20160279 Ver 1_Major Variance_20160316

CAROLINA
COSYSTEMS, INC.
TRANSMITTAL FORM
To:
Ms. Karen Higgins
NCDWR - 401 Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1617
We are sending you: ® Attached
The following items:
3040 NC 42 West; Clayton, NC 27520
P:919-606-1065 — F:919-585-5570
Date: 3/16/2016
Project: Waste Industries - High Point Landfill
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3/14/2016
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Variance Application Form & City Variance Docs
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3/14/2016
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DVD of above
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Comments:
As requested by Sue Homewood, the City Randleman Variance documents are provided, along
with a Major Variance Application Form. Please let me know if you need anything else.
Signed:
Name:
Title: Senior Scientist
Copied to:
Sue Homewood - NCDWR Winston-Salem
Stacey Smith, P.E. - Smith Gardner, Inc.
David Pepper - Waste Industries, Inc.

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iDivlsion of Water Resources
State of North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
15A NCAC 02B.0233 (8)(b), .0243 (8)(b), .0250 (11)(b), .0259 (8)(b), .0267 (11)(c),.0607 (e)(2)
Protection and Maintenance of Riparian Areas Rules - Variance Application
FORM: VAR 10-2013
PLEASE IDENTIFY WHICH RIPARIAN AREA PROTECTION RULE APPLIES:
❑ Neuse River Basin (15A NCAC 02B.0233)
E. Major Variance ❑ Minor Variance
❑ Catawba River Basin (15A NCAC 02B.0243)
❑ Randleman Lake Water Supply Watershed (15A NCAC 028.0250)
X Major Variance:� Minor Variance
❑ Tar -Pamlico River Basin (15A NCAC 026.0259)
Major Variance ❑ Minor Variance
❑ Jordan Lake Water Supply Nutrient Strategy (15A NCAC 02B.0267)
n Major Variance 0 Minor Variance
Goose Creek Watershed (15A NCAC 028.0606 & 15A NCAC 02B.0607)
A. General Information
1. Applicant's Information(if other than the current property owner):
Name:
Title:
Street Address:
City, State & Zip:
Telephone:
Email:
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2. Property Owner/Signing Official (person legally responsible for the property and its compliance):
Name: WI High Point Landfill LLC - David Pepper
Title: Director of Capital Projects
Street Address: 3301 Benson Drive
City, State & Zip: Raleigh NC 27609
Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
FORM: VAR 10-2013

3. Agent Information:
3a. Name:
Company Affiliation
Street Address:
City, State & Zip:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Philip May
Carolina Ecosystems, Inc.
3040 NC 42 West
NC 27520
919-606-1065
[e-mail]
3b. Attach a signed and dated copy of the Agent Authorization letter if the Agent has signatory authority for the owner.
4. Project Name (Subdivision, facility, orestablishmentname):
Waste Industries— High Point C&D Landfill
5. Project Location:
5a. Street Address:
5822 Riverdale Drive
City, State & Zip: Jamestown, NC
5b. County: Guilford
5c. Site Coordinates (in decimal degrees): 35.949920 Latitude -79.921897 Longitude
5d. Attach an 8 % x 11 excerpt from the most recent version of the USGS topographic map indicating the location of the site.
5e. Attach an 8 %: x 11 excerpt from the most recent version of the published County NRCS Soil Survey Map depicting the
project site.
6. Property Information:
6a. Property identification number (parcel ID): REID 0213048 / PIN 7820619560
6b. Date property was purchased: 3/28/2012
6c. Deed book 007335 and page number 00400
6d. Map book and page number
6e. Attach a copy of the recorded map that indicates when the lot was last platted.
7. Is your project in one of the 20 Coastal Counties covered under the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA)?
❑ YES X NO
7a. If you answered yes above, in which AEC do you fall (30 ft or 75 ft)? N/A
7b. If you answered yes above, what is the total percent of impervious cover that you have proposed within the AEC? N/A
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8. Directions to site from nearest major intersection:
From Business 1-85 in High Point, take the Kivett Drive exit. Go west on Kivett approximately 1 mile. Turn right on
le Drive. Site is on
9. Stream associated with riparian buffer to be impacted by the proposed activity:
Name Water Quality Classification
UT to Richland Creek WS -IV CA
9a. For Goose Creek only: Is the buffer in the 100 -year floodplain? ❑ YES ❑ NO
10. List any permits/approvals that have been requested or obtained for this project in the past (including all prior phases).
Date Applied: Date Received: Permit Type:
10/30/2001 High Point Conditional Use Permit
5/14/2003 NCDENR Solid Waste Permit to Construct
2/10/2004 NCDENR Solid Waste Permit to 0
8/4/2014 NCDENR Solid Waste Permit Modification
B. Proposed Activity
1. Project Description
1a. Provide a detailed description of the proposed activity including its purpose:
See attached 9-25-15 Variance application cover letter.
1b. Attach a site plan showing the following items as applicable to the project:
0 Development/Project name
0 Revision number & date
0 North arrow
0 Scale (1" = 50' is preferred)
0 Property/project boundary with dimensions
0 Adjacent streets and roads labeled with names and/or NC State Road numbers
0 Original contours and proposed contours
0 Perennial and intermittent streams, ponds, lakes, rivers and estuaries
0 Mean high water line (if applicable)
0 Wetlands delineated, or a note on plans that none exist
0 Location of forest vegetation along the streams, ponds, lakes, rivers and estuaries
0 Extent of riparian buffers on the land including Zone 1 and Zone where applicable
0 Location and dimension of the proposed buffer impact (label the area of buffer impact in Won the plan)
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0 Details of roads, parking areas, cul-de-sacs, sidewalks, and curb and gutter systems
0 Footprint of any proposed buildings or other structures
0 Discharge points of gutters on existing structures and proposed buildings
0 Existing drainage (including off-site), drainage easements, and pipe dimensions
0 Drainage areas delineated
C. Proposed Impacts and Mitigation
1. Individually list the square footage of each proposed impact to the protected riparian buffers:
Buffer Impact
Number'— Reason for Impact
Buffer Zone 1 Impact
Zone 2 Impact
Permanent (P) or
Mitigation (square feet)
(square feet)
Temporary (T)
Required
(square feet)
131 - ® P ❑ T Landfill expansion
X Yes ❑ No 23,718
16,168
B2 - ❑P ❑T
❑ Yes ❑No
16,168
B3 - ❑P ❑T
❑ Yes ❑No
Total Buffer Mitigation Required:
95,406
Total Buffer Impacts
39,886
'Label on site plan
2. Identify the square feet of impact to each zone of the riparian buffer that requires mitigation from the table above. Calculate
the amount of mitigation required.
'For projects in the Goose Creek Watershed, list all riparian buffer impacts as Zone 1
and use Zone 1 multiplier.
3. Provide a description of how mitigation will be achieved at your site pursuant to the mitigation requirements of the applicable
river basin/watershed.
Mitigation will be provided by the NC Division of Mitigation Services (see attached ILF Approval Letter)
3a. Is buffer restoration or enhancement proposed? ❑ Yes X No
If yes, attach a detailed planting plan to include plant type, date of plantings, the date of the one-time fertilization in the
protected riparian buffers, and a plan sheet showing the proposed location of the plantings.
3b. Is payment into a buffer restoration fund proposed? X Yes ❑ No
If yes, attach an acceptance letter from the mitigation bank you propose to use or the NC Ecosystem Enhancement
Program stating they have the mitigation credits available for the mitigation requested.
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Required
Zone
Total Impact
Multiplier
Mitigation
(square feet)
(square feet)
Zone 11
23,718
(2 for Catawba only)
71,154
Zone 2
16,168
1.5
24,252
Total Buffer Mitigation Required:
95,406
'For projects in the Goose Creek Watershed, list all riparian buffer impacts as Zone 1
and use Zone 1 multiplier.
3. Provide a description of how mitigation will be achieved at your site pursuant to the mitigation requirements of the applicable
river basin/watershed.
Mitigation will be provided by the NC Division of Mitigation Services (see attached ILF Approval Letter)
3a. Is buffer restoration or enhancement proposed? ❑ Yes X No
If yes, attach a detailed planting plan to include plant type, date of plantings, the date of the one-time fertilization in the
protected riparian buffers, and a plan sheet showing the proposed location of the plantings.
3b. Is payment into a buffer restoration fund proposed? X Yes ❑ No
If yes, attach an acceptance letter from the mitigation bank you propose to use or the NC Ecosystem Enhancement
Program stating they have the mitigation credits available for the mitigation requested.
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D. Stormwater
1. Provide a description of how diffuse flow will be maintained through the protected riparian buffers (e.g., re -planting vegetation
or enhancement of existing vegetation, gutter splash pads, level spreader to control of runoff from impervious surfaces, etc.).
Stormwater will be controlled as shown in the attached engineering plans. Appropriately sized basins will be designed and
constructed to retain and treat stormwater to meet required standards. The outflow from the basins will be controlled and
discharge rates will be non-erosive. Stormwater management devices, 0&M agreements, and other associated documentation
will be provided through the City of High Point's stormwater management review and approvals.
1a. Show the location of diffuse flow measure(s) on your site plan.
1b. Attach a completed Level Spreader Supplement Form or BMP Supplement Form with all required items for each proposed
measure.
1c. Attach an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Form for each proposed level spreader or BMP.
2. For Major, Catawba, and Goose Creek variance requests, provide a description of all best management practices (BMPs) that
will be used to minimize disturbance and control the discharge of nutrients and sediments from stormwater.
The site will be primarily pervious, as the landfill cap will be vegetated as shown in the attached plans. Therefore, there will
be minimal runoff from impervious surfaces on the site. During the 1 -year 24 hour storm event, there would be no discharge
from the proposed basins. BMPs will be designed and permitted through the City of High Point.
2a. Show the location of BMPs on your site plan.
2b. Attach a Supplement Form for each structural BMP proposed.
2c. Attach an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Form for each structural BMP proposed.
E. Demonstration of Need for a Variance
The variance provision of the riparian buffer rules allows the Division or the Environmental Management Commission to grant a
variance when there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships that prevent compliance with the strict letter of riparian
buffer protection.
1. Explain how complying with the provisions of the applicable rule would prevent you from securing a reasonable return from or
make reasonable use of your property. Merely proving that the variance would permit a greater profit from the property shall
not be considered adequate justification for a variance. The Division will consider whether the variance is the minimum possible
deviation from the terms of the applicable Buffer Rule that shall make reasonable use of the property possible.
See attached 9-25-15 Variance cover letter— page 7 item e
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2. Explain how the hardship results from application of the Buffer Rule to the property rather from other factors such as deed
restrictions or other hardships (e.g. zoning setbacks, floodplains, etc).
See attached 9-25-15 Variance cover letter— page 5 item a.
3. Explain how the hardship results from physical nature of the property, such as its size, shape, or topography, which is different
from that of neighboring property.
See attached 9-25-15 Variance cover letter— page 5 item b.
4. Explain whether the hardship was caused by the applicant knowingly or unknowingly violating the applicable Buffer Rule.
See attached 9-25-15 Variance cover letter— page 6 item c.
5. For Neuse, Tar -Pamlico, Jordan Lake and Goose Creek only: Did the applicant purchase the property after the effective date of
the applicable Buffer Rule and then request a variance?
N/A
6. Explain how the hardship is rare or unique to the applicant's property, rather than the result of conditions that are widespread.
See attached 9-25-15 Variance cover letter— page 7 item d.
F. Deed Restrictions
By your signature in Section G of this application, you certify that all structural stormwater BMPs required by this variance shall
be located in recorded drainage easements, that the easements will run with the land, that the easements cannot be changed
or deleted without concurrence from the State, and that the easements will be recorded prior to the sale of any lot.
G. Applicant's Certification
I, David Pepper (print or type name of person listed in Section A, Item 2), certify that the information included on this
permit application form is correct, that the project will be constructed in conformance with the approved plans and that the
deed restrictions in accordance with Section F of this form will be recorded with all required permit conditions.
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Signature: 7 Philip May (Authorized Agent — see attached)
Date: 3/14/2016
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