20061901 Ver 1_Notice of Withdrawal_20070928

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)1JEQNARD S~ RiNDNER, PWS
Envronnrc:ntal Planning Consultant 3714 Spokeshave I..ane
Professional Wetland ticiendst t4lattfiewsY NC 28105
I.arrd Planning `l~etc*. (704) 5-04-2277
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Asheviklc Rc~;ulatory Field Qf~~ice
C.1.S. Army Corps of Engineers D~NR•WATERQUALITY
1 Sl Patton Ave., Rraorta ?{.~~ WE7lANOSAI4DSTORMWATERBRANCH
Ashcvilke, NC" 2K~{)l-5C)t)6
Re: Versant Subtlivisiou located <-n l3uird Cove Rord, Norttr of'N'crodfin
F3uncombe County, Nrrrtlr C'ar•oiina
'~'Withdra~vai of lnciividtral .Permit Applieatiot~
C)e4rr t,ori:
Versant has conducted an extensiti~e prt~jeet re~~ie~v anif is rcckmtiguring its Project to
sub5tirntially re;tfuce impircts tr> jurisdictirinak waters. As it resukt ot'this reconfiguration,
Versant is withdrawing its irpplicatiorr fc~r an Individual drecl~e and fill permit. Versant
exkaects that the reeonfrgrtrc~l project will qualify tirr 1'`Jaton~vide Permit ?~ status, and
wikk Provide the required notices once its submittal dacument~: arc camPlete.
In connection with the Project rcvic~~~, Versant lras sur~~eyed strearra crossings where
crushed pipe was repaired. Versatrt has comparrd the stream impacts ok' the repaired
crossings witkr ttte stream iraapacts of'the. pre-existing 1+~~;,~ing rcratk crcassin~;s {identified
by ::ureey dated Miry ifi, 2C)t){)j. dice attached corlrptrrisr~n diagr~rm prepared lay C)Itlham
Plirnnir;g and L7esigrr using data comkailc~l tram tyre `'{)t}() survey itnd field information
Provided by C'ivi! k7esign C'crneepts. t also attactrcef arr aerial photogra~ih thin ,haws the.
extensive. lrggirig road rrct~~'cjrk t:xistirr~ prier to siic work undertaken by Versant.
Thu results of the comparison irrc sumriraried itr the table heft~ty.
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'~ t)ebar;rn I~evelopnrent C"anapany, lnc. (predecessor to ~'er>z"rnt f'ropcrties, t.t,C') provided preconsirucrion
notice and obtained NWt' 3 auttr~.~rization (Action [D. ?OOS330t'it)) fnr work at this I<x;ation. A cic•rcal
mivtake authorized 7S linear tier rather t.iran the pre-existing ~:~ linear tee{.
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Versant undertcu~k the repair and rehabilitation o1~ crushed pipe at five pre-existing road
crossings. A sixth crossing at Area Location 6 has nr,t vet required repair and there are
no Plans to do so at this tints.
-1'he engineer who oversaw this repair work is no longer with Versant, but scans to have
authorised the repair activity without understanding that pre-utnstruction noti~tication is
required fir all stream crossing repair work in E3uncombe County, and that no more than
minor deviations front pre-existing stream crossings arc allowed under NWP 3. Versant
recognizes that it will he necessary to obtain an after-the tact penttit fiat all repair wnrk
{other than a portion of Arca LOCation I) and that the additional 4fi linear feet of impacts
at Arca Locations I and 5 ~~-ill need to be. acklressed under NWP ~9. Front field review it
appears that the additional impacts at Arca Locations I and 5 occurred because the
engineer cxcreiscd ticld judgment to address existing stream crosion. The ten feet of
total increased stream impacts to the crossings at Area l.~ocations 2 and 3 appear to he
minor deviations which likely would he otherwise pennittcd under NWP 3 had the proper
notices been made. Versant intends to request after the fact permit status titr this work in
connection with its NW'P _'9 pre-construction notice for the. reconfigured project
ha ~ and! questions. please e1o not hesitate to contact me.
S
cn I~tindner
Cc: Cyndi Karoly (NCDENR DWQ)
Ian McMillan (NCDf:NR D~~1~Q}
Kevin [iarnett (NCDENIZ DWQ)
Rohcrt Ricltey (Versant)
Reih E3ailey (O)ldham Planning and Design)
William Toole, Esq. (Ilohinson, I3ratlshaw)

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NOTES:
1. xx LF (yy LF) REFLECTS LOGGING ROAD STREAM CROSSING IMPACTS REFLECTED IN THE SURVEY
PREPARED BY WEBB A. MORGAN & ASSOCIATES, DATED MAY 1 b, 2000, AS COMPARED TO
(SURVEYED FIELD CONDITIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2007).
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Oldham Planning & Design STREAM IMPACTS
1415 S. Church Street ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO DATE
suite i ~ 1 "=1000' 10-01-07
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