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Permit No. NCG020000 PART I SECTION A: FINAL LIMITATIONS AND CONTROLS FOR STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER DISCHARGES During the period beginning on the effective date of the permit and lasting until expiration, the Permittee is authorized to discharge stormwater, overflow from facilities that recycle process wastewater, and/or effluent from mine dewatering. Such discharges shall be controlled, limited, and monitored as specified below: 1 . The Permittee shall implement Best Management Practices (BMPs) to ensure that contaminants do not enter surface waters via stormwater that comes in contact with any unstabilized overburden, raw materials, intermediate products, finished products, byproducts or waste products located on the site of the sources covered by this permit. A BMP plan shall be developed in accordance with Part I, Section C of this permit for each facility covered by tr,s general permit. 2. The Permittee shall implement management practices and the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan that are included in the mining permit which have been approved by the Division of Land Resources. The approved permit is considered a requirement or condition of this general permit. Deviation from the approved permit, or approved amendment to the permit, shall constitute a violation of the terms and conditions of this general permit. A signed copy of the issued mining permit including the approved Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan and the Reclamation Plan shall be maintained on the site at all times. Once an area is released by the Division of Land Resources in accordance with NCGS Chapter 74, Article 7, it shall no longer be subject to this permit. 3. Equipment utilized during the mining activity on a site must be operated and maintained in such a manner as to prevent the potential or actual pollution of the surface or ground waters of the state. Fuels, lubricants, coolants, and hydraulic fluids, or any other petroleum products, shall not be discharged on to the ground or into surface waters. Spent fluids shall be disposed of in a manner so as not to enter the surface or ground waters of the state and in accordance with applicable state and federal disposal regulations. Any spilled fluids shall be cleaned up to the maximum extent practicable and disposed of in a manner so as not to allow their entry into the surface or ground waters of the state. 4. Above ground bulk storage of petroleum products and storage of Section 313 Water Priority Chemicals shall have secondary containment devices within the first 12 months of permit coverage for existing discharges and prior to beginning operations for new discharges to prevent leaks and spills from contaminating stormwater runoff. Page 1 of 24 Pages