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Wake County Public School System
Attn: Mr. Michael Burris
1551 Rock Quarry Rd
Raleigh, NC 27610
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Cazolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
December 6, 2007
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
EXP# 07-0208v2
Wake County
Subject Property: Heritage High School
Sanford Creek & Smith Creek [030402, 27-23-5 & 27-23-(2), C, NSW]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification and Authorization Certificate per the Neuse River
Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233) with Additional Conditions -Express Review Program
Dear Mr. Burriss:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 40 linear feet of perennial stream, 0.03 acres of temporary wetland impact,
2,600 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and 1,750 square feet of Zone 2
Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers to install proposed sanitary sewer line located, in the Town of
Wake Forest, as described within your application dated October 26, 2007 and received by the N.C.
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on October 29, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have
decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3625 (GC3625).
The Certification(s) allows you to use Nationwide Permit(s) 12 when issued by the US Army Corps of
Engineers (USAGE). This letter shall also act as your approved Authorization Certificate for impacts to
the protected riparian buffers per 15A NCAC 2B .0233. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise
comply with any other required federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project
including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, and Non-discharge regulations. Also, this
approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in
your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us 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 conditions. If total fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre of
wetland or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A
NCAC 2H .0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached
Water Quality Certifications (GC3625) and any additional conditions listed below.
401 OversighUExpress Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone]ntemet: htto:/lh2o.en r.state. nc. us/ncwetlands
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Heritage High School
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December 6, 2007
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
I. Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general conditions
of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other impacts are approved including
incidental impacts:
Type of Impact Amount Approved
nits Plan Location or Reference
Stream - erennial (tem .) 40 (linear feet) Oct. 26, 2007 PCN a e 4
Wetland tem 0.03 (acres Oct. 26, 2007 PCN a e 4
Buffers -Zone 1 2,600 (s uare ft. Oct. 26, 2007 PCN a e 8
Buffers -Zone 2 1,750 (s uare ft.) Oct. 26, 2007 PCN a e 8
2. Erosion & Sediment Control Practices
Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications governing
the proper design, installation and operation and maintenance of such Best Management Practices in
order to protect surface waters standards:
a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed, installed, operated, and
maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion
Control Planning and Design Manual.
b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and erosion control measures
must be such that they equal, or exceed, the requirements specified in the most recent version of the
North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual. The devices shall be maintained on all
construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) projects, including contractor-owned or leased
borrow pits associated with the project.
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.
3. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
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 Pre-Construction Notification. All construction activities,
including the design, installation, dperation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion control Best
Management Practices, shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality standards,
statutes, or rules occur.
4. No Sediment & Erosion Control Measures within Wetlands or Waters
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 six months of the date that
the Division of Land Resources has released the project.

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Heritage High School
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December 6, 2007
Diffuse Flow
water shall be directed as diffuse flow at non-eros he s eam as tdentified wit n 15A NCAC
All storm mto t
buffers and will not re-concentrate before discharginghe dry detention and wet detention ponds (with
2B .0233(5). The diffuse flow measures provided by and the level spreader design and
low discharge rates followed by energy dissipater pads),
ubmitted on November 7, 2007 (with subsequentnce lAo Bement signed on November 7,
supplements s
2007 and December 6, 2007), and the Inspection and Matntena uctural diffuse flow measures as
be im lemented and the diffuse flow provisions shThe str nstructed and operational
2007 must p
before any permanent building is occupied at the subJect stte etui No changes to
a roved by this Office as well as drainage e a horization fromtthe Divi pono~ Water Quality.
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these provisions shall be made without writt
6. Protective Fencing
utside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within these
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a roved under this authorization shall be clearly n- oved t 1 infringe withinlthe buffe g or
boundaries pp
similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been app
r rior to any land disturbing activities to ensure compliance with 15A NCAC 2B .0233.
wetland or Ovate p
7. Certificate of Completion
licable
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 W, cantQisarequired t 1 return the attached
Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the app
' Cate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina
certifi
Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-165 .
g. Notification of Construction
icant and/or authorized agent shall contact the DWQ Express Review Program in writing at
The appl da s of the commencement of construction.
the letterhead address within ten (]0) y result in
ions of any condition herein set forth may result i ceed w'th your proposed impact ordto conduct
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criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to pro
o waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification, shall expire upon
impacts t
expiration of the 404 Permit. roved wetland or
If you do not accept any of the conditions oca~ is hearingtlYo amustaactwithin 60 days of the date that
stream impacts), you may ask for~an adJud rY
this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written pest ve Hearings, 67 4 Mail Servtice C rater,
you receive
the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Admmis
27699-6714. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a
Raleigh, N.C.
hearing. proved
's utes over determinations regarding this Authori r for as dec slon.eThe Director'stdec s on is
Any di p
buffer impacts) shall be referred in writing to the Directo
subject to review as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of G.S. 150B. ction 401 of the Clean Water
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Se
se Ri arian Buffer protection rule as described W19 7335A 86. AC 2B .0233. If you have
Act and the Neu p amfi at 91
any questions, please telephone Lia Myott or Joseph Gy

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Enclosures: GC 3625
Certificate of Completion
cc: James Shern, USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
DLR Raleigh Regional Office
File Copy
Central Files
Debbie Edwards, Soil & Environmental Consultants, PA, 11010 Raven Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC
27614
Filename: 070208v2HeritageHighSchool(W ake)401 _NBR