20051672 Ver 1_More Info Received_20060123

JAN-23-2006 10:' 2A1~ FROi~-
T-775 P.001/005 F-305
~~~
NCDENR
SAX ~'R~,NSMISSION
DENR
FAYETTEUILLE REGIONAL OFFICE
FAYET7EVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 2$301-5043
VOICE: 910-486-1541
Fax: [phone]
Y
Fax #: ~f ~ ~~~ ~ .--- ~~~~
From: ~~ ~ c/ ~2(77~-~
Subject: L~ ..r 7~~ :~ ~~~'

CpMMENTS:
Date: ,/ - ,~ ~ ~D
Pages (including cover): ~~
~,.~ r~ / !
~ ~~~~~
.THhd-~' ~-`~-1G~r~ f~ll=~h! iG=1: t_1'c~ TEL:'~+1Ji~3E~3'~~ hJHME: D6•J~!-4JETLHf~dDS F'. 1

JAN-23-2006 10: 2Afr1 FRO~-
i~TTOF,fJ fg aT t_~w
RALEIGH OFFICE
~`tL0 BEE!.H _Er\' C.f 71;i~.1
`,UI~I L- SUL
'E_E"rA t g 9.~;ii 14jUU
POST '7F- CE BOY.:: I?7r.+•1

REPLY TO RALEIGH OFFICE
KURT J. OLSCSN
kG)SOrngmaupintayloccorzl
919.981.4084
lV1r. Itien AVerltte
Division t~f Water Quality
NC Division of Coastal Management
Z?S Green SLTcGi_, Suite 7l4
Fayetteville.lvG 2301-504
Ite: Public Records Request
Dear VIr. Averitte~
January 15. 20(}6
T-7T5 P.002/005 F-305
RTP OFFICE
X90 iLTA NIJ!;-C~ f,1C~
Hl-AL--6~~r'.~t.TCkS PF.Fk
~z?? =HAP1=~. I-,;LL n.IElsUra rl~,vr.
GUR~F,f•1 yC 2?71 9
rE'_EFH~]I^dE ? I ;,36; -I:,Oi;
Tfcl_:.rh.X u19.E6I 262
i•1AI L I PJ 1 ~ i~C1 G P. ~c `-
f UST OFFICE Bi?~; 136^e
P,EEr,17.(_; ' ~I )',1r.PJ i~LE fr,~,b'. '~li~
~''U°--7h4i~
wI~MINGrGN OFFICE
_„r,loFF,~L FAF:f~ rtO~rH
;_,ITE znp
'sliLr~~IPJc; pr~d PJ[:7N4G;9
TC-'~EFrGr~E 910.ZS~.S135
TL's t. FPS^: 4 ; LI. ~ ~ ti. ~ ~1 ~ I
.Pursuant tc~ North Carolina Public Records Act, N.C.G.S. Chapt. 132, please produce for inspection an[1 copying any
and ali documents, rcporSs ar correspundenee, including eleeu-onie correspondence (emails) that involve or relate in any way
to the Di~~ision of Water ~)uality's decision co deny a Section ~O1 Certification to:
(1 Terry grid ?~~at]~erine 111c.'~zight vt-it'.. resreet to they-property :it ~~27 Femrrcek .DriL'e (Lot %0~ Bucll-iead
Subdivision), Fayettevi]le, NC; or
(2) ~Sruce M. W'lteeler with respect to his property at ~A~31 Ferncreel: Drive I;Lot 206 Buclhc;ad Subdivi~.ionj,
Fayetteville, NC.
Please contact me at 91~.9h1.4084 sty I can aFrange to review and copy responsive dncuments. Altemativ~ly, phase
copy responsive documents and forward them to me at 3200 Beeehleaf Court, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC 2760=1. We are willing
to pay reasonable copying costs rot to exceed $50.00. Please inform me if the cost of copying will exceed that amount sc~ I
can make other arrangements to review and copy the documents responsive to this rtyuest.
.THhJ-E~-F'Lit='tr, f~1LIhJ 1~~: ~=1'? TEL: 91'~73.~b893 t~IHME: CIW~!-LJETL~t•JD'=~ F'. E

JAN-23-2006 10:' 2A1~ FROfr1-
Mr. den Averitte
January 1 ~, 2006
F'agc 2
T-775 P.Op3/005 F-305
Thank you for your cooperation in tlus matter. if you have any questions or cprnments regarding this request, please
contact me.
Very tnlIy your/sJ~~.,
Lv - °v' 1
Kurt J. (~ snn
cc: Nh-. and Nlrs. McKnight
1tilr. and Mrs. Wheeler
Dr. Jay H. Carter III
R~LLItiI-A~~~91n I
.THhd-~'-clJ~ir~ I'IOhJ 1t=1:~=~y TEL:'~1~(^.JG~JQ.J NHP9E:DWC!-WETLHhJD:=~ F'. _

JAN-23-2006 10:12AM FROM-
, .~TTORr,EY; hT Lnw
RALEIGH OFFICe
3200 BEECHI.E,sF CGURT
jUiTE S00
RF.f.ErGri, r,c 276ca-!~6a
Te.GPrO,vE 919,9Et' .4000
"ELErP.X 9;9.95'-.4370
r~„ i~l'JG ADPF.E55
PC>T O=F'C= B'JX i °764
RALE;G!-~, NC 276! 9-'764
WWW. w1AU?' iti7Ati'LGR,GOi'~~
REPLY TO RALEICaH OFFICE
KURT J- C3LSON
kolsar+@maupintaylor.0otn
9'19.981.4084
John E. Pulliam, Jr.
Colonel, U.S. Army
District Corrunander
Deparh~ttent of the Arnty
Wilmington District, Carps of Engineers
P. (]. Box 1 S 90
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Re: Action ID 200500470 (McKnight
Action 1D 200500471 (Wheeler)
L7ear Colonel Pulliam:
T-775 P.004/005 F-305
RTP OFFICE
aeo Ec A 9U~L/iNG
HADQUARTERS PARK
2222 CHAPEL HILL-P•iEL50r~f hlwY.
DURHAM, NC 277 i 3
TE~EPHGNE 9 i 9.361 .4900
T[l.EFau 9!9,3b1,2262
MAILING ApDRE55
POST OFFIGC (3Gx 13646
p.GS~ARCH TRIANGI.~ PARS, NC
2770?-36a6
WlLM1NGTON OFFICE
LANDFALL PARK N4R71-I
I?A5 Ga,STWOOD ROAD
SUITE 200
WILMINGTON, IvC 2B4U3
TELEPHONE ? 10.256.,, 35
TELCFA3C 9 i Q.256,6451
This firm represents Tony and Katherine McKnight and Bruce and Tammy Wheeler in
the above referenced actions. Tam writing to inform you that the McKnights and Wheelers have
appealed the North Carolina T:~ivisiozz of Water Quality's decision to deny their respective
requests for a Section 401 Water Quality Certification supporting their applieatioz~s for after-the-
factpermits to allow certain fill material to ren->,ain in place at their residences- As such, we
request that the Corps of Engineers temporarily stay the requirement that the Mcl~nights and
Wheelers remove the fill material by January 20, 2006, and refrain from referrizlg this matter to
the ~[.T. S. Attorney ar U. S. Environmental Protc;ction Agency for further action until tl~e appeals
are resolved.
7rt this regard, we note that the Division al' Water Quality's primary reason for denying
the 401 Certification is its conclusion that the fill was placed by someone (not the 1VIcKnights or
Wheelers) ui violation of certain restrictive covenants agreed to by the original site developer. If
this were the appropriate standard, however, no after-the-fact permit would ever be issued. By
its very nature, an after-the~fact permit involves a situation where laws, rLLles or restrictions were
initially violated. Consequently, to say that the after-the-fact permit cannot be issued because the
original action violated a Ia~u, rule or restriction, sets ttp a standard that cannot be met.
;jALB1Gt[~as1797_ I
January 18, 2006
THI'd-E=-Lt~t=it=, f't01d 1Gi: t=1'~ TEL:'~197.~~6~~~ NAf'IE: D4J17-6JETLANCi~; F'. 4

JAfV;23-2006 10:13AM FROM- T-775 P.005/005 F-305
John ~, Pulliam, Jr.
ranuary 1 ~, 2b06
Page 2
For this reason and others, we believe the Iv~cKnights and Wheelers have a substantial
likelihood at succeeding on their appeals, and We ask that the Corps await the autconze of these
proceedings before takixlg further aetion.l
Very truly yours,
~~~~ ~ ~~
Kurt J. 01s n
cc: Mr. and Mrs. Terry McKnight
Mr. and Mrs. L~iuce Wheeler
Dr. Jay H. Carter
See attached list
` We also are aware of the letter from Keith Hams, Chief, Regulatory Field Office, Wilrr~ington District,
jIS.QGOE, advising the McKnights and Wheelers chat due to comments received during the public zaoticc period, it
was unlikely that the Corps would issue the after-the-fact permits even if the 40t Water Quality Certifications had
been issued. We intend to address tlxe issues raised in the comments Mr. Hams refers to in 3 supplemental
application fallowing the appeals.
~Lc]GHti1s1797_ 1
JHFl-~~-~t~G1r~ f~UPub 1t_t: ~~~ TEL: y1~+733r89~ hJAME: D4J0-WETLHhJD'=~ F'.