SW1200501_Emails_20201201

Farkas, Jim J
From:Farkas, Jim J
Sent:Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:23 AM
To:'[e-mail]'
Cc:'[e-mail]'; Reed, Isaiah L
Subject:RE: SW1200501 - Car Rider Improvements Fairview Elementary School
Good Morning,

The Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (DEMLR), received a complete Stormwater Management Permit
Application for the subject project on November 13, 2020. Staff review of the plans and specifications has determined
that the project, as proposed, will comply with the Stormwater Regulations set forth in Title 15A NCAC 2H.1000 - 1062
rules. We are forwarding Permit No. SW1200501, dated December 1, 2020, for the construction, operation and
maintenance of the subject project and the stormwater system. This permit shall be effective from the date of issuance
and shall be subject to the conditions and limitations as specified therein, and does not supersede any other agency
permit that may be required.

The original signed permit package and approved plans are being mailed to Clark Wyatt at the following address (NOTE:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the mailing of the hard copy of the permit will be delayed slightly. It should be mailed
out in a week or so):

Board of Education of Buncombe County
175 Bingham Road
Asheville, NC, 28806

This project will be kept on file after 30 days at the Asheville Regional Office. If you have any questions, or need
additional information concerning this matter, please contact me at [e-mail].

Thank you,

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

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Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 3:42 PM
To: '[e-mail]' <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: SW1200501 - Car Rider Improvements Fairview Elementary School

Good Afternoon,
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), received a Stormwater Management Permit Application
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for the subject project on October 12, 2020. A review of that information has determined that the application is not
complete. Attached is a letter describing the items that need to be submitted. If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact me. My contact information is listed below.
The comments that were mentioned in my 10/2/2020 email have been included in this letter for your convenience.
Thank you,

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
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are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2020 2:23 PM
To: '[e-mail]' <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: SW1200501 - Car Rider Improvements Fairview Elementary School

Scott,

The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), received what appears to be a partial resubmittal for the
subject Stormwater Management Permit Application on September 1, 2020. The Letter of Transmittal indicates that the
submission contains the following:
- 2x Plan Sets,
- 1x Stormwater Narrative & Calculations,
- 2x Applications,
- 1x Supplement-EZ Form,
- 1x O&M Agreement Form,
- 1x Response to Comment Letter,
However, it appears that the Applications, Supplement-EZ Form, & O&M Agreement Form were not included with the
submittal. Normally, if hard copies are omitted in a submittal, I can just review the electronic copies of the submission,
but no electronic files were uploaded to Laserfiche. I was unable to review these files and therefore I could not
determine if comments 1 – 6, 8.b, 8.d, 14, & 22 were adequately addressed.

A review of the provided information shows that comments 7, 8.e, 11, 13, 15, 17 – 21 have been adequately addressed
while the remaining comments require additional attention.

- Original Comments 8.a & 16 – While the county may have more stringent design requirements that need to be
met, this is a State stormwater review and you must demonstrate compliance with State stormwater
requirements. The State requirements for this project indicate that the design storm depth is 1.0 inches (I
understand that the design storm used in the provided calculations is larger than the State’s design storm and
the facility is “oversized” to meet the more stringent County requirements, but you must show that the State
requirements are being met, even if it seems trivial). A good way to handle this is to show/calculate the design
volume using the State’s 1.0” design storm and show/calculate the peak attenuation volume using the County’s
more stringent requirements. NOTE: When calculating the State required design volume, no “credit” is given of
existing BUA located in the SCM drainage area, the SCM must be designed for the full build out potential of its
drainage area.
- Original Comment 9 – It appears that the limit of disturbance is being used as the project area. If this is the case,
the project boundary that must be delineated with bearings and distances on the plans is the limit of
disturbance, not the property area. If you are using the limit of disturbance as the project area any part of the
SCM drainage areas that are located outside of the limit of disturbance will be considered off-site drainage and
must be handled in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H .1003(3)(b).
- Original Comment 10 – This information must be included in the main set of plans per Section VI, 8. The plan
sheets provided in the stormwater report are acceptable, however this information needs to be included in the
main set of plans.
- Original Comment 12 – This information must be included in the main set of plans per Section VI, 8. The entire
drainage area to the SCMs should be shown on the plans, similar to what is shown in the Appendix H of the
stormwater report.
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- Original Comment 23 – Please ensure that PDFs of the resubmittal information is uploaded to Laserfiche. The
link to the upload page is: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/SW_Project_Submittal (The project ID number is
SW1200501)

NOTE: Original comment 8.c – The peak attenuation calculations (To meet County requirements) addresses this
comment.

NOTE: Original Comment 13, 18, & 22.c.b – For bioretention cell 1, the bottom excavated elevation is shown as 2,302.83
ft (Per plan sheet C-505) and boring B-6 indicates that the SHWT is at or below elevation 2,298 ft, resulting in a SHWT
separation of at least 2 ft. For bioretention cell 2, the bottom excavated elevation is shown as 2,266.83 ft (Per plan sheet
C-505) and boring B-5 indicates that the SHWT is at or below elevation 2,263 ft, resulting in a SHWT separation of at
least 2 ft. The SHWT elevations on Line 18 of the bioretention cell page of the Supplement-EZ Form should be shown as
“< 2,298” & “< 2,263 ft” respectively.

There are two options for how to proceed with the submissions/reviews:
1) Upload the electronic files to Laserfiche so that I may complete my review (Should take me about a week or so
after I receive them). I will issue a formal letter requesting additional information with all comments (the ones
mentioned in this email plus any others that come up from reviewing the rest of the submittal). You will
resubmit and I will review as normal.
2) Address these provided comments, make a new submission, and I will review as normal. This option should be a
little bit faster if you believe that there are few or minor issues with the Applications, Supplement-EZ Form, &
O&M Agreement Form since I don’t have to “finish” this review, it’ll get lumped into the next one (I don’t mind
finishing this review if you would rather, see prior option).

Let me know if you have any questions.

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
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requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2020 10:32 AM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Reed, Isaiah L <[e-mail]>; Lucas, Annette <[e-mail]>
Subject: SW1200501 - Car Rider Improvements Fairview Elementary School

Good Morning,
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), received a Stormwater Management Permit Application
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for the subject project on May 4, 2020. A review of that information has determined that the application is not
complete. Attached is a letter describing the items that need to be submitted. If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact me. My contact information is listed below. I apologized for the delay in our response, subsequent reviews
will not take nearly this long.
Thank you,

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

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