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Home My WebLink About20090430 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20090611 (2)w ? NCD NR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman Governor Director Secretary June 11, 2009 CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Johnston County Airport Authority 3149 Swift Creek Road Smithfield, NC 27577 DWQ Project # 09-0430 Johnston County Subject Property: Johnston County Airport Extended Runway Safety Area Reedy Branch [030404, 27-45-10, C, NSW] REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION Dear Sir or Madam: On April 15, 2009, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated April 6, 2009, and Public Notice issued by the USACE on May 15, 2009, and received by the DWQ on May 15, 2009, to fill or otherwise impact 19.15 acres of 404/wetland (fill 18.97 acres and excavate 0.18 acres), and 779 linear feet of perennial stream, 48,467 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and 30,659 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers to construct the proposed airport extended runway safety area at the site. 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 five copies of the additional information requested below, we will place this project on hold as incomplete until we receive this additional information. If we do not receive the requested information, your project will be formally returned as incomplete. Please provide the following information so that we may continue to review your project. Additional Information Requested: 1. Please re-submit your site plans on full plan sheets at a scale of no smaller than 1"=50' with topographic contours shown. 2. Please provide cross section details showing the provisions for aquatic life passage. 3. Please indicate all stream impacts including all fill slopes, dissipaters, and bank stabilization on the site plan. 4. Please indicate all wetland impacts including fill slopes on the site plan. 5. Please enumerate all riparian buffer impacts on the site plan and clearly label impacts (Buffer Impact 1, etc.). 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 Location: 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-733-17861 FAX: 919-733-6893 Internet: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/ NorthCarolina naturally An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer Johnston County Airport Authority Page 2 of 2 June 11, 2009 6. Please locate all isolated or non-isolated wetlands, streams, and other waters of the State as overlays on the site plan. Per the requirements of GC 3705, this project must comply with Stormwater Management Plan (SMP) Requirements for Applicants Other Than the North Carolina Department of Transportation, available at: http://h2o.enr. state.nc. us/newetiands/documents/SMPRequirementsforApplicantsotherthanNCDO T.pdf. Please include an SMP that removes a minimum of 85 percent TSS and 30 percent TN from the Stormwater generated by this project. For each proposed BMP, please provide a completed BMP Supplement Form, with all the required items. The BMP Supplement Forms are available at the following web site: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/bmp forms.htm. 8. 18.97 acres of 404/wetland, 779 linear feet of stream, and an undetermined quantity of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and Zone 2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers of compensatory wetland, stream and buffer mitigation is required for this project. Please provide a compensatory mitigation plan. The plan must conform to the requirements of 15A NCAC 2H .0500 and must be appropriate to the type of impacts proposed. 9. Please verify that herbicides will not be used within Waters of the State. 10. Per the requirements of the Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rule, you must show that this site meets diffuse flow requirements with a level spreader or other BMP per Chapter 8 of the BMP Manual (see http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/bmp forms.htm). Please label all level spreaders clearly on the site plans. 11. The description for Alternative 2 for the Corporate Area states that a bridge or culvert will be necessary to cross Reedy Branch, but the cost estimates in Table 10 do not indicate whether a bridge or culvert is used to determine the road costws. Please provide cost estimates for both scenarios. Please submit this information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter. If we do not receive this requested information within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter, your project will be withdrawn and you will need to reapply with a new application and a new fee. 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 Ms. Cyndi Karoly or Mr. Ian McMillan at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter. Sincer y, yndi Karoly, Supervisor 1 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit CBK/Ym cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office File Copy Johnston County Airport Authority Page 3 of 3 June 11, 2009 Daniel Ingram, WK Dickson & Co., Inc., 720 Corporate Center Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607 Filename: 080430JohnstonCountyAi rportRu nwaySafetyArea(Joh nston)On_Hold ¦ Complete items 1, 2, and 3. Also complete item 4 if Restricted Delivery is desired. ¦ Print your name and address on the reverse so that we can return the card to you. ¦ Attach this card to the back of the mailpiece, or on the front if space permits. Article Addressed to: Johnston County Airport Authority Mr Ray Blackmon 6/12/09 3149 Swift Creek Rd Smithfield NC 27577 DWQ 09-0430 Johnston County A. Signature ? Agent X ? Addressee B. Received by ( nted Name) C.,Datp of livery D. Is delivery address different from item 1? ? Yes If YES, enter delivery address below: ? No 3. Service Type ? Certified Mail ? Express Mall ? Registered ? Return Receipt for Merchandise ? Insured Mail ? C.O.D. 4. Restricted Delivery? (Extra Fee) ? Yes 2. Article Number 7008 3230 0003 1103 4795 (Transfer from service labe PS Form 3811. February 2004 Domestic Retum. Receipt 102595-02-M-1540 UNITED STATFF$ POSTA4,S6RVIPC • Sender: Please print your name, address, and ZI NC DENR Division of Water Quality 401 Oversite/Express Unit 2321 Crabtree Blvd Suite 250 Raleigh NC 27604