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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
October 22, 2009
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Eric Keravuori, Director of Engineering
Town of Wake Forest
4011 Elm Avenue
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Subject: Proposed Northside Loop and Juniper Road Realignment in Wake County,
DWQ Project Number 20091109
Dear Mr. Keravuori:
The NC Division of Water Quality 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:
1. As per General Certification 3704, condition 10, compensatory mitigation for 185 feet of impacts to
Hatters Branch (sites 4 plus 5) is required for this project. Please provide a compensatory mitigation plan
to conform to the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H.0500.
2. Please provide a stormwater management plan for this project, showing all proposed inlets and outlets
for the entire project.
a) Northside Loop drainage areas B, D, E, and F have level spreaders. How is stormwater
from drainage areas A and C being treated?
b) Also, how is stormwater for the new impervious surface on Juniper Road being handled?
(Are there discharge points at sites 2, 3, and 4?)
c) Please make sure plans include stationing for sites, inlets and outlets.
3. Please provide a Required Items Checklist with all required items for every proposed level spreader.
The Required Items Checklist and many of the required items were omitted for Level Spreaders B, D, E,
and F.
4. The filter strip down slope of Level Spreader B is too steep per Chapter 8 of the DWQ BMP Manual.
The elevations listed in the Level Spreader Supplement Form do not match the topographic lines on the
plans. The DWQ recommends that this level spreader be relocated to a location closer to the roadway
where the topography of the site is much flatter.
5. The filter strip down slope of Level Spreader D contains a draw and is too steep per Chapter 8 of the
DWQ BMP Manual. The DWQ recommends that this level spreader be relocated so that it is at least 30
feet from the draw (along its entire length). Then, a 30-foot filter strip with a slope of six percent or less
could be graded and sodded to meet diffuse flow requirements. The graded area must be completely
outside the protected riparian buffer.
Transportation Permitling Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Location: 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
Internet: http:/,lh2o.enr.state.nc.uslnmetiands/
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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 Quality, we request (by copy of this letter) that the US Army Corps of Engineers place
the permit application on hold.
Please refer to DWQ Project #20091109 in all future correspondence in regards to this project. If you
have any questions or require additional information, please contact Rob Ridings at 919-733-9817.
Sincerely,

Coleen H. Sullins,
Director
cc: US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
Bob Zarzecki, Soil & Environmental Consultants, PA
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
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