NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings
NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings
NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings
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CONTESTED CASE DECISIONS<br />
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA<br />
IN THE OFFICE OF<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS<br />
COUNTY OF WAKE 05 EHR 2055<br />
06 EHR 0164<br />
North Carolina Wildlife Federation<br />
Central Piedmont Group <strong>of</strong> the <strong>NC</strong> Sierra Club<br />
Petitioner<br />
vs.<br />
N. C. Division <strong>of</strong> Water Quality<br />
Respondent<br />
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DECISION<br />
This contested case was heard by Fred G. Morrison Jr., Senior <strong>Administrative</strong> Law Judge, on July 19 and 20, 2006, in<br />
Raleigh, North Carolina. The parties filed proposed Decisions and Memoranda <strong>of</strong> Law on September 15, 2006.<br />
APPEARA<strong>NC</strong>ES<br />
For Petitioners:<br />
John Suttles<br />
Amy Pickle<br />
Kay Bond<br />
Southern Environmental Law Center<br />
200 West Franklin Street, Suite 330<br />
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516.<br />
For Respondent: Donald W. Laton<br />
Assistant Attorney General<br />
<strong>NC</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Justice<br />
9001 Mail Service Center<br />
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-9001<br />
ISSUES<br />
This matter is an appeal by Petitioners <strong>of</strong> the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Phase II<br />
stormwater permits issued to three local governments located in the Goose Creek watershed in Mecklenburg and Union Counties. The<br />
final NPDES Phase II stormwater permit for Mecklenburg County, including the Town <strong>of</strong> Mint Hill, was issued on June 15, 2005,<br />
with effective dates from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2010. The final NPDES Phase II stormwater permit for the Town <strong>of</strong> Indian<br />
Trail was issued on September 1, 2005, with effective dates from October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2010. The final NPDES<br />
Phase II stormwater permit for the Town <strong>of</strong> Stallings was issued on September 7, 2005, with effective dates from October 1, 2005,<br />
through September 30, 2010.<br />
The parties submitted a Pretrial Order that included their contentions regarding the issues to be decided. The undersigned<br />
determines that the issues to be decided are:<br />
1. Whether Respondent exceeded its authority or jurisdiction, acted erroneously, failed to use proper procedure, acted<br />
arbitrarily and capriciously, or failed to act as required by law or rule (hereinafter “err”) in issuing NPDES Permit Nos. <strong>NC</strong>S000453,<br />
<strong>NC</strong>S000454, and <strong>NC</strong>S000395 without ensuring the permits will comply with all applicable state water quality standards as required<br />
by 40 C.F.R. § 122.44(d) (2006) and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143.<strong>21</strong>5.1(a)(6)(2006)?<br />
2. Whether Respondent erred in issuing NPDES Permit Nos. <strong>NC</strong>S000453, <strong>NC</strong>S000454, and <strong>NC</strong>S000395 without<br />
requiring measures that will reduce discharges <strong>of</strong> pollutants to the maximum extent practicable as required by 40 C.F.R. § 122.34(a)<br />
(2005)?<br />
3. Whether Respondent erred in issuing NPDES Permit Nos. <strong>NC</strong>S000453, <strong>NC</strong>S000454, and <strong>NC</strong>S000395 without<br />
including effluent limitations and conditions necessary to meet the requirements <strong>of</strong> the waste load allocation in the Goose Creek Total<br />
Maximum Daily Load as required by 40 C.F.R. § 122.44(d)(1)(vii)(B) (2006)?<br />
<strong>21</strong>:<strong>09</strong> NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER NOVEMBER 1, 2006<br />
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