20080368 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080326

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Division of Water Quality
March 26, 2008
DWQ Project # 08 0368
Carteret County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7007 0220 0000 8223 3826
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Northstar Development Group, Inc
Attn: Luke Murray
PO Box 6358
Raleigh, NC 27628
Subject Property: Grace Bay Subdivision
Carteret County
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Murray:
On March 4, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your CAMA application
dated February 29, 2008. 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). During a previous meeting concerning this project a boat basin was also included in the
proposed subdivision. The application submitted does not show the boat basin, yet it does show
a pedestrian easement between lots 2 and 3 ending where the boat basin property is located.
Please explain the purpose of the easement since there is no proposed basin.
2). In addition, there was also a proposed pier from the common area (shown as the empty lot
located between lot 5 and the cul-de-sac). Will this structure not be included as a part of the
subdivision?
3). Please explain why the fill is necessary in lot 5, when the lot can be increased in size by
including the common area for the septic system (since there is no proposed use for the common
area) and moving the house footprint out of the wetland?
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Northstar Development Group, Inc
Attn: Luke Murray
DWQ Project # 08 0368
March 26, 2008
4).At a minimum, DWQ requires that deed notifications (or restrictive covenants if required by
the US Army Corps of Engineers) be recorded for all lots with jurisdictional waters. A sample
deed notification can be found on the DWQ 401 Water Quality Certification web site and the
USACE language is found on their website. Please provide a Draft copy that includes the
proposed preservation language that will be recorded to accomplish this.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter that you have submitted your
application to DCM. Please reference the DWQ Project # of 2008 0368 in all future
correspondence. 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 910-796-7215 or
Ian McMillan at 919-715-4631 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a
meeting to discuss this matter.
Si cerely,
Joanne Steenhuis
Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Troy Beasley -Withers and Ravenel
Ian McMillan -DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit, Raleigh
Dave Timpy -USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Heather Styron -DCM Morehead Office
Doug Huggett -DCM Morehead Office
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