20120517 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20120530 (2)

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
May 29, 2012
Ms. Tasha McCormick
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulator- 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: Minldes, 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 Minldes, LLC requested an Individual Permit from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (ACOE) to fill 0.006 acre of Nvetland and 614 feet of a tributar- 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 fisher- comprised of in part, smallmouth bass
and muskellunge. Wetlands in this region are important to a variety of birds and other Nvildlife. Bog turtles
(NC Threatened) and mole and four -toed salamanders (NC Special Concern) have been found in Nvetlands
along the French Broad River Nvithin a few miles of the property. Wetlands and the riparian areas here are
important for protecting Nvater quality in the French Broad River; but streams are generally in poor condition
due to stormwater run -off from Nvatershed development.
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699 -1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

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Extensive impervious cover from the proposed development has the potential to further degrade do-,-,-nstream
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,
Dave MCHemv
Mountain Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
cc: Mr. Kevin Barnett, NC Division of Water Quality
Mr. Bivan Tompkins, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Ms. Becky Fox, USEPA

Strickland, Bev
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
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From: McHenry, David G.
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:40 PM
To: McCormick, Tasha L SAW; Mcmillan, Ian
Cc: Bryan Tompkins (bryan tompkins(d)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
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