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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20070161 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20070514~OF W ATFRQ Michael F. Easley, Governor ~~ G William G. Ross Jr., Secretary Cij ~ ~ North Cazolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources ~ .~ Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director Division of Water Quality May 14, 2007 DWQ Project # 07-0161 Craven County Page 1 of 2 CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED #7007 0220 0003 1486 0738 Timberlands East, LLC. Attn: Zack Taylor PO Box 12006 New Bern, NC 28561 ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~.' ~ ~~ l~~ Subject Property: Craven County Industrial Park UT to Deep Run, Neuse River Basin MAY ~ ~ 200 030408, 27-98-2.1, NSW, C, Sw ~tEi4l2 _ ~,~~~ ~~ c,t,~i~l~ "~ TI~Np P.;,;q ^:.Tn~xf:~'a~ rat 9RMiCh REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION Dear Mr. Taylor: On January 26, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated January 18, 2007, to impact 0.17 acres of wetlands, 0.02 acres of stream and 5000 square feet (ft2) of protected riparian buffers to construct the proposed residential subdivision. The DWQ has determined that your application was incomplete and/or provided inaccurate information as discussed below. The DWQ will require additional information in order to process your application to impact protected wetland, streams and/or buffers on the subject property. Therefore, unless we receive the additional information requested below, we will have to move toward. denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 and 2B .0233(8) and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. Please provide the following information so that we may continue to review your project. Additional Information Requested: 1. Diffuse Flow Please provide cross sectional plan for the road crossing. The plan provided on March 29, 2007 indicates a roadside Swale and the narrative indicates a Swale/flat area to provide diffuse flow. All surface flow runoff must enter the buffer as diffuse flow in unchannelized, non-concentrated flow. If this cannot be achieved then please provide information as to how this project plans to address the issue. North Carolina Division of Water Quality Intemei: h2o.enrstate.nc.us 943 Washington Square Mall Phone: 252-946-6481 One Washington, NC 21889 FAX 252-946-9215 NorthCarolina Eastman Development Company Page 2 of 2 October 7, 2005 2. Please provide information that a DWQ stream determination has been performed on site to determine subjectivity to the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rules. 3. Avoidance and Minimization There is an existing entrance to the site. Please provide information as to why this entrance cannot be utilized. Please contact the DWQ within three weeks of the date of this letter to verify that you have received this letter and that you remain interested in continuing to pursue permitting of your project and will be providing the DWQ the requested information at a later date. Please contact Kyle Barnes of this office in writing and Ian McMillan of the DWQ Central Office at 2321 Crabtree Blvd. Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. If we do not hear from you within'three weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn. This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands, waters or protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your application are not authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. Please call Kyle Barnes at 252-948-3917 or Mr. Ian McMillan at 919-715-4631 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter. Sincerely, ~~~ U c~~v+~~- Al Hodge/Supervisor Division of Water Quality Surface Water Protection Washington Regional Office cc: 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit USAGE Washington Regulatory Field Office File Copy Central Files CAMA/ Morehead Filename: 07-0161