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August 1, 2007
Person County
DWQ Project No. 20071267
SR 1556
State Project No. SB.2073
APPROVAL of 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Mr. J.W. Bowman, P.E., Division Engineer
NCDOT, Division 5
2612 North Duke Street
Durham, NC 27704
Dear Mr. $owman:
You have our approval, in accordance with the conditions listed below, for the following impacts for the purpose of
a culvert replacement in Person County:
Stream Impacts in the Roanoke River Basin
Site Permanent Fill in Riprap & Stabilization to Temporary Dewatering Total Stream
Perennial Stream Perennial Stream to Perennial Stream Impact
linear ft linear ft linear ft linear ft
1 18 20 38 (concurrent) 63
25 additional)
Total 18 20 63 63
Total Stream Impact for Project: 63 linear feet.
The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received July 24, 2007. After reviewing
your application, we have decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number
3627 and 3634. This certification corresponds to the Nationwide Permit 14 and Nationwide Permit 33 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 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
impacts to streams (now or in the future) exceed 1501inear feet, compensatory mitigation maybe 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 as well as those listed below.
Conditions of Certification:
1. If multiple pipes or barrels are required, they should be designed to mimic natural stream cross section as closely
as possible including pipes or barrels at flood plain elevation and/or sills where appropriate. Widening the stream
channel should be avoided. Stream channel widening at the inlet or outlet end of structures typically decreases
water velocity causing sediment deposition that requires increased maintenance and disrupts aquatic life passage.
N~ne Carolina
Transportation Permitting Unit / ~"tuCa~~l/
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone]nternet: http:i!h2o.erir.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
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2. Riprap should not be placed in the active thalweg channel or placed in the streambed in a manner that precludes
aquatic life passage. Bioengineering boulders or structures should be properly designed, sized and installed.
3. For any streams being impacted due to site dewatering activties, the site shall be graded to its preconstruction
contours and revegetated with appropriate native species.
4. Due to the perched pipe conditions at this site, which would require the placement of the pipes on steep grades
and/or bedrock, DWQ will not require the burial of the culverts in the streambed at this location. However, design
and placement of the culvert and other structures shall be installed in such a manner that the original stream profiles
are not altered (i.e., the depth of the channel must not be reduced by a widening of the streambed). Existing strearu
dimensions (including pattern and profile) are to be maintained above and below locations of each culvert. The
structures shall be designed and installed to allow for fish and other wildlife movement as well as prevent
headcutting of the stream. The applicant maybe required to provide evidence that the equilibrium has been
maintained, if requested in writing by the DWQ.
5. If concrete is used during construction, a dry work area should be maintained to prevent direct contact between
curing concrete and stream water. Water that inadvertently contacts uncured concrete should not be discharged to
surface waters due to the potential for elevated pH and possible aquatic life and fish kills.
6. 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.
7. The dimension, pattern and profile of the stream- above and below the crossing should not be modified.
Disturbed floodplains and streams should be restored to natural geomorphic conditions.
8. All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved BMP measures from
the most current version of NCDOT Construction and Maintenance Activities manual such as sandbags, rockberms,
cofferdams and other diversion structures shall be used to prevent excavation in flowing water.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. No rock, sand or other materials shall be dredged from the stream channel except where authorized by this
certification.
12. Discharging hydroseed mixtures and washing out hydroseeders and other equipment in or adjacent to surface
waters is prohibited.
13. A copy of this Water Quality Certification shall be posted 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.
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. Upon completion of the project, the NCDOT Division Engineer shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certification of Completion Form" to notify DWQ when all work included in the 401 Certification has been
Transportation Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone]nternet: htto:/Ih2o.enr.state.nc.uslncwetlands
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14. Native riparian vegetation must be reestablished within the construction limits of the project by the end of the
growing season following completion of construction.
15. 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 be located in wetlands or streams,
compensatory mitigation will be required since that is a direct impact from road construction activities.
16. 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.
17. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters unless otherwise approved by
this Certification. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable, they
shall be removed and the natural grade restored upon completion of the 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 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 Rob Ridings at [phone].
S' y,
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Director
Attachments (General Certification and Certificate of Completion form)
cc: Chris Murrah, Division 5 Environmental Officer
Eric Alsmeyer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Transportation Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] !FAX [phone] I Internet: h tto:llh2o. en r. sta te. nc. us/ncwetla nds
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