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Home My WebLink AboutNCS000250_NCDOT NOC Letter_20200206ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary BRIAN WRENN Acting Director NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quahity February 6, 2020 CERTIFIED MAIL 7019 1120 0000 5077 1315 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. James H. Trogdon, III Secretary of Transportation North Carolina Department of Transportation 1 S. Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Subject: NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE (NOC-2020-PC-0206) North Carolina Department of Transportation NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000250 Statewide Dear Secretary Trogdon: On September 23-25, 2019, staff from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) conducted a compliance audit of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit. The audit identified no major deficiencies with the specific components of the MS4 Permit that were reviewed. For your reference, a copy of the MS4 Program Audit Report issued by DEQ is available through the NCDEQ DWR Laserfiche WebLink. The current NCDOT MS4 permit expires on September 30, 2020 and a permit renewal application is required to be submitted on or before April 3, 2020. In accordance with Part IV of the permit, DEQ policy and this notice, the NCDOT is required to complete the following actions: (1) Respond in writing within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt of this notice to acknowledge these requirements and the intent to comply. (2) Submit a Statewide NPDES MS4 Permit Renewal Application on or before April 3, 2020. NCDEQ will provide the Statewide Permit Renewal Application Form to NCDOT Hydraulics Engineering staff via e-mail. (3) Meet with NCDEQ MS4 Program staff within forty-five (45) days of submitting the permit renewal application to j ointly review and evaluate current and proposed new permit conditions. (4) DEQ will provide NCDOT with a Draft NCDOT NPDES MS4 Permit following the meeting(s) in Item 3 above. Within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt of the Draft North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources 512 North Salisbury Street 11612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612 Noa*N coaourw ow.m+^ me"iA^m�wo-°•rro 919.707.9200 NCDOT MS4 Permit, NCDOT shall submit a Draft NCDOT Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) which details specific actions, measurable goals, implementation timelines and annual reporting metrics that demonstrate compliance with the permit requirements. The submitted Draft NCDOT SWMP must document the compliant stormwater management program that will be implemented over the full 5-year term of the new permit. The Draft NCDOT SWMP must correlate in structure and format to the provided Draft NCDOT NPDES MS4 Permit. (5) Within thirty (30) days of receiving NCDEQ and public comments on the Draft NCDOT SWMP, address each comment and submit a Final NCDOT SWMP for concurrent DEQ approval and final permit issuance. The final DEQ-approved NCDOT SWMP shall become an enforceable component of the issued NCDOT NPDES MS4 permit. (6) The current NPDES MS4 permit conditions shall remain in effect until such time as a new permit is issued. All required documentation shall be submitted to the DEQ MS4 Program Coordinator via email, Sharepoint or U.S. mail: MS4 Program Coordinator DEQ-DEMLR Stormwater Program 1612 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 Jeanette.Powell@ncdenr.gov Thank you for your attention to this matter. Should you have any questions, please contact me at (919) 707-3620. Sincerely. WanettePowell, MS4 Program Coordinator Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources Cc via Email: Andy McDaniel, NCDOT Hydraulics Engineering Supervisor III Stephen Morgan, NCDOT State Hydraulics Engineer Matt Lauffer, NCDOT Assistant State Hydraulics Engineer Dan O'Connor, NCDOT REU Engineer Brian Wrenn, NCDEQ Acting Director Toby Vinson, DEMLR Program Operations Chief Matt Gantt, DEMLR Regional Operations Chief Annette Lucas, DEMLR Stormwater Program Supervisor Alaina Morman, DEMLR Stormwater Compliance & Enforcement Lauren Garcia, DEMLR NPDES Stormwater Permit Specialist Julie Coco, DEMLR State Sediment Engineer III Robert Patterson, NCDEQ-DWR Stormwater Engineer Stan Aiken, DEMLR ARO Isaiah Reed, DEMLR ARO Tim LaBounty, DEMLR FRO Mike Lawyer, DEMLR. FRO Zahid Khan, DEMLR MRO James Moore, DEMLR MRO Bill Denton, DEMLR RRO Thad Valentine, DEMLR RRO Samir Dumpor, DEMLR WaRO Thom Edgerton, DEMLR WaRO Dan Sams, DEMLR WiRO Brian Lambe, DEMLR WiRO Tamers Eplin, DEMLR WSRO Brandon Wise, DEMLR WSRO