HomeMy WebLinkAbout20070327 Ver 1_More Info Received_20070320Environmental Services, Inc.
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
16 March 2007
Re: DWQ Project # 07-0327, Request for More Information
Dear Ms. Karoly:
Please find attached copies of the Agent Authorization and EEP acceptance letter per Items 3 and
4 in your Request dated March 14a'. Additional information regarding Items 1 and 2 are
forthcoming.
Please call or email me at any time.
Sincerely
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Charles S. J ston
Senior Scientist, ESI-Burlington
(336) 312-3529 mobile
Cc: Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
Attachment: Agent Authorization Form, Weirbridge Village
EEP Acceptance Letter, Weirbridge Village
3661 Alamance Road
Burlington, NC 27215
(336) 570-3002, (336) 570-9566 fax
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Ma r. 15. 2007 3:36AM Pulliam
Environmental Services, Inc.
3661 Alamance Road
Burlington, NC 27215
(336) 570-3002, (336) 570-9566 fax
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ACCESS AGREEMENT
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AGENT AUTHORIZATION
No. 5622 P. 2
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T, Rusty Puniam ,representing Sizemore Devebpers. LLC (appticmdow~-«>, hereby
authori2e representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and/or N.C. Division of 'W'ater
Quality to access the subject property, lisped below, for the purpose of performing a jurisdictional
wetland, stream, or buffer determination. Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI) is acting as our
Authorized Agent for this project and must accompany agency personnel when visiting this site.
project Name: Weirbridge Village, Buncombe Co. NC
ESr Project #: BURO6-055
DWQ Project #: 07-0327
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March 1, 2007
Rusty Pulliam
Sizemore Developers, LLC
2 Walden Ridge Drive, Ste.70
Asheville, NC 28803
Project: Weirbridge Village County: Buncombe
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The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing to
accept payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that
the payment will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the
applicant to contact these agencies to determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for siz months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not reeved a ropy of
the issued 404 Permit/401 CertilicatlodCAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the
applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permits} an invoice
will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized
work. The amount of the In Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and
policies listed at www.nceep.net.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the
following table.
French Broad
06010105 Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.) Buffer II
{Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Ri 'an Non-Ri 'an Coastal Marsh
Innpacts 0 229 0 0.002 0 0 0 0
Credits 0 458 0 0.004 0 0 0 0
Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies
require mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCSEP to be responsible for the additional
mitigation, the applicant will need to submit a mitigation roqucst to NCEBP for approval prior to permit issuance. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4,1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at (919) 716-1921.
cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit
Lori Beckwith, USACE-Asheville
Kevin Barnett, DWQ-Asheville
Charles ]ohnston, agent
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Si erely,
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Director ~/] (~
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MAR 2 0 .2007
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North CaraNna Ecosystem Enhancoment Program, 1852 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1 652 / 91 9-71 5-0476 / www.nceep.net