20120142 Ver 3_Notice of Deficiency Response_20160304

Transportation
February 26, 2016
NCDENR, Division of Water Resources
Attn: Amy Chapman
1617 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Subject: Notice of Deficiency
NC Department of Transportation
NCDWR Project No. 20120142v3
TIP Number R-3421ABC, US-74
Bypass) in Richmond County
Dear Ms. Chapman,
PAT McCRORY
Governor
NICHOLAS J. TENNYSON
Secretary
(Rockingham/Hamlet Bypass) to US-220 (Ellerbe
I am responding to your Notice of Deficiency dated February 22, 2016 far the above referenced
project. This came as a result of an inspection by Dave Wanucha on February 19, 2016 for
sediment loss due to recent storms received on the project. During this inspection, the NPDES
reports were reviewed and found not to be in compliance, specitically due to the lag time between
discovery of a noted "need of attention°' and act�ially making the needed repairs. Some items noted
as urgent or routine were not completed within the allowed time frame.
The Department is committed to staying in cotnpliance with the 401 Water Quality Certification for
this project. We have reviewed the project and the NPDES record keeping and taken the following
actions to keep this project in compliance:
The Depart�nent has reviewed the proper NPDES reporting requirements with our
Inspection staff along with the contractor's personnel. Some of the routine items that were
not able to be completed within the 5 days due to continued rains, conditions too wet to
work, or lack of manpower were put on the following weeks report as urgent. This resulted
in the routine items being reported as ur�ent and not getting completed in the two days
following. Moving forward, routine ite�ns will stay routine. If for reasons beyond the
contractors control these itetns are not completed within 5 days, they will be noted witll
supporting reasoning why they were not completed and added to the next report as routine
and completed within the next week. Urgent items will be addressed within the 2 day
period if at all possible. If carryover items are not completed the next week or the
contractor is unable to complete roLitine or urgent items within the required time limits due
to lack of manpower or lack of urgency on their part, the Department will suspend all
operations on the project except work necessary to complete these items. The contractor
has also emphasized this to their employees.
The contractor is mobilizing additional tine gradiilg crews this month. These crews will be
used to finish slopes for pennanent vegetation.
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• In addition to the extra grading crews, the contractor is planning to section off the project and have
each section's grade crew responsible for erosion control in each section along with independent
erosion control to assist each area.
• We have reemphasized checking the project toward the end of each day for proper erosion control
measures and reviewing the forecast to prepare the project for rain events.
• The contractor's superintendent along with the Departments lead inspector will review the projects
independently of the NPDES reporting to look for potential problem areas for erosion control.
• The Division staff will monitor the contractor's progress on erosion control to ensure these
additional measures committed by the contractor are being performed and are effective.
Again, the Department is committed to ensuring that the contractor constructing this project operates
within the confines of the NCDWR 401 permit. We will take necessary steps in the future if the
contractor does not abide by the changes they have stated above. Please let us know if there are questions
concerning this matter. .
Sincerely,
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Brandon . Jones, P.E.
Division Engineer
ec: Mr. Andy Williams, US Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. Barry Harrington
Mr. Art King
Mr. Matt Gantt, NCDENR
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