19930786 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20070503

~OF W ATF9p Michael F. Easley, Governor
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p .,~ Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
May 3, 2007
DWQ Project # 93-0786, Ver. 2
Brunswick County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. John Atkinson, Jr.
The Reserve Development Company, LLC
P.O. Box 10879
Southport, NC 28461
Subject Property: The Reserve At St. James Plantation
Polly Gulley Creek [030617, 18-88-9-1-1, SC, SW, HQW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Atkinson:
On March S, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated February 28,
2007, to fill or otherwise impact 1.99 acres of 404/wetland to construct the proposed residential
subdivision, multi-family and commercial development. 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 have to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 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.
Additional Information Requested:
Please indicate proposed lot layout as overlays on the site plan at a scale of no smaller than 1 "=50'
Also, show wetlands and streams on the same plan so we can determine if additional impacts are
likely.
In accordance with 15A NCAC 02H .0506(c)(1)(f), alack of practical alternatives may be shown
by demonstrating that, considering the potential for a reduction in size, configuration or density of
the proposed activity and all alternative designs the basic project purpose cannot be practically
accomplished in a manner which would avoid or result in less adverse impact to surface waters or
wetlands. DWQ has determined that you have not demonstrated that there is no practical
alternative to filling 1.99 acres of 404/wetland for the purpose of constructing the proposed
residential subdivision, multi-family and commercial development. Furthermore, it appears that
an economically feasible project could be built at the proposed location with less wetland
impacts. Please clearly demonstrate how you have avoided and minimized impacts to wetlands
and streams, and why crossings cannot be bridged. Your submitted analysis does not adequately
address this. Please provide cost analysis on a per crossing basis.
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: httn~//h2o enr state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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The Reserve Development Company, LLC
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May 3, 2007
The DWQ can require stormwater management plans for developments that have, or are anticipated
to have, 30% or greater of impervious surface area within an HQW watershed. Furthermore, it is
the DWQ's policy that areas of concentrated development within a project must treat stormwater
runoff. Your project appears to contain areas of concentrated development and therefore you will
need to provide comprehensive stormwater management plans, including all worksheets and
calculations, that utilize extended detention stormwater wetlands, bioretention areas, or wet
detention ponds followed by level spreaders and forested filter strips.
4. You have proposed wetland creation as a component of your mitigation plan. Please submit your
complete and comprehensive wetland creation plan to the DWQ for approval. Additionally, please
submit plans at a scale of no smaller than 1 "=50' clearly identifying the wetlands to be preserved
and the legal document describing this conservation easement. The DWQ must approve your
mitigation plan prior to issuance of your 401 Water Quality Certification.
Please contact the DWQ within three weeks of the date of this letter to verify that you have received this
letter and to provide us with a date that we may expect to receive this requested information. If we do not
receive this requested information within one week of the date you indicate it will be forthcoming, your
project will be withdrawn and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee. Please
contact me in writing and Joanne Steenhuis of the DWQ Wilmington 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 Ms. Cyndi Karoly or Mr. Ian cMillan at 919-733-
1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to ~~cuss this matter.
CBK/ijm
S' c ely,
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
cc: Joanne Steenhuis, DWQ Wilmington Regional Office
Kim Garvey, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Central Files
Kim Williams, Land Mangement Group, Inc., P.O. Box 2522, Wilmington, NC 28402
Filename: 930786 Ver2Th eReserveAtStJa mesPla uta tiou(Bru nswick)O n_Hold