NCS000542_Henderson NOV Response Letter_20200826

CITY OF
NORTH CAROLINA OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
PO Box 1434 ' 134 Rose Avenue . Henderson, NC 27536 . P [phone] • F [phone] • Emaii eblackmon(a
d.henderson.nc.us
RECEIVED
Monday, August 17, 2020
AUG 2 6 zozo
Ms. Alaina Morman
D-NR-LAND QUALITY
NCDEQ — DEMLR — Stormwater Program
` I ORMWATER PERMITTING
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 276699-1612
Re: City of Henderson's MS4 Stormwater NOV-2020-PC-0275 & Intent to Comply
Dear Ms. Morman:
The City of Henderson received our Notice of Violation (NOV-2020-PC-0275) on July 14, 2020, and we
have reviewed the contents of the letter. The City believes in the intent of the MS4 program and has taken
the resolution to City Council at the first regular session after receiving notification. City Council has
executed the resolution (see attached) and intends to produce a compliant MS4 program. City Council
approved funding to hire a consultant, AECOM, to help us with our self -audit prior to the State auditor's
on -site visit. Staff is currently in the process of drafting a Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP) which
will consider the following:
1. all the key stones of the MS4 program,
2. our deficiencies identified in the self -audit
3. comments from the state auditors
The City will submit an NPDES MS4 permit application within 30 days of receiving written DEQ
concurrence that our submitted Draft SWMP documents a compliant stormwater program. The City
appreciates the time allotted by the State to build -out and modify our program to get all the administrative
pieces in place from data collection, financial accounting and staffing to implement the MS4 program.
Please let this letter serve as the City of Henderson's intent to comply with the MS4 program, and the
attached Resolution provides City Council's intent to make our MS4 program successful.
Sincerely,
Edward T. Blackmon
City Manager
Enclosure: Resolution 20-50
CC: Clark Thomas, City Engineer
Andy Perkinson, Public Works Director
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