20081474 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20081125

?0F WAT?94 Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
Co r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Division of Water Quality
November 25, 2008
DWQ Project # 08-1474
Columbus County
CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Cert. # 7008-1140-0002-9563-1915
Mr. Frank Horne
P.O. Box 338
Fair Bluff NC 28439
Subject Property: 1012 Causey Road
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Horne:
On September 26, 2008, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your After-The-Fact
Pre-Construction Notification (PCN) application to impact approximately 0.49 acres of 404
Wetlands and 20 linear feet of stream to provide access to an existing residence. Additional
information was received by the DWQ on October 16, 2008. 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. Part VI of the PCN indicates that you wish to apply for 0.49 acres of wetland impacts.
The DWQ has determined that the actual impacts on site are 1.834 acres. Revise the
PCN to reflect the actual impacts to jurisdictional waters. For impacts of this amount,
you must submit an application for an Individual Permit along with the appropriate fee.
2. Submit a mitigation plan as required by 15A NCAC 2H .0500. The plan must be
appropriate to the type of impacts proposed.
3. Locate any planned or existing sewer lines on the site plan and re-submit your site plans
on full plan sheets at a scale of no smaller than 1 "=50'.
4. Part VI (4) of the PCN states that you will need 20 linear feet of stream impacts yet Part
VI (6) lists only 10 linear of impact. Explain this discrepancy.
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5. Part VI (3) of the PCN states that the total estimated amount of wetlands on site are 21.2
acres. However, Part VIII of the PCN states that the remaining wetlands on site (+16
acres) will be placed into a conservation easement. Explain this discrepancy.
6. Part VII of the PCN (Impact Justification) has been left blank. Explain why no measures
were listed to avoid the proposed impacts.
Provide a detailed planting plan for the areas to have fill removed and to be restored
(standard format includes: scientific name, common name, source of the plant material,
plant spacing, wetland indicator status, etc., as well as planting specifications).
8. Provide stream determination documentation on the site (upstream and downstream
photos and DWQ stream identification forms).
Respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of this
information to me and to Ian McMillan, 401 Wetlands Unit, 2321 Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh, NC
27604-2260. 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. Please call me at 910-796-7215 or Ian McMillan
at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss
this matter.
Sinc rely,
Chad Coburn
Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Jennifer Frye - USACE Wilmington Field Office
Emily Burton - USACE Wilmington Field Office
Bud Needham - Needham Environmental, Inc., 9100 Charlestowne Road, SE,
Winnabow, NC 28479
Tom Gulley - P.O. Box 960, Wilmington, NC 28402
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit
John Hennessey - NPS-ACO Unit
Cyndi Karoly - Wetlands 401 Unit
Brenda Menard - NC Department of Justice, 9001 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC
27699-9001
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