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Home My WebLink About20111083 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20110123A F-WA l-ph NCDN� North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Governor Charles Waklld P E Director January 23 2012 CERTIFIED MAIL 7010 0290 0003 0834 5459 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED William P Boulia PO Box775 Newport NC 28570 SUBJECT Lot 8 Dogwood Lane, Newport Project # 2011 1083 Carteret County Dear Mr Boulia Dee Freeman Secretary This Office has reviewed your PCN application dated November 29 2011 for the driveway crossing The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has determined that your application was incomplete as discussed below The DWQ will require additional information in order to process your application to impact protected wetlands /waters and/or streams on the subject property The DWQ received a letter from the US Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE) from Christy Wicker dated January 10 2012 concerning your project The USACE considers your project as incomplete and is requiring additional documentation from you The DWQ cannot adequately review an application that is incomplete Therefore, unless we receive the additional information requested in the USACE January 10"' letter (attached), 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 all of the requested information so that we may continue to review your project Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing and two copies to Ian McMillan c/o 401 Wetlands and Stormwater Branch 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1650 Please reference the DWQ Project # of 2011 1083 in all future correspondence 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within three weeks we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn 1617 Mad Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 276991617 Location 512 N Salisbury St. Raleigh North Carolina 27604 Phone 919$07 -63001 FAX 919 -807 -6492 Internet www ncwateraualitv om An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer NorthCarohna Natmatttt William P Boulia DWQ Project # 2011 1083 January 23 2012 Page 2 of 2 This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands waters or protected buffers Please be aware that these impacts requested within your application are not authorized (at this time) by the DWQ If you have any questions please feel free to call me at 910 796 7306 Sincerely oanne Steenhuis Senior Environmental Specialist Attachment cc Ian McMillan 401 Wetlands and Stormwater Branch Christy Wicker — USACE Wilmington WiRO REPLY TO ATTENTION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS 69 DARLINGTON AVENUE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 28403 1343 January 10 2012 Regulatory Division Action ID No SAW 2011 00052 William P Boulia Post Office Box 775 Newport North Carolina 28570 Dear Mr Boulia - , I I ' ��I I JAS! 17 2Q9? L On December 28 2011 this Office received a request from you for verification to utilize Nationwide Permit 18 for the discharge of fill material into 0 01 acre of jurisdictional wetlands adjacent to Bogue Sound to construct a road crossing to access a proposed single family home The proposed project area is located on the north side of the terminus of Dogwood Lane on Lot 8 in Newport Carteret County North Carolina Upon review of your application this Office has determined that your application is incomplete and cannot be processed until the following information is received You must demonstrate that your proposed project is the least environmentally damaging practicable alternative Please provide additional documentation that you have avoided and minimized your project s impact to the maximum extent practicable Since you currently own all of the Lots (Lots 4 5 6 and 7) surrounding Lot 8 it appears that you have high ground alternatives available for a driveway Please provide the following documentation to determine if you can avoid impacts to the wetland a It appears you can access Lot 8 by constructing a driveway on the west side of the septic area on Lot 4 from the abandoned portion of Holly Lane Your application does not adequately substantiate your position that this is not a viable alternative b Provide an explanation on why a shared driveway cannot be constructed off Water Oak Drive and utilized by Lots 6 7 and 8 c Provide maps and documentation showing the placement of all septic /repair areas on Lots 4 5 6 7 and 8 along with their sizes setbacks and what lot/structure each septic /repair area will service i/ K d Provide information why you cannot construct your single family home on Lots 4 6 or 7 Since all of these lots are owned by one entity (you) it is determined that you have high ground alternatives for placement of your house and driveway 2 The drawings you submitted do not show where the proposed wetland crossing is to be constructed We will need drawings showing the dimensions of the road top slopes and length and width in relation to the wetland In addition 20 feet for a road crossing seems relatively large for the current purpose Please provide an explanation on whether or not the footprint can be reduced in size in order to minimize impacts to wetlands 3 Please provide information on the size and length of the culvert to be installed Please submit the above information within 30 days of receipt of this Notification or we will consider your application withdrawn and close the file Be aware that if upon review of any additional information we determine that a less environmentally damaging practicable alternative exists we would have no choice but to deny your NWP verification request and consider your proposal in accordance with the standard permit (Individual Permit) processing procedures If you have any questions regarding these matters please contact me at (910) 251 -4637 Copy Furnished Ms Joanne Steenhuis Division of Water Quality North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Wilmington North Carolina 28405 Sincerely Christine W Wicker Regulatory Specialist Wilmington Regulatory Field Office