20071579 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080718

?QF VVAT?c9Q Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
co 7 North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
July 18, 2008
DWQ Project # 07-1579
Northampton County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Gary Brown
NC Center for Automotive Research
P.O. Box 685
Jackson, NC 27845
Subject Property: NC Center for Automotive Research
Authur's Creek [030208, 23-28, C]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Brown:
On September 18, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated
September 14, 2007, and on October 15, 2007, the DWQ received your Public Notice issued by
the USACE on October 12, 2007, and additional information received on May 28, 2008 and June
27, 2008, to fill or otherwise permanently impact 2.94 acres of 404/wetlands, temporarily impact
0.076 acres of 404/wetlands, permanently impact 130 linear feet of perennial stream, temporarily
impact 84 linear feet of stream, and permanently impact 0.47 acres of Isolated Wetlands, to
construct the proposed automotive research facility. 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
wetlands and/or streams on the subject property. Therefore, unless we receive five copies of the
additional information requested below, we will place this project on hold as incomplete until we
receive this additional information. If we do not receive the requested information, your project
will be formally returned as incomplete. Please provide the following information so that we
may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
1. According to your NC EEP wetland mitigation credits acceptance letter your
authorization has expired. Please provide documentation from the NC EEP indicating
their willingness to accept your request to purchase wetland mitigation credit to
mitigate for the proposed wetland impacts listed in your application.
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will be withdrawn and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee.
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] / FAX [phone] / Internet: httn //h2o enr state nc us/newetlands
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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 discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
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Kim Williams, LMG, P.O. Box 2522, Wilmington, NC 28402
Filename: 071579NC_Ce nterForAu tomotiveResearc h(North a m pton)On_Hold3
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Jackson, NC 27845
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