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CERTIFIED MAIL: 7004 2510 0002 2177 4798
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
October 23, 2006
DWQ# 06-1561
Guilford County
Reference: Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the Life Community Church of Hunter Hills
Mr. Robert Emanuel
Life Community Church of Hunter Hills
4900 West Wendover Avenue
Jamestown, NC 27282
Dear Mr. Emanuel:
On September 27, 2006, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application for
a 401 General Water Quality Certification to impact 140 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Long Branch
in order to provide fill for future expansion of church facilities located at 4900 West Wendover Avenue in
Jamestown, Guilford County. On October 10, 2006, Mr. Daryl Lamb of the DWQ's Winston-Salem
Regional Office conducted an onsite review of the proposed fill. Additional information is required in order
that we may determine your project's compliance with 15A NCAC 2H .0500. Please provide five (S) copies
of the following information:
1. You have not demonstrated an adequate effort to avoid and minimize impacts to the onsite
perennial stream by considering alternatives to piping and placement of fill. Based on Mr.
Lamb's site visit on October 10, 2006, there appear to be other areas of church property suitable
for expansion, which would not require the placement of fill in this stream. In addition it does
not appear that the stream in question will pose a major impediment to the extension of the
existing access road to Wendover Avenue. Please provide a thorough and detailed explanation
of why you believe this fill is necessary in order to provide for future facilities expansion and
access road extension. Please provide a description of your efforts to avoid and/or minimize
this impact by considering alternatives, such as utilization of other areas of church property.
2. In Section XI. (Stormwater) on Page 12 of the application, you indicate that no additional
impervious surface will result from the piping of the stream and placement of fill over the pipe.
However, in Section III. (Project Information), Item 11. on Page 7, you state that the purpose of
this fill is to allow for expansion of church facilities. You have provided no specific expansion
plans or details. The Division of Water Quality must therefore assume that the fill area will
ultimately consist of 100% impervious surface. Please provide detailed information, including
the relevant engineering calculations, which show that the current stormwater management
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Mr. Robert Emanuel
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October 23, 2006
facilities on your site are capable of providing the required treatment of the stormwater
generated by this additional impervious surface. If the current stormwater management
facilities cannot provide adequate treatment of the increased stormwater flow, you must provide
details of the additional engineered stormwater controls that you will provide on your sate to
adequately treat all stormwater generated by your expanded facility.
3. In Section X. (Proposed Impacts on Riparian and Watershed Buffers) on Page 11 of the
application, you indicate that the proposed fill will result in impacts to both Zone 1 (8,519 ft2 of
impact) and Zone 2 (7,273 ftZ of impact) of the Randleman Lake Water Supply Watershed
buffer that exists along the onsite stream. Based upon the project description, the Division of
Water Quality believes that a Major Variance to the Randleman Lake Water Supply Watershed
Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B. 0250) will be required for this project. Please contact Ms. Amy
Chapman, coordinator of the Buffer Rules in the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting
Unit, at [phone] to discuss the application process for obtaining a Major Variance.
Until the information requested in this letter is provided, I will request (by copy of this letter) that the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers place this project on hold. Also, this project will be placed on hold for DWQ
processing due to incomplete information (15A NCAC 2H .0507(h)). The processing of this application
will begin when the requested information is received. Please be advised that if your proposed activity is
subject to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), you must also receive a Section 401
Water Quality Certification from the N. C. Division of Water Quality before you begin any work.
Please send the requested information to Mr. Ian McMillan, N. C. Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401
Certification Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. If you have any questions, please
contact Mr. Daryl Lamb, DWQ, Winston-Salem Regional Office, at [phone].
Sincerely,
Steve W. Tedder
Regional Supervisor
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
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cc: Mr. Monte Mathews, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
DWQ, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Wetlands/401 Unit File Copy
Central Files
Mr. Michael B. Westcott, PE, Westcott Engineering & Consulting, PC, 4015 Meeting Way, Suite 105,
High Point, NC 27265