91-22 NCWRC

Permit Number
91-22
Permit Class
NEW
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Department of Environmental Quality
and
Coastal Resources Commission
Permit
for
X Major Development in an Area of Environmental Concern
pursuant to NCGS 113A-118
X Excavation and/or filling pursuant to NCGS 113-229
Issued to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission,1720 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27669
Authorizing development in Pamlico/Beaufort County w/i Spring Creek and Hunting Creek waterfowl
impoundments of the Goose Creek Gamelands, in Aurora, as requested in the permittee's application dated
1/31/22 (MP-1) and 2/16/22 (MP-4 5) including attached workplan drawings (9), Sheets 1-9 of 9 all dtd 10/21.
This permit, issued on September 2, 2022 , is subject to compliance with the application (where
consistent with the permit), all applicable regulations, special conditions and notes set forth below. Any violation
of these terms may be subject to fines, imprisonment or civil action; or may cause the permit to be null and void.
Suring Creek Unit
1) A turbidity curtain shall be left between the areas to be repaired and the existing waterbody and a 72-
hour period after completion of excavation shall elapse prior to turbidity curtain removal to prevent
unnecessary siltation into the adjacent water body.
2) This permit authorizes the replacement of the existing water control and associated structures and
bulkhead repair, all within the existing footprints, all as expressly and specifically set forth in the
attached permit application and workplan drawings.
(See attached sheets for Additional Conditions)
This permit action may be appealed by the permittee or other
qualified persons within twenty (20) days of the issuing date.
This permit must be accessible on -site to Department
personnel when the project is inspected for compliance.
Any maintenance work or project modification not covered
hereunder requires further Division approval.
All work must cease when the permit expires on
September 2, 2027
In issuing this permit, the State of North Carolina agrees that
your project is consistent with the North Carolina Coastal
Management Program.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of DEQ and the Chair
of the Coastal Resources Commission.
l u� Braxton C. Davis, Director
Division of Coastal Management
This permit and its conditions are hereby accepted.
Signature of Permittee

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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Hunting Creek Unit
3) This permit authorizes the replacement of the existing water control and associated structures and
bulkhead repair, and the use of the coffer dam, all within the existing footprints, all as expressly and
specifically set forth in the attached permit application and workplan drawings.
4) The coffer dam shall be constructed in accordance with the alignment depicted on the attached workplan
drawings.
5) No open water shall be excavated or filled, even temporarily, outside of the approved coffer dam
alignment.
6) No vegetated wetlands shall be excavated or filled, even temporarily.
7) The coffer dam shall be constructed prior to any excavation activities.
8) The coffer dam shall be structurally tight so as to prevent seepage of excavation materials through the
structure.
9) The temporary placement or double handling of excavated or fill materials within waters or vegetated
wetlands is not authorized.
10) No excavated or fill material shall be placed at any time in any vegetated wetlands/marsh or surrounding
waters.
11) All mechanized equipment will be regularly inspected and maintained to prevent contamination of waters
and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials. In the event of a spill of
petroleum products or any other hazardous waste, the pemiittee shall immediately report it to the National
Response Center at [phone] and provisions of the North Carolina Oil Pollution and Hazardous
Substances Control Act will be followed.
Sedimentation and Erosion Control
12) In order to protect water quality, runoff from construction shall not visibly increase the amount of
suspended sediments in adjacent waters.
13) Appropriate sedimentation and erosion control devices, measures or structures shall be implemented to
ensure that eroded materials do not enter adjacent wetlands, watercourses or properties.
General
14) No excavation shall take place outside of the area indicated on the workplan drawings.
15) All excavated materials shall be confined above normal high water and landward of regularly or
irregularly flooded marsh behind adequate dikes or other retaining structures to prevent spillover of
solids into any marsh or surrounding waters. The barriers shall be maintained and functional until the
site is graded and stabilized.

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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
16) The dredge material disposal area shall be inspected and approved by a representative of the Division of
Coastal Management prior to the commencement of any dredging activities.
17) This permit shall not be assigned, transferred, sold, or otherwise disposed of to a third party without the
written approval of the Division of Coastal Management.
18) All construction debris associated with the removal or construction of the permitted development shall
be contained within the authorized project area and disposed of in an approved upland location.
19) The permittee and/or his or her contractor shall meet with a representative of the Division prior to
project initiation.
NOTE: This permit does not eliminate the need to obtain any additional state, federal or local permits,
approvals or authorizations that may be required.
NOTE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the project by way of Programmatic General
Permit 198000291 (Action ID SAW-2022-01457).
NOTE: The N.C. Division of Water Resources authorized the proposed project by way of General Water
Quality Certification 4501 and assigned the project DWR Project No. 2009-1030 v2.
NOTE: Future development of the permittee's property may require a modification of this permit.
Contact a representative of the Division at [phone] prior to the commencement of any
such activity for this determination. The permittee is further advised that many land disturbing
activities are not authorized within 50 feet of the normal water level unless specifically exempted
by Environmental Management Commission's (EMC) Tar Pamlico River buffer regulations
in place at the time of such development.
NOTE: An application processing fee of $400 was received by DCM for this project.