20051457 Ver 1_follow up questions.msg_20130919

Strickland, Bev
From: Frank Tursi [frankt @nccoast.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:16 PM
To: tom.reeder @ncdenr.gov
Subject: follow up questions
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Tom,
Thanks for returning my call yesterday. After thinking about what you said and in light of some new info, I have a few
follow -up questions that I hope you *II address:
1. You noted that the division was going to concentrate on it *core mission,* which you defined as meeting the
mandates of state and federal laws. Does not wetland protection fall under that definition since it *s a
requirement of the federal Clean Water Act? In looking at the descriptions of the numerous Wetlands Program
Development Grants that state has received over the years, it seems that much the grant work allowed DWQ to
meet its obligations under federal law, such as establishing permit wetland monitoring requirements and
delineations and 401 certification methodologies.
2. Is 401 certification part of the *core mission *? The waiving of the certification in the Cleveland County project
would suggest it is not.
3. When we talked, I didn *t know that one of the grants was to establish baseline water - quality data in possible
fracking areas. Is monitoring water quality not part of the division *s *core mission *?
Thanks again for your time.
Frank
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