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A public hearing will be held for the purpose of reviewing public comment and additional information for the Yadkin-
Pee Dee Rover Project for the Tillery and Blewett Falls Reservoirs.
Received 07/31/2007 via Interoffice
FYI issue for Bill Ross
Issued 07/28/2007 by John Dorney of NCDENR -Division of Water Quality
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July 28, 2007
CERTIFIED MAIL -RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Larry Mann
Progress Energy
179 Tillery Dam Road
Mt. Gilead, NC 27306
Dear Mr. Mann:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
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RE: Public Hearing for the Yadkin -Pee Dee River Project (FERC No. 2206-030) for the Tillery and Blewett
Falls Reservoirs
DWQ # 2003-0147, version 2
Montgomery County
The purpose of this letter is to inform you and other interested parties, that the Director of the Division
of Water Quality has decided to hold a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing public comment and
additional information for the proposed Yadkin -Pee Dee River Project (FERC No. 2206-030) for the Tillery
and Blewett Falls Reservoirs in Richmond, Stanly, Anson and Montgomery Counties in accordance with 15A
NCAC 2H .0504. DWQ staff are working to locate an appropriate, nearby place for the hearing and we will
inform you of the place and time of the hearing once those details are determined. We plan to hold one public
hearing and will announce the details of that hearing in local papers and to our 401 Certification mailing list as
well as our listserve once those details have been determined.
As you know, this decision of the Director effectively places this project on hold although staff will
continue to review the application. The public notice must be posted in a local paper at least 30 days before
the date of the hearing and the hearing record will remain open for an additional 30 days after the hearing.
Therefore, our 60 day clock for completing review of your application will restart from the day of the hearing.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 919-733-9646 or Steve Kroeger at 919-733-9726.

Cc:
William J. Ross, Secretary, DENR
Susan Massengale, DWQ
Chuck Wakild, DWQ
Belinda Henson, DWQ Fayetteville Regional Office
Mike Lawyer, DWQ Fayetteville Regional Office
Steve Kroeger, DWQ
J. Adam Riggsbee, Restoration Systems, LLC, 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 211, Raleigh, NC 27604
Honorable Gene McLaurin, Mayor, City of Rockingham, 514 Rockingham Rd., Rockingham, NC 28379
Monty Crump, City Manager, City of Rockingham, 514 Rockingham Rd., Rockingham, NC 28379
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Hope Taylor-Guevara, Clean Water For NC, Yadkin Pee Dee River Trail Association, 2209 Chapel Hill
Road, Durham, NC 27707
Julie Gantenbein, Natural Heritage Institute, 100 Pine Street, Suite
Gerrit Jobsis, Director of Southeast Conservation, American Rivers,
Columbia, SC 29205
Jim Mead, NC Division of Water Resources
Todd Ewing, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Marc Bernstein, NC Attorney General's Office
Phil Lucas, Progress Energy, P.O. Box 1551, Raleigh, NC 27602
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