SWA000119_Response To Comments_20220201

MORRIS & RITCHIE ASSOCIATES OF NC, PC
AN AFFILIATE OF MORRIS & RITCHIE ASSOCIATES, INC. WHICH
PROVIDES ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, SURVEYING &
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE THROUGHOUT THE MID -ATLANTIC REGION
NC DEQ
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Attn: Jim Farkas
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
Re: Stormwater ATC Project No. SWA000119
Dear Mr. Farkas:
We have received your request for additional information for the above referenced project dated
December 6,2021. Please find the updated materials enclosed and response to the requests below.
The request comments are listed below and have been addressed as follows:
1. Per our earlier phone conversation, the plan for this project is to transfer ownership of
the property from the current Property Owner to the Developer/Applicant (the current
Property Owner does not wish to sign the Property Owner's authorization portion of the
Application) and then issue the permit to the new Property Owner (the
Developer/Applicant). Addressing the following comments will get this submission into a
"ready to issue " state and the permit will be able to be issued once we receive proof of the
change in property ownership.
Proof of the change in property owenership has been enclosed.
2. Part C2 Please indicate the applicable stormwater post -construction program for this
project. It appears as though the majority of this site is subject to the Phase 2 rules,
however, there appears to be a small portion of the property (the northeastern corner of
the property near lot 1) that is located within a water supply watershed. Please reach out
to Harnett County to see if they will need to also review the post -construction stormwater
for this project (In situations like this where the majority of the site is located within the
State's jurisdiction, a portion of the site is located within a local jurisdiction, and the rules
are fairly similar between the two jurisdictions, the local jurisdiction may be OK with just
the State performing the review, but they may also require that they do a concurrent
review, you need to verify with them). Please provide Harnett County's response to this
inquiry with the resubmission.
Harnett County Senior Planner, Landon Chandler, has been contacted and has
stated that "the county would be fine with the state reviewing the project in it's
entirety." Please find the email correspondence enclosed.
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Re: Request for Additional Information Stormwater Permit No. SWA000119
February 1, 2022
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3. Part D3 Please change the Applicant from the Developer to the Property Owner (in
anticipation of the property transfer from the current Property Owner to the Applicant).
Part D3 has been updated to show the applicant is the Property Owner.
4. Part D4 In anticipation of the property transfer from the current Property Owner to the
Applicant, the Property Owner information is not needed.
The information in Part D4 has been removed from the application.
S. Part ES Based on the provided USGS topographic map, the on -site surface water area
shown in this part of the Application appears to be less than what is actually on -site. The
area between the banks of any blue line rivers/streams (whether they are permanent or
ephemeral) and the normal pool surface area of any lakes/ponds that show up on the
USGS topographic map are considered as on -site surface waters. Please revise as needed.
Based on the USGS topographic map, the on -site surface water area has been
recalculated and the application has been revised.
6. Part F3 Please show the extents of the project area on the provided USGS topo maps.
The extents of the project are now shown on the USGS topo map please find it
enclosed.
7. Part F4 Please clearly show the required vegetated setbacks/buffers from the on -site
surface waters on the site plan. Vegetated setback requirements can be found in 1 SA
NCAC 02H.1003(4) and .1017(10). NOTE: The ATC review is mostly an administrative
review, we do not require full plan sets at this point in the review process.
Vegetated setbacks/buffers have been added from the on -site surface waters in
accordance with section 15A NC Stormwater Rules and Regulations referenced
above. Please refer to Site Plan (Sheets C1.0-C1.3) in the enclosed plan set for the
vegetated setbacks/buffers.
8. Part F6 Please update this information once the property transfer has been finalized.
The most current property Deed is enclosed.
9. Part F9 In anticipation of the property transfer from the current Property Owner to the
Applicant, the Property Owner agreement information is not needed.
The Property Owner agreement has been removed from this application.

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Re: Request for Additional Information Stormwater Permit No. SWA000119
February 1, 2022
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10. Provide pdfs of all revisions, 2 hardcopies of revised plan sheets, I hardcopy of other
documents, and a response to comments letter briefly describing how the comments have
been addressed.
a. Pdfs must be uploaded using the form at:
https: //edocs.degmc.gov/Forms/SW-Supplemental-Upload
b. Hard copies must be mailed or delivered to the following address:
i. For FedEx/UPS:
Jim Farkas
512 N. Salisbury Street, Office 640E
Raleigh, NC 27604
ii. For LISPS:
Jim Farkas
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
The required PDFs have been submitted to the link referenced above. In addition, the hard
copies have been mailed to Mr. Farkas at the address provided.
Thank you for your consideration of this resubmittal. Please do not hesitate to contact us directly
at [phone] or at pnaik e,mra tg a.com with any questions you may have.
Best,
Panth Naik
CC: Jeremy Keeny, PE, PLS
Robin Jensen