Request Approval to Proceed to Public Notice and

Request Approval to Proceed to Public Notice and Hearing with Proposed Rule Re-adoptions and Amendments to Water Quality Permitting Rules Environmental Management Commission – March 8, 2018 Karen Higgins, Mike Templeton, Deborah Gore, DWR

Rules – 02 B and 02 H Subchapter Section or Rules 2 Description 02 B . 0400 Section Effluent Limitations 02 B . 0500 Section Surface Water Monitoring: Reporting 02 H . 0100 Section Point Source Discharges To Surface Waters 02 H . 0400 Section Coastal Waste Treatment Disposal 02 H . 1200 Section Special Orders 02 H . 0900 Section Local Pretreatment Programs 02 H . 0500 Section Water Quality Certification 02 H . 1300 Section Discharges To Isolated Wetlands & Waters 02 B . 0601 -. 0608 Goose Creek WQ Management Plan 02 B . 0720 -. 0724 Randleman Lake Water Supply Plan 02 B . 0610 -. 0614, . 0714 -. 0715, . 0734 -. 0735 Riparian Buffer Rules (General, Neuse, Tar, Catawba)

Rulemaking – History Dec. 2014 Spring 2015 Dec. 2015 2016 Apr. 2017 Oct 2017 Jan 2018 3 Rule Review (S. L. 2013 -413) completed Requires re-adoption by Oct. 31, 2019 Rule drafting began Stakeholder input sessions Rule drafts completed Department review Public Information sessions – updated drafts Public Information session – nutrient strategies (buffer rules) WQC approved rules to proceed to EMC

Rulemaking Schedule Jan. 2018 Mar 2018 Apr – Jun 2018 Jul – Oct 2018 WQC approves draft rules to full EMC approves draft rules to notice Public notice and hearings Review comments/draft HO report Jan 2019 Feb 2019 Mar 2019 Oct. 31, 2019 EMC approval RRC Approval Rules effective in NCAC* Deadline for re-adoption by EMC * some rules are tied to session laws that require NCGA review 4

Rule drafts • Rule text shown as strikethrough/underline • Comment boxes with explanation of changes • Rule drafts located online: https: //deq. nc. gov/about/divisions/waterresources/water-resources-regulations-guidance/dwrclassifications-standards/rule-readoption-process • Regulatory Impact Analyses • Prepared for each section (or subsection) 5

Changes between WQC and EMC • Buffer Rules (02 B) • Added exemption for agricultural roads • . 0607, . 0614, . 0724, . 0734 • Instead of repeating language from G. S. 143214. 23 A in rules, changed to reference statute • re LG delegations (SL 2015 -246) • . 0607, . 0614, . 0715, . 0724, . 0735 • Removed accidental deletion of language in Catawba re LG delegation (for existing delegations) • . 0614 • Updated wording in comments 6

Today’s Request: • EMC Approval of Water Quality Permitting rules and associated regulatory impact analyses to proceed to notice and hearing 7 Subchapter Section 02 H . 0100 02 B . 0400 02 H . 0400 02 B . 0500 02 H . 1200 02 B . 0601 -. 0614 02 H . 0900 02 H . 0500 02 B 02 H . 1300 . 0714 -. 0715, . 0720 -. 0724, . 0734 -. 0735 Supchapter Rules

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Summary of Key Revisions 9

Point Source Permitting Rules • Technical Revisions • • 10 Updated organizational names and addresses Updated rule and statute citations Corrected typographical errors, punctuation Cited websites as sources of reference materials Made minor edits to clarify or update selected rule language Updated rules per current statutes, session law Provided for use of electronic submittals, notices, once allowed Incorporated necessary federal regulations by reference

Summary of Key Revisions 02 B. 0400 – Effluent Limitations • Updated definitions (02 B. 0403) • Updated requirement for staff to develop water qualitybased limits (02 B. 0404) • Moved restrictions on discharges to SA waters and Atlantic Ocean from 02 H. 0404 (02 B. 0404) • Revised incorporation of federal treatment standards to include “subsequent amendments” (02 B. 0406) • Added new rule to incorporate necessary federal regulations by reference (02 B. 0408) 11

Summary of Key Revisions 02 B. 0500 – Surface Water Monitoring: Reporting • Clarified requirements for ‘sufficiently sensitive methods’ for analyses (02 B. 0505) • Updated to include federal requirements for electronic reporting (02 B. 0506) • Added new rule to incorporate other necessary federal regulations by reference (02 B. 0511, same as 02 B. 0408) 12

Summary of Key Revisions 02 H. 0100 – Point Source Discharges To The Surface Waters • Updated application requirements – forms, fees, alternatives analyses, SEPA (02 H. 0105) • Clarified language regarding site entry (02 H. 0107) and protection of confidential information (02 H. 0115) • Provided for electronic submittal of permit applications (02 H. 0105) and design documents for ATC permits (02 H. 0138); and electronic distribution of documents and posting of public notices (02 H. 0109), when lawful • Added new rule to incorporate necessary federal regulations by reference (02 H. 0143, same as 02 B. 0408 & 02 B. 0511) 13

Summary of Key Revisions 02 H. 0400 – Coastal Waste Treatment Disposal • Section repealed: • Wastewater treatment design requirements are now established in Subchapters 02 T and 02 U • Restrictions on discharge to Class SA (shellfish nursery) waters (02 H. 0404(a)) and Atlantic Ocean (02 H. 0404(d)) are to be moved to 02 B. 0404 • Remaining rules are out of date or otherwise not useful 02 H. 1200 – Special Orders • Makes discretionary the requirement that an evaluation of operations and low-cost improvements be prepared by an independent consultant (02 H. 1206) 14

Summary of Key Revisions 02 H. 0900 – Local Pretreatment Programs • Technical Revisions • • Updates organizational names and addresses Refers to website addresses as sources of reference materials Edits rule text for clarification Updated definitions to more closely reflect federal regulations • Substantive Revisions • 02 H. 0917 – Pretreatment Permit Submission And Review • Revised to required the control authority to transmit copies of industrial user pretreatment permit 30 days in advance of the effective date 15

Summary of Key Revisions 02 H. 0500 Water Quality Certification and 02 H. 1300 Isolated Wetland Rules • 02 H. 0500 (401 WQC) and 02 H. 1300 (Isolated) • Updated and reorganized • Removed paper mailing list (email listserv) and newspaper for public notices • Updated mitigation language • Reference federal definitions • Codify trigger for stream impacts (per SLs) • Remove unused ratios • Remove requirement for 1: 1 restoration or creation; instead limit preservation • Isolated Wetland Rules (02 H. 1300) Only • Incorporated changes required in SL 2014 -120 and SL 2015 -286 16

Summary of Key Revisions 02 B. 0600 Goose Creek and 02 B. 0720 Randleman Lake Goose Creek Watershed • Corrections and updated citations • Stormwater: Update rule references for consistency with 02 H Stormwater rules Randleman Lake Watershed • Corrections, clarifications and updated citations • Moved to 02 B. 0720 section • Stormwater: • Reorganized for clarity and consistency with WSW rules • Update rule references for consistency with 02 H Stormwater rules • Strike language that is repetitive of WSW, buffer rules, statute

Summary of Key Revisions 02 B. 0600 &. 0700 Buffer Rules (Goose Creek, Catawba, Neuse, Tar-Pam, Randleman) • Overhauled rules for consistency and moved to new sections • Incorporated SLs, clarification memos and EMC Interpretive Ruling • Definitions, forestry and approvals consolidated into 1 rule each • New Category of Use – Allowable with Exception • Modified hardships and procedures • Removed “diffuse flow” requirement instead, options for SW • Neuse, Tar-Pam, Randleman: added provisions for single family residences on existing lots • Zone 2 impacts – allowable (per SL’s) • Zone 1 impacts – allowable with mitigation • Impacts beyond necessary infrastructure – allowable with mitigation 18