NCG080649_Returned Renewal Ltr_20181115

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MICHAELS. REGAL
Secretary
WILLIAM E. (TOBY) VINSONJR.
Durham City Transit Co
Attn: Douglas Middleton
1903 Fayetteville St
Raleigh, NC 27610
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November 15,2018
Subject: NPDES Stormwater Permit Coverage Renewal COC #NCGO80649
For coverage under Storm -water General Permit NCG080000, the Division of Energy, Mineral,
and Land Resources (DEMUR) is notifying you that your Teissued. Certificate of Coverage
(COC) is available. This permit is reissued pursuant to the requirements of North Carolina
General Statute 143-215A and the Memorandum of Agreement between the state of North
Carolina and the U.S. Environmental Projection Agency, dated October.] 5, 2007 (or as
subsequently amended.)
You must access and print a copy of your new Certificate of Coverage (COC) via this website.-
bttt)s://edoes,M,,nc.goar/For m.�/SW-COC-'ReneNv,it
Also, you must obtain a copy of the new NC GO80000 General Per M., it from our websitehere:
https://clea,nc.�.,ov/about/diyi5i.pn_s/eneNN�-iiiitiet-al-Ia-nd-resotirces/npdes-storm wate r-gD,s, In
addition to the full pennit, the 2018 print package on the website includes revised monitoring
forms.
The General Permit authorizes discharges of storlinwater, and itspecifles your obligations with
respect to discharge controls, management, monitoring, and record keeping. Please review the
new permit to familiarize yourself with all changes ire the reissued permit, Significant changes
to the General Permit are outlined in documents available on the web to above. Your
facility, has six months from receipt of the permit to update your Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Plan (SPPP) to reflect any new permit requirements.
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How does the new General Permit aftect Tier Status?
The first sampling period in this General Permit begins on January 1, 2019. Tier 3 actions in
Part TV of your permit are triggered by benchmark exceedances on four occasions beginning on
the effective date of this permit and do not count prior exceedances. Likewise, Tier 2 actions
are, triggered by two consecutive benchmark exceedances beginning on the effective date of
this permit and do not count prior exceedances. However, if your facility is already in Tier 2
(monitoring stormwater discharges monthly) or Tier 3, you must continue monthly monitoring
until. relieved through conditions of the permit or by DEMLR staff approval.
When does electronic DMR reporting start?
We are working toward on -boarding permittees with NPDES storrawater permits into the DEQ's
eDMR system next year. Permittees will receive notification when our eDMR system is
ready for registration to begin reporting monitoring data electronically. If you have any
questions about the status, please contact Bethany Georgoulias at [phone],
Your coverage under the General Permit is transferable only through the specific action of
DEMLR. This pen -nit does not affect the legal requirements to obtain other permits which may
be required by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), nor does it relieve the
pertnittee from responsibility for compliance with any other applicable federal, state, or local
law, rule, standard, ordinance, order, judgment, or decree.
If you have any questions regarding this permit package please contact the DEMLR Stormwater
Program at [phone].
Sincerely,
for William E. (Toby) Vinson, Jr,, P.E,, CPM.
Interim Director, Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources
cc: Storrnwater Program permit file