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Michael F. Easley
Governor
William G. Ross, Jr., Secretary
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Division of Water Quality
DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY
March 12, 2001 v?\ ?x
Memorandum To: John Dorney
From: Todd St. John
Subject: Old Stage Golf Course
Wake County
DWQ# 001116
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I have reviewed the March 5, 2001 comments from Mr. Spangler. I will comment on his point no. 1
since I am not familiar with any other part of this project.
I think that we should require a plan to repair the project as part of the modification to the existing
permit requested by the applicant. I do not feel that we should issue a modification to the 401 without
addressing this issue. The reason we are seeking a repair plan is that Wake County's Erosion and
Sediment Control Program determined that excessive erosion was occurring in the relocated reach. A
field visit was conducted on June 12, 2000 that included representatives from Wake County, WRP,
DWQ, the Stream Restoration Institute and the applicant (including Mr. Spangler). To my recollection,
all, except for the applicant's representatives (apparently) agreed that the constructed channel was
failing as documented in the file. Mr. Spangler included an "Action Requested" list. I will address his
list by number: 1) The relocated stream is down-cutting and the banks are actively failing. Therefore,
there is obviously a problem with the design and/or construction. Properly designed stream
restorations/relocations may experience some erosion or down cutting in specific areas. These
problems should be addressed before the problems intensify. In this situation, the erosion and down
cutting was occurring over most of the relocated channel, indicating a more pervasive problem. 2)
This Office certainly intends to address the need to repair (including redesign) the existing channel
and to develop new monitoring requirements as part of any 401 WQC modification. It will be the
applicant's burden to determine why the stream relocation project is failing and to propose a remedy
that is based on natural channel design techniques that meet the definition of stream restoration
contained in the General Water Quality Certification no. 3257.3) and 4) This Office shall certainly
coordinate with both the USACE and Wake County to ensure that adequate repairs are performed
and maintained. Although we anticipate that the agencies will fully cooperate with one another on this
project, each agency will be responsible to ensure compliance with its own rules.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 401 Wetlands Certification Unit,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650 (Mailing Address)
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260 (Location)
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