20090617 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20090619

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins
Governor Director
Resources
Dee Freeman
Secretary
June 19, 2009
DWQ# 09-0617
Guilford County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7008 3230 0000 9861 5996
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Andrew Wright
CommonWealth Biofuels Greensboro LLC
5603-B W. Friendly Ave #274.
Greensboro, NC 27410
Re: Section 401 Water Quality Certification application
Dear Mr. Wright:
On May 28, 2009, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (Division) received your application for a 401 General
Water Quality Certification to impact 60 linear feet of stream to install development fill for a road to serve the
CommonWealth Biofuels site in Greensboro NC in Guilford 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.
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 channels 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 with this
condition.
2. Per the requirements of GC 3705, please enumerate all temporary impacts (in addition to permanent
impacts already indicated) to the stream channel. Temporary impacts include areas of disturbance
necessary for proper pipe installation, proper dewatering, as well as any impacts from temporary erosion
control measures or fill stabilization. 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 submitting two copies of this information;
one copy should be submitted to Sue Homewood at the address on this letterhead, and one 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.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterqualiV.org
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CommonWealth Biofuels Greensboro
DWQ# 09-0617
June 19, 2009
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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,

Sue Homewood
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
cc: Andy Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Michael Brame, ECS Carolinas LLP (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401 Unit