Notice of Public Hearing
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission / NPDES Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources will hold a public hearing at 6:00 p.m. on August 19, 2025, to receive comments on the draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Wastewater Discharge Permit NC0004308. The purpose of the hearing is to give the opportunity to comment on the draft NPDES permit.
Badin Business Park LLC has applied for a renewal of its NPDES wastewater permit (NC0004308) for its facility located at the intersection of NC Hwy. 740 & NCSR 1719, Badin, Stanly County, NC. The facility will discharge treated groundwater and stormwater to Little Mountain Creek (Class WS-IV) and Badin Lake (Class WS-IV, B; CA) in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin. This discharge may affect future allocations in this portion of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River Basin.
The draft permit and related documents are available online at:
https://deq.nc.gov/public-notices-hearings
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/Browse.aspx?dbid=0&startid=3714…
Printed copies may be reviewed at the Department’s Mooresville Regional Office (610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301, Mooresville, NC 28115). To schedule an appointment, please contact Andrew Pitner, Regional Supervisor, at 704-235-2100.
These documents are also available at the Division of Water Resources central office, located at the Archdale Building, 512 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC, and may be reviewed at any time during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To make an appointment to review the documents, please call Doug Dowden, Industrial Permitting Supervisor, at 919-707-3605. File materials may not be removed from any DWR office; copies of the information on file shall be made available upon request and copy machines are available for use upon payment of cost of reproduction thereof to DWR pursuant to G.S. 132-6.2.
Public comments on the draft permit may be mailed to:
Attn: Derek Denard
NPDES Wastewater Permitting
Re: Badin Business Park Permit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Comments must be postmarked no later than August 20, 2025. Comments may also be emailed to: publiccomments@deq.nc.gov with “Badin Business Park Permit” in the subject line. Emailed comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on August 20, 2025. All comments received will be considered in the final determination regarding permit issuance and conditions.
Public Hearing Details:
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Time: 6:00 p.m. (Speaker registration opens at 5:30 p.m., onsite)
Location: Gene McIntyre Meeting Room, Stanly County Commons, 1000 N. First Street, Albemarle, NC 28001
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LeuFzLkPTEsW3Z9TA
This notice will be published in The Stanly News & Press and The Charlotte Observer on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.