19940717 Ver 1_COMPLETE FILE_19940808

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification
Ms. S. Paige Baker
CMUD Storm Water
Mecklenburg County Engineering Dept.
700 North Tryon St.
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Dear Ms Baker:
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September 7, 1994
Mecklenburg County
DEM Project # 94717
FILE COPtl
You have our approval to place fill material in 0.12 acres of wetlands or waters for
the purpose of stream stabilization at Edward's Branch, as you described in your
application dated 1 August 1994. After reviewing your application, we have decided that
this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 2665. This certification
allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 13 when it is issued by the Corps of
Engineers.
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 and you may be required to
send us a new application. For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions
listed in the attached certification. In addition, you should get any other federal, state or
local permits before you go ahead with your project.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, you may ask for an
adjudicatory hearing. You must act within 30 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, P.O. Box
27447, Raleigh, N.C. 27611-7447. This certification and its conditions are final and
binding unless you ask for a hearing.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Environmental Management under
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please telephone John
Dorney at 919-733-1786.
Sin rely
PP ston P(d, J . E.
Attachment
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
Mooresville DEM Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Central Files
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone] FAX 919-73?4?'ltr
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0 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission KN
512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-1188, 919-733-3391
Charles R. Fullwood, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: John Dorney
Water Quality Planning, DEM, DEHNR
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FROM: Owen F. Anderson, Piedmont Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: September 6, 1994
SUBJECT: Mecklenburg County request for 401 Water Quality
Certification to line streambank with rip rap,
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. DEM ID #
94717.
Biologists on the North Carolina Wildlife Resources
Commission staff have reviewed the subject project. Our
comments are provided in accordance with certain provisions
of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 466 et seq.) and
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as
amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d) and North Carolina General
Statutes (G.S. 113-131 et seq.).
The applicant proposes to place 870 linear feet of rip
rap along both sides of streambank along Edward's Branch in
Charlotte. The riprap will extend from below the waterline
to the top of the bank and fill 0.12 acres of wetlands. The
applicant states that the purpose of the work is to prevent
further stream bank erosion. According to the applicant,
the activity must be carried out in wetlands to prevent
continued bank erosion. The applicant does not plan to
disturb large growth at the top of the banks.
We do not encourage placing riprap or other artificial
structure to contain streambanks over extensive stream
segments. Bank erosion is a natural function of water
movement in streams. Intensive development in urban areas
adds to the problem when runoff flows swiftly to stream
channels. We encourage watershed management practices and
sedimentation control plans that slow watershed runoff.
401 Certification 2 September 6, 1994
Project No 94717
We are not opposed to riprap where there are active
erosion or safety problems. However, we recommend the
following modifications for this project:
1. Confine riprap
segments where
causing safety
placement only to those stream
the stream banks are sloughing or
problems.
2. Maintain systems of natural buffers along
streams and drainages and vegetation on stream
banks. Other stormwater control technology (such
as retention ponds and detention ponds) should
be used to help dissipate stormwater energy and
reduce volume input to these streams.
3. Implement and maintain a strict, state approved
sedimentation control plan to prevent silt from
entering wetlands and other undeveloped areas.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into the
review process. If I can be of further assistance, please
contact me at [phone].
cc: Wayne R. Chapman, District 6 Fisheries Biologist
Ken Knight, District 6 Wildlife Biologist
WRC/ofa
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Administrative Offices: Mecklenburg County Engineering Dep
l? L_ ) 700 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
J [phone] FAX (704) 312
August 1, 1994
Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Planning
Division of Environmental Management
NC Department of Environment, Health,
and Natural Resources
P.O. Box 29535
Raleigh, N.C. 27626-0535
Subject: Edward's Branch Channel Improvements
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Dorney;

Enclosed are seven (7) copies of a completed application for a Nationwide Permit 13 and Section
401 water quality certification. This application includes a "Joint Form for Nationwide Permits
that require notification to the Corps of Engineers, Nationwide Permits that require application
for Section 401 Certification" and an 8 1/2" X 11" copy of the plans. In addition, one (1) copy of
the application has been sent to the Corps of Engineers and one (1) copy has been sent to U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Please let me know if you need any further information.
Sincerely,
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-A, S. Paige Baker, P.E.
Enclosures
To report drainage problems: 336-RAIN
Printed on rec cl ?
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TEL :[phone] Sep 06 ' 94 11 : UIJ Idu . UUI N . U-2
.? North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 9
512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-1188, 919-733-3391
Charles R. Fullwood, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
To: John Dorney
Water Quality Planning, DEM, DEHNR
6)-0
FROM: Owen F. Anderson, Piedmont Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: September 6, 1994
SUBJECT: Mecklenburg County request for 401 Water Quality
Certification to line streambank with rip rap,
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. DEM ID #
94717.
Bioloqists on the North Carolina Wildlife Resources
commission staff have reviewed the subject project. OUr
comments are provided in accordance with certain provisions
of the Clean Water Act of 1977 .(33 U.S.C. 466 et seq.) and
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as
amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d) and North Carolina General
Statutes (G.S. 113-131 et seq.).
The applicant. proposes to place 870 linear feet of rip
rap along bot=h sides of streambank alonq Edward's Branch i.r;
Charlotte. The riprap will extend from below the water Itrie
to the top of the bank and till 0.12 acres of wetlands. The
applicant states that the purpose of the work is to prevent
further stream bank erosion. According to the applicant.,
the activity must: be carried out. i.n wetlands to prevent.
continued bank erosion. The applicant does not plan to
disturb large growth at the top of the banks.
We do not. encourage p.l Ac:i nq ri prap or other artif iciai
structure to contain st.roambank.s over extensive stream
segments. Bank erosion is a natural function of water
movement in streams. Intensive development in urban areas
adds to the problem when runoff flows swiftly to stream
channels. We encourage watershed management practices and
sedimentation control plans that slow watershed runoff.
NUdRC.,HCP,FHLLS LHKE TEL:91y-52'-9 Sep Ub'94 11:u4 IVu.uul r.U3
_ 401 Certification 2 September 6, 1994
+ Project No 94717
We are not opposed to riprap where there are active
erosion or safety problems. However, we recommend the
following modifications for this project:
1. confine riprap placement only to those stream
segments where the stream banks are sloughing or
causing safety problems.
2. Maintain systems of natural buffers along
streams and drainages and vegetation on stream
banks. Other stormwater control technology (such
as retention ponds and detention ponds) should
be used to help dissipate stormwater energy and
reduce volume input to these streams.
3. implement and maintain a strict, state approved
sedimentation control. plan to prevent silt from
entering wetlands and other undeveloped areas.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into the
review process. If I can be of further assistance, please
contact me at (91.9) 528-9886.
cc: Wayne R. Chapman, District 6 Fisheries Biologist
Ken Knight., District 6 Wildlife Biologist
WRC/ofa
DEM ID- qLl-] I ? ACTION
it Requested (Provide Nationwide Permit #):
*If JOINT FORM FOR
Nationwide permits that require notification to the Corps of Engineers
Nationwide permits that require application for Section 401 certification
-WILMINGTON DISTRICT ENGINEER WATER QUALITY PLANNING
CORPS OF ENGINEERS DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY NC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH,
P.O. Box 1890 AND NATURAL RESOURCES
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Wilmington, NC 28402-1890 P.O. Box 29535 ATM: CESAW-CO-E Raleigh, NC 27626-0535
Telephone [phone] ATTN: MIL JOHN DORNEY
Telephone [phone]
ONE (1) COPY OF THIS COMPLETED APPLICATION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
SEVEN (7) COPIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE N.C. DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
PLEASE PRINT.
1. Owners Name: Mecklenburg County
2. Owners Address: 700 North Tryon Street
3. Owners Phone Number (Home): N/A (Work): [phone]
4. If Applicable: Agent's name or responsible corporate official, address, phone number-
Joe Aug
(Same as Above)
5. Location of work (MUST ATTACH MAP). County: Mecklenburg
Nearest Town or City: Charlotte
specific Location (Include road numbers, landmarks, etc.): Edward's Branch from IndepPndenee Blvd .
to Commonwealth Avenue
i. Name of Closest S"am/River.
Edward's Branch
7. River Basin: Catawba
i. Is this project located in a watershed classified as Trout, SA, HQW, ORW, WS I, or WS 11? YES [ ] NO L J
?. Have any Section 404 permits been previously requested for use on this property? YES (] NO [X]
If yes, explain. N/A
.0. Estimated total number of acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands, located on project site: 0.26
1. Number of acres of waters of the U.S., including wetlands, impacted by the proposed proje=
Filled: 870 LF of channel to be lined with rip rap on both sides extending
3' into waters of the U.S. (870' X 2) (3') = 5220 SF = 0.12AC
Drained:
Flooded:
Excavated:
Total Impacted. 0.12 ac -

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