.nc.gov/news/ev RThRSURXV 2 ZA W UpM
214.1 and federal regula byExemp-ents/public-notices hear
tions at 40 CFR 131.20 tions established pursuant FUSMkdNUzk1 UC4u
(b), 40 CFR 131.14 and 40 to this Rule shall be re -COMMENDATION Or scan the following OR
CFR 25.5 that the NC En -viewed as part of the Tri-code with your phone:
vironmental Management ennial Review of Water In accordance with state Registration must be com-
Qualit Standards con- and federal regulations, pleted by12:00
Commission (EMC) is re -
April the proposed variance pm on
questing comment on re ducted pursuant to 40 p p April 14, 2021. If you have
moving the color variance CFR 131.10(g)." modification to the permit any problems registering
NC DEQ DWR has con- is effectively a change to online please call 919 from the effluent permit re -water quality standards 707-9011 or email pe-
from t quirements applicable to eluded that a variance and subject to public hear-
Blue Ridge Paper Prod- from the narrative [e-mail]
ucts, LLC. All comments sion at 15A NCAC 02B ing. Under 40 CFR Pan by the registration deadline
received by April 30, 2021 0211(12), historically inter- 131.14 (b)(1)(v) the state of 12:00 pm on April 30,
preted as an instream true has reevaluated the Colo12021.
will ments considered. Coto- Variance, examined the The Division of Water Re-
wiltb should be mailed to: color value of 50 platinum highest attainable condi
cobalt units PCU is no g sources highly recom-
Wastewater Permitting, (PCU), 9 Y
Attn: Blue Ridge Paper longer necessary. As out- tion using all existing anc mends testing your com-
puter's p readily available informs
Products Permit, apex lined in the accompanying tion and, now, provides no puter's WebEx capabilities
Mail Service nificant supporting
rrovementssig- tification to obtain public https://www.webex.corior to the m/tet Raleigh, N.C., Center,input on this reevaluation
p
1617. Public comments the instream concentra-structio ng.html. For in -
may also be submitted bytions of color in the Pigeon to confirm the finding tha structions about digital
email to: River, combined with spe- the present condition fo was to join the
publiccom p color corresponds to meet y public
[e-mail]. cific limits on color and an li hearing, please refer to the
Please be sure to include updated reevaluation re- ing the applicable criterioi WebEx Help Center online
"Blue Ridge Paper Prod- garding the narrative provi- at 15A NCAC 02B .021 at https://help.webex.com
g p ucts" in the email's subject sion and protection of the (12) and that a variance is/en-us/.
no longer required for this

DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
RONMENTAL QUALITY
(DEQ) INTENT TO ISSUE
NPDES WASTEWATER
DISCHARGE PERMIT
#NC0000272 WITH PRO-
POSED REMOVAL OF
COLOR VARIANCE
PERMIT APPLICATION
Notice is hereby given in
accordance with NC Gen-
eral Statutes (G.S.) 150B-
21.2 and G.S. 150B-
21.3A, G.S. 143-214.1 and
federal regulations at 40
Code of Federal Regula-
tions (CFR) 131.20 (b), 40
CFR 131.14 and 40 CFR
25.5 that the DEQ, Divi-
sion of Water Resources
(DWR) intends to amend
effluent permit require-
ments applicable to Blue
Ridge Paper Products,
LLC. Public comment or
objection to the draft per-
mit modification is invited.
All comments received by
April 30, 2021 will be con-
sidered in the final deter-
mination regarding permit
issuance and permit provi-
sions.
Blue Ridge Paper Prod-
ucts LLC, (d/b/a Evergreen
Packaging), Permit Num-
ber NC0000272. Blue
Ridge Paper Products,
LLC is authorized to dis-
charge wastewater from a
facility located at the Blue
Ridge Paper Products
Wastewater Treatment
Plant, off Highway 215
(175 Main Street), Canton,
Haywood County, NC to
receiving waters designat-
ed as the Pigeon River,
French Broad River Basin,
in accordance with effluent
limitations. Some of the
parameters are water qual-
ity limited. This discharge
may affect future alloca-
tions in this portion of the
French Broad River Basin.
The location of the Outfall
is: Latitude: 35°32'08";
Longitude: 82°50'42".
NORTH CAROLINA
HAYWOOD COUNTY
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public of said County and
State, duly commissioned, qualified, and authorized by law to
administer oaths, personally appeared
who being first
41-iseV
duly sworn, deposes d says: that he (she) is
(Owner, partner, publisher, or other officer or employee authorized to make this affidavit)
of THE MOUNTAINEER
engaged in the publication of a newspaper known as
THE MOUNTAINEER published, issued, and entered as second
class mail in the City of
WAYNESVILLE
in said County and State; that he (she) is authorized to make
this affidavit and sworn statement; that the notice or other legal
advertisement, a true copy of which is attached hereto, was
was published in THE MOUNTAINEER on the following dates:
a„-taitAT A7, dA3
and that the said newspaper in which such notice, paper, document,
or legal advertisment was published was, at the time of each and
every such publication, a newspaper meeting all of the requirements
and qualifications of Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and was a qualified newspaper within the meaning of
Section 1-597 of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
This day dt
Signature of person mak%ug affidavit
Sworn to subscribed to before me, this
day ofI
My Commission expires:
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Issued by
THE MOUNTAINEER
Waynesville, NC 28786
otar Public

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No. 35770 January 27,
2021