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Home My WebLink About20120517 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20120530Dennison, Laurie From Mcmillan Ian Sent Wednesday May 30 2012 10 00 AM To Dennison Laurie Strickland Bev Subject FW Minkles LLC Electrolux Buncombe IP WRC comments Attachments 2012 00518_Electrolux_UT French Broad_Buncombe_WRC comments pdf DWQ No 12 0517 1-in J McMillan PWS GISP NCDENR/Division of Water Quaht} 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1650 Office (919) 807 6364 Fax (919) 807 6494 Finail ian mcmillan(a)ncdenr isov Wetlands and Stormwater Branch E mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties From McHenry, David G Sent Tuesday, May 29 2012 3 40 PM To McCormick Tasha L SAW, Mcmillan, Ian Cc Bryan Tompkins (bryan tompkmsCa fws gov), Barnett, Kevin Subject Minkles, LLC, Electrolux, Buncombe IP WRC comments Please accept these comments Thanks Dave McHenry NCWRC Habitat Conservation Biologist 828/452 0422 x24 Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N C Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties I a o S I ^I ® North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Gordon Myers Executive Director May 29 2012 Ms Tasha McCormick U S Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch 151 Patton Avenue Room 208 Asheville North Carolina 28801 5006 Mr Ian McMillan NCDENR Division of Water Quality 401 Unit 1628 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1628 SUBJECT Mmkles LLC Mr David Gibbons Individual Permit Application Electrolux Expansion Buncombe County Action ID 2012 00518 Dear Ms McCormick and Mr McMillan Mr David Gibbons on behalf of Mmkles LLC requested an Individual Permit from the U S Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to fill 0 006 acre of wetland and 614 feet of a tributary to the French Broad River for an expansion of the Electrolux facility Comments on this from the WRC are offered for your consideration under provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U S C 466 et seq ) and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat 401 as amended 16 U S C 661 667d) The French Broad River near the airport supports a cool water fishery comprised of in part smallmouth bass and muskellunge Wetlands in this region are important to a variety of birds and other wildlife Bog turtles (NC Threatened) and mole and four toed salamanders (NC Special Concern) have been found in wetlands along the French Broad River within a few miles of the property Wetlands and the riparian areas here are important for protecting water quality in the French Broad River but streams are generally in poor condition due to stormwater run off from watershed development Mailing Address Division of Inland Fisheries 1721 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1721 Telephone (919) 707 0220 Fax (919) 707 0028 Mmkles LLC Page 2 May 29 2012 Buncombe Extensive impervious cover from the proposed development has the potential to further degrade downstream water quality The stream below the Electrolux property is unstable and degraded due to stormwater runoff Therefore the Commission requests that effective storm water detention and treatment be incorporated with this expansion and any existing developed areas that can be improved as well Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project Please contact me at (828) 452 2546 extension 24 if you have any questions about these comments Sincerely 4- Dave McHenry Mountain Region Coordinator Habitat Conservation Program cc Mr Kevin Barnett NC Division of Water Quality Mr Bryan Tompkins US Fish and Wildlife Service Ms Becky Fox USEPA