20090455 Ver 2_USACE Correspondence_20231221

From:
Hair, Sarah E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
To:
Meilinaer. Michael J
Subject:
[External] Corps receipt Individual Certification request: SAW-2023-01716/ Bublitz/Onslow
Date:
Thursday, December 21, 2023 5:35:06 PM
Attachments:
imaae001.rna
Bio Report - 08-18-2023 11 03.docx
Bublitz - Plotolan - CAMA Wetland.pdf
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Good Evening,
This email is concerning the attached application received by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) on August 25, 2023, with required additional information received on 12/6/2023 (revised
plans), 12/18/2023 (cross section). and 12/21/2023 (mitigation bank credit reservation letter). The
Corps Action ID Number associated with this project is: SAW-2023-01716.
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 add info receipt date (12/18/2023) 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 April 16, 2024.
Thank you!
Liz
Liz Hair
Regulatory Project Manager
Wilmington District
US Army Corps of Engineers
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
Sarah.e.hair(@usace.armv.mil
Work Cell: 910-512-4456
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