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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071312 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20070801~Q~ W A T~Rp Michael F. Easley, Governor ,\Q ~i William G. Ross Jr., Secretary C~ ~. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources ~ ~ p ,C. Coleen H. Sullins, Director Division of Water Quality August 1, 2007 DWQ Project # 07-1312 Avery County CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Linville Resorts/Kawana Fishing Club Attn: John Blackburn PO Box 99 Linville, North Carolina 28646 Subject Property: Linville River at Hwy 18 Bridge Permitting Fee ^ REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION ® PERMITTING FEE MISSING/INCORRECT ^ RETURN OF APPLICATION PACKAGE Dear Mr. Blackburn: On July 31, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated July 26, 2007 for the above referenced project. 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 wetlands and/or streams on the subject property. Therefore, unless we receive five copies of the additional information requested below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 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: ^ Water Quality Certification, See I. Processing, Item 2.. Please state which Permit (Nationwide, Regional or General) number you intend to use. You may want to contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) to determine which permit they will allow you to use. ^ Please provide verification from the Corps of Engineers showing that your project will require a Nationwide ^ Incorrect and/or missing wetland, intermittent-perennial stream andlor buffer impacts. DWQ is unable to review this project without noted or corrected impacts reflected. ® Lack of permitting fee. Please note that beginning January 1, 1999, the N.C. General Assembly passed legislation requiring payment of a fee for a11401 applications. The fee for applications is $200 for projects impacting less than an acre of wetland and less than 150 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-733-1786 /FAX 919-733-6893 /Internet: htta•/lti2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands None Carolina ~tura!!y An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper linear feet of streams. For projects impacting one or more acres of wetland or 150 or more feet of streams, the fee is $475. ^ Incorrect permitting fee amount. Please see above item. Your check # for $_ is herein enclosed for fee correction. DWQ does not retain any payment unless it is in the correct amount. ^ A request for a modification of an issued permit requires re-submission of five (5) application sets and appropriate fee. We have herein returned your modification request. ^ DWQ is making the suggestion that all associated project maps be submitted as a PDF file on a CD in addition to two (2) paper copies. DWQ does require five (5) sets of the PCN application. ® OTHER: NW27 (GC3625) indicates "the use of any structure or fill in the existing stream bed or disturb greater than 500 feet of stream bank that are proposed under this General Certification require written application to and approval from the Division of Water Quality." Based on the reflected impacts, please remit a permitting fee of $200. 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 this office in writing. 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 Mr. Ian McMillan or me at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter. Sin ly, Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor 401 OversightBxpress Review Permitting Unit CBK/ljd cc: Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office Fish and Wildlife Associates, Inc., PO Box 241, Whittier, NC 28789 File Copy Central Files Filename: 071312LinvilleRiverHwy 18Bridge(Avery)_Hold_Fee