20080237 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20080208

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
February 8, 2008
Mr. Mark Abrahm
900 Mt. Vernon Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28203
Subject Property
Mark Abrahm, Lot 61
Lake James [030830, 11-(23), WSV, B]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Abrahm:
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
DWQ Project # 08-0237
Burke County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 0.0118 acres of open waters below the normal pool lake level and impact 688
square feet of Zone 1 Catawba River basin protected riparian buffer and 0.00 square feet of Zone 2
Catawba River basin protected riparian buffer for the purpose of constructing rip-rap bulkhead along 172
feet of shoreline as described within your application dated January 31, 2008, and received by the N.C.
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on February 4, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have
decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3693 (GC3693).
The Certification(s) allows you to use General Permit Number 30 when issued by the US Army Corps of
Engineers (USAGE). In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal,
state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and
Sediment Control, and Non-discharge regulations. Also, this approval to proceed with your proposed
impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or LAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us and you may be 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 fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre of
wetland or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A
NCAC 2H .0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached
certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general
conditions of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other impacts are
approved including incidental impacts:
T e of Im act Amount A roved nits Plan Location or Reference
Shoreline-bulkhead below the normal ool lake level 0.0118 acres A lication
Zone 1 Catawba River Basin Protected Ri arian Buffer 688 s uare feet A lication
Zone 2 Catawba River Basin Protected Ri avian Buffer 0.00 s uare feet A lication
401 Wetlands Certification Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Ralegh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 2~0, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone] /Internet: htto://h2o:enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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Mr. Mark Abrahm
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February 8, 2008
2. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
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 Pre-Construction Notification. All construction
activities, including the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion
control Best Management Practices, shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality
standards, statutes, or rules occur.
3. Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications governing
the proper design, installation and operation and maintenance of such Best Management Practices in
order to protect surface waters standards:
a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed, installed,
operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina
Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual.
b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and erosion control
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 Manual. The devices
shall be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) projects,
including contractor-owned or leased borrow pits associated with the project.
c. Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control measures and
stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times.
4. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum extent
practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is
unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within six months of the date that the
Division of Land Resources has released the project;
5. Deed Notifications
Deed notifications or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all retained jurisdictional wetlands,
waters and protective buffers in order to assure compliance for future wetland, water and buffer
impact. These mechanisms shall be put in place at the time of recording of the property, or of
individual lots, whichever is appropriate. A sample deed notification can be downloaded from
the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. The text of the sample
deed notification may be modified as appropriate to suit to this project.
6. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work'approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable
Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return the attached
certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina
Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650.
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct
impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification, shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved wetland or
stream impacts), 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

Mr. Mark Abrahm
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February 8, 2008
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 Cyndi Karoly or Ian McMillan in the Central Office in
Raleigh at 919-733-1786 or Kevin Barnett in the DWQ Asheville Regional Office at 82 -2 6-4500.
Sin ly,
Coleen H. Sullins
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Enclosures: GC 3693
Certificate of Completion
cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
DLR Asheville Regional Office
File Copy
Central Files
Larissa Castle, Bennick Enterprises, 7836 Highway 70 East, Nebo, NC 28761
Filename: 080237MarkAbrahmLot61(B urke~01_GP30

Certification of Completion
DWQ ProjectNo.; County:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Date of Issuance of Certification or Authorization:
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, and any
subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return this certificate to the 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit,
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650. This form may be
returned to DWQ by the applicant, the applicant's authorized agent, or the project engineer.. It is not necessary. to send
certificates from all of these.
Applicant's Certification
I, ,hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was
used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial
compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications,
and other supporting materials.
Signature: Date:
Agent's Certification
I, ~ ,hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was
used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within .substantial
compliance and intent of the 401 Water QuaIfty Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications;
and other supporting materials.
If this project was designed by a Certified Professional

I, as a duly registered Professional (i.e., Engineer,
Landscape Architect, Surveyor, etc.) in the State of North Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically,
weekly, full time) the construction of the project, for the Permitee hereby state that, to the best of my. abilities, .due care.
and diligence was used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built wit `tun
substantial compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and
specifications, and other supporting materials. .
Signature:
Date:

Signature: Registration No. Date