12/3/2012
NORTH CAROLINA
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
512 N. Salisbury Street
Archdale Building - Ground Floor Hearing Room
Raleigh, North Carolina
Archdale Building - Ground Floor Hearing Room
Raleigh, North Carolina
December 3, 2012
11:00 a .m.
General Statute § 138A-15 mandates that the Chairman inquire as to whether any member knows of any known conflict of interest or appearance of conflict with respect to matters before the Commission. If any member knows of a conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict, please
so state at this time.
Stephen T. Smith, Chairman, Presiding
I. Preliminary Matters
1. Call to Order
II. Action Items
12-41 Request for Declaratory Ruling Cape Fear River Watch, Sierra Club, (pp 1-2)
Waterkeeper Alliance, and Western North Carolina Alliance
Waterkeeper Alliance, and Western North Carolina Alliance
(AG) Frank Crawley
(Filings from the November 8, 2012 EMC Meeting)
Attachment A – Petitioner’s Motion for Declaratory Ruling (pp A1-460)
Attachment B – Request for Declaratory Ruling Supplement (pp B1-15)
with enclosures
Attachment C – Petitioner’s Memorandum in Support of (pp C1-15)
December Ruling
Attachment D – Motion to Intervene (pp D1-4)
Attachment E – Memorandum Supporting Denial of the (pp E1-9)
Request for Declaratory Ruling
Attachment F – Petition for Declaratory Ruling Factual (pp F1-6)
Stipulations
Attachment G – DWQ Attachment No. 1 Facilities List (p G1)
(an attachment to the Stipulations)
Attachment H – Response of NCDENR, DWQ in Opposition (pp H1-9)
to Petitioners’ Request for a Declaratory Ruling
December Ruling
Attachment D – Motion to Intervene (pp D1-4)
Attachment E – Memorandum Supporting Denial of the (pp E1-9)
Request for Declaratory Ruling
Attachment F – Petition for Declaratory Ruling Factual (pp F1-6)
Stipulations
Attachment G – DWQ Attachment No. 1 Facilities List (p G1)
(an attachment to the Stipulations)
Attachment H – Response of NCDENR, DWQ in Opposition (pp H1-9)
to Petitioners’ Request for a Declaratory Ruling
(Current Filings)
(SELC) D. J. Gerken (for Petitioners) - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
EMC Supplement Letter 11-27-12 (pp 1-2)
Attachment A – 1984 2L Rules (pp A1-5)
Attachment B – Internal DENR Emails (2009) (pp B1-4)
Attachment C – Internal DWQ Emails (2009) (p C1)
Attachment D – DOJ-DENR Email Exchange (2009) (pp D1-5)
Attachment E – DENR Draft Memo Re: DWQ Approach to (pp E1-2)
Attachment D – DOJ-DENR Email Exchange (2009) (pp D1-5)
Attachment E – DENR Draft Memo Re: DWQ Approach to (pp E1-2)
Coal Ash Ponds (2009)
(AG) Kathy Cooper/Don Laton (for DWQ) - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Attachment A – Brief of DENR, DWQ on the Merits of (pp A1-38)
Petitioners’ Request for Declaratory Ruling
Attachment B – Exhibit List (p B1)
Exhibit A – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Groundwater (pp Exi A1-10)
Classifications & Standards - June 10, 1979
Exhibit B – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Groundwater (pp Exi B1-16)
Classifications & Standards - 11/08/83
Exhibit C – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Groundwater (pp Exi C1-19)
Classifications & Standards - Fall 1984
Exhibit D – Hearing Officer’s Report & Recommendation (pp Exi D1-9)
Exhibit E – Notice of Hearing (p Exi E1)
Exhibit F – G/W Standards & Classifications – 3/13/1984 (pp Exi F1-17)
Exhibit G – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Classifications (pp Exi G1-16)
& WQ Standards – Current through 12/14/1989
Exhibit H – Table of Contents Subchapter 2L G/W (pp Exi H1-17)
Classifications & Standards
Exhibit I – Summary and Recommendations of the (pp Exi I1-2)
Hearing Officers
Exhibit J – NCAC Title 15A Subchapter 2L Classifications (pp Exi J1-50)
& WQ Standards – Current through 11/8/1993
Exhibit K – Affidavit of S. Jay Zimmerman (pp Exi K1-5)
Classifications & Standards - June 10, 1979
Exhibit B – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Groundwater (pp Exi B1-16)
Classifications & Standards - 11/08/83
Exhibit C – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Groundwater (pp Exi C1-19)
Classifications & Standards - Fall 1984
Exhibit D – Hearing Officer’s Report & Recommendation (pp Exi D1-9)
Exhibit E – Notice of Hearing (p Exi E1)
Exhibit F – G/W Standards & Classifications – 3/13/1984 (pp Exi F1-17)
Exhibit G – NCAC Title 15 Subchapter 2L Classifications (pp Exi G1-16)
& WQ Standards – Current through 12/14/1989
Exhibit H – Table of Contents Subchapter 2L G/W (pp Exi H1-17)
Classifications & Standards
Exhibit I – Summary and Recommendations of the (pp Exi I1-2)
Hearing Officers
Exhibit J – NCAC Title 15A Subchapter 2L Classifications (pp Exi J1-50)
& WQ Standards – Current through 11/8/1993
Exhibit K – Affidavit of S. Jay Zimmerman (pp Exi K1-5)
(Duke Energy) Charles Case - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Memo Submitted on Behalf of Intervenors (pp 1-23)
Attachment A – Affidavit of Jeffrey J. Lyash (A1-4)
Attachment B - Letter from Ellis Hankins, Executive Director (pp B1-2)
for the North Carolina League of Municipalities
Attachment C - Letter from S. Lewis Ebert, President and (pp C1-2)
CEO for the North Carolina Chamber
Attachment D - Letter from A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., (pp D1-3)
President of the Manufacturers and Chemical Industry
Council of North Carolina
Attachment E - Letter from J. Russell Allen, Manager for the (pp E1-3)
City of Raleigh
Attachment F – Letter from Larry B. Wooten, President of the (pp F1-2)
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.
Attachment G - Letter from Deborah M. Johnson, Chief Executive (pp G1-2)
for the North Carolina Pork Council, Inc.
III. Concluding Remarks
By Commission Members
By Directors
By Counsel
By Chairman
Adjournment AG012-03-12