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Home My WebLink AboutNCC230527_ESC Approval Submitted_20230228Ploy COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary BRIAN WRENN Direc ror NARENCO Mark Caddell, EVP-EPC 227 Southside Drive — Suite B Charlotte, NC 28217 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality November 22, 2022 LETTER OF APPROVAL RE: Project Name: Elk Solar Facility Acres Approved: 37.8 Project ID: HOKE-2023-010 County: Hoke, City: Raeford Address: McLaughlin Road River Basin: Lumber Stream Classification: Other Submitted by: Ryan Brick Date Received by LQS: November 21, 2022 Plan Type: Utility Dear Mr. Caddell: This office has reviewed the subject erosion and sedimentation control plan. We find the plan to be acceptable and herebyissue this Letter of Approval. The enclosed Certificate of Approval must be posted at the job site. This plan shall expire three (3) years following the date of approval, if no land disturbing activity has been undertaken, as is required by Title 15A NCAC 4B .0129. As of April 1, 2019, all new construction activities are required to complete and submit an electronic Notice of Intent (NOI) form requesting a Certificate of Coverage (COC) under the NCGO10000 Construction Stormwater General Permit. This form MUST be submitted and COC issued prior to the commencement of any land disturbing activity on the above -named project. The NOI form may be accessed at de .nc, govlNCGO1. Please direct questions about the NOI form to Annette Lucas at Annette. luc4 cr,ncdenr.gav or Paul Clark at Paui.clark(ir7,ncdenr.gov. After you submit a complete and correct NOI Form, a COC will be emailed to you within three business days. Initially, DEMLR will not charge a fee for coverage under the NCGO1 permit. However, on or after June 1, 2019, a $100 fee will be charged annually. This fee is to be sent to the DEMLR Stormwater Central Office staff in Raleigh. Noah Carolina Department oFnvironmenta! Quality fJivisioar of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources Fayetteville Regional Office 1 22."> Green Street, Suite 714 [ f tayetteville, North Carolina28301 E�iw 910.433.3300 Fact Sheet on the New NCG01 Permit �EQ April 2019 The NC NC Construction General Permit (also known as "NCG01") was renewed on April 1, 2019. The updated permit does not significantly change the measures that are required to be implemented on construction sites. However, there are some organizational and technical updates to the permit as described below. Most notably, there is a new process in which construction sites will obtain official coverage under an NCG01 permit through an electronic process. DEMLR worked with abroad team of stakeholders to make all of these updates. If you have questions, contact Danny Smith at danny.smith@ncdenr.gov or (919) 707-3639. Organizational Updates The new permit: • Repeats state requirements for E&SC Plans and organizes them with federal construction activity requirements; • Is clearly organized by topic; and • Has less text and more tables. Technical Updates The new permit: ■ Requires that the E&SC Plan meet SWPPP requirements (p. 2); • Provides a list of items that must be included in the SWPPP, such as the construction sequence, plans, calculations, etc. (p. 2-4);' • Has updated language on bypasses and upsets that is tailored to construction activities (p. 10); • Puts all timeframes for inspections, record -keeping and reporting in "calendar days" for clarity and consistency (p. 11-14);2 • Changes the inspection frequency (during business hours) to at least once per 7 calendar days and after every storm ? 1.0 inch (previously 0.5 inch);' and • Excludes weekends, state and federal holidays from normal business hours unless construction activities take place (p. 23). 1 This list is based on website guidance by the DEMLR Sediment Program. Z The number of calendar days was selected to be as equivalent as possible with the previous permit. ' The intent is to provide predictability to the inspection schedule. Acronyms to Know COC: Certificate of Coverage, proof of coverage under an NCG01 permit DEMLR: NC Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources E&SC: Erosion & Sedimentation Control e-NOL Notice of Intent, application form for the NCG01 permit e-NOT: Notice of Termination, form for closing out the NCG01 permit SWPPP: Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, required by the NCG01 The NCG01 Process The new NCG01 applies to permits approved on or after April 1, 2019. Permittees will no longer receive a copy of the NCG01 permit in the mail with their E&SC Plan approvals and be considered as covered under the permit. Federal rules require that DEMLR receive an NCI on each construction project and issue each construction project its own COC. Under the new NCG01 process, construction sites will continue to receive approval for E&SC Plans from either DEMLR or the delegated local E&SC program just like before. After receiving E&SC Plan approval, permittees will officially obtain coverage under the NCG01 by completing an e-NOI (available at deq.nc.gov/NCG01). The e-NOI will only take about 20 minutes to fill out and submit on-line. Initially, there will be no charge associated with applying for an NCG01 permit but on or around June 1, 2019, DEMLR will begin charging a $100 annual general permit fee as required per §143-215.3D. DFMI R is working on creating a single application form that will allow an applicant to simultaneously apply for an E&SC permit and an NCG01 COC. That effort is part of a larger Permit Transformation project at DEMLR.