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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
June 9, 2014
John E. Skvaria, III
Secretary
DWR # 01 =0608 V.2
Buncombe County
Hawks Landing, LTD
-- Attn:- Ross- Adickman----------------------------- - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- -- - - - -- �-------- - - - - -- - - - -- - -- --
2400 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33137
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION
Hawks Landing
Dear Mr. Adickman:
In accordance with your application dated April 28, 2014 received, on May 6, 2014, approval has been granted
for the impacts listed in the table below. This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the
enclosed certification(s) or general permit and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification Number 3890 and the
conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of Nationwide Permit Number 29 once it is
issued to you by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please note that you should obtain or otherwise comply
with any other federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by
(but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Water Supply Watershed and Trout Buffer regulations.
IMPACTS APPROVED
The following impacts are hereby approved provided that all of the other specific and general conditions of the
Certification, General Permit and/or Buffer Rules are met. No other impacts are approved, including incidental
impacts.
Type of Impact
Amount Approved
Amount Approved
Permanent
Temporary
Stream
300 (linear feet)
(linear feet)
Wetlands
0.005 (acres)
(acres)
Water Quality Regional Operations— Asheville Regional Office
2090 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Phone: 828 - 296 -45001 FAX: 828 -299 -7043
Internet http : / /portal.nodenr.org/web/wq/ws
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
Hawks Landing, LTD
June 9, 2014
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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
1. This approval is for the purpose and design described in your application. The plans and specifications for
this project are incorporated by reference as part of the Certification/Authorization. If you change your
project, you must notify the Division and you may be required to submit a new application package with the**
appropriate fee. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this approval letter and
General Certification (s) /Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions.
2. In order to compensate for the remainder of the impacts associated with this project, the permittee shall
execute and cause to be recorded restrictive covenants that reflect the preservation of no less than 2,250
linear - feet -of stream - with-- a- 30- ft:- bu- ffer -on -each- side- of-the- stream -(from- top -of- bank);- the -areas to- be- placed - - - -- -
under restrictive covenant are to be depicted on the survey titled "Survey of HAWKS LANDING
CONSERVATION AREA" submitted to the US Army Corps of Engineers. Because a portion of the
preservation area is located within lot lines, the permittee shall ensure that waters of the U.S. are depicted on
these plats as legally preserved areas and the new owners are given copies of the recorded restrictive
covenants. The permittee shall execute and cause to be recorded these restrictive covenants, and furnish the
DWR with a copy of the recorded restrictive covenants, within 60 days of the date of issuance of this WQC
approval letter.
3. Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. The Division has
received an acceptance letter from the Anderson Farm Stream Mitigation Bank to meet this mitigation
requirement. Until the Anderson Farm Stream Mitigation Bank receives and clears your payment, and proof
of payment has been provided to this Office, no impacts, other than previously installed culverts, specified
in this Authorization Certificate shall occur. For accounting purposes, this Authorization Certificate
authorizes payment to the Anderson Farm Stream Mitigation Bank to meet the following compensatory
mitigation requirement:
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested.
This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 150B by filing a written
petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH) within
sixty (60) calendar days.
A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http: / /www.ncoah.coml or by calling the OAH Clerk's
Office at (919) 431 -3000 for information. A petition is considered filed when the original and one (1) copy
along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received in the OAH during normal office hours (Monday through
Friday between 8:00am and 5:00pm, excluding official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at (919) 431 -3100, provided the original and one copy of the petition
along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within five (5) business days following the
faxed transmission.
Compensatory
River and Sub -basin
Mitigation Required
Number
Stream
150 (feet)
French Broad River
06010105
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested.
This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 150B by filing a written
petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH) within
sixty (60) calendar days.
A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http: / /www.ncoah.coml or by calling the OAH Clerk's
Office at (919) 431 -3000 for information. A petition is considered filed when the original and one (1) copy
along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received in the OAH during normal office hours (Monday through
Friday between 8:00am and 5:00pm, excluding official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at (919) 431 -3100, provided the original and one copy of the petition
along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within five (5) business days following the
faxed transmission.
Hawks Landing, LTD
June 9, 2014
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Mailing address for the OAH:
If sending via US Postal Service
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -6714
If sending via delivery service (UPS,
FedEx, etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609 -6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Lacy Presnell, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1601
This letter completes the review of the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act as described in 15A
NCAC .0500. Please contact Tim Fox at 828 - 296 -4664 or tim.fox@ncdenr.gov if you have any questions or
concerns.
Sincerely,
11�- ?k lc:),r-
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
Enclosures: GC 3890
Certificate of Completion
cc: John Vilas — McGill Engineering (via email)
Lori Beckwith - USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office (via email)
DWR ARO 401 files
DWR 401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
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