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Department of Environmental Quality
DEMLR Stormwater Program
512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699‐1612
Re: Southern Current Flowers Solar Farm‐Erosion Control Narrative
The proposed solar site is located in Harnett County, North Carolina west of Benson, east of NCSR 1551
(Baileys Crossroads Road) and north of the intersection of NCSR 1551 (Baileys Crossroads Road) and NC
Highway 50 (West main Street). The site is currently an open field used for agriculture. There are no
isolated wetlands or jurisdictional streams present within the construction area, but there are
jurisdictional streams and wetlands on the property. There will be no proposed impact to the streams or
wetlands. The site generally drains to the east.
The amount of disturbed acreage permitted for the project site is approximately 26 acres. Clearing and
grubbing activities are proposed for this site. The actual disturbed area will be much less and limited to
the areas required to install the solar panel posts in the ground by mechanical methods, installation of
the panels on the posts, and trenching to install electrical conduit. Access to the internal portions of the
site will be around the perimeter of the site and through temporary access drives. If any rutting or land
disturbance occurs on these access drives, it will be stabilized. It is proposed that the site will have a
temporary rock construction entrance and perimeter silt fencing with silt fence outlets placed at the low
points for possible discharges. No drainage patterns are being changed with this project. The disturbed
area will be limited to the areas shown on the approved erosion control plan during the construction
process.
The site is classified as low density, with only 3.82% built upon area. Water on the site shall run as sheet
flow towards Baileys Crossroads Road with no increase of flow to the road side ditch and sheet flow east
towards the existing forested area.
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