20071254 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20070907

O~OF W ArE-9QG Michael F. Easley, Governor
~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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O .~ Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
September 7, 2007
Carteret County
DWQ Project #: 071254
Howland Rock Propertiy Owner's Association
Attn: Lionel Gilgo, Jr.
PO Box 693
Beaufort, NC 28516
Subject Property: Howland Rock POA Boat Basin
NO WRITTEN CONCURRENCE NEEDED
Dear Mr. Gilgo:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to maintenance dredge within
the existing boat basin and access channel, add additional rip rap and piling for the existing
docking facility, as described in your CAMA Major application dated July 19, 2007 and revised
per letter from Herman Myer and Lionel Gilgo referencing a phone conversation with Daniel
Govoni on August 24, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have decided these impacts
are below the threshold for written authorization as long as all conditions of General Water
Quality Certification Numbers 3624, 3626 and 3635 are met. These certifications may also be
viewed on our website at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. These Certifications allows you
to use the Regional General # 198700056, 197800080, and 198200277 Permits when issued by
the US Army Corps of Engineers.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that is described in your application. If
you change your project, you must notify us and you maybe required to send us a new
application. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this 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) (6) and (7). This approval shall expire when the
corresponding Nationwide Permit expires or as otherwise provided in the General Certification.
For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in the attached certification
and any additional conditions listed below.
Conditions of Certification:
1) Upon completion of the project, the applicant shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certification of Completion Form" to notify DWQ that all the 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 Division of Water Quality.
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
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Howland Rock Propertiy Owner's Association
Attn: Lionel Gilgo, Jr.
DWQ Project #: 071254
September 7, 2007
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may
result in criminal and/or civil penalties.
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 Ian McMillan at [phone] or
Joanne Steenhuis at our Wilmington Regional Office at [phone].
Sincerely,
Joanne Steenhuis
Senior Environmental Specialist
Enclosures
GC 3624
GC3626
GC3635
Certification of Completion
cc: Ian McMillan -DWQ 401 Oversight Unit
David Timpy -Corps of Engineers Wilmington
Doug Huggett -DCM Morehead City
Ryan Davenport -DCM Morehead
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