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Public Services Department PO Box 128 • Jacksonville NC 28541-0128
Water Quality Division Central Phone 910 938-5233 Fax 910 938-5208
Habitat Protection Stormwater Manager Phone 910 938-6446
June 18, 2024
LETTER OF APPROVAL
Branchwood Trace, LLC
Dustin T.Mills
631 Dickinson Ave
Greenville, NC 27834
RE: Branchwood Trace
Acres Approved: Total Acres 6.16;Disturbed 3.67
Project ID: 24-15000001
County: Onslow
City: City of Jacksonville
Address: 1513 Onsville Drive,Jacksonville,NC 28540
River Basin: White Oak/New River
Stream Classification: NSW SC
Submitted By: David S. Via
Date Received by: February 12,2024
Letter of Disapproval: June 5, 2024
Resubmittal Received:May 31, 2024
Plan Type: Soil and Erosion Control
Dear Mr.Mills,
This office has reviewed the subject erosion and sedimentation control plan. We find the plan to be acceptable and
hereby issue this Letter of Approval. The enclosed Certificate of Approval must be posted at the job site. This plan
approval shall expire three(3)years following the date of approval, if no land-disturbing activity has been undertaken,
as is required by i As of April 1,2019, all new construction activities are required to complete and submit an electronic Notice of Intent
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(NOI)form requesting a Certificate of Coverage(COC)under the NCG010000 Construction Stormwater General
Permit. This form MUST be submitted prior to the commencement of any land disturbing activity on the above named
project. The NOI form may be accessed at deq.nc.gov/NCG01. Please direct questions about the NOI form to
Paul.clark@ncdenr.gov.After you submit a complete and correct NOI Form,a COC will be emailed to you within
three business days.
Title 15A NCAC 4B .0118(a)and the NCG01 permit require that the following documentation be kept on file at the
job site:
1.The approved E&SC plan as well as any approved deviation.
2. The NCGO1 permit and the COC, once it is received.
3. Records of inspections made during the previous 12 months.
Letter of Approval
Mr. Dustin T.Mills
June 18, 2024
Page 2 of 2
Also,this letter gives the notice required by( I I_ A (Lk,I(i,) of our right of periodic inspection to insure
compliance with the approved plan.
North Carolina's Sedimentation Pollution Control Act is performance-oriented, requiring protection of
existing natural resources and adjoining properties. If, following the commencement of this project, the
erosion and sedimentation control plan is inadequate to meet the requirements of the Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act of 1973 (North Carolina General Statute 113A-51 through 66), this office may require
revisions to the plan and implementation of the revisions to insure compliance with the Act.
Acceptance and approval of this plan is conditioned upon your compliance with Federal and State water
quality laws, regulations, and rules. In addition, local city or county ordinances or rules may also apply to
this land-disturbing activity. This approval does not supersede any other permit or approval. We need to
advise you to proceed with caution in the protected wetland and stream areas,no impacts, not even
temporary ones, are allowed to the wetlands or Poplar stream until the wetland delineation has been updated
(it is currently out of date as of 2008) and approved and all stream crossing and wetland impacts have been
permitted.
Please note that this approval is based in part on the accuracy of the information provided in the Financial
Responsibility Form, which you provided. You are requested to file an amended form if there is any change
in the information included on the form. In addition, it would be helpful if you notify this office of the
proposed starting date for this project. Please notify us if you plan to have a preconstruction conference.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
Sincerely,
Tyler Bodnarik
Senior Engineering Technician
City of Jacksonville
Enclosures:Certificate of Approval
NCG01 Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet on the New NCG01 Permit .1 EQ"?.)
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The NC Construction General Permit(also known as"NCG01")was renewed on March 1,2019.The updated
permit does not significantly change the measures that are required to be implemented on construction sites.
However,there are some organizational and technical updates to the permit as described below. Most notably,
there is a new process in which construction sites will obtain official coverage under an NCGO1 permit through an
electronic process. DEMLR worked with a broad team of stakeholders to make all of these updates. If you have
questions,contact Annette Lucas at Annette.lucas@ncdenr.gov or(919)707-6369.
Organizational Updates Acronyms to Know
The new permit: COC: Certificate of Coverage, proof of obtaining an NCGO1 permit
• Repeats state requirements for E&SC DEMLR: NC Division of Energy, Mineral,and Land Resources
Plans and organizes them with federal E&SC: Erosion&Sedimentation Control
construction activity requirements; e-NOI: Notice of Intent,application form for the NCG01 permit
• Is clearly organized by topic; and e-NOT: Notice of Termination,form for closing out the NCGO1 permit
• Has less text and more tables. SWPPP: Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, required by the NCGO1
Technical Updates
The new permit: •
• Requires that the E&SC Plan meet
SWPPP requirements(p.2); � I -
• Provides a list of items that must be
included in the SWPPP,such as the i
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construction sequence, plans, ,
calculations,etc. (p.2-4);1
• Has updated language on bypasses and
upsets that is tailored to construction
activities (p.10); ' • - -
• Puts all timeframes for inspections,
record-keeping and reporting in The NCG01 Process
"calendar days"for clarity and The new NCG01 applies to permits approved on or after March 1,2019.
consistency(p. 11 14);Z Permittees will no longer receive a copy of the NCGO1 permit in the mail
• Changes the inspection frequency with their E&SC Plan approvals and be considered as covered under the
(during business hours)to at least permit. Federal rules require that DEMLR receive an NOI on each
once per 7 calendar days and after construction project and issue each construction project its own COC.
every storm>1.0 inch (previously 0.5
inch);3 and Under the new NCGO1 process,construction sites will continue to
• Excludes weekends,state and federal receive approval for E&SC Plans from either DEMLR or the delegated
holidays from normal business hours local E&SC program just like before.After receiving E&SC Plan approval,
unless construction activities take permittees will officially obtain coverage under the NCG01 by
place (p. 23). completing an e-NOI (available at deq.nc.gov/NCG01). The e-NOI will
only take about 20 minutes to fill out and submit on-line.
1 This list is based on website guidance
by the DEMLR Sediment Program. Initially,there will be no charge associated with applying for an NCG01
2 The number of calendar days was permit but on or around May 1,2019,DEMLR will begin charging a$100
selected to be as equivalent as annual general permit fee as required per§143-215.3D.
possible with the previous permit. DEMLR is working on creating a single application form that will allow an
3 The intent is to provide predictability applicant to simultaneously apply for an E&SC permit and an NCGO1
to the inspection schedule. COC.That effort is part of a larger Permit Transformation project at
DEMLR.
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Q&A About the New NCG01 Permit
Why do construction sites have to do this extra application step? How does the new NCG01 affect the
DEMLR is required by the US Environmental Protection Agency to issue a delegated local E&SC Programs?
specific COC to every construction site that disturbs one acre or more. Local programs will continue to review
DEMLR is working to create a form that combines the E&SC plan approval and approve E&SC plans. However,
and e-NOI processes, but that will take more time. For now, DEMLR has they will no longer send copies of the
created an efficient e-NOI process. NCGO1 with E&SC Plan approvals.
DEMLR will provide sample language to
If an E&SC Plan is approved before March 1,which permit applies? use in local E&SC Plan approvals to
Projects with already approved E&SC Plans will automatically follow the advise permittees that they must
new NCGO1 permit,but will not need to fill out an e-NOI or pay an annual submit an e-NOI to DEMLR.
permit fee. However,the permittees should print the new permit and the
two standard detail sheets and have them on site.
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Will DEMLR offer tools to help permittees comply with the new NCG01? •>
Yes, DEMLR will provide two sample plan sheets at deq.nc.gov/NCGO1 that 414 /.-<':,..
can be placed into the E&SC plan set.The first covers the site stabilization
and materials handling portions of the permit. The second sheet covers •
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the inspection, record-keeping and reporting portions of the permit.
How will the new e-NOI submittal and COC process work?
Permittees will apply for their E&SC Plan approvals from either DEMLR or Local programs are not required to
the delegated local E&SC program like before.The approval letter will check if permittees have submitted e-
instruct the permittee to visit deq.nc.gov/NCGO1 to submit an e-NOI form NOls to DEMLR. However,if they wish
to DEM LR.A COC will be issued within three business days. Then,the to do this voluntarily,there will be a
permittee will be responsible for printing a copy of the permit and tool available on DEMLR's web site for
retaining it on site. Initially,the COC will be issued for free but on or them to view a list of construction
around May 1,2019,a$100 annual general permit fee will be charged. projects that have submitted e-NOls.
Who is allowed to submit an e-NOI form? When local programs close out an E&SC
The officer, manager,or sole proprietor of the financially responsible Plan,the close-out letter will advise
organization may submit e-NOls. permittees that they must submit an e-
NOT. DEMLR will provide sample
What happens to the COC when the construction activity is complete? language.
When a project is complete,the permittees will contact DEMLR or the local
delegated program to close out the E&SC Plan.After DEMLR or the local Local programs may approve E&SC
E&SC program inform the permittee of the project close out via inspection plans that meet state sediment laws
report,the permittee will visit deq.nc.gov/NCGO1 to submit an e-NOT. and rules even if those plans are not
compliant with all of the NCG01
Will there be a grace period for adherence to the new process? requirements. However,their
DEMLR does not have the authority to grant a grace period from a permittees will be required to add two
federally mandated permit. Permittees will be informed of the new plan sheets(which will be provided by
process via web site, E&SC Plan approval letters and list servs. DEMLR)to their E&SC Plans to ensure
that they fully comply with the ground
What will happen if an e-NOI is not submitted for a construction site? stabilization, materials handling,and
If a construction site that disturbs one acre or more fails to submit an e- inspection,record-keeping and
NOI after approval of its E&SC Plan,this is a violation of federal permitting reporting portion of the NCG01 permit.
requirements and the permittee could be subject to a penalty assessment.