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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
June 13, 2008
DWQ# 08-0793
Ashe County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7007 0220 0004 0732 7148
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Glen Grubb
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
PO Box 112
Lenoir, NC 28645
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mr. Grubb:
On May 19, 2008, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received your application for a 401
General Water Quality Certification to impact 142 linear feet of stream in order to develop property in West
Jefferson in Ashe 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.
1. Please provide a Stormwater Management Plan in accordance with requirements outlined on the
Division's website:
htip:Hh2o. enr. state.nc. us/ncwetlands/documents/SMPRequirementsforApplicantsotherthanNCD
OT2.pdf
2. Please provide a more detailed justification of avoidance and minimization analyses. You must
show other possible building and accessory area layouts and accesses that were considered. 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.
Please provide a profile view and cross section of the proposed stream culverts. Please also
submit detailed drawings indicating pipe burial and pipe alignment.
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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.ncwaterqualitLorg
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Mr. Glen Grubb
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
June 13, 2008
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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 Division. 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: Amanda Jones, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Miles A. Wright, PE, Wright & Assoc. 4190 Hwy 16 South, Newton, NC 28658
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
DWQ Central Files