20061581 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20070116

O?0F W ATF9oG Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
January 16, 2007
DWQ Project # 061581
New Hanover County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7005 0390 0001 3200 5441
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Gregory Thompson
New Hanover County Engineering Department
230 Market Place Drive, Suite 16
Wilmington, NC 28403
Subject Property: New Hanover County Well Field and Water Treatment Plant
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Thompson:
On September 29,2006, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your CAMA Major application
dated September 5, 2006 and on November 20, 2006, the DWQ received the Public Notice issued by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to permanently impact approximately 3.05 acres of wetlands and
jurisdictional waters and temporarily impact 0.79 acres of jurisdictional wetlands, Coastal Wetlands and
open water to construct the proposed well field and water treatment plant. 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. Therefore, unless we receive the additional information requested
below, we will have to move toward denial of your application as required by 15A NCAC 2H .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:
1. Impact Justification (Avoidance and Minimization)
It appears that impacts associated with installation of the effluent pipeline could be minimized by
directionally drilling the section of pipeline adjacent to the ICWW that is currently proposed in 404
and Coastal Wetlands. In addition, this directional drilling in this area may reduce temporary
impacts to the ICWW, classified SA ORW. Both the Division of Marine Fisheries and the Wildlife
Resource Commission have submitted comments concerning the adverse impacts to the Coastal
Marsh that would result from open cutting this area. Please revise the narrative and plans
accordingly.
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2. Mitigation
The application states that at least 3.045 acres of wetlands will be restored within the WTP tract and
approximately 25 acres of wetlands within the well sites will be placed in preservation. Please
provide a copy of the mitigation plan, including but not limited to, monitoring plan for mitigation
area and draft preservation documents and associated maps for the well sites and the WTP site.
3. NPDES General Stormwater Permit No. NCG010000 Monitoring Requirements
Upon the approval of an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan issued by the Division of Land
Resources (DLR) or a DLR delegated local erosion and sedimentation control program, an
NPDES General stormwater permit (NCGO10000) administered by DWQ is automatically issued
to the project. This General Permit allows stormwater to be discharged during land disturbing
construction activities as stipulated by conditions in the permit. If your project is covered by this
permit [applicable to construction projects that disturb one (1) or more acres], full compliance
with permit conditions including the sedimentation control plan, self-monitoring, record keeping
and reporting requirements are required. A copy of this permit and monitoring report forms may
be found at h1W.-11h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/Forms Documents.htm.
Please provide a written narrative explaining how New Hanover County intends to comply with
this Permit and who will delegated to inspect the site and maintain required rain gauge and
monitoring reports.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing
and 5 copies to Ian McMillan of the DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Office at 1650 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. 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 910-797-7215 or Cyndi Karoly at 919-733-
1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
Noelle Lutheran
Environmental Specialist III
CBK/nml
cc: Kim Williams, Land Management Group
Ian McMillan, DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit, Raleigh
David Timpy, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Noelle Lutheran, DWQ Wilmington Regional Office (File Copy)
Doug Huggett, DCM Morehead City
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