20120270 Ver 1_More Info Received_20120321 (2)

REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF
CESAW- RG(1145 -b)
DEPARTMENT OF YHE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 28403 -1343
20 March 2012
MEMORANDUM FOR Commanding Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Leleune
Attn Mr John R Townson, Director, Environmental Management, PSC Box 20004, Camp
Lejeune North Carolina 28542 -0004
SUBJECT Action ID No SAW 2010 01797 Department of the Army permit request
1 The US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has received the Marine Corps Base
Camp Leleune's application for Department of the Army (DA) authorization to construct a
Maintenance Hangar P683/P687, Parking Structure, and airfield Service Roads on Marine Corps
Air Station New River which is projected in total to impact 2 81 acres of jurisdictional wetlands
and 207 linear feet of stream channel
2 The file number assigned to your application is SAW 2010 -01797 Pursuant to the
requirements of 33 CFR 325 2 the Corps has reviewed the application and has found it to be
incomplete for issuing a Public Notice According to the same citation `the application must
include a complete description of the proposed activity including necessary drawings, sketches,
or plans sufficient for public notice (detailed engineering plans and specifications are not
required) ' The current package has a large amount of information (aerials soils and topo
mapping) covered which limits the information to give a clear understanding of the nature and
magnitude of the activity to generate meaningful comment" The Corps considered generating
alternative maps (readily available from public mapping sources) of the same scale to
supplement the public notice but felt these would not provide a clear understanding of the
activity since they would lack the project overlay Please eliminate the covered sections of the
application
3 The application states that the proposed impact would require mitigation and that the current
mitigation option would be to use the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program
( NCEEP) In order to have a complete application, please show that the NCEEP is able to
provide mitigation for the unavoidable impacts through their acceptance letter
4 The public notice needs to be clear to generate public comments Currently figure 4 shows
potential impact to several streams beyond what is cross hatched on figure 5 It appears that a
stream impact may be expected north of W2 as part of the roadway, another stream impact to the
surface water emptying into W3, and finally a surface water impact emptying into W5 The
current mapping shows potential impacts based on the blue line symbol What is not clear is
which of these features are or are not jurisdictional'? If the features are not truly jurisdictional as
depicted please correct the aforementioned figures
MAR 2 1 2012
DENR WAS ROUALITY
nMVS AND STORMWATER BRANCH

CESAW- RG(1145 b) 20 March 2012
SUBJECT Action ID No SAW 2010 01797, Department of the Army permit request
5 The following comments are not necessary for the issuance of the public notice but will need
to be addressed during processing of the permit
a The application states that Section 10 impacts are expected, where are these
section 10 impacts?
b Where would the source of fill for the protect originate from?
c Cross section drawings will be necessary of the impact areas
d Utilities are discussed in the body of the application please show where the
utilities run within the project area
e Regarding avoidance and minimization could the future squadron warehouse be
oriented east west which would allow for the hanger to move further south thus
minimizing impacts further If impacts can be reduced to below 0 5 acre of
wetlands and 300 linear feet of stream a nationwide permit may be available for
use
6 Mr Brad Shaver of my Regulatory Division is responsible for processing your application If
you have any questions or comments concerning this correspondence please call Mr Shaver at
(910) 2514611
CF
NCDENR Division of Water Quality
Webscape Unit
Attn Mr Ian McMillan
1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1650
NCDENR Division of Water Quality
Attn Ms Joanne Steenhuis 127 (electronic copy)
NCDENR Division of Coastal Management
Attn Mr Stephen Rynas (electronic copy)
Martin Korenek
USMC Camp Lejeune (electronic copy)
Dial Cordy and Associates
Attn Mr Jason Evert (electronic copy)
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STEVEN A BAKER
Colonel, EN
Commanding