SW6211202_Response To Comments_20220223

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December 12, 2021
North Carolina DEMLR
Stormwater Program
512 N. Salisbury Street, Office 640E
Raleigh, NC 27604
[phone]
(shipped via FedEx)
Attn: Jim Farkas, Environmental Engineer
[e-mail]
Re: Innovative Solar 48, LLC (Post Construction Stormwater Permit) — Comments response letter
Site Tax/PIN # 9305-90-3592
22400 Andrew Jackson Highway (US-74 Alt)
Maxton, NC 28364
Robeson County
Dear Mr. Farkas,
As per your email comments received on 11/17/2021, CCR is providing the requested supplementary items for the Innovative
Solar 48, LLC Stormwater Management Permit application (see transmittal letter). Summarized below for your convenience, are
the enumerated administrative review comments from your email message, along with CCR's brief responses. (Note: comments
#10 and 14 are highlighted in yellow to reflect the formatting from your original email message.)
1x original signed (in pen) & sealed hard copy of the latest version of the Supplement-EZ Form. This item is required per
Section V and Section VI, 3 of the Application and the form can be found at the following address:
https://deg.nc.gov/abouYdivisions/energy-mineral-and-land-resources/stormwater/stormwater-program/stormwater-design.
The latest version of this form has a "low -density" option that should be used. This form have superseded the provided Low -
Density Supplement Form (which we no longer use).
>See enclosures — original and copy of replacement form, which I have signed and sealed.
1x original signed (in pen) & notarized hard copy of the Operation & Maintenance Agreement Form. This item is required per
Section V and Section VI, 3 of the Application and the form can be found at the following address:
https://deg.nc.gov/abouYdivisions/energy-mineral-and-land-resources/stormwater/stormwater-program/stormwater-design.
Please ensure that all of the pages of this form are provided. This form uses macros to generate the maintenance
requirements based on the information entered into the cover page. Solar farm projects typically use a "User Defined SCM"
(instead of the "Disconnected Impervious Surface") to account for the solar farm specific 0&M requirements (outlined in Part
E-6 of the Manual). I've attached an example from a different solar farm project that I have previously reviewed. NOTE: You
may wish to get a second original, signed & notarized hard copy of the 0&M Agreement Form to keep with the permittee's
copy of the permit since an original copy is required to be recorded with the Register of Deeds.
>See enclosed signed original hard copy cover page (dated 10/27/21) with added pages as follows: User defined SCMs, Low
Density Maintenance Requirements, and Disconnected Impervious Area Maintenance Requirements. CCR will take it under
advisement to obtain a second signed & notarized original hard copy as suggested.
3. Please provide an original (in pen) signature for each section of the Application that requires a signature (One copy of the
Application is required to have original signatures per Section VI, 1 of the Application).
>Noted. See original signed application pages.
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4. Please list the property owner information in Section 111,2 of the Application and have the property owner sign Section IX of the
Application (for multiple property owners, each property owner needs to have their information shown in Section III and sign
Section IX, you can add duplicate pages to the Application if needed).
>See enclosed revised application page with added owner information (See response to comment #14).
5. Please provide a copy of the property deed(s) for this project area (Section VI, 10 of the Application).
>See enclosure.
6. Please provide official documentation showing that Andrew Nourafshan has signatory authority (Section VI, 11) for the
permittee, Cypress Creek Renewables, LLC" (The Secretary of State information for Cypress Creek Renewables does not list
him).
>See enclosed Secretary's Statement dated 12/1312021, which confirms Mr. Nourafshan's signatory authority.
7. Please provide a general soils report for the project site. This soils report can be created at the following web address:
https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm
>See enclosure.
8. Please provide a project narrative briefly describing the project, how the recommendations in Part E-6 of the Manual are being
met, and that this project has already been constructed.
>See enclosure.
9. Please provide an email address for the consulting engineer (Section VII I of the Application) so that we may reach them with
regard to this permit. Requests for additional information (and other permit communications) are handled through email.
>See revised section which now shows my contact information. I will be
10. Please provide a wetland determination/report for the site (Section VI, 8m). Typically, this information is included on
the plans, however, a wetland report (showing the location of wetlands on -site or stating that there are no wetlands
on -site) will be accepted in this situation since the project has already been constructed.
>See enclosure.
11. 2x signed & sealed hard copies of the plan sheets showing the following:
a. A detail for the solar panels showing that Recommendation 6 (and possibly Recommendation 2, although this
information is shown on ALTA-1) is being met.
>See enclosed document titled Solar Panel and Racking Details. Hard copies of plan sheets were already submitted.
12. If a subset of the property area is being used for the project area (Section IV, 4/7 of the Application), this subset must be
clearly shown on the plans (Per Section VI, 8i). If the entire property area is being used as the project area, it should be
reflected in Section IV, 4/7 of the Application.
>Noted.
13. The support posts and/or foundations of the solar panels are not considered as pervious area (even if all of the
recommendations are followed) and must be accounted for in the BUA allocation for the site.
>See revised BUA Calculations, which account for steel piles (posts) as impervious.
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14. Section IX of the Application should be signed by the Property Owner since the Applicant is not the Property Owner
(the similar statement in the previous emails sent out for this batch of projects may have been incorrect, the
Property Owner(s) should sign Section IX and the Applicant should sign Section X).
>See revised application in which this section has been stricken. As discussed in prior email communications, it may be
challenging to obtain property owner signatures. However, CCR will seek to resolve this matter to obtain permit approval.
Please feel free to contact me directly (916-905-1540) if you have any questions or require any additional information.
Sincerely,
Mario T. Carreon, P.E.
Cypress Creek Renewables
C: Chris Baralus, P.E., Civil Dept. Manager (Cypress Creek Renewables)
Enclosures
Cypress Creek Renewables, 5310 S. Alston Ave. Bldg. 300 Durham, NC 27510 919.240.4815