20070932 Ver 3_More Info Requested_20200213

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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Ms. Elizabeth Workman -Maurer
NCDOT, Division 2
1037 W.H. Smith Blvd.
Greenville, NC 27835
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February 13, 2020
Subject: Proposed improvements to the NC 43 Connector in Craven County, TIP R-4463A
Dear Ms. Workman -Maurer:
The Division of Water Resources has reviewed your submittal for a 401 Water Quality Certification and Neuse
Buffer Authorization for the aforementioned project. Review of your application revealed it lacking necessary
information required for making an informed permit decision. The permit application was deficient in the following
areas:
• The jurisdictional stream and wetland shown at Site 6 was outside the project limits in the 2014 and 2019
PJD packages and was therefore not reviewed in the field. Please submit an amendment to the PJD
package that includes these areas along with the necessary forms and documentation. A follow up field
visit may be required.
• The portion of the stream south of Highway 17 that is shown at Site 5, and depicted as SA in the PJD
package, was determined to be subject to the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233) during a
field verification on August 19, 2014. Riparian buffers are not shown at this site in the application. Please
revise the drawings and impacts to include buffers at this site.
• There are several drainage swales shown tying into the buffered streams at Site 5 and Site 6. New ditches
are required to provide treatment prior to discharging through the riparian buffer. The information needed
to make this determination was lacking in the application. Please provide the swale page of the SMP with
the necessary information.
Therefore, pursuant to 15A NCAC 2H .0507(a)(5), we will have to place the permit application on hold until we are
supplied the necessary information. You have 21 days to respond in writing with the requested information or
notification to this office that the information is forthcoming. If, at the end of the 21 days, this office has not
received this information in writing, we will assume you are withdrawing your application and it will be returned.
Furthermore, until the information is received by the NC Division of Water Resources, we request (by copy of this
letter) that the US Army Corps of Engineers place the permit application on hold.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Garcy Ward at [phone] or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
DOCUSigned by:
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S. Daniel Smith, Director
Division of Water Resources
D_ E North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000

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Electronic copy only distribution:
Tom Steffens, US Army Corps of Engineers,Washington Field Office
Hon Yeung, NC DOT Division 2
Elizabeth Workman -Maurer, [e-mail]
Jay Johnson, Division 2 Environmental Officer
Cathy Britingham, NC Division of Coastal Management
Stephen Lane, NC Division of Coastal Management
e:!5fQE North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000