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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
June 26 2007
DWQ# 07-0740
Cleveland County
Mr. Brian Knolle
Mann Properties
6100 Fairview Rd., Ste. 770
Charlotte, NC 28210
Subject: Kings Crossing S/D
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Knolle:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to fill 0.08
acre of wetland and to 155 linear feet (If) of unnamed stream to Potts Creek in order to construct the Kings
Crossing Subdivision in Cleveland County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water
Quality (DWQ) on May 1, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have determined that this project is
covered by Water Quality General Certification Number 3631, which can be viewed on our web site at
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. The General Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number
29 once it is issued to you by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please note that you should get any other
federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by (but not limited
to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations.
The above noted Certification will expire when the associated 404 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 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.
In addition to the requirements of the certification, you must also comply with the following conditions:
1. The Mooresville Regional Office shall be notified in writing once construction at the approved impact areas
has commenced.
2. Stream work shall be conducted in the dry. Immediately upon completion of the work, water flow shall be
returned to its natural course. Existing stream dimensions (including the cross section dimensions, pattern,
and longitudinal profile) must be maintained (or restored via constructed benches) above and below locations
of each culvert. If any of the existing pipes are or become perched, the appropriate stream grade shall be re-
established or, if the pipes installed in a perched manner, the pipes shall be removed and re-installed
correctly.
3. Use of native vegetation and other soft stream bank stabilization techniques must be used where practicable
instead of riprap or other bank hardening methods. If riprap is necessary, it shall not be placed in the
streambed, unless approved by the DWQ.
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4. Storm water discharge structures at this site shall be constructed in a manner such that the potential
receiving streams (of the discharge) will not be impacted due to sediment accumulations, scouring or erosion
of the stream banks.
5. A final, written storm water management plan (including a signed and notarized Operation and
Maintenance Agreement) shall be submitted to the 401 Oversight and Express Permitting Unit (2321
Crabtree Blvd., Suite 250, Raleigh, NC, 27604) within 60 days of the issuance of the 401 Water Quality
Certification. The storm water management plans shall be approved in writing by this Office before the
impacts specified in this Certification occur per Condition No. 4 in GC No. 3631. You have the option of
using the Express Review Program for expedited approval of these plans. If you propose to use the
Express Review Program, remember to include the appropriate fee with the plan. The storm water
management plan must include construction plans, specifications, storm water BMP worksheets, and
supporting calculations. The storm water best management practices are required to be appropriate for the
surface water classification and designed to remove at least 85% TSS according to the most recent version
of the NC DENR Storm water Best Management Practices Manual. These facilities must be designed to
treat the runoff from the entire project, unless otherwise explicitly approved by the Division of Water
Quality. Also, before any permanent building is occupied at the subject site, the facilities (as approved by
this Office) shall be constructed and operational, and the storm water management plan (as approved by
this Office) shall be implemented. The structural storm water practices as approved by this Office as well
as drainage patterns must be maintained in perpetuity. No changes to the structural storm water practices
shall be made without written authorization from the Division of Water Quality.
6. No, waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas beyond the
footprint of the impacts depicted in the Preconstruction Notification application. All construction activities
associated with this project shall meet, and/or exceed, those requirements specified in the most recent
version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual and shall be conducted so that no
violations of state water quality standards, statutes, or rules occur.
7. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum extent
practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable,
they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within two months of the date the Division of Land
Resources has released the project.
8. Upon completion of the project, the applicant shall complete and return the enclosed "Certificate of
Completion" form to the 401/Wetlands Unit of the NC Division of Water Quality. Please send photographs of
the upstream and downstream sides of each culvert site to document correct installation, along with the
Certificate of Completion form.
9. Continuing Compliance. The applicant (Mann Properties, Brian Knolle) shall conduct all activities in a
manner so as not to contravene any state water quality standard (including any requirements for compliance
with section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act) and any other appropriate requirements of state and federal law.
If DWQ determines that such standards or laws are not being met (including the failure to sustain a
designated or achieved use) or that state or federal law is being violated, or that further conditions are
necessary to assure compliance, DWQ may reevaluate and modify this certification to include conditions
appropriate to assure compliance with such standards and requirements in accordance with 15 A NCAC
2H.0507(d). Before codifying the certification, DWQ shall notify the applicant and the US Army Corps of
Engineers, provide public notice in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0503, and provide opportunity for public
hearing in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0504. Any new or revised conditions shall be provided to the
applicant in writing, shall be provided to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for reference in any
permit issued pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and shall also become conditions of the 404
Permit for the project.
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 that
conforms to Chapter 1506 of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714
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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 Mr. Alan Johnson in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-
1699 or Ms. Cyndi Karoly in the Central Office in Raleigh 919-733-9721.
Sincerely,
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for Coleen H. Sullins
Attachments: Certificate of Completion
cc: Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville
Ian McMillan, Wetlands Unit
MRO, Land Quality
Becky Fox, EPA
Central Files
File Copy
Len Rindner