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Peck, Kaitlin
From:Bok, Krysta <[e-mail]>
Sent:Wednesday, March 1, 2023 11:53 AM
To:Farkas, Jim J; Mota, Renato; Amber Penland
Cc:Whiteman, Jaclyn; Smith, Mike M
Subject:RE: \[External\] Re: Hot Springs Microgrid, Hot Springs, Madison County
Attachments:Evidence of Applicant - Hot Springs MG (002).docx
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Good Afternoon,

Attached is the Evidence of Applicant document requested. Please let us know what next steps are required.

Kind Regards,

Krysta Bok
Project Manager II
Customer Delivery Distributed Energy Group
c: 714.515.2014

From: Farkas, Jim J <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:51 PM
To: Bok, Krysta <[e-mail]>; Mota, Renato <[e-mail]>; Amber Penland
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Jim Farkas
State Stormwater Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
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From: Bok, Krysta <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 12:43 PM
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Good Afternoon,

We are working through getting the information drafted that was requested. Would a signature at a Vice President level
be acceptable?

Krysta Bok
Project Manager II
Customer Delivery Distributed Energy Group
c: 714.515.2014

From: Farkas, Jim J <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 3:11 PM
To: Mota, Renato <[e-mail]>; Amber Penland <[e-mail]>
Cc: Whiteman, Jaclyn <[e-mail]>; Smith, Mike M <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: \[External\] Re: Hot Springs Microgrid, Hot Springs, Madison County

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We received the $505 check and Amber's documentation today. We are still waiting on 1x hard copy of official
documentation showing the title and position information for Jaclyn.

Thanks,

Jim Farkas
State Stormwater Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
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From: Mota, Renato <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 2:35 PM
To: Amber Penland <[e-mail]>; DeBerry, Margie <[e-mail]>
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Hi Amber,

Any updates on this process?

Renato P. Mota
Senior Project Manager
Wärtsilä Energy Business

From: Amber Penland <[e-mail]>
Sent: 11 January 2023 11:26 AM
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Subject: Re: \[External\] Re: Hot Springs Microgrid, Hot Springs, Madison County

Margie,

Shall I include a hard copy together with the payment?

Jaclyn's Evidence of Applicant will arrive in a separate delivery.

Thank you,

On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 12:22 PM DeBerry, Margie <[e-mail]> wrote:
Hi Amber,

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Yes, the Evidence of Applicants is sufficient to meet the requirements.

Thank you,

Margie DeBerry
Environmental Specialist, Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Subject: \[External\] Re: Hot Springs Microgrid, Hot Springs, Madison County

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Margie,

Thank you for the prompt response regarding the additional items required to complete the transfer package. We will
submit a check for payment to be received by Monday.
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Will you review the attached Evidence of Applicant that we have previously provided to ensure that it will meet the
requirements?

Thank you,

On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 11:34 AM DeBerry, Margie <[e-mail]> wrote:
Good morning,

We received your application for a permit transfer on 1/5/2023. 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 2/10/2023) so that we may accept the project and begin the review
process, otherwise, the project will be returned as administratively incomplete.
 1x application review fee check in the amount of $505. This item is required per 15A NCAC 02H .1045(2). We did
not receive a review fee check in the submittal package.
 1x hard copy of official documentation showing the title and position information for the current permittee
signing official. This item is required per 15A NCAC 02H .1040(1) and 15A NCAC 02H .1045(2)(b)(ii).
 1x hard copy of official documentation showing the title and position information for the proposed permittee
signing official. This item is required per 15A NCAC 02H .1040(1) and 15A NCAC 02H .1045(2)(b)(ii).

NOTE: This is an administrative completeness review, not a detailed engineering review, there may be other issues
that may be brought up during the engineering review.

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 can take up to 90 calendar days per statute (one of our
two reviewer positions is currently vacant).

Hard copies should be mailed to the following address:
For FedEx/UPS:
Jim Farkas
512 N. Salisbury Street, Office 640M
Raleigh, NC 27604
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For USPS:
Jim Farkas
1612 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612

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

Thank you,

Margie DeBerry
Environmental Specialist, Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Amber Penland
Executive Vice President, Operations
United Renewable Energy, LLC
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Executive Vice President, Operations
United Renewable Energy, LLC
Direct: 828.707.6056
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