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To: John Dorney
Planning Branch
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
CAMA MAJOR PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW
REGIONAL OFFICE STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REVIEWER: GREGSON;
WQ SUPERVISOR: ADKINS
DATE: April 26, 1996
WETLAND INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL OFFICE TRACKING
PERMIT YR: 96 PERMIT NO.: 960325 COUNTY: Columbus
PROJECT NAME: NC DOT Bridge #9
PROJECT TYPE: Bridge PERMIT TYPE: CAMA
COE #: N/A DOT#: N/A
RCD FROM CDA: DCM DATE FROM CDA: April 3, 1996
REG OFFICE: WiRO RIVER AND SUB BASIN#: 030757
*STREAM OR ADJACENT WATER BODY: Waccamaw River
CLASS: B Sw STREAM INDEX #: 15-18
*OPEN OR CLOSED: N/A
WL IMPACT: Yes WL TYPE: BLH
WL REQUESTED: 0.59 WL ACR EST: Yes
WL SCORE: N/A
MITIGATION: N/A MITIGATION TYPE: N/A
MITIGATION SIZE: N/A RATING SHEET ATTACHED?: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: ISSUE
STORMWATER PLAN REQ'D:
IF YES, DATE APPROVED:
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: NC DOT proposes to replace the existing bridge #9 on NC HWY 904.
WATER QUALITY CERT. (401)
CERT. REQ'D: Yes
IF YES, TYPE: General Certification #3025
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
TYPE OF DISPOSAL PROPOSED: N/A
TO BE PERMITTED BY: N/A
IF BY DEM, IS SITE AVAILABLE AND PERMIT ISSUANCE PROBABLE: N/A
WATER/WETLAND FILL
AREA OF FILL - WATER: N/A WETLAND: 25700 sq. ft.
IS FILL ELIMINATING A SIGNIFICANT USE? No
)ED CONDITIONS OR PERMIT RESTRICTIONS: That the project be done in such
to not cause turbidity outside the immediate construction area to exceed 25 NTU.
cc: Cenft I Files
Wilmington Regional Office Files
DCM-Ed Brooks
John Parker

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
?EHNR
May 13, 1996
Columbus County
DEM Project # 960331
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification
Mr. Franklin Vick
Planning and Environmental Branch
N.C. DOT
P.O. Box 25201
Raleigh, NC 27611-5201
Dear Mr. Vick:
You have our approval to place fill material in 0.59 acres of wetlands or waters for the purpose of
replacing Bridge #9 on NC 904 over Waccamaw River, as you described in your application dated 3
April 1996. After reviewing your application, we have decided that this fill is covered by General
Water Quality Certification Number 3025.
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 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, 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.
Sincerely.
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cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Wilmington Field Office
Wilmington DEM Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Central Files
Doug Huggett; DCM

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