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August 23, 2007
Cyndi Karoly
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh,NC 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard,suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27604
Dear Ms. Karoly
Per you request for information letter dated 8!20/2007. Please find attached the approva] letter for
buffer mitigation credits for lot 31 in Carriage Hills subdivision (DWQ project # 07-0001 v2 )
If you have any questions or comments I can be reached at 919-303-8525
Sincerely
~c ael Dean Chadwick
CC Amy Chapman
Lauren Cobb
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August 20, 2007
DWQ Project # 07-OOOlv2
Wake County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Michael Dean Chadwick ~ ~~ ~ ;,
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Lot 31 in the Carriage Hills Subdivision, Raleigh, NC
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REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Chadwick:
On June 20, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit received
your minor variance application dated June 13, 2007, with additional information received on August 8,
2007, regarding your request for a Minor Variance from the Neuse Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233)
for the subject property. The DWQ is required to prepare a "preliminary finding" /"finding of fact" as to
whether the variance request meets the requirements of 15A NCAC 02B .0233(9)(a). The DWQ may
attach conditions to a variance approval that support the purpose, spirit and intent of the riparian buffer
protection program. Conditions usually include stormwater management and buffer mitigation.
Additional information will be required before we can proceed with the review of your variance request.
Therefore, unless additional information is provided as described below, we will have to move toward
denial of your request per 15A NCAC 2B .0233 and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we
receive this additional information.
Additional Information Requested:
Buffer Mitigation
Buffer mitigation will be required as a conditior. i f boa choose to proceed with the 1~linor Variance.
If you choose to proceed with a variance, then please provide a buffer mitigation plan pursuant to
15A NCAC 02B .0233. If you choose to pay into a mitigation bank for the required mitigation, please
provide an acceptance letter from the mitigation bank demonstrating they have the available
mitigation credits.
Please respond in writing within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this
information to me and to Lauren Cobb of the DWQ Raleigh Regional Office. If we do not hear from you
in writing within three weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue your variance request
401 OversighUExpress Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: ham:'"h2o enr.state nc u~'ncwetlan<ls
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August 20, 2007
and we will consider the request as withdrawn. Please call Ms. Amy Chapman of this office at (919) 733-
1786 if you have any questions.
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401 OversightlExpress Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Brian Leonard, PE; BRL Engineering; 704-B East Stanley St; Four Oaks, NC 27524
Lauren Cobb, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
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Central Files
Filename: 070001 v2CarriageHillsSDLot31(Wake)On_Hold
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: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: http:iih2o.enr stat_c_.n~.uy'ncrtictlands
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PROGRAM
August 22, 2007
Michael Dean Chadwick
1st American Builders, LLC
2514 Reliance Ave.
Apex, NC 27539
Project: Carriage Hill SD Lot 31 County: WAKE
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP} is willing to
accept payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that
the payment will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the
applicant to contact these agencies [o determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not received a copy of
the issued 404 Pernutl401 Certilrication/CAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the
applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice
will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized
work. The amount of the In Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and
policies listed at www.nceep.net.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compertsatory mitigation are summarized in the
following table.
NEUSE
03020201 Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.) Buffer II
(Sq. Ft.)
-- --__-_. _ ...Cold -_ - wool _ ._ VWa_r~ri. _Ri arian_ . _hlon-Ri arian_ __Coasial Marsh-- ---__ ._ -- - -_..--
mpacts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,930-
Credits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,900
Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies
require mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCEEP to be responsible for the additional
mitigation, the applicant will need to submit a mitigation request to NCEEP for approval prior to permit issuance. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at (919} 716-1421.
Sincerely,
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Will D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Amy Chapman, NCDWQ- Wetlands/401 Unit
Brian Leonazd, agent
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