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Division of Water Quality
April 17, 2008
DWQ Project # 08-0326
Craven County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
#7007 3020 0001 8861 7172
Stillwater Investment Group, LLC.
Attn: Andy Bayliss
2851 Trent Road
New Bern, NC 28562
Subject Property: Stillwater Harbor
Brices Creek, 030410, 27-101-40-(7), NSW, SC, Sw
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Bayliss:
On February 19, 2008 the Division of Water Quality (DWQ} received your application dated
December 3, 2007, to impact 56,090 acres of waters and an unspecified amount of protected
riparian buffers to construct the proposed 641ot residential subdivision and a 100 slip marina.
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:
1. Wetland Impacts
The information submitted with this project indicates there are wetlands on this site that
will be directly affected by this project. Please provide documentation from the US Army
Corps of Engineers indicating that there are wetlands on the property and quantify the
amount of impacts, in acreage, that you are proposing.
2. Neuse Riparian Buffer Impacts
Please quantify the amount of square footage per zone of the riparian buffer that you
propose to impact with accesses to the marina slips.
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3. Shoreline Stabilization
Please provide purpose and need for shoreline stabilization. Your project proposes to place
a shoreline stabilizing structure 2 feet waterwazd of the NWL in excess of 69001ineaz feet.
The shoreline is currently vegetated with no obvious signs of erosion. The bulkhead project
proposes to cut off and fill two areas designated as coastal marsh and another azea of
freshwater wetland as well as extensive impacts to the Neuse Riparian Buffer.
4. Entrance Channel to Brices Creek
The information provided with the application indicates that a portion of the entrance
channel from Brices Creek has depths that do not exceed -2.8 feet. There aze twenty-four
slips that measure 15' X 40'. Please provide information indicating how the applicant
proposes to get vessels large enough to utilize these slips through the entrance channel.
Please respond in writing to the DWQ within four weeks of the date of this letter to with the
requested information. If we do not hear from you within four weeks, we will assume that you no
longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
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 Kyle Barnes of the Washington
Regional Office at 252-948-3917 or Ian McMillan of the DWQ Central Office at 919-733-1786
if you have any questions regazding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
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Al Hodge/Supervisor
Division of Water Quality
Surface Water Protection
Washington Regional Office
cc: 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit
USACE Washington Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Central Files
CAMA: Doug Hugget/Morehead
Filename: 08-0326