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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Wayne McDevitt, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
February 3, 1999
Craven County
WQC 401 Project # 981291
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification
Robert Brown, Mgr.
Fairfield Harbour Property Owners Asso.
585 Broad Creek Road
New Bern, NC 28560
Dear Mr. Brown:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions to dredge 2.15 acres of shallow bottom and fill
0.58 acres of wetlands or waters for the purpose of conducting maintenance dredging at Northwest Creek, as you described
in your application dated December 22, 1998. After reviewing your application, we have decided that this fill is covered
by General Water Quality Certification Number 3112. In addition, you should get any other federal, state or local permits
before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Coastal Stormwater,
Non-Discharge and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 or
CAMA permit expires unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us and send us 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 conditions. If total wetland fills for
this project (now or in the future) exceed one 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.
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, P.O. Box 27447, Raleigh,
N.C. 27611-7447. 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 telephone John Dorney at 919-733-1786.
Attachment
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Washington Field Office
Washington DWQ Regional Office
Mr. John Domey
Central Files
John Parker, DCM
Sincerely,
sJr. P.E.
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Division of Water Quality • Environmental Sciences Branch
Environmental Sciences Branch, 4401 Reedy Creek Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607 Telephone [phone] FAX # [phone]
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To: John Dorney
Planning Branch
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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
CAMA/COE PM TT APPLICATION REVIEW
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RECOMMENDATION: ISSUE SSUE/ CO DENY HOLD
STORMWATER PLAN REQ' D : IF YES, DATE APPROVED :-L-
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IF YES, TYP .
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
TYPE OF DISPOSAL PROPOSED:
(EXISTING, PROPOSED, SEPTIC TANK ETC.)
TO BE PERMITTED BY:
(DEM, DHS, COUNTY)
IF BY DEM, IS SITE AVAILABLE AND PERMIT ISSUANCE PROBABLE:
WATER/WETLAND FILL
AREA OF FILL: WATER: WETLAND:
IS FILL.FT.IMINATING A SIGNIFICANT USE?
DREDGING
AREA TO BE--DREDGED:
IS DREDGING ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CAUSE A_SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
RESOURCE? /y f
IS SPOIL DISPOSAL ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED?\/
MARINA
ARE TEE FOLLOWING ADEQUATELY-ADDRESSED?
SEWAGE DISPOSAL: MA.RINA.SERVICES:
OXYGEN IN BASIN: CLOSURE OF SHELLFISHING WATERS:
CC: WaRO; Central Files; DCM Field Offices; COE Washington Office
DIVISION OF COASTAL MANAGEMENT
FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT
APPLICANT'S NAME: Fairfield Harbour Property Owner's Association
N OF PROJECT SITE: Fairfield Harbour lies adjacent to Spring Creek, Northwest Creek,
$road Creek, and the Neuse River in Craven County off of SR 1600.
yPlioto Index - 1995: 74-828, grid 22A, 21B, 20C 1989: 127-16, grid 6G&H, 15E, 14F, 13F
State Plane Coordinates - X: 2608000 Y: 484000-484800
3. INVESTIGATION TYPE: CAMA/D&F
4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURE: Dates of Site Visit - 12/03/98

Was Applicant Present - No
5. PROCESSING PROCEDURE: Application Received - 12/10/98
Office - Morehead City l a
6. SITE DESCRIPTION: l l
(A) Local Land Use Plan - Craven County
Land Classification From LUP - Conservation
(B) AEC(s) Involved: PT
(C) Water Dependent: Yes
(D) Intended Use: Community
(E) Wastewater Treatment: Existing - Municipal Sewer
Planned - None
(F) Type of Structures: Existing - Residences, Clubhouse, Bulkheads, Piers
Planned - None
(G) Estimated Annual Rate of Erosion: N/A
Source - N/A
7. HABITAT DESCRIPTION:
[AREA]
DREDGED FILLED OTHER
(A) Vegetated Wetlands
(B) Non-Vegetated Wetlands
(C) Other
Shallow Bottom Area 2.15 ac
High Ground .58 ac
(D) Total Area Disturbed: 2.73 acres
(E) Primary Nursery Area: No
(F) Water Classification: SB, Sw, NSW Open: No
8. PROJECT SUMMARY: Applicant proposes the maintenance excavation of a portion of the traditional
navigation channel through Northwest Creek, and the removal of a shoal at the Northwest Creek
confluence with the Neuse River. The applicant was issued State Permit #44-98 on April 02, 1998, for
the maintenance excavation of Spring Creek. The current request is being treated as a major modification
to that permit.