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STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET
POST -CONSTRUCTION PERMITS
PERMIT NO.
SW8 cj-102_40
DOC TYPE
❑ CURRENT PERMIT
❑ APPROVED PLANS
❑ HISTORICAL FILE
© COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION
DOC DATE
2000 0-Er 13
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Retention Pond 5eMce% Inc..
Specializing in all phases of Aquatic and-0rainage Maintenance
August 13, 2000
Mr. Scott Vinson
N.C.D.E.N.R.: Wilmington Branch
127 Cardinal Drive Extension ,' �iP� ��� �� 1 Owl
Wilmington, NC 28405
Re: Your N.O.V. Letter Dated May 31, 2000 (S/to'rmwllater Project #SW8/I970240)
Dear Scott:
Please let this letter serve as notice to your office we have corrected the areas of non-compliance
related to installation and maintenance in the above N.O.V. These corrective actions were completed
on August 5, 2000.
We have been engaged by the property owners to provide ongoing retention' pond maintenance for
their.facility. Please copy us on any future correspondence concerning the property. Additionally, if
you desire we will be glad to meet you on site for a follow-up inspection of our work. If you have any
questions, please contact myself or Amy at 675.2990. .
Sincerely,
D E C E 9 V E
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Glenn H. Garrett 22 2000
Retention Pond Services, Inc.
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309 Crowatan Road Castle Hayne, NC 28429 • 910.675.2990 9888.791.3600 Fax [phone]
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Wilmington Regional Office
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Bill Holman, Secretary
Division of Water Quality
May 31, 2000
Mssrs. Lionel Yow and John Elmore
Echo Group, LLC
1900 Eastwood Road, Suite 11
Wilmington, NC 28403
Subject: COMPLIANCE INSPECTION
Echo Towns
Stormwater Project No. SW8 970240
New Hanover County County
Dear Mssrs. Yow and Elmore:
Please find attached a copy of the completed form entitled "Stormwater Compliance Inspection Report".
The report summarizes the findings of a recent inspection of the project's stormwater controls conducted on May
23, 2000 to determine compliance with Stormwater Permit Number SW8 970240 issued on July 3, 1997.
A summary of the findings and comments are noted under Section 6 of the report. Please inform this
:Office in writing before June 30, 2000 of the specific actions that will be undertaken and the time frame
required to correct the deficiencies. Failure to provide the requested information, when required, may iitiate
enforcement action. If you have any questions please contact me at the Wilmington Regional Office, telephone
number [phone].
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson
Environmental Engineer
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STORMWATER COMPLIANCE INSPECTION REPORT
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Project Name: Echo Towns
Project Number:
Water Body
SW8 970240
Barnards Creek
Directions to site, address: Echo Farms Blvd.
Inspection Date: May 23, 2000
Weather Conditions: sunny and warm
Control Measure
Classification:
a wet detention pond
C SW
Compliance Issues: a. The vegetated filter is no more than a connecting ditch. There is no flow
spreader, no permanent grassed vegetation, and no flat bottom with the required
width for non -erosive sheet flow of water from the pond. .
b. The two fore bays are full of sediment.
c. The are no trash guards over the weirs on the outlet structure. As a result trash
and debris have partially blocked the outlet hole/weir.
d. The designer's certification for this stormwater management system has not
been received by this Office.
Required Actions: a. Refer to the approved permitted plans dated March 17, 1997 for the design
details of the vegetated filter and modify the site to correspond with the plans.
b. The fore bays need to be cleaned out, back to the design depths.
c. Place trash guards, screens, over the outlet weirs to prevent trash from entering
downstream waters.
d. Please have a professional engineer inspect and certify this system. The two
enclosed forms should be filled out and submitted to this Office.
Inspector: Scott Vinson P. Y
Water Quality/Wilmington Regional Office/[phone]
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