20100934 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20101202

NEDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
December 2, 2010
DWQ# 10-0934
Surry County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7010 0290 0001 4856 4638
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Barbara Jones, City Manager
City of Mount Airy
300 South Main St
Mount Airy, NC 27030
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mrs. Jones:
On November 5, 2010, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received a copy of your application for a
401 General Water Quality Certification to temporarily impact 85 linear feet of unnamed tributaries to Stoney Creek. Flat
Shoals Creek and Toms Creek for the Mount Airy/ Pilat Mountain Water System Interconnection Project in Mount Airy,
NC in Surry County. Additional information is required in order that we may determine your project's compliance with
15A NCAC 2H .0500. The Division will require this information in order to process your application to impact protected
wetlands and/or streams on the subject property. Therefore, We will place this project on hold as incomplete until we
receive this additional information, and if we do not receive the`additional information requested below, we will have to
move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC2H.0506. Please provide the following information so
that we may continue to review your project.
1. Please provide a final SEPA approval issued from the State Clearing House.
2. Per the requirements of GC 3821, all work must be done "in the dry". Therefore, dewatering methods will be
necessary to temporarily dewater the stream channel during pipe installation. Please provide a construction
sequence that details the method of dewatering to be utilized at the site and the sequence of construction
events to be followed to ensure compliance with this condition.
3. Per the requirements of GC 3821, please enumerate all temporary impacts to the stream channels. Temporary
impacts also include areas of disturbance necessary for proper dewatering measures and any temporary
erosion control measures expected to be installed within any jurisdictional areas. Please note that temporary
impacts should be minimized to the maximum extent practical.
4. Please provide a construction sequence and details (plans/drawings) that detail the restoration of the
temporary impact areas upon completion of the project.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107 One
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 NorthCarolina
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org 'J?'?atma y
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Barbara Jones
DWQ# 10-0934
December 2, 2010
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Please respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this information to Sue
Homewood at the address on this letterhead, and a copy to Ian McMillan N. C. Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401
Certification Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. If you will not be able to provide the requested
information within that timeframe, please provide written confirmation that you intend to provide the requested
information, and include a specific timetable delineating when the requested materials will be provided. If we do not hear
from you in 30 calendar days, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the
project as returned.
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 this time) by the
Division. If you have any questions, please contact me at 336-771-4964 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,

Sue Homewood
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Monte Matthews, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Mitch Williams, Mount Airy City Engineer (via email)
Kevin Heath, P.E., Adams-Heath Engineering Inc. (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit