20150885 Ver 1 _Paper Application Received _20150827

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ENERGY
AUG 252015
Serial: BSEP 15 -0074
20150885
Brunswick Nuclear Plant
P O. Box 10429
Southport, NC 28461
Ms. Karen Higgins
NC Division of Water Resources ONI1irM3d a3iAne v iot7
1617 Mail Service Center s3orinos3d `l3 -LVM - s1\130
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1617 -'
Subject: Nationwide Permit 39 / DWR GC 3890 S1OZ L Z qnV
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant — Parking Lot Project
Brunswick County, North Carolina
DKE -15010
Dear Ms. Higgins:
Duke Energy Progress, LLC, is applying for a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Nationwide Permit 39 and an NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) Water Quality
Certification 3890 for proposed impacts to jurisdictional waters associated with a proposed
supplemental parking lot at the Brunswick Steam Electric Power Plant site. The subject property
and project area is located at Duke Energy's Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, on the east side of
Cogentrix Drive, approximately 1/2 mile north of its intersection with East Leonard Street in
Brunswick County, North Carolina. The project area drains to Gum Log Branch which is a
designated SC;Sw;HQW within the in the Cape Fear River Basin. The following attachments are
included as part of this permit application:
• PCN Form
• Application Fee - $240 Check
• Fig.1 - USGS Quad —Southport
• Fig.2 - Brunswick County Soil Survey (Sheets: 18)
• Fig.3 - Existing Conditions
• Fig.3.1 - Existing Conditions w. Aerial
• Fig.4 - Overall Impact Map (Insets 1)
• JD Request Package
• Jurisdictional Wetlands Plat
• Stormwater Management Plan
• Copy of NCDENR Stormwater Permit (SW8- 150805)
PROJECT LOCATION /HABITAT: The subject property and project area is located at Duke
Energy's Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, on the east side of Cogentrix Drive, approximately 1/2
mile north of its intersection with East Leonard Street in Brunswick County, North Carolina. The
project area is approximately 12.8 acres of primarily forested area, approximately 2,000 feet
south of the generation facility and supporting infrastructure. Cogentrix Drive runs south to north
along the west side with a gravel access drive running along the northern border of the project
area. Land use within the vicinity of the project area is primarily heavy industrial - energy
generation, with some wooded areas between the various uses.