20030191 Ver 3_Other Agency Comments_20160323

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
March 23, 2016
PAT MCCRORY
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Ms. Myra Hair, Compliance Specialist
Brookfield Renewable Energy Group - Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower
314 Growdon Boulevard
Tallassee, Tennessee 27878
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
11(rec/m
RE: Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. P-2169NC-TN
Shoreline Management Plan Update, Cheoah & L. Tennessee rivers, Graham & Swain counties, N.C.
Dear Ms. Hair:
This letter is in response to your email of February 21, 2016 requesting comments from the North
Carolina Division of Water Resources regarding a February, 2016 draft update to the shoreline
management plan (SMP) for the Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydroelectric Project. The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's (FERC) 03/31/2006 order approving the SMP requires a 10 -year review. The
project lies on the North Carolina -Tennessee boundary; impounds waters of North Carolina within three
of the four reservoirs; and utilizes the flows of the Cheoah and Little Tennessee rivers for hydropower
generation. My only comments are editorial in nature in order to recognize the reorganization of North
Carolina state agencies and to bring to your attention a few minor typographic errors.
The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is now the Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ). Within DEQ the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has been integrated into
the Division of Water Resources (DWR). Consultation regarding the 401 Certification should be directed
to the DWR-401 Unit. Also, the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources is now the Department of Natural
and Cultural Resources. These changes should be addressed on the following pages of the SMP:
• vii; 4-1; 7-6; 7-9; 7-15; 7-20; 7-21; A-6 to A-8; B-5; C-6; C-15; C-27. The other minor typographic
errors are on page 1-1 {"...(FERC ...... 1; and page 2-1 {"...ounties...... 1.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. If necessary, I can be contacted at 919-707-9029.
Sincerely,
Fred R Tarver III
Water Planning Section
ec: Chris Goudreau, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Bryan Tompkins, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Renee Gledhill -Earley, N.C. State Historic Preservation Office
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1611 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919 707 9000