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TOWN OF RHQDHISS
200 Burke Street PO Box 40, Rhodhiss. North Carolina 28667
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November 28, 2007
Mike Randall
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1.617
Dear Mr. Randall:
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Please accept this letter as a request for an exemption from NPDES Phase 11 Stornzwater
requirements because our town population is 895 as certified by the Bureau of Census.
I appreciate your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Barbara Harmon
Town Manager

F Vlj,� ]� Michael F. Easley, Governor
0 9QG William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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November 1, 2005
The Town of Rhodhiss
Douglas H. Cowick, Mayor
P.O. Box 40
Rhodhiss, North Carolina 28667-0040
Subject: NPDES Stormwater Phase II Exemption
Dear Mr. Cowick;
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 the 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
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 II 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 stormwater
discharges that have the greatest likelihood of causing continued environmental degradation.
North Carolina Sesssion Law 2004-163 SECTION 1, exempts municipalities with a
population of less than 1,000, including a municipality designated by the 1990 or 2000 census, from
the requirement to obtain a Phase II National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit
for stormwater management unless the municipality is shown to be contributing to an impairment of
State waters, as determined under the requirements of 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me (919-733-5083, ext. 545).
Sincerely,
Mike Randall
Stormwater Unit
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Anita S. Watkins, NCLM