20061949 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20070531

~~(~F W'4TFRQG Michael F. Easley, Governor
~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
U1 rte' North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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() ~ Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
May 31, 2007
DWQ Project # 2006-1949
Franklin County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Joe Procopio
Imperial Homes
3200 Wellington Court
Raleigh, NC 27615
Subject Property: Holden Farm Subdivision (Formerly Brookefield Subdivision, Lot 45-
Youngsville, NC
UT to Brandy Creek [28-29-3-(1), B, NSW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Procopio:
On December 14, 2006, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit
received your Major Variance dated December 18, 2006 which was approved by the Water Quality
Committee on January 10, 2007 regarding your request for a Major Variance from the Tar-Pamlico Buffer
Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0259) for the subject property. On May 4, 2007 DWQ received your rain garden
and buffer restoration plan dated May 3, 2007.
Additional information. will be required before we can proceed with issuing your variance request.
Therefore, unless additional information is provided as described below, we will have to move toward
denial of your request per 15A NCAC 2B .0259 and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we
receive this additional information.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Please provide a planting plan for the bioretention cell that accurately locates and represents the plan
material on the drawling. Representation of the plant material should be to scale and depicted at the
mature width or spread.
2. Please specify an appropriate P-index (10-20) for the bioretention fill media in your soil specification.
3. Please consider replacing the perennial plants you have specified for the bioretention cells with plants
that do not require wetland conditions. A list of plants that the DWQ considers to be appropriate for
bioretention areas can be found in Chapter 12 the new draft Stormwater BMP Manual (available on
the DWQ Stormwater Unit web page). Please bear in mind that the Operation and Maintenance
Agreement requires replacement of plants that do not survive in the bioretention cell.
Please respond in writing within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this
information to me and to Mike Horan of the DWQ Raleigh Regional Office. If we do not hear from you
in writing within three weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue your variance request
Noo~thCarolina
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit (~t~(j'a~~jJ
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: httn://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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Joe Procopio
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May 31, 2007
and we will consider the request as withdrawn. Please call Ms. Cyndi Karoly or Ms. Amy Chapman of
this office at [phone] if you have any questions.
erely
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 OversightBxpress Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Mike Horan, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
S&EC; Attn: Nicole Macaluso; 11010 Raven Ridge Road; Raleigh, NC 27614
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Filename: 061949BrookfieldSDLot45(Frankl in)On_Hold