20070931 Ver 1_General Correspondence_20070706

ROBIN MAYCOCK LITTLE
5409 New Rebel Court, Youngsville, NC 27596
{919)418-7645
July 3, 2007
Mr. Eric Kulz
401 Oversight/express Review Permitting Unit
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite250
Raleigh, NC 27604
Subject: Hanson Aggregates East, Inc. -Raleigh Quarry expansion.
Unnamed tributary to Richland Creek (030402,27-21-(0.5), C, NSW)
Located adjacent to and north of existing Raleigh Quarry on west side of US 1, Wake
Forest, in northern Wake County.
PIN 1739-36-0203. DWQ Froject # 07-0931.
Dear Eric:
This letter is a response to the request from your office for additional information on the
preconstruction notification (PCN) application package for the proposed expansion of the existing
Raleigh Quarry submitted on May 24, 2007. The request from DWQ for additional information
was dated June 6, 2007. Response was requested within 30 calendar days from the date of that
letter, or by July 7, 2007.
The first item requested was to provide documentation that a DWQ representative had made the
intermittentlperennial stream determinations on the subject site, as stated in the application. Eric
Kulz was contacted on July 2, 2007 in order to obtain this information. He was to be away on
vacation and did not email a response. (A copy of the email is attached.)
Second, the project history was not completed on the application, and it was requested that the
section be completed. The following paragraph may be added to the application in order to meet
this requirement.
The Raleigh Quarry became part of Hanson Aggregates in 1991. The quarry has operated
continuously since it was permitted under Mine Permit # 92-02. The permitted acreage was
expanded in 1990 to incorporate land for anticipated pit expansion to the north. No
previous individual or nationwide wetland permits or water quality certifications have been
issued to Hanson Aggregates Raleigh Quarry to date.
Please do not hesitate to contact Robin Maycock Little at (919) 418-?645 or Rob Snyder at (919)
380-2746, if you have any questions on this response to your request for additional information.
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10. Describe the overall project in detail, including the type of equipment to be used: Heave
equipment will be used ,for haul and temporary access road construction, excavation for
minim and reclamation. Site will be mined using phased excavation and temporary access
roads. Sediment retention basins and storm water treatment will be installed as excavation
progresses
I1. Explain the purpose of the proposed work: The purpose of the proposed project is to
expand existi ~ Qranite quarry to mine an area of an isolated deposit of Qranite bedrock
aggr_gate and other uses.
IV. Prior Project History
If jurisdictional determinations and/or permits have been requested and/or obtained for this project
(including all prior phases of the same subdivision) in the past, please explain. Include the USACE
Action ID Number, DWQ Project Number, application date, and date permits and certifications were
issued or withdrawn. Provide photocopies of previously issued permits, certifications or other useful
information. Describe previously approved wetland, stream and buffer impacts, along with associated
mitigation (where applicable). If this is a NCDOT project, list and describe permits issued for prior
segments of the same T.I.P. project, along with construction schedules. The Raleigh Quar~becanne cart
of Hanson Agates in 1991. The auarrv has operated continuously since it was permitted under Mine
Permit # 92-02. The permitted acreaEe was expanded in 1990 to incorporate land for anticipated pit
expansion to the north. No previous individual or nationwide wetland permits or water aaality
certifications have been issued to Hanson Aagresates Raleigh Quarry to date.
V. Future Project Plans
Are any future permit requests anticipated for this project? If so, describe the anticipated work,
and provide justification for the exclusion of this work from the current application.
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VI. Proposed Impacts to Waters of the United States/Waters of the State
responsibility to determine, delineate and map all impacts to
n channels associated with the project. Each impact must be
listed separately in the tables below (e.g.,
It is the applicant's (or agent's)
wetlands, open water, and strea
culvert installation should be listed sepazately from
riprap dissipater pads). Be sure to indicate if an impact is temporary. All proposed impacts,
permanent and temporary, must be listed, and must be labeled and cleazly identifiable on an
accompanying site plan. All wetlands and waters, and all streams (intermittent and perennial)
should be shown on a delineation map, whether or not impacts are proposed to these systems.
Wetland and stream evaluation and delineation forms should be included as appropriate.
Photographs may be included at the applicant's discretion. If this proposed impact is strictly for
wetland or stream mitigation, list and describe the impact in Section VIII below. If additional
space is needed for listing or description, please attach a separate sheet.
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