20061327 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20061012

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Division of Water Quality
October 12, 2006
DWQ Project # 061327
New Hanover County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7005 0390 0001 3200 5342
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Ken Wrangell, Member Manager
Stowmac, LLC ,
PO Box 3234
Wilmington, NC 28046
Subject Property: Watermark Landing <`: ~'~4t,
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Wrangell:
On August 16, 2006, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated August 14,
2006 to impact 0.39 acres of wetlands to construct the proposed 33 unit duplex family residential
development. 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:
It appears that one of the proposed road crossings is located in Coastal Wetlands. Fill of Coastal
Wetlands is not allowable unless the activity is water dependent. Even if there is an existing dirt
road and/or culvert, widening this road is not an option. Abridge is the only option.
The proposed development appears to fall under the Coastal Area Management Act regulations and
a CAMA Major Permit may be required for the project. Please discuss this matter with the
Division of Coastal Management (DCM) Representative, Robb Mairs. If a CAMA Major is
required for the project, your project will be placed on hold until DWQ receives a complete CAMA
Major application from DCM.
Please also consider reducing the total wetland impacts on the project site to less than 1/10 of an
acre of impacts to 404 Wetlands. Filling greater than 1/10 of an acre of wetlands adjacent to tidal
water is rarely permitted and often requires the applicant to go through the Individual Permit
process with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) and the Individual Certification Process
with DWQ. The USAGE will ultimately make this determination, but minimization and avoidance
is required. Please note that bridging road crossing numbers 5 and 6 would get the total impacts
under the 1/10 and would satisfy DWQ's minimization and avoidance issues.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Phone [phone] Customer Servicel-877.623-6748 One
Wilmington Regional Office Wilmington, NC 28405-3845 FAX [phone] Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us NorthCaT'o/l/ina
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4. It is highly recommended that you request a pre application meeting with the USACE, DCM, and
DWQ prior to submitting a new and revised application.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing
and 5 copies of the information to Cyndi Karoly of the DWQ Oversight Unit 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
cc: Richard Collier, McKim & Creed
Ian McMillan, DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit, Raleigh
David Timpy, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Jennifer Frye, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Robb Mairs, DCM Wilmington
Stephen Rynas, DCM Morehead City
Noelle Lutheran, DWQ Wilmington Regional Office (File Copy)
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Filename: 061327.oct06