20140848 Ver 1_More Info Requested_20140922

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water - Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Secretary
September 22, 2014
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
70133020000076320338
Mr. Jay Johnson
North Carolina Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 1587
Greenville, NC 27835
Subject: The replacement of Bridge No. 150 over Fork Swamp on SR 1530 in Beaufort County;.State Project No. 17BP.2.R.54;
DWR project number 20140846
Dear Mr. Johnson:
The Division of Water Resources has reviewed your submittal for a 401 Water Quality Certification for the aforementioned project.
Review of your application revealed it lacking necessary information required for making an informed permit decision. The permit
application was deficient in the following areas:
Ditches through buffers. The proposed plans show a 2:1 ditch being cut through the buffer in the NW quadrant from —L- STA.
10 +65 to STA. 12 +86 RT. 15A NCAC 2B .0259(6) requires that new ditches through buffers provide a storrmwater
management facility to control for nitrogen and attenuate flow before the conveyance discharges through the buffer. For linear
transportation projects, this can be accomplished with grass swales at a ratio of 100 linear feet of swale per acre of drainage. The
swales must have a minimum of 3:1 slopes, or flatter, front and back.
A prior response indicated that creating 3:1 swales would require additional easements. It is noted that a 3:1 swale is being cut on
the opposite side of the road and staying within the existing right of way. Please provide additional information explaining
whether or not it is possible to provide some length of 3:1 swale for the area in question.
Therefore, pursuant to 15A NCAC 2H .0507(a)(5), we will have to place the permit application on hold until we are supplied the
necessary information. You have 21 days to respond in writing with the requested information or notification to this office that the
information is forthcoming. If, at the end of the 21 days, this office has not received this information in writing, we will assume you
are withdrawing your application and it will be returned. Furthermore, until the information is received by the NC Division of Water
Resources, we request (by copy of this letter) that the US Army Corps of Engineers place the permit application on hold.
Transportation and Permitting Unit
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If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Garcy Ward at (252) 948 -3922 or garcy.ward @ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
for Thomas A. Reeder
Director
cc: Tom Steffens, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office (electronic copy only)
Garcy Ward, DWR, Washington Regional Office
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