20080194 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080227

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i q Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
t- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Q Colleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
February 27, 2008
DWQ Project # 08-0194
Brunswick County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Cert. # 7007 0220 0000 8225 0649
Red Apple Group, LLC
712 Village Road, SW
Shallotte, NC 28470
Subject Property: B-Var Road Lot/Red Apple Group,LLC
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
To Whom It May Concern:
On January 24, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated October 2,
2007, to impact 0.735 acres of non-vegetated wetlands (open water), 0.017 acres of 404 wetlands, and
0.014 acres of coastal wetlands to replace a rail system with a boat ramp, construct a docking facility,
dredge the basin, install a stormwater treatment system, and a driveway with a turn-around. 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 waters on the subject property. Therefore unless we receive five
copies of the additional information requested below at the DWQ central office, we will have to
recommend moving towards denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 214.0506 and will
place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. Please provide the
following information so that we may continue to review your project.
Additional Information Requested:
The location of the Normal High Water line flagged by Debra Wilson of the Division of Coastal
Management (DCM) in July of 2007 differs from the one illustrated on the State Stormwater
permit SW8061034 issued from the DWQ on April 18, 2007. Submit a revision to permit
SW8061034 to the DWQ to relocate the level spreader outside of the 30-foot buffer to the
Normal High Water line.
2. The application states that mitigation for the 590 square feet of Coastal Wetland impacts will
consist of 600 square feet of replanting and restoration in section D of drawings E4 and E9. In
addition, 255 square feet will be replanted to the original state in section B. However, these
sections are included in the area to be dredged per the application. Submit a more thorough
description of the mitigation plan for the site.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Phone [phone] Customer Service1-877-623-6748
Wilmington Regional Office Wilmington, NC 28405-3845 FAX [phone] Internet: h2o.enr.state.nc.us One
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3. The application states that the proposed docking facility will contain 5 boat slips. However, the
design as submitted will potentially accommodate up to 10 boat slips. This discrepancy could
potentially lead to further shellfish closures per 15A NCAC 18A .0911 as mentioned in the
February 20, 2008 memorandum by Jeremy Humphrey of the North Carolina Shellfish
Sanitation and Recreational Water Quality Section. Explain the facility design as submitted.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing
and five copies to Ian McMillan, 401 Wetlands Unit, 2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Raleigh, NC 27604-
2260. 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 me at 910-796-7215 or Ian McMillan at 919-733-
1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
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Chad Coburn
Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Stephen Clark - The Clark Group, P.O. Box 10136, Wilmington, NC 28404
Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead City
Debra Wilson - DCM Wilmington
Dave Timpy - USACE Wilmington Field Office
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit
Rhonda Hall - DWQ Wilmington
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