20231000 Ver 1_USACE Notification to DWR_20230728

Baker, Caroline D
From: Capito, Rachel A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) < [e-mail] >
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 5:14 PM
To: Thomas, Zachary T
Cc: Myers, Joseph M
Subject: [External] 401 WQC Requirements SAW-2022-02375 Wake County Duke Energy
Progress Cary Triangle Expressway 230kV Substation
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This email is concerning the Pre -construction notification (PCN) for the above referenced project, received by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District (USACE) on July 13, 2023. The Corps Action ID Number associated with this
project is: SAW-2022-02375. The file is too large to attach so I've uploaded it to our DoD Safe site and will send an
additional email on how to access the file.
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 9/16/2022, Programmatic Agreement (PA) between the USACE and the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources (DWR), 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 November 11, 2023
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request.
Thanks,
Rachel
Rachel Capito
Regulatory Project Manager
Wilmington District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
919.440.1823