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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071306 Ver 1_Stormwater Notice of Duplicity_20070827~QF W A T~9Q Michael F. Easley, Governor \Q ~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary Cq ~- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources ~ ~#-~# Y Coleen H. Sullins, Director zT Division of Water Quality t, ~~ August 27, 2007 DWQ Project # 07-1306 Wake County CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED LBJ Cary Associates, LLC Attn: Jay Gilleece 7706 Six Forks Rd Raleigh, NC 27615 Subject Property: Fairview Shopping Center Camp Creek [030403, 27-43-15-5, C, NSW] STORMWATER DUPLICITY NOTICE Dear Mr. Gilleece: This memo is to inform you that the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has initiated a major change in the review and approval of stormwater Management Plans (SMPs) submitted as part of the 401 Certification application process. This change affects your proposed project, 07-1306. Previously, development activities that require a 401 Certification and also have impervious surface coverage equal to or greater than 30 percent have been required to submit a SMP for review and approval by DWQ staff as part of the 401 application process.* Previously, the DWQ review and approval of the SMP was in addition to any local government review and approval of the SMP that was required under a state-mandated stormwater program (see list below). In an effort to maximize the use of limited staff resources at the state and local levels as well as to streamline the permitting process, a new policy is now in effect. From now on, SMPs that have been approved by a local government as part of that local government's implementation of a state- mandated stormwater control program, will not require additional stormwater approval from the DWQ for the issuance of the 401 Certification. For the purpose of this policy, local approval of the SMP under the following state stormwater programs shall satisfy the stormwater requirement for receiving a 401 Certification: - Water Supply Watershed II, III, and IV - Local Implementation of the NPDES Phase 2 Program - Universal stormwater Management Program - Nutrient Sensitive Waters (NSW) Stormwater Program - Randleman Lake Water Supply Watershed stormwater Program. Note: Under the renewal of the NC General Certif cations, it has been proposed to lower the impervious surface threshold to 24% when the new General Certifications are expected to go into effect on October 15, 2007. 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-733-1786 /FAX 919-733-6893 / Internet: ljt~~_%_h2o.enr_statc.nc.u5~ncwedands None Carolina ~turally An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper Applicant Name Page 2 of 2 August 27, 2007 From now on, 401 Applications for proposed activities that exceed the impervious surface threshold and are within a local jurisdiction that is implementing a state stormwater program must either submit Item 1 or Item 2 below. 1. A valid approval letter from the appropriate local government indicating that the proposed activity has an approved SMP and indicating under which state stormwater program the approval has been granted, and one copy of the approved SMP, including plan details, calculations and other supporting information, OR 2. If the necessary local approval of the SMP has not yet been obtained at the time of 401 Application, the application should indicate that a SMP has been, or will be, submitted for local government approval. The applicant should indicate the local government that approval is being requested from, and indicate under which state stormwater program the activity will be covered. Any 401 Certification approved under this scenario shall be conditioned so that the proposed impacts shall not commence until such time that the appropriate local approval has been granted. 401 Applications for proposed activities that exceed the impervious surface threshold but are not within a local jurisdiction that is implementing a state stormwater program must include a complete SMP for DWQ review and approval. Notwithstanding this new policy, the Director of the DWQ reserves the right to review individual stormwater management plans on a case-by-ease basis in order to ensure that a proposed activity will not violate water quality standards. Additionally, the DWQ Director reserves the prerogative to provide comments to local governments of special provisions that may need to be incorporated into locally- reviewed SMPs in order, to provide an enhanced level of protection to sensitive watersheds or to provide an enhanced level of stormwater control on unusual projects. . This new policy does not affect the. DWQ's authority and responsibility to review 401 Applications for avoidance and minimization of all impacts to surface waters and wetlands. In addition, the DWQ will retain the authority and responsibility to review projects for impacts to protected riparian buffers in areas where buffer protection has not been locally delegated. Please direct questions regarding this new policy to Ian McMillan at 919-715-463 or ian.mcmillan(c~ncmail.net or Annette Lucas at 919-715-3425 or anisette lu s iii nail ~~ ~~~ Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit CBK/rnj cc: Lauren Cobb, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office File Copy Central Files Filename: 071306FairviewShoppingCenter(Wake)_S W_Duplicity_Notice