NCS000245_Raleigh MS4 IDDE Inquiry_20200622

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Acting Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 22, 2020
Mr. Wayne Miles, Stormwater Division Manager
City of Raleigh, Engineering Services Department
127 W. Hargett Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Subject: MS4 Program Inquiry
City of Raleigh
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000245
Wake County
Dear Mr. Miles:
This correspondence is to formally request a chronology of the City of Raleigh (city) involvement and
activities associated with the illicit discharge(s) at the Terry Sanford Federal Building located at 310 New
Bern Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27601. The city issued a Notice of Violation to this facility on June 8, 2020 in
accordance with its illicit discharge and illicit connection ordinances. These ordinances are required
under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer
System (MS4) permit issued to the city by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
The requested chronology should include the time period from when the city first became aware that there
may be an issue at the facility through the date that the chronology is submitted to DEQ. Please submit
the requested chronology within seven (7) calendar days to:
DEQ-DEMLR Stormwater Program
Attn: Jeanette Powell
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
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Should you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Jeanette Powell, CPSWQ
MS4 Program Coordinator
Email cc: Blair Hinkle, City Assistant Engineering Services Director
Annette Lucas, DEQ-DEMLR Stormwater Program Supervisor
Bill Denton, DEQ-DEMLR Raleigh Regional Office
D E QNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1612 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1612
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Department of Environmental Quality/� 919.707.9200