SW6220101_Email_20221114

Farkas, Jim J
From:Farkas, Jim J
Sent:Monday, November 14, 2022 1:47 PM
To:Scott Brown
Cc:[e-mail]
Subject:RE: SW6220101- Woodshire Subdivision, Phase 7
The following comment was not addressed as part of the 10/17/22 resubmission:
- Supplement-EZ Form:
o Low-Density Page:
 Line 5 – The value shown (2.59 fps) does not correspond to the maximum velocity shown in the
lower half of this page (2.72 fps).

Please provide the following:
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised pages of the Supplement-EZ Form.
- 1x hard copy (2x hard copies for plan sheets) & 1x electronic copy of anything else needed to address these
comments.

Hard copies should be mailed to me at the following address:
For FedEx/UPS:
Jim Farkas
512 N. Salisbury Street, Office 640M
Raleigh, NC 27604

For USPS:
Jim Farkas
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

Hand Delivery:
Please reach out to me prior to hand delivering a submission to make sure that I (or someone else in my group)
will be able to receive the submission. Do not leave the package in the foyer with the security guard.

NOTE: Hard copies should not be sent to a Regional Office. Doing so will delay the review process and the
submission package may be lost while being sent from the Regional Office to me in the Central Office.

Electronic copies should be uploaded at the following location:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/SW-Supplemental-Upload

Since these are really minor things, once I get the hard copies, anything else that may have changed from addressing
these issues, and the documents are uploaded to Laserfiche (Provided everything is still in order), we can issue the
permit without doing another formal review.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Jim Farkas
State Stormwater Engineer
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 2:24 PM
To: 'Scott Brown' <[e-mail]>
Cc: '[e-mail]' <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: SW6220101- Woodshire Subdivision, Phase 7

Scott,

I was looking over the additional information you provided on 6/15/2022. Everything looks good except for a few small
issues:

Please correct the following:
- Prior Comment 8 – Average depth calculation/minimum main pool surface area. Per the provided information
(Permanent pool volume = 45,201 cf, Maximum depth over the shelf = 0.5 ft, Perimeter of the shelf = 512 ft,
Width of the submerged part of the shelf = 3 ft, & Area of the main pool at the bottom of the shelf = 8,251 sf)
results in an average depth of 5.4 ft (Average depth = (45,201 cf – (0.5 * 0.5 ft * 512 ft * 3 ft)) / 8,251 sf = 5.4 ft)
and an average depth value of 6.0 ft is used in the calculations/shown in the Supplement-EZ Form. You can
interpolate values from the SA/DA table based on the actual calculated values (as was done with the
%Impervious row) or you can use values directly from the table by rounding the calculated values (as was done
with the Average Depth column), but the following rules must be followed:
o Rounding: The calculated Average Depth value would be rounded down to an average depth value
shown in the SA/DA table (in this case, 5.4 ft would round to 5.0 ft, not 6.0 ft) and the calculated
%Impervious would be rounded up to a %impervious value shown in the SA/DA table (in this case, 46.9%
would round to 50%). Rounding in this manner ensures that a conservative SA/DA value is chosen.
o Interpolating: Table values can be linearly interpolated for specific calculated values of Average Depth
and/or %Impervious.
Please revise the average depth calculation & value (Line 28 of the Wet Pond Page of the Supplement-EZ Form)
and redo the required minimum surface area calculation.
- Supplement-EZ Form:
o Wet Pond Page:
 Line 28 – As noted above.
o Low-Density Page:
 Line 5 – The value shown (2.59 fps) does not correspond to the maximum velocity shown in the
lower half of this page (2.72 fps).

Please provide the following:
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised calculations
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised pages of the Supplement-EZ Form.
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- 1x hard copy (2x hard copies for plan sheets) & 1x electronic copy of anything else needed to address these
comments.

Hard copies should be mailed to me at the following address:
For FedEx/UPS:
Jim Farkas
512 N. Salisbury Street, Office 640M
Raleigh, NC 27604

For USPS:
Jim Farkas
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

Hand Delivery:
Please reach out to me prior to hand delivering a submission to make sure that I (or someone else in my group)
will be able to receive the submission. Do not leave the package in the foyer with the security guard.

NOTE: Hard copies should not be sent to a Regional Office. Doing so will delay the review process and the
submission package may be lost while being sent from the Regional Office to me in the Central Office.

Electronic copies should be uploaded at the following location:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/SW-Supplemental-Upload

Since these are really minor things, once I get the hard copies, anything else that may have changed from addressing
these issues, and the documents are uploaded to Laserfiche (Provided everything is still in order), we can issue the
permit without doing another formal review.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Jim Farkas
State Stormwater Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Monday, March 7, 2022 1:56 PM
To: 'Scott Brown' <[e-mail]>; '[e-mail]' <[e-mail]>
Cc: Lawyer, Mike <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: SW6220101- Woodshire Subdivision, Phase 7

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Good Afternoon,
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), received a Stormwater Management Permit Application
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for the subject project on January 10, 2022. A review of that information has determined that the application is not
complete. Attached is a letter describing the items that need to be submitted. If you have any questions, please feel free
to contact me. My contact information is listed below.
Thank you,

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9:25 AM
To: Scott Brown <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: Lawyer, Mike <[e-mail]>
Subject: SW6220101- Woodshire Subdivision, Phase 7

Good Morning,

We received your post-construction stormwater permit application for the above mentioned project on 1/10/2022.
Reviews under the standard permitting process generally take 30 – 45 calendar days, but can take up to 90 calendar
days per statute (our other reviewer, Corey Anen, no longer works for the State, so this review will probably be closer to
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45 days than 30). Please upload all documents that you mailed into our office through the link provided below. Be sure
to choose the Central Office as the Primary Contact office.

https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/SW-Supplemental-Upload

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please ensure that each file is uploaded under its appropriate file type. Additional file types can be
entered into the electronic form by clicking on the “Add Another Post-Construction File Upload” link directly below the
“State Stormwater Information Uploads” section of the form. Please do not upload entire plan sets through this form,
but rather upload the relevant individual sheets under the appropriate file type. Selecting the correct file type ensures
that the files are properly named in the electronic repository and it helps expedite the review process.

Please type in permit #: SW6220101

If you have any questions, please contact Jim Farkas [e-mail] 919-707-3646.

Thank you,

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Monday, January 3, 2022 3:45 PM
To: Scott Brown <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: Lawyer, Mike <[e-mail]>
Subject: Woodshire Subdivision, Phase 7; Intersection of Wood Point Drive & Dunbar Drive, Lillington, Harnett County
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Good Afternoon,

We received your application for a new post-construction stormwater permit on 12/16/2021. At this time, the
submission is not administratively complete and cannot be accepted for review in its current condition. Please provide
the following submittal items within 30 calendar days (by close of business on 2/2/2022) so that we may accept the
project and begin the review process, otherwise, the project will be returned as administratively incomplete.

- Please fill out the entire site column of the Supplement-EZ Form (On the Drainage Areas Page). The entire site
column summarizes all of the proposed BUA on-site (whether or not it drains to the proposed SCM) and is
needed to ensure that sufficient BUA is being treated for this project (15A NCAC 02H .1002(43)). If there is
proposed BUA on-site that does not drain to the proposed wet pond, this can be handled with a low-density
area.
- 2x signed & sealed hard copies of the plan sheets showing the following:
o Drainage area map to the proposed wet pond. This information is required per Section VI, 8o of the
Application and 15A NCAC 02H .1042(2)(g)(iv).

NOTE: This is an administrative completeness review, not a detailed engineering review. The following items were noted
during this review, but do not need to be addressed for this submission to be administratively complete and accepted
for review (but these issues, and possibly others, will probably be brough up during the engineering review):
- Please ensure that the off-site areas that are not bypassed around the SCM are accounted for at their full build-
out potential (per 15A NCAC 02H 1003(3)(b)). This is typically handled by entering into a legal agreement with
the off-site property owner to limit the amount of BUA on the portion of their property that drains to the SCM
or by assuming that the off-site area is 100% BUA (Its full build out potential). It is recommended to bypass any
off-site areas around the SCM.

If these items are received within the stipulated timeframe, we can accept the project and begin the review process.
Once accepted, reviews under the standard permitting process generally take 30 – 45 calendar days, but can take up to
90 calendar days per statute (one of our two reviewer positions is currently vacant so this review will probably be closer
to 45 days than 30).

Hard copies should be mailed to the following address:
For FedEx/UPS:
Jim Farkas
512 N. Salisbury Street, Office 640E
Raleigh, NC 27604

For USPS:
Jim Farkas
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

If you have any questions, please contact Jim Farkas [e-mail] 919-707-3646.

Thank you,

Jim Farkas
Environmental Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, & Land Resources – Stormwater Program
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512 N. Salisbury Street
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

[phone]
[e-mail]

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.

Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has
adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or
are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to
appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your
requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging
time.

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