WQ0031857_Additional Information Request #1_20240405

April 5, 2024
DAVID E. KELLY II – TOWN MANAGER
TOWN OF OAK ISLAND
4601 EAST OAK ISLAND DRIVE
OAK ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA 28465-5211
Subject: Application No. WQ0031857
Additional Information Request #1
Oak Island Satellite WRF
Reclaimed Water Generation, Bulk
Distribution, Conjunctive
Utilization, and High-Rate
Infiltration System
Brunswick County
Dear Mr. Kelly,
Division of Water Resources’ Central and Regional staff have reviewed the application package
received on January 24, 2024. However, the Division requires additional information before completing
our review. Please address the items on the attached pages no later than the close of business on May 6,
2024.
Please be aware that the Applicant is responsible for meeting all requirements set forth in North
Carolina rules and regulations. The Applicant is also responsible for any oversights that occur during the
review of the subject application package. The Division may return the application as incomplete pursuant
to 15A NCAC 02T .0107(e)(2) if any omissions are made when responding to the outstanding items in
Sections A through O or the Applicant fails to provide the additional information on or before the above-
requested date.
Please reference the subject application number when providing the requested information. The
Applicant shall sign, seal, and date (where applicable) all revised and/or additional documentation and
submit an electronic response to my attention via the Non-Discharge online portal.
If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at [phone] or
[e-mail]. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Zachary J. Mega, Engineer III
Division of Water Resources
cc: Wilmington Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section (Electronic Copy)
Laserfiche File (Electronic Copy)
Mr. David E. Kelly
April 5, 2024
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A. Overall:
1. Mr. Bryan K. Lievre from the Wilmington Regional Office (WiRO) reviewed the submitted
application package and provided the following comments:
a. Mr. Michael J. Meilinger and Mr. Tyler G. Benson from the WiRO performed a Compliance
Inspection on September 7, 2023. During this inspection, Mr. Meilinger and Mr. Benson noted
that were many broken diffuser heads leaving both aeration trains inoperable. The ORC
confirmed with Mr. Lievre via a telephone call on February 20, 2024, that the Permittee has
not yet completed the repairs.
Please verify that the Town will make the needed repairs to the diffuser heads of both treatment
trains and provide a timeline to complete this. [15A NCAC 02T .0108(b)(1)(A), 02U .0108]
b. The Division has not received groundwater quality monitoring reports (Form GW-59) for this
facility since November 2017. Please provide the required monitoring reports from November
2017 to the present. [15A NCAC 02T .0105(m), 02T .0108(c), 02U .0108, 02U .0105]
2. Please provide the latitude and longitude of the reclaimed water bulk distribution station located at
Middleton Park (Oak Island Recreation Fields). The Division will include this information in the
Facility Description of the renewed permit.
B. Application (Form: RWS-R 02-21):
1. Section V (Operator in Responsible Charge [ORC] Information) – The specified Back-up ORC
(BUORC), Kyle S. Brown (Certification No. 1010056), does not match the Division’s current
records. The Division’s records show Sunny Wright (Certification No. 28813) as the current
BUORC. Please complete the attached ORC Designation Form and submit it to the Water Pollution
Control System Operators Certification Commission (WPCSOCC) via [e-mail]. If
applicable, please also complete the form located here to remove Kyle S. Brown (Certification No.
1010056) as a BUORC from Permit No. WQ0031857. No response is required. This will not
affect this permit’s renewal process.
C. Attachment A – Site Map:
1. No comment.
D. Attachment B – Signature Authority Delegation:
1. No comment.
E. Attachment C – Flow Reduction:
1. N/A
F. Attachment D – Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity:
1. N/A
Mr. David E. Kelly
April 5, 2024
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G. Attachment E – Operational Agreement:
1. N/A
H. Attachment F – Demonstration of Future Wastewater Treatment Capacities:
1. No comment.
I. Attachment G – Easement, Encroachment, and Lease Agreements:
1. Condition II.17 of the Final Permit issued on August 16, 2017, requires the Permittee to execute
and file with the Brunswick County Register of Deeds (RoD) an easement running with the land
for any land within the compliance boundary of the high -rate infiltration basins that the Permittee
does not own. The Reclaimed Quality Effluent Water Agreement (the “Agreement”) included with
the Final Permit issued on August 16, 2017, that discusses the terms between the Town of Oak
Island and Leisure Investments of N.C., Inc. was not filed with the Brunswick County RoD nor
does it meet the requirements of 15A NCAC 02L .0107(k). Leisure Investments of N.C., Inc. has
also sold the property in question (Parcel No. 249DB003) to Oak Island Golf and Country Club,
Inc.
Please either:
a. Provide an executed easement document filed with the Brunswick County RoD that meets the
requirements of 15A NCAC 02L .0107(k) and, if necessary, revise the Agreement for the new
owner.
b. Revise the Agreement to meet the requirements of 15A NCAC 02L .0107(k) and act as an
easement running with the land, file the Agreement with the Brunswick County RoD, and, if
necessary, revise the Agreement for the new owner.
Per Attachment G of Form: RWS-R 02-21, please also provide any other easement, encroachment,
and lease agreements associated with this facility.
J. Attachment H – Affiliations:
1. No comment.
K. Attachment I – Compliance Schedules:
1. N/A
L. Attachment J – Civil Penalties and Outstanding Violations:
1. N/A
M. Attachment K – Industrial Wastewater:
1. N/A

Mr. David E. Kelly
April 5, 2024
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N. Attachment L – Setback Waivers:
1. N/A
O. Applicant’s Certification:
1. No comment.