NCC201904_ESC Approval Submitted_20200511

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Yadkin Solar Farm, LLC
Jonathan Burke
1447 S. Tryon St. Suite 201
Charlotte, NC 28203
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North Carolina
Environmental Quality
January 10, 2020
LETTER OF APPROVAL
RE: Project Name: Yadkin Solar Farm 1009
Project ID: YADKI-2020-009
Total Acres: 34.23
County: Yadkin
Project Location: Mackie Rd - Yadkinville
Submitted By: benesch
Date Received by LQS: January 10, 2020
Plan Type: Commercial -Express -New
Dear Sir or Madam:
This office has reviewed the subject erosion and sedimentation control plan. We
find the plan to be acceptable and hereby issue this Letter of Approval. The enclosed
Certificate of Approval must be posted at the job site. This plan approval shall
expire three (3) years following the date of approval, if no land -disturbing activity
has been undertaken, as is required by Title 15A NCAC 4B .0129.
As of March 1, 2019, all new construction activities are required to complete and
submit an electronic Notice of Intent (NOI) form requesting a Certificate of
Coverage (COC) under the NCGO10000 Construction Stormwater General Permit.
This form MUST be submitted prior to the commencement of any land disturbing
activity on this project. The NOI form may be accessed at decl.nc.jyov/NCGOI.
Please direct questions about the NOI form to Annette Lucas at
Annette. 1UCasicr ncde1ir.gov or Paul Clark at Pau1.c1ark0- ncdenr._L-oN . After you
submit a complete and correct NOI Form, a COC will be emailed to you within
three business days. Initially, DEMLR will not charge a fee for coverage under the
NCGO1 permit. However, on or after May 1, 2019, a $100 fee will be charged
annually.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality j Division of Energy, minerals & Land Resources
W4nston-Salem Regional Office .1450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 i Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
[phone]

Title 15A NCAC 4B .0118(a) and the NCGO1 permit require that the following
documentation be kept on file at the job site:
1. The approved E&SC plan as well as any approved deviation.
2. The NCG01 permit and the COC, after it is received.
3. Records of inspections made during the previous 30 days.
North Carolina's Sedimentation Pollution Control Act is performance -oriented,
requiring protection of existing natural resources and adjoining properties. If,
following the commencement of this project, the erosion and sedimentation
control plan is inadequate to meet the requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution
Control Act of 1973 (North Carolina General Statute 113A-51 through 66), this office
may require revisions to the plan and implementation of the revisions to ensure
compliance with the Act.
Acceptance and approval of this plan is conditioned upon your compliance with
Federal and State water quality laws, regulations, and rules. In addition, local city or
county ordinances or rules may also apply to this land -disturbing activity. This
approval does not supersede any other permit or approval.
Please note that this approval is based in part on the accuracy of the information
provided in the Financial Responsibility Form, which you provided. You are
requested to file an amended form if there is any change in the information included
on the form. In addition, it would be helpful if you notify this office of the proposed
starting date for this project. Please notify us if you plan to have a preconstruction
conference.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
Sincerely,
sc-att�
Assistant Regional Engineer
DEMLR
Enclosures: Certificate of Approval
NCGO1 Fact Sheet
Cc:
benesch
2359 Perimeter Pointe Pkwy Suite 350
Charlotte, NC 28208

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Fact Sheet on the New NCG01 Permit a EY
April 2019
The NC Construction General Permit (also known as "NCGOV) was renewed on April 1, 2019. The updated permit
does not significantly change the measures that are required to be implemented on construction sites. However,
there are some organizational and technical updates to the permit as described below. Most notably, there is a new
process in which construction sites will obtain official coverage under an NCG01 permit through an electronic
process. DEMLR worked with a broad team of stakeholders to make all of these updates. If you have questions,
contact Annette Lucas at [e-mail] or [phone].
Organizational Updates
The new permit:
• Repeats state requirements for E&SC
Plans and organizes them with federal
construction activity requirements;
• Is clearly organized by topic; and
• Has less text and more tables.
Technical Updates
The new permit:
• Requires that the E&SC Plan meet
SWPPP requirements (p. 2);
■ Provides a list of items that must be
included in the SWPPP, such as the
construction sequence, plans,
calculations, etc. (p. 2-4);1
• Has updated language on bypasses and
upsets that is tailored to construction
activities (p. 10);
+ Puts all timeframes for inspections,
record -keeping and reporting in
"calendar days' for clarity and
consistency (p. 11-14);2
• Changes the inspection frequency
(during business hours) to at least
once per 7 calendar days and after
every storm > 1.0 inch (previously 0.5
inch);' and
• Excludes weekends, state and federal
holidays from normal business hours
unless construction activities take
place (p. 23).
This list is based on website guidance
by the DEMLR Sediment Program.
The number of calendar days was
selected to be as equivalent as
possible with the previous permit.
The intent is to provide predictability
to the inspection schedule.
Acronyms to Know
COC: Certificate of Coverage, proof of coverage under an NCG01 permit
DEMLR: NC Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
E&SC: Erosion & Sedimentation Control
e-NOI: Notice of Intent, application form for the NCGO1 permit
e-NOT: Notice of Termination, form for closing out the NCGO1 permit
SWPPP: Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, required by the NCGO1
The NCG01 Process
The new NCG01 applies to permits approved on or after April 1, 2019.
Permittees will no longer receive a copy of the NCGO1 permit in the mail
with their E&SC Plan approvals and be considered as covered under the
permit. Federal rules require that DEMLR receive an NOI on each
construction project and issue each construction project its own COC.
Under the new NCGO1 process, construction sites will continue to
receive approval for E&SC Plans from either DEMLR or the delegated
local E&SC program just like before. After receiving E&SC Plan approval,
permittees will officially obtain coverage under the NCG01 by
completing an a-NOI (available at deq.nc.gov/NCG01). The e-NOI will
only take about 20 minutes to fill out and submit on-line.
Initially, there will be no charge associated with applying for an NCGO1
permit but on or around June 1, 2019, DEMLR will begin charging a $100
annual general permit fee as required per §143-215.3D.
DEMLR is working on creating a single application form that will allow an
applicant to simultaneously apply for an E&SC permit and an NCGO1
COC. That effort is part of a larger Permit Transformation project at
DEMLR.

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICRAEL S. REGAN
Secretory
Energy, Mineral TRACY DAVIS
and Land Resources Director
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Announcement of Combined Self -Monitoring and Self -Inspection Form
The Sedimentation Pollution Control Act was amended in 2006 to require that persons
responsible for land -disturbing activities inspect a project after each phase of the project
to make sure that the approved erosion and sedimentation control plan is being followed.
Rules detailing the documentation of these inspections became effective October 1, 2010.
To simplify document of Self -Inspection Reports and NPDES Self -Monitoring Reports, a
combined form is now available. The new form was developed to satisfy the requirements
of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act and the NPDES Stormwater Permit for
Construction Activities, NCG 010000. Beginning August 1, 2013, the Division of Energy,
Mineral, and Land Resources is responsible for administering both the SPCA and the NPDES
Stormwater Permit for Construction Activities NCG 010000. The combined form should
make it easier to comply with self -inspection requirements.
The Combined Self -Monitoring form is available as a PDF and Word document from the
Land Quality web site.
http :Ilpo rta I . n cd e n r, o rg/web/I r/e rosi ❑ n
If you have questions, please contact the Land Quality Section at a DEQ Regional Office
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, NC 27105
336 776-9800 Phone/ 336 776-9797 FAX