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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Qt UC-UCI
WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE Qj� l,Uw
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 28403 1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF March 22 2012
Action ID No SAW 2010 01488 (2)
Ms Martha Hopkins
821 Oak Ridge Drive
Eden NC 27288
Dear Ms Hopkins
This correspondence is in reference to your February 13 2012 request for verification to
utilize a Nationwide Permit 18 for the discharge of fill material into 0 099 acres of jurisdictional
wetlands adjacent to Davis Canal to facilitate the development of two single family residences
located on tract 8 at the terminus of SE 17th Street on Oak Island Brunswick County North
Carolina
Your request as proposed implies that the aforementioned tract has been legally
subdivided and that building of the two lots are co dependent upon one another that together
they are considered a single and complete protect Please provide additional information
supporting this as so and demonstrate why you believe that the development of two structures on
a single tract is necessary for the economic return on the property Furthermore if the
subdivision of the tract is legitimate each lot may be considered independent of one another and
have independent utility therefore each lot may be subject to the Nationwide Permit 18 with a
0 10 acre impact threshold This was discussed with your consultant Ms Kim Williams via
telephone on March 5 2012
In addition we request that you please revise your mitigation plan Your proposal to
purchase non riparian credits from the Stone Farm Mitigation Bank (SFMB) is unsuitable as
compensatory mitigation for the proposed impacts because the wetland project is located outside
of the SFMB service area More importantly we do not believe that the wetland type and
function at the project area is comparable to that of SFMB Furthermore your 1 1 ratio is
insufficient to address the overall loss associated with the project
It is therefore our determination that your project as proposed is incomplete Please
submit information addressing the matters discussed above within 30 days of the receipt of this
letter or we will consider your application withdrawn and close the file
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If you have any questions regarding these matters or desire to have a pre application
meeting please contact me at [phone]
Sincerely
Emily B Hughes Projec`t'Manager
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
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Ms Kimberly Williams
3805 Wrightsville Ave Suite 15
Wilmmngton NC 28403
Mr Chad Coburn
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington NC 28405
Mr Ian McMillan
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699 1650
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