20041224 Ver 1_General Correspondence_20040702

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rih Carolina Di~isinn ~~f Water Quality {NCDWQI ~~~ ~ ~ 2004
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WATER QUALITY SECT;iflN
~~'ithdrawal and Re-submittal of application for 41) I Water (luahty Certification
Dillsboro Iivdraelectric Project. E~ERC No. 2bU2
On .lulu ~, 'i)O~t Drrkc: Pinner, a Division of Duke Energy C'urporation. Vantahala .Area
tDPNa1 tiled a -t01 ~'4'ater Quality Certification (~l(11 WQ(') application with the Ni~Cth
Carolina Di~~ision o1~ ~~~~ ater Quality (NCI?WQ) for relicensin~ of the Dillsboro Project.
Suhsequently on Septentber ~, 2tN)3, Duke requested that NC'DVVQ place a hold on
processing the 4O1 ti~`QC' application for relicensing of the Dillsboro Project until DPN.~\
tiled a license sun~encter applic.atiun with the Federal 1?nergy Regulatory Commission
(FERCi for the sa~~ie Uilishoro Project. The license surrender application for the
rlillctv~rn Prr~iari ~i.ac fill-•;I ~~ ith t~r;t2(' ;m 1\.t:;~. ~R ~(~(l:.t
\t this point, })}'V }'~ is requcstin~ that FF:RC' process our license surrender application to
~~pprove, as requested, the rornoval ol~ the Dillsboro Dam and Powerhouse- :fit that time,
)P\.A c~oulcl ~vrii~dra« its license appltcahon for the Dillsboro Project. However,
Because it is pi~ssi}plc. tluit FE?RC may not approve Df'NA's license surrender application.
)PNa is required t=.~ keep active its license applicatie~n to renew the hvdropo~vcr
operating license. Because FERC requires states to act on ~1t)1 Vl'Q(' applications ~~ithin
year, DPN:'1 is required to keep its -11)1 1~~'QC' application fir relicensing active as
as the license. application for the Dillsboro Project is pending.

[)~'~ ID: (13-01.79
FI~:RC X01 WA'I'F H QU~~L.I I'l~" CEN 11HIC~"TION
,~PPl,1(.::aTION
I=012. f-~!S C11't; FERC' PERMITS
* SH:'S`D SEti'[:M1 (7) COPIES AND TIIE
~1PPROPIil~1~TE F'[:E (SE:>?: 17~E:~1 # 161* OF' ~flliti AI'P1,1C':v'T[O'S "Tn;
CIiF: tiC Dl~~'ISIC)N OI~~ \~\ AhE~:R (1l.!AI_.I~fl
aT'('N: JOHN DORNF:1'
2321 CRABTREE: BLS U., SL'TTE 2511
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DVJI~ER'S NA~9E:
Dukc PoHCr
~1AILING ADDRI?SS:
526 Church Street, P.O. Bq~ l IHt6
PR01EC' l ~:;1UlE:
Uillsboro Hydroelectric Pr~iect, F'EC2C'_.tin._2602
CI [l': Charlotte STATE: tiorth Carolina 7IP (.'ODE: 2K2U1-IUUb
PRO.tECT L,O('A~1'1C)N ADDRESS {IF D([=FERE,h`I~ FROM MAIi..[?~G
ADDRESS .~'1BOV[~:>
150 ti~rth Ri~er_Road, Uillsboro,. tiC 21372
TE[.EPE~iONE NIiMBi;.lt: (V4~ORK) (7i1~) 3>32-592
IF APPLICABLE: AGE\"T'S SAME OR RI~.SPO?~StBI.E C'OKPORAI E
UFFlCIA[., AD[)RESS, P}I()tiE. Nl'~9I3[?R:
~Ir .leffre~~ G. I,ineber~er, ~lana~er )fl~¢ro l,icensin~, Dukc Pc)~er
- __ _ _
526 t~hurch Street. P.O._Bo~ 1006, ('h.irlotte, VC~ 282111-10[16
LOCAl'10'v PROJE('~1~ (PROVIDE A I~~tAP. INCLI?DI1tG A ('OPti' OF l1SGS
TOPUCGRAPHIC 11AP OR AERIAL P[{OI~OGRAPIiY \'~'I-I~1J SC'ALEl:
Version l.t)
Januan . 1 x)99

C'Ot'tiTl`: Jackson NIARI::ST TOV~~\: Diltshoro
~PFCIFIC L~)c'A~IIUti tItiCLUDE ROAD NUti1BEI~S. LAtiD1:~Rt~S, FT('_)
1SQ ~ui•th River_FZyad: See attached. map
tMPAC TFD STRF.f1Nt-RI~~'E~R: "I'ucl:asegee Ri~~er
Rl~'ER B.<~SI\: little Tennessee River Basin
C~RRE^:T Dfl'ISIO~~~ Uf~ ~'~'A"I~ER QtAL1"f'l' (DWQ} C LASSIFICA-I [ON:
Upstream gf Danis. Glass (, "Tit; vor`nstrcam of l)am: ('lass C
(a1 1S THE PROJE:CI~ I,OCA~CI~:D W[`[~t~)!N A NOR"I~H C '.ARU[.INA DIVISIO'`
OF C'OASTAI M.~NAGF.MENT AREA OF Eti~~tRON~M EVTAL C'ON('ER1
(AEC')'' l'ES NO ti
(h) IF "I~NE PROJEC 1 IS L.O('A"I"ED Vl'ITfll?~ A COAST AL- COUtiT Y (SEE
PAGE ? Ft)R ["fS [ Of= ('OAS-I AI. C"OEiN"(IES1. `'~-1-IAT IS THF: LA?~D USL~-
f LA\ IL~'f') Dl~"S1(;ti;1"IlON`'
(a) :ARE ADDiT1ONAL PERMIT REQUESTS EYPEC' TEU FOR "1~fiIS
PROPERI-ti' IN T'ffl: FI'TL'RE'? 1'ES NOiti' IL' YES. DESCRIBE
S"TI~~1A~(f=D -["OLAI" NUMBERS OF A(-'Rf?S IN PROJE('"I
~pprorin~atel~ 16 acres in the Pr~ect
'ROL'ID~ AN Af'I'IZOPRIA1 E ENVIRONMEN"i~AL DOCUMENT. THE
-OCU`~~IEN'I SHO['~LD ADD(~E:SS:
>A"f'A Slf01~ 1NG "L'fIA"1'' A'Olt) M(tiI'~9UM FL041~ 11~'ll.l F31
ROVIDI
Iflistoric stream floe data and associated flow duration curves for the
_ ---
pro~ecti uicludirt~ minimum flow data can bc. found rn the Diltshoro
N~_draelcctric Final. License rlpplication____s_ubmitted on January 2~, 2Ut13.
I his _nfarmatic,n is found m_Sectign, r 2.0_ of the__applicat~un._ .-?annual and
munih_I~ floN duration .cur}des are, providgd in .Appendix 2 of. the F'nai
application, Since there is_ essentiali~~ no .storage _ the infio~i is
appro~imatet~ ec~tial _to the .outflow ._ _ There ~i ill__be_no_ chat)ge in Project
~p_eratgns, thus. do change in_ the floes' levels,
versu~n i.ir
lanuarti. 199c1

(c) DESt"RIP~IION OF I_EtiCJT'Il OF E3Y['ASS K[;At'H Tlt~ ANl"y ANU
~~tEASL!RES TO PROL%[DE: FLOW' ~T'O 1 HE RE.AC'Ii IN LOLk' FI_.OVI'
C ONDT~7'IONS.
1)ue tn_the configuration cif the dam., there is no b~pass_ reach associated with
this Project. _ See _Etihibit :~ tI'rajcct Dcscription~ of__the__1?nal __l.icensc
application fora discustii~n_ of Proiect facilities.
(d) LIEASC~RES PLANNF,D OK TAKT~_N ~I O tiIAINTAIti DOWNS IRE.A!L1
11~'ATE~R QUAI,ITI' St: C} 1 AS AllEQL`A7 E= DISSOI,L'ED OXL'GFN.
E~en_thou~h_dissol~~ed._ox`gen concentratio~~s in the. deeper depths of the
upstream _ storage reserti'oirs (East and ~~'est_ Fork Projects) decreased
throughout .the stratified. period= the deep. ~-ater_ released from. the
reser~_oirs was. at least. 3 mgrl greater. than the minimum standard for_tic~rth
t:arolina trout eaters. Based upon disso!`ed ox~~gen data collected in 2001
and the_~CUE_\R-UW'Q historical data, oxygen concentrations consistently
exceeded .the .minimum c;~ncentrations established b2 State ~sater _c~ualit~
standards for_the Tuckascgee Rir-er. ~s with temperature,. no _disce_rirablc
effect _on dtssol~ ed oxygen H~as_ detected from the. pillsboro Project. T'herE
µ.i11 be no change in_ Project oper•ationss thus no change. in the. UQ Ie~ els. .~L
detailed. analysis of dissals ed ox~gen1 is pror ided in Exhibit F. (Section. E2.9)
of the Final License _lppliration.
Vl'H;~LT IS Tl-l l-. Sl1,E OF' l'ltt; ~~'AT'F.KSHF[) 2yU_syuare mile drainage area
_ -
~~~H.A~T' I5 T~EIE Fl:[ T_-FUND SUTtE~AC'E AKE~.1' ,lpprutinaatcty_ l_5 acres at
ete~~ation 1y72.110 ft. ;~ISI_.
l'OL ARF. RE:C~I,!IRED T'U 4_'OtiTAC'T THE L'S [=ISH AND ~'~"II_DI_II=E
SEKL~IC'I: AND~OR NA I~IONAI.. '~~4AKINE FISHERIES SERL'IC'E
KE:GAKDING'T HE PRESENCE OF AN1' FEDfKALLl' LISTEU UR
I'ROPOSEU f~OR LISTING i~NUANGERED OK ~tHREATENED SPECIES OR
('RI"['TC'AL HABITAT [N THE PERMIT .AREA ~1~HAT MA1~' BE .AFFF_.CTED
B1' Tf [E PROPOSED PROJECT. DA'T[,. CUN~TAC'TED:
Letter fron~_Brian C'olc jliSF«_S-.-Lshc}ilie~ on 11_arch_$, 211Ot) in assgcation
}+ith _Prolect Section 7 consuttatian and suhseeFucnt letters/discussions. ~~ ith
- _
the USF'~~'S_throuahout the. i elcensing stakeholder process,
l~`OLI r1R1: KE-Ql IItI~U "1~0 C(.)N"I~AC' 1 IlIE STATL f-[ISTORIC
PRE-S[?R\-ATIC)N C)FFICER (SHPC)) KEGARDING I'HE PRESi=.N('E OF

HISTORIC PROPERTIES [N THE: PERMIT AKl:.4 ~%I~iIC'H ~~1AY BE
AFFECTT=D BY' TEiE PROPOSED PROJE('~1~. UATI= ('ONTACTFD:
Letter frnm__Renee__Gledhill Ea--le} (ti(' Dept., Uf ('ultiiral ltcsources~ _gn
Uecemt~er 16, 1999_ in association with cultural. resource consultation and
subsequent- letters-discussigns_Hith them du_rnx the rrlccnsin~ stakeholder
process.,
DOES THE PROJEC E INi~'OLVE AN E~PENDITI'RE OF PIBLIC FUNDS
MR 'THE l!SE OF PUBLIC (STATE) L.AND'' 1~E:S NO ~~ (IF' NO, GO TO
(a) 1F YES. UOE.S THE: PROJE(`I~ REQ(!IRF L'RE~.P,1R:4"LION Of~ AN
F.I~~"[IZONI~IENTAL DUC'I1~IEN`T Pl ~RS(iANE TO THE: RL:QU[REYTENTS
OF "I-'FIE NORT}I CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL PUL,ICY A('T? Y'ES NO
(b) iF ~'I~:S, FIRS THE DOCUMENT BEEN RI~.~-IE~VED THRO}JGH THf=
NC)R"~T}I C',4ROL,[NA DI_ PARTMEN•I~ O}~ ADM[NIS ERA~IION S"I AE}:
CLEARINGHOI`SE 4'ES NO
IF ANS~b'ER 1'b IS YFS. `CHIN Sl!I3~1(T APPROPRIATE
UOC'IIMENTA~I•lON FROM ~EHE STATE C'LEARINGHOUSF. ~~VI"fH 1 H}~:
NORTH C,4ROL(NA ENVIRUN~~IEN~I~AL. POLIC'E` ACT. QUES"EIONS
RE;G.4RDING THE: S 1:4"I~}: CLEARING}{OI;SE RE~'!EW PR()C'F.SS
SHOI!LC) BE DIRECTED TO MS. CHRYS F3AGGE:Tl. DIRECTOR STATE:
CLI~.ARINGHOUSE, NORT}l (.~,4ROI.ENA D}~:P:'~RTMENT O}'
AD!~~iINISTRAI }ON, 1 l6 ~1''E',51 JONES S ERI~:E. }~, RAL.EI(i}i, NOR I~H
C'ARUI,INA 27f>(l~-t~UO3, ~TE[.,EPHONE, (9I~Ij 73~-6360.
1 ~- THE I=0LL0~'~`[NG fl'E:~1S SIIOI'LD BE INCL}~DED ~~'ITH ~[}I[S
:4PPLIC~A"EION IF PROPOSED A('TIVIT~` INVOLVES TE}[~. UISC}iARGE C)
EXC'.4VA`EE:D OF FILL. MAl }:RIAI. INTO WETLANDS: ti!A
I~) 4VE:TLAND DEL[tiE,AEION ti~1AP SHOWING AI_l. E'V'E-ELANDS. STREAMS
LAKES. AND PONDS ON ~1-HE~. PROPERTY (FOR NATIONIy"lDE PLRMI"T
NUMBERS 14, 18, ?1,26, ?9, AND 3~-. AI1_ S~IREAi~1 (INTF_.RMI I~TEN~I~
AND I'ERti9ANEN"Tl ON T'HE. PROPERTY MUST BF SHOWN UN THE
MAP. ti4AP SCALES SIIOL~LU E3E l INC'}i EQUALS ~(1 FEET OF 1 INCFI
EOUALS IUO }=F?ET UI~ THEIR EC)UIVALI=ti"[.

(b- lF A~~.AILABE_E., {ZEPRESEN'T~ATIVE PHOI~OGRAPH OF Wl~:"IL:ANDS IO
BE iMPAC'TED B~' PROJI:C'T.
(c) IF DELINEATION ~~'AS PER_F~ORMED B1' A Cc1NSUL~i~ANT, Iti('Ll1UE
ALL n:A~TA SHEETS RELE~'r\I~"I' TO T}iE PL_AC'EMEN'I~ OE' THE
DEL[~FATION 1.(NE.
i~l) AT"I'A('H ~'~ ('OPY C)E~ THE S"lY)RMV4'ATER MANAGEMENT PLAN lE=
REQUIRED.
ter W'HA"T [S LAND USE OF StIRIZOE_'~D1NG PROPERTI"?
([1 IF APPLICABLE. WHAT IS PROPOSED 19ETHOD OF SE~'AGI
DISPOSA I.~'
lf,. C'ERi1FI('A"IION FEE-.
(al IF THE IM.PAC'T IS I.FSS THA?~ I ACRE OF WETLAND OR w':1TER ANI)
LESS T{IAN 15O FEET OF S"CREAM, PLEASE ENCC.i)SE. A CtIE~_CK FOR
~2t-O.Oi) MADE C)L?T TO THE NOR"I"t{ CAROLINA DIVISEON OF WATER
Qt! A [_ IT`Y.
(h} IF I HE [~tPAC'"i E`C('EEDS Fa"THFR OR BOT-EI OF T HE LEVELS IN (a).
PLEAfiE LNCL_OSF A CHECK FC~R $={7~.tt~) MADE Ot ~'l~ E'O THL ~(JK~T~H
CAROL.IN:A C)IVISION OF WATER QUALITY".
I7. Pl`E3LIC NU'TIC'E IS RE.QU[RED FOR ALL FERC PROJECTS. PLEASE
NO"CE THA1~'THE APPLICANT IS Rt.QU1RED TO RE?IME3l. RSE TFIE
U[VISION U1= WATER QUALITY' FOR TT{E COSTS ASSOCIATED ~~'T"[-}{
THE PLACEMENT OF THE PLBL[C NO~I~IC'E. REFERENCE:- 15:~ N('AC 2H
ilf ftl /C~
rNED .AND C)A'TED AGI~.NT A['THORII.ATION LET"I~ER, IF APPLICABLE.
iTE: WE."I~I.ANDS OR WATERS OF THE t'S MAY NO`f E3E lMt'A(`~(ED PRIOR
1. ISSUANCE OF A SECl~ION 4(11 CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMIT.
?. EETHER THE ISSUANCE OR WAVER OF A 4U1 DiViS1ON OF
~'~'Al }?R OUAL1"I~Y CER'i'IE~I(~1TION. AND