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A S S O C I A T E S
August 23, 2000 rF
Mr. John Dorney
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Wetlands Unit 001118
1621 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
PAYMENT
RECEIVED
Dear Mr. Dorney:
RE: Application for Individual Certification
Nationwide Permit 16
Beaver Lake Dredging Project
Buncombe County, North Carolina
On behalf of the Lake View Park Commission, we are herein submitting the enclosed
Pre-Construction Notification Application for an "Individual 401 Certification" for the above
project. This project is eligible for a Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit number 16 to
authorize discharge piping from the proposed upland contained disposal area. A brief project
description is enclosed for your information.
On August 18, 2000 Mr. Mike Parker of the Asheville Regional Office informed our
office that this submittal is required. Our project plans were prepared in accordance with the
Conditions of Certification as contained in the General Certification for NWP 16, dated February
11, 1997, and we presumed by our thorough review of these conditions that an Individual
Certification was therefore not required. We submitted the application for the NWT 16 to the
Asheville Regulatory Field Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on July 10, 2000 with an
anticipated schedule for beginning the actual dredging after September 1. The Corps told us on
August 18 that their permit was ready for issuance, pending comments from the North Carolina
Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC). Staff from the WRC also told us on August 18 that
their comments will be sent during the week of August 21.

This submittal consists of seven (7) copies of the following:
• Executed copy of the "Pre-Constriction Notification Application".
• Project description.
E n g i n e e r i n g • P l a n n i n g • F i n a n c e
McGill Associates, P.A. • P.O. Box 2259, Asheville, NC 28802 • 55 Broad Street, Asheville, NC 28801
828-252-0575 • FAX [phone]

Mr. John Dorney
August 23, 2000
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• Permit application fee of $475.00
• Color copy of USGS quad sheet indicating the project location.
• Location map.
• Plan of proposed outlet structure and discharge pipe.
• Details of proposed construction.
• Color pictures of proposed discharge location and lake/disposal area.
• Copy of our July 10, 2000 transmittal letter to Corps of Engineers.
The grading work began in August, with dredging scheduled in September and final
grading and restoration in October, with a grassed surface by November. We therefore ask that
an expedited review of this application be conducted as soon as possible, as construction has
begun on the upland contained disposal area and dredging could begin in early September,
pending issuance of your certification. We appreciate your attention to this application at your
earliest convenience. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any questions or need any
additional information.
Sincerely,
McGILL ASSOCIATES, PA
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DALE E. PENNELL, P.E., P.L.S.
cc: Jones Byrd, Chairman w/enc
Mike Parker, DWQ w/end
David Baker, Corps of Engineers
2000/00125/LETTERS/JD 18aug0.DOC