WV0400054_Permit for Geothermal Well Variance_20191211

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
Gerry Tygielski
Ashe County Habitat for Humanity
P.O. Box 392
West Jefferson, North Carolina 28694
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 11, 2019
RE: Variance Request to Rules 15A NCAC 02C .0222 Geothermal Aqueous Closed -Loop Wells
154 Ridgeside Drive, West Jefferson, Ashe County
Well Variance Permit #WV0400054
Dear Mr. Tygielski:
On November 22, 2019 the Winston-Salem Regional Office received a written request for a variance to the
geothermal well construction rules. Rule 15A NCAC 02C .0222 states that the minimum horizontal
separation between a geothermal aqueous closed -loop well and a land -based or subsurface waste storage or
disposal system is 50 feet.
One geothermal aqueous closed -loop well will installed closer than 50 feet from the site septic system. This
variance request is for locating the well closer to the 50-foot limit. Due to the small size of the site lot,
there is no other location for the geothermal well and it will necessary to install the well closer than the
limits outlined in 15A NCAC 02C .0222. The factors specified are sufficient to satisfy the conditions for
approval of a variance as defined in 15A NCAC 02C .0118. The granting of this variance is for the well
location only, and in no way relieves the owner or agent from other requirements of the North Carolina
Well Construction Standards, or any other applicable law, rule or regulation that may be regulated by other
agencies.
If you have any questions regarding this variance, please contact me or Jim Gonsiewski at (336) 776-
9800.
Sincerely,
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Winston-Salem Regional Office
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ — WSRO
cc: Paul Poyner— Doby's Plumbing (electronic copy)
Appalachian District Health Department (Ashe County) (electronic copy)
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Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
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