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July 17, 2019
North Carolina Global TransPark Authority
Attn: John Rouse, Interim Director
3800 Hwy. 58 N.
Kinston, NC 28504
Subject: Recommendation to Change Permit Type
North Carolina Global TransPark Authority
NPDES MS4 Permit No. NCS000516
Lenoir County
Dear Mr. Rouse:
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) stormwater staff visited the subject facility on June 17, 2019
and subsequently requested documentation for a permit compliance audit to be performed in late July. Upon
review of the current permit file, observations from the preliminary site visit, and a review of how relatively
similar facilities have been permitted, it has been determined that the current National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit is not the best permitting
approach for this facility. DEQ recommends obtaining an individual industrial stormwater permit for this
facility.
Please note that there are significant differences between an NPDES MS4 Permit and an NPDES Industrial
Permit. An MS4 permit requires a comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan for the entire jurisdictional
area, with implementation of six mandatory programs:
1. Public Education and Outreach
2. Public Involvement & Participation
3. Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
4. Construction Site Runoff Controls
5. Post-Construction Site Runoff Controls
6. Good Housekeeping & Pollution Prevention
An NPDES Industrial Permit requires a comprehensive Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SPPP) to identify,
reduce, eliminate and/or prevent the discharge of stormwater pollutants from the industrial activity area.
The DEQ recommends that you submit a new permit application for an NPDES Individual Industrial Stormwater
Permit and submit a letter requesting recession of the subject permit. In the event that DEQ does not receive
the requested letter and individual industrial permit application by close of business on September 3, 2019,
then DEQ will proceed with the MS4 Permit compliance audit in September of this year.
To see an example of a typical permit that is issued to an airport facility with tenants, you can access the DEQ
public Laserfiche WebLink at https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/stormwater/and enter “NCS000508” to look up the
Piedmont Triad International Airport Permit (file name NCS000508_PTIA 2005 Final Permit_20050201).
Should Global TransPark elect to change the permit type, the industrial permit application (EPA Form 1 and
Form 2), fee information and submittal instructions can be found on the DEQ stormwater permitting program
web page at https://deq.nc.gov/sw. The information is located under the NPDES Stormwater Individual
Permits tab.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the permitting options for Global TransPark, please contact
me at (919) 707-3620 or Jeanette.Powell@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Jeanette Powell
MS4 Program Coordinator
Cc: Rick Barkes, Airport Director
Andy McDaniel, NCDOT Stormwater NPDES Permit Program
Samir Dumpor, DEQ WARO
DEMLR NPDES MS4 Permit Laserfiche File