20030179 Ver 6_General Correspondence_20070709

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
July 9, 2007
Honorable Joe Collins, Mayor
Town of Franklin
188 West Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
Dear Mr. Collins:
RE: Proposed Dillsboro dam removal project
Jasckon County
DWQ # 2003-0179 version 3.0
I am in receipt of your letter dated February 6, 2007 sent to Cyndi Karoly concerning the
possible removal of the Dillsboro dam in Dillsboro, NC. I did not respond earlier to your request since
we did not have a complete application from Duke Power to remove the dam. As of June 27, 2007, the
Division now has a complete application from Duke Power requesting issuance of a 401 Water Quality
Certification to remove the Dillsboro dam. Public notice for this project will soon be published in the
Cherokee Scout, The Highlander, The Western Carolinian and The Smoky Mountain Times requesting
comments from the public by August 15, 2007. You were copied on all four public notices but if you do
not receive these copies soon, please call me at 919-733-9646 and leave a fax number or email
address and I can make certain that you receive copies. In your February letter (as well as previous
letters), you mention that you will request a public hearing for the project. That request is most
appropriately done within the comment period for the project now that we have a complete application.
If you still want to make that request, please do so in writing to me by August 15, 2007 and I will
forward that request to our Director for her decision.
Your earlier letter requested a large amount of information from the Division and Department
regarding 401 Certifications and supporting documentation for similar projects in the mountains of North
Carolina. Most of the information you have requested is available in our offices in Raleigh but may not
be available in our Asheville office. We have begun to scan in all information received as of January 1,
2007 so we have the Dillsboro dam removal application that is the subject of the public notice available
electronically. However the other information that you requested has been packaged to send to
Richmond, VA to be scanned and will not be available for about two months. Please advise if you would
like me to send an electronic version of the Dillsboro application to you (probably via CD since it is a
rather large file) and how you would like to me to handle your earlier request.
Please call me at 919-733-9646 if you have any questions.
Cc: Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regi
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