20090406 Ver 1_Information Letter_20090508

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
'. C;nvarnnr nirartnr Secretary
May 8, 2009
CERTIFIED MAIL 7007 1490 0004 4509 6710
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Kevin S. Rose
Federal Highway Administration/Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division
21400 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 310
Sterling, VA 20166
SUBJECT: Proposed Road Rehabilitation in the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, RRP-PED
10(1), Anson County, DWQ #09-0406
Dear Mr. Rose:
The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has reviewed your submittal for a 401 Water Quality
Certification for the aforementioned project. Review of your application, in association with a site visit
on April 30, 2009, revealed it is lacking the necessary information required for making an informed
permit decision. The permit application was deficient in the following areas:
• Potential jurisdictional resources (to include both streams and wetlands) were identified during the
site visit. Many of these resources were not included in the permit application. All jurisdictional
resources must be properly identified (delineated) and accounted for in the Pre-Construction
Notification (PCN).
• Upon the verification of jurisdictional resources, the PCN must be revised to adequately address
proposed impacts to jurisdictional resources. This shall include avoidance and minimization
measures with respect to the effected jurisdictional resources, proposed mitigation for impacts (if
required) and appropriate plans (i.e., cross-sections and plan view drawings) depicting
jurisdictional resource impacts.
Therefore, pursuant to 15A NCAC 2H .0507(a)(5), we will have to place the permit application on hold
until we are supplied with the necessary information. You have 21 days to respond in writing with the
requested information or notification to this office that the information is forthcoming. If, at the end of
the 21 days, this office has not received this information in writing, we will assume you are
withdrawing your application and it.will be returned.
Mooresville Regional Office
Location: 610 East Center Ave., Suite 301 Mooresville, NC 28115 Otlc
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
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Mr. Kevin S. Rose
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Furthermore, until the information is received by the NC Division of Water Quality, we request, by
copy of this letter, that the US Army Corps of Engineers place the permit application on hold.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Polly Lespinasse at (704)
663-1699.
Sincerely,

for Coleen H. Sullins
Director
cc: Richard Spencer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington Field Office
Jeffrey Bricken, Refuge Manager, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Sonia Gregory, DWQ Central Office
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