20071815 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20071129

~Q~ W AT FRP Michael F. Easley, Governor
`(~ G William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Vj r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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~ „~ Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
November 29, 2007
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Robert Shank
1St American Builder
2514 Reliance Avenue
Apex, NC 27539
DWQ Project # 07-1815
Wake County
Subject Property: The Meadows Subdivision
Ut to Richland Creek [030402, 27-21-(0.5), C, NSW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Shank:
On October 26, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated
October 23, 2007, to fill or otherwise impact 1501inear feet of intermittent stream and 8,030
square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and 4,837 square feet of Zone
2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers to construct the proposed residential subdivison.
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 wetlands and/or streams on the subject property.
Therefore, unless we receive five copies of the additional information requested below, we will
have to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506 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. Please indicate all stream impacts, including all fill slopes, dissipaters, and bank
stabilization on the site plan.
2. This Office believes that flows will be directed from the road crossing directly into the
downstream streambank and be forced to make a 90° turn immediately. This area will
then erode. Please realign the crossing into a straight segment of stream or make
provisions to armor this segment of stream which will increase your stream and buffer
mitigation requirements.
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] / Internet: http~//h2o enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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3. The filter strips for all four of the proposed level spreaders are too steep to allow for
diffuse flow. Per the DWQ BMP Manual, the filter strip is defined as all of the land
between the level spreader lip and the receiving stream or ditch. According to that
definition, the filter strip slopes exceed 15 percent for all four of the proposed level
spreaders.
Please adhere to the guidance provided in the DWQ BMP Manual, "If the topography of
the filter strip is too steep for a level spreader, a different type of BMP will be needed. If
the intended filter strip is an area protected by the Riparian Buffer Rules, then the
stormwater will have to be treated by a BMP that removes 30 or more percent of the
nutrients rather than using a level spreader. The outfall of this BMP can then be routed
directly through the buffer with written approval from the DWQ."
In your resubmittal, please provide a DWQ BMP Supplement Form with all required
items for each proposed BMP. BMP Supplement Forms are available on the following
web site: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/bmp_forms.htm.
4. Please explain why you requested 73 feet of stream mitigation from NC EEP.
Please submit this information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter. If we do not
receive this requested information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter, your project
will be withdrawn and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee.
This letter only addresses the application review and does not authorize any impacts to wetlands,
waters or protected buffers. Please be aware that any impacts requested within your application
are not authorized (at this time) by the DWQ. Please call Ms. Cyndi Karoly or Mr. Ian
McMillan at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting
to discuss this matter.
Sin el
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express .Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
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