MS4 Designation_Public Notice RE Lumber Yadkin Phase II Designees_20110112

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Release: Immediate Contact: Mike Randall
Date: Jan. 12. 2011 Phone: [phone]
State Seeks Comments on Communities Facing More Stringent Stormwater Pollution Controls
RALEIGH — State environmental officials are seeking public comments on whether 18 communities in the Lumber and
Yadkin Pee -Dee river basins should be required to implement more stringent controls to prevent stormwater pollution, as
part of the federally -designated Phase II Stormwater Management Program.
The state Division of Water Quality is considering measures for the communities and nearby areas to limit stormwater
pollution, a leading cause of stream impairment in the state. Stormwater controls would include eliminating untreated
wastewater discharges to creeks, developing campaigns to educate the public about stormwater pollution prevention, and
implementing control requirements for new development.
The 18 communities that are candidates for the more stringent controls as part of the phase II stormwater program are:
• Lumber River Basin: Laurinburg, Lumberton, Pinehurst, Red Springs
• Yadkin Pee -Dee River Basin: Albemarle, Asheboro, Fairview, King, Lexington, Mocksville, Mount Airy,
North Wilkesboro, Rockingham, Spencer, Statesville, Unionville, Walkertown, Wingate
Comments also are sought regarding areas surrounding these communities that may be affected by the expanded
stormwater requirements. Under state law, stormwater controls on new development projects are required in unincorporated
areas near designated phase II municipalities. Depending on the area covered by the Phase II program in a given county,
new development stormwater requirements may affect the entire county. The proposed phase II program designations may
also affect all or part of the towns of Aberdeen, Foxfire Village, Hamlet, Southern Pines, Troutman and Wilkesboro, as
well as Davidson, Iredell, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, Stanly and Wilkes counties. Maps of the areas potentially
affected by designation under the phase II program can be found at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/ws/su/phase2
The federal Phase I and Phase II Stormwater Management Programs were created in the 1990s. They address stormwater
runoff from municipal separate storm sewer systems, land -disturbing activities, certain industrial activities and unregulated
sources of stormwater discharges that have the greatest likelihood of causing continued environmental degradation.
Communities are evaluated for inclusion in the phase II program as part of the update of each river basin's water quality
plan every five years.
A community can come under the federal stormwater management program due to population number or density; in
response to a petition for designation based on significant water quality concerns; or when the municipality's storm sewer
system has been determined to be a cause of water quality impairment. The state can also place a community in the
stormwater program based on population growth or if the stormwater discharge adversely impacts water quality or
contributes significant pollutants to receiving waters.
Comments must be received by Feb. 14, 2011. Submit comments to: DWQ Stormwater Permitting Unit, 1617 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617, [phone] attn: Mike Randall or Brian Lowther, or to [e-mail] or
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