20230797 Ver 1_RPOT Request_20240404

ROY COOPER Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
To: Mickey Sugg, USACE Field Office Chief
CC: Sarah Hair, USACE Project Manager
Stephanie Goss, DWR 401 Supervisor
Subject: Reasonable Period of Time Extension Request — West Carteret Co Boat Launch; Carteret; Corps
Action ID# SAW-2010-00175; DWR# 20230797
Dear Field Office Chief;
On June 5, 2023, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received an application from Quible and
Associates on behalf of Carteret County for an Individual 401 Water Quality Certification for the West
Carteret County Boat Launch in Carteret County. On February 16, 2024, the DWR requested additional
information from the applicant regarding the modeling and flushing analysis information, mitigation
plan details, and project specific details. A response to this request was received on March 18, 2024.
DWR is requesting additional time to review the information received by DWR based on the complexity
of the project, the need to coordinate the modeling and flushing analysis information with DWR's Basin
Planning Branch Staff, the need to coordinate the mitigation plan information with DWR's mitigation
specialist to complete the 401 review and the applicant's request to participate in a meeting with State
resource agency personnel that has yet to be scheduled.
In accordance with the Final 2023 Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Qualitv Certification Imorovement
Rule, Section 121.6(e), (e) The Federal agency and certifying authority may agree in writing to extend the
reasonable period of time for any reason, provided that the extension shall not cause the reasonable
period of time to exceed one year from the date that the request for certification was received. As such,
DWR respectfully requests that the reasonable period of time be extended until June 4, 2024.
By making this request, DWR does not waive its right to determine that additional information or time is
necessary to process the application in accordance with Corps regulations implementing section 401 of
the Clean Water Act, or any actions taken by the Corps pursuant thereto.
We respectfully request that you provide your written concurrence by March 22, 2024
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
4NORT�HCv 127 Cardinal Drive Ext. WiUmington, North Carolina 28i405-5406
NORTHCAROUNA 910.796.7215
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