20070139 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20070125

~O~ W A TF9p Michael F. Easley, Governor
`0 (r William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
fq ~~.. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p `C Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
January 25, 2007
DWQ Project # 07-0139
Rowan County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Town of East Spencer
Attn: Richard Hunter
PO Box 339
East Spencer, North Carolina 28039
Subject Property: East Spencer Water System Improvements
Permitting Fee
^ REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
® PERMITTING FEE MISSING/INCORRECT
^ RETURN OF APPLICATION PACKAGE
Dear Mr. Barker:
On January 23, 2007, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated January 17,
2007 for the above referenced :project. 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. DWQ has placed this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional
information or fee. Please provide the following information so that we may continue to review your
project.
Additional Information Requested:
^ Water Quality Certification, See I. Processing, Item 2.. Please state which Permit
(Nationwide, Regional or General) number you intend to use. You may want to contact the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) to determine which permit they will allow you to
use.
^ DWQ requires the name of an individual shown as "Owner/Applicant" to set up the project.
^ The PCN Application failed to contain the Applicant/Agent's Signature and Date. See last
page of application. (Agent's signature is valid only if an authorization letter from applicant is
provided).
^ Water Body information not stated. See III Project Information, Item 7.
^ Incorrect and/or missing wetland, intermittent-perennial stream and/or buffer impacts.
DWQ is unable to review this project without noted or corrected impacts reflected.
N~oQne~Carolina
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit tllCQ~~I,J
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: htto~//h2o.enr.state nc.us/ncwetlands
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^ Lack of permitting fee. Please note that beginning January 1, 1999, the N.C. General
Assembly passed legislation requiring payment of a fee for all 401 applications. The fee for
applications is $200 for projects impacting less than an acre of wetland and less than 150
linear feet of streams. For projects impacting one or more acres of wetland or 150 or more
feet of streams, the fee is $475.
^ Incorrect permitting fee amount. Please see above item. Your check # for $
is herein enclosed for fee correction. DWQ does not retain any payment unless it is in the
correct amount.
^ A request for a modification of an issued permit requires re-submission of five (5) application
sets and appropriate fee. We have herein returned your modification request.
^ Application was missing pages or sections of information. See Otlier section below:
® OTHER: In accordance with North Carolina General Statute Section 143-215.3D9(e), any
request for written concurrence fora 401 Water Quality Certification must include the
appropriate fee Please remit $200 to initiate the review and approval process.
Please contact the DWQ within three weeks of the date of this letter to verify that you have received this
letter and that you remain interested in continuing to pursue permitting of your project and will be
providing the DWQ the requested information at a later date. Please contact this office in writing. 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 Mr. Ian McMillan or me at 919-733-1786 if you have
any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter. J
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Cyndi Karoly, Supervisor
401 Oversight/Bxpress Review Permitting Unit
cc: Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, Brad Bucy, 1300 Baxter St., Ste 108, Charlotte, NC 28204
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