NCS000515_MS4 Permit Compliance Audit Notification_20200928

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
CERTIFIED MAIL
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Town of China Grove
Attention: Mr. Ken Deal, Town Manager
333 North Main Street
China Grove, North Carolina 28023
September 28, 2020
7018 3090 00012328 3542
Subject: MS4 PERMIT COMPLIANCE AUDIT NOTIFICATION
Town of China Grove
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000515
Rowan County
Dear Mr. Deal:
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has reviewed the documents submitted in
response to the September 3, 2020 pre -audit documentation request. Based upon this review, staff
will be performing the following National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit compliance audit for the subject permit.
An on -site audit will be performed, which includes a review of provided documentation, on -site
interviews with MS4 representatives, and on -site inspection(s) of municipal industrial facilities that
are potentially subject to NPDES industrial stormwater permitting. The on -site audit is scheduled
for October 6, 2020 beginning at 9:00 am and is expected to take at least one (1) full day (see
attached agenda). Please arrange for an appropriate meeting room that will accommodate your
representatives, 3 staff members from DEQ, and access to any electronic tools routinely utilized to
implement the MS4 Program (e.g. databases, GIS, etc.) and notify Jesse McDonnell of the location.
You are expected to ensure that all relevant staff, contractors and management/leadership/officials
are present for scheduled audit meetings. On -site meeting rooms must provide adequate space for all
participants to maintain appropriate social distancing protocols for COVID-19. If special
arrangements or schedule adjustments are necessary to achieve this, please discuss this with Jesse
McDonnell prior to the on -site meeting date. All participants of on -site meetings are expected to
wear personal protective equipment in accordance with current state requirements, guidelines and
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Audit Notification of MS4 Permit
Town of China Grove
September 28, 2020
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recommendations; and to also maintain appropriate social distancing protocols for COVID-19 at all
times.
Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming MS4 Permit compliance audit, please feel
free to contact Jesse McDonnell at jesse.mcdonnell(c�ncdenr.gov or [phone].
Sincerely,
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Zahid S. Khan, CPM, CPESC, CPSWQ
Regional Engineer
Land Quality Section
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Enclosure: Preliminary Agenda for MS4 Program Audit
ec: Franklin Gover, Assistant Town Manager, [e-mail]
Jeanette Powell, MS4 Program Coordinator Jeanette.Powell(hicdenr.gov
DEMLR NPDES MS4 Permit Laserfiche File

EQ� Preliminary Agenda for MS4 Program Audit
China Grove, NC
October 6, 2019
Meeting Location: TBD
Day 1: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Time
Agenda Item
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Opening Discussions and Program Management Overview
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Office Discussion: Program Implementation, Documentation and
Assessment
10:00 am — 10:10
Break
10:10 am — 10:45 am
Office Discussion: Public education and Outreach/Public Involvement
and Participation
10:45 am — 11:30 am
Office Discussion: Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
(IDDE)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm — 1:15 pm
Pollution Prevention and good Housekeeping
1:15 pm — 4:30 pm
Site Visits and/or Follow-up Discussions
4:30 pm — 5:00 pm
Closing Conference/Preliminary Findings
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