20171550 Ver 1_More Info Requested_20180110

Strickland, Bev
From: James Cain <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 3:59 PM
To: Annino, Amy M
Cc: Elliott, William A CIV USARMY CESAW (US); Leslie, Andrea J; Aiken, Stan E; Clint
Calhoun
Subject: RE: [External] RE: DWR 2017-1512 Lake Lure Dredging
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Thank you for Mr. Aiken's number. I have been calling Raleigh, that is probably the issue. I will
contact him tomorrow. I will contact the contractor and get back with you regarding the other items.
Thank You,
James T. Cain, CMCA AMS
Managing Director
From: Annino, Amy M [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 3:22 PM
To: James Cain <[e-mail]>
Cc: Elliott, William A CIV USARMY CESAW (US) <[e-mail]>; Leslie, Andrea J
<[e-mail]>; Aiken, Stan E <[e-mail]>; Clint Calhoun <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [External] RE: DWR 2017-1512 Lake Lure Dredging
Mr. Cain,
Thank you for your response. Please see my comments below.
Stan Aiken with DEMLR in the Asheville Regional Office is the point of contact for your sediment and erosion control plan
questions. He can be reached directly at 828-296-4610 and at [e-mail]. I have copied him on this email.
Can you clarify that 350 cubic yards of material will be dredged from Lake Lure? Please provide the area in square feet or
acres of the material proposed for removal, as well as the depth.
Water quality standard violations will need to be avoided during dredging. Please provide a plan showing appropriate
measures to ensure that water quality within the flowing unnamed tributary is protected during the dredging operation.
Approved best management practices from the most current version of the NCSediment and Erosion Control Manual, or
the NC DOT Construction and Maintenance Activities Manual, such as sandbags, cofferdams, and other diversion
structures should be used to minimize excavation in flowing water.
Please also provide a course of action that will be employed in the event that a turbidity violation occurs within the
unnamed tributary (classified as B, Trout). NC water quality standards for trout streams specify that turbidity be less
than or equal to 10 NTU (N).
Amy Annino

Environmental Specialist —Asheville Regional Office
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
NCDEQ — Division of Water Resources
828 296 4656 office
amy.annino(cancdenr.gov
2090 U.S. Hwy. 70
Swannanoa, N.C. 28711
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From: James Cain [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 12:31 PM
To: Annino, Amy M <[e-mail]>
Cc: Elliott, William A CIV USARMY CESAW (US) <[e-mail]>; Leslie, Andrea J
<[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE: DWR 2017-1512 Lake Lure Dredging
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Amy,
Thank you for the email. I apologize it has taken some time to respond. The contractor has been
busy and difficult to reach. Please find our responses below in red. I appreciate any help you can
provide us with this.
Thank You,
James T. Cain, CMCA AMS
Managing Director
From: Annino, Amy M [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 3:25 PM
To: James Cain <jcain@rum blingbald.com>
Cc: Elliott, William A CIV USARMY CESAW (US) <[e-mail]>; Leslie, Andrea J
<[e-mail]>
Subject: DWR 2017-1512 Lake Lure Dredging
On November 27, 2017, the Division of Water Resources (Division) received your application dated November 15, 2017,
requesting a 401 Water Quality Certification from the Division for the subject project. The Division has determined that
your application is incomplete and cannot be processed. The application is on hold until all of the following items are
addressed:
1. Specify on a map the location where dredge spoils will be hauled to, what erosion control measures will be in place,
and how spoils will be stabilized. Please confer with Division of Energy Minerals and Land Resources to determine

whether a sediment and erosion control plan will be needed. A map is attached. I have left messages for the Division of
Energy Minerals and Land Resources in their general voicemail box, but haven't received a return telephone call. Could
you advise someone specific I can contact?
2. Will water from the dredge spoils at the disposal site(s) flow into Waters of the US? If so, what measures will be used
to manage this return -water? The contractor advised there is a river located a minimum of 250 feet from the disposal
area, but water from the spoils will not flow into the river.
3. Provide information on the estimated volume of dredge material to be removed. 350 yards
4. Demonstrate how stream flow from the unnamed tributary into Lake Lure will be maintained through the proposed
dredge area, so as to not violate water quality standards while work is in progress. We asked the contractor to assist in
answering this because we were unable. He advised that the area he will be dredging is in Lake Lure, not the
tributary. He advised the flow of water would continue during the dredging. He stated as he dips the bucket into the
lake to remove the sediment it would disturb the lake bottom. The water flow from the tributary is traveling through
the sediment that needs to be removed and he wasn't aware of any way to remove the sediment without disturbing the
lake bottom or the water flow.
Pursuant to Title 15A NCAC 02H .0502(e), the applicant shall furnish all of the above requested information for the
proper consideration of the application. Please provide a response by January 15, 2018.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Amy Annino
Environmental Specialist —Asheville Regional Office
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
NCDEQ — Division of Water Resources
828 296 4656 office
amy.annino(cancdenr.gov
2090 U.S. Hwy. 70
Swannanoa, N.C. 28711
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