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Dennison, Laurie
From: Johnson, Alan
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:21 AM
To: Dennison, Laurie
Subject: FW: Enclave Pond and Use of NWP3
Laurie can you place a hole..."more info"
Thns
AJ
From: Hinson, Isaac [maiIto: [e-mail]. nc.us]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 3:14 PM
To: 'Jones, Amanda D SAW'
Cc: Johnson, Alan; Chapin, Stephen SAW
Subject: RE: Enclave Pond and Use of NWP3
That's OK. I knew this would be iffy. I'll discuss it internally than coordinate with Steve and Alan. Thanks for the
clarification.
Isaac
From: Jones, Amanda D SAW [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 2:11 PM
To: Hinson, Isaac
Cc: Johnson, Alan; Chapin, Stephen SAW
Subject: Enclave Pond and Use of NWP3
Isaac,
I've reviewed the application materials submitted and the email exchanges to date. Based upon my
understanding of the project, I don't think this project can qualify for a NWP#3. The main reason being that the
dam appears to have been breached to get more usable lots and for the area to `re-naturalize' not due to a
degraded dam that was damaged during a storm event. The NWP#3 authorizes dam maintenance/rehab within a
2-year window from the breach event due to storm/floods in which we would not count wetland/stream impacts
from what has formed in the bottom of the pond during that 2-year window toward permitting thresholds and
potentially mitigation.
So it appears that the only NWP that may work would be a NWP#39 but that of course has a `/z acre of
wetland/300' stream limit. I'm assuming impacts to wetlands will exceed a half so unless impacts can be
reduced to % or less then the only other option appears to be an IP. With either of these permit scenarios,
mitigation would be required.
If there is some question as to the delineation, we should come out and take a look to verify that. Pond bottoms
are tricky so there may be some marginal areas that could thrown out that may reduce impacts. I'm going to
leave that call up to you and Steve Chapin since I'm going to be out of the office the next six weeks.
I'm here until 4pm then start my six-week hiatus but you can reach me via email.
Amanda Jones
Regulatory Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
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