NCS000408_Graham MS4 Audit Notification_20210903

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ELIZABETH BISER
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Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 3, 2021
CERTIFIED MAIL 7018 1130 0000 1608 0817
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
City of Graham
Attn: Aaron Holland - Interim City Manager
P.O. Drawer 357
Graham, NC 27253
Subject: MS4 PERMIT COMPLIANCE AUDIT NOTIFICATION
City of Graham
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000408
Alamance County
Dear Mr. Holland:
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) staff will be performing a National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit
compliance audit for the subject permit. An on -site audit will be performed on October 6, 2021
beginning at 8:30 AM and is expected to take up to two (2) full days. Please arrange for an
appropriate' meeting room that will accommodate your representatives, 3-4 staff members from
DEQ, and access to any electronic tools routinely utilized to implement the MS4 Program (e.g.
databases, GIS, etc.) and notify me of the location.
You are expected to ensure that all relevant staff, contractors and management/leadership/officials
are present for scheduled audit meetings. On -site meeting rooms must provide adequate space for
all participants to maintain appropriate social distancing protocols for COVID-19. If special
arrangements or schedule adjustments are necessary to achieve this, please discuss this with me
prior to the on -site meeting date. All participants of on -site meetings are expected to wear personal
protective equipment in accordance with current state requirements, guidelines and
recommendations; and to also maintain appropriate social distancing protocols for COVID-19 at all
times.
DEQ is also formally requesting submittal of required permit documentation prior to the audit. All
submitted documentation will become a permanent public record of the compliance audit. Any
documents that contain sensitive security information which should not be included in the public
record must be denoted as such upon submission [Ref. N.C.G.S. 132-1.7]. DEQ may request
additional information prior to, during and/or following the compliance audit.
DNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy. Mineral and Land Resources
FWinston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 Hanes Mill Road, Suite 3001 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
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City of Graham
September 3, 2021
Please submit the following required permit documentation for the current permit within
seven (7) calendar days of receipt of this letter:
1. Permit NCS000408
2. Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)
3. Annual Reports not already submitted through DEQ's online BIMS SWMPA portal
4. MS4 Program organizational chart and associated program responsibilities for
staff/positions
S. MS4 map of outfalls and receiving waters
6. Formal stormwater program implementation agreements with any other entities
7. List of industrial facilities covered under NCS000408
8. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Program Plan
9. MS4 Operation and Maintenance Plan
10. Municipal SCM Operation and Maintenance Plan
11. Post -construction ordinance reference or link.
All documentation shall be submitted via e-mail to [e-mail], or to:
NCDEQ-DEMLR Stormwater Program
Attn: Levi Hiatt, Assistant Regional Engineer
450 Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming MS4 Permit compliance audit, please feel
free to contact me at [e-mail] or [phone].
Sincerely,
Lvi�7�
Levi Hiatt, EIT
Assistant Regional Engineer
Email cc: Jeanette Powell, MS4 Program Coordinator
DEMLR NPDES MS4 Permit Laserfiche File
Josh Johnson, P.E., Head of Engineering
Alley, Williams, Carmen & King (AWCK)