NCG150061_NOV Response_20200131

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NORTH CAROLINA
January 28, 2020
General Services / Regional Jetport
Mr. Timothy L. LaBounty, PE
Regional Engineer
NC Department of Environment Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
225 Green Street, Suite 714
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Subject: Notice of Violation
Harnett Regional Jetport
NPDES Stormwater General Pernit-NCG150000
Certificate of Coverage NCG150061
Dear Mr. LaBounty:
www.harnett.ora
PO Box 940
615 Airport Road
Lillington, NC 27546
Office Ph: 910-893-7536
Jetport Ph: 910-814-2740
Fax: [phone]
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OED-FAYETTEVILLE REGIONALOHICE
This letter is in response to the violation notice the Harnett County Jetport received
because of the site inspection of January 15, 2020. I wish to emphasize our commitment
to address and correct the Action Items listed on the January 22, 2020 notice, and fully
comply with all the requirements of the NPDES Stormwater General Permit-
NCG 150000.
As your letter indicates, both the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP) updates
and qualitative monitoring were not in compliance. This failure owned by the county
will be corrected immediately and in partnership with our day-to-day airport operations
contractor. Nevertheless, I am confident the failure resulted from new contractor
personnel, less emphasis on SPPP training, lack of communication between myself and
the jetport manager, and probably changes in operations. As we move forward, the
contractor will perform the qualitative monitoring and together we will update the SPPP
when and where needed. Finally, I will ensure SPPP training remains current, maintain
up-to-date documentation and provide change and monitoring oversight.
In order to ensure both the county and contractor maintain compliance, we are adding
scheduled meetings, normally once a month, to discuss overall operations including
SPPP actions, changes and any qualitative monitoring events/opportunities. These
scheduled meetings will tracked using electronic calendar reminders and updates sent
to both the contractor and county participants. Finally, our plan of action does include
regularly scheduled meetings to discuss operations and provide oversight including
SPPP actions, changes, and qualitative monitoring events.
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I do want to emphasize we are committed to correcting the violations and maintain
compliance without further violations. We are committed to working hand -in -hand
with our contractor and the Department of Environmental Quality to ensure correct
discharge of stormwater from the jetport.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter. If you need any additional information,
suggestions or concerns, please contact me at 910-893-7536.
Sincerely,
Barry A. Blevins
Director
cc: Paula Stewart, County Manager
Coley Price, Asst. County Manager
Gary Peacock, Warren Aviation
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