20211267 Ver 2_RPOT Response_20230104

Homewood, Sue
From: Roden Reynolds, Bryan K CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Bryan.K.Roden-
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Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 4:20 PM
To: Homewood, Sue
Subject: [External] 401 WQC Requirements per 40 CFR Part 121
Attachments: PCN (SAW-2023-00047).pdf; Impact Exhibits.pdf
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Ms. Homewood,
This email is concerning the attached Pre -construction notification (PCN) received by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) on January 4, 2023 for Long Creek Greenway— Mecklenburg County. The Corps Action ID Number associated
with this project is: SAW-2023-00047 and is located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Please note, the Corps will
review the proposed project under Nationwide Permits 14 and 27.
Please provide a written response within 14 days from the date of this email, regarding the North Carolina Division of
Water Resources (DWR) receipt date for this project, otherwise, we will consider our receipt date as accurate. Also,
within 14 days, please notify me if the certification request does not contain the nine (9) components listed in Section
121.5(b) of the 2020 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule.
As specified in the September 16, 2022, Programmatic Agreement (PA) between the USACE, Wilmington District, and the
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources, the reasonable period of time (RPOT)
for DWR to act on a Section 401 certification request is 120 days unless the RPOT is extended per the terms of this PA.
As such, unless we receive an email request for an extension of the RPOT, the USACE will consider the Section 401
certification for this project to be waived on May 4, 2023.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request.
Thanks,
Bryan Roden -Reynolds, PWS
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington District, Charlotte Field Office
8430 University Executive Park Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262
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