20070070 Ver 6_More Info Letter_20080108

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
January 8, 2008
Bryce Mendenhall
Franklin County Public Utilities
5 West Mason Street
Franklinton, NC 27525-0685
Subject Property: Louisburg Plaza Sewer
Wolfpen Creek [030301, 28-27, C, NSW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Mendenhall:
DWQ Project # 07-0070, Ver. 6
Franklin County
On January 3, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated January 2,
2008, to permanently impact 0.786 acres of 404/wetland, and 0.00 square feet (ft2) of Zone 1 of the Tar-
Pamlico River basin protected riparian buffers and 0.00 square feet (ft2) of Zone 2 of the Tar-Pamlico
River basin protected riparian buffers, to construct sewer line improvements at the site. The DWQ has
determined that your application was incomplete and/or provided inaccurate information as discussed
below. The DWQ will require additional information in order to process your application to impact
protected wetland, streams and/or buffers on the subject property. Therefore, unless we receive the
additional information requested below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as
required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 and 2B .0233(8) and will place this project on hold as incomplete until
we receive this additional information. Please provide the following information so that we may continue
to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
As you probably know, DWQ's rules require that we certify that the project will not result in
"cumulative impacts, based on past or reasonably anticipated future impacts, that cause or will
cause a violation of downstream water quality standards" NCAC 2H .0506(b)(4). In reviewing
your plans, it appears installation of this sewer project is in response to additional growth within
several tracts. With respect to cumulative impacts, the Preconstruction Notification (PCN -
Section XIV, of the March 2005 version) form for the project asks,
"Will this project (based on past and reasonably anticipated future impacts) result in additional
development which could impact nearby downstream water quality? If yes, please submit a
qualitative or quantitative cumulative impact analysis in accordance with the most recent North
Carolina Division of Water Quality policy posted on our website at:
http: //h20. enr. state. nc. us/ncwetl ands/documents/InterimInternalPo 1 icyCumulativeImpact. doc
Although, you have not addressed this question within your submitted PCN, in reviewing your
plans, it appears installation of this sewer project is in response to additional growth within
several tracts, therefore, there may be additional wetland and stream impacts in order to develt~
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these parcels and the stormwater from these developments have the may cause a violation of
downstream water. quality standards.
Therefore, we will place this project on hold for incomplete information until the cumulative
impacts of this project are adequately addressed. Alternatively, one way to address this concern
is to have the Town of Louisburg commit to requiring on-site stormwater management measures
(such as level spreaders, bioretention or constructed wetlands) for the additional development
when those parcels are developed. However, the Division is open to other approaches that would
give us the assurance that downstream water quality would be protected from the cumulative
impacts of this project.
Please submit this information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter. If we do not receive this
requested information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter, your project will be withdrawn
and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee.
This letter only addresses the 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 DWQ. Please call Ms. Cyndi Karoly or Mr. Ian McMillan at 919-733-
1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discus this matter.
Sincerely,
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Bxpress Review Permits Unit
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cc: Elizabeth Scherrer, EcoScience Corporation, 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27604
Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Central Files
Filename: 070070Ver6LouisburgPlazaSewer(Frank) in)On_Hold