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January 13, 2004
DWQ# 03-1345
Stanly County
Mr. Raymond Allen
City of Albemarle
144 North Second St."?
Albemarle, NC 28002
Subject: Police Substation Addition, Fire Station Three il- Jq 2
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Allen:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to replace the
existing culvert and impact an additional 96 linear feet of unnamed perennial stream in order to construct the
police substation addition to Fire Station Three in Stanly County, as described in your application received by the
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on October 31, 2003. After reviewing your application, we have determined
that this project is covered by Water Quality General Certification Number 3402, which can be viewed on our
web site at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. This General Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit
Number 39 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE). Please note that you should get
any other federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by (but not
limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations.
This Certification will expire when the associated. 404 permit issued by the USACOE expires unless
otherwise specified in the General Certification. This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you
described in your application. If you change your project, you must notify us in writing, and you may be required
to send us a new application for a new certification. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy
of the Certification and approval letter; and is thereby responsible for complying with all conditions.
If the total wetland fill for this project (now or in the future) exceeds one acre, compensatory mitigation
may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the
conditions listed in the attached Certification, as well as the additional conditions listed below:
1. The stormwater facilities must be designed to treat the runoff from the entire project, unless otherwise
explicitly approved by the DWQ. Also, before any permanent building is occupied at the subject site, the
facilities as submitted/approved shall be constructed and operational, and the stormwater management
plan shall be implemented. The structural stormwater practices as well as drainage patterns must be
maintained in perpetuity. No changes to the structural stormwater practices shall be made without written
authorization from the DWQ.
2. The culverts required for this project shall be installed in such a manner that the original stream profiles are
not altered (i.e. the depth of the channel must not be reduced by a widening of the streambed). Existing
stream dimensions (including the pattern and profile) are to be maintained above and below locations of each
culvert. The culvert shall be designed and installed to allow for aquatic life movement as well as to prevent
head cutting of the streams. If any of the existing pipes are or become perched, the appropriate stream
grade shall be re-established, or if the pipes are installed in a perched manner then the pipes shall be
removed and re-installed correctly;
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N. C. Division of Water Quality, 401 Wetlands Certification Unit,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 21699-1650 (Mailing Address)
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260 (Location)
[phone] (nhone). 919-713-6993 (fax) (hnn h2n enr.tote nc us nciverlandsl
10icnael F. Laslev, uovernor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins, Deputy Director
Division of Water Quality
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3. No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas beyond the
footprint of the impacts depicted in the Preconstruction Notification application. All construction activities,
including the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion control Best
management Practices (BMP) shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality standards,
statutes, or rules occur.
4. Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications governing the proper
design, installation and operation and maintenance of such BMP:
a. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the erosion and sediment control measures (the
measures) must be such that they equal, or exceed, the requirements specified in the most recent version
of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual (the Manuan.
b. The measures shall be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) sites,
including contractor-owned or leased borrow pits associated with project.
c. The reclamation measures and implementation of these measures must be in accordance with the
requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
5. Upon completion of the project, the applicant/responsible party shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certificate of Completion" form to the Division of Water Quality's 401metlands Unit. Please send a
photograph of each culvert site, upstream and downstream, to document correct installation along with the
Certificate of Completion form.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, you may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. You
must act within 60 days of the date that you receive this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written petition that
conforms to Chapter 1508 of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714
Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-6714. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless
you ask for a hearing.
. This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
If you have any questions, please telephone Alan Johnson in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or
Cyndi Karoly in the Central Office in Raleigh at 919-733-9721.
Sincerely,
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
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Wetlands Unit - Cyndi Karoly
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