20080508 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080408

Michael F. Easley, Governor
OF W ArFq William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
\O~ OG North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
~ Coleen Sullins, Director
`_ Division of Water Quality
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April 8, 2008
CERTIFIED MAIL -RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Dr. Greg Thorpe, PhD., Branch Manager
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27699-1548
Subject: Proposed improvements to US 70 in Rowan County from the Rowan/Iredell County line to SR
1001(Amity Hill Road), State Project No. 8.1631801, TIP R-2911B.
DWQ Project No. 20080508
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
The Division of Water Quality has reviewed your submittal fora 401 Water Quality Certification for the
aforementioned project. Review of your application revealed it lacking necessary information required for making
an informed permit decision. The permit application was deficient in the following areas:
• Impacts at Site 4 are unclear, and do not appear to match the impacts table in Section VI of your
application or the "Wetland Permit Impact Summary" sheet.
• It appears as though impacts at Site 4 may exceed 150 feet to a perennial stream. If this is the case,
mitigation will be required. We require both allocation and commitment of on-site mitigation or a letter
from the NC EEP stating they are willing to accept the mitigation requirement(s).
Therefore, pursuant to 15A NCAC 2H .0507(a)(5), we will have to place the permit application on hold until we are
supplied the necessary information. You have 21 days to respond in writing with the requested information or
notification to this office that the information is forthcoming. If, at the end of the 21 days, this office has not
received this information in writing, we will assume you are withdrawing your application and it will be returned.
Furthermore, until the information is received by the NC Division of Water Quality, we request (by copy of this
letter) that the US Army Corps of Engineers place the permit application on hold.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact David Wainwright at [phone].
.Sincerely,
Coleen Sullins
Director
cc: John Thomas, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
Kathy Matthews, Environmental Protection Agency
Chris Militscher, Environmental Protection Agency
Amy Euliss, DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
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