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NORTH CAROLINA NPDES PERMITTING
Environmental Quality
PERMIT NAME/OWNERSHIP CHANGE FORM
CURRENT PERMIT INFORMATION:
Permit Number: NC0035149
1. Facility Name: Seven Devils
II. NEW OWNER/NAME INFORMATION:
1. This request for a name change is a result of:
X a. Change in ownership of property/company
b. Name change only
c. Other(please explain):
2. New owner's name (name to be put on permit):
Carolina Water Service Inc. of NC
3. New owner's or signing official's name and title: Gary Mack Peacock II
(Person legally responsible for permit)
Director of Operations
(Title)
4. Mailing address: PO BOX 240908 City: Charlotte
State: NC Zip Code: 28224-0908 Phone: (704 )318-3317
E-mail address: [e-mail]
III. FACILITY AND DISCHARGE INFORMATION
1. Will the waste stream for the facility remain the same as under the previous owner? Yes Il No ❑
2. Will the treatment system and discharge location remain the same? Yes ® No ❑
"No Responses"
If either or both of these questions are answered"No"then more information will be needed to review the
request. Please attach documentation to describe and explain the changes to the facility activities, waste
stream, treatment process or outfall location. The Division may not be able to process the Permit
Name/Ownership Change request and may require that the new owner file a new permit application.
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THIS APPLICATION PACKAGE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE DIVISION UNLESS ALL OF THE
APPLICABLE ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE INCLUDED WITH THE SUBMITTAL.
REQUIRED ITEMS:
1. This completed application form
2. Legal documentation of the transfer of ownership (such as a property deed, articles of
incorporation, or sales agreement)
3. Information to document facility,waste stream,treatment system or outfall changes as noted in
item III above (if appropriate)
Applicant's Certification:
I, Gary Mack Peacock II , attest that this application for a
name/ownership change has been reviewed and is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge.
I understand that if all required parts of this application are not completed and that if all required
supporting information and attachments are not included,this application package will be returned as
incomplete. I understand that Permit Name/Ownership Change can only take place through action
taken by the Division of Water Resources and that no actions on my part or the part of my company
result in the automatic transfer of permit coverage.
—Digitally signed by Gary
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THE COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKAGE,INCLUDING ALL SUPPORTING INFORMATION& MATERIALS,
SHOULD BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDDRESS:
NC DEQ/ DWR/NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
Version 07/2021

SANFORD LAW OFFICE, PLLC
Jo Anne Sanford, Attorney at Law
November 21, 2023
Ms. A. Shonta Dunston, Chief Clerk
North Carolina Utilities Commission Via Electronic Delivery
4325 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4325
Re: Carolina Water Service, Inc. of North Carolina and Water Resource
Management LLC
Docket Nos. W-354, Sub 396 and W-1073, Sub 7
Application for Authority to Transfer the Echota Water Utility System,
the Seven Devils Wastewater Utility System, and Public Utility
Franchise in Watauga County, North Carolina, and for Approval of
Rates
Notice of Closing of Sale of Water and Sewer Assets
Dear Ms. Dunston:
Ordering Paragraph 12, at page 25 of Commissioner Hearing Examiner
Freda Hilburn's Recommended Order of June 29, 2023 required that "... CWSNC
shall provide notification to the Commission within three business days after the
closing of the sale of the water and sewer utility system assets serving the Echota
and Seven Devils service areas has been completed(.)"
Carolina Water Service, Inc. of North Carolina ("CWSNC") is pleased to
report that the closing of the referenced sale of assets from Water Resources
Management ("WRM") to CWSNC took place on November 20, 2023. Pursuant
to Ordering Paragraph 13 of the aforementioned Recommended Order, the
Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity granted to WRM in Docket No.
W-1073, Subs 0, 3, 4 and 6 are canceled effective today, upon CWSNC's filing of
this Notice with the Commission. Additionally, pursuant to Ordering Paragraph
[e-mail] P.O. Box 28085, Raleigh NC 27611-8085
919.210.4900

14, the specified Notice to Customers shall be mailed with sufficient postage or
hand delivered by CWSNC to all affected customers in each relevant service area,
respectively, in conjunction with CWSNC's next regularly scheduled billing
process. Finally, CWSNC will submit to the Commission a properly signed and
delivered Certificate of Service of Customer Notice within 15 days of the mailing or
delivery of the notice to customers.
I hereby certify that by copy of this letter, I have served this filing on the
parties of record.
Thank you and your staff for your assistance; please feel free to contact
me if there are questions or if additional information is required.
Electronically Submitted
/s/Jo Anne Sanford
North Carolina State Bar No. 6831
Attorney for Carolina Water Service, Inc. of
North Carolina
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