20100571 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20101123

Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
w r
NCD NR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
November 23, 2010
?b - C)Se 1
Dee Freeman
Secretary
Subject: Correction to 401 Water Quality Certification No. 3820 with additional conditions, NCDWQ
Project No. 2010-0571. 0 W F9 05
Mr. Bruce Overman
City of Greensboro-Engineering Division NOV 2 4 2010
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27042 DENR-WATER-QUALITY
WETLANDS MID STORMWATER BRANCH
This letter is in regards to the Water Quality Certification 3820 with additional conditions issued November
4, 2010 (DWQ project no. 2010-0571). Please note the changes to the Buffer Impact table and condition 2.
Jordan Lake Ri arian Buffer Impacts
Site Zone 1 minus = Zone 1 Zone 1 Buffer Zone 2 minus = Zone 2 Zone 2 Buffer
Impact Wetlands Buffers (not Mitigation Impact Wetlands Buffers Mitigation
(sq ft) in Zone 1 wetlands) Required (sq ft) in Zone 2 (not Required (using
(sq ft) (sq ft) (using 3:1 ratio) (sq ft) wetlands) 1.5:1 ratio)
(s ft)
1 7229 0 7229 2934 6042 0 6042 4173
Compensatory mitigation for impacts to 978 square feet of protected riparian buffers in Zone 1
(2934 square feet of buffer mitigation) and 2782 square feet of protected riparian buffers in Zone
2 shall be required (4173 square feet of buffer mitigation). We understand that you have chosen
to perform compensatory mitigation for impacts to protected buffers through use of the North
Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP). Mitigation for unavoidable impacts to
Jordan Lake Riparian Buffers shall be provided in the Cape Fear River Basin and done in
accordance with 15A NCAC 2B .0267. EEP has indicated in a letter dated August 31, 2010 that
they will assume responsibility for satisfying the compensatory mitigation requirements for the
above-referenced project, in accordance with the Tri-Party MOA signed on July 22, 2003 and
the Dual-Party MOA signed on April 12, 2004.
Please keep a copy of this letter with the original certification. If we can be of further assistance, do not
hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
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.nmaterquality.org
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
NorthCarolina
AMIM111Y
cc: Brandon Phillips, STV Ralph Whitehead Associates, 1000 West Morehead Street, Suite 200,
Charlotte, NC 28208
Andy Williams, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
Kelly Williams, EEP
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Wetlands/ 401 Transportation Permitting Unit
File Copy