August 31, 2022
Ms. Melanie Davenport
Commonwealth of Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality
Director - Division of Water Permitting
1111 East Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Re: Guidance Memo No. 22-2012 Public Comment
Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control Design Guide
Dear Ms. Davenport:
Hewitt Solutions is an active and experienced design and consulting firm in the solar land development space that has worked very closely with DEQ for several years. We appreciate the opportunity to review the aforementioned guidance memo and offer the following comments:
Section 2.302.C (Page 9)
Section 2.303.D (Page 9)
Section 2.303.D.1.d (Page 10)
Section 2.303.E (Page 11)
Section 3.302.1.A.1 (Page 15)
Section 3.302.1.C.2.a (Page 16)
Section 3.302.1.C.3.a (Page 16)
Section 3.302.3 (Page 18)
Section 3.302.3.A (Page 19)
Section 3.302.4.B (Page 20)
Section 3.303.1. (Page 20)
Section 3.303.1A (Page 20)
Section 3.305.1.B.1 (Page 25)
Section 3.305.2.A (Page 27)
Section 3.305.2.B (Page 27)
Section 3.307.D (Page 33)
Section 4.400 (Page 38)
Section 5.200 B (Page 40)
Section 5.301.D (Page 40)
Section 5.500 (Page 44)
Section 5.500.D (Page 46)
6.500 Plan Submission Checklist (Page 50)
We appreciate your time and consideration of the comments within.
Respectfully,
The Hewitt Solutions Team