20130144 Ver 2_Certified Return Receipt_20130812

NC E R
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory Thomas A. Reeder John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Director Secretary
August 12, 2013
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Clay Willis, Division Environmental Officer, NCDOT, Division 1
113 Airport Road
Edenton, NC 27932
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification Pursuant to Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water for the proposed
emergency beach repair /nourishment along NC 12 in Southern Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
(PINWR) and Mirlo Beach in Dare County.
NCDWQ Project No. 20130144v2
Dear Mr. Willis:
The Division of Water Resources has reviewed your submittal for a 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 area:
• As of this time, an approved environmental document has not been received by the NCDWR. Per 15A NCAC
0 1 C .0 107, the NCDWR cannot make a final permitting decision until an appropriate environmental document
has been received.
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.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact David Wainwright at (919) 807 -6405 or
David. Wainwright @ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Thomas A. Reeder
cc: Tracey Wheeler, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office (electronic copy only)
Cathy Brittingham, Division of Coastal Management (electronic copy only)
Garcy Ward, DWQ Washington Regional Office (electronic copy only)
File Copy
Transportation and Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1650
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
Internet: www.ncwateroualitv.oro
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
NorthCarohna
N%aturall,ff