20080124 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080130

~QF W A TF9p Michael F. Easley, Governor
~~ G William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
~ r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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p ~- Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
January 30, 2008
DWQ Project # 2008-0124
Franklin County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Rev. Carlos Vargas
21 W. Woodbine Drive
Freeport, NY 11520
Subject Property: 709 Sagamore Drive, Louisburg, NC
UT to Lake Royale [030301, 28-31-(1), B, NSW]
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Vargas:
On January 14, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit
received your application dated December 4, 2007 regarding your request for a Minor Variance from the
Tar-Pamlico Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0259) for the subject property. The Division of Water
Quality (DWQ) is required to prepare a "preliminary finding" /"finding of fact" as to whether the variance
request meets the requirements of 15A NCAC 02B .0259(9)(a). The DWQ may attach conditions to a
variance approval that support the purpose, spirit and intent of the riparian buffer protection program.
Conditions usually include stormwater management and buffer mitigation.
Additional information will be required before we can proceed with the review of your variance request.
Therefore, unless additional information is provided as described below, we will have to move toward
denial of your request per 15A NCAC 2B .0259 and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we
receive this additional information.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Site Plans
Please re-submit your site plans on full plan sheets at a scale of no smaller than 1"=50'. Be sure
your plans clearly depict the location of Zone 1 and 2 of the protected buffers and the area of
impact to the buffers in square feet.
2. Buffer Mitigation
Buffer mitigation will be required as a condition if you choose to proceed with the Minor
Variance. If you choose to proceed with a variance, then please provide a buffer mitigation plan
pursuant to 15A NCAC 02B .0260. If you choose to pay into a mitigation bank for the required
mitigation, please provide an acceptance letter from the mitigation bank demonstrating they have
the available mitigation credits.
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1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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January 30, 2008
3. Septic Field
You state in your minor variance application that you will have a septic field in the protected
buffer. You must avoid putting the septic field in Zone 1 or Zone 2 of the protected riparian
buffers. Please revise your application and plan sheet to reflect this change.
4. Level Spreader
Please revise your plan sheet to move the level spreader out of the protected riparian buffer. The
purpose of the level spreader is to provide diffuse flow of stormwater through Zones 1 and 2 of
the buffer. Also include level spreader worksheets and an Inspection and Maintenance agreement
for the proposed level spreader.
5. Zone 1 Impacts
It appears from your plan sheet that you are proposing to grade in Zone 1 of the protected riparian
buffers. Either revise your project and your plan sheet to avoid the grading in Zone 1 or apply for
a Major Variance with the Division of Water Quality.
Please respond in writing within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this
information to me and to Lauren Witherspoon of the DWQ Raleigh Regional Office. If we do not hear
from you in writing within three weeks, we will assume that you no longer want to pursue your variance
request and we will consider the request as withdrawn. Please call Ms. Amy Chapman of this office at
[phone] if you have any questions.
Sincerely
Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
John Davis, S&ME, 3201 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC 27616
File Copy
Central Files
Filename: 080124_709SagamoreDr(Franklin)M in Var_On_Hold