NCC212327_ESC Approval Submitted_20210420

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Dirccror
Pine Gate Renewables
Attention: Ben Catt
130 Roberts Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
NORTH CAROLINA
Envirunmental QuaBty
February 25, 2021
LETTER OF APPROVAL
RE: Project Name: Apex Substation (Express Review)
Acres Approved: 17.5
Project ID: CLEVE-2021-018
County: Cleveland
City: Not Incorporated
Address: Pony Barn Road
River Basin: Broad
Stream Classification: Other
Submitted By: Pine Gate Renewables
Date Received by LQS: February 25, 2021
Plan Type: New
Dear Mr. Catt:
This office has reviewed the subject erosion and sedimentation control plan. We find the plan to be
acceptable and hereby issue this Letter of Approval. The enclosed Certificate of Approval must be posted
at the job site. This plan approval shall expire three (3) years following the date of approval, if no land -
disturbing activity has been undertaken, as is required by Title 15A NCAC 4B .0129,
As of March 1, 2019, all new construction activities are required to complete and submit an electronic
Notice of Intent (NOI) form requesting a Certificate of Coverage (COC) under the NCG010000
Construction Stormwater General Permit. This form MUST be submitted prior to the commencement of
any land disturbing activity on the above named project. The NOI form may be accessed at
deq.nc.gov/NCG01. Please direct questions about the NOI form to Annette Lucas at
[e-mail] or Paul Clark at [e-mail]. After you submit a complete and
correct NOI Form, a COC will be emailed to you within three business days. Initially, DEMLR will not
charge a fee for coverage under the NCG01 permit. However, on or after May 1, 2019, a $100 fee will be
charged annually. Tbis fee is to be sent to the DEMLR Stormwater Central Office in Raleigh.
Nnrth Carol'ma department ofEnvlronmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Mooresville Regional Ofrice { 610 East Center Avenur, Suite 301 i Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704,663.1699

Letter of Approval
Pine Gate Renewables
February 25, 2021
Page 2 of 2
Title 15A NCAC 4B .0118(a) and the NCGO 1 permit require that the following documentation be kept on
file at the job site:
1. The approved E&SC plan as well as any approved deviation.
2. The NCGOI permit and the COC, once it is received.
3. Records of inspections made during the previous 30 days.
Also, this letter gives the notice required by G.S. 113A-61. l(a) of our right of periodic inspection to insure
compliance with the approved plan.
North Carolina's Sedimentation Pollution Control Act is performance -oriented, requiring protection of
existing natural resources and adjoining properties. If, following the commencement of this project, the
erosion and sedimentation control plan is inadequate to meet the requirements of the Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act of 1973 (North Carolina General Statute 113 A-51 through 66), this office may require
revisions to the plan and implementation of the revisions to insure compliance with the Act.
Acceptance and approval of this plan is conditioned upon your compliance with Federal and State water
quality laws, regulations, and rules. In addition, local city or county ordinances or rules may also apply to
this land -disturbing activity. This approval does not supersede any other permit or approval_
Please note that this approval is based in part on the accuracy of the information provided in the Financial
Responsibility Form, which you provided. You are requested to file an amended form if there is any change
in the information included on the form. In addition, it would be helpful if you notify this office of the
proposed starting date for this project. Please notify us if you plan to have a preconstruction conference.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
Sincerely,
r'
James Moore
Assistant Regional Engineer
Land Quality Section
Enclosures:
Inspection Department
Ern: [e-mail]

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Fact Sheet on the New NCGO1 Permit D Q,
April 2019 �..�
The NC Construction General Permit (also known as "NCGO1") was renewed on April 1, 2019. The updated permit
does not significantly change the measures that are required to be implemented on construction sites. However,
there are some organizational and technical updates to the permit as described below. Most notably, there is a new
process in which construction sites will obtain official coverage under an NCGO1 permit through an electronic
process. DEMLR worked with a broad team of stakeholders to make all of these updates. If you have questions,
contact Annette Lucas at Annette.lucas, jncdenr.,rov or [phone].
Organizational Updates
The new permit:
• Repeats state requirements for E&SC
Plans and organizes them with federal
construction activity requirements;
• Is clearly organized by topic; and
• Has less text and more tables.
Technical Updates
The new permit:
• Requires that the E&SC Plan meet
SWPPP requirements (p. 2);
• Provides a list of items that must be
included in the 5WPPP, such as the .
construction sequence, plans,
calculations, etc. (p. 2-4);'
• Has updated language orbbypasses and
upsets that is tailored to construction
activities (p. 10);
• Puts all timeframes for inspections,
record -keeping and reporting in
"calendar days" for clarity and
consistency (p. 11-14);2
• Changes the inspection frequency
(during business hours) to at least
once per 7 calendar days and after
every storm > 1.0 inch (previously 0.5
inch);' and
• Excludes weekends, state and federal
holidays from normal business hours
unless construction activities take
place (p. 23).
This list is based on website guidance
by the DEMLR Sediment Program.
The number of calendar days was
selected to be as equivalent as
possible with the previous permit_
The intent is to provide predictability
to the inspection schedule.
Acronyms to Know
COC: Certificate of Coverage, proof of coverage under an NCG01 permit
DEMLR: NC Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
E&SC: Erosion & Sedimentation Control
e-NOI: Notice of Intent, application form for the NCGO1 permit
e-NOT: Notice of Termination, form for closing out the NCGO1 permit
5WPPP: Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, required by the NCGOi
The NCGO1 Process
The new NCGO1 applies to permits approved on or after April 1, 2019.
Permittees will no longer receive a copy of the NCGO1 permit in the mail
with their E&SC Plan approvals and be considered as covered under the
permit. Federal rules require that DEMLR receive an N01 on each
construction project and issue each construction project its own COC.
Under the new NCGO1 process, construction sites will continue to
receive approval for E&SC Plans from either DEMLR or the delegated
local E&SC program just like before. After receiving E&SC Plan approval,
permittees will officially obtain coverage under the NCG01 by
completing an a-NOI (available at de.;.nc,,_ov_ NCG01). The e-NOI will
only take about 20 minutes to fill out and submit on-line.
Initially, there will be no charge associated with applying for an NCGO1
permit but on or around June 1, 2019, DEMLR will begin charging a $100
annual general permit fee as required per §143-215.3D.
DEMLR is working on creating a single application form that will allow an
applicant to simultaneously apply for an E&5C permit and an NCG01
COC. That effort is part of a larger Permit Transformation project at
DEMLR.