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WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action ID. SAW-2002-976 County: Duplin USGS Quad: Rose Hill
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Property Owner /Authorized Agent: Mr. Robert Herring D ~ ~ ~ ~~ t_~
Rockfish Meadows, Inc.
Address: PO Box 100 ~! Q ~J 1 9 2~~7
Rose Hill, NC 28425
DENR -WATER QUALITY
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Telephone No.: 910-289-3195
Size and location of property (water body, road name/number, town, etc.): The proiect area is located off of Meadow
Lane, north of the intersection of Wards Road and Huffman Road, west of Bid Beaverdam Creek, west of Rose
Hill, Duplin County, North Carolina.
Description of projects area and activity: This permit authorizes impacts to 0.495 acres of wetlands associated with
the construction of a pond.
Applicable Law: ® Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
^ Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Authorization: Regional General Permit Number:
Nationwide Permit Number: 39
Your work is authorized by the above referenced permit provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the attached
conditions and your submitted plans. Any violation of the attached conditions or deviation from your submitted plans may
subject the permittee to a stop work order, a restoration order and/or appropriate legal action.
This verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide authorization is modified,
suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expiration date identified below, the nationwide permit authorization is reissued and/or
modified, this verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified lielow, provided it complies with all requirements of
the modified nationwide permit. If the nationwide permit authorization expires or is suspended, revoked, or is modified, such that the
activity would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the nationwide permit, activities which have commenced (i.e., are
under construction) or are under contract to commence in reliance upon the nationwide permit, will remain authorized provided the
activity is completed within twelve months of the date of the nationwide permit's expiration, modification or revocation, unless
discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization.
Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality Certification. You
should contact the NC Division of Water Quality (telephone [phone]) to determine Section 401 requirements.
For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA),
prior to beginning work you must contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Managemext .
This Department of the Army verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required Federal,
State or local approvals/permits.
If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Permit, or the Corps of Engineers regulatory
program, please contact Ronnie Smith at 910-251-4829.
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Corps Regulatory Official: Ronnie Smith i` Date: November 14, 2007
Expiration Date of Verification: November 14, 2009
The Wilmington District is committed to providing the highest level of support to the public. To help us ensure we continue to do so,
please complete the attached customer Satisfaction Survey or visit http://www.saw.usace.army.miUWETLANDS/index.html to
complete the survey online.
Determination of Jurisdiction:
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^ Based on preliminary information, there appear to be waters of the US including wetlands within the above described project area.
This preliminary determination is not an appealable action under the Regulatory Program Administrative Appeal Process
( Reference 33 CFR Part 331).
^ There are Navigable Waters of the United States within the above described project area subject to the permit requirements of
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Unless there is a change in the law or our
published regulations, this determination maybe relied upon for a period not to exceed five years from the date of this
notification.
® There are waters of the US and/or wetlands within the above described project area subject to the permit requirements of Section
404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA)(33 USC § 1344). Unless there is a change in the law or our published regulations, this
determination may be relied upon for a period not to exceed five years from tl~e date of this notification.
^ The jurisdictional areas within the above described project area have been identified under a previous action. Please reference
jurisdictional determination issued .Action ID
Basis of Jurisdictional Determination: This site exhibits wetland criteria as described in the 1987 Corps Wetland Delineation
Manual and is adjacent to Big Beaverdam Creek. a relatively permanent water body that is a tributary of Rockfish Creek, a
tributary of the Northeast Cape Fear River, which is a traditional navislable water of the US.
Appeals Information (This information applies only to approved jurisdictional determinations.)
Attached to this verification is an approved jurisdictional determination. If you are not in agreement with that approved jurisdictional
determination, you can make an administrative appeal under 33 CFR 331. Enclosed you will find a Notification of Appeal Process
(NAP) fact sheet and request for appeal (RFA) form. If you request to appeal this determination you must submit a completed RFA
form to the following address:
District Engineer, Wilmington Regulatory Division
Attn: Ronnie Smith, Project Manager,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
PO Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402
In order for an RFA to be accepted by the Corps, the Corps must determine that it is complete, that it meets the criteria for appeal
under 33 CFR part 331.5, and that it has been received by the District Office within 60 days of the date of the NAP. Should you
decide to submit an RFA form, it must be received at the above address by January 13, 2008.
**It is not necessary to submit an RFA form to,,tkte~is~tr~ct.Office if you do not object to the determination in this correspondence.**
Corps Regulatory Official:
Date November 14, 2007
Expiration Date November 14.2009
SURVEY PLATS, FIELD SKETCH, WETLAND DELINEATION FORMS, PROJECT PLANS, ETC., MUST BE
ATTACHED TO THE FILE COPY OF THIS FORM, IF REQUIRED OR AVAILABLE.
Copy Furnished:
Ian McMillan
NCDENR-DWQ
1617 Mai Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
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