NCS0000407_Audit Notification_20210421

ROY COOPER
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DIONNE DELU-GATTI
Secretary 4145M"'
BRIAN WRENN NORTH CAROLINA
Director - Environmental Quality
April 21, 2021
CERTIFIED MAIL 7020 3160 0000 3279 0158
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
City of Mount Holly
Attention: Miles Braswell, City Manager
Post Office Box 406
Mount Holly, North Carolina 28120-0406
Subject: MS4 PERMIT COMPLIANCE AUDIT NOTIFICATION
City of Mount Holly
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000407
Gaston County
Dear Mr. Braswell:
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has reviewed the documents submitted in
response to the March 26, 2021 pre-auditdocumentation 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 on -site interviews with MS4 representatives and
site inspection(s) of municipal industrial facilities. The on -site audit is scheduled for May 18,
2021 beginning at 9:00 am and is expected to take at least two (2) full day (see attached
agenda). Please arrange for an appropriate meeting space that will accommodate your
representatives, 2-3 staff members from DEQ, and access to any tools routinely utilized to
implement the MS4 Program (e.g. databases, GIS, forms, etc.).
You are expected to ensure that all relevant staff, contractors and management/leadership/officials
are present for scheduled audit meetings. The audit is structured but informal, and the agenda will
be flexible depending upon progress. However, the Preliminary Findings portion of the audit will be
held as scheduled so that management and elected officials can plan to attend.
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 me prior to the audit date. All participants of on -
site meetings are expected to wear personal protective' equipment in accordance with current state
requirements, guidelines and recommendations; and to also maintain appropriate social distancing
protocols for COVID-19 at all times.
- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
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City of Mount Holly
NCS000407
April 21, 2021
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Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming MS4 Permit compliance audit, please feel
free to contact Jesse McDonnell at [e-mail] or [phone].
Sincerely,
Zahid S. Khan, CPM, CPESC, CPSWQ
RegionalEngineer
Land Quality Section
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David Johnson david.johnson ci;nithollv.us
Kimberly Sturgis Kimberly.sturgis,r@i,mtholly.us
Jeanette Powell Jeanette.Powell ncdenr.gov DEMLR MS4 Program Coordinator
DEMLR NPDES MS4 Permit Laserfiche File
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Mooresville Regional Office ) 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
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Preliminary Agenda for MS4 Program Audit
Mt. Holly, NC
May 18-19, 2021
Meeting Location:
9:00 am 9:30 am I Opening Discussions and Program Management Overview
9:30 am - 10:15 am Office Discussion: Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
(IDDE)
10:15 am - 11:00 am Office Discussion: Pollution/Prevention and Good Housekeeping for
Municipal Operations
11:00 am - 11:15 am Break
10:45 am - 11:30 am Office Discussion: Construction Site Runoff Controls
11:30 am - 11:45 pm Logistics Planning for Site Visits
11:45 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Site Visits (IDDE; Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping,
Construction Sites)
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm I Recap and Planning for Wednesday
8:00 am - 11:00 am I Additional Site Visits and/or Follow-up Discussions
11:00 am - 11:30 am I DEQ Inspection Team Internal Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm I Closing Conference/Preliminary Findings
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