NCS000498_Audit Notification_20220519

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 19, 2022
CERTIFIED MAIL: 70212720 0000 1254 6599
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
City of Morganton
Attn: Sally Sandy, City Manager
Post Office Box 3448
Morganton, North Carolina 28680
Subject: MS4 PERMIT COMPLIANCE AUDIT NOTIFICATION
City of Morganton
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000498
Burke County
Dear Ms. Sandy:
Staff from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality will be performing the following National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit
compliance audit for the subject permit.
An on -site audit will be performed, which includes on -site interviews with MS4 representatives The on -site audit
is scheduled for June 22, 2022 beginning at 9:00am and is expected to take at least one (1) full day (an
agenda will be sent in the coming weeks). Please arrange for an appropriate meeting space that will
accommodate your representatives, 1-3 staff members from DEQ, and access to any tools routinely utilized to
implement the MS4 Program (e.g. databases, GIS, forms, etc.).
You are expected to ensure that all relevant staff, contractors and management/leadership/officials are present
for scheduled audit meetings. The audit is structured but informal, and the agenda will be flexible depending
upon progress. However, the Preliminary Findings portion of the audit will be held as scheduled so that
management and elected officials can plan to attend.
On -site meeting rooms must provide adequate space for all participants to maintain appropriate social distancing
protocols for COVID-19. If special arrangements or schedule adjustments are necessary to achieve this, please
discuss this with me prior to the audit date. All participants of on -site meetings are expected to wear personal
protective equipment in accordance with current state requirements, guidelines and recommendations; and to
also maintain appropriate social distancing protocols for COVID-19 at all times.
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Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming MS4 Permit compliance audit, please feel free to contact
me at [e-mail] or [phone].
Sincerely,
Isaiah Reed, EI, CPS Q, MS4CEC1
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
CC:
Mario Sclarandis, msclarandisOci.morganton.nc.us
][e-mail], DEMLR MS4 Program Coordinator
DEMLR NPDES MS4 Permit Laserfiche File
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