20071312 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
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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
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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
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cc: Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Fish and Wildlife Associates, Inc., PO Box 241, Whittier, NC 28789
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Filename: 071312LinvilleRiverHwy 18Bridge(Avery)_Hold_Fee