20130752 Ver 1_More Info Requested_20130805

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory Thomas A. Reeder
Governor Director
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
7012 2210 0002 4887 0918
Mr. Jay Johnson
North Carolina Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 1587
Greenville, NC 27835
John E. Skvaria, III
Secretary
August 5, 2013
Subject: The replacement of Bridge # 81 over Jacob Branch on SR 1200 in Pitt County; DWQ project number 13 -0752
Dear Mr. Johnson:
The Division of Water Quality has reviewed your submittal for a 401 Water Quality Certification and Neuse Buffer
Authorization, for the aforementioned project. Review of your application revealed it lacking necessary information
required for making an informed permit decision. The permit application was deficient in the following areas:
Wetland Impacts.
• The wetland impact amounts listed in the Wetland Impact Summary table do not match the wetland impact
amounts depicted on the plan sheet.
• The plan sheets appear to show an overlap of impacts from mechanized clearing and fill. If the wetland area is
impacted from fill, it does not also have to be counted as mechanized clearing.
• The Wetland Impact Summary table lists 0.19 acres of impact from hand clearing. Hand clearing impacts are not
shown on the plan sheets.
• Please provide plan sheets and an impact summary table with the correct wetland impact amounts by type and by
station.
• Buffer Impacts. The buffer impact amounts listed in the Buffer Impact Summary table do not match the buffer
impact amounts shown on the plan sheet. Please provide the correct buffer impact amounts.
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Therefore, pursuant to 15A NCAC 211 .0507(a)(5), we will have to place the permit application on hold until we are
supplied the necessary information. You have 21 days to respond in writing with the requested information or notification
to this office that the information is forthcoming. If, at the end of the 21 days, this office has not received this information
in writing, we will assume you are withdrawing your application and it will be returned. Furthermore, until the
information is received by the NC Division of Water Quality, we request (by copy of this letter) that the US Army Corps
of Engineers place the permit application on hold.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Garcy Ward at (252) 948 -3922 or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
for Thomas A. Reeder
Acting Director
cc: Tom Steffens, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office (electronic copy only)
Sonia Carrillo, DWQ, TPU
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