20080197 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080204

~O'~ waTF9Q Michael F. Easley, Governor
,`Q G William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
C? r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p ,~- Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
February 4, 2008
DWQ Project # 2008-0197
Wake County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Jonathan Coulter
2713 N Mayview Road
Raleigh, NC 27606
Subject Property: Gravel driveway at Lot 13 in the Cardinal Hills Subdivision in Raleigh, NC
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Coulter:
On January 24, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit
received your letter and attached plat regarding your request for a Minor Variance from the Neuse Buffer
Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233) for the subject property.
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 .0233 and will place this project on hold as incomplete until we
receive this additional information.
Additional Information Requested:
1. Permit
For the proposed gravel driveway, you must submit an application for a buffer authorization on a
Preconstruction Notification Form since the driveway is an "allowable with mitigation" activity
under the use "road impacts other than crossings of streams and other surface waters subject to
this Rule" in the Neuse Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B.0233(6)). A PCN form is attached for your
use. The DWQ will require three (3) copies of the completed form and associated attachments.
2. Buffer Mitigation
Buffer mitigation is required, for the impervious surface of the proposed driveway that is in the
protected riparian buffer. Please provide a buffer mitigation plan pursuant to 15A NCAC 02B
.0242. 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.
3. Shed in Zone 1
If the shed shown on your plan sheet in Zone 1 of the protected riparian buffer was not built prior
to the Neuse Buffer Rules (July 22, 1997), then a Major Variance is required for the shed. You
can download the Major Variance application from the following website:
http://h2o. enr.state. nc. us/ncwetlands/RiparianBufferRules. htm
No°e Carolina
401 OversightlExpress Review Permitting Unit ~tllCQlh,~
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: http://h2o enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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February 4, 2008
4. Diffuse Flow
Please indicate the diffuse flow provision measures on the site plan.
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,
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Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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Enclosures: PCN Form
cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
File Copy
Central Files
Filename: 080197Lot 13 CardinalHillsSD(wake)NBR_On_Hold