ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SYNTHETIC MINOR OPERATING PERMIT (SMOP) AND NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

AIR FACILITY NO. 711-0074
NPDES PERMIT NO. AL0084532
PUBLIC NOTICE

MARSHALL COUNTY

Reed Materials, LLC, Project New Road, 1039 Bean Rock Road, Union Grove, AL 35175, has applied for a Synthetic Minor Operating Permit (SMOP), SMOP No. 711-0074-X001, that would authorize the construction and operation of a limestone crushing, screening, and conveying circuit to be located at 7442 Warrenton Road, Guntersville, Alabama 35976. Emissions would be minimized by wet suppression and an operational hours limit. ADEM has determined that the equipment/operations proposed by the company should be able to meet State and federal air pollution control requirements.

Reed Materials, LLC. – Project New Road – has also applied for the issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, NPDES Permit No. AL0084532, to be located at 7442 Warrenton Road, Guntersville, Alabama, that limits discharges of treated drainage from a limestone quarry, wet and dry preparation plant, transportation and storage, and associated areas discharging to Unnamed Tributary to Browns Creek and Unnamed Tributary to Shiloh Branch, both classified as Fish & Wildlife, in the Tennessee River Basin. The Department has tentatively determined that the proposed actions described in this notice are consistent with the Water Quality Program regulations.

The following are links to the proposed permits and the Department’s permitting determinations and analyses:

Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing, to the Department’s named contact below within 30 days following the publication date of this notice. Please note that this notice is directing that both Air and NPDES comments be sent to the same contact. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is applicable to the proposed application(s). All comments must be received in the ADEM Main Office in Montgomery no later than 5:00 P.M. on the last day of the comment period.

Aubrey H. White III, Chief
ADEM-Air Division
1400 Coliseum Blvd.
[Mailing address: PO Box 301463; Zip 36130-1463]
Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2400
(334) 271-7861
airmail@adem.alabama.gov

A written request for a public hearing may also be filed within that 30-day period and must state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. The Director shall hold a public hearing whenever it is found, on the basis of hearing requests, that there exists a significant degree of public interest in the permit applications or draft permits.

After consideration of all written comments, review of any public hearing record, and consideration of the requirements of the Alabama Air Pollution Control Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Alabama Water Pollution Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and applicable regulations, the Department will make a final determination. The Department will develop a response to comments, which will become part of the public record and will be posted to the Department’s eFile system.

Copies of the complete project file are available for public inspection Monday through Friday (except legal holidays), 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the ADEM Main Office at the address listed above. For convenience, documents that exist in electronic format may be accessed in the Department's document management system, eFile. To view these documents, select Media Area “Air” or “Water”, enter the air facility number or water permit number shown above as the Permit Number, select Document Type “Permitting”, and press Search. The most recent documents will be listed at the top by default. The Document Type may also be left blank, which will list all electronically available air or water files for this facility.

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This notice is hereby given this 18th day of March 2026, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

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Edward F. Poolos
Director

Nondiscrimination Statement: The Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in the administration of its programs.