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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20051083 Ver 1_Emails_20050316[Fwd: [Fwd: [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities]]] Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities]]] From: Cyndi Karoly <cyndi.karoly@ncmail.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:58:57 -0500 To: Laurie J Dennison <Laurie.J.Denmson@ncmail.net> fyi - so please note that fees are waived when you create these files - perhaps a brief handwritten note in the file jacket, or we can add a copy of this message Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities]] From: Tom Reeder <tom.reeder@ncmail.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:43:18 -0500 To: Cyndi Karoly <cyndi.karoly@ncmail.net> Cyndi - In answer to your question yesterday it appears that the fees are being waived for the EWP associated 401s. Subject: [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities] From: Alan Klimek <alan.klimek@ncmail.net> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:37:40 -0500 To: Tom Reeder <Tom.Reeder@ncmail.net> Yes, the fees are being waived. See attachment. Alan ------- Original Message -------- Subject:STream Clearing Activities Date:Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:40:08 -0500 From: "Robin W. Smith" <robin.w.smith@ncmail.net> Organization:NC DENR To:Alan Klimek <Alan.Klimek@ncmail.net>, Jim Simons <Jim.Simon@ncmail.net>, David Vogel <David..Vogel(a@cmail.net> CC:Johanna Reese <Johamia.Reese@ncmail.net>, Nann Guthrie <Nann. Guthri e@ncmail.net> dl : Attached is an electronic copy of the letter and information sheet sent to the 19 counties and one town that have contracts with NRCS for stream clearing projects. Those letters went out over the Secretary's signature on Friday. We will hand-deliver a memo containing the same basic information to the mountain area legislators tomorrow. We are also working with the Governor's office on a news release; I am not sure how soon that will go out. Give me a call if you have any questions. Thanks for working toward getting meetings set up. Robin. 1 of 2 3/17/2005 6:46 AM [Fwd: [Fwd: [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities]]] Robin W. Smith <robin.w.smith(c'?,ncmail.net> Assistant Secretary of Planning & Policy Office of the Secretary NC DENR Content-Type: message/r&822 [Fwd: [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities]] Content-Encoding: 7bit , Content-Type: message/rfc822 [Fwd: STream Clearing Activities] Content-Encoding: 7bit EWP letter to counties.doc Content-Type: application/msword Content-Encoding: base64 Stream-Clearing Activities-3.doc Content-Type: application/msword ' Content-Encoding: base64 2 of 2 3/17/2005 6:46 AM February 25, 2005 Page 1 of 2 February 25, 2005 RE: Emergency Watershed Protection Stream-Clearing Projects Dear I know that County experienced stream damage as a result of the fall hurricanes. Our department would like to work closely with your county to insure that stream restoration projects receiving state and federal funds under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program move as smoothly as possible through the environmental review and permitting process. I have enclosed for your information a brief summary of the types of permits and approvals that may be required for these projects. For projects that involve work directly affecting the streambed, the United States Army Corps of Engineers will be the primary environmental permitting agency. For those projects, our staff in the Division of Water Quality and the Division of Land Resources play a supporting role and issue related state approvals. I have asked our staff to meet with all of the western counties, either individually or in small groups, to talk about each county's proposed stream restoration projects and answer your questions about permit requirements. Our staff will ask the Corps of Engineers and Soil and Water Conservation staff to join in those meetings in an effort to put together a plan of action for reviewing and approving stream restoration projects as quickly as possible. You should receive a telephone call from DENR staff soon to talk about a date and time that would be convenient to meet and talk about your projects. I have also directed our staff to waive fees for state water quality certifications (under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act) and for approval of erosion and sedimentation February 25, 2005 Page 2 of 2 control plans for stream-clearing projects funded under EWP. Fees will be waived for all EWP permit s requested by September 1, 2005. I hope these efforts will ease the burden on county governments already challenged by the demands of reconstruction and recovery. If we can help you in any other way, please do not hesitate to call. I have asked Assistant Secretary Robin Smith to be a. primary contact on these projects for DENR; you can reach Ms. Smith at (919) 715-4141. The enclosed information sheet also provides contact information for DENR staff in both the Asheville and Winston-Salem Regional Offices and for the Corps of Engineers office in Asheville. Sincerely, William G. Ross, Jr.