WI0500204_NOV - Permit Expiration_20200306

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 6, 2020
Hooman Ghashghaei & Annemette Olufsen
3011 Buckingham Way
Apex NC 27502
CERTIFIED MAIL # 7018 0040 0001 1449 6696
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
UIC Permit No. WI0500204
Hooman Ghashghaei & Annemette Olufsen SIR
Wake County
Dear Hooman & Annemette:
The Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program of the Division of Water Resources (DWR) is
responsible for the regulation of injection well construction and operation activities in the state of
North Carolina. Our records indicate that an injection well associated with a Geothermal
heating/cooling system was constructed on your property at 3011 Buckingham Way in Apex,
North Carolina and that UIC Permit No. WI0500204 had been issued for the operation of this
injection well. This permit was most recently issued to Hooman Ghashghaei & Annemette Olufsen
on May 09, 2014 (Enclosure 1).
This permit expired on July 31, 2019. On May 21, 2019, you were issued a Notice of Expiration
(Enclosure 2) and a permit renewal application with instructions to submit the necessary
paperwork. To date the UIC Program has not received your renewal application. Therefore, our
records indicate that the following violations exist.
VIOLATION #1:
According to 15A NCAC 02C.0224 (a) No Geothermal Heating and Cooling Water Return Well
shall be constructed, repaired or operated without a permit.
VIOLATION #2:
According to 15A NCAC 02C.0224 (c) Permit Renewals are required to be submitted at least 120
days prior to the expiration date of the permit.
REQUIRED CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THESE VIOLATIONS:
You must complete and submit the Application for a Permit to Construct or Operate injection wells
within 15 days of the receipt of this letter. For your convenience the Application for a Permit to
Construct and Operate Injection wells is attached (Enclosure 3).
D4 North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
_ 512 North Salisbury Street 11636 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1636
919.707.9000

If the injection well is no longer being used for any purpose, you may request the Permit be
rescinded by checking the Permit Rescission Request on the form. If the well is no longer being
used you must have it permanently abandoned according to the regulatory requirements listed
under North Carolina Administrative Code Title 15A, Subchapter 2C, Section .0240.
Permit condition violations have been documented for this permit. Please respond in writing to
this office within 15 days upon your receipt of this Notice of Violation regarding your plans or
measures to be taken to address the indicated. Please include in your response all corrective actions
already taken and a schedule for completion of any corrective actions not addressed.
Failure to comply with conditions in a permit may result in a recommendation of enforcement
action, to the Director of the Division of Water Resources, who may issue a civil penalty
assessment of not more that twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars against any "person" who
violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of a permit under
authority of G.S. 143-215.6A.
Please call Shristi Shrestha at [phone] or email her at shristi.shrestha cdenr. ov if you
have any questions about this correspondence, the UIC Program, or injection well rules and
regulations.
Sincerely,
Mmirmm
Chief, Ground Water Resources Section
NCDEQ Division of Water Resources
Enclosures
1. Copy of previous permit
2. Copy of Notice of Expiration
3. Application for a Permit to Construct or Operate injection wells
cc: Raleigh Regional Office - w/o enclosures
Central Files - Permit No. WI0500204 w/o enclosures