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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNCC210787_ESC Approval Submitted_20210218ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director Bessemer City Attention: James Inman 132 West Virginia Avenue Bessemer City, North Carolina 28016 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality January 3, 2020 LETTER OF APPROVAL RE: Project Name: Stinger Park Acres Approved: 32.03 Project ID: GASTO-2020-014 County: Gaston City: Bessemer City Address: 9th Street River Basin: Catawba Stream Classification: Other Submitted By: Bessemer City Date Received by LQS: December 18, 2019 Plan Type: New Dear Mr. Inman: This office has reviewed the subject erosion and sedimentation control plan. We find the plan to be acceptable and hereby issue this Letter of Approval. The enclosed Certificate of Approval must be posted at the job site. This plan approval shall expire three (3) years following the date of approval, if no land -disturbing activity has been undertaken, as is required by Title 15A NCAC 4B .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 Coverage (COC) under the NCGO10000 Construction Stormwater General Permit. This form MUST be submitted prior to the commencement of any land disturbing activity on the above named project. The NOI form may be accessed at deq.nc.gov/NCG01. Please direct questions about the NOI form to Annette Lucas at Annette.lucas@ncdenr.gov or Paul Clark at Paul.clark@ncdenr.gov. 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 charged annually. This fee is to be sent to the DEMLR Stormwater Central Office in Raleigh. �n+.xar ,.r��e+orer North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, North Carolina 28115 704.663.1699 Letter of Approval Bessemer City January 3, 2020 Page 2 of 2 Title 15A NCAC 4B .0118(a) and the NCG01 permit require that the following documentation be kept on file at the job site: The approved E&SC plan as well as any approved deviation. 2. The NCG01 permit and the COC, once it is received. 3. Records of inspections made during the previous 30 days. Also, this letter gives the notice required by G.S. 113A-61.1(a) of our right of periodic inspection to insure compliance with the approved plan. North Carolina's Sedimentation Pollution Control Act is performance -oriented, requiring protection of existing natural resources and adjoining properties. If, following the commencement of this project, the erosion and sedimentation control plan is inadequate to meet the requirements 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 upon your compliance with Federal and State water quality laws, regulations, and rules. In addition, local city or county ordinances or rules may also apply to this land -disturbing activity. This approval does not supersede any other permit or approval. Please note that this approval is based in part on the accuracy 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 would 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. Sincerely, ?1es Moore Assistant Regional Engineer Land Quality Section Enclosures: Certificate of Approval NCG01 Fact Sheet em: Chris.Brown@mcgillassociates.com cc: Inspection Department Fact Sheet on the New NCGO1 Permit D_EQ� Aprifi�O1� ���� 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 required to 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 NCGO1 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 Annette.lucas@ncdenr.eov or (919) 707-3639. 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);2 • 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). 1 This list is based on website guidance by the DEMLR Sediment Program. r The number of calendar days was selected to be as equivalent as possible with the previous permit. 3 The intent is to provide predictability to the inspection schedule. Acronyms to Know COC: Certificate of Coverage, proof of coverage under an NCG01 permit DEMLR: NC Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources E&SC: Erosion & Sedimentation Control e-NOI: Notice of Intent, application form for the NCG01 permit e-NOT: Notice of Termination, form for closing out the NCG01 permit SWPPP: Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, required by the NCG01 The NCG01 Process The new NCGO1 applies to permits approved on or after April 1, 2019. Permittees 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 NO1 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 NCG01 by completing an e-NO1 (available at de .nc. ov NCGO1). The e-NO1 will only take about 20 minutes to fill out and submit on-line. Initially, there will be no charge associated with applying for an NCG01 permit but on or around June 1, 2019, DEMLR. will begin charging a $100 annual general permit fee as required per §143-215.3D. DEMLR is working on creating a single application form that will allow an applicant to simultaneously apply for an E&SC permit and an NCG01 COC. That effort is part of a larger Permit Transformation project at DEMLR. ROY COOPER Governor 'C� — ♦` Energy, Mineral and Land Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY December 23, 2019 LETTER OF RECEIPT OF EROSION CONTROL PLAN Bessemer City Attention: James Inman 132 W. Virginia Avenue Bessemer city, North Carolina 28016 RE: Project Name: Stinger Park Project ID: GASTO-2020-014 County: Gaston Project Location: N. 91h Street, Bessemer City Submitted By: McGill Associates — Matthew Oetting Date Received by LQS: December 18, 2019 Plan Type: New ESC Plan Reviewer: James Moore Dear Sir or Madam: MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S.-I3ANIEL-SMITH - Interim Director This office has received an erosion and sediment control plan for the project listed above which was submitted as required by the North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act (G.S. 113A-57 (4)). The Act requires that all persons disturbing an area of one or more acres of land must obtain approval of a soil erosion control plan prior to the commencement of the land -disturbing activity (G.S. 113A-54(d) (4)). The Act further states that this plan must be filed a minimum of 30 days prior to the activity and the approving authority must approve or disapprove the submitted plan within 30 days of receipt. Failure of the approving authority to approve or disapprove the submitted plan within the 30-day period will be deemed approval of the plan. Commencement or continuation of a land -disturbing activity under the jurisdiction of this Act prior to the approval of an erosion and sediment control plan is a violation of the Act. The approval of an erosion and sediment control plan is conditioned on the applicant's compliance with Federal and State water quality laws, regulations and rules. State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Energy, Mineral and Land Resources Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Ave Ste 301 1 Mooresville, NC 28115 704 663 1699 T Letter of Receipt of Erosion Control Plan Bessemer City December 23, 2019 Page 2 of 2 - - - If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the ESC plan reviewer listed above. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated and we look forward to working with you on this project. Sincerely, Matthew Gigante Environmental Specialist Land Quality Section c: Plan designer's name, address