20080776 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20080523

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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
May 23, 2008
DWQ# 08-0776
Randolph County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7007 3020 0000 6279 7709
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Tom Frazier
Carolina Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
515 W. Salisbury Street, Suite A
Asheboro, NC 27203
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mr. Frazier:
On May 2, 2008, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received your application for a 401
General Water Quality Certification to impact 149 linear feet of stream in order to develop property in
Asheboro in Randolph County. Additional information is required in order that we may determine your
project's compliance with 15A NCAC 2H.0500. The Division 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.
Please provide a Stormwater Management Plan in accordance with requirements outlined on the
Division's website:
http://h2o. enr. state.nc. us/ncwetlands/documents/SMPRequirementsforApplicantsotherthanNCD
OT2.pd£ The Division recognizes that at this time the type and size of development is
unknown, however it is necessary that you determine a most likely scenario and develop a SMP
based on that information. Should future changes need to be made to the SMP when final
development design is known, then a permit modification will be necessary at that time. We
strongly recommend you design your SMP based on a worst case scenario to allow more
flexibility in future design.
2. Please provide a more detailed justification of avoidance and minimization analyses. You must
show possible/proposed plans of building and accessory (i.e. parking lot, stormwater facilities,
etc) locations. If a design can be accomplished that avoids stream impacts and still meets the
needs of the owner, then impacts to the channel may not be permitted.
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtovm Street Phone [phone] Customer Service
Winston-Salem Regional Office Winston-Salem, NC 27107 Fax [phone]
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Mr. Tom Frazier
Carolina Farmers Mutual Insurance
May 23, 2008
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3. Please provide a profile view and cross section of the proposed stream culverts. Please also
submit detailed drawings indicating pipe burial and pipe alignment.
4. Per the requirements of GC 3705, please enumerate all temporary impacts (in addition to
permanent impacts already indicated) to the stream channel and any wetland areas. Temporary
impacts include areas of disturbance necessary for proper pipe installation, as well as any
impacts from temporary erosion control measures expected to be installed within any
jurisdictional areas. Please note that temporary impacts should be minimized to the maximum
extent practical.
5. Per the requirements of GC 3705, all work be done "in the dry". Therefore, dewatering
methods will be necessary to temporarily dewater the stream channel during pipe installation.
Please provide a construction sequence that details the method of dewatering to be utilized at
the site and the sequence of construction events to be followed to ensure compliance with this
condition.
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.
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: John Thomas, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville Regulatory Field Office
H. Mack Summey, Jr. PE, Summey Engineering Assoc. PLLC, PO Box 968, Asheboro, NC 27204
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
DWQ Central Files