20141169 Ver 1_On-Hold Letter_20150127

PWAA
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Richard W. Hancock, P.E., Manager
Project Development and Environmental Analysis
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27699 -1598
Donald van der Vaarl
Secretary
January 27, 2015
Subject: Proposed improvements to US 17 from south of Belgrade at SR 1330/SR1439 to the New Bern
Bypass in Onslow, Jones, and Craven Counties, TIP R -2514 B, C, & D.
NCDWR Project No. 20141169
Dear Mr. Hancock:
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
areas:
• Section B — At Site 14, it appears as if the fill impact and excavation impact numbers are
reversed; please verify if the presented impact are correct.
• In the application, Table 1, R- 2514B, the stated subtotal of permanent wetland impacts (9.63
acres) do not total the sum of the impacts presented nor the impacts summary sheet (9.59 acres).
Please verify.
• Section C — The Stormwater Management Plan states that approximately 2/3d' of the project is
located in the Neuse River Basin, which is a riparian buffer basin. However, the plan does not
include a Swale summary table as does Section D. Please forward a summary for this area.
• Section C — There are two sets of impacts for power lines; one has impact sites 1 -5 and the other
has impacts sites 1 -27. Please resolve this discrepancy.
• Section D — At Utility Site I there appears to be power pole /line relocations. The amount of hand
clearing requested seems to be excessive for the proposed activity. Please explain why this
amount of clearing is necessary.
• Section D — At Utility Site 2 the amount of hand clearing proposed seems excessive for the
proposed utility relocation. Pleases explain why this amount of clearing is necessary.
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. Furthermore, until the information is received by the NC
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Division of Water Resources, we request (by copy of this letter) that the US Army Corps of Engineers
place the permit application on hold.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact David Wainwright at (919)
707 -8787 or David. Wainwright @ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
S. Jay Zimmerman, Acting Director
Division of Water Resources
Electronic copy only distribution:
Gordon Cashin, NC Department of Transportation
Tom Steffens, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
Colin Mellor, NC Department of Transportation
Chris Rivenbark, NC Department of Transportation
Dr. Cynthia Van Der Wiele, US Environmental Protection Agency
Steve Sollod, NC Division of Coastal Management
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