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Inner Banks Development, LLC.
Zane Buckman
416 Riverside Drive
Washington, NC 27889
Subject Property: River View Estates
Pamlico River, 030307, 29-(1), NSW, SB
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Buckman:
On October 2, 2007 the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated September 24,
2007 to impact 0.97 acres of wetlands and waters as well as an unspecified amount of protected riparian
buffers to construct the proposed residential subdivision and docking facility. The DWQ has determined
that your application was incomplete and/or provided inaccurate information as discussed below. The
DWQ will require additional information in order to process your application to impact protected
wetland, streams and/or buffers on the subject property. Therefore, unless we receive the additional
information requested below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A
NCAC 2H .0506 and 2B .0259(8) and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this
additional information. Please provide the following information so that we may continue to review your
project.
Additional Information Requested:
1) Tar-Pamlico Riparian Buffer (plat)
Please provide a plat of the proposed project site indicating the location of both Zones 1 and 2 of the
Tar-Pamlico Riparian Buffer.
2) Tar-Pamlico Riparian Buffer (impacts)
-Please provide the impacts to the riparian buffer (in square footage) associated with the access to the
pier and docking facility.
-Please provide justification for fill in 404 wetlands/riparian buffer behind the breakwater in areas
indicated on Sheet 1 provided with the CAMA application. Please be aware that fill in Zone 1 of the
Tar-Pamlico Riparian Buffer requires a Major Variance from the Environmental Management
Commission.
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3) Docking Facility
-Please provide water depths in the location of slips 1-4.
-Please provide purpose and need for ten (10) slips for five residential lots.
4) Excavation Impacts
Please provide purpose and need for the azeas labeled for excavation on the west side of the canal. As
proposed these areas will not provide an aid to navigation or stabilization.
5) Secondary and Cumulative Impacts
Sheet 1 indicates that Inner Banks Development, LLC. owns the property to the north of the proposed
project site. Please provide information indicating proposed future development.
Please provide the requested information to Kyle Barnes of the DWQ Washington Regional Office. If we
do not receive this information from you within four weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to
pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands, waters
or protected buffers. Please be awaze that any impacts requested within your application are not
authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. Please call Kyle Barnes of the Washington Regional Office at 252-
948-3917 or Ian McMillan of the DWQ Central Office at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions
regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
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Al Hodge Supervisor
Division of Water Quality
Surface Water Protection
Washington Regional Office
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USACE Washington Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Central Files
CAMA/ Morehead
Joe Lassiter, Quible and Asso., P.C
PO Drawer 870, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Filename: 07-1669