20240691 Ver 1__External_ RE_ Request for Additional Information - DWR# 20240691 - Bongarten Waterfront Project_20240710

Baker, Caroline D
From: [e-mail]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 9:01 AM
To: Thomas, Zachary T
Cc: [e-mail]; 'Harmon, Richard G CIV SAW'
Subject: [External] RE: Request for Additional Information - DWR# 20240691 - Bongarten
Waterfront Project
CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless verified. Report suspicious emails with the Report Message
button located on your Outlook menu bar on the Home tab.
Hi Mr Thomas,
Thanks again for taking my call yesterday and below please find response to your email
1. Work done to date — limited to removal of the existing boathouse due to its disrepair and safety concerns. No
other work has been performed. We had a structural engineer evaluate the boathouse originally and it was
deemed unusable and a hazard. The owner and myself were fearful of this structure falling either into lake or
onto neighboring property as this is on the edge of a cove so the waves here have some high impact. In addition
the neighbor at that time was removing his trees in the buffer zone and preparing to install new seawall and
docks adjacent to the property line. As you may see in the pictures provided with my application the base of the
structure had multiple block courses separating and leaning. We dismantled when we had a large enough
machine onsite prior building the house. Logistically, once the house foundations were erected, we could no
longer get a large machine to the waterfront from our property to dismantle safely. We appreciate your
understanding.
2. Surface Waters Impacts
a. Boathouse- we are going back into the same footprint of prior boathouse which is 14'x24' = 336 square
feet
b. Seawall- the corrugated system is 1ft front to back and we have 44 lineal feet of wall system being 2 ft
vertical in water. So 44 square feet as a horizontal section and 88 square feet profile.
c. RipRap- yes existing will remain, due to install of seawall we will place new rip rap on right side = 20
square feet
d. Dock — there is a new dock over water on the interior of the boathouse covered by roof. Total new
covered dock = 90 square feet
3. Riparian Buffer Impacts
a. Boathouse- 336 square feet
b. Seawall- 44 Square feet. note: we do have temporary impacts to install wall tie backs which is the 14
square feet I listed in PCN.
c. Riprap- new rip rap = zone 1- 20 square feet
d. Walkway -Zone 1 = 3ft W x 30ft long = 90 square feet. Zone 2 = 3ft W x 20ft long= 60 square feet
Please let me know if any further clarifications and will respond immediately in efforts of getting this approved. We look
forward to minimize any further impacts or erosions and getting the seawall installed will help.
Thanks
Shaun Liggett
Concept Contracting and Design LLC
Aviator Woodwork LLC

1213 Rocky Point Lane
Durham NC 27712
[phone]
From: Thomas, Zachary T <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 4:28 PM
To: shaun liggett <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]; Harmon, Richard G CIV SAW <[e-mail]>
Subject: Request for Additional Information - DWR# 20240691 - Bongarten Waterfront Project
Hello,
I have reviewed the submitted application for the Bongarten Waterfront Protect (DWR# 20240691). Your application is
considered incomplete, and I require additional information before I can proceed. Please provide a response to this
request within 30 days. This project will be considered on hold until a response is received.
• DWR received a complaint that work had already began on -site. A collegue performed a site visit to invesitage
and it appears that work on the dock and boat house had already begun. Work in surface waters and riparian
buffer areas should not begin until all approvals have been obtained or are considered deemed allowable
acitivites under the Table of Uses. Please describe the work that has occurred onsite to date.
The submitted application only requests impacts to the Tar -Pamlico Riparian Buffer. However, impact maps
indicate that work is propoed along the shoreline and in the lake iteself to install a seawall, riprap, boathouse,
and dock.
o Please provide the square footage impact amounts to surface waters for each of the following impacts:
■ Boat House: SF (Is the new boathouse expanding from the existing footprint?)
Seawall: SF
Riprap: SF (Riprap was not indicated in your PCN but appears on the impact maps. Is it
existing?)
Dock: SF (Is the dock expanding from the existing footprint?)
• The submitted application indicates impacts to the riparian buffer, but the PCN amounts do not appear to match
those in the provided impact map.
o Please confirm the following riparian buffer impact amounts:
■ Boat House: SF — Zone 1 (Is the new boathouse expanding from the existing footprint?)
■ Seawall: SF (full length x width amount)
■ Riprap: SF — Zone 1 (Riprap was not indicated in your PCN but appears on the impact
maps. Is it existing?)
■ Walkway: SF —Zone 1 & SF — Zone 2 (The width appears to be 3 feet wide, but
impact maps do not show the length. Please provide the SF of impact in Zone 1 & Zone 2
seperately)
If you have any questions or would like to discuss via a phone call, please let me know.
Thank you,
Zach Thomas
Environmental Program Consultant, Division of Water Resources
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Office: [phone]
[e-mail]

Raleigh Regional Office
1628 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1628
Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law
and may be disclosed to third parties.
Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized
state official.