20130230 Ver 3_More Info Received_20160413

Montalvo, Sheri A
From: Johnson, Alan
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:07 AM
To: Montalvo, Sheri A
Subject: FW: SAW -2016-00481 Quail Hollow Country Club, Course Redesign (Initial
Incomplete)
Attachments: SAW2016-00481_QuailHollow_Response_4.11.16.pdf
Please place in laserfisch and print a hard copy if needed.
Additional infor for 13-0230V3, Mecklenburg, Quail Hollow
From: Kelly Thames [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 1:07 PM
To: Shaeffer, David L SAW <[e-mail]>
Cc: Gregg Antemann <[e-mail]>; Johnson, Alan <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: SAW -2016-00481 Quail Hollow Country Club, Course Redesign (Initial Incomplete)
Good Afternoon David,
Please see the attached letter in response to your Initial Incomplete email dated April 5 for the Quail Hollow
permit application.
Our client has an extremely tight turnaround time to start construction in May and have it completed by this
time next year for the PGA tournament. Any consideration for this timeline would be greatly appreciated.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Kelly
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 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(cr�,usace.army.mil or by telephone at [phone].
Sincerely,
David L. Shaeffer
Project Manager/Geographer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Charlotte Regulatory Satellite Office
Mobile: [phone]
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