20171559 Ver 3_More Info Received_20211004

FEZ
October 4, 2021
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
217 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
ATTN: Ms. Sue Homewood
SUBJECT: Responses to Comments Regarding
Greensboro Randolph Megasite and Associated Infrastructure
Ms. Homewood:
On behalf of the Greensboro -Randolph Megasite Foundation, Inc. (GRMF), this letter
provides to DWR (and the USACE) most of the supplemental information and revisions
requested by DWR during the discussions between DWR and representatives of the GRMS
on September 23 and 30, 2021 for the individual permit application for the Greensboro -
Randolph Megasite (the "Proposed Project" or "Project GRMS"). We plan to deliver later this
week, a followup submittal to satisfy remaining DWR requests.
Purpose and Need:
As requested, the first paragraph of Section 3.1 of the Supporting Documentation and
Environmental Report is revised to read as follows:
The applicant's purpose and need is to:
Construct a transformational automotive manufacturing facility and utilities
(electricity, water, sewer, roads, and rail) at a location that will generate employment
and economic benefits for the Project Region. A transformational facility is one that
is expected to provide: roughly 2,000-4,000 mostly skilled and semi -skilled
manufacturing jobs; an increase in the local tax base; and new payroll to circulate
within Randolph County and the City of Greensboro.
Conforming changes to other text in the Supporting Documentation and Environmental
Report will be set forth in the followup submittal.
hdrinc.com 555 Fayetteville Street, Suites 900 & 210, Raleigh, NC 27601-3034
[phone]

Site Plan:
As requested, enclosed is a copy of the current prospect's site plan (see enclosure).
DEQ and USACE may not make the site plan available in any manner to any person
other than DEQ and USACE personnel responsible for the certification or permit. The
enclosed site plan is:
(1) a trade secret and is commercial information that is privileged or
confidential and is not subject to release under the Freedom of Information
Act and must be protected from release by the USACE; and
(2) protected from release pursuant to N.C. General Statutes Section 132-1.2(1)
and must be protected from release by DEQ.
Today we are submitting both the requested purpose and need changes and the requested
site plan. Later this week, we will submit the remaining requested information. Based on
those submittals, we respectfully request that DWR and USACE complete its review as soon
as possible and move ahead with the certification and permit. We believe we are submitting
what DWR has asked for, and we also believe that the submittal will put the agencies in a
position to certify and permit the GRMS project without a condition that would require a post -
permit -issuance avoidance and minimization analysis for approval of another site plan.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent and important matter.
Please call me at 919-232-6637 or email at [e-mail] if you need additional
information or clarification on any of the information provided.
Sincerely,
HDR Engineering Inc. of the Carolinas
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Vickie Miller, AICP, PWS
Senior Environmental Planner
cc: Jim Melvin, Greensboro Randolph Megasite Foundation
Jean Gibby, USACE
Wendee Smith, S2 Consulting