20072161 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20071217

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December 17, 2007
DWQ Project # 07-2161
Polk County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation
Attn: J. Wortman
P.O. Box 1569
Forest City, North Carolina 28043
Subject Property: Womack Road to Pea Ridge Substation Line
Permitting Fee
® REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
® PERMITTING FEE MISSING/INCORRECT
^ RETURN OF APPLICATION PACKAGE
Dear Mr. Wortman:
On December 17, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated December
14, 2007 for the above referenced project. 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 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:
® Incorrect permitting fee amount. Your check # 084337 for $240.00 is herein enclosed for fee
correction. Please see OTHER.
® DWQ requires the name of an individual shown as "Owner/Applicant".
® OTHER: A review of the application reflects stream impacts of 224 linear feet. The correct
fee amount to remit is $570.00
The fee for applications is $240 for projects impacting less than an acre of wetland and less than
1501inear feet of streams (whether intermittent or perennial). For projects impacting one or more
acres of wetland or 150 or more feet of streams (whether intermittent or perennial) the fee is
$570.
Please contact the DWQ within three weeks of the date of this letter to verify that you have received this
letter and that you remain interested in continuing to pursue permitting of your project and will be
401 OversighUExpress Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
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providing the DWQ the requested information at a later date. Please contact this office in writing. If we
do not hear from you within three weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project
and we will consider the project as returned.
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 Mr. Ian McMillan or me 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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Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
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Enclosure: Check #084337 for $240.00 ~,
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cc: Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Fred Blackley, 504 South Dekalb Street, Shelby, North Carolina 28150
.File Copy + Check Copy
Central Files + Check Copy
Filename: 072161 WomackRdtoPeaRidgeSubstationLine(Polk)_IncorrectFee_Owner

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