20110755 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20110907

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
September 7, 2011
DWQ# 11-0755
Rockingham County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7010 2780 0001 4221 6245
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Leo Furlong, III
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
PO Box 1007
Charlotte, NC 28201
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mr. Furlong:
On August 15, 2011, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received a copy of your application for a
401 General Water Quality Certification to impact a stream for the Moss Street Entrance for the Reidsville Op Center in
Reidsville, NC in Rockingham 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 NCAC 2H.0506. Please provide the
following information so that we may continue to review your project.
1. Per the instructions for the Pre-Construction Notification (PCN) form, Item C3g, "The stream impact length
should be measured along the centerline of the stream. When proposing a culvert, the impact length is
generally greater than the length of the culvert and associated dissipater since the existing stream usually has
some sinuosity (curvature)." It appears that the impacts listed are the length of pipe and the length of riprap
dissipater, not the actual stream length, please verify this information and modify the PCN form as necessary.
2. Per the requirements of GC 3820, please enumerate all temporary impacts to the stream channels. Temporary
impacts also include areas of disturbance necessarv for proper dewaterinlz measures and anv temporarv
erosion control measures expected to be installed within any jurisdictional areas. Please note that temporary
impacts should be minimized to the maximum extent practical. All temporary impacts must be shown on the
construction drawings and clearly indicated in the PCN impact table. Please submit all revised documents
showing all temporary impacts.
3. The detailed cross section and profile of the proposed culvert indicates that the bottom of the culvert will be at
the same elevation as they stream bed. Per Condition #14 in GC 3820 "all culverts must be placed below the
elevation of the stream bed by one foot for all culverts with a diameter greater than 48 inches and 20 percent
of the culvert diameter for culverts having a diameter less than 48 inches." Please revise your plans to meet
this Condition.
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 vvaturallff
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
Duke Reidsville Op Center
DWQ# 11-0755
September 7, 2011
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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,
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Sue Homewood
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Andrew Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
P. Scott Bell, Davis & Floyd Inc, (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit