20090071 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20090218

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
February 18, 2009
DWQ# 09-0071
Guilford County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7008 0150 0002 7876 8553
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Robert Walker
Ashton Place Holdings, LLC
965 Meadow Lane
Henderson, NC 27536
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application for North Fork Estates
Dear Mr. Walker:
On January 21, 2009, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received your application for a 401
General Water Quality Certification to impact 149 linear feet of stream to install a road crossing for the Ashton Place
Facility, near Greensboro NC in Guilford County. Additional information is required in order that we may determine
your project's compliance with 15A NCAC 2H.0500. The Division will require this information in order to process your
application to impact protected wetlands and/or streams on the subject property. Therefore, we will place this project on
hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information, and if we do not receive the additional information
requested below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506. Please
provide the following information so that we may continue to review your project.
1. Your application has noted that the Stormwater Management Plan will be reviewed by a certified local
government. Please note that impacts authorized by this certification may not be initiated until approval
is final and a copy of the approved SMP has been forwarded to the Division of Water Quality.
2. A site visit conducted on February 17, 2009 indicated that the staked clearing limits infringed upon the
wetland. There appears to be a discrepancy between the wetland delineation information and the
engineering drawings. Please clarify this information in the field with your environmental consultant.
Please respond to this letter indicating whether you will be able to avoid the wetland with the
construction of the pond or amend your application to include wetland impacts (temporary and/or
permanent).
3. Per, the requirements of the General Certification, all work shall be done "in the dry". Therefore,
dewatering methods will be necessary to temporarily dewater the stream channel during structure
installations. Please provide a construction sequence that details the method of dewatering to be utilized
at the site and the sequence of construction events to be followed to ensure compliance with this
condition.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107 One
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4. Per the requirements of GC 3705, please enumerate all temporary impacts (in addition to permanent
impacts already indicated) to the stream channel and any wetland areas. Temporary impacts include
areas of disturbance necessary for proper pipe installation, proper dewatering, as well as any impacts
from temporary erosion control measures or fill stabilization. Please note that temporary impacts should
be minimized to the maximum extent practical.
Please respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this information to Sue
Homewood at the address on this letterhead, and a copy to Ian McMillan N. C. Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401
Certification Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. If you will not be able to provide the requested
information within that timeframe, please provide written confirmation that you intend to provide the requested
information, and include a specific timetable delineating when the requested materials will be provided. If we do not hear
from you in 30 calendar days, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the
project as returned.
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
Division. If you have any questions, please contact me at 336-771-4964 or [e-mail].
Sincerely, ?.
Sue Homewood
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Andy Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Chris Hayes, Trigon/Kleinfelder Inc., PO Box 18846, Greensboro NC 27419-8846
Jeremy Suits, SAMET Corp, PO Box 8050, Greensboro NC 27419
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit