NCS000435_Asheville Final 2021 Permit Transmittal_20201123

December 3, 2020 

CERTIFIED MAIL 7019 1120 0000 5077 1735
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Ms. Debra Campbell, City Manager 
City of Asheville
70 Court Plaza
Asheville, NC 28802

Subject: NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000435
City of Asheville
Buncombe County

Dear Ms. Campbell:  

The NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued the attached final National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit to the
City of Asheville. DEQ also hereby approves the submitted final Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)
dated and signed on December 3, 2020. Please note that the approved SWMP is an enforceable
component of the subject permit.

With this issuance of the final NPDES MS4 permit and approval of the final SWMP, DEQ
has determined that the requirements of the Notice of Deficiency number NOD-2019-PC-0017, which
was issued to the City of Asheville on January 24, 2019, have been met in full. NOD-2019-PC-0017 has
been closed.

The subject state NPDES MS4 permit is issued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina General
Statute 143-215.1 and the Memorandum of Agreement between North Carolina and the US
Environmental Protection Agency dated May 9, 1994, or as subsequently amended.  If any parts
contained in this permit are unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon
written request within thirty (30) days following receipt of this letter. This request must be in the form of
a written petition, conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes, and filed with the
Office of Administrative Hearings, Post Office Drawer 27447, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7447. 
Unless such demand is made, this decision shall be final and binding.  This permit does not affect the
legal requirements to obtain other permits which may be required by the other State, Federal or Local
Agency.   

For future reference, the final NPDES MS4 Permit and approved final SWMP can be viewed in
the DEQ Stormwater Program Laserfiche Repository. A link to the repository is available on our web
page at https://deq.nc.gov/sw.

If you have any questions concerning this permit, please contact me at telephone number (919) 707-
3620 or [e-mail]. 

Sincerely,  

Jeanette Powell
MS4 Program Coordinator
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Natural Resources  

E-cc:
Mike Mitchell, EPA Region IV 
Mary Kuo, EPA Region IV
Ahmad Dromgool, EPA Region IV
Annette Lucas, DEMLR Central Office
Stan Aiken, ARO
Isaiah Reed, ARO
Amy Deyton, City of Asheville
Keisha Lipe, City of Asheville