19930501 Ver 2_Staff Comments_20090917 (28)

Mcmillan, Ian
From: Lucas, Annette
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:51 AM
To: Mcmillan, Ian
Subject: 93-0510v2 Macon County Airport Expansion
Attachments: 93-0510v2 Macon County Airport Expansion.doc
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Annette Lucas, PE
NC Division of Water Quality - 401 Oversight/Express Unit
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
September 18, 2009
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Miles Gregory
Macon County Airport Authority
1241 Airport Road
Franklin, NC 28734
Subject Property: Macon County Airport Expansion
Little Tennessee River [040401, 2-27, C]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Gregory:
DWQ Project # 93-0597, Ver. 2
Macon County
On August 20, 2009, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated August 12,
2009, with Public Notice received on June 29, 2009, to fill or impact 6.42 acres of 404/wetlands and
1,012 linear feet of perennial stream, to facilitate expansion of the existing airport 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:
Per the requirements of GC 3705, this project must comply with Stormwater Management Plan
(SMP) Requirements for Applicants Other Than the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, available at:
littp://h2o.enr.state.ne.us/ncwetlands/documents/SMPRequirementsforAppi icantsotherthanNCDO
T.pdf. Please provide an SMP that removes a minimum of 85 percent TSS from the stormwater
generated by this project. For each proposed BMP, please provide a completed BMP Supplement
Form, with all the required items. The BMP Supplement Forms are available at the following
web site: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/bmp forms.htm.
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
401 OversighUExpress Review Permitting Unit Oile
1650 Mail Service Center. Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 NorthCarolina
Location: 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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September 18, 2009
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: Chuck Cranford, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Julie Ball, W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc., 1001 Pinnacle Point Drive, Suite 110, Columbia, SC 29223
Filename: 930510Ver2MaconCountyAirportExpansion(Macon)On_Hold