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Re: Round Mountain Falls
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Subject: Re: Round Mountain Falls
From: Kevin Barnett <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:21:15 -0500
To: [e-mail]
CC: David McHenry <[e-mail]>, Shawna Riddle <[e-mail]>,
Cyndi Karoly <[e-mail]>
Hi Jennifer:
I have reviewed the WRC Comments and now remember that this project was re-assigned
to Angie Pennock
The DWQ would still like to have this meeting as a multi-agency meeting (as I do not
like going back and forth between agencies to get all my questions answered and
having us all at the same table means you get the answers as a group, and not as a
bunch of answers at several different mettings.
DWQ comments at this time include, but are not limited to:
* The 20' view shed clearing in the trout buffer and the 4' trail
clearings are not going to fly in light of the recent NC
Administrative Law Judge ruling on trout buffers.
* The DWQ will require that all of the streams (intermittant and
perennial (and its buffers) outside of those impacts permitted
through this process be preserved in perpetuity through Deed
Restrictions or Conservation Easements and would be looking for
50' minimum buffers on perennial streams.
* Avoidance and Minimization on the requested 950' of impacts will
need to re-addressed. The DWQ needs more than just preservation
at this point. The more extensive use of bottomless culverts,
bridges, and / or stream restoration are all options.
* The DWQ will reguire a Trout Moratorium for this project.
* The DWQ will require strict sediment and erosion controls, with
continous upstream / downstream turbidity monitoring, a turbidity
limit of 10 NTU and disturbed acerage limits similar to Mtn Air
and Mtn Top developements (no more than 10 acres at a time).
* Addressing mitigation for cumulative impacts from previous
permits. (The included mitigation chart is confusing because it
does not seperate previous impacts from proposed impacts.)
I hope this gives you a starting point to work from on this package.
Kevin
49NRINC~~aol.com wrote:
Kevin,
I will check on the date because I overnighted a separate copy to your office the
same time I mailed it to everyone else. Dave Baker has a conflict of interest and
is not handling the project. David McHenry has already issued his comments but we
can get together anyway. It will be someone else besides Dave Baker though. Let
me know what you think.
Jennifer
Kevin Barnett - Kevin.Larnettc~?ncmail.net
North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Quality - Water Quality Section
2090 U.S. 70 Highway
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Tel: [phone]
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