20031294 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20040109

0 W A rkF Michael F. Easley, Governor
\O?O ROG William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
r Alan W. Klimek, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality.
p .? Coleen H. Sullins, Deputy Director
Division of Water Quality
January 5, 2004
WETLANDS 1401 GROUP DWQ# 03-1294
Alamance County
Mr. Neil Bromilow, P. E. JAN 0 9 2004
Elon University, Construction Department
Campus Box 2060
Elon, NC 27244 VVX Fib WA L, Y SECTION
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Bromilow:
Elon University has our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place permanent fill in 918 linear
feet of intermittent stream and 0.02 acre of wetlands in order to construct intramural athletic fields, as described
in your application received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on October 24, 2003 and in additional
correspondence received on November 7, 2003 and December 13, 2003. After reviewing your application, we
have determined that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3402 which can be
viewed on our web site at htto:Hh2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetiands. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide
Permit Number 42 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should get any other
federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) those required
by Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this approval
will expire when the accompanying 404 permits expire unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change
your project, you must notify us in writing, and you may be required to send us a new application for a new
certification. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the 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 (1) acre, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506
(h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in the attached certification, as well as
the additional conditions listed below:
1. Placement of pipe in the stream channel must conform to the stream's existing alignment. Stream
displacement or relocation is not authorized.
2. Riprap may be placed in the stream channel to provide for outlet protection. The length of channel
hardened by riprap must not exceed 40 linear feet.
3. Upon completion of the project, the Applicant shall complete and return the enclosed "Certificate
of Completion" form to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been
completed. Along with the Certificate of Completion form, please send photographs of the stream
segment that has been piped, including the length of channel that has been hardened with riprap.
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.
NENR
N. C. Division of Water Quality, 401 Wetlands Certification Unit,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650 (Mailing Address)
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260 (Location)
[phone] (phone), 919-733-6893 (fax), (hnn://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands)
Customer Service #: 1-877-623-6748
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 Daryl Lamb in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-
4600 or Cyndi Karoly in the Central Office in Raleigh 919-733-9721.
AWK/cdl
Attachments
Sincerely,
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/---Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Winston-Salem DWQ Regional Office
Central Files
Wetlands/401 File Copy
Vishnu Gangadharan, Stewart Engineering, Inc., 260 Town Hall Drive, Suite C, Mooresville, NC 27560