20070493 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20071001

~QF W a T~9p Michael F. Easley, Governor
`© ~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
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Division of Water Quality
October 1, 2007
DWQ Project # 07-0493
Caldwell County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Lake Hickory Marina
Attn: Mr. James W. Surane
6706 Limbaugh Lane
Hickory, NC 28601
Subject Property: Lake Hickory Marina, 6706 Limbaugh Lane, Hickory, NC
Lake Hickory [030832, 11(53), WSN, B, CA]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Sir or Madam:
On March 20, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated March 16,
2007, with additional information received by DWQ on September 18, 2007,. to impact 0.046 acres of
open waters below the normal pool level and 750 square feet of Zone 1 of the protected riparian buffers to
remove a concrete wall and replace it with rip-rap. The DWQ has determined that your application was
incomplete and/or provided inaccurate information as discussed below. The DWQ will require additional
information in order to process your application to impact protected wetlands and/or streams on the
subject property. Therefore, unless we receive the additional information requested below, we will have
to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 and will place this project
on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. Please provide the following
information so that we may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Incomplete Application
Please resubmit your GP30 application with all impacts to the protected riparian buffers, open
waters, streams and wetlands quantified. Please be sure that all activities in the buffers, streams,
open waters and wetlands are included in this application. You do not need to resubmit the
permitting fee.
2. Buffer Restoration Plan
Your riparian buffer restoration plan must comply with 15A NCAC 2B.0244(9). The plan must
include species of trees to be planted, time of plantings, a plan sheet showing the location of the
plantings and a timeline for the one-time fertilization within the protected riparian buffers. You
must plant 320 trees per acre within the retained portions of the protected buffers. You must
ensure their survival for a period of at least five (5) years. You are required to replace any of
these trees that die within this five (5) year period. Y.ou are required to provide proof in writing
that the trees have been planted within one year of the date of this letter. The proof of plantings
shall be submitted to the Wetlands/401 Unit.
401 OversighlBxpress Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: httn~//h2o enr state.nc us/ncwetlands
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Lake Hickory Marina
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October 1, 2007
Please contact the DWQ within three weeks of the date of this letter to verify that you have received this
letter and that you remain interested in continuing to pursue permitting of your project and will be
providing the DWQ the requested information at a later date. Please contact me in writing and Alan
Johnson of the DWQ Mooresville Regional Office. If we do not hear from you within three weeks, we
will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands, waters
or protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your application are not
authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. Please call Cyndi Karoly, Ian McMillan or Amy Chapman at 919-
733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Alan Johnson, DWQ Mooresville Regional Office
Permits 4 U, Attn: Ann Duncan, 19721 Bethel Church Rd, Cornelius, NC 28031
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
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Filename: 070493 LakeHickoryMarina(Caldwell~n_Hold