WQ0000088_Additional Information Request_20230508

May 8, 2023
AMANDA BERGER – ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR
AQUA NORTH CAROLINA, INC.
202 MACKENAN COURT
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA 27511
Subject: Application No. WQ0000088
Additional Information Request
Governors Club WWTP
Reclaimed Water System
Chatham County
Dear Ms. Berger:
Division of Water Resources’ Central and Regional staff have reviewed the application package
received March 23, 2023. However, additional information is required before the review may be completed.
Please address the items on the attached pages no later than the close of business on June 7, 2023.
Please be aware that you are responsible for meeting all requirements set forth in North Carolina
rules and regulations. Any oversights that occurred in the review of the subject application package are
still the Applicant’s responsibility. In addition, any omissions made in responding to the outstanding items
in Sections A through E, or failure to provide the additional information on or before the above requested
date may result in your application being returned as incomplete pursuant to 15A NCAC 02T .0107(e)(2).

Please reference the subject application number when providing the requested information. All
revised and/or additional documentation shall be signed, sealed and dated (where needed), with an
electronic response submitted to my attention at: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/NonDischarge-Branch-
Submittal-Form-Ver2.

If you have any questions regarding this request, please contact me at [phone] or
[e-mail]. Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Lauren Raup-Plummer, Engineer III
Division of Water Resources
cc: Raleigh Regional Office, Water Quality Regional Operations Section (Electronic Copy)
Andrew Norris, PE – Aqua North Carolina, Inc. (Electronic Copy)
Laserfiche File (Electronic Copy)
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A. Cover Letter:
1. No comments.
B. Application Fee:
1. Not applicable.
C. Application (Form: WWIS-R 02-21):
1. The provided coordinates for latitudes and longitudes within the application do not correspond to
the locational data in our records, with several of them plotting in locations that do not appear to
be associated with the Governor’s Club community. Please review the geospatial data associated
with the storage features, monitoring wells, and irrigation sites, and please revise the application
accordingly. Please provide data to the sixth decimal degree, if available.
2. Within Section V – Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC), Mr. Eric Riggins is listed as being the
designated back-up for Governors Club WWTP. A review of our database indicates that Mr. Eric
Riggins is no longer the back-up ORC for this facility (expiration January 1, 2021). Additionally,
Mr. Rodney Clark (SI / 1004674) is designated as a back-up, but his status is currently “Invalid”.
Please contact the Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission
(WPCSOCC) to update the designated operator list to include Mr. Riggins and to resolve Mr.
Clark’s status.
3. The existing permit contains several compliance schedules that pertain to the 27,000 gallon aerobic
digester modification (Conditions I.1 through I.3). Our office has not received documentation for
these conditions at the time of this letter. Please confirm that the 27,000 gallon aerobic digester
modification has not been constructed.
D. Additional Documentation:
 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity:
1. No comments.
 Site Map:
1. See comment 1.d. in section “Existing Permit” below.
2. Please provide a facility map that delineates the Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 treatment units.
This facility map shall meet the requirements of 15A NCAC 02U .0201(d)(1).
 Flow Reduction:
1. No comments.
 Property Ownership Documentation:
1. See comments 1.a, 1.b, and 1.c., in section “Existing Permit” below.
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 Existing Permit:
1. Condition I.4 of the existing permit issuance dated March 25, 2020, required a permit
modification to be submitted within 180 days of that issuance. Our office did not receive a
permit modification, and the following items are requested to satisfy this condition:
a. A setback waiver for the treatment facility (50 feet to property owned by Governors Club
Inc) pursuant to 15A NCAC 02U .0701(a).
b. An easement waiver for the Duke/Progress Energy power lines for Storage Ponds A and B.
c. An easement for the irrigation fields filed with the Chatham County Register of Deeds that
meets the requirements of 15A NCAC 02L .0107(f).
d. A scaled map showing the irrigation area wetted perimeter, parcel lines, surface waters,
stormwater structures (ditches, inlets, etc.) and groundwater wells (monitoring, potable, etc.)
identify the originally permitted 128 acres of irrigation area.
Please submit the necessary items to satisfy Condition I.4 of the existing permit.
E. Recommendations: (Response not required)
1. The subject facility is classified as a reclaimed water generation and dedicated utilization facility
regulated under 15A NCAC 02U and is not classified as a wastewater irrigation system (WWIS)
which is regulated under 15A NCAC 02T. Please note that Form RWS-R should be used for future
renewals of WQ0000088.

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