20071507 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20070822

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Deparhnent of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
August 22, 2007
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Givens Estates
Attn: David Smith
2360 Sweeten Creek Rd.
Asheville, North Carolina 28803
Subject Property: Givens Estates Stream Stabilization Project
Missing Sets and Appropriate Fee
^ REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
^ PERMITTING FEE MISSING/INCORRECT
® RETURN OF APPLICATION PACKAGE
Dear Mr. Smith:
DWQ Project # Not Assigned
Buncombe County
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C+n August 22, 2007 the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received correspondence dated August 14,
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.
^ The PCN Application failed to contain the Applicant/Agent's Signature and Date. See last
page of application. (Agent's signature is valid only if an authorization letter from applicant is.
provided).
^ Incorrect andlor missing wetland, intermittent-perennial stream and/or 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 x11401 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 Mai] Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: ht :i/h2o.enrstate.naus!ncwetlands
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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 # 0100647318 for
$570.00 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: DWQ requires five (5) complete application sets to begin the review and approval
process. Please supply five (5} complete application sets along with a $475 permitting fee.
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.
Sincerely,
LG~
Cyndi Karoly, Supe sor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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Enclosures: Check #0100647318 for $570.00. Correspondence dated 8/14/07.
cc: Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Andrew Bick, Baker Engineering NY, Inc., Asheville Field Office, 797 Haywood Rd., Ste
201, Asheville, NC 28806 .
File Copy + Check-Copy
Central Files + Check Copy
Filename: GivensEstatesstreamstabilizationProject(Buncombe)_ReturnedApp

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