1. Department of Environmental Quality
Union County IBT Certificate Request
Water Allocation Committee May 10, 2017
Department of Environmental Quality

2. Union County IBT Certificate Request
Final Determination before EMC
Full presentation and discussion tomorrow

3. Proposed Project Description
Primary Applicant:
Union County
Source Basin:
Yadkin
Receiving Basin:
Rocky
Grandfathered Allowance:
N/A
Total Requested IBT
(2050 Demands):
23.0 MGD (avg day/max mth)
New Certificate, following G.S L(c-n)
Department of Environmental Quality

4. Proposed 23.0 mgd IBT: Yadkin to Rocky Mecklenburg
Lake Tillery
Cabarrus
Stanly
Norwood
Catawba River Basin
Proposed 23.0 mgd IBT: Yadkin to Rocky
Mecklenburg
Union
Monroe
Yadkin River Basin
Rocky River Basin
Existing 5.0 mgd Grandfathered IBT: Catawba to Rocky
South Carolina
Anson

5. IBT Process § L
 II. Applicant submits draft environmental document (EIS or EA)
30 days notice of public meetings
3+ Public meetings
 I. Applicant submits Notice of Intent to file a petition.
30 days notice of public hearing
Public hearing
Comments accepted for 30 days after hearing
Written response to comments prepared
Adequacy of environmental document determined (DEQ issues ROD)
EMC issues Draft Determination within 90 days of receiving petition and adequacy of doc determined
Public notice of draft determination and 30-day notice of hearings
2+ public hearings held within 60 days of issuing draft determination
Comments accepted for 30 days after last hearing
EMC issues final determination
Settlement discussions, if requested
 III. Applicant submits petition to EMC

6. Project Timeline & Milestones
May Final Determination by EMC
Dec 2016-Feb 2017 Mediation – 4 sessions
Aug&Sept 2016 Public Hearings (3) on Draft Determination
July 2016 Draft Determination by EMC
April Record of Decision signed by DEQ
Draft Petition submitted by Union County
January 2016 Final EIS submitted to State Clearinghouse
September 2015 Public Hearing on Draft EIS
August 2015 Draft EIS submitted to State Clearinghouse
October 2013 Series of 3 Public Meetings
August 2013 NOI submitted by Union County
This project began over 6 years ago from the Notice of Intent to Submit a Petition for the IBT to actions for the EMC this week.
Department of Environmental Quality

7. NCDEQ - Division of Water Resources
Contact Information
Kim Nimmer
NCDEQ - Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality