DAVIDSON_COMPLETE FILE - HISTORICAL_20030227

-STORMWATER DIVISION CODING SHEET
Municipalities NOT MS4
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F \N A r& Michael F. Easley, Governor
9pG William G. floss Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
co 7 Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
February 27, 2003
Mr. Robert C. Hyatt
Davidson County Manager
Davidson County
P.O. Box 1067
Lexington, North Carolina 27293
Subject: NPDES Phase II Stormwater
Non -ownership / non -operator certification
P2CERT-0006
Davidson County
Mr. Robert C. Hyatt:
The Division of Water Quality's Stormwater and General Permits Unit hereby acknowledges receipt of your form
SWU-266: Stormwater non -ownership 1 non -operation certification on February 19, 2003.
Please be advised that this certification is accepted based wholly upon your evaluation. Division staff has not visited
your facilities to obtain independent verification. Discharging stormwater from a small municipal separate storm
sewer system covered by this program to the waters of the state without a valid NPDES permit will subject the
responsible party to a civil penalty up to $25,000 a day.
The Division encourages you to continue to keep abreast of the permanent rulemaking process associated with the
NPDES Stormwater Discharge Program. The final North Carolina permanent rules as currently proposed would
rely on factors other than ownership and operation to determine which public bodies need to seek permit coverage.
It is possible that your jurisdictional area will be subject to stormwater permit coverage once the permanent rules are
finalized. The Environmental Management Commission approved taking draft permanent rule language to public
notice and public hearing at their February 13, 2003 meeting. The public hearings will be held during the month of
April and you are encouraged to continue participating in the process.
Note that this certification does not affect the legal requirement to obtain other permits which may be required by
the Division of Water Quality or permits required by the Division of Land Resources, Coastal Area Management
Act, or any other Federal or Local government.
If you have any questions concerning this letter, please contact Mr. Darren England at telephone number (919) 733-
5083, extension 545.
Sincerely,
Bradley Bennett
Stormwater & General Permits Unit
N. C. Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 [phone]
NCDENR
Customer Service
1 800 623-7748

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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
OFFIC USE ONLY
Date Rec'd
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Cert. Number
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STORMWATIER 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. � L d 1 9 2003
I. APPLICANT STATUS INFORMATION
Name of Regulated Public Entity
Davidson County
Status (federal, state, public, or
other)
Public
Type of Public Entity (city, town,
county, prison, scho_oi, etc.)__
County
County(s)
Davidson
RPE Jurisdictional Area in square
miles
548
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
❑ Yes ® No
(Form SWU-264 and a Comprehensive Stormwater Management Program
Re ort .
Are exercising your option to apply for Permit by Rule status? If yes, submit this
El Yes ®Na
form alongwith 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 inquiry of the person or persons who manage the system, or those persons directly
responsible for gathering 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 and imprisonment for knowing violations
Signature
Print Name
.
Title
County
Manager
-Street Address.
13 Greensboro St. Suite 404
PO Box
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City
Lexington;
State
NC
Zip
27293
Telephone
(336)
242-2200
Fax
L336) -248-8400

NPDES RPE Stormwater Permit Application
E-Mail I [e-mail]
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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, A.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
1 1/6/2002
DAVIDSON COUNTY
MR. ROBERT C. HYATT . DAVIDSON COUNTY MANAGER
P.O. BOX t067
LEXING`I'ON , NC 27293
Subject: NPDES Phase 11 Stormwater Program
Mr. Robert C. Hyatt:
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 systerns (MS4s) generally
serving populations of 100,000 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 E1 A's effort to preserve, protect, and improve the Nation's water resources from polluted storm water
runoff. The Phase II program expands the Phase I program by requiring additional operators ofMS4.,; 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 11 is intended to further reduce adverse impacts to water quality and aquatic habitat by
instituting the use of controls on the unregulated sources of stormwater 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.
We are writing to you to remind you that Davidson County has been identified as being located within a census
designated urbanized area in both the 1990 and 2000 decennial census. 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 Davidson County does not own or operate a small MS4. The deadline for submitting your
application package or non -ownership certification is March 10, 2003. Application and certification documents, as well
as additional informalion on the NPDES stormwater program, are available for download at our web site . Our web
address is liltp://h2o.enr.state.nc.US/Strrstorrrrwater.litmf. You may also contact us for hard copies of the documents. 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,
Bradley Bennett. Supervisor
Stormwater and General Permits Unit
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