20080978 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20091207

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
December 7, 2009
DWQ# 08-0978
Authorization Reissuance
Davidson County
Mr. Gregg Stabler, Director
Davidson Water Inc.
PO Box 969
Welcome, NC 27374
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Metts:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place permanent fill in approximately 0.067 acres
of stream and temporarily fill 0.230 acres of stream in order construct a new raw water intake structure on the Yadkin
River at the DWI Water Treatment Plant, near Lexington, NC in Davidson County, as described in your original
application received by the Division of Water Quality (Division) on June 18, 2008 and the FONSI received by the
Division on November 13, 2009. After reviewing your documentation, we have determined that this fill is covered by
General Water Quality Certification Numbers 3688 and 3705, which can be viewed on our web site at
http://www.ncwaterquality.org/wetlands.html. These Certifications allow you to use Nationwide Permit Numbers 33
and 39 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should secure any other applicable
federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project, including (but not limited to) those required by
Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this approval will
expire when the accompanying 404 permits expire unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us in writing, and you may be required to send us a new application for a new certification. If
the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the Certification and approval letter and is thereby
responsible for complying with all conditions. If total wetland fill for this project (now or in the future) exceeds one
acre, or total fill to perennial streams equals or exceeds 150 linear feet, additional 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, as well as the additional conditions listed below:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Stream Identifier Stream Impact area
Impact area 1 Yadkin River 0.230 acres temporary dewaterin
Impact area 1 Yadkin River 0.067 acres permanent fill
Total 0.297 acres
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Davidson Water Inc.
DWQ# 08-0978
December 7, 2009
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2. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion"
to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate
should be returned to the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NCDWQ at the address listed on the form.
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, 6714
Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-6714. 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 Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: John Thomas, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Brian Sexton, P.E., Marziano & McGougan P.A., 1300 Second Ave, Suite 211, Conway SC 29526
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401