20090305 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20090507

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
May 7, 2009
DWQ Project # 09-0305
Currituck County
CERTIFIED MAIL:
#7007 3020 0001 8861 9206
Currituck County, Whalehead Club
Attn: Daniel Scanion
PO Box 39
Currituck, NC 27929
Subject Property: Whalehead Club
Whale Head Bay, Pasquotank Basin, 030154, 30-1-9, SC
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Scanion:
On March 23, 2009, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application
dated January 7, 2009 to impact 0.27 acres of waters and 0.012 acres of Coastal Wetlands
for the purpose of shoreline stabilization. The DWQ has determined that your application
was incomplete and/or provided inaccurate information as discussed below. 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. Avoidance and Minimization
Through discussions with the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries there is
a concern that the shoreline stabilization control structures are excessive as
compared to typical sills in the coastal region. The Division would like to see the
structure base width be reduced to eight feet in base width and no more than one
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foot in height above NWL. This reduction in base width would reduce impacts to
shallow water habitat. Please submit information as to why this request cannot be
achieved or submit project plan modifications.
Please respond in writing to the DWQ within four weeks of the date of this letter with the
requested information. If we do not hear from you within four weeks, we will assume that
you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.
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 Kyle Barnes
of the Washington Regional Office at 252-948-3917or Ian McMillan of the DWQ Central
Office at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a
meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
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Coleen H. Sullins
cc: 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit
USACE Washington Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
CAMA: Doug Hugget/Morehead
Chris Frye, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
351 McLaws Circle, Suite 3, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Filename: 09-0305