20240307 Ver 1_NCMA Add Info + Site Visit Request_20240412

RE: Request for Additional Info I NCMA Stream Restoration 1 2024-0307 Ver 1
Woods, Rachel <[e-mail]>
Fri 4/12/2024 2:10 PM
To:Friedman-Herring, Andrew <[e-mail]>;[e-mail]
<[e-mail]>
Cc:[e-mail] <[e-mail]>;Polizzi, Maria <[e-mail]>
Hello Andrew,
Thank you for your feedback and for setting up a site visit to the Museum Park to see the
stream project area.
The Museum team is available to meet on April 26th anytime between 1 — 3 pm.
Anna — are you and Bob available to meet during this time frame?
Best,
Rachel
Rachel Woods (she/her/hers)
Director of Museum Park
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From: Friedman -Herring, Andrew <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Request for Additional Info I NCMA Stream Restoration 1 2024-0307 Ver 1
Dear Rachel Woods and Anna Reusche,

Attached to this email you will find a Request for Additional Info for the NCMA Stream Restoration
Project. As part of the 401 permitting process I would also like to schedule a site visit to come out and
see the stream that is slated for restoration. DWR is available for a site visit April 18th, 19th, 22nd, 26th
or 29th. Our first preference for date/time would be the afternoon of the 26th, but can be flexible to
meet your schedule.
Let me know if you have any questions, I look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Andrew Friedman -Herring
Environmental Specialist II
Division of Water Resources - 401 & Buffer Permitting
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(919)-707-3644
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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
North Carolina Museum of Art
Attn: Rachel Woods
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC, 27607
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
04/11/2024
DWR # 2024-0307v1
Wake County
Delivered via email to: [e-mail], [e-mail]
Subject: REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
NCMA Stream Restoration
Dear Rachel Woods:
On 3/1/2024, the Division of Water Resources (Division) received your application requesting a
401 Individual Water Quality and Buffer Authorization from the Division for the subject project.
The Division has determined that your application is incomplete and cannot be processed. The
application is on -hold until all of the following information is received:
1. It appears that the PJD application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was
submitted at the same time as the 401 application. Has the PJD review with the
USACE been scheduled or completed yet?
2. No photos or description of the existing conditions on site are presented with the
application materials. These need to be included to be able to demonstrate that this
stream is in need of restoration.
3. There are no maps showing the watershed of the project. Please provide a copy of
the most recent bound and published county soil survey. Please cleanly draw or
delineate the site boundaries on the soil survey. Please provide the most recent
version of the 1:24,000 USGS Topographic Map. Please cleanly draw or delineate the
site boundaries on the topographic map.
4. The existing and proposed channel dimensions, bank height ratios, and entrenchment
ratios were not provided. How was the newly designed channel sized, and what
reference reaches were used in the design? The table on Plan Sheet C-202 and
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Purpose and Need section on page 2 of the Permit Supporting dots do not provide
enough information or justification for how the design of the new channel will
achieve the water quality and restoration goals stated.
5. DWR considers a Regenerative Stormwater Channel (RSC) an inappropriate design for
a perennial stream. Typically, RSCs will lack the full suite of functions and habitats
that a more typical restoration or enhancement would restore in a perennial channel
and would be considered an impact and loss of function. RSCs are only recommended
in ephemeral systems or stormwater conveyances upslope of jurisdictional features.
Please remove/relocate the proposed SWC in the design appropriately.
6. On Page 5 of the supplemental application document it states "The restoration work
starts at the beginning of the unstable section of stream and ends at a stable section.
The beginning ties into a pervious stream restoration project." Is this a typo and
meant to say "previous"? The upstream pervious/previous stream restoration project
is not included in any of the drawings or site descriptions. Can you describe what the
existing project is and how this project's design will tie in to it?
7. On page 5 of the supplemental application document it states that "The project will
address increases in impervious surfaces and associated stormwater runoff in the
individual project design through the use of stormwater management control devices
(SCMs).". Is this project expected to increase the existing impervious surface? I could
not find in the plans where this might happen, and what SCM's would be used
beyond the in -channel stream restoration.
8. Additionally, the Staging access area in the sewer line easement still constitutes a
change of use and negative impact to the stream buffer of House Creek. This is not
accounted for in the impacts table in the ePCN despite being noted in the 90% design
plans as an impact. Additionally, DWR would prefer this impact be avoided or
minimized by utilizing the fields on the north side of the project outside of the stream
buffer area. Is there a reason that this cannot happen?
9. The pedestrian bridge that is proposed across UT to House Creek at a later date may
need to be permitted as a separate project (if there are permittable impacts) unless
design and construction plans are reflected in the supplied project sheets.
10. The impact table has all of the stream and buffer impacts lumped together. Seeing as
different approaches are being proposed on different reaches of stream, DWR
prefers this to be reflected in the table as separate impacts.
11. Please note that all erosion control matting should be 100% biodegradable on
restoration projects.
12. DWR would like to schedule a site visit sometime in the next few weeks. Would any
of the following dates work for TranSystems/NCMA: April 18tn, 19tn, 22nd, 26tn or 29tn?
Pursuant to Title 15A NCAC 02H .0502(e) / 15A NCAC 02B .0611, the applicant shall furnish all
of the above requested information for the proper consideration of the application. Please
respond in writing within 30 calendar days of receipt of this letter by sending one (1) copy of all
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of the above requested information to the 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch, 1617 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 OR by submitting all of the above requested information
through this link: https://edocs.deg.nc.gov/Forms/Supplemental-Information-Form (note the
DWR# requested on the link is referenced above).
If all of the requested information is not received within 30 calendar days of receipt of this
letter, the Division will be unable to approve the application and it will be denied as incomplete.
The denial of this project will necessitate reapplication to the Division for approval, including a
complete application package and the appropriate fee.
Please be aware that you have no authorization under the Section 401 of the Clean Water Act /
Buffer Rules for this activity and any work done within waters of the state may be a violation of
North Carolina General Statutes and Administrative Code.
Please contact Andrew Friedman -Herring at (919)-707-3644 or
[e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
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Michael Pjetraj, Deputy
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Electronic cc: TranSystems
USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch file
Filename: 20240307 Ver 1_NCMA Stream Restoration —Add Info Letter_20240411.pdf
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