NCS000250_NCDOT NOC Response Letter_20200221

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER JAMES H. TROGDON, III
GovERNoR
SECRETARY
February 20, 2020
Ms. Jeanette Powell, MS4 Program Coordinator
DEQ-DEMLR Stormwater Program
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
Jeanette.Powell gncdenr. gov
Subject: Response to Notice of Compliance (NOC-2020-PC-0206) for:
North Carolina Department of Transportation
NPDES TS4 Permit No. NCS000250
Statewide
Dear Ms. Powell:
As required by the Notice of Compliance (NOC-2020-PC-0206), the North Carolina
Department of Transportation (NCDOT) hereby provides our response acknowledging
the results of the audit completed on September 23-25, 2019 and the requirements stated
within with our intent to comply with the following actions:
(1) NCDOT is submitting a Statewide NPDES MS4 Permit Renewal Application for
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000250, see enclosure. Both electronic and hard
copies of this letter and application will be provided.
(2) NCDOT shall meet with NCDEQ MS4 Program staff within forty-five (45) days
of submitting the permit renewal application to jointly review and evaluate
current and proposed new permit conditions.
(3) DEQ will provide NCDOT with a Draft NCDOT NPDES MS4 Permit following
the meeting(s) in Item 2 above. Within one hundred twenty (120) days of receipt
of the Draft NCDOT NPDES TS4 Permit, NCDOT will submit a Draft NCDOT
Stormwater Management Plan (S WMP) which details specific actions,
measurable goals, implementation timelines and annual reporting metrics that
demonstrate compliance with the permit requirements. NCDOT refers to this
document as a TS4MP to distinguish it from other regulatory documents used for
stormwater management.
Mailing Address: Telephone: [phone] Location:
NO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAX: [phone] SOUTH WILMINGTON ST
HYDRAULICS UNIT Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968 RALEIGH NC 27601
1501 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1501
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NCDOT NOC Response
February 20, 2020
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The submitted Draft NCDOT TS4MP will document the compliant stormwater
management program that will be implemented over the full 5-year term of the
new permit. The Draft NCDOT TS4MP will correlate in structure and format to
the provided Draft NCDOT NPDES TS4 Permit.
(4) Within thirty (30) days of receiving NCDEQ and public comments on the Draft
NCDOT TS4MP, NCDOT will address each comment and submit a final NCDOT
TS4MP for concurrent DEQ approval and final permit issuance. The final DEQ -
approved NCDOT TS4MP will become an enforceable component of the issued
NCDOT NPDES TS4 Permit.
(5) The current NPDES TS4 conditions shall remain in effect until such time as a new
permit is issued.
NCDOT also would like to take this opportunity to advise the MS4 Program Coordinator
that the permit owner going forward will be the new Secretary of NCDOT, Eric
Boyette, effective as of March 1, 2020. Considering this change, NCDOT is filing a
Permit Owner Affiliation Designation Form, designating Mr. Boyette as the new owner
affiliation, see enclosure.
If you have any questions, or need more information, please feel free to contact Andrew
McDaniel, of the Hydraulics Unit at [phone] or Dan O'Connor of the Roadside
Environmental Unit at [phone].
Sincerely,
Department of Transportation
W'PDES Statewide MS4 Permit Renewal Application Form
Permit Owner Affiliation Designation Form
cc: Electronic copies:
Brian Wrenn, DEMLR Acting Director
Annette Lucas, DEMLR Stormwater Program Manager
Amy Chapman, DWR Transportation Permitting Branch Supervisor
Bobby Lewis, NCDOT Chief Operating Officer
David Howard, NCDOT Chief Deputy Secretary
James Eden, NCDOT Turnpike Authority Executive Director
Tim Little, NCDOT Chief Engineer
Stephen Morgan, NCDOT State Hydraulics Engineer
David Harris, NCDOT State Roadside Environmental Engineer