20100359 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20100610

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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 Secretary
June 10, 2010
DWQ# 10-0359
Alleghany County
Maurice P. & Dolores Woodward
1548 Brookfield Rd
Sparta, NC 28675
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Woodward,
You have our approval to conduct stream restoration and stabilization activities, in accordance with the attached conditions, along a
total of approximately 1488 existing linear feet of an unnamed tributary to the Little River located on in the Sparta area in
Alleghany County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water Quality on May 12, 2010. After reviewing
your application, we have determined that this activity is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3689, which can
be viewed on our web site at hqp://www.ncwaterqualiiy.org/wetlands.htmL This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit
Number 27 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
permit expires 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. 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:
Impacts
Location Identifier Amount Approved Type of Impact
linear feet
Unnamed tributary to the 1488 Install stabilization structures, reshape bank and
Little River vegetation planting. Minimal channel re-alignment.
Total 1488 linear feet
2. The designer or his designee must supervise the construction at all times. Any in-field changes must be documented on as-
built drawings and submitted to the Division upon project completion.
3. This authorization exempts the Permittee from meeting Condition #7 in the attached general certification. The Permittee
shall take all reasonable measures to construct in-stream structures and enhancement measures while keeping heavy
equipment out of the stream channel. Stream flow will be diverted around work areas as much as practicable. All reasonable
steps must be taken to limit the amount of disturbance in the channel and to therefore reduce downstream turbidity during
construction. This exemption does not relieve the Permittee of meeting stream standards as indicated in 15A NCAC 02B.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107 One
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 NorthCarolina
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org 'J??wmal ff
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Maurice & Dolores Woodward
DWQ# 10-0359
June 10, 2010
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4. All jurisdictional wetlands will be avoided during the construction activities.
5. Naturally forested riparian buffers will be avoided to the maximum extent practicable.
6. Native vegetation shall be used throughout this project within the areas identified for planting in the application
documentation. All tree and shrub plantings within the proposed planting buffer on both sides of the stream shall be
protected from mowing or clearing.
7. Natural fiber matting is recommended for streambank stabilization over plastic matting that can entrap small animals.
8. Visual monitoring of the stabilized stream shall be conducted at a minimum of quarterly for the first year or two bankf ill
events (whichever is longer), and then annually until it is determined that all structures and stream banks are stable
(particularly after storm events) and vegetation is successful. Any failures of structures, stream banks, or vegetation may
require future repairs or replacement to ensure the stability and water quality of the stream and downstream waters.
9. 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 NC Division of Water Quality at the address listed on the form. Along with
the Certificate of Completion, please send photographs showing the restored stream reach.
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 telephone Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or Ian McMillan in the
Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sincerely,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Attachments
cc: Tasha McCormick, Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Chris Huysman, WNR (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401