20110286 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20131206

FWA
AMEN
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Pat McCrory Water Quality Programs
Governor Thomas A. Reeder
Director
December 6, 2013
Edward F. and Natalie Safee
2748 West Club Boulevard
Lake Toxaway, North Carolina. 28747
Subject: Request for More Information
401 Water Quality Certification
Safee Stream Restoration and Sediment Removal
DWQ Project # 2011 -0286 Ver. 2
Transylvania County
Response Deadline: December 30, 2013
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Safee:
John E. Skvada, III
Secretary
The Division of Water Resources (DWR) has performed a preliminary review of a 401 Water Quality
Certification application submitted for the above referenced property. Additional information will be required
in order to complete the review process.
Please provide the following information so that we may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Application Item B. 3. d. requests a purpose for your project. In part, you have stated that
boulder weirs to trap sediment is, in part, the purpose for your project. In stream treatment for an
"out of stream" pollution source is the least desirable of options when there is the opportunity to
capture sediments before it enters the waterway. You must re- evaluate all "out of stream"
sediment management options in your alternatives analysis prior to pursuing any form of in-
stream treatment.
2. Application Item -B. 3. e: requests the project be- described in detail: - During a -site visit --by -Kevin
Barnett and Jeff Menzel of the Asheville Regional Office, it was discussed with your onsite
contractor that there were wetlands contained within the parcel of land. There is no request for
wetlands to be converted to open waters. Additionally, Application Item C. 2. indicates no
request for wetland impacts. You must obtain the services of a qualified professional to perform
a wetland delineation on this property. The application shall then be modified to reflect all
necessary impacts to wetlands in the application, and provide how you minimize all impacts to
waters /wetlands through the project planning process.
Location: 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone- 828 - 29845001 FAX: [phone]
Internet www.ncwaterqualdy.org
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3. In the plans attached to the application, it is referenced that portions of the stream channel bank
will be lined with stone, the restored stream bottom will include rip -rap, and in- stream structures
are proposed. No reference stream data was provided to show the appropriate dimensional area
of the designed stream channel, nor the stream substrate size distribution for any constructed
riffle segments. All restored channel features must be based on a reference reach of an
undisturbed stream of the same drainage area size and located in the same physiographic
province, and be based on Natural Channel Design concepts. You must provide reference reach
calculations in order to justify the proposed restoration channel characteristics.
Please provide your response in writing to the addresses below prior to December 30, 2013. Four copies of the
required information should be provided to the 401 and Buffer Permitting Unit at:
Ms. Karen Higgins
401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650
and a single copy to the Asheville Regional Office at:
Kevin Barnett
Water Quality Regional Operations
2090 US HWY 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
If we do not hear from you by the deadline, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and
we will consider the project withdrawn.
This letter only addresses the preliminary application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands,
waters or protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your application are not
authorized (at this time) by the DWR. Please call Kevin Barnett (828) 296 -4657, if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water - Quality Regional Operations-
Asheville Regional Office
cc: Terry Allen, T.E. Allen Engineering PC
Post Office Box 103, Rosman, NC 28772
Gray Hauser - Division of Energy, Minerals, and Land Resources
David Brown - US Army Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
David McHenry - North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Karen Higgins — Wetlands and Buffer Permitting Unit
Transylvania County Planning
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