Permit #: NC0000400
Facility: Quartz Corp/Pine Mountain
Owner: The Quartz Corp USA
County: Mitchell
The division has publish a public notice in the Mitchell News & the Asheville Citizens-Times.
The Quartz Corp USA (P O Box 309, Spruce Pine, NC 28777) has requested renewal of permit NC0000400 for its K-T Feldspar Corporation [8342 South 226 Bypass, Spruce Pine, NC] in Mitchell County. This permitted facility discharges treated mining process wastewater to the North Toe River, adjacent to the facility near 35°55'39"N, 82°5'45"W, in the French Broad River Basin. Currently fluoride and total suspended solids are water quality limited. This discharge may affect future allocations in this segment of the North Toe River.
Send Comments To:
NCDEQ-DWR
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Comment Period Ends: 30-days from publish date