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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
December 17, 2008
DWQ# 08-1723
Guilford County
Mr. Tony Kozuch
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Kozuch:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place temporary fill in 0.0.049 acres of wetlands and 123
linear feet of stream, and permanent fill in 0.0367 acres of wetlands in order to construct a sewer line to recently annexed areas
known as the Horse Pen Creek Sewer and Water Expansion in Greensboro, NC in Guilford County, as described in your application
received by the Division of Water Quality (Division) on November 25, 2008. After reviewing your application, we have determined
that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Numbers 3699 and 3705, which can be viewed on our web site at
hqp://www.ncwaterquality.org/wetlands.html. These Certifications allow you to use Nationwide Permit Numbers 12 and 18 when
they are issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should secure any other applicable federal, state or local
permits before you proceed with your project, including (but not limited to) those required by Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-
Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permits expire
unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have 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 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. If total wetland fill for this project (now or in the future) exceeds one acre, or total fill to perennial streams equals or
exceeds 150 linear feet, additional compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this
approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions
listed below:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this Certification are met.
No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Stream Impacts
Identifier Type of impact Tem orar Impact length feet
T3 Tem ora fill, returned to natural dimensions 9
T4 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions 5
T8 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions 8
T10 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions 23
Tl 1 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions 16
T12 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions 5
P4 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions with
buried ri ra and newly sloped banks. 16
P6 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions with
buried ri ra and newly sloped banks. 20
P8 Temporary fill, returned to natural dimensions with
buried ri ra and newly sloped banks. 21
Total 57
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown Street Phone [phone] Customer Service
Winston-Salem Regional Office Winston-Salem, NC 27107 Fax [phone]
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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Wetland Impacts
Identifier Type of impact Temporary Impact area acres
T1 Temporary fill, returned to contours and vegetation 0.007
T2 Temporary fill, returned to contours and vegetation 0.001
T5 Temporary fill, returned to contours and vegetation 0.010
T6 Temporary fill, returned to contours and vegetation 0.027
T7 Tem orary fill, returned to contours and vegetation 0.004
T9 Temporary fill, returned to contours and vegetation 0.0004
P1 Temporary fill, returned to contours with maintained
vegetation 0.003
P2 Temporary fill, returned to contours with maintained
vegetation 0.0007
P3 Temporary fill, returned to contours with maintained
vegetation 0.014
P5 Temporary fill, returned to contours with maintained
vegetation 0.004
P7 Temporary fill, returned to contours with maintained
vegetation 0.015
Total 0.086
2. Replanting of vegetation within temporarily disturbed buffer areas located outside of the permanent maintained corridor shall
be done in an "in kind" manner immediately following construction. (Example: Disturbed areas with pre-existing grassed
lawns must be replanted with grass. Disturbed areas with pre-existing trees or woody vegetation must be replanted with trees
and woody vegetation. Disturbed areas with pre-existing forest vegetation must be replanted with forest vegetation including
at least two different native hardwood tree species at a density sufficient to provide 320 trees per acre at maturity. This
density can usually be achieved by planting approximately 436 (10 x 10 spacing) to 681 (8 x 8 spacing) trees per acre.)
The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within these boundaries approved under
this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange warning fencing (or similar high visibility material) for the areas that
have been approved to infringe within the buffer, wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities to ensure
compliance with 15A NCAC 2B .0250.
4. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion" to notify
NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate should be returned to
the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NCDWQ at the address listed on the form.
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
which conforms to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 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. If you have any
questions, please contact Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or at
[e-mail].
Sincere ,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: Andy Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Todd Preuninger, Withers & Ravenel, 111 Mackenan Dr, Cary, NC 27511
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401