NCS000403_20220525_Audit Notification

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 25, 2022
CERTIFIED MAIL: 70212720 0000 1254 6612
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Town of Elon
Attn: Rich Roedner, Town Manager
Post Office Box 595
Elon, North Carolina 27244
Subject: MS4 PERMIT COMPLIANCE AUDIT NOTIFICATION
Town of Elon
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000403
Alamance County
Dear Mr. Roedner:
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 29, 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.
This correspondence is also a formal request to submit required permit documentation. All submitted
documentation will become a permanent record of the compliance audit. DEQ may request additional
information prior to, during and/or following the compliance audit. The scope of the audit will be determined
based on a review of the provided documentation.
D _E O%Z North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
Asheville Regional Office 1 2090 U.S. Highway 701 Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
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Audit Notification
Town of Elon
May 25, 2022
Please submit the following required permit documentation for the current permit within seven (7)
calendar days of receipt of this letter:
a. Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)
b. Annual Reports not already submitted through DEQ's online BIMS SWMPA portal
c. MS4 Program organizational chart and associated program responsibilities for staff/positions
d. MS4 map of outfalls and receiving waters
e. Formal stormwater program implementation agreements with any other entities
f. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Program Plan
g. MS4 Operation and Maintenance Plan
h. Municipal SCM Operation and Maintenance Plan
i. Post -construction ordinance reference or link.
All documentation shall be submitted via e-mail to [e-mail]. or to:
NCDEQ-DEMLR Stormwater Program
Attn: Isaiah Reed, Environmental Engineer
2090 US Highway 70
Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Should you have any questions regarding the upcoming MS4 Permit compliance audit, please feel free to contact
me at [e-mail] or 828) 296-4618
Lncer
Isaiah Reed, El, CPSWQ, MS4CEC1
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
[e-mail], Josh Johnson
[e-mail], DEMLR MS4 Program Coordinator
Tamera.E11in@ncdenngov, DEMLR Regional Engineer
Stan.Aiken@ncdenngov, DEMLR Regional Engineer
DEMLR NPDES MS4 Permit Laserfiche File