20060646 Ver 2_More Info Letter_20070220

O~o~ W AT~9QG Michael F. Easley, Governor
~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
~-- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Q '~ Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
February 20, 2007
Mr. J. Chris Callaway -Assistant Vice President and Director of Design and Real Estate
Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
2001 S.E. 10th Street
Bentonville, AR 72716
Subject Property: Wal-Mart Supercenter No. 4459-00
UT to Stony Creek [030302,28-68, C, NSW]
Nash County
DWQ # 06-0646, Ver. 2
Dear Mr. Callaway:
RE: Status of stream on property for propose Wal-Mart, Nashville, NC
On February 9, 2007, Larry Eaton and I conducted a site visit to the stream feature
found on the property of the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter in Nashville, NC located at Eastern
AVenue. Based on our site visit, we have determined that the stream is perennial from its origin
in the wetland area located at the south of the property. The data that we collected for this
channel are summarized below in Appendix One. Since this stream is perennial, DWQ will have
to require compensatory stream mitigation at a 1:1 ratio for impacts to this channel. However as
noted in Mr. Horan's letter, the Division of Water Quality has determined that the stream
channel is intermittent from "flag SO-3, BB-1" and this call can be relied upon for five years,
Therefore, the Division will only require compensatory stream mitigation for the length of the
stream from flag SO-3, BB-1 downstream to Eastern Avenue in the lower end of the large
wetland to the south of the site (near flags 129/130 as shown on the map entitled "Wetlands
Survey" prepared for the Nashville East Group and sealed by James Strickland, surveyor on
October 26, 2005). In your submittal of the mitigation plan, please account for this stream
length. If you propose to use the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) to meet this
stream mitigation requirement, please provide written assurance from EEP that they are willing
to assume this mitigation. If not, please provide a stream mitigation plan that meets DWQ's
stream mitigation guidelines as outlined on our website.
Until we receive this additional information regarding stream mitigation, this project will
remain on hold as incomplete. If you have additional questions, please call me at 919-733-
9646.

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Mike Horan, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
Paul Smith, Stocks Engineering, P.O. Box 1108, Nashville, NC 27856
Jamie Shern, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
401 Oversight/Express Review Permits Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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Site 1: Near Eastern Avenue
Stream Form Score:
Aquatic taxa observed
Stream type:
Site 2: Center of project site
Stream Form Score:
Aquatic taxa observed
Stream type:
Appendix One
39 points
Caddis flies -Hydropsyche
Cheumatopsyche
Snails
Mayflies - Ephemerella
Baetids
Filamentous algae
Perennial
Not scored
Caddis flies -Hydropsyche
Mayflies Baetid
Stonefly Nemouridae
Dragonfly
Gambusia (mosquito fish)
Perennial
Site 3: Upper Section near remnant woods (wetlands)
Stream Form Score: 43.5 points
Aquatic taxa observed
Stream type:
Site 4: At edge of woods (wetlands)
Stream Form Score:
Aquatic taxa observed
Stream type:
Fingernail clam
Crayfish
Amphipods
Caddisfly Oligostomas
Mayflies Baetid
Stonefly Nemouridae
Perennial
36 points
Mayfly Baetid
Fingernail clams
Amphipods
Black flies
Midges
Perennial
Site 5: At intersection of two tributaries in woods (wetlands)
Stream Form Score: 31.5 points
Aquatic taxa observed
Stream type:
Fingernail clam
Amphipods
Isopods
Midges
Intermittent