WQ0030918_Modification Application Returned_20190125

, y,-o ice. NOCA
ROY COOPER I y � .�
Governor 6 ) I;:dr,1`!F,;
MICHAEL S.REGAN t a
Secretary M0.- -
LINDA CULPEPPER NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
January 25,-2019
Marvin Dean Brown,Jr., President
Carolina Investments, Inc.
444 Harris Creek Road
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Subject: Application Returned
Application No.WQ0030918 Modification
Southwest Plantation
Dear Mr. Brown:
This letter is in reference to your permit application received August 30, 2018 for the construction and
operation of the subject sewer extension. In several emails sent on September 5, 2018 and January 8, 2019
(with communication between those dates), by Gwyn McCullough and Christyn Fertenbaugh, P.E., your
engineer was asked to provide additional information (copy attached) in accordance with 15A NCAC
02T.0107(e). As of today, this information has not been received, therefore the Division must return your
application as incomplete in accordance with 15A NCAC 02T.0107(e)(2).
Please be advised that construction and/or operation of wastewater collection,treatment, and/or disposal
facilities without a valid permit is a violation of North Carolina General Statute§143-215.1 and may subject
the owner/operator to appropriate enforcement actions in accordance with North Carolina General Statute
§143-215.6A-6C. Civil penalties of up to$25,000 per day per violation may be assessed for failure to secure a
permit required by North Carolina General Statute§143-215.1.
When you have obtained the requested information that is needed to make your application package
complete,you may submit a new application package with the appropriate permit processing fee. If you have
any questions or would like to discuss this matter further, please contact Christyn Fertenbaugh at(919)707-
3625 or via e-mail at [e-mail].
Sincerely, -
a&j.za,t,‘ 4/1.....0----
Deborah Gore,Supervisor
Pretreatment, Emergency Response, Collection System Unit
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
enclosure: Additional Information Request Email
cc: David K. Newsom, P.E.,Crystal Coast Engineering
Wilmington Regional Office,Water Quality Section Regional Operations
Water Resources Central Files:WQ0030918
PERCS(electronic copy)
D A North En I e 512 NorthCarolina Salisbury Department Street 1of1617 Mailvironmental Service CenterQuality I RaleighDivision,Northof CarolinaWater R sources 27699-1617
NORTH CAROLINA !!�/
Department of Environmental Quality 919.707.9000

Fertenbaugh, Christyn L
From: Fertenbaugh, Christyn L
Sent: Tuesday,January 08, 2019 3:03 PM
To: 'David Newsom'
Cc: 'Scott Brown';Gore, Deborah
Subject: RE: [External] RE:WQ0030918 - Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
Again, please be advised that regardless of what may have been previously permitted, any connections/flow not
included in the October 7,2016 version of WQ0030918 must be permitted through the standard review process in order
to be included in the permit(per our email from November 29, 2018).All previous versions of the permit are considered
null and void. While we will review the archived files when they are received for a historical perspective,this will not
change the current permitting requirements for the requested additional connections.The additional 37 connections
must be proposed via a complete application for a permit modification. Please see our request for additional
documentation from September 2018, copied below.
If this additional information for the'requested 37 connections is not received by Friday,January 18,2019,we will return
the application package as incomplete in accordance with 15A NCAC 02T.0107(b). Please submit one hard copy and one
digital (CD or thumb drive),of all documents listed in the email below to the attention of Christyn Fertenbaugh, P.E,at
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617.
Once the required documents have been received,we will enter the project into our database and begin the review
process. An acknowledgement of that receipt date will be e-mailed to the contacts listed on the application. Please note
that the 90-day processing period does not begin until a complete application is received, per 15A NCAC 02T.0107(b).
If you have any questions, please let me know.Thanks.
Christyn L. Fertenbaugh, P.E.
Environmental Engineer
PERCS Unit
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
**Subscribe to Collection System &Sewer Permitting Updates**
Please note that my phone number has changed to 919-707-3625.
919-707-3625—Office
919-807-6489—Fax
[e-mail]
Mailing: 1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Physical: 512 N.Salisbury-Street, Rm.925S
-- - -- - -- -- -- -- ---- - -- -- - - - -- - -- - -- --- -- - -------- ------- - -- - -- ---- -----
Raleigh, NC 27604-1170
Compares.—.
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
1

North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: McCullough,Gwyn A
Sent:Wednesday,September 05,2018 2:03 PM
To:[e-mail]
Cc: Fertenbaugh,Christyn L<[e-mail]>
Subject:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
The PERCS Unit of the Division of Water Resources acknowledges receipt of a permit application and supporting
materials for the subject sewer extension project on August 30,2018. However,per 15A NCAC 02T.0107,the
application must be complete prior to being entered for processing.
Based on the preliminary review,the addition of 37 homes to the existing permit requires the following additional
information before a full review can begin:
• Engineering Plans per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (b)(1)
• Specification per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (b)(3)
• Engineering Calculations per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (b)(2 & 15A NCAC 02T.0305(j)(1)
• Site Maps
• Power Reliability Plan per 15A NCAC 02T.0305(h)(1)(D) and/or 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (h)(1)
• Operational Agreements(if applicable)
Please submit one hard copy and one digital (CD or thumb drive)of all documents listed above to the attention of the
PERCS Unit at 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617.Once the required documents have been received,we
will enter the project into our database and begin the review process. An acknowledgement of that receipt date will be
e-mailed to the contacts listed on the application. Please note that the 90-day processing period does not begin until a
complete application is received, per 15A NCAC 02T.0107(b).
Carolina Investment, Inc.submitted a check for the fee in the amount of$480(#5522,dated 08/20/2018). The check
will be held at our office until all other documentation has been submitted and ready for review.
If you have any questions regarding the items as requested above, please contact Christyn Fertenbaugh, P.E., at(919)
807_6312 or at [e-mail].
Gwyn Ann McCullough
Environmental Specialist
PERCS Unit
_ Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
919-707-9130 office
919-807-6489 fax
[e-mail]
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
From: David Newsom<[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, November 30,2018 7:47 AM
To: Fertenbaugh,Christyn L<[e-mail]>
•

Cc:'Scott Brown'<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
CAUTION: . F
Report Spam.
Ok
Thanks
Please let us know what you find. '
From: Fertenbaugh, Christyn L<[e-mail]>
Sent:Thursday, November 29,2018 10:54 AM
To: David Newsom<[e-mail]>
Cc:Scott Brown<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE: WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
Any additional lines,connections,and/or flow not listed in the October 7,2016 permit must be permitted through the
standard review process in order to be incorporated into the permit, regardless of what may or may not be included in a
previous version, as all previous versions are considered null and void.
We are still looking into the historical permits—due to their age,the files are stored in archives.
Christyn L. Fertenbaugh, P.E.
Environmental Engineer
PERCS Unit
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
Please note that my phone number has changed to 919-707-3625.
919-707-3625—Office
919-807-6489—Fax
[e-mail]
Mailing: 1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Physical: 512 N.Salisbury Street, Rm.9255
Raleigh, NC 27604-1170
k ,` Nothing Compares„,..,„.
' r
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: David Newsom <[e-mail]>
Sent:Thursday, November 29, 2018 7:59 AM
To: Fertenbaugh, Christyn L<[e-mail]>
3

Cc:Scott Brown<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
CAUTION: . •
Report Spam.
Understood.
But hopefully.:..since I believe the collection lines in question have been previously reviewed and approved by your
office (assuming that info is still in your files) re-incorporation of those lines into the permit won't be a big
issue....HOPEFULLY anyway.
Please let me know what information you discover in your files. Hopefully,you will find the previously approved
drawings,caics,etc for the lines in question.
Thanks
From: Fertenbaugh,Christyn L<[e-mail]>
Sent:Wednesday, November 28, 2018 2:13 PM
To: David Newsom<[e-mail]>
Cc:Scott Brown<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
Thank you for the information,we will look into this issue.
Please be advised that the latest version of WQ0030918 as issued on October 7, 2016 voids the previous version of this
permit,therefore any additional lines, connections,or flow listed in previous versions, but not listed in the current
version, are considered null and void.
,Christyn L. Fertenbaugh, P.E.
Environmental Engineer
PERCS Unit •
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
Please note that my phone number has changed to 919-707-3625.
919-707-3625—Office •
919-807-6489—Fax
[e-mail] •
Mailing: 1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Physical: 512 N.Salisbury Street, Rm.925S
Raleigh, NC 27604-1170 •
T 1
' Nothing Compares_.
4

Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and maybe disclosed to third parties.
From: David Newsom<[e-mail]>
Sent:Tuesday, November 20,2018 11:01 AM
To: Fertenbaugh,Christyn L<[e-mail]>
Cc:Scott Brown<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
CAUTION: • - '
Report Spam. •
Again, I apologize for the long delay. I've taken the past few weeks to re-familiarize myself with what has been a long
and complicated permit process
As you may remember, in our most recent Permit Modification request,we had requested additional flow(37
simplex pumps/lots)to allow the developer to extend the sewers into future sections of the project.
In response,you, in your below email, stated, "it would appear that any additional flow would also require
additional connections to be added to this permit. The addition of connections requires all of the information as listed in
Gwyn's email." (i.e. plans,specs, calculations ' )
In response to that, and after more study of the permit file, it appears that plans, specs and calculations for
the section(s)the developer now wishes to construct have been previously reviewed and permitted by your
office. While the 10/7/16 Permit Modification does not make that point abundantly clear, I think if you will
review the older permits, on which that Modification was premised,that fact will become clear. While it is
true that the 10/7/2016 only allows 228 simplex pumps (lots),that 228 figure was established solely on the
basis of FLOW (per the 7/13/16 Flow Adjustment). If you will review the old permits, on which the new
Permit is based, you will see that those permits allowed construction of collection lines serving a total of 309
Lots, (see attached Summary of Existing Permits) and plans, calculations, etc for all of those collection lines
were approved by your office when those permits were issued.
In summary, I think the situation may be summarized as follows:
PERCS has already reviewed and approved the drawings, calculations, etc for collection lines serving a
total of 309 lots, including the-37 we are now requesting flow Hopefully, if you can-review your files,
you will have copies of those approved drawings and the calculations. Attached are pdf's of the
drawings for the 2 sections we now hope to build that I hope demonstrate that these particular lines
are already approved and permitted (see attached). If those lines are indeed already approved and
permitted, it would appear that all we need to request now is additional flow, as supported by the
Flow Actualization analysis we previously provided.
If you will review your files, hopefully you have that documentation included therein, and the old permits in
which Leggett approved those drawings, calcs.
Thanks, and please let us know what you find in your files. If you need anything else,just please let us know.
5

From: David Newsom<[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, November 05,2018 2:33 PM •
To: 'Fertenbaugh, Christyn L'<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
Christyn,
Sorry for the delay responding to your below email. The recent hurricane has just put us desperately behind.....
I am trying to get the information together to address the requested clarification.
In the meantime a quick question if I may.
I met with the Developer today in an effort to get some of my own questions answered
They asked me the following question....a question that I was unable to answer directly.
There original permit was premised on use of a positive displacement E-One pump.....and all the pumping units installed
to this date have been that type. In future extensions,they want to consider switching to a conventional Myers
centrifugal pump(i.e. mixing pump types within the system). It is my understanding that the Myers pump curve is
almost identical to the E-One curve....although I have not yet actually seen that curve YET.
Does PERCS have any restrictions or recommendations with regard to mixing pump types within a system?
If the pump curves are almost identical as they suggest,from a hydraulic standpoint it would appear that system
wouldn't"feel"the difference from one pump type to the other
But I suppose step 1 is to confirm that is indeed the case.
From: Fertenbaugh, Christyn L<[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday,September 07, 2018 12:38 PM
To: David Newsom<[e-mail]>; McCullough, Gwyn A<[e-mail]>
Cc:Scott Brown<[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE: WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request ._
Hello,
The permit for WQ0030918 includes 228 single family homes (appears to be permitted as 3-bedroom homes, 180 GPD
per home), 1 pool house, 1 sales office, and 1 maintenance building as well as a total 50,000 GPD of flow(also the
specified limit).The flow of this permit correlates to the amount of permitted connections within this permit at the flow
reduction of 60 GPD per bedroom,therefore, it would appear that any additional flow would also require additional
connections to be added to this permit.The addition of connections requires all of the information as listed in Gwyn's
email.
Please provide further clarification, as we are unclear as to how the existing flow could be nearing the permitted
capacity without the number of connections being similarly near the permitted capacity.
If you have any questions, please let me know.Thanks!
6

Christyn L. Fertenbaugh, P.E.
Environmental Engineer -
PERCS Unit
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
Please note that my phone number has changed to 919-707-3625.
919-707-3625—Office
919-807-6489—Fax
[e-mail]
Mailing: 1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Physical: 512 N.Salisbury Street, Rm.925S
Raleigh, NC 27604-1170
N P�iothing Compar°es..-N.A._
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the
North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
From: David Newsom<[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday,September 07, 2018 9:39 AM
To: McCullough,Gwyn A<[e-mail]>
Cc: Fertenbaugh, Christyn L<[e-mail]>;Scott Brown<[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
CAUTION:External email:Do.not: email as,anTatladib era't.toZ.
Ms. McCullough and Fertenbaugh, ==
Please note that the Permit Modification request includes NO NEW INFRASTRUCTURE. The Modification request is for
Additional FLOW ONLY.
The current permit,as written, allows the Permittee to construct additional collector sewers (Low Pressure Lines) and
simplex pumping units. However,that permit, as written, also includes some flow restrictions that will in the near
future, unless modified, prevent the Permittee from installing those previously permitted low pressure mains and
pumping units.
We met with Christyn and Ms. Gore back in March to discuss this situation, and they suggested we prepare a "Flow
Actualization Analysis"to support a request for additional flow. We have submitted that Analysis for PERCS review and
approval (hopefully).
That is simply all we are requesting at this juncture a permit modification to increase to the allowable flow ONLY(i.e.
no additional collector sewers or pumping units).
That being the case, it would seem that the "additional information" requested below(plans, specs,calculations,Site
Maps, Power Reliability, Operation Agreements) is not applicable to this request.
7

Please advise if we need to provide additional information....or if the information we have provided is not in the proper
format. We will gladly provide PERCS whatever information you may require.
Thanks
From: McCullough,Gwyn A<[e-mail]>
Sent:Wednesday,September 05, 2018 2:03 PM
To:[e-mail]
Cc: Fertenbaugh,Christyn L<[e-mail]>
Subject:WQ0030918-Southwest Plantation Permit Modification Request
The PERCS Unit of the Division of Water Resources acknowledges receipt of a permit application and supporting
materials for the subject sewer extension project on August 30,2018. However, per 15A NCAC 02T.0107,the
application must be complete prior to being entered for processing.
Based on the preliminary review,the addition of 37 homes to the existing permit requires the following additional
information before a full review can begin:
• Engineering Plans per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (b)(1)
• Specification per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (b)(3) •
• Engineering Calculations per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (b)(2&15A NCAC 02T.0305 (j)(1)
• Site Maps
• Power Reliability Plan per 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (h)(1)(D)and/or 15A NCAC 02T.0305 (h)(1)
• Operational Agreements (if applicable)
Please submit one hard copy and one digital (CD or thumb drive)of all documents listed above to the attention of the
PERCS Unit at 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617.Once the required documents have been received,we
will enter the project into our database and begin the review process. An acknowledgement of that receipt date will be
e-mailed to the contacts listed on the application. Please note that the 90-day processing period does not begin until a
complete application is received, per 15A NCAC 02T.0107(b).
Carolina Investment, Inc.submitted a check for the fee in the amount of$480(#5522,dated 08/20/2018). The check
will be held at our office until all other documentation has been submitted and ready for review. -
If you have any questions regarding the items as requested above, please contact Christyn Fertenbaugh, P.E., at(919)
807-6312 or at [e-mail].
Gwyn Ann McCullough
Environmental Specialist
PERCS Unit
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
919-707-9130 office
919-807-6489 fax
gwvn.mcculloughPncdenr.gov
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
8