20071952 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20071217

O~OF W A r~9 pG Michael F. Lasley, Go~cmor
~ William G. Ross Jr , Secretary
r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Q ~ Colleen Sullins, Director
~~"" Division of Water Quality
December 17, 2007
DWQ Project # 07 1952
Onslow County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7007 0220 0000 8222 7481.
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Onslow Water and Sewer Authority
Attn: Frank Sanders Jr., PE
PO Box 1415
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Subject Property: Hubert Water System Distribution Improvements
For ONWASA
Onslow County
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Sanders:
On November 28, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application to
construct a transmission water line from the Hubert WTP to the Bear Creek Elevated Water
Tank. 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:
1) You will be required to get the wetlands verified along the project corridor by the US Army
Corps of Engineers.
2) Some of the impacts on the drawings indicate the amount of impacts (i.e. Clear & Grub
0.08 acres) and some do not. Please label all wetland impacts as "Temporary wetland
impact # 1" etc... and indicate the amount of the impacts on the drawings.
3) The hatched areas indicated to be "Cleared and Graded" do not distinguish a difference
between high ground clearing and grading and wetland clearing and grading. Please use
different hatching to specify the two types and label as indicated in # 2.
4) Clarify the discrepancy of the 0.14 acres of wetland clearing that is on page 11 of 41 and
not included in the PCN form for temporary impacts or is this in error for impact # 4
(99+20 thru 100+24) and should be 0.012, in addition the size of impact # 3 seems to be
larger than # 4. Please review this and explain and correct.
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Wilmington Regional Office Wilmington, NC 28405-3845 FAX [phone] Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us One
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Onslow Water and Sewer Authority
Attn: Frank Sanders Jr., PE
DWQ Project # 07-1952
December 17, 2007
5) Also on page 11 of 41, comparing the drawings to the chart on the application page 8 of 12,
I cannot distinguish the 12' break in the drawings that is indicated in the chart between
Impact 3 and 4. Please provide a detailed blow up of that area so we can see the break.
Revise drawing and application accordingly.
6) Also on page 11 of 41 the note states to "Clear & Grub 0.08 acres" of wetlands, which is
indicated under the Impact # 5 on the PCN form (page 8 of 12). Yet on page 12 of 41 the
note states to "Clear & Grub 0.10 acres" of wetlands within the same impact zone (102+95
to 110+29), should these be added together? Please explain and correct this.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in
writing and 5 copies of the information to Ian McMillan of the DWQ Oversight Unit Office.
You will also need to send copies to Brad Shaver of the Wilmington Corps of Engineers. 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 withdrawn.
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 Ian McMillan at 919-715-4631 or me
at 910-796-7215 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss
this matter.
Sincerely,
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Joanne Steenhuis
'~~ Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Daniel Ingram - WK Dickson
Ian McMillan - 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
Stephen Rynas - DCM Morehead
Becky Fox -EPA
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