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Home My WebLink About20160828 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20170327Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY March 27, 2017 Bishop Peter Jugis Roman Catholic Diocese, Charlotte 1123 South Church Street Charlotte, NC 28203 ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Director DWR# 16-0828V2 Mecklenburg County Subject: APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions Christ the King High School Expansion Dear Bishop Jugis: You have our approval, in accordance with the General Certification and those conditions listed below, for the purpose proposed in your application dated August 22, 2016, and received by the Division of Water Resources (the Division) on August 29, 2016, with subsequental information received on March 6, 2017. After reviewing your application, we have determined that this project is covered by Water Quality General Certification Number 4092 which can be viewed on our web site at http://i)ortal.ncdenr.o[g/web/—W-q/swP/ws/401. The General Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 39 once it is issued to you by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE). 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. It is advised that all conditions of the Certification are reviewed prior to initiation of the project. In addition to the requirements of the Certification, you must also comply with the following conditions: 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 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 150 linear feet, compensatory mitigation may be required. 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. 15A NCAC 02H.0506 and 15A NCAC 02H .0507 2. The Mooresville Regional Office shall be notified in writing once construction at the approved impact areas has commenced. 15A NCAC 02H .0502 (e)] 3. Approved Impacts: State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources 512 N. Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1611 919.707.9000 Type of Impact Amount Approved Amount Approved Temporary Impact Permanent Impact Stream 0 linear ft. 120 linear ft. Wetland Previous impact, 135 If 0 acre 0.168 acre 4. Diversion Ditches and other storm water conveyances as related to the sediment and erosion control measures shall be matted and/or stabilized to reduce sediment loss and turbidity. This includes interior/exterior slopes of sediment basins. 15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(3) and (c)(3) 5. Bare/fill slopes in excess of 10 feet in height and within 30 feet of surface waters shall be matted. 15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(3) and (c)(3) 6. You are required to provide one copy of the approved SMP, including plan details on full- sized plan sheets, with proof of Concord's approval. The approved SMP shall be submitted to the DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit (1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650) before any impacts authorized in this certification occur. After it is approved and submitted to the Division, the SMP may not be modified without prior written authorization from Concord. If the SMP is modified in the future, then you shall provide one modified SMP with proof of approval to the DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit prior to the commencement of the modifications. 7. Stormwater 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. 15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(5) 8. Mitigation [15A NCAC 02H .0500(h)] must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. The Division has received notification/acceptance from the Division of Mitigation Services to meet this mitigation requirement. Until the DMS receives and clears your payment, and proof of payment has been provided to this Office, no impacts specified in this Authorization Certificate shall occur. For accounting purposes, this Certification authorizes payment to meet the following compensatory mitigation requirement: Compensatory Mitigation River and Sub -basin Number Stream 255 (feet) Yadkin (03040105) 1:1 ratio Wetlands 0 (acres) 9. 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. 15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(3) 10. The Permittee shall ensure that the final design drawings adhere to the permit and to the permit drawings submitted for approval. 15A NCAC 02H .0507 (c) and 15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2) and (c)(2) 11. The permittee shall report any violations of this Certification to the Division of Water Resources within 24 hours of discovery.. 15A NCAC 02H .0507(c) This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of the General Statute 150B by filing a written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of the Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH). A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/or by calling the OAH Clerk's Office at (919) 431-3000. State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources 512 N. Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1611 919.707.9000 Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of this notice, a petition must be filed with the OAH. 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, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, excluding state holidays). The petitions may be faxed to the OAH at (919) 431-3100, provided the original and one (1) 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. 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 Rd. Raleigh, NC 27609-6285 One (1) copy of the petition must also be served on DEQ as follows: Mr. Sam M. Hayes, General Counsel Department of Environmental Quality 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 This letter completes the review by the Division 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. Sincerely Fofz- Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Mooresville Regional Office, DEQ Attachments cc: Jason Randolph, Army Corps of Engineers, Charlotte, email Brandon Phillips, STV Engineers, Brandon.phillips@stvinc.com DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch file MRO, Land Quality State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources 512 N. Salisbury Street 11611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1611 919.707.9000 16-0828V2 NORTH CAROLINA-DIVISON OF WATER RESOURCES 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION SUMMARY OF PERMITTED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS In accordance with 15A NCAC 2 H .0500, Christ the King High School has permission as outlined below to impact 120 linear feet of stream in order to proceed with the school exlntermodal Facility in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. All activities associated with these authorized impacts must be conducted with the conditions listed in the attached certification. THIS CERTIFICATION IS NOT VALID WITHOUT THE ATTACHMENTS. COMPENSATORY MITIGATION REQUIREMENT: Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) LOCATION: COUNTY: BASIN/SUBBASIN Im acts: 255 linear feet of stream 0.168 ac of wetland Hwy 73 Mecklenburg Yadkin (03040105) As required by 15A NCAC 2H .0506, and the conditions of this certification, you are required to compensate for the above impacts through the restoration, creation, enhancement or preservation of wetlands as outlined below prior to conducting any activities that impact or degrade the waters of the state. Note: Linear foot requirements proposed to be mitigated through the DMS must be rounded to the nearest foot and acreage requirements must be rounded to one-quarter acre increments according to 15 2r .0503(b). Mitigation: 255 linear feet total of stream required Mitigation: 255 linear feet of stream by the DMS required for the 401 Water Quality Certification. In correspondence dated January 25, 2017 the DMS indicated that up to 375 linear feet of stream mitigation would be conducted by DMS if available within the cataloging unit. More may be required if mitigation is required outside the unit. One of the options you have available to satisfy the compensatory mitigation requirements is through the payment of a fee to the DMS per NCAC 2R .0503. If you choose this option, please sign this form and mail it to the Division of Mitigation Services at the address listed below. An invoice for the appropriate amount of payment will be sent to you upon receipt of this form. PLEASE NOTE, THE ABOVE IMPACTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY THE EEP. Signature Date ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIVISION OF MITIGATION SERVICES 1652 Mail Service Center RALEIGH, N.C. 27669-1652 Slate of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources 512 N. Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 2 769 9-1611 919.707.9000