20081086 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20080917

F WAIF Michael F. Easley, Governor
\pr( X William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
?- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p - `? -- °-y Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Chuck Wakild, P.E., Deputy Director
Division of Water Quality
September 17, 2008
DWQ Project # 08-1086
Beaufort County
Reginald Fountain
Adale Harwell
PO Box 457
Washington, NC 27889
Subject Property: Beach Place, Chocowinity, NC
UT to Pamlico River, Tar-Pamlico Basin, 030307, 29-(1), NSW, SC
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification (GC3642) with Additional Conditions
To Whom It May Concern:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to impact 0.0126 acres of
waters to dredge a turn around basin as described in your application received by the Division of
Water Quality (DWQ) 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit on July 10, 2008. After
reviewing your application, we have determined that the Division of Water Quality (DWQ)
General Water Quality Certification Number 3642 covers these water impacts. This
Certification allows you to use General Permit No. 198000291 or Section 10 permit when issued
by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition, you should get or otherwise comply
with any other federal, state and local requirements before you go ahead with your project
including (but not limited to) erosion and sediment control regulations and CAMA. 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 certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
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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:
Amount Approved
(Units) Plan Location or Reference
Stream na (feet) na
404/CAMA Wetlands 0.0126 (acres) Plat provided with application
Waters na (acres) na
Buffers na (square ft.) na
2. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or
applicable Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return
the attached certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit,
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-
1650.
3. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water Quality
Certification (GC) 3642.
4. Buffer Establishment around Basins
New boat basins (such as the one you are proposing to construct) are considered by the DWQ
as a modification of the existing shoreline. As such, a 50-foot buffer that meets the
requirements of Sections (4) and (5) of 15A NCAC 02B .0259 shall be considered as
established when the new basin is dredged. The existing wetland shall be left undisturbed for
the Zones of the riparian buffer around the constructed basin.
5. No Impacts Beyond those in Application
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, operation, 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.
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may
result in criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed
impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this
Certification, shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved
water impacts), 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, which conforms to
Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings,
Fountain/Harwell
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6714 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 and the Tar-Pamlico riparian buffer protection rule as described within 15A NCAC
2B .0259. If you have any questions, please telephone Kyle Barnes of the Washington Regional
Office at 252-948-3917 or Ian McMillan of the 401 Oversight/Express Unit at 919-715-4631.
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Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3642
cc: rs of Engineers Washington Field Office
401 Oversight/Express Unit
CAMA, Doug Hugget, Morehead Office
CAMA, WaRO
File copy
Central Files
File: 08-1086