20060197 Ver 1_More Info Letter_20061110

~OF W'4 TF9o Michael F. Easley, Govcmor
~0 G William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
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~ -~ Alan Vb'. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
November 10, 2006
DWQ Project # 2006-0197
• New Hanover County
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7005 0390 0001 3200 5373
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Tim Smith, Manager
Helmsdale Investors, LLC
Preston Development Company
100 Weston Estates Way
Cary, NC 27513
Subject Property: Helmsdale at Landfall
REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION
Dear Mr. Smith:
On February 6, 2006, the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application dated February 1, 2006 to
impact 0.295 acres of wetlands and 72 feet of stream to construct the proposed 48 lot residential subdivision. On
June 7, 2006, DWQ received a response to a request for additional information and the total impacts proposed
were reduced to 0.207 acres of wetlands. On September 15, 2006, DWQ received draft restrictive covenants and
a preservation map along with a revised impact map and associated cross-sections. While reviewing this
information, some discrepancies were identified and discussed with your agent, Kim Williams. Specifically, the
wetland impact areas and the preserved wetland areas were listed differently on the provided maps. In addition, it
became clear that Helmsdale Investors is only proposing to span the stream at impact #1 and not the wetlands.
The riparian wetlands are an importarit aspect of the stream channel and installing the arch culvert as proposed
will most likely result in degradation of the channel upstream and downstream of the culvert. Please revise the
arch culvert detail to span the entire crossing, upland to upland. Please provide the revised maps. The project
will remain on hold until we receive this information.
Please respond within three weeks of the date of this letter by sending this information to me in writing and Cyndi
Karoly of the DWQ 401 Oversight Unit in the Raleigh Office. If we do not hear from you within three 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will assume that you no longer want to pursue this project and we will consider the project as withdrawn.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 me at 910-796-7379 or Cyndi Karoly at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions
regarding or would like to set up a meeting to discuss this matter.
Sincerea ly,•
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Kim Williams, Land Management Group Inc.
Ian McMillan, DWQ 401 Oversight Unit
Jennifer Frye, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Noelle Lutheran, DWQ WiRO File Copy
Stephen Rynas, DCM Morehead City
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