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Mailing address:
Post Office Box 4030 Secretary William G. Ross, Jr.
Stallings, NC 28106 North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
street address: 1601 Mail Service Center
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Stallings, NC 28105 Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 ~Do ~
Mayor: Re: Division of Water Quality Application #050666; General Growth Properties and
Lucy U. Drake Childress Klein Properties -The Bridges at Mint Hill, Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
Council:
Mark E. Franza Dear Secretary Ross:
Mayor Pro Tem
R. Barry Forrester The Town of Stallings is very concerned about the impacts of a proposed 1.3 million square
Carolyn Funderburk
Renee Hartis foot shopping mall on the endangered Carolina Heelsplitter Mussel and other rare and
Thelma Privette endangered aquatic species in Goose Creek. This mall is to be built on either bank of the
Gary Sides Goose Creek, at its headwaters. Because the proposed project is likely to have a significant
Town Manager: adverse effect upon water quality in the Goose Creek that could eliminate rare and
Brian W. Matthews endangered species important to our state's natural heritage, we request that North Carolina
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Chief of Police: require the submittal of an application for an individual water quality certification for this
Larke Plyler Sr. prOjeCt.
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C+n April 15, 2005, the United States Army Corps of Engineers received a preconstruction
Assistant chief of Police: notification for proposed stream impacts at The Bridges at Mint Hill in Mecklenburg
David Hearne Coun Since then, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, the North Carolina
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Natural Heritage Program, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service have each
Town Clerk & expressed serious concerns about the direct and indirect impacts that this project will have on
Finance officer: Goose Creek water quality and the rare and endangered aquatic species that have the Goose
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'.'. related sedimentation, the inadequacy of proposed buffers, inadequate post-construction
Deputy Town Clerk & stormwater management, and the impottance of maintaining the existing hydrograph
Tax Couector: conditions. To my knowledge, North Carolina Division of Water Quality has not sent any
Deborah K. Wagenhauser
dwagenhauser(c~alltel.net comment on this project to the Corps of Engineers.
Assistant Town Clerk: Union County and the Town of Stallings have worked diligently with the North Carolina
Karen B. Williams Wildlife Resources Commission and U. S. Fish and Wildlife to protect the endangered
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Carolina Heelsplitter Mussel. We have cooperated to limit development in certain areas of
Town Planners: the county (which included Lawyers Road in Stallings) to protect the Carolina Heelsplitter
Tammy Heck Mussel. We are very concerned that the same environmental protections placed upon Union
tammvit(c~atlteLnet County will not be required in Mecklenburg County or upon this project. For these reasons,
Jason Mayo we request that the NCDENR, Division of Water Quality, require General Growth Properties
iasonmayo(a~alltel.net and Childress Klein Properties to submit a formal application for Individual Water Quality
Certification so as to prevent significant adverse impacts to the water quality of the Goose
Code Enforcement officer : Creek from the direct and indirect effect of this project.
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