20061879 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20070203

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Division of Water Quality
February 3, 2007
DWQ Project # 061879
Brunswick County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7005 0390 0001 3200 4482
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Jerry Walters, Town Manager
Town of Oak Island
4601 E. Oak Island Drive
Oak Island, NC 28465
Subject Property: Town of Oak Island Wastewater Collection System
Sewer System Phase I
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Walters:
On December 6, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated October 2,
2006 to impact 27 square feet of Coastal Wetlands and 625 square feet of open water to construct the
proposed wastewater collection system. The DWQ has determined that your application was incomplete
and/or provided inaccurate information as discussed below. The DWQ will require additional
information in order to process your application to impact protected wetlands and/or streams on the
subject property. Therefore, unless we receive the additional information requested below, we will have
to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 and will place this project
on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. Please provide the following
information so that we may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Wetland Jurisdictional Determination
Please provide a copy of the wetlands delineation map for the project area that has been signed by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). A copy of the wetland survey that has been field
verified by an USAGE Representative is satisfactory at this time.
2. Avoidance and Minimization
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the NC Wildlife Resource Commission has
concerns associated with trenching the cut across Davis Canal. This area is designated Primary
Nursery Area by the DMF. Please propose to directionally drill at this location or provide the data
to support that directionally drilling at this location is not economically feasible.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Phone [phone] Customer Servicel-87723-6748 One
Wilmington Regional Oifice Wilmington, NC 28405-3845 FAX [phone] Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us NorthCarolina
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3. Indirect and Cumulative Impact Study
Please perform and provide an indirect and cumulative impact study for the proposed project.
Although the project narrative does state that no new roads will be built and no new property will
be platted, DWQ has concerns related to wetland lots becoming buildable as a result of the
proposed wastewater collection system and the protection of downstream waters via engineered
stormwater treatment systems. For example, please describe the number of lots (and area of land)
that have jurisdictional wetlands present and are not buildable unless a municipal collection and
treatment system is made available. In addition, please discuss the approximately density of the
future areas that will be built on as a result of a new system and how stormwater treatment will be
addressed.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing
and 5 copies of this information to Cyndi Karoly of the DWQ Wilmington Regional Office. If we do not
hear from you within three weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we
will consider the project as withdrawn.
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands, waters
or protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your application are not
authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. Please call me at 910-797-7215 or Cyndi Karoly at 919-733-
1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
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Noelle Lutheran
Environmental Specialist III
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cc: Ian McMillan, DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit, Raleigh
David Timpy, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Noelle Lutheran, DWQ Wilmington Regional Office (File Copy)
Doug Huggett, DCM Morehead City
Central Files
Filename: 061879.jan07