SW4221001_email_20230601

Peck, Kaitlin
From:Farkas, Jim J
Sent:Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:34 PM
To:[e-mail]
Cc:[e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject:RE: SW4221001 Fieldcrest Subdivision
Attachments:SW4221001_Application Form_20230302.pdf
Chad,

It appears as though the Stream Classification and Stream Index Number for the two receiving waters are swapped. If
this is the case, please revise the form and send me a PDF of it (if this is not the case, please let me know). There are no
other issues with the submission.

I am currently drafting the permit for this project and will be able to issue it once you have provided the revised page of
the Application (I can manually correct the hard copy that I have since this is so minor).

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

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 12:48 PM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: RE: SW4221001 Fieldcrest Subdivision

Following up on this. When do you plan on resubmitting to our office?

Jim Farkas
State Stormwater Engineer
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]
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From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 4:11 PM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; DeBerry, Margie <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: SW4221001 Fieldcrest Subdivision

Chad,

I was looking over the information you provided on 10/18/2022. Everything looks good except for a few small issues:

Please correct the following:
- Please show the vegetated setback from the surface water on the plans. This item is required per 15A NCAC 02H
.1042(2)(g)(iii), .1003(4) & .1017(10).
- Please include a second low-density drainage area in Section IV, 10 of the Application and on the Drainage Area
Page of the Supplement-EZ Form. Typically, low-density projects only have a single drainage area (the entire
project area) but since this project is located within two jurisdictions/drains to two differently classified surface
waters/subject to two different sets of rules, this project should have two low-density drainage areas (see
attached). The sum of the two low-density drainage areas should add up to the entire project area.
- Please exclude the on-site surface water area from the total/on-site drainage area (project site area) in Section
IV, 10 of the Application and the Drainage Areas Page of the Supplement-EZ Form. NOTE: The density
calculations appear to have already excluded the on-site surface water area so these items should not need to
be changed.
- Please include the design information for the ditch perpendicular to the proposed roadway, downstream of
ditches 3, 5, & 6 (see attached).
- Please provide calculations showing that the culvert outlets are stable in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H
.1003(5).
- Please provide documentation showing that 15A NCAC 02H .1017(9)(c) is being met for this project.
- Please correct the following issues with the Supplement-EZ Form:
o Cover:
 Line 2 – Please exclude the on-site surface water area from this value (This value should
correspond to Section IV, 7 of the Application).
o Drainage Areas Page:
 Line 5 & 6 – See earlier comment.
 Line 22 – This is noted, however, as noted in an earlier comment, this project should have two
low-density drainage areas.
 LD Columns – Please enter the drainage area information for the two low-density drainage
areas.
o Low-Density Page:
 Line 11 – This item is not applicable if curb outlet swales are being use and should only be “Yes”
if the curb outlet swales are being designed in accordance with 15A NCAC 02H .1061 (These
ditches do not appear to be designed to these design standards).
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 Swales 2, 3, & 7 – There appears to be a slight rounding error in the drainage area values for
these ditches. For example, the calculations show the drainage area of ditch 2 as 0.28 ac while
this form shows 0.29 ac. Please revise as needed.

Please provide the following:
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised pages of the Application Form.
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised pages of the Supplement-EZ Form.
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the updated calculations.
- 2x hardcopies & 1x electronic copy of the updated plan sheets.
- 1x hard copy (2x hard copies for plan sheets) & 1x electronic copy of anything else needed to address the above
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]
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From: DeBerry, Margie <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 3:42 PM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Cc: Eplin, Tamera <[e-mail]>; Farkas, Jim J <[e-mail]>
Subject: SW4221001 Fieldcrest Subdivision

Good afternoon,

We received your post-construction stormwater permit application for the above mentioned project on 10/18/2022.
Reviews under the standard permitting process generally take 75 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 may exceed 75 days). 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 #: SW4221001

If you have any questions, please contact Jim Farkas [e-mail] 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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