20050834 Ver 5_More Info Letter_20160415

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
April 15, 2016
The Willows Development Corporation
Attn: Daniel Hilla
622 Timberlake Lane
Wilmington, NC 28411
Subject: REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Willows Subdivision
Dear Mr. Hilla:
PAT MCCRORY
Governor
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
DWR # 05-0834 v5
Brunswick County
On April 14, 2016, the Division of Water Resources (Division) received your environmental
consultant's letter of re-application on your behalf dated April 14, 2016, requesting an Individual
Water Quality Certification 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.
Title 15A NCAC 02H .0506 requires that a proposed activity has no practical alternative by
demonstrating that, considering the potential for a reduction in size, configuration or
density of the proposed activity and all alternative designs, the basic project purpose
cannot be practically accomplished in a manner which would avoid or result in less
adverse impact to wetlands. Because the project is in non-compliance due to failure of
the on-site mitigation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have not determined
that the preferred alternative is the least environmentally damaging practical alternative
(LEDPA). The Division cannot review the preferred alternative until the USACE
determines that this alternative is the LEDPA. Upon the USACE's determination, please
provide correspondence from the USACE indicating which alternative is selected as the
LEDPA.
Please be aware that you have no authorization under the Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
for this activity and any work done within waters of the state may be a violation of North
Carolina General Statutes and Administrative Code.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail service Center ; Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

The Willows Development Corporation
DWR# 05-0834 V5
Request for Additional Information
Page 2 of 2
Please contact Chad Coburn at 910-793-7379 or [e-mail] or Jennifer Burdette
at 919-807-6364 or [e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Karen Higgins, Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
KAH/jab
cc: Dana Lutheran, Southern Environmental Group, Inc., 5315 South College Road, Ste E,
Wilmington, NC 28412
USACE, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
DWR WiRO 401 file
DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch file
Filename: 050834v5TheWillowsSD(Brunswick)_401_IC_Hold.docx