20090337 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20090717

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
July 17, 2009
Dee Freeman
Secretary
DWQ Project # 09-0337v2
Brunswick County
Village of Bald Head Island
Mr. Calvin Peck, Village Manager
P.O. Box 3009
Bald Head Island, NC 28461-7000
Subject Property: Village Of Bald Head Island Beach Restoration Project
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Peck:
On June 22, 2009, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received the Request for Modification
of the 401 Water Quality Certification issued on May 7, 2009, to dredge 225.74 acres of offshore
shallow bottom area and place beach compatible sand on 110 acres of inter tidal area and near
shore shallow bottom below the Mean High Water (MHW) contour and 125.54 acres above the
MHW contour, pursuant to the application filed on the 30`h day of March of 2009. The Division
of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) have determined
that the proposed project would occur during the Sea Turtle Nesting Area moratorium. Because
of this proposed date for work occurring during this moratorium, the DWQ has determined that
significant uses could be removed or degraded by this project. Therefore unless modifications of
the proposal are made to alleviate the concerns of DMF, we will recommend moving towards
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.
Additional Information Requested:
If the project is modified to address the concerns of the Division of Marine Fisheries and the
Wildlife Resources Commission and there are no other objections, DWQ will have no objection
to the project.
Please respond in writing within 30 calendar days of the date of this letter by sending a copy of
this information to me and to Ian McMillan, 401 Wetlands Unit, 2321 Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh,
NC 27604-2260. 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.
Wilmington Regional Office
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VBHI Beach Restoration Mod Request
Brunswick County
2009-0337v2
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 Chad Coburn at 910-796-7215 or Ian
McMillan at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions regarding or would like to set up a meeting
to discuss this matter.
Sincerely,
Chad Coburn
Senior Environmental Specialist
cc: Becky Fox - EPA, 1307 Firefly Road, Whittier, NC 2878
Greg Finch - Land Management Group, Inc., P.O. Box 2522, Wilmington, NC 28402
Christian Preziosi - Land Management Group, Inc., P.O. Box 2522, Wilmington, NC
28402
Stephen Rynas - DCM Morehead City
Molly Ellwood - NC Wildlife - Wilmington
Rich Carpenter - Marine Fisheries - Wilmington
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit
Dave Timpy - Wilmington District, USACOE
Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead City
Anne Deaton - DMF P.O. Box 769, Morehead City, NC 28557
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