20090229 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20110314

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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
March 14, 2011
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. W. David Stowe
Frisco Community Church
P.O. Box 297
Buxton, NC 27920
Subject Property: Frisco Community Church
Pamlico Sound [030155, 30-22, SA, HQW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Stowe:
DWQ Project # 09-0229, Ver. 2
Dare County
On December 6, 2010, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated December
2, 2010, with Public Notice issued by the USACE on February 1, 2011, and received by the DWQ
February 1, 2011, to fill or otherwise impact 0.85 acres of 404/wetland, to construct the proposed Frisco
Community Church at the site. The DWQ has determined that your application was incomplete and/or
provided inaccurate information as discussed below. The DWQ will require additional information in
order to process your application to impact protected wetlands and/or streams on the subject property.
Therefore, unless we receive five copies of the additional information requested below, we will place this
project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. If we do not receive the
requested information, your project will be formally returned as incomplete. Please provide the following
information so that we may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
1. There are over 10,000 square feet of new proposed impervious surface this project and therefore
you will need a stormwater permit. Please submit your proposed storm water management plan
(SMP) to comply with the requirements set forth below. In addition, the applicants shall follow
the procedures explained in Protocol for Stormwater Management Plan (SMP) Approval and
Implementation that is in place on the date of the submittal of the SMP.
A. Project Density: Projects with SMPs that require 401 Oversight/ Express Unit approval
shall be classified as either Low or High Density according to the criteria described below.
1. Low Density: A development shall be considered Low Density if ALL of the
following criteria are shown to have been met.
a. The overall site plan, excluding ponds, lakes, rivers (as specified in
North Carolina's Schedule of Classifications) and saltwater wetlands
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(SWL), must contain less than 24% impervious surface area considering
both current and future development.
b. All stormwater from the entire site must be transported primarily via
vegetated conveyances designed in accordance with the most recent
version of the NC DWQ Stormwater BMP Manual.
c. The project must not include a stormwater collection system (such as
piped conveyances) as defined in NCAC 213 .0202.
d. If a portion of project has a density greater than 24%, the project shall be
considered low density as long as the higher density portion of the
project complies with Items 1-3 above and the higher density area is
located in upland areas and away from surface waters and drainageways
to the maximum extent practicable.
II. High Density: Projects that do not meet the Low Density criteria described
above are considered to be High Density, requiring the installation of appropriate
BMPs as described below.
1. All stormwater runoff from the site must be treated by BMPs that are
designed, at a minimum, to remove 85 percent of Total Suspended Solids
(TSS).
2. In addition to controlling 85 percent of TSS, projects requiring located in
watersheds that drain directly to waters containing these supplemental
classifications shall meet the following requirements:
Water Quality Stormwater BMP
Supplemental Classification Requirement
§303(d) Project-specific conditions may be added
by the Division to target the cause of the
water quality impairment.
NSW A minimum of 30 percent total phosphorus
and 30 percent total nitrogen removal.
Trout Jr) A minimum of 30 percent total phosphorus
and 30 percent total nitrogen removal;
BMPs should also be designed to minimize
thermal pollution.
3. All BMPs must be designed in accordance with the most recent version
of the NC Division of Water Quality Stormwater Best Management
Practices Manual. Use of stormwater BMPs other than those listed in
the Manual may be approved on a case-by-case basis if the applicant can
demonstrate that these BMPs provide equivalent or higher pollutant
removal.
B. Vegetated Buffer: In areas that are not subject to a state Riparian Area Protection Rule, a
30-foot wide vegetated buffer must be maintained adjacent to streams, rivers and tidal waters
as specified below.
a. The width of the buffer shall be measured horizontally from:
i. The normal pool elevation of impounded structures,
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ii. The streambank of streams and rivers,
iii. The mean high waterline of tidal waters, perpendicular to shoreline.
b. The vegetated buffer may be cleared or graded, but must be planted with
and maintained in grass or other appropriate plant cover.
c. The DWQ may, on a case-by-case basis, grant a minor variance from the
vegetated buffer requirements pursuant to the procedures set forth in 15A
NCAC 02B.0233(9)(h).
d. Vegetated buffers and filters required by state rules or local governments
may be met concurrently with this requirement and may contain coastal,
isolated or 404 jurisdictional wetlands.
C. Stormwater Flowing to Wetlands: Stormwater conveyances that discharge to wetlands
must discharge at a non-erosive velocity prior to entering the wetland during the peak flow
from the ten-year storm.
D. Phased Projects: The DWQ will allow SMPs to be phased on a case-by-case basis, with a
final SNIP required for the current phase and a conceptual SMP for the future phase(s). If the
current phase meets the Low Density criteria, but future phase(s) do not meet the Low
Density criteria, then the entire project shall be considered to be High Density.
Please submit this information or otherwise address this request within 30 calendar days of the date of this
letter. If we do not receive this requested information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter,
your project will be withdrawn and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee.
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 Mr. Ian McMillan at 919-807-6301 if you have any questions or would
like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincer,
,
Ian McMillan, Acting Supervisor
Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater,
Compliance and Permitting Unit (WeBSCaPe)
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cc: Josh Pelletier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Washington Regulatory Field Office
Roberto Scheller, DWQ Washington Regional Office
File Copy
George Wood, Environmental Professionals, Inc., P.O. Box 3368, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
Filename: 090229 Ver2FriscoCommunityCh urch(Dare)On_Hold
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1. Article Addressed to:
FRISCO COMMUNITY CHURCH
W. DAVID STOWE 3/14/11
PO BOX 297
BUXTON NC 27920
DWQ 09-0229 V2 DARE COUNTY
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