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Home My WebLink About19980824 Ver 1_COMPLETE FILE_19980826State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Bill Holman, Secretary Kerr T. Stevens, Director 1 ? • Ad? NCDENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES October 15, 1999 Tricia Tripp Greenways, Inc 121 Edinburgh South Suite 210 Cary NC 27511 Dear Ms. Tripp: Re: Black Creek Greenway, Phase H Wake County DWQ # 980824 On November 10, 1999 the Division of Water Quality sent a letter stating your project was on hold since three copies of the application form and location maps were not included. To date, we have not received the mentioned information regarding this project. If we do not hear anything from you within two weeks of the date of this letter, we will be forced to withdraw the project. If you have any questions, please contact Cyndi Bell at 919-733-9721. Si c e R. Dorney cc: Raleigh DWQ Regional Office Raleigh Field Office Corps of Engineers John Dorney Cyndi Bell Wetlands/401 Unit 4401 Reedy Creek Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 Telephone 919-733-1786 FAX # 733-9959 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer 5017o recycled/10% post consumer paper State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Wayne McDevitt, Secretary A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director VIA NC ENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES November 10, 1998 Ms. Tricia Tripp Greenways Inc. 121 Edinburgh South Suite 210 Cary, NC 27511 Dear Ms. Tripp: Re: Black Creek Greenway, Phase III Wake County DWQ # 980824 The Division of Water Quality has reviewed your submittal for a 404/401 Permit or approval under the Neuse River buffer rules for the Black Creek Greenway, Phase III in Wake County. Your application was not complete since three copies of the application form and location maps were not included. Please provide information regarding the location of your project. This information is needed by DWQ in order for us to decide whether this project is approvable. I can be reached at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions. Until this information is received, I will request (by copy of this letter) that the Corps of Engineers place this project on hold. Also, the project will be placed on hold for our processing due to incomplete information (15A NCAC 2H .0507(a)(4)). Your processing time will begin once we receive a complete application. Attachment cc: Raleigh DWQ Regional Office Wilmington District of Corps of Engineers Raleigh Field Office Corps of Engineers John Dorney Central Files Sincerely, Jo R. Dorney W er Quality Certifi ation Program 980824.hld Division of Water Quality • Non-Discharge Branch 4401 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607 Telephone 919-733-1786 FAX # 733-9959 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer 9 50% recycled/10% post consumer paper GRFNWAYS I N C O R P O R A T E D Bicycle & Pedestrian Planning Environmental Design Landscape Architecture 121 Edinburg South Suite 210 Cary, North Carolina 27511 919.380.0127 Fax 919.319.6718 Email: Greenvrys@aol.com MEMORANDUM Date: October 22, 1998 To: John Dorney, DWQ From: Tricia Tripp, Greenways Incorporate RE: Neuse River Basin Review rj ------------ ., ..? ill l m t pr;r .L 61y98 ?1 October 23, 1998 Mr. John Dorney Division of Water Quality 4401 Reedy Creek Road Raleigh, NC 27607 RE: Black Creek Greenway, Phase III Dear Mr. Dorney: In response to your September 4, 1998 letter, regarding the Black Creek Greenway trail alignment and where it falls within Zone 1 and 2, we have attached three copies of a new set of drawings. You had asked to receive mapping that included topography so that you could evaluate our alignment. We have adjusted the alignment of the greenway, so that the greenway would be within Zone 2 except for all creek crossings. This alignment has been given preliminary ap- proval by NCDOT. We have met all of their requirements for project funding which includes: • minimum 95 foot radius for all curves • minimum 20 foot tangent segment between curves • maximum slope gradient of 5%n with a 2% cross slope (will allow 8% for a short segment) • minimize removal of trees • minimize stream crossings (all Black Creek crossings will be wooden boardwalk bridges, smaller perennial tributaries will be culverted) • minimize cut and fill • must be a paved surface to meet bicycle facility and ADA requirements These requirements must be met in order to receive funding for greenway construction. I have highlighted this informa- tion in the August 18, 1998 letter that I sent to the Division of Water Quality at your attention. We would like the preliminary construction documents to be reviewed for the Neuse River Basin Rulings and Guidelines prior to our submittal for a 404/401 permit review. This would allow us to move on with new surveying of the entire corridor in order to receive more accurate information to complete construction documentation. Then we would be able to complete the 404/401 permitting process after the surveying has been completed. At the present time, this project is under pressure by the NCDOT Office of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation to begin construction or we may lose funding for the project. We would like to begin surveying as soon as possible. Thank you for all of your help on this project. Sincerely, ricia R. Trip Project Manager cc: Alice Webb, Town of Cary Doug McRainey, Town of Cary r ? John D From: Greenwys@aol.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 12:42 PM To: johndorney@ h2o.enr.state. nc.us Subject: RE: Black Creek Greenway, Phase III, Cary, NC Dear Mr. Dorney: I have been out of the office on business for the past two weeks, but received your letter regarding the Black Creek Greenway last week. I sent you a letter on August 18, 1998 regarding the alignment of the Black Creek Greenway. The Town of Cary had asked us to send the Black Creek Greenway Construction Documents to the Division of Water Quality to review to make sure that we were going to meet the Neuse River Basin rulings before we began surveying the alignment. I received your letter stating that we had submitted for a 404/401 permit for this greenway. Alice Webb, Town of Cary, had asked that we send the construction documents to your office for review concerning the alignment in regards to the Neuse River Basin Rulings and Guidelines; we had not intended the drawings to be reviewed for a 404/401 permit. When we began work on this project, the Office of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation within the NCDOT, had prepared a feasibility report that stated that a wetland delineation of the project study area had been conducted by Soil and Environmental Consultants, Inc. in 1995. This delineation had been verified by Eric Alsmeyer of the Corps of Engineers. Based on the delineation, the estimated impact to wetlands from the subject project is .4 hectare (1 acre). This report also stated that it was anticipated that a Section 404 Nationwide 23 permit would fulfill permit requirements for the project. This report also stated that a 401 Water Quality General Certification would be required. The Town of Cary is handling all of the permitting for this project and was going to send in the drawings for permit review after we worked out the alignment issues with NCDOT and the Neuse River Basin Guidelines. We would like for the construction drawings to be reviewed for Neuse River Basin Rulings and Guidelines prior to submitting the drawings for 404/401 permit review. This would allow us to receive more accurate surveying information to complete construction documentation. Then we would be able to complete the 404/401 permitting process after the surveying is complete. We did not receive a 404/401 permit application in your letter; while it was stated that it was enclosed in the letter. We will provide information regarding the location of the project area in more detail in the next submittal. There is a project location map on the cover sheet of the plans. In your letter, it also asks whether the stream will be culverted or bridged at trail crossings. Black Creek will be bridged at all trail crossings. There are a few small tributary crossings that will be culverted. Thank you for responding so quickly. Please call me at 380.0127, if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Tricia Tripp State of North Carolina Dbpartment of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Wayne McDevitt, Secretary A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director Ms. Tricia Tripp Greenways Inc. 121 Edinburgh South Suite 210 MacGregor Park Cary, NC 27511 Dear Mr. Tripp: Re: Black Creek Greenway Wake County DWQ # 980824 NC ENR NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES September 4, 1998 The Division of Water Quality has reviewed your submittal for a 404/401 permit Black Creek Greenway Phase II in Wake County. Your application was not complete since 1) the enclosed application form with three copies was not submitted and 2) you have not addressed whether the stream crossings will be bridged or on culverts. Please provide information regarding the location of your project. This information is needed by DWQ in order for us to decide whether this project is approvable. I can be reached at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions. Until this information is received, I will request (by copy of this letter) that the Corps of Engineers place this project on hold. Also, the project will be placed on hold for our processing due to incomplete information (15A NCAC 2H.0507(a)(4)). Sincerely, Jo Fua W erti on Program cc:Raleigh DWQ Regional Office Wilmington District of Corps of Engineers Raleigh Field Office Corps of Engineers John Domey Central Files 980824.hld Division of Water Quality • Non-Discharge Branch 4401 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607 Telephone 919-733-1786 FAX # 733-9959 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer • 50% recycled/10% post consumer paper