WV0400053_Iniital Well Variance for UPS Greensboro_20190508

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPE .
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 8, 2019
Moniqua Williams, Environmental Program Manager
United Parcel Service
55 Glenlake Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
RE: Variance Request to Rules 15A NCAC 02T .1606
Well Construction Standards: Criteria and Standards Applicable to Groundwater Remediation Systems
Former UPS Facility, 3009 Thurston Avenue, Greensboro, Guilford County
Well Variance Permit #WV0400053
Dear Ms. Williams:
On May 3, 2019 the Winston-Salem Regional Office received a written request for a variance to the well construction
rules. Rule 15A NCAC 02T .1606 states that the minimum horizontal separation between an injection well and an
above -ground structure is 10 feet.
Two injection wells at the site (IW-1 and IW-2) and one extraction well (EW-2) were installed closer than 10 feet
from the site building. This variance request is for locating the wells closer to the building than the 10-foot limit.
Since the contamination plume that is to be remediated is located adjacent to the building, it was necessary to install
the wells closer than 10 feet to the building. The factors specified are sufficient to satisfy the conditions for approval
of a variance as defined in 15A NCAC 02T .1606. The granting of this variance is for the well location only, and in
no way relieves the owner or agent from other requirements of the North Carolina Well Construction Standards, or
any other applicable law, rule or regulation that may be regulated by other agencies.
If you have any questions regarding this variance, please contact me or Jim Gonsiewski at [phone].
Sincerely,
EDocuSigned by:
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Lon T. Snider.
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ — WSRO
cc: Anthony Convery, Jr. — Cascade Drilling, Inc.
Nick Miller - Arcadis
Guilford County Environmental Health Department
Debra Watts, DWR WQROS, Groundwater Protection Unit, Raleigh
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Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
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