WM0301152_Final Permit_20211025

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 26, 2021
Certified Mail #7018 3090 0001 2319 0154
Return Receipt Requested
Mr. Jeff Titus (also via email)
Manager, Operations
Colonial Pipeline
P.O. Box 87
Paw Creek, NC 28130
RE:
Dear Mr. Titus,
Monitoring Well Construction Permit
Permit # WM0301152
Colonial Pipeline
Huntersville Release Site
Mecklenburg County
In accordance with your application received on August 13, 2021, with additional information
provided including on October 21, 2021, we are forwarding herewith Monitoring Well Construction
Permit Numbered WM0301152 and issued for the construction of one hundred and forty-six (146)
monitoring wells located near the subject site in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County. Ninety-one (91)
of the wells have been installed prior to the issuance of this permit, leaving up to fifty-five (55)
additional monitor wells that are permitted to be installed if necessary.
This Permit will be effective for one year from the date of issuance and shall be subject to the
conditions and limitations as specified therein.
Should you have any questions, please contact Edward Watson at [phone], or by
email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor
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Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources
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Andrew Street, Apex Companies, LLC (via email)
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 I Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.663.1699

Jeff Morrison, Colonial Pipeline (via email)
Ron Taraban, NCDEQ DWM (via email)
Drew Morgan, NC Well Contractors Certification Commission (via email)
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality j Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 I Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.663.1699

NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MONITORING WELL
In accordance with the provisions of Article 7, Chapter 87, North Carolina General Statutes, and other applicable Laws,
Rules and Regulations.
PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED TO
Colonial Pipeline (Apex Companies as Agent)
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MONITOR WELL SYSTEM consisting of one hundred forty-six monitoring wells owned
by Colonial Pipeline near the subject site, in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County. This Permit is issued in accordance with
the application received on August 12, 2021, with additional information provided on October 21, 2021, in conformity with
specifications and supporting data, all of which are filed with the Department of Environmental Quality and are considered
integral parts of this Permit.
This Permit is for well construction only, and does not waive any provision or requirement of any other applicable law or
regulation. Construction of any well under this Permit shall be in strict compliance with the North Carolina Well Construction
Regulations and Standards (15A NCAC 02C .0100), and other State and Local Laws and regulations pertaining to well
construction.
If any requirements or limitations specified in this Permit are unacceptable, you have a right to an adjudicatory hearing upon
written request within 30 days of receipt of this Permit. The 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, 6714 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714. Unless such a demand is made, this Permit is final and binding.
This Permit will be effective for one year from the date of its issuance and shall be subject to other specified conditions,
limitations, or exceptions as follows:
1. Issuance of this Permit does not obligate reimbursement from State trust funds, if these wells are being installed as
part of an investigation for contamination from an underground storage tank or dry cleaner incident.
2. Issuance of this Permit does not supersede any other agreement, permit, or requirement issued by another agency.
3. The well(s) shall be located and constructed as shown on the attachments submitted as part of the Permit application.
4. Each well shall have a Well Contractor Identification Plate in accordance with 15A NCAC 02C .0108(o).
5. Well construction records (GW-1) for each well shall be submitted to the Division of Water Resources' Information
Processing Unit within 30 days of the well completion.
6. When the well is discontinued or abandoned, it shall be abandoned in accordance with 15A NCAC 02C .0113 and a
well abandonment record (GW-30) shall be submitted to the Division of Water Resources' Information Processing
Unit within 30 days of the well abandonment.
7. If the well penetrates any water -bearing zone that contains contaminated waters, the upper three feet of the well
shall be grouted within one day after the casing is set or the well abandoned.
8. Temporary wells must be permanently abandoned or converted to a permanent well within seven days (168 hours)
of completion of drilling the borehole.
9. Adequate permits shall be obtained from Mecklenburg County Groundwater and Wastewater Services.
Permit issued the 26th day of October, 2021
FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Assistant Regional Supervisor
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By Authority of the Environmental Management Commission
Permit No. # WM0301152
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 I Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.663.1699