CHATHAM_COMPLETE FILE - HISTORICAL_20051020

-STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET
Municipalities NOT MS4
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COMMISSIONERS
BUNKEY MORGAN
Chairman
THOMAS J. EMERSON
Vice chair
PATRICK BARNES
MIKE CROSS
CARL 0UTZ
October 20, 2005
COUNTY OF CHATHAM
P, 0, BOX 87
PITTSBORO, N. C. 27312-0087
ORGANIZED 1770 707 SQUARE MILES
Mike Randall
Stormwater Permitting Unit
NC Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1 G 17
Re: Phase 2 Stormwater Program
Dear Mr. Randall:
CHARLIE HORNE
County Munagar
ROBERT L. GUNN
County An-noy
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
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On behalf of Chatham County I am submitting a Stormwater Non-Ownership/Non-Operation
Certification Form for the Phase 2 Stormwater Program. Based on the draft County
hmplementation Guidance document provided at a Stormwater Implementation Group meeting
held on October 19, it has been dcterrlined that Chatham County does not own or operate a
municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) within the 2000 Census designated Urbanized
Area. Included with this correspondence is a map that identifies the Urbanized Area of the
County for your records. If you have information which shows additional Urbanized Areas
please let us know.
,if any additional inform,)tion,is.nc�,please contact me at your convenience.
Sincerely,
WHorn
Manager, Chatham County
Cc: Bunkey Morgan, Chair, Board of Commissioners
Tommy Emerson, Vice -Chair, Board of Commissioners
Keith Megginson, Planning Director
Will Baker, Utilities Director
}-lolly Coleman, Environmental Health Director

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
OFFIC USE ONLY .
Date Rec'd
BIMS
Cert. Number
STORMWATER NON -OWNERSHIP / NON -OPERATION CERTIFICATION FORM
This form is for use by Regulated Public Entities (RPE), pursuant to Title 15A North Carolina Administrative Code
2H .0126, to certify that they do not own or operate a small MS4.
I. APPLICANT STATUS INFORMATION
Name of Regulated Public Entity
Chatham County
Status (federal, state, public, or
other
Public
Type of Public Entity (city, town,
county, prison, school etc.
County
County(s)
Chatham
RPE Jurisdictional Area in square
miles
709.8 square miles (1.58 square miles in the Urbanized Area)
II. OPTIONAL PERMITTING OPPORTUNITIES
Are you exercising your option to apply for a NPDES Stormwater Discharge
Permit? If yes, submit this form along with a complete application package (Form
❑ Yes ® No
SWU-264 and a Comprehensive Stormwater Management Program Report).
Are exercising your option to apply for Permit by Rule status? If yes, submit this
❑ Yes ® No
form along with a completed form SWU-267
III. SIGNING OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT
I certify, under penalty of law, that the Regulated Public Body listed in Section I of this document does not
currently own or operate a small municipal separate storm sewer system, as defined in 40 CFR 122. I further
certify that this document and all attachments were prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance
with a system designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information
submitted. Based on my {nquiry of the person. orpersons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible forgathering the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge and belief,
true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are significant penalties for submitting false information,
including the possibility of fines' aad imp 7"SNIment for knowing violations.
Signature
Print Name
rlie Ho ne
Title
County Manager
Street Address
12 East St.
PO Box
87
City
Pittsboro
State
NC
Zip
27312
Telephone
919/542-8200
Fax
919/542-8272
E-Mail
[e-mail]
SWU-266-103102

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
11 /6/2002
CHATHAM COUNTY
MR. CHARLIE HORNE , CHATHAM COUNTY MANAGER
POST OFFICE BOX 87
PITTSBORO , NC 27312
Subject: NPDES Phase II Stormwater Program
2000 U.S. Census - Notification of Coverage
Mr. Charlie Horne:
In 1990 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Phase I stormwater program was promulgated under the
Clean Water Act. Phase I relies on National Pollutant discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage to
address stormwater runoff from: (1) "medium" and "large" municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s) generally
serving populations of I00,000 or greater, (2) construction activity disturbing 5 acres of land or greater, and (3) ten
categories of industrial activity. The NPDES Stormwater Phase 11 Final Rule was promulgated in December 1999 and is
the next step in EPA's effort to preserve, protect, and improve the Nation's water resources from polluted stormwater
runoff. The Phase II program expands the Phase I program by requiring additional operators of MS4s in urbanized areas
and operators of small construction sites, through the use of NPDES permits, to implement programs and practices to
control stormwater runoff. Phase II is intended to further reduce adverse impacts to water quality and aquatic habitat by
instituting the use of controls on the unregulated sources of storm water discharges that have the greatest likelihood of
causing continued environmental degradation.
The NPDES Stormwater Phase II Final Rule requires nationwide coverage of all operators of small MS4s that are
located within the boundaries of a Bureau of the Census defined "urbanized area" based on the latest decennial Census.
The Bureau of Census has recently released data detailing the 2000 Census urbanized areas and using GIS data files
produced by the Bureau of Census, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources staff has
compiled a list of municipalities and counties that we believe fall in whole or in part within one or more of the seventeen
census -designated urbanized areas in North Carolina.
We are writing to you to notify you that Chatham County has been identified as being located within a census designated
urbanized area. As a regulated community, you are required to develop a stormwater management program and apply
for stormwater permit coverage, if you own and operate a small MS4 or file a certification that Chatham County does not
own or operate a small MS4. The deadline for submitting your application package or non -ownership certification is 18
months from the date of this letter. Application and certification documents, as well as additional information on the
NPDES stormwater program, are available for download at our web site . Our web address is
http://h2o.enr,state.nc.uslsu/stormwater.htm1. If you have any questions about this letter, please feel free to contact me
(919-733-5083, ext.525) or Darren England (919-733-5083, ext. 545)
Sincerely,
bL
Bradley Bennett, Supervisor
Stormwater and General Permits Unit
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