20100500 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20100804

A NC®ENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins
Governor Director
Natural Resources
Dee Freeman
August 4, 2010
Hertford County
NCDWQ Project No. 20100500
TIP B-4549
APPROVAL of 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Mr. Clay Willis
NCDOT, Division One
113 Airport Drive, Suite 100
Edenton, NC 27932
Dear Mr. Willis:
You have our approval, in accordance with the conditions listed below, for the following impacts for the purpose of
replacing Bridge # 42 over Deep Swamp Branch on SR 1441 (Swains Mill Rd) in Hertford County:
Wetland and Open Water Impacts in the Pasquotank River Basin
Site Wetland Fill
ac Open Water
Fill ac
AA 0.008 0.011
BB 0.006 0.027
Total 0.014 0.038
The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received June 24, 2010. After reviewing
your application, we have decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number
3820. This certification corresponds to the Nationwide Permit 14 issued by the Corps of Engineers. In addition,
you should acquire any other federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not
limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge and Water Supply Watershed regulations. This approval
will expire with the accompanying 404 permit.
This approval is valid solely for the purpose and design described in your application (unless modified
below). Should your project change, you must notify the NCDWQ and submit 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 the conditions. If total wetland fills for this project (now or
in the future) exceed one acre, or of total impacts to streams (now or in the future) exceed 150 linear
feet, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H.0506 (h) (6) and (7).
Additional buffer impacts may require compensatory mitigation as described in 15A NCAC 2B .0200.
For this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to the conditions listed in the attached certification.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality Internet ?c?cw.nc?caternu°lihi??re One
943 Washington Square Mall Phone: [phone] NorthCarolina
Washington, NC 27889 FAX [phone] ,Natl/PO11I/
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Condition(s) of Certification:
1. The issuance of this certification does not exempt the Permittee from complying with any and all statutes,
'rules, regulations, or ordinances that may be imposed by other government agencies (i.e. local, state, and
federal) having jurisdiction, including but not limited to applicable buffer rules, stormwater management
rules, soil erosion and sedimentation control requirements, etc.
2. The pernttee and its authorized agents shall conduct its activities in a manner consistent with State water
quality standards (including any requirements resulting from compliance with §303(d) of the Clean Water
Act) and any other appropriate requirements of State and Federal law. If NCDWQ determines that such
standards or laws are not being met (including the failure to sustain_a designated or achieved use) or that
State or federal law is being violated, or that further conditions are necessary to assure compliance,
NCDWQ may reevaluate and modify this certification.
3. The Permince shall ensure that the final design drawings adhere to the permit and to the permit drawings
submitted for approval.
4. The permittee will need to adhere to all appropriate in-water work moratoria (including the use of pile
driving or vibration techniques) prescribed by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. No in-water work
is permitted between February 15 and June 15 of any year, without prior approval from the NC Division of
Water Quality and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. In addition, the permittee shall conform with
the NCDOT policy entitled "Stream Crossing Guidelines for Anadromous Fish Passage (May 12, 1997) at
all times.
5. During the construction of the project, no staging of equipment of any kind is permitted in waters of the
U.S., or protected riparian buffers.
6. Heavy equipment shall be operated from the banks rather than in the stream channel in order to minimize
sedimentation and reduce the introduction of other pollutants into the stream.
7. All mechanized equipment operated near surface waters must be regularly inspected and maintained to
prevent contamination of stream waters from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials.
8. If concrete is used during construction, a dry work area shall be maintained to prevent direct contact
between curing concrete and stream water. Water that inadvertently contacts uncured concrete shall not
be discharged to surface waters due to the potential for elevated pH and possible aquatic life and fish kills.
9. The use of rip-rap above the Normal High Water Mark shall be minimized. Any rip-rap placed for stream
stabilization shall he placed in stream channels in such a manner that it does not impede aquatic life
passage.
10. All fill slopes located in jurisdictional wetlands shall be placed at slopes no flatter than 3:1, unless
otherwise authorized by this certification.
11. No rock, sand or other materials shall be dredged from the stream channel except where authorized by this
certification.
12. The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary located within the construction corridor approved by this
authorization shall be clearly marked by highly visible fencing prior to any land disturbing activities.
Impacts to areas within the fencing are prohibited unless otherwise authorized by this certification.
13. Where placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and/or waters is unavoidable, they
shall be removed and the natural grade restored upon completion of the project.
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14. 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. For borrow pit sites, the erosion and sediment control measures must be designed, installed, operated,
and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina Surface Mining
Manual.
d. The reclamation measures and implementation must comply with the reclamation in accordance with
the requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
15. The post-construction removal of any temporary bridge structures must return the project site to its
preconstruction contours and elevations. The impacted areas shall be revegetated with appropriate native
species.
16. Strict adherence to the most recent version of NCDOT's Best Management Practices For Bridge
Demolition and Removal approved by the US Army Corps of Engineers is a condition of the 401 Water
Quality Certification.
17. Bridge deck drains should not discharge directly into the stream. Stormwater shall be directed across the
bridge and pre-treated through site-appropriate means (grassed swales, pre-formed scour holes, vegetated
buffers, etc.) before entering the stream. Please refer to the most current version of Stormwater Best
Management Practices.
18. Bridge piles and bents shall be constructed using driven piles (hammer or vibratory) or drilled shaft
construction methods. More specifically, jetting or other methods of pile driving are prohibited without
prior written approval from NCD WQ first.
19. All pile driving or drilling activities shall be enclosed in turbidity curtains unless otherwise approved by
NCDWQ in this certification.
20. Native riparian vegetation must be reestablished within the construction limits of the project by the end of
the growing season following completion of construction.
21. Discharging hydroseed mixtures and washing out hydroseeders and other equipment in or adjacent to
surface waters is prohibited.
22. There shall be no excavation from, or waste disposal into, jurisdictional wetlands or waters associated with
this permit without appropriate modification. Should waste or borrow sites, or access roads to waste or
borrow sites, be located in wetlands or streams, compensatory mitigation will be required since that is a
direct impact from road construction activities.
23. The Permittee shall report any violations of this certification to the Division of Water Quality within 24
hours of discovery.
24. A copy of this Water Quality Certification shall be maintained on the construction site at all times. In
addition, the Water Quality Certification and all subsequent modifications, if any, shall be maintained with
the Division Engineer and the on-site project manager.
25. Upon completion of the project (including any impacts at associated borrow or waste sites), the NCDOT
Division Engineer shall complete and return the enclosed "Certification of Completion Form" to notify
NCDWQ when all work included in the 401 Certification has been completed.
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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 that conforms
to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699. 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 contact Garcy Ward at [phone].
Sincerely, ,
for Coleen H. Sullins
Director
Cc: Bill Biddlecome, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
Jim Hoadley, Division of Coastal Management, Elizabeth City
Sonia Carrillo, NCDWQ, 401 [Wetlands Unit
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