20051457 Ver 1_Potential Meeting with Cleveland County Water Board_20120315

Potential Meeting with Cleveland County water Board
From: Reeder, Tom
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:41 AM
To: [e-mail]; [e-mail];
Wicker, Henry M JR SAW
Cc: Christine Brayman; Patricia.L.Prentiss @ usace.army.mil; Smith, Robin;
Barsness, Kari K; Karoly, Cyndi; Matthews, Matt
subject: Potential Meeting with Cleveland County water Board
Colonel Baker / Ken - Yesterday I met with several members of the Board and staff of
the Cleveland County
Water District at their offices in Cleveland County. Also in attendance at the
meeting was State Senator
Warren Daniel. The sole topic of our discussion was Cleveland County's desire to
build a dam and create a
reservoir on the First Broad River. This proposed project is currently going
through the Environmental Impact
statement process under the guidance of Henry wicker. The Cleveland County
representatives are extremely
concerned with what they feel is their uphill and costly struggle in order to
acquire the necessary 404 Permit
for this proposed impoundment. I want to be very clear that they do not have
concerns about Henry's
performance in this matter. I have been a party to many of these discussions and
Henry has done an
outstanding and professional job in handling this difficult assignment. However,
they expressed a desire to
be able to state their case for the approval of the 404 Permit, from their
perspective, to someone higher in
the chain of command. Accordingly, they asked if I would be willing to contact you
on their behalf and see if
you, Ken, and Henry would be willing to meet with their delegation, in your offices
in Wilmington, to discuss
their 404 Permit application and the associated Environmental Impact statement. If
such a meeting can be
arranged they also expressed a desire to conduct the meeting on a Friday, as that
would facilitate their travel
arrangements. Please let me know if you would be willing to have such a meeting
and then I can ask the
Cleveland County reps to get in touch with Patricia to make the necessary
arrangements. Thank you.
Tom Reeder
Director, NC Division of Water Resources
Phone: 919 - 707 -9027
email: [e-mail]
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