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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
October 31, 2007
Person County
DWQ Project No. 20071816
Bridge 59 on SR 1322
TIP No. R-4906
APPROVAL of 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Mr. J.W. Bowman, P.E., Division Engineer
NCDOT, Division 5
2612 North Duke Street
Durham, NC 27704
Dear Mr. Bowman:
You have our approval, in accordance with the conditions listed below, for the following impacts for the purpose of
replacing Bridge 59 in Person County:
Stream Impacts in the Roanoke River Basin
Site Permanent Fill & Relocation of
Intermittent Stream linear ft Riprap Impact to Perennial
Stream linear ft Total Stream Impact
linear ft
3 175 0 175
4 0 90 90
Total 175 90 265
Total Stream Impact for Project: 2651inear feet.
Wetland Im acts in the Roanoke River Basin
Site Permanent Fill ac Excavation ac Mechanized Clearin ac Total Wetland Im act ac
1 0.08 0 0.09 0.17
2 0 0.01 0 0.01
Total 0.08 0.01 0.09 0.18
Total Wetland Impact for Project: 0.18 acres.
O en Water Rivers/Stream Im acts in the Roanoke River Basin
Site Permanent Fill in Open
Waters ac Temporary Fill in
O en Waters ac Total Fill in Open Waters (ac)
Bride 0 0.01 0.01
Total 0 0.01 0.01
Total Open Water Impact for Project: 0.01 acres.
The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received October 29,2007. After
reviewing your application, we have decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification
Number 3627 and 3626. This certification corresponds to the Nationwide Permit 14 and Nationwide Permit 13
issued by the Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should acquire any other federal, state or local permits. before
you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge and
Water Supply Watershed regulations. This approval will expire with the accompanying 404 permit.
N~one~Carolina
Transportation Permitting Unit d -'utuCa~~l~
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone]FAX[phone]ntemet: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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This approval is valid solely for the purpose and design described in your application (unless modified below).
Should your project change, you must notify the DWQ and submit a new application. If the property is sold, the
new owner must be given a copy of this Certification and approval letter, and is thereby responsible for complying
with all the conditions. If total wetland fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, or of total
impacts to streams (now or in the future) exceed 1501inear feet, compensatory mitigation maybe required as
described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h) (6) and (7). For this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to the
conditions listed in the attached certification as well as those listed below.
Conditions of Certification:
1. All channel relocations will be constructed in a dry work area and stabilized before stream flows are diverted.
Channel relocations will be completed and stabilized prior to diverting water into the new channel. Whenever
possible, channel relocations shall be allowed to stabilize for an entire growing season. Vegetation used for bank
stabilization shall be limited to native species, and should include establishment of a 30 foot wide wooded and an
adjacent 20 foot wide vegetated buffer on both sides of the relocated channel where possible. A transitional phase
incorporating coir fiber and seedling establishment is allowable. Also, rip-rap maybe allowed if it is necessary to
maintain the physical integrity of the stream, but the applicant must provide written justification and any
calculations used to determine the extent of rip-rap coverage requested.
2. The post-construction removal of any temporary bridge structures must return the project site to its
preconstruction contours and elevations. The impacted areas shall be revegetated with appropriate native species.
3. Strict adherence to the most recent version of NCDOT's Best Management Practices For Bridge Demolition and
Removal approved by the US Army Corps of Engineers is a condition of the 401 Water Quality Certification.
4. Bridge deck drains should not discharge directly into the stream. Stormwater shall be directed across the bridge
and pre-treated through site-appropriate means (grassed swales, pre-formed scour holes, vegetated buffers, etc.)
before entering the stream. Please refer to the most current version of Stormwater Best Management Practices.
5. If concrete is used during construction, a dry work area shall be maintained to prevent direct contact between
curing concrete and stream water. Water that inadvertently contacts uncured concrete shall not be discharged to
surface waters due to the potential for elevated pH and possible aquatic life and fish kills.
6. During the construction of the project, no staging of equipment of any kind is permitted in waters of the U.S., or
protected riparian buffers.
7. The dimension, pattern and profile of the stream above and below the crossing shall not be modified. Disturbed
floodplains and streams shall be restored to natural geomorphic conditions.
8. The use of rip-rap above the Normal High Water Mark shall be minimized. Any rip-rap placed for stream
stabilization shall be placed in stream channels in such a manner that it does not impede aquatic life passage.
9. The Pernuttee shall ensure that the final design drawings adhere to the permit and to the permit drawings
submitted for approval.
10. All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved BMP measures from
the most current version of NCDOT Construction and Maintenance Activities manual such as sandbags, rock berms,
cofferdams and other diversion structures shall be used to prevent excavation in flowing water.
11. Heavy equipment shall be operated from the banks rather than in the stream channel in order to minimize
sedimentation and reduce the introduction of other pollutants into the stream.
None Carolina
Transportation Permitting Unit ~L`ura!!lf
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone]ntemet: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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c. For borrow pit sites, the erosion and sediment control measures must be designed, installed, operated,
and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina Surface Mining
Manual.
d. The reclamation measures and implementation must comply with the reclamation in accordance with
the requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
24. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters unless otherwise approved by
this Certification.
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 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699. 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 Rob Ridings at [phone].
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Attachments (General Certification and Certificate of Completion form)
cc: Chris Murray, Division 5 Environmental Officer
Eric Alsmeyer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
File Copy
N~o°e~Carolina
Transportation Permitting Unit ~ "`~uCa~~l/
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] Internet: htto~!lh2o enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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