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Mr. David Dickerson
William Gas Pipeline
345 Greenbrier Dr.
Charlottesville VA 22901
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Dickerson:
January 6, 2009
DWQ# 08-1805
Guilford County
You have our approval to conduct stream restoration and enhancement activities, in accordance with the
attached conditions, along a total of approximately 238 existing linear feet of a side channel along the Haw
River for the purpose of diverting the flow to the main channel and restoring the elevation of the ditchline to
previous elevations in order to protect existing pipelines, located within the William Gas Pipeline at the Haw
River in Guilford County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water Quality on
December 10, 2008. After reviewing your application, we have determined that this activity is covered by
General Water Quality Certification Number 3689, which can be viewed on our web site at
http://www.ncwaterguality.org/wetlands.html. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit
Number 27 when it is 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 permit expires 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. For this approval to be valid,
you must follow the conditions listed in the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions
listed below:
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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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
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Mr. David Dickerson
Williams Gas Pipeline
January 6, 2009
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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
Location Identifier Amount Approved Type of Impact
(linear feet)
Side ditch of Haw 238 Restoration of all flow into main channel by
River filling side ditch to previous contours in
order to cover exposed pipeline
Total 238
2. Any fill and/or disturbance conducted along the stream banks of the Haw River shall be planted with
native vegetation, including a mixture of hard wood species and herbaceous vegetation. Areas within
the easement will be planted with herbaceous vegetation.
3. Upon completion, the project shall be visually monitored for one year, or two bankfull events,
whichever is longer. Any problems noted during the inspections shall be documented and reported to
the Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office, 585 Waughtown Rd, Winston-Salem,
NC 27107 within 30 days of discovery. Any repairs deemed necessary will require approval from the
Division of Water Quality prior to conducting the repairs.
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 NC
Division of Water Quality at the address listed on the form. Along with the Certificate of
Completion, please send photographs showing the restored stream reach.
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 telephone Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at
336-771-4964 or Ian McMillan in the Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sine ely,
,_,-Coleeri H: SuIlins? Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: Andy Williams, Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
George Junkin, American Land Concepts, Inc., 238B Main St, Reisterstown MD 21136
DWQ Wetlands/401
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office