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Home My WebLink About20170552 Ver 1_Uncontained Sediment_20180205Carpenter,Kristi From: Leslie, Andrea J Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 12:02 PM To: Homewood, Sue; Slaughter, Johnathan H; Wanucha, Dave Cc: Johnson, Thomas C; Hodges, Kinnon B; Eller, Douglas W; Greer, Brandon S Subject: RE: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Thanks all for your work on this. Andrea Andrea Leslie Mountain Habitat Conservation Coordinator NC Wildlife Resources Commission 645 Fish Hatchery Rd., Building B Marion, NC 28752 828-803-6054 (office) 828-400-4223 (cell) www.ncwildlife.or� �� L60 � Get NC Wildlife Update delivered to your inbox from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Homewood, Sue Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 11:22 AM To: Slaughter, Johnathan H<hslaughter@ncdot.gov>; Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.gov> Cc: Johnson, Thomas C<thomas.johnson@ncwildlife.org>; Leslie, Andrea J <andrea.leslie@ncwildlife.org>; Hodges, Kinnon B <kin.hodges@ncwildlife.org>; Eller, Douglas W<dweller@ncdot.gov>; Greer, Brandon S<bgreer@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment I'll look into it since it's a private property situation. Thanks, Sue Homewood Division of Water Resources, Winston Salem Regional Office Department of Environmental Quality 336 776 9693 office 336 813 1863 mobile Sue. Homewood(a�ncdenr.gov 450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300 Winston Salem NC 27105 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Slaughter, Johnathan H Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 11:20 AM To: Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.�ov> Cc: Johnson, Thomas C<thomas.iohnson@ncwildlife.or�>; Leslie, Andrea J <andrea.leslie@ncwildlife.or�>; Homewood, Sue <sue.homewood@ncdenr.�ov>; Hodges, Kinnon B<kin.hod�es@ncwildlife.or�>; Eller, Douglas W<dweller@ncdot.�ov>; Greer, Brandon S <b�reer@ncdot.�ov> Subject: RE: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Dave, I just spoke with the District Office. This is a preexisting condition noted and photographed in our diaries before we started moving dirt. The dirt is being excavated from a bank near station 19+00 (Rt.) by Gary Jones, one of the local property owners. He then hauled the dirt to this "low bank" area to level things up. I'm told he's done this in other areas along the creek including in front of his house but that area has already revegetated. He's also known for scraping up gravel off our road for his own personal use. O From: Slaughter, Johnathan H Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 11:04 AM To: Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.�ov> Cc: Johnson, Thomas C<thomas.lohnson@ncwildlife.or�>; Leslie, Andrea J <andrea.leslie@ncwildlife.or�>; Homewood, Sue <sue.homewood@ncdenr.�ov>; Hodges, Kinnon B<kin.hod�es@ncwildlife.or�>; Eller, Douglas W<dweller@ncdot.�ov>; Greer, Brandon S <b�reer@ncdot.�ov> Subject: RE: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Dave, Based on the photo and coordinates, this spoil pile appears to be adjacent to Majesco Drive, which shoots off of our road around station 28+50 left on the plans you have for SR 1324, Chestnut Grove Road (DWR #20170552). This area is on private property beyond our construction limits. We don't have a reclamation plan for this area and would never approve a waste pit within 50' of a stream anyway. I suspect that we have nothing to do with this but it's possible our contractor did something stupid or allowed the property owner to take some dirt on his own. It could also be a preexisting condition. I'll have the District Office investigate further just to be sure. As our application indicates, we will be replacing 2 wet pipes carrying small UTs to Cobb Creek. Cobb Creek does not cross the DOT maintained portion of this road so the 5 perched pipes mentioned below must be on private property. If they were ours, we would certainly attempt to address the perching problem, provided that if didn't result in pipe slopes that fish couldn't navigate anyway. From: Wanucha, Dave Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 5:31 PM To: Slaughter, Johnathan H <hslau�hter@ncdot.�ov> Subject: FW: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Heath, See information below and let me know what you find out. If I don't hear back from you by Tues of next week, I'll give you a call. Thanks. Dave W Dave Wanucha Division of Water Resources Transportation Permitting Unit NC Department of Environmental Quality 336-776-9703 office 336-403-5655 mobile Dave.Wanucha(a�ncdenr.aov NC DEQ Winston Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 Winston Salem, NC 27105 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Homewood, Sue Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 5:01 PM To: Leslie, Andrea J<andrea.leslie@ncwildlife.or�>; Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.�ov> Subject: RE: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Hi Andrea, I'm forwarding this to Dave Wanucha, DWR, Transportation Permitting Unit (DOT contact). Thanks, Sue Homewood Division of Water Resources, Winston Salem Regional Office Department of Environmental Quality 336 776 9693 office 336 813 1863 mobile Sue. Homewood(a�ncdenr.gov 450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300 Winston Salem NC 27105 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Leslie, Andrea J Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 4:53 PM To: Homewood, Sue <sue.homewood@ncdenr.�ov> Subject: FW: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Hi Sue, Who is the DOT NCDWR staffer in your office? Please see TJ's concerns below. Can you forward this to her/him and cc me? Thanks!! Andrea Andrea Leslie Mountain Habitat Conservation Coordinator NC Wildlife Resources Commission 645 Fish Hatchery Rd., Building B Marion, NC 28752 828-803-6054 (office) 828-400-4223 (cell) www.ncwildlife.or� Get NC Wildlife Update delivered to your inbox from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Johnson, Thomas C Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 6:13 PM To: Leslie, Andrea J <andrea.leslie@ncwildlife.or�> Cc: Hodges, Kinnon B <kin.hod�es@ncwildlife.or�> Subject: Cobb Creek - Uncontained Sediment Andrea, Given how much stuff I alone have sent you in recent weeks, I know you're probably up to your eyeballs in permitting and violation issues... Sorry! Nevertheless, like you said, if we don't speak up, we can't complain about the poor condition of the landscape. So, here's one Scott, Jake and I saw yesterday while evaluating some culverts on Cobb Creek. Location: 36.272090, -81.684360. FYI — this stream has 5 perched culverts in about 600 m and as a result, the BKT population is about to blink out. Anyway, it appears to be DOT work. Do you know if they have a permitted project ongoing here? Notice the paved road with seeded banks in the top picture. Online it shows it as being a state-maintained secondary route, Chestnut Grove Rd. Down from here it's washed out gravel. 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