ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
AIR PERMIT AND NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
AND
NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING

Air Facility Number 302-0022
NPDES Permit Number AL0084500

CHAMBERS COUNTY

Notice is hereby given that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) is extending the Public Comment Period for the proposed Rocky Glade Fund, LLC., Air and NPDES Permits. The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) will hold a Joint Public Hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., at the Chambers County Courthouse, in the large downstairs courtroom, located at 2 South LaFayette Street LaFayette, AL 36862 concerning the proposed issuance of an Air Permit and a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit to Rocky Glade Fund, LLC, for a proposed granite quarry, known as Rocky Glades Pit, to be located at the intersection of Chambers County Road 389 and Chambers County Road 481, (Latitude 32.7626, Longitude -85.3258) Cusseta, AL 36852.

Rocky Glade Fund, LLC, 2108 Gateway Drive - Room 2, Opelika, AL 36801, has applied for the issuance of an Air Permit, Air Permit Number 302-0022-X001, that would authorize the construction and operation of a granite crushing, screening, and conveying circuit at the proposed granite quarry. Emissions would be minimized by wet suppression. The Department has determined that the equipment/operations proposed by the company should be able to meet State and federal air pollution control requirements.

Rocky Glade Fund, LLC – Rocky Glades Pit, has also applied for the issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, NPDES Permit Number AL0084500, which would limit discharges of treated drainage from a granite quarry, wet and dry preparation, transportation and storage, and associated areas, discharging to an unnamed tributary to Double Branch and an unnamed tributary to Halawakee Creek, both classified as Fish and Wild(F&W), in the Chattahoochee 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:

ADEM will be available prior to the public hearing to answer questions and provide details regarding the proposed permits. This public availability session will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. in the Chambers County Courthouse Atrium located at 2 South LaFayette Street, LaFayette, AL 36862.

The purpose of the public hearing will be for interested parties to make oral and written comments into the public hearing record. Those wishing to make oral comments at the public hearing are also encouraged to submit those comments in writing. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is applicable to the applications or draft permits. All comments must address the conditions of the proposed permits; the Department’s adherence to the applicable environmental laws, rules, and regulations in development of the proposed permits; or issues that have an impact on the applicant’s ability to meet applicable environmental laws, rules, and regulations to affect the final permit decision.

Any person wishing to participate in this hearing who needs special accommodations should contact the ADEM Permits and Services Division at (334) 271-7714 at least five working days prior to the hearing.

Attendance at the public hearing is not necessary to have comments included in the public hearing record. Persons wishing to comment on the draft permits in writing may do so by submitting their comments by mail or email to the Department’s named contact below no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2025. Please note that this notice is directing that both Air and NPDES comments be sent to the same contact. Written comments received prior to the close of the public comment period will also be entered into the public hearing record and will be given the same consideration as those provided at the hearing. Commenters should identify the appropriate permit number(s) on the first page of their comments.

Aubrey H. White III, Chief
ADEM-Air Division
1400 Coliseum Blvd.
[Mailing address: PO Box 301463; Zip 36130-1463]
Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2400
(334) 271-7869
airmail@adem.alabama.gov

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 Control 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. 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 available air or water files for this facility.

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This notice is hereby given this 10th day of March 2025, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

____________________________
Lance R. LeFleur
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.