SW6220802_Email_20230209

Peck, Kaitlin
From:Farkas, Jim J
Sent:Thursday, February 9, 2023 3:41 PM
To:[e-mail]
Cc:[e-mail]
Subject:RE: SW6220802 Champs Convenience Store
Johnny,

I was looking over the additional information you provided on November 17, 2022. Everything looks good except for a
few small issues:

Please correct the following:
- Prior Comment 1 – Per the prior comment, this project must either meet Runoff Treatment or Runoff Volume
Match, neither of which are met since there is approximately 10,000 sf of uncaptured/treated BUA (required for
Runoff Treatment) and an insufficient amount of annual runoff is infiltrated/evapo-transpired (required for
Runoff Volume Matching). It is noted that the entire amount of proposed BUA cannot be captured due to
topographic constrains. As indicated in the prior Request for Additional Information letter, you can permit the
portions of the site that bypass the SCM as a low-density drainage area (This was alluded to in the Response to
Comments letter, however if this option will be utilized, the following things need to be done:
o Revise the Application (Section IV, 9 & 10) to indicate a low-density drainage area.
o Revise the Supplement-EZ Form (Drainage Areas Page; Lines 3, 4, & Low-density column and Low-
density Page) to indicate a low-density drainage area.
o Revise the O&M Agreement to indicate a low-density area (A new original signed & sealed copy will be
required).
o Provide calculations for any vegetated conveyances in the low-density drainage area (required per 15A
NCAC 02H .1003(2)(c)).
If not utilizing the low-density drainage area, you will need to capture & treat the currently uncaptured/treated
BUA, revise the design to meet Runoff Volume Matching, or request a variance.
- Please correct the following issues with the Supplement-EZ Form:
o Cover Page:
 Please sign & seal the cover page of this form (The provided cover page was modified from the
one that originally submitted, so a new signature & seal are required).
o Drainage Areas Page:
 Entire Site Column:
 Lines 7 & 11 – Since the entire site column is an accounting of the entire site, there are
no offsite portions to this column (any offsite areas are, by definition, not part of the
entire site). The values for these items should be removed.
 Line 5 – As indicated above, there are no offsite components to the entire site. Please
revise this value so it matches Line 6.
 Line 8 – As indicated above, there are no offsite components to the entire site. Please
exclude the 4,792 sf of offsite BUA from this item.
 Line 18 – As indicated above, there are no offsite components to the entire site. Please
recalculate this value based on the total proposed BUA within the project area (Line 8)
and the total project area (Line 5). This value should correspond to Section IV, 8 of the
Application.
 Drainage Area 1:
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 Line 12, Roadway – Please exclude the 4,792 sf of offsite BUA from this item as it is
already accounted for in Line 11. This item should correspond to the value shown in
Section IV, 10, On-site Streets.
 Low-Density Column (If applicable):
 This column will correspond to the portion of the project area that bypasses the SCM
(Adding up the on-site portion of the SCM drainage area and the low-density drainage
area will equal the project area/entire site)
o Infiltration Page:
 Line 2 – (My apologies for not including any information on this item in the previous Request for
Additional Information letter)
- Please upload the electronic copies of the submittal items that were submitted on 11/17/2022 through the link
at the following location: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/SW-Supplemental-Upload. This is required per 15A
NCAC 02H .1042(2).

Please provide the following:
- 1x electronic copy of the submittal items from the 11/17/2022 submission.
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised Supplement-EZ Form pages.
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised Application Form pages (if applicable).
- 1x original signed hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the revised O&M Agreement Form (if applicable).
- 1x hard copy & 1x electronic copy of the vegetated conveyance calculations (if applicable).
- 1x hard copy (2x hard copies for plans) & 1x electronic copy of any other items needed to address these
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
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]

From: Farkas, Jim J
Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 3:58 PM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Cc: Lawyer, Mike <[e-mail]>; Sikes, Jay
Subject: RE: SW6220802 Champs Convenience Store

Good Afternoon,
The Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), received additional information for a Stormwater
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Management Permit Application for the subject project on August 5, 2022. A review of that information has
determined that the application is not complete. Attached is a letter describing the items that need to be submitted. If
you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. My contact information is listed below.
Thank you,

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

From: Tran, Kieu M <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 11:36 AM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Cc: Farkas, Jim J <[e-mail]>; Lawyer, Mike <[e-mail]>
Subject: SW6220802 Champs Convenience Store

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Good morning,

We received your post-construction stormwater permit application for the above mentioned project on 8/5/2022.
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 #: SW6220802

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

Thank you,

Mrs. Kieu Tran
Stormwater Program Administrative Assistant
Office: (919) 707- 3640
[e-mail]

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources Stormwater Program

512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604 (location)
1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612 (mailing)
Website: http://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/energy-mineral-land-resources/stormwater

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