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Johnson, Alan
From:Kelly Thames <kelly@cws-inc.net>
Sent:Thursday, April 07, 2016 12:48 PM
To:Shaeffer, David L SAW
Cc:Gregg Antemann; Johnson, Alan
Subject:Re: SAW-2016-00481 Quail Hollow Country Club, Course Redesign (Initial Incomplete)
Attachments:QuailHollow_REVJD_4.7.16.pdf
Hi David,
We met on site yesterday afternoon with Alan, and we all filled out stream forms together. Doing
forms together, we called the upper portion out. The jurisdictional portion scored the same as
originally submitted.
Attached is a PDF illustrating the revised JD map some additional data points and photo points, which
are also attached. Per a comment from Alan, Photograph C in the attachment is the "best looking
part of this stream." Alan do you have anything to add to that?
Also, yes the coordinates are incorrect, however, the correct ones are 35.112315, -80.844985, which
should put you right about where Photograph D was taken per the revised JD map. I apologize for
that mistake.
I owe you some more information about the purpose and need...and will get that to you as soon as I
can once I get the appropriate information.
Let me know if you still would like to visit the site as we would have to coordinate with the course
superintendent.
Thanks!
Kelly
On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Shaeffer, David L SAW <David.L.Shaeffer@usace.army.mil> wrote:
Greg/Kelly,
On March 7, 2016, we received your application for a Department of the Army permit to place fill material
into waters of the U.S. to facilitate the redesign of a golf course in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina. We have assigned the project the reference number SAW-2016-00481. Please cite this reference
number in the subject line of all correspondence with us concerning this project. I will be the project manager
processing this application. I have completed the initial review of the application and it is incomplete. The
following is necessary before I can proceed with processing your application:
a. In accordance with 2012 Nationwide Permit General Condition 31(b)(3), your pre-construction notification
must include a description of the proposed project and the project's purpose. The description should be
sufficiently detailed to allow the district engineer to determine that the adverse effects of the project will be
minimal and to determine the need for compensatory mitigation. The stated purpose of the project is "... to
make improvements for six holes within the existing golf course for the PGA Championship that Quail Hollow
Country Club is hosting in August 2017". The application also states that six of the holes within the golf
course require a redesign in order to meet the standards for the upcoming PGA Championship. I have reviewed
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the plans submitted with the application and aerial imagery of the stream. The streams appears to be located in
a wooded area between two existing grassed fairways. In is unclear, from the plans submitted and the project
description, why the course cannot be redesigned to completely avoid this stream. Please submit a set of plans
that clearly shows how the entire course would be reconfigured and provide a detailed description of why this
stream cannot be avoided.
b. In accordance with Wilmington District regional general condition 3.2 of the 2012 Nationwide Permit,
compensatory mitigation is required for any NWP that results in a loss of more than 150 linear feet of
perennial and/or ephemeral/intermittent stream to compensate for more than minimal individual and
cumulative adverse impacts to the aquatic environment. Please submit a proposal to compensate for the loss of
the stream. Generally speaking, lower quality streams requires a compensatory mitigation ratio of 1:1 or less.
The compensatory mitigation proposal should be based on the functions currently being provided by the stream
and the likely functions that would be provided through the compensatory mitigation proposal/project.
Also, the following errors in the application should be corrected:
a. The geographic coordinate found throughout the application are incorrect.
b. You state in the drawings and the application that the upstream end of Stream A would be permitted as
acreage. This is not correct. Streams impacts should be quantified using linear footage and cubic yards below
OHWM. Wetlands should be quantified using acreage or square footage. Impoundments of waters
(ponds/lakes) should be quantified using acreage or square footage and cubic yards below OHWM. It is helpful
to provide the area of stream loss in cases where the impacts are close to the 0.5 acre loss threshold under the
NWP program (very rare).
Please submit the required information within 30-days from the date of this correspondence. If you do not
submit this information with 30-days your application will be administratively canceled. Cancellation of your
application does not preclude you from reopening the application at a later time, provided you submit the
information requested above. If you have any question please contact me via e-mail at
david.l.shaeffer@usace.army.mil or by telephone at (704) 510-1437.
Sincerely,
David L. Shaeffer
Project Manager/Geographer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Charlotte Regulatory Satellite Office
Mobile: 704-619-8961
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Kelly Thames, PWS
Project Manager
Carolina Wetland Services, Inc.
550 E. Westinghouse Blvd.
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Charlotte, NC 28273
Direct: 704-996-9986
Office: 704-527-1177
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