20080162 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080303

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
March 3, 2008
DWQ# 08-0160
Wilkes County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7007 3020 0000 2315 1076
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Ira Myers
1470 Country Club rd
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mr. Myers:
On January 30, 2007, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application for a 401
General Water Quality Certification modification to impact 432 linear feet of stream to constrict a commercial
use building and parking area near Moravian Falls in Wilkes County. Additional information is required in
order that we may determine your project's compliance with 15A NCAC 2H.0500. The DWQ will require this
information in order to process your application to impact protected wetlands and/or streams on the subject
property. Therefore, we will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional
information, and if we do not receive the additional information requested below, we will have to move toward
denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H.0506. Please provide the following information so
that we may continue to review your project.
1. Please submit documentation to justify the southern most (second) driveway and on NC Hwy 16
and parking area immediately adjacent to the driveway. The location of this driveway requires
stream impacts that it appears could be avoided with minimal changes to the project layout.
2. Please provide a Stormwater Management Plan in accordance with requirements outlined on the
Division's website: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/stonnwater q_and a.html.
Please respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this information
to Sue Homewood at the address on this letterhead, and a copy to Ian McMillan N. C. Division of Water
Quality, Wetlands/401 Certification Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. If you will not
be able to provide the requested information within that timeframe, please provide written confirmation that you
intend to provide the requested information, and include a specific timetable delineating when the requested
materials will be provided. If we do not hear from you in 30 calendar days, we will assume that you no longer
want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as returned.
Noe Carolina
Natumll'y
North Carolina Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown Street Phone [phone] Customer Service
Winston-Salem Regional Office Winston-Salem, NC 27107 Fax [phone]
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Mr. Ira Myers
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March 3, 2008
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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. If you have any questions, please contact Sue Homewood, DWQ, Winston-Salem
Regional Office, at 336-771-4964 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Steve W. Tedder
Regional Supervisor
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Monte Matthews, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Michael Brame, ECS Carolinas, LLP, 4811 Koger Boulevard, Greensboro, NC 27407
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
DWQ Central Files