20201549 Ver 1_PreFiling Acknowledgement Email_20201023

Strickland, Bev
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Subject: Pre -Filing Meeting Request Acknowledgement - Biltmore Forest - Greenwood Park
Stream Restoration - 20201549 Ver 1
Attachments: DWR Pre -Filing Meeting Request Form.pdf
The North Carolina Division of Water Resources has received the Pre -Filing Meeting Request Form for Biltmore Forest - Greenwood
Park Stream Restoration that you submitted on 10/21/2020. The ID number for that project is 20201549, Version 1.
Reviewer Contact Information:
Reviewer: Andrew Moore
Email: [e-mail]
Reviewing Office: Asheville Regional Office - [phone]
You will either be contacted by staff to set up a meeting or notified by email that the 30 calendar day clock has been reached and you
are allowed to submit your application.
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ID#* 20201549 Version* 1
Regional Office* Asheville Regional Office - [phone]
Reviewer List* Andrew Moore
Pre -Filing Meeting Request submitted 10/21/2020
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Contact Name * Troy Beasley
Contact Email Address* [e-mail]
Project Name* Biltmore Forest - Greenwood Park Stream Restoration
Project Owner*
Project County*
Owner Address:
Town of Biltmore Forest
Buncombe
Street Address
355 Vanderbilt Road
Address Line 2
aty
Asheville
Postal / Zip Code
28803
Is this a transportation project?* r Yes r No
Type(s) of approval sought from the DWR:
W 401 Water Quality Certification - F- 401 Water Quality Certification -
Regular Express
r- Individual Permit r- Modification
r- Shoreline Stabilization
Does this project have an existing project ID#?*
r Yes r No
State / Province / Region
NC
Country
USA
Do you know the name of the staff member you would like to request a meeting with?
Please give a brief project description below. *

The purpose of this Project is to restore the natural stream and improve
the riparian corridor functions of a firstlorder stream located in Greenwood
Park in the Town of Biltmore Forest. Urbanization of the watershed has
caused erosion of the banks, which was mitigated by installation of wire
gabion baskets in 1991. However, the baskets have reached the end of
their service life and erosion is occurring. The failing baskets also present
a safety hazard to the public, as the project is located in a public park
where access to the stream is readily available. The Project will restore
approximately 350 linear feet of a firstlorder unnamed tributary (UT) to the
Fourmile Branch and approximately 0.6 acres of the riparian corridor is
proposed. Urbanization of the approximate 0.3 square mile watershed and
impacts to the riparian corridor have degraded the stream.
The proposed restoration will include removal of approximately 570 linear
feet of existing wire gabion baskets and reuse of the rock and soil inside
the baskets to reshape the banks. Native trees and shrubs will be planted
to repair the riparian buffer, further stabilize the banks, and provide other
ecosystem services such as shading. In critical locations boulder toes, soil
lifts, or other bioengineered systems will be installed for additional
armoring. In approximately 3 locations, grade control measures will be
installed to provide for future watershed conditions and to establish pools.
This will establish a more natural stream bed, create the opportunity to
flush the fine sediments that have accumulated due to soil erosion through
the system, and prevent stream incision which is commonly observed in
many urban streams in North Carolina.
The project will be constructed using equipment that would be typical to
stream restorations such as tracked backhoes and dump trucks. Some
grading and filling will occur to create a more naturalized channel. Stream
flow may also be diverted (within the channel) during construction to
mitigate sedimentation impacts downstream if only banks will be impacted
that location, for example.
Please give a couple of dates you are available for a meeting.
11 /9/2020
11 /10/2020
11 /11 /2020
11 /12/2020
Please attach the documentation you would like to have the meeting about.
Greenwood Park Stream Restoration Plans.pdf 4.59MB
pdf only
By digitally signing below, I certify that I have read and understood that per the Federal Clean Water Act Section
401 Certification Rule the following statements:
• This form completes the requirement of the Pre -Filing Meeting Request in the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification
Rule.
• I understand by signing this form that I cannot submit my application until 30 calendar days after this pre -filing
meeting request.
• I also understand that DWR is not required to respond or grant the meeting request.
Your project's thirty -day clock started upon receipt of this application. You will receive notification regarding meeting location
and time if a meeting is necessary. You will receive notification when the thirty -day clock has expired, and you can submit an
application.

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Submittal Date 10/21/2020