SW4210401_Email RE Townhomes of Brookshire_20200630

Farkas, Jim J
From:Lucas, Annette
Sent:Tuesday, June 30, 2020 10:25 AM
To:Farkas, Jim J
Subject:FW: FW: \[External\] Re: Townhomes of Brookshire (Watauga County)
Jim,

Please see Derek’s question below. Please let me know what you think.

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From: Derek Goddard \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 9:11 AM
To: Lucas, Annette <[e-mail]>
Cc: Justin Church <[e-mail]>; Homewood, Sue <[e-mail]>; [e-mail];
Anen, Steven C <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: FW: \[External\] Re: Townhomes of Brookshire (Watauga County)

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Annette,

Thanks for the call yesterday. As we are working through this and considering the low density option. I wanted
to clarify the rule. 3:1 swale side slopes are not feasible on this because of the steepness of the site. In the rule it
appears that you can approve 2:1 swale side slopes if we provide engineering calculations as to the stability of
the swale and a letter confirming soil suitability/stability by a geotechnical engineer. I just wanted to know if
this is something you can approve with those 2 additional pieces of information before pursuing the low density
option?

Thanks

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 4:30 PM Lucas, Annette <[e-mail]> wrote:
Justin and Derek,

Thank you for discussing this project with me on the phone just now.

To follow up, if you look at the classification for the South Fork New River that the other portion of the project
drains to on the DWR classifications it says it is classified as C+. From the Division of Water Resource’s
classifications requirements, the “+” is assigned ORW status in the New River Basin:

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Then, 15A NCAC 02B .0225(c) states:

We have interpreted this rule as a requirement for development projects within the New River basin with the
C+ designation to adhere to the ORW Stormwater requirements in 15A NCAC 02H .1021. This rule sets a high
density threshold of greater than or equal to 12 percent built-upon area, and the 15A NCAC 02H .1000 rules
section overall requires treatment of the 1” storm with one or more Primary SCMs.

I hope that provides you with the information you need to move forward with this project. Please feel free to
contact me if you have further questions.

Sincerely,
Annette
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Annette Lucas, PE
Stormwater Program Supervisor
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

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