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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
GROUNDWATER SECTION
MEMORANDUM
TO: `L) � k�ie F-iiSoy-%
DATE: M o_:. t Z- 8 1 1 g q 1
FROM: Jack Floyd:�4&
SUBJECT: Application for Renewal/Amendment of Permit No._L,�Q�Z ?_/
1(.� New Permit
Facility Name 1�j►1Y)0, _.A_QJ nhorPS
County
Type of Project: rc-�C_ cu i m
Central Office Contact: fT.h,ns�
Applicable Permit Numbers: WQ 000 as 8z/ GW ? / /57�L
EPA AC
We have received a copy of the above referenced application,
which was sent to your regional office for comment on or abou:
You should review the application package for completeness
and adequacy of relevant information and submit your request For
additional information to me (via telephone or memo) by
�w�IU , 1991so that all required information can be
requested from the applicant at one time. A copy of our formal
request to the applicant for additional information will be
provided to you.
If you do not require additional information from the
applicant to complete your evaluation of the project, you should
review the application package and submit your comments to me by
�T�, 19Q t
If a copy of the application package has not been made
available to your office, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY so that
a copy can be forwarded to you as soon as possible.
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51. The permittee shall begin construction of this upgraded facility within sixty (60) days of the
thirty (30) day average exceedance of 80 percent of the design capacity of the plant currently
in operation. Eighty (80) percent of the design capacity is 40,000 gpd, therefore, 83
bedrooms at 120 gallons/bedroom is the allowable connections to be made once 40,000 gpd
is reached. Any additional connections made to this facility will be a violation of North
Carolina General Statute 143-215.1 and is enforceable by the Environmental Management
Commission.
52. Within 90 days of receipt of this permit and prior to any increase in the wastewater flow rate
beyond 50,000 gpd, the permittee shall submit a hydrogeologic report, based on site specific
data and utilizing computer modeling or predictive calculations, demonstrating that the facility
will function properly with the existing ponds which interconnect to form a line sink. This
evaluation shall be conducted without the ponds constructed after September, 1989 or any
proposed addtional ponds that have not been constructed. This report will then be evaluated
and the permittee advised of any further actions and /or alternate wastewater disposal options
that must be investigated or pursued. Please be advised that issuance of this permit does not
relieve the permittee of any responsibility of enforcement for construction of any additional
ponds without appropriate approval at this site. Representatives of Kinnekeet Partners were
advised in the meeting of September 29, 1989 by Ms. Debra Sawyer of the Washington
Regional Office that construction in and/or excavation of wetlands could not be continued -
Permit issued this the 5th day of February, 1990
N04TH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
George T. Evere
Division of Environme Management
By Authority of the En nmental Management Commission
Permit No. WQ0002284
Amendment

DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
May 17, 1990
MEMORANDUM
TO: Carolyn McCaskill, Supervisor
State Engineering Review Unit
Permits and Engineering Branch
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THROUGH: Rader K. Thorpe, ater ��? a1 i y Supervisor
Washington Regional Office
FROM: Alton R. Hodge, Environmenta Engineer
Water, Quality E-ecti on k �j U
Washington Regional Office
SUBJECT: Ki nnakeet Shores
Dare County
I am in receipt of Ed Andrew's letter of May 10, 1990, (attached)
and would ask for the following:
A. Acknowledgement from permit holder on this proposal.
B. Flans showing location of plantings with distance to line sink
and rotary distributors.
C. The original permit application is based on an outlet to th=
sound. It is my understanding per your letter that water
uptake from Wax Myrtle will counteract Kinnakeet Shores
inability to make this connection. I do not understand how a
new computer model is not necessary.
D. Sources of data on Wax Myrtle.
E. Is uptake rates based on adult plants?
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Hydrogeology
Geology
Environmental Sciences
Soils
RUSSNOW, KANE & ANDREWS, INC.
Post Office Box 30653
Raleigh, North Carolina 27622-0653
May7808, 1990
Mn. A.R. Hodge.
N.C. Department, od Na fug Re_sou.,LceA
anal Community Development
Water Qua -i.ty Sect Lon.
D,Lvi,&-i..om o4 Bn.vZ&omme.nta2 Management
P.O. Pbx. 1507
Wa &h,L.mgton, North. CarO-F.L&m 27889
Re: K.Ln.n.ah.eet Skone-b, Pha-6e 2
Wa.btewaten Treatme.n t Ptant
Ve.te.,m-i.n�om o4 water. out.et
De,cu Mr. Hodge:
Offices:
Raleigh, North Carolina
Newport News, Virginia
RD-riV7
v:As;;h,GTOy OFFICE
M AY 1 1 1990
D.EM.
It h.ays come to ou, cL at tenttLon that K-_nnxLkeet Shona," w-i U
not be ab.te to connect the .lakez and canal-6 .berv.Lng a,& tLne
A-)_� to the Sound. It 4_6 tmpont.a,nt that a. volume. compa-,a.bP-e.
to the di,6cha.,ge vot-u.me Leave the devetopment.
A-b an at_teAnztLve to t LA A tvxALon we p.,Lopo-6e to
e.btabt_i.bh ptxmne,d vegetat ion. e_bta,bt_i,bh.men t anou.nd the notaAy
di,6tn_Zbu.tonA, to pnov.Lde, t4,arv6pdhat.Lom. Th4A tn.an-5p�L�on
weft, contra bute toward 6ati�4 yimg the damcy equa-t-.on. The,
dancy e.qu.atL.on -ice Q = T*w* (dh/d2) , Q .i6 the amount o4 wat.e,,L
that wilt .f.eav a the .6.c to mc,,LoAz a, 6t, eamd a,ce o4 width (W) .
Im the czL,6z od "tabti,ehtmg vegetation, (w) w-c f.t' be rept_ace_d
by a va.2ue, dorm tree uptake.. Am addittLonat berred.Lt, be-6-i.de.,6
pnoduc i.ng dr"h ai_� and -bcenery, wi-U be that the vegetal i_.on
wi-U remove n.i�te_5, pho,5ph.atez, and pob Z y o.,gan.ic
comzt-ituen.t.b . The net e.4 d ec t od the atte v_at i..on by
vege.tat Lon w-i..0 be to protect the compt Lance bounda,,Ly a_�& we.et
a6 remove a dLzuLeet voZiime od water du Lng most od the yeas .
The ccL2c _ta.# Lon_6 4 o., the uptah,e. od Wax M ynt-Le. j.�
attached. For the purpoze od th.i. evacuation the e-et-tmated
average uptake 4 o-,L the Avon, a&ea -i,& 13.5 gaRton,6 peter. day pen
mature ptan t. = hPn,_¢� owe; ri and ,== o _account 0 0 ;
Fgu- 2�Qn-�_p_e �da (_,___p_ � oa.dcn9 16,300 pQant� need to be
`*:#.a t-i.bhed between -the, -n,ota,,Ly _d-i t:,,Lb.0 to LA and the V_me.-
on Lmme_d i.a �Q y--:b_o�cd.en.Lng #.he.__ Line. to Lmc-tade .the_
'These wi-Pt be needed ass the .loadLn.g rate iA .i.n.c-nea.aed. At
t tz time. you may want to 4ta,, t w LU ptz_ t-6 C to.b e.6t to the.
rotary d�_zt,L_Lbuton,6, add.Ln.g outtwand. The you.n.ger ptan.t-s
could be grown and notated o44,&ite, to get a pay back on the
4_n.v"tment. Id you wt-6k to "e othe,,L veget _tLon, we
recommend Imkbenvy, on Lobtotty Bay, to optimLze
t4Aj"p.L&at.Lon yet thn i.va -im the -aaPt env-i c,orameast. There. h.a�s
aP o been re_6e4a,,rch on bamboo, however, we are. not -aurae_ .Ld -i t
w.r-U be, he.atthy tm the sat.ty env L&onment.

Mom,. A. R . Hodge
Re: Ktnnaheet, t Lne .din&z
May 10, 1990
page # 2
At #h U time, -t t t,& not mece-b-daty to tun a compute,.
m o d e.t on the added t a.n.b p-i�f n. A-d the v o t um e o 4 waste.
water ncn,ea.de.d, ping Ahou-Zd be mc,,,ea6ed, to the votume
with.i.n, the .Q Lme &ink,6 account Lmg 4 on, 151,000 gaP 2on.b pen day
and along the banA.6 o4 the t Lne. .b-inh b 4 o-ot the n,e-matn.de-, . The
ac.tuat mound height wtt-t be -,r.educed by the 4act that the
vege to t.Lon -i.e c.P.o.det to th.e di,6c.ha., ge, than 2 0 0 B eet ,
thene.4on.e, the, exLAti..ng model can be co".Lden,e.d a wo.,Lbt c"e.
cond-i, . on.
PR-ea.6e contact- out o44-i_ce -i.4 you have any qu"t--..on d.
Very ttu.2y your,
RUSSNOW, KANE E ANDREWS, INC.
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Vegetation Report:
Evaporation and transpiration from plant communities is
frequently termed evapotranspiration, to describe the
combined plant- soil nature of the evaporating surface.
Evaporation from soil and transpiration from plants involve
basically similar processes, and soil and plants may be
thought of as alternative paths through which water moves on
its way to the surface, from which it finally diffuses into
the bulk air.
Under field conditions leaves vary widely in size and
in orientation with respect to heat energy and air movement.
Moreover, on any one plant and in any plant community there
is a vast array of leaves of different ages and structure,
located in a range of microenvironments.
The leaf area of stands of plants is often three to six
times the area of the land on which the plants grow (leaf -
area index of 3 to 6). As most leaves lose water from both
surfaces, the total external area should be regarded as twice
that amount. Therefore, evaporation from a plant community
never exceeds that from a similar area of wet soil or water
with the same exposure.

RUSSNOW. KANE & ANDREWS, INC.
There is a complex interaction among the factors
affecting the rate of transpiration. The chief environmental
factors are light intensity, vapor pressure and temperature
of the air, wind and water supply to the root. Plant factors
include the extent and efficiency of the root system as an
absorbing surface, leaf area, leaf arrangement and structure,
and stomatal behavior. If any one of these factors is
altered enough to cause a change in rate of transpiration,
other factors will be changed, causing further adjustments in
the transpiration rate.
In this study one of the plant species that will be
recommended for planting around the rotary distributors will
be Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera). An average four
foot tall wax myrtle has an approximate leaf and twig surface
area of 50 square ft. With a documented transpiration rate
of 10.8 grams of water per square decimate of leaf surface
per day (G/DM2), which translates to 10.8 grams of water per
0.11 square feet of leaf surface per day. The total uptake
would be:
10.8 grams * DM * 50 ft2 * 0.3527 Oz.
DM2 .11ft2 1 lgram
= 1731.44 oz.
128 oz./gallon
13.52 GALLONS / DAY / PLANT

RUSSNOW. KANE & ANDREWS, INC.
With approximately 280,000 sq.ft. of plantable area
available planting 0 5 foot on center, (each plant has
approximately 25 square feet of planting area) 11,200 plants
will be needed transpiring about 151,000 gallons of water per
day., Taking into account the nature of the coastal plain
environment i.e., high amounts of radiation and steady winds
this figure seems conservative from March to November.
The wax myrtle would be the ideal plant for this
environment. Transplanted as a balled and burlapped or as a
container plant the wax myrtle thrives in poor, sterile,
sandy soil as. well as in heavy clay soil. It is fully
adaptable in its soil types as well as its location in full
sun to half -shade. This is a beautiful, rather wispy
broadleaf evergreen that will grow 10 to 15 feet high and
wide and is very tolerant of salt spray as evidenced by its
natural proximity to the sea. As the wax myrtle grows, it
could be thinned by removal and planting around the project
or off site.
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