20020672 Ver 3_Attachment 37 - 10-31-11 Wrenn e-mail to Christy Shumate_20141124

From:Kym Hunter
To:Kym Hunter;
Subject:FW: DWQ-Permitting Issue of Concern 103111
Date:Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:20:00 PM
From: Wrenn, Brian
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 1:01 PM
To: Shumate, Christy; Hair, Sarah E SAW; McLendon, Scott C SAW; Matthews,
Monte K SAW; Lespinasse, Polly; Chambers, Marla J; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; Gledhill-earley, Renee
Cc: Harris, Jennifer; Jill Gurak; '[e-mail]'; Karoly, Cyndi
Subject: DWQ-Permitting Issue of Concern 103111
Christy,
As we have discussed in the last few NCTA meetings regarding this project, DWQ
will not accept a 401 application with the designs proposed by NCTA for the
Gaston E-W connector. The recent court decision on the Monroe Bypass has no
bearing on this decision. It comes down to the fact that design build team, which
has yet to be named, has proprietary control over the design of the road. We see
it as a waste of staff time to review an application with designs that likely will be
thrown on the scrap heap in favor of the design build team’s design. Any
accommodations that were made regarding application submittal for the Monroe
bypass project were specific to that project and set no precedent as a way to do
business for this or future projects. We have repeatedly informed NCTA of this
fact and were told that a meeting would be arranged to discuss this matter. We
have yet to hear from NCTA regarding any such meeting.
It appears , on the surface, through your plans to submit a 404/401 application
that you have ignored our issue of concern. In accordance with 23 USC, Sec. 139
(h)(3)(A), we request that you set up a meeting to resolve this issue of concern. If
you have any questions regarding this matter, please let me know. Thanks and we
look forward to meeting with you soon.
Brian
Brian Wrenn
Transportation Permitting Unit, Supervisor
NC Division of Water Quality
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From: Shumate, Christy
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:19 AM
To: Hair, Sarah E SAW; McLendon, Scott C SAW; Matthews, Monte K SAW;
Lespinasse, Polly; Wrenn, Brian; Chambers, Marla J; [e-mail];
[e-mail]; Gledhill-earley, Renee
Cc: Harris, Jennifer; Jill Gurak; '[e-mail]'
Subject: Gaston E-W Connector (U-3321) Update
All,
We would like to provide an update on the Gaston E-W Connector project since we
last met in September.
Now that the judge has ruled on the Monroe case, we will be pushing forward
with completing the ROD for this project. We hope to have the ROD issued by the
end of November.
Permitting & Mitigation:
Thanks to those of you who provided comments on the Water Quality Analysis
report. Your comments have been incorporated into the report, and responses
and the revised report will be distributed this week.
We are preparing a permit application for the project based on designs discussed
at the 4B (June 2011) and 4C (August and September 2011) meetings. The
application will include a conceptual mitigation plan for the Linwood Springs Golf
Course site, which has officially been turned over to NCDOT. Other onsite and
nearby mitigation opportunities are also being pursued, and the latest status of
this work will be included in the application. EEP has committed all credits from
the Beaverdam Creek site to this project.
Design-Build:
Shortlisted teams for the West and East design-build contracts have been
announced (see http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/gardenparkway/ then Contract
Procurement). We are in the process of making all project documentation available
to the teams. As part of this process, we have updated the Section 6002 Project
Coordination Plan. As you know this project follows the Merger process. Changes
the coordination plan are shown in the attached and are limited to updates to
schedule, project contacts, and NCTA/NCDOT relationship since the previous
update in 2008.
Please contact us at any time if you have questions or comments about this project.
Thanks,
Christy
Christy Shumate, AICP
Senior Transportation Planner
NCTA General Engineering Consultant
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Raleigh, NC 27699-1578
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