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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
November 26, 2008
DWQ# 08-1606
Rockingham County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7008 0150 0002 7876 8478
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Sean Long
Belews Landing Development Co., LLC
PO Box 35571
Greensboro, NC 27425
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application for North Fork Estates
Dear Mr. Long:
On October 20, 2008, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received your application for a 401
General Water Quality Certification to impact 104 linear feet of stream to install a road crossing for the Crow's Nest at
Belews Landing, Phase III, near Stokesdale NC in Rockingham 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. It has been determined that this application for stream impacts has not been submitted to the US Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE). Please be sure to submit a complete application to them. Any
certification issued by the Division will not be valid without a corresponding Nationwide Permit issued
by the USACE.
2. Please answer item number XI on Page 12 of the PCN form.
3. A site visit conducted on November 26, 2008 indicated a slight realignment of the pipe is necessary to
ensure that the pipe outlet is aligned with the natural stream channel. Please make these appropriate
changes and resubmit the detailed drawings of the pipe impacts.
4. Please remove the riprap apron at the inlet of the stream channel. Please note that some minor stream
realignment will be necessary to ensure that the stream is aligned with the pipe. These information
should be called out on the new details submitted.
5. Per the requirements of the General Certification, all work shall be done "in the dry". Therefore,
dewatering methods will be necessary to temporarily dewater the stream channel during structure
installations. 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 tth this
condition. No Carolina
Naturally
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.ncwaterqualit .M
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6. 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, proper dewatering, 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.
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 me at 336-771-4964 or [e-mail].
Sincerely, C_
Sue Homewood
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Andy Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Lesley England, PE, Land Solutions, PO Box 35392 Greensboro NC 27425-5392
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit