20171158 Ver 1_USACE Permit_20190513

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action Id. SAW -2017-01557 County: Buncombe U.S.G.S. Quad: Oteen
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Permittee: NC Division of Mitigation Services Permittee: Restoration Systems
Attn: Mr. Tim Baumgartner Attn: Worth Creech
Address: 217 West Jones Street, Suite 3000A Address: 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 211
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 Raleigh, NC 27604
Telephone: [phone] Telephone: [phone]
Size (acres) 25.6 acres Nearest Town Swannanoa
Nearest Waterway Swannanoa River River Basin French Broad
USGS HUC 06010105 Coordinates Latitude: 35.609817 IN Longitude: -82.44354 °W
Location description: The NCDMS Warren Wilson College Stream Mitigation Site includes eight unnamed tributaries to the
Swannanoa River. It is located off Warren Wilson Road, Riceville Road, and South Lane. The site is approximately five miles
east of Asheville, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. PIN: 110475.
Description of projects area and activity: The co -applicants, NCDMS and Restoration Systems, have requested a Department of
the Army permit authorization to discharge dredged and/or fill material into waters of the United States associated with the
NCDMS Warren Wilson College Mitigation Site. Implementation of the proposed restoration and enhancement activities will
result in the discharge of fill material into 8,297 linear feet of stream channel, and 1.99 acres of wetlands associated with
mechanized land clearing, excavation, placement of fill material, and stream relocation activities for the mitigation site.
Compensatory mitigation is NOT required in conjunction with the aforementioned activities. Refer to the enclosed Table 1 for
a detailed summary of impacts
Applicable Law: ® Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
❑ Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Authorization: Regional General Permit Number and/or Nationwide Permit Number: NWP 27 — Aquatic Habitat Restoration,
Enhancement, and Establishment Activities
SEE ATTACHED RGP or NWP GENERAL, REGIONAL AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Your work is authorized by the above referenced permit provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the attached
conditions and your submitted application and attached information dated March 19, 2019. Any violation of the attached
conditions or deviation from your submitted plans may subject the permittee to a stop work order, a restoration order, a Class
I administrative penalty, and/or appropriate legal action.
This verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide and/or regional general permit
authorization is modified, suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expiration date identified below, the nationwide and/or regional general
permit authorization is reissued and/or modified, this verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below, provided
it complies with all requirements of the modified nationwide permit. If the nationwide and/or regional general permit authorization
expires or is suspended, revoked, or is modified, such that the activity would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the
nationwide permit, activities which have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or are under contract to commence in reliance upon
the nationwide and/or regional general permit, will remain authorized provided the activity is completed within twelve months of the
date of the nationwide and/or regional general permit's expiration, modification or revocation, unless discretionary authority has been
exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization.
Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality Certification. You
should contact the NC Division of Water Resources (telephone [phone]) to determine Section 401 requirements.
For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area Management Act (LAMA), prior
to beginning work you must contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Management in Morehead City, NC, at [phone].
This Department of the Army verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required Federal, State
or local approvals/permits.
If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Permit, or the Corps of Engineers regulatory program,
please contact Kimberly Browning, 919.554.4884 x60.

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Digitally signed by
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Corps Regulatory Official: Date: 2019.05.13 16:30:58 -04'00'
Expiration Date of Verification: March 18, 2022
Date: May 13, 2019
Table 1. Authorized discharge of fill material into waters of the United States in association with the
NCDMS Warren Wilson College Stream Mitigation Site (SAW -2017-01557).
Proposed Impacts Inventory- Warren VAIson College Stream Mitigation Site
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* No impacts are anti gated in corljuictmn with En hancement(levet III actwtws.
Regulated Discharge of Fill Material Activity for all impacts: Ecological Restoration.
*Impacts are associated with aquatic resource restoration and enhancement activities and are expected to result in a net gain in Waters
of the US.

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SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1. The permittee understands and agrees that the document entitled "Final Mitigation Plan — Warren Wilson College
Stream Mitigation Site" dated November 2018, is incorporated and made part of this permit. Execution of the work
and terms given in the approved mitigation plan are a condition of this permit.
2. This Nationwide Permit verification does not imply suitability of this property for compensatory mitigation for any
particular project. The use of any portion of this site as compensatory mitigation for a particular project will be
determined during the permit review process for that project.

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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION
Action ID Number: SAW -2017-01557 County: Buncombe
Permittee: NC Division of Mitigation Services Restoration Systems, LLC
Attn: Mr. Tim Baumgartner Attn: Mr. Worth Creech
Project Name: NCDMS Warren Wilson College Stream Mitigation Site
Date Verification Issued: May 13, 2019
Project Manager: Kim Browning
Upon completion of the activity authorized by this permit and any mitigation required by the permit, sign this certification
and return it to the following address:
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Regulatory Division Mitigation Office
Attn: Kim Browning
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Raleigh, NC 27587
Please note that your permitted activity is subject to a compliance inspection by a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
representative. Failure to comply with any terms or conditions of this authorization may result in the Corps suspending,
modifying or revoking the authorization and/or issuing a Class I administrative penalty, or initiating other appropriate legal
action.
I hereby certify that the work authorized by the above referenced permit has been completed in accordance with the terms
and condition of the said permit, and required mitigation was completed in accordance with the permit conditions.
Signature of Permittee
Date