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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
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John Geewax
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Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Subject Property: Geewax,Property, John Gaskins Drive, Ocracoke, NC
Pamlico Sound [03-03-7, 29-(40.5), SA HQW (high quality) NSW (nutrient sensitive)]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Mr. Geewax:
On February 14, 2003, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your request to use General Water Quality
Certification No. 3351 (GC3351) to impact wetlands, waters and buffers to conduct maintenance dredging and to install a
pier, a 403-foot long bulkhead and 107 feet of riprap at the subject property. The DWQ will require additional information
in order to process your application to impact wetlands, streams and protected buffers on the subject property. Therefore,
unless we receive the additional information requested below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as
required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 and 2B.0259(8) and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this
additional information. Please provide the following information so that we may continue to review your project.
• Bulkhead
It is unclear, based on information provided within your application and DWQ previous field evaluations
conducted on the property, as to why you must use a bulkhead to stabilize the shoreline. Please provide
additional information as to why the bulkhead is needed to stabilize the shoreline. Also, please provide
additional information as to how high the bulkhead will be and how much backfill will be required for it's
installation.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing and to Mr. Tom
Steffens of the DWQ Washington Regional Office. If we do not hear from you within three weeks, we will assume that you
no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
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 DWQ.
Please call Bob Zarzecki at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this matter.
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W tlands/401 Unit, DWQ.
cc: Douglas Dorman, Quible & Associates, P O Drawer870, Kitty Ha k, NC27949
Doug Huggett, DCM
USACE Washington Regulatory Field Office
DWQ Washington Regional Office
File Copy
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650 (Mailing Address)
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260 (Location)
919-733-1786 (phone), 919-733-6893 (fax), httpJ/h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetiands/