HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071668 Ver 1_More Info Received_20080109Joe E. Godwin Sr., PE, PLS
Jce E. Godwin Jr_, PE, PLS
Kevin R. Allen, PE
January 9, 2008
NC Division of Water Quality
2321 Crabtree Boulevard
Suite 250
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Attn: Ian McMillan
Hoch
Consulting Engineers & Surveyors
1403 NC Highway 50 South
Benson, North Carolina 27504
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Phone: (919) 894-5731
(919)894-7765
Fax: (919)894-8190
Email: enochengineers@earthlink.net
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Reference: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Harnett County PIN #'s 9595-42-8914, 9594-09-9184, and 9594-18-1145)
DWQ Project # 07-1668
Lexington Plantation (Reedys Swamp and Rice Patch Branch)
Spring Lake, North Carolina
Enoch Engineers Project No. 3059
Enoch Engineers has completed the additional information requested December 11, 2007 for the project
Lexington Plantation. At the applicant's request, please find items below including a project summary, impact
summary, information items requested, and information provided
PR(~TF.C'T STTMMARY
Project Name/Descri tion Lexin on Plantation/Subdivisions
Project a Residential develo ment
Owners/Applicant Pierce Developmenti, LLC/Jimmy Pierce
V' e of Le ~ on, LLC/ imm Pierce
Coun Harnett
Nearest town Spout Sprin near Cameron
Name of nearest waterbody (Index No.) Reedys Swamp (18-23-29-2)
Rice Patch Branch (18-23-29-3)
H drolo ~c Basin Ca a Fear
H drolo 'c Sub-basin U er Ca a Fear River CODE 03030004
Class C
TMPAC;T Si TMI~f ARY
Stream Impact (feet) 606
Wetland Im act acres 1.396
Open Water Impact (acres) 0
Total Im act to Waters of the United States acres 1.396
Total Stream Impact (feet) 606
Total Tem o Wetland Im act acres 0.561
Total Permanent Wetland Im act acres 0.835
Total Tem o Stream Im act feet 160
Total Permanent Stream Im act feet 446
Total Non-Ri arian Wetland Im act acres 0.507
Total Ri arian Wetland Im act acres 0.889
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INFORMATION ITEMS REQUESTED
1. Please re-submit your site plans on full plan sheets at a scale of no smaller than 1"=50'.
2. Please provide cross section details showing the provisions for aquatic life passage.
3. Please provide the location of any proposed stormwater management practices as required by
GC3705.
4. Please provide plans and profiles for all the stormwater management devices as required by GC3705,
including all required supplement forms and Inspection and Maintenance agreements.
5. Please indicate all stormwater inlets and outfalls on the site plan.
6. Please provide an inventory of proposed project imperviousness area based on the estimated built-
out conditions.
7. Please locate any planned sewer lines on the site plan.
8. Please locate all isolated or non-isolated wetlands, streams, and other waters of the State as overlays
on the site plan with topographic contours.
9. 4461inear feet of compensatory stream mitigation is required for this project Please provide a
compensatory mitigation plan. The plan must conform to the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H .0500
and must be appropriate to the type of impacts proposed.
10. Please explain why Impact No. 9 could not be avoided by relocation of the cul-de-sac road
INFORMATION PROVIDED
1. See attached site Plans
2. See attached site ;plans
3. See attached site plans
4. See attached site plans
5. See attached site plans
6. All pavement (including side walks, parking, etc.), Multi-family housing, and Recreation building is
approximately 1,734,676 square feet (39.82 acres). All single family housing (including driveway,
building structures, etc.) is approximately 1,161,000 square feet (26.65 acres). Total project area is
approximately 285 acres; therefore total approximate imperviousness area is 23.3%. All
approximations are o~lv estimates and may not be absolute.
7. See attached site plans
8. See attached site plans. Wetland surveys have been performed in the past Enoch Engineers is not
aware of any isolated wetland features within the project area.
9. See attached NCEEP Acceptance Letter. In order to mitigate for the project's proposed impacts to
any streams and wetlands, the applicant proposes to make payment into the North Carolina
Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP). The amount to be paid to NCEEP in form of a In
Lieu Fee will be based on a 2:1 ratio for linear feet and acres of stream and wetland impacts,
respectively.
10. Impact No. 9 is the least intrusive design in order to utilize upland acreage and still attain the
required acreage per lot based on county ordinance regulations and standard specifications for road
widths within developments per North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
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Enoch Engineers appreciates your time and consideration with this project Should you have any questions
about this project please contact Jason Godwin at (919) 894-7765, extension 241.
Respectfully,
Enoch Engineers, PA
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Jason E. Godwin
Project Manager/Environmental Consultant
Attachments: NCEEP Acceptance Letter
Site Plans
cc: Jimmy Pierce
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NCEEP Acceptance Letter
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Jimmy Pierce
PO Box 2191
Surf City, NC 28445
Project: Lexington Plantation
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PROGRAM
December 19, 2007
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Expiration of Renewal: June 19, 2008
County: 13ARNETT
This letter replaces letters issued to you previously dated June 25, 2007 and August 22, 24117. The purpose of this letter
is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing to accept payment far impacts
associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that the payment will be approved
by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact these
agencies to determine if payment to tFte NCEEP will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. )(f we have not received a copy of
the issued 404 Pernrit/401 CertificatrodCAMA permit within thus time-frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the
applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice
will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to candncting the authorized
work The amount of the In Lieu Fee to be paid to NCBEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and
policies listed at www.nceep.net. - ,
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the
followin table.
CAPE FEAR
03030004 Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.) Buffer II
(Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cooi Warm Ri Non- 'an Coastal Marsh
Impacts 0 0 446 0.483 0,352 0 0 0
Credits 0 0 892 0.966 0.704 0 0 0
Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies
require mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCEEP to be responsible for the addifional
mitigation, the applicant will need to submit a mitigation request to NCEEP for approval prior to permit issuance. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of
Envirot-ment and Natural Resources and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 199$.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at (919) 716-1921.
sincerely,
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Wrlliam .Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Raroly, NCDWQ Wetlandsl401 Unit
Ronnie Smith, USACE-Wilmington
tan McMillan, NCDWQ- Wetlands/401 Unit
Jason Enoch, agent
File
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancemeni Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Ralei~t, NC 27899-1652 / 919-715-047fi / www.nceep.net