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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20080867 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20081216 W AT F9 QG 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 December 16, 2008 CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Crossroads Development Co. 12400 NC Highway 50 North Willow Spring, NC 27592 DWQ Project # 08-0867, Ver. 2 Johnston County Subject Property: Millstone Ridge Subdivision - AFTER-THE-FACT Ut Hooks Branch - Black Creek [030404, 27-45-4, C, NSW] REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION Dear Sir or Madam: On November 25, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your After-The-Fact application dated May 20, 2008, to fill or otherwise impact 0.222 acres of 404/wetland, 107 linear feet of perennial stream impact and 5,750 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffer, and 2,446 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffer to construct the residential development 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 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. Please re-submit your site plans on full plan sheets at a scale of no smaller than 1 "=50' with topographic contours shown. 2. Please provide cross section details showing the provisions for aquatic life passage. 3. Please provide building envelopes for all lots with wetlands, streams or buffers on the site plans. 4. Please locate any planned septic tanks and repair areas on the site plan. 5. Please enumerate all riparian buffer impacts on the site plan and clearly label impacts (Buffer Impact 1, etc.). 6. Please locate all of the protected riparian buffers as overlays on the site plan, clearly showing Zone 1 and Zone 2. 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: 919-733-1786 / FAX 919-733-6893 / Internet: http://12o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands N Carolina oe Natumll An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper Crossroads Development Co. Page 2 of 2 December 16, 2008 7. Please provide a qualitative indirect and cumulative impact analysis for the project. Please see DWQ's policy for guidance on our website at: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/documents/InterimIntemalPolicyCumulativelmpact doc With the exception of Scour Hole Number 1, all proposed scour holes are placed adjacent to filter strips that exceed the maximum allowable slopes for these devices. Please redesign with appropriate devices to meet the diffuse flow requirements per Chapter 8 of the BMP Manual. Please provide a BMP Supplement Form for each proposed best management practice (including both worksheets, Design Summary and Required Items Checklist), as well as all of the required items. The BMP Supplement Forms are available on the DWQ web site at: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/bmp forms.htm. 9. Level Spreader Number 1 is placed adjacent to a filter strip that exceeds the maximum allowable slopes. Please provide an alternative method for achieving diffuse flow per Chapter 8 of the BMP Manual. Please provide a BMP Supplement Form for any proposed best management practice that will be used at this location (including both worksheets, Design Summary and Required Items Checklist), as well as all of the required items. The BMP Supplement Forms are available on the DWQ web site at: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/bmp_forms.htm. 10. Level Spreaders Number 2 and 3 are directing stormwater toward the road fill slope. Please relocate these devices such that the filter strip is completely outside the road fill area. 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 disc ss this matter. Sincerely, Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit CBK/Ym cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office File Copy Matt Matthews, DWQ Wetlands and Stormwater Branch Manager Daniel Bliley, Daniel J. Bliley, Soil & Land Use Consultant, Inc., 614 South Second Street, Smithfield, NC 27577 Filename: 080867 V e r2 MillstoneRidgeSD(Jo hnston)On_Hold