20080964 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080813

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-? Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
August 13, 2008
DWQ Project # 08-0964
New Hanover County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Cert. # 7007-0220-0000-8225-2018
Holy Cross Episcopal
C/o Mr. Ted Guilford
406 Sierra Drive
Wilmington NC 28409
Subject Property: Holy Cross Episcopalian
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Guilford:
On June 12, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your Pre-Construction
Notification (PCN) application to impact approximately 0.586 acres of isolated wetlands to
construct a church, soccer field, parking lot, and associated attendant features with additional
information received on July 18, 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. This Office believes that the impact labeled on the plans as "Proposed Soccer Field" can
be moved or reconfigured to minimize the impacts to the isolated wetlands. Please
revise the plans to minimize the impacts. Also, given the proximity of other available
soccer fields in the area, provide evidence why this impact is necessary for this project.
2. The initial plans did not show impacts to wetlands along the northern property boundary.
The new wetlands delineation shows the total wetland area to be 0.586 acres, which is
identical to the proposed impacts. Provide a copy of the updated proposed site layout
with the modified wetlands line.
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New Hanover County
2008-0964
Please respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of
this information to me and to Ian McMillan, 401 Wetlands Unit, 2321 Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh,
NC 27604-2260. If you will not be able to provide the requested information within that
timeframe, please provide written confirmation that you intend to provide the requested
information, and include a specific timetable delineating when the requested materials will be
provided. If we do not hear from you in 30 calendar days, we will assume that you no longer
want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as returned.
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 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss
this matter.
Sincerely,
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Chad Coburn
Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Amanda Kolb - Southern Environmental Group, Inc., 5315 South College Road, Suite E,
Wilmington, NC 28412
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit
Lia Gilleski - DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit
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