20081814 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20090108

?OF \NATF?,Q Michael F. Easley, Governor
`Q G William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Cq North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
January 8, 2009
DWQ Project # 08-1814
Wake County
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City of Raleigh - Parks and Recreation Department
P.O. Box 590
Raleigh, NC 27602-0590
Subject Property: City of Raleigh House Creek Greenway
House Creek [030402, 27-33-13, C, NSW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Sir or Madam:
On December 12, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated November
11, 2008,with additional information received from you on December 22, 2008, to fill or otherwise
impact 52 linear feet of perennial stream (temporary impact), 189 linear feet of intermittent stream
(permanent impact), and 45,435 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and
48, 612 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers to construct the proposed
greenway project at the site. 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 five copies of the additional information requested below, we will place this
project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. If we do not receive the
requested information, your project will be formally returned as incomplete. Please provide the following
information so that we may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Please verify that the entire proposed greenway width is 8 feet or less.
2. Please verify that the USACE will be permitting your project under a Nationwide Permit and not
an Individual Permit. Additionally, if this project is to be permitted under a Nationwide Permit,
you state in your PCN application that it will be "14, 3 or 12", please identify which Nationwide
Permit No. it will be.
3. Please update buffer impact sheets to show the square footage (numerical values) of Zone 1 and
Zone 2 impacts. Additionally, assuming that the shaded areas on the buffer impact sheets are
buffer areas proposed for impact, please explain why the amount of impacts at a number of
locations appear to extend well beyond the footprint of the greenway trail.
4. Please provide more details on the in-stream enhancement. Section VIII, No. 1, states that the
Enhancement Plan was attached, but no plan was in the application package.
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] / FAX [phone] / Internet: http://h2o.enr. state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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Please submit this information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter. If we do not receive this
requested information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter, your project will be withdrawn
and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee.
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 Ms. Cyndi Karoly or Mr. Ian McMillan at 919-733-
1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss tlW' matter.
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Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Matt Matthews, DWQ Wetlands and Stormwater Branch Manager
Jim Compton, ESP Associates, P.A., 14001 Weston Parkway, Suite 100, Cary, NC 27513
Filename: 081814CORaleighHouseCreekGreenway(W ake)On_Hold
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