20201094 Ver 1_Pre-Filing Meeting Information_20210216

ID#* 20201094
Version* 1
Regional Office * Central Office - [phone]
Reviewer List* Erin Davis
Pre -Filing Meeting Request submitted 1/15/2021
Contact Name* Micky Clemmons
Contact Email Address* [e-mail]
Project Name* Blair Creek Mitigation Project
Project Owner* North Carolina Department of Mitigation Services (NCDMS)
Project County* Clay
Owner Address: Street Address
1652 Mail Service Center
Address Line 2
aty
State / Province / Pegion
Raleigh
North Carolina
Postal / Zip axle
Country
27699
USA
Is this a transportation project?* r Yes r No
Type(s) of approval sought from the DWR:
* 401 Water Quality Certification - F 401 Water Quality Certification -
Regular Express
* Individual Permit F Modification
F Shoreline Stabilization
Does this project have an existing project ID#?*
r Yes C No
Please list all existing project ID's associated with this projects.*
20201094
Do you know the name of the staff member you would like to request a meeting with?
Erin Davis
Please give a brief project description below.*

The Blair Creek Mitigation Project is located on five abutting parcels
of an active farm in Clay County, North Carolina, approximately 1.5
miles south of the Town of Hayesville as shown on the Project Vicinity
Map. The primary project site entrance is a farm road located 0.5
miles down Waldroup Road on the left, where the road curves sharply
to the right. Coordinates for the approximate center of the project are
35.026069 N Latitude,-83.831862 W Longitude.
The project area lies within the Hiwassee River Basin, Hydrologic Unit
Code (HUC) 06020002-060010 (named the Hiwassee
River/Sweetwater Creek Watershed), which is identified as a
Targeted Local Watershed (TLW) in the NC Division of Mitigation
Services' (DMS) 2018 Hiwassee River Basin Restoration Priorities
2018 (RBRP) report. The project is located in the Blue Ridge
Physiographic Region, within the Broad Basins Level IV ecoregion.
The project watershed drains into Blair Creek, which flows into the
Hiwassee River approximately 1.4 miles downstream, ultimately
emptying into the Tennessee River. Blair Creek and its tributaries are
classified by NCDWR as Class "WS-IV" waters (NCDWR, 2016).
Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. (Baker) proposes to restore 4,368
linear feet (LF) of stream along sections of both the North and South
Forks of Blair Creek and after their confluence, Blair Creek itself, and
will enhance 176 LF of existing unnamed tributary to the South Fork.
Additionally, the project will restore -by -reestablishment, restore -by -
rehabilitation, or enhance approximately 6.095 total acres of riparian
wetlands.
Historic agricultural use on the project site has predominantly been
for a dairy operation and is currently utilized for row crop and hay
production. These activities have negatively impacted both water
quality and streambank stability along the project streams. The
resulting observed stressors include streambank erosion,
sedimentation, excess nutrient input, channel modification, wetland
drainage, and the loss of riparian buffers.
Please give a couple of dates you are available for a meeting.
3/28/2018
Please attach the documentation you would like to have the meeting about.
pdf only
By digitally signing below, I certify that I have read and understood that per the Federal Clean Water Act Section
401 Certification Rule the following statements:
This form completes the requirement of the Pre -Filing Meeting Request in the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification
Rule.
1 understand by signing this form that I cannot submit my application until 30 calendar days after this pre -filing
meeting request.
I also understand that DWR is not required to respond or grant the meeting request.
Your project's thirty -day clock started upon receipt of this application. You will receive notification regarding meeting location
and time if a meeting is necessary. You will receive notification when the thirty -day clock has expired, and you can submit an
application.
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Submittal Date 1/15/2021