NCC204046_ESC Approval Submitted_20200918

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Cleveland County
Attention: Brian Epley
Post Office Box 1210
Shelby, North Carolina 28151
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EnWronmenta Quality
November , 2019
LETTER OF A PROVAL
RE: Project Name: Foothills Shooting Complex Impr(
Acres Approved: 19.74
Project ID: CLEVE-2020-008
County: Cleveland
City: Shelby
Address: Fielding Road
River Basin: Broad
Stream Classification: Other
Submitted By: Cleveland County
Date Received by LQS: October 30, 2019
Plan Type: New
Dear Mr. Epley:
This office has reviewed the subject erosion and sed
acceptable and hereby issue this Letter of Approval. The
the job site. This plan approval shall expire three (3) year:
activity has been undertaken, as is required by Title 15A
)vements Skeet and Trap Expansion
mentation control plan. We find the plan to be
enclosed Certificate of Approval must be posted at
following the date of approval, if no land -disturbing
VCAC 48 .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 Covenage (COC) under the NCG010000 Construction
Stormwater General Permit. This form MUST be submitte prior to the commencement of any land disturbing
activity on the above named project. The NOI form may accessed at deq.nc.gov/NCG01. Please direct
questions about the NOI form to Annette Lucas at Annette,[e-mail] or Paul Clark at
[e-mail]. 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 NCG01 permit.
However, on or after May 1, 2019, a $100 fee will be cha ged annually. This fee is to be sent to the DEMLR
Stormwater Central Office in Raleigh.
D E Q>
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 � Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.663.1699

Letter of Approval
Cleveland County
November 26, 2019
Page 2 of 2
Title 15A NCAC 413.0118(a) and the NCG01 permit regi
at the job site:
1. The approved E&SC plan as well as any approv
2. The NCG01 permit and the COC, once it is rece
ire that the following documentation be kept on file
deviation.
Records of inspections made during the previous 30 days.
Also, this letter gives the notice required by G.S. 113A- 1.1(a) of our right of periodic inspection to insure
compliance with the approved plan.
North Carc!ina's Sedimentation Pollution Control Act is performance -oriented, requiring protection of existing
natural resources and adjoining properties. If, following he commencement of this project, the erosion and
sedimentation control plan is inadequate to meet the reqt irements 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 insure compliance with the Act.
Acceptance and approval of this plan is conditioned u 'on your compliance with Federal and State water
quality laws, regulations, and rules. In addition, local city Dr county ordinances or rules may also apply to this
land -disturbing activity. This approval does not superseds any other permit or approval.
Please note that this approval is based in part on the a curacy 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 wotild 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.
s Moore
Cant Regional Engineer
Quality Section
Enclosures: Certificate of Approval
NCG01 Fact Sheet
em: [e-mail]
cc: Inspection Department

Fact Sheet on the New
Apr!! 2019
NCGO1 Permit D_EQ
The NC Construction General Permit (also known as "NCG01") was renewed on April 1, 2019. The updated permit
does not significantly change the measures that are require Ito 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);'
• 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),
• 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.
2 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 H
now
COC: Certificate
of Coverage, proof of coverage under an NCGO1 permit
DEMLR: NC Di
sion of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
E&SC: Erosion
& Sedimentation Control
e-NOI: Notice
f Intent, application form for the NCG01 permit
e-NOT: Notice
f Termination, form for closing out the NCG01 permit
SWPPP: Storm
vater Pollution Prevention Plan, required by the NCGO1
The NCGO1 Pr
cess
The new lVCGO1
applies to permits approved on or after April 1, 2019.
Perm ittees will
no longer receive a copy of the NCG01 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
NCG01 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 NCGO1 by
completing an
-NOI (available at c1eg.nc,gov/NCG01). The e-NOI will
only take abou
20 minutes to fill out and submit on-line.
Initially, there Jill be no charge associated with applying for an NCG01
permit but on Ir around June 1, 2019, DEMLR will begin charging a $100
annual general ermit fee as required per §143-215.3D.
DEMLR is work' g 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.

Q&A About the NOw NCGO1 Permit
Why do construction sites have to do this extra applicati n step?
DEMLR is required by the EPA to issue a specific COC to every construction
site that disturbs one acre or more. DEMLR is working to create a form
that combines the E&SC plan approval and a-NOI processes, but that will
take more time. For now, DEMLR has created an efficient -NO[ process.
If an E&SC Plan is approved before April 1, which permitapplies?
Projects with already approved E&SC Plans will automaticz sly follow the
new NCG01 permit, but will not need to fill out an e-NOI o payar.annual
permit fee. However, the permittees should print the new permit and the
two standard detail sheets and have them on site.
Will DEMLR offer tools to help permittees comply with t, e new : =CI)1?
Yes, DEMLR will provide two sampie plan sheets at .-at
can be placed into the E&SC plan set. —7e fir: covers the 1te stac Nation
and materials handling portions of the permit. The second sheet covers.
the inspection, record -keeping and reporting portions of t e permit.
How will the new a-N01 submittal and COC process worst
Permittees will apply for E&SC Plan approvals from DEMLR or the local
E&SC program like before. The E&SC approval letter will irstruct the
permittee to visit deg.^c.;!ov/NCG01 to submit an e-NOI form to:)-;NlLR.
The permittee may begin the construction activity after re eipt of the Ca'_
(within three days*). The permittee must print and retain a copy of the
permit and the COC on site. Initially, the COC will be issued for free but on
or around June 1, 2019, a $100 annual general permit fee Nilf be charged.
Who is allowed to submit an a-N01 form?
Submittal must be by a responsibie corporate officer that owns or
operates the activity, such as a president, secretary, trews rer, or vice
president or a manager that is authorized in accordance with IV.S.'o of the
NCG01 permit. Additional signatory options are set forth in IV.B.S of the
permit. It is possible for consultant to prepare the e-NOI, ave it as a draft,
and email it to L,ie responsible entity for slgnavma & sub , t,,3i.
What happens to the COC when tf:e construct;on activity
When a project is complete, the permittees will contact D
delegated program to close out the E&SC Plan. After DEM
E&SC program inform the permittee of the project close e
report, the permittee will visit deg.nc.gov/NCG01 to subrr
Will there be a grace period for adherence to the new pr
DEMLR does not have the authority to grant a grace perio
federally mandated permit_ Permittees will be informed o
process via web site, E&SC P}an approval letters and list si�
construction activity disturbs one acre or more (or is part
of development that disturbs one acre or more) fails to su
after approval of its E&SC Plan, this is a violation of federa
requirements and the permittee could be subject to a pen
is camp:ete?
MLR or the local
R or the local
,t via inspection
t an e-NOT.
)cess
ifroma
'the new
rvs. If a
of common plan
)mit an e-NOl
permitting
ilty assessment.
How does the ;yew NCG01 affect the
delegated iota; c&5C Programs?
Local programs will continue to review
and approve E&SC plans. However,
they will no longer send copies of the
NCG01 with E&SC Plan approvals.
DEMLR will provide sample language to
use in local E&SC Plan approvals to
advise permittees that they -rust
submit an e-NOI to DEMLR.
__:.=i programs are not required to
_. <'f oer,m,ittees have submitted e-
DEMLR. However, if they wish
to vc :,`s voluntarily, there will be a
c wvaiiable on DEMLR's web site for
them sew a list of construction
projects that have submitted e-NOIs.
When iccal programs close out an E&5C
Plan, the close-out letter will advise
permittees that they must submit an e-
NOT. DEMLR will provide sampie
language.
Local Programs may approve E&SC
plans that meet state sediment laws
and rules even If those plans are not
compliart with all of the NCG01
requirements. However, their
permittees will be required to add two
p!ar sheets (which will be provided by
DEMLR) to their E&SC Plans to ensure
that they fully comply with the ground
stabilization, materials handling, and
inspection, record -keeping and
reporting portion of the NCG01 permit.
Or 24 business hours for a project
approved under the DEMLR Express
review program.