20031522 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20040227

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
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
Mr. David Johnson
City County Utility Commission
City of Winston-Salem
P. O. Box 2511
Winston-Salem, NC 27102
February 27, 2004
DWQ# 03-1522
Forsyth County
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AP r,,, APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions 1/011VI

Dear Mr. Johnson:
The City of Winston-Salem has our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place permanent
fill in 360 linear feet of perennial streams and 1.43 acres of wetlands for the purpose of installing 12" and 8"
gravity sewer lines along Martin Mill Creek between Walkertown and Kernersville, Forsyth County, as
described in your application received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on December 29, 2003. After
reviewing your application, we have determined that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification
Number 3374 which can be viewed on our web site at htto://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. This Certification
allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 12 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In
addition, you should secure any other applicable federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your
project, including (but not limited to) those required by Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and
Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permit
expires unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have 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 total wetland fills for this project (now or in
the future) exceed 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:
The placement of riprap is restricted to the stream bottom and banks directly impacted by the
placement of the sewer line. Riprap may only be used below the normal high water level. The original
grade and elevation of the stream's cross-section must be maintained. Riprap placed in the stream
bottom must be inserted into the bottom matrix to a depth sufficient to provide the thickness of riprap
required for scour protection. The elevation of the stream bottom must not be increased by the
placement of riprap. Placement of riprap must not result in destabilization of the streambed or banks
upstream or downstream of any crossing.
2. Upon completion of the project, the Applicant shall complete and return the enclosed "Certificate of
Completion" form to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been
completed. The responsible party shall complete the attached form and return it to the 401/Wetlands
Unit of the NC Division of Water Quality upon completion of the project. Along with the Certificate of
Completion form, please send photographs upstream and downstream of each stream-crossing site to
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N. C. Division of Water Quality, 401 Wetlands Certification Unit,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650 (Mailing Address)
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260 (Location)
[phone] (phone), 919-733-6893 (fax), (hap://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands)
Customer Service #: 1-877-623-6748
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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
which conforms to Chapter 150B 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 Daryl Lamb in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-
4600 or Cyndi Karoly in the Central Office in Raleigh 919-733-9721.
Sincerely,
O Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
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Attachments
cc: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Winston-Salem DWQ Regional Office
Central Files
Wetlands/401 File Copy
John C. Grey, The Wooten Company, 350 North Cox Street, Suite 26, Asheboro, NC 27203