NC0070289_Other Correspondence_20191117

October 17, 2019
NCDEQ-DWR
Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Services Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Attn: Sydney Carpenter
RE: NPDES Permit NCO070289 - Ridgewood Farms at Stones Throw WWTP
Dear Ms. Carpenter,
My husband and I own a home in the Ridgewood Farms development in Cabarrus County, NC. This neighborhood
was developed in the late 1980's and early 1990's by FW Huntley Construction Company, Inc., of which the owner
and president is Mr. Franklin Wayne Huntley. Our home was built in 1989. We have been the current owners
since October, 2015. At the time our home was constructed, it was connected by Mr. Huntley to a wastewater
treatment plant in the adjoining neighborhood of Stones Throw, which he also developed. Our home is one of
approximately 100 homes in three neighborhoods connected to this system.
We recently learned that Mr. Huntley and Stones Throw Homeowners Association have submitted an application
to renew the permit to continue operating the wastewater treatment plant servicing our home. As one of the
many residents reliant on this system for access to sewer services, we are very concerned about what might
happen to our homes and property values in the event that the permit was not renewed.
As part of your review of the permit application, please consider the fate of all of us residents who would be
affected if the permit were denied and services discontinued. What other options would be available? Would our
homes be condemned? None of us want to risk losing their homes over this. What can be done to insure that
won't occur?
Our hope is that the concerns expressed above will help guide your decisions about operation of the wastewater
treatment plant serving our communities. Awareness of our connection to an aging system has been the cause of
significant stress for my family, and many of our neighbors. We are hopeful that there will be an opportunity to
work together to come up with an acceptable solution for any problems that may exist with the system, and to
keep it operational and compliant for many years to come.
Sincerely,
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Sharon Hartz
Resident, Ridgewood Farms
416 Mammoth Oaks Drive
Concord, NC 28025
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