20220100 Ver 1_USACE More Info Requested_20220215

Strickland, Bev
From: Hopper, Christopher D CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
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Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:19 AM
To: Homewood, Sue; [e-mail]
Subject: [External] SAW-2022-00175 / Samet Little Land / 1-85 at Tributary Way / Linwood /
Davidson County, NC - INCOMPLETE APPLICATION
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Good Morning, JC:
This project appears to intend to create as much upland as possible with no details of what is proposed or why the
impacts are necessary. We require additional information, detailing what is proposed on the site, before verifying your
use of Nationwide Permit 18 for impacts to likely waters of the US.
1) The site plan provided is illegible / text is difficult to read when zoomed in. Please provide a clear copy of the
site plans for our review (flattened and reduced, please).
2) The wetland impact proposed is identified in the PCN application as needed for a building pad. However, the
area occurs within a narrow projection northwest from the LOD. Please provide details of the building proposed
in this location, the need for this impact, how the impact was minimized, and what measures are proposed to
protect remaining wetland. Would temporary impacts be required for construction in this area?
3) All three exhibits depicting wetlands on -site show different shapes and extents of these features. Please provide
as accurate a boundary as possible on all exhibits and send in a JD or delineation concurrence request with
sufficient detail to establish any jurisdiction over these resources.
4) The application states that 'Chemical and physical connectivity between the northern and southern wetlands
would be preserved via the construction of temporary diversion ditches, draining around the proposed building,
into stormwater retention basins that would then overland flow into the southern wetland'.
1) Please provide more detail about the temporary diversion ditches, and what any permanent connection
would look like.
2) Does the project intend to route flow from a wetland into a stormwater BMP?
3) Please clarify how overland flow would provide connectivity of waters of the US.
Thanks for your submission. Once we receive and have an opportunity to review the above requested information,
additional requests for clarification/information may be required to complete our review. Please don't hesitate to call
or reply with questions or to request additional clarification.
Christopher D. Hopper
Regulatory Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Division
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From: Homewood, Sue <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, February 7, 2022 3:41 PM
To: [e-mail]
Cc: Hopper, Christopher D CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Samet Little Land project - Davidson County - Request for Additional Information -
DWR#20220100
J C,
I have reviewed your PCN requesting a 401 Certification for the above referenced project and need clarification and/or
additional information. Please submit the requested information below within 30 days of receipt of this Notification by
selecting the More Information Response using this submittal form (you may also send me an email once the form has
been submitted).
1) Your wetland delineation map indicates that there are wetlands that are connected via an "upland
ditch". Please provide documentation that the USACE has confirmed your delineation;
2) Please clarify whether this project is speculative or if it is being built to specification of a user;
3) Provide a plan view of the site and infrastructure (roads, utilities, stormwater, etc.) for the entire proposed
development, overlaid on the stream and wetland delineation. This plan is necessary to evaluate avoidance and
minimization measures and potential indirect impacts for the project.;
4) You have indicated that this project meets the definition of Low Density for stormwater purposes. The Division
requires a complete site development plan in order to evaluate this response.
Please note that responses to the questions above may prompt additional information requests to allow full evaluation
of the proposed project
Sue Homewood
Division of Water Resources, Winston Salem Regional Office
Department of Environmental Quality
336 776 9693 office
336 813 1863 mobile
[e-mail]
450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300
Winston Salem NC 27105
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