20110109 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20110819

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretarv
August 19, 2011
Pitt County
DWQ Project No. 20110109 v.2
Bridge 401 over UT to Little Contentnea Cr
MODIFICATION of APPROVAL of 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION, and NEUSE BUFFER
AUTHORIZATION with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Mr. Jay Johnson
North Carolina Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 1587
Greenville, NC 27835
Dear Mr. Johnson:
You have our approval, in accordance with the conditions listed below, for the following impacts for the purpose of
replacing Bridge # 401 over an unnamed tributary to Little Contentnea Creek with a pipe on SR 1112 (Sumrell Rd)
in Pitt County:
Stream and Buffer Impacts in the Neuse River Basin

Site Number Buffer Zone]
Fill (sq ft) Buffer Zone2
Fill (sq ft) Stream Fill
permanent
linear [t Stream Fill
temporary
linear ft
1 640 445
2 650 420
3 555 430
4 685 430
Total 2,530 1,725 50* 10
Net Total
Impacts 4,255 601f
•an increase of 12 linear feet due to a longer structure.
The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received July 19, 2011. All the
authorized activities and conditions associated with the original Water Quality Certification dated March 18, 2011
and all subsequent modifications still apply except where superceded by this certification. After reviewing your
application, we have decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification 3820. This
certification corresponds to the General Permit 31 issued by the Corps of Engineers. This approval is also valid for
the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233). 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 DWQ 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
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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). For this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to the
conditions listed in the attached certification.
1. This modification is applicable only to the additional proposed activities. All of the authorized activities and
conditions associated with the original Water Quality Certification dated March 18, 2011 and subsequent
modifications still apply except where superceded by this certification.
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].
ncerely,
C7 / for Coleen Sullins
Attachments (Certificate of Completion form)
cc: Tom Steffens, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
?9onia Carrillo, DWQ, 401/Wetlands Unit, Raleigh NC
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