Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

Article 10 Erosion and Sedimentation Control 10-30 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan and Land Disturbance Permit

(D) Within 30 days of receipt of a complete initial plan submittal, and within 15 days of receipt of each revised plan, the Wake County Department of Environmental Services must notify the applicant that the plan has been approved, approved with modifications, approved with performance reservations, or disapproved. (E) Failure to approve, approve with modifications, approve with performance reservations or disapprove a complete initial erosion and sedimentation control plan within 30 days of receipt constitutes an action of approval. (F) Failure to approve, approve with modifications, approve with performance reservations or disapprove a resubmission of an erosion and sedimentation control plan within 15 days of receipt constitutes an action of approval. (G) No plan shall be approved unless it complies with all applicable state and County regulation s for soil erosion and sedimentation control. Approval assumes the applicant’s compliance with federal, state water quality laws, regulations and rules. (H) Applicant shall provide documentation, when requested, of compliance with federal, state and local laws, regulations and rules. (I) Denial of the erosion and sedimentation control plan must specifically state in writing the reasons for denial. (J) If an erosion and sedimentation control plan has been disapproved, the applicant has 12 months to submit revised plans addressing the reasons for disapproval or the erosion and sedimentation control plan is deemed null and void. 10-30-4 Decision-making Criteria (A) An erosion and sedimentation control plan may be disapproved if the erosion and sedimentation control plan fails to adequately address the following control objectives: (1) Identify Critical Areas On-site areas that are subject to severe erosion, and off-site areas that are especially vulnerable to damage from erosion and/or sedimentation, must be identified and receive special attention. (2) Limit Time of Exposure All land-disturbing activities must be planned and conducted to limit exposure to the shortest feasible time. (3) Limit Exposed Areas All land-disturbing activity must be planned and conducted to minimize the size of the area to be exposed at any one time. (4) Control Surface Water Surface water runoff originating upgrade of exposed areas must be controlled to reduce erosion and sediment loss during the period of exposure.

Wake County Unified Development Code 10-21