Event
January 29, 2026
5:00 pm to 9:00 pm CST
Location
In person: Warren County Administrative Building 201 Locust Street McMinnville, TN 37110 Or virtually:
Contact
The Division of Mineral and Geologic Resources will hold a public hearing pursuant to Rule 0400-40-05-.06 (8) regarding the proposed issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
NPDES Permit: TN0070740
Applicant: Rogers Group, Inc.
Mine Name: Dibrell Quarry
Facility Location: Roy Foster Road, McMinnville, TN 37710
County: Warren
The application and draft permit are available in the Division of Mineral & Geologic Resources Data Viewer. The draft NPDES permit is for a new limestone quarry. The receiving stream for the proposed discharges are an unnamed tributary to Mountain Creek and Bluff Springs Branch. If you have questions related to the draft permit, contact the permit writer, Caleb Mackey, at (865) 227-8652 or Caleb.Mackey@tn.gov.
The purpose of the hearing is to gather information from the public relevant to a final decision on the permit application. Comments not related to water quality or to the information contained in the permit application will not be considered in the decision-making process. Issues such as air quality, zoning, blasting, noise, dust, and traffic are not related to water quality and are not regulated by the Division of Mineral and Geologic Resources or the NPDES program; therefore, consideration of these issues would not contribute relevant information for the proposed permit.
The hearing officer may limit the length of oral comments to five minutes and will require that all comments be relevant to NPDES water quality-related issues. Undue repetition in oral presentations should be avoided so that all interested parties will have an opportunity to present their concerns. Written comments related to the NPDES permit will also be accepted at the hearing. Written comments will be afforded the same consideration as verbal comments. Participants may join online or call in by phone (audio only; phone number below). Prior to opening the formal public hearing, an information session will be held at 5:00 p.m CST. The information session will allow participants to ask questions informally and receive input from TDEC staff. The formal hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m CST. Once the formal public hearing begins, the question-and-answer format will end, and all public comments will be collected for the hearing record without response from TDEC during the hearing.
Join by phone: 1-629-209-4396
Phone Conference ID: 898 219 046#
If you have difficulty connecting to the hearing, please call: (865) 441-4773.
Please submit written comments to 3711 Middlebrook Pike, Suite 101, Knoxville, TN 37921, or to DMGR.Publicnotice@tn.gov. The last day to submit comments for the hearing record is February 9, 2026.