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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild P E Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
August 1 2012
DWQ Project#2008 1697v2
Wake County
CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
R L Properties LLC
Attn Mr Dess Langdon
800 North Raleigh St
Suite C 2
Angier NC 27501
Subject Property Laura Duncan Townehomes
2580 Laura Duncan Road Cary NC
Subject DENIAL of a MAJOR VARIANCE—Neuse Buffer
Laura Duncan Townehomes
Dear Langdon
On June 18, 2012 the Division of Water Quality (Division) received your major variance
application and a revised major variance application on July 3 2012, to impact 2 943 square
feet of Zone 1 of the protected riparian buffers and 5 316 square feet of Zone 2 of the
protected riparian buffers to construct the proposed townhomes on the subject property
On July 11 2012 the Water Quality Committee (WQC) of the Environmental Management
Commission (EMC) heard the major variance request for the subject property The WQC denied
the major variance request because the applicant did not meet the following hardship
The applicant did not meet the requirement of 15A NCAC 02B 0233(9)(a)(1)(E)
The applicant did not purchase the property after the effective date of this Rule and
then requesting an appeal' The applicant purchased the property on December 16,
2005
You can contest this decision as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of G S 150B To contest this
decision you must file a petition for an administrative hearing You may obtain the petition
form from the Office of Administrative Hearings You must file the petition with the Office of
Administrative Hearings within sixty(60) calendar days of receipt of this notice A petition is
considered filed when it is received in the Office of Administrative Hearings during normal
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office hours The Office of Administrative Hearings accepts filings Monday through Friday
between the hours of 8 OOam and 5 OOpm except for official state holidays The original and
one (1)copy of the petition must be filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings
The petition may be faxed provided the original and one copy of the document is received by
the Office of Administrative Hearings within five (5) business days following the faxed
transmission The mailing address for the Office of Administrative Hearings is
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699 6714
Telephone (919)431 3000 Fax (919)4313100
A copy of the petition must also be served to DENR as follows
Mr William Cary General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699 1601
Please be aware that you have no authorization under the Neuse Buffer Rules for this activity
and any work done within waters of the state or the protected riparian buffers would be a
violation of North Carolina General Statutes and Administrative Code Please call Ms Amy
Chapman at 919 807 6400 or Ms Karen Higgins at 919 807 6360 if you have any questions
regarding this denial or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter
Sincerely
Charles Wakild P E
CW/kah/asc
cc Bob Zarzecki S&EC bzarzecki@sandec com (via email)
Lauren Witherspoon RRO
DWQ Webscape Unit
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